Chapter 288: Chi Yun Breaks Free, A New Talent

In the rock cave, not long after Su Hao sent that message to Ling Xue'er, Chi Yun slowly opened her eyes, a hint of joy appearing on her face.

"Great! At most two more days, and I'll have absorbed all three flame crystals, then I'll be free!"

Chi Yun turned around in place, then leapt back, tracing a beautiful arc in the air before lying down on the recliner, leisurely raising his fair, jade-like little foot.

"Hey Xiao Su, peel a fire dragon fruit for me~"

"Sure thing, early congratulations, sis."

Su Hao smiled slightly, picked up a fire dragon fruit from the side, gently peeled off the skin, scooped a spoonful of flesh, and held it to Chi Yun's mouth.

Upon hearing that Chi Yun would be free in two more days, Su Hao was also quite pleased, proving his efforts hadn't been in vain.

In two days, he could bring Chi Yun back to the territory, adding another Supernatural Fifth Rank to the already capable territory.

That would bring the number of Supernatural Fifth Ranks in the territory up to three!

In terms of top-tier combat power, even those mysterious organizations Su Hao knew from his previous life would likely be unable to match him.

Chi Yun looked at the spoonful of fire dragon fruit flesh at her lips, opened her mouth with an "ah", taking in the spoon as well; seeing she was about to be free, her mood improved greatly.

Watching Su Hao quietly sit beside her, feeding her spoon after spoon of fire dragon fruit flesh, Chi Yun wondered what she was thinking, the corners of her mouth turning up slightly as she showed a faint smile.

Time passed.

Chi Yun alternated between eating the fire dragon fruit flesh Su Hao fed her and dozing off leaning against him, and before she knew it, two days had passed.

At noon on the third day, the flames wrapping the three flame crystals suddenly went out, and the three flame crystals vanished at that moment.

At the same time.

Chi Yun suddenly opened her eyes, scorching flames erupting from her body, instantly melting the recliner she lay on, and the temperature in the cave rose by thousands of degrees.

Even the entire Setting Sun Volcano burst into raging flames at that moment.

Flames shot up into the sky, and whether they were fire-attribute beings living in the Setting Sun Volcano or other creatures nearby, all hurriedly fled to the distance.

But strangely, Su Hao's Three-tailed Molten Elder Dragon avatar stationed far at the cave entrance had already been swallowed by the scorching flames.

Meanwhile, Su Hao's true body nearest to Chi Yun had not a single flame around him, and the temperature wasn't even as high as usual.

After about three hours, Chi Yun suddenly turned her head to look at Su Hao, extending a slender, fair jade finger and lightly pressing it against his head.

"Sis is giving you a gift; see if you can withstand this fortune."

As she spoke, Chi Yun's face turned slightly pale, and Su Hao's body became wrapped in scorching flames at that moment.

Under the flames' scorching, Su Hao's clothing instantly turned to ash, leaving only a Blood Wolf Robe barely covering his body.

His body felt intense pain from the flames' scorching, nearly causing him to faint from the agony.

If not seeing Chi Yun's pallid face, he might even have suspected she wanted to abandon him after crossing the river.

Fortunately, he had fused the corpses of three Molten Elder Dragons into a Three-tailed Molten Elder Dragon and transformed it into his avatar, causing his own flames to appear considerably stronger.

Otherwise, he could hardly withstand such high heat for long; to avoid being burned to death, he'd have to quickly escape this mass of flames.

But now, after transforming the Three-tailed Molten Elder Dragon into his avatar, although he still felt intense pain from the flames' scorching,

but for Su Hao, the thing least useful to him is pain.

When he was still a First Rank Flesh Manipulator, he had extremely strong resistance to pain.

Moreover, back then he got injured every few days, sometimes even having half his body crushed, and after advancing to Second Rank Crimson Bone Demon, the injuries became more frequent and severe.

Because of the supernatural sequence and his experiences after rebirth, Su Hao had long been accustomed to pain; he had even once personally dug out his own eyeball and played with it in his hand.

After confirming that, with his current fire resistance, these flames could not burn him to death,

Su Hao no longer had any worries, calmly sitting on a stone pedestal, wanting to see what benefits the flames Chi Yun had obviously expended considerable strength to emit could bring him.

Two hours later, the flames beside Chi Yun sank into her body and vanished, and the Setting Sun Volcano also returned to calm at that time.

She circled around Su Hao once, nodding satisfied.

"As expected of my brother, you didn't waste my kindness; from now on you're mine, hehehe!"

Chi Yun moved a stone pedestal to sit opposite Su Hao, smiling as she observed his body whose temperature was gradually rising.

But when she saw Su Hao's Blood Wolf Robe still standing firm amidst the flames, and his eyes as red as fire, she couldn't help but feel a hint of regret.

This outfit really gets in the way...

After another three hours, the flames beside Su Hao suddenly surged to a higher temperature, drilling into his brow, reaching deep into his soul, and forming a sun-shaped rune beside the Synthesis Heart talent rune.

"Could this be..."

Su Hao's eyes flickered, and a bold idea arose in his mind.

Although his soul contained many runes,

but these runes, according to their types, were located in different corners of his soul.

At the very core of his soul lay the area where the sequence runes existed.

Next to the sequence runes was the place for the talent runes.

Outside those two kinds of runes lay the domain of skill runes, also the place with the most runes.

And this new rune did not appear in the skill rune area, but rather fell beside the Synthesis Heart rune.

This means that this sun-like rune is very likely a talent rune! For Su Hao now, as long as he has the funds and the Synthesis Heart exists, he can learn any skill without difficulty.

But talent is different; at least in his previous life, aside from the sanctuary, he had never heard of any item that could increase talent.

Therefore, aside from innate racial talent and gaining a race outside the sanctuary, no other being has ever possessed a second talent. If this sun-like rune truly is a new talent, then Chi Yun's gift would be quite precious.

Feeling excited and curious, Su Hao stirred his thoughts and opened the information panel for this rune.

【Supreme Yang Fire】

Effect: Those who possess this talent see all fire-attribute skills greatly enhanced in effect, with consumption greatly reduced when using fire-attribute skills, and able to absorb most of the damage from fire-attribute skills.

By spending a long time with someone who possesses the Supreme Yin Fire talent, one can increase their own fire element affinity, eventually gaining immunity to all fire-attribute skill attacks and the ability to absorb them.

Offspring born from the union of Supreme Yin Fire and Supreme Yang Fire can obtain the Fire God Bloodline and possess Fire God Divine Power.

……

"Immune and absorbing fire-attribute skill damage—this is kinda overpowered!"

Looking at the content displayed on the information panel, Su Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes, showing a look of shock.

The Supreme Yang Fire talent doesn't have any flashy effects; its effect is simple, all related to fire.

First, after possessing this skill, Su Hao's fire-attribute skill damage increases, but the consumption decreases.

Secondly, it also allows immunity to most fire-attribute damage and absorbs that damage.

If one spends a long time with someone who possesses Supreme Yin Fire, this effect can be further enhanced, eventually evolving into immunity to all fire-attribute damage and absorbing it.

It's that final effect that leaves Su Hao unsure how to evaluate it.

A child born from Supreme Yin Fire and Natural Fire can possess the bloodline of the Fire God and also inherently wield the Fire God Divine Power.

According to Su Hao's knowledge, those who can possess divine power among superhumans, even if not deities, must be demigods, likely at least seventh-stage superhumans.

If such a child could truly exist, Su Hao would simply become a child-devouring tribe, holding his own child close and that would be the end; even if the opponent were a Divine Spirit, as long as there's no deep hatred, they likely wouldn't come looking for trouble.

As for the possessor of Supreme Yin Fire, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be Chi Yun in front of us.

We've only known each other for a few days, and we're already about to start having children—this pace is maybe a bit too fast, somewhat embarrassing…

After a moment of silence, Su Hao put on a serious expression and asked solemnly:

"Older sister, when do we start, and what preparations are needed?"

At least before the apocalypse, we had a few hundred gigabytes of collection on the computer; although lacking practical experience, the theoretical knowledge is certainly not lacking.

To secure a Seventh Stage thigh, it's just selling one's looks—nothing to be ashamed of! Moreover, if a perfect score is ten, Chi Yun could at least get a 9.8; this deal is totally not a loss, right?

"Ah?"

Chi Yun blinked slightly, momentarily not reacting; what did Su Hao mean by "start"? But soon she understood his meaning, her cheeks instantly flushed crimson, she clenched her small pink fist and heavily struck Su Hao's head.

"What are you thinking? Who wants to have a kid with you? No daydreaming!"

Looking at Su Hao's sturdy muscles, whether due to shyness or some other motive, Chi Yun's cheeks became increasingly flushed.

He gazed at the faintly visible philtrum within the Blood Wolf Robe, his index finger igniting a pallid flame, and said fiercely: "If you dare to daydream again, sister will roast and eat that thing of yours!"

Humph! I'm the older sister, so even if we really want a baby, it has to be my initiative! I've heard that to have a baby, one must also do some embarrassing things.

But what counts as embarrassing? I can't exactly ask that stinky younger brother, or else I'd lose face.

Or perhaps…

How about capturing a few people to interrogate? But if they don't cooperate or lie to me, what then? I lack any psychic or hypnotic abilities—this would be too risky.

Got it!

Chi Yun suddenly had a flash of inspiration, thinking of what she considered an excellent method.

As long as we figure out how to make that stinky younger brother do embarrassing things with other women to have a baby, then I can hide nearby and secretly learn—then I'll know how to do it; I'm truly clever!

If we don't give birth to a baby, I wouldn't have been stuck here for so long for nothing—I can't accept this loss.

So it's decided; later, after heading back with that stinky younger brother, I'll try to find someone to let her do embarrassing things with him to produce a baby.

Regarding Chi Yun's "clever" idea, Su Hao had no clue; he looked at the ball of fire in Chi Yun's hand, suddenly felt a chill from his little younger brother, hurriedly covered the hem of the Blood Wolf Robe, his expression somewhat awkward.

This is too damn embarrassing; if this gets out, we'll lose face big time—we need to find a way to make Chi Yun keep the secret, but how?

She seems particularly fond of supernatural fruits and such foods; if I give her enough to eat, perhaps she'll stop pursuing my earlier rash remarks and let this matter drop.

After thinking it over, Su Hao also came up with this method.

Afterwards, he quickly adjusted his mindset, controlled the Blood Wolf Robe to change shape, enveloping his whole body, and said with a slight smile:

"Older sister, if you're not busy, how about we go to my territory now to take a look? I have plenty of different fruits there—you can eat them however you like."

"Great! Then let's hurry and go!"

After Chi Yun thought of that clever idea, she no longer dwelled on anything, grabbed Su Hao's wrist and headed out of the cave; then she, Su Hao, and the Three-tailed Molten Elder Dragon flew together toward the shelter.

I don't know if it's because of Supreme Yin Fire and Supreme Yang Fire having some special mutual attraction, but along the way Chi Yun kept leaning on Su Hao, sniffing his scent, making her feel quite safe and comfortable.

But whenever she came to her senses, she couldn't help but blush slightly, subtly shifting half a step back, making her feel like she'd lost the older sister's dignity.

Until she arrived at the territory, Su Hao arranged a room for her, brought her to the planting area; upon seeing the endless expanse of supernatural fruits, she finally set this matter aside and immersed herself in the supernatural fruits.

While in the cave, due to needing fire-attribute energy, she only had a liking for fire-attribute fruits; but now that requirement is gone, she looks at those tempting fruits and doesn't want to miss a single one.

Over there she plucked a Moonlight Grass and took a bite, over there she also plucked a Honey Peach—it practically felt like entering paradise.

Su Hao watched Chi Yun soaring in the sea of fruits, nodded with a smile, gave a solemn instruction to Hua Yao and the others, then headed to his own room.

The Black Dragon's heart has been fully synthesized; now it's time to see how it works.

(End of chapter)