Who Says I’m Not a Legitimate Adventurer?

“Fate Trajectory Grafting?”

Lance felt somewhat puzzled inwardly.

But before he could ask further—

Chaotic footsteps suddenly echoed from ahead.

The three Kobolds charging at the front had already lunged over while brandishing their spears.

This forced Lance to swallow back the words that had already reached his lips.

At this moment, Lance was like a wedge firmly embedded within the entrance of this shallow shoreline.

If they wanted to harm Cecilia, they would first have to remove him.

Facing the first wave of attacks launched by these cannon fodder monsters—

Lance had no intention of retreating whatsoever.The muscles of his right arm instantly tensed as the five fingers curled into claws, carrying a shrieking gust of force while viciously tearing toward the dark-scaled face of the leading Kobold.

【Azure Dragon Ultimate Flow · Blazing Rending Claw】

Splurt!

Accompanied by the muffled sound of bones shattering—

Under the terrifying stacking effects of two Specialty attributes, Lance’s five fingers now possessed sharpness comparable to sword blades.

Those hard scales were completely incapable of providing any protection.

He directly crushed apart the tiny horn protrusions atop the Kobold’s head together with its entire skull.

The Kobold did not even have time to scream before dying on the spot.

Lance discovered that the system panel showed no reaction whatsoever.

It turned out that within this kind of historical projection space, these false monsters killed here would not be counted toward the progress of the Biological Research panel.

This tiny detail indirectly confirmed one of Lance’s previous suspicions.

The so-called Biological Research was merely a pleasant-sounding name provided by the system panel.

Its true core effect was far more than simply researching biological characteristics.

The system panel seemed capable of forcibly extracting some sort of thing from truly dead creatures.

If this speculation were true…

Then what exactly was the situation regarding the panel’s research into Half-Elves and other Demi-Human races?

A trace of confusion arose within Lance’s heart.

However, the battle before him was still ongoing, leaving no extra time for deeper thought.

He exerted force with one hand—

Directly gripping the shattered skull of the dead Kobold and using the corpse itself as a bloody flesh hammer, violently swinging it sideways.

He smashed it fiercely toward the other two Kobolds attempting to flank him.

The tremendous impact directly sent those two Kobolds flying backward before crashing heavily into the shallow water.

“Seriously disgracing the Dragon-blooded.”

Lance remarked while looking at the low-rank monsters struggling in the mud.

Meanwhile, the Witch Ilysia floating in midair had witnessed all of Lance’s fierce and domineering combat methods.

Her rosy lips parted slightly as a trace of astonishment flashed through her bright eyes.

This was actually an unarmed Specialty?

As a top-tier spellcaster, her insight was extremely sharp.

At a glance, she realized that the young man’s arms had been treated as bladed weapons possessing sharpness at the instant he attacked.

Moreover, this direct and overbearing combat style felt strangely familiar.

This kind of tyrannical and completely unreasonable close-range killing technique…

It resembled that Dragon so much…

The fierce battle did not stop because of the Witch’s astonishment.

The two Kobolds that had just been smashed flying by the corpse were still struggling within the muddy water, trying to stand up.

At that moment—

An extremely robust brownish-gray Gnoll suddenly came charging out from the monster group behind them.

Without the slightest mercy, it stepped directly onto one Kobold’s head, using the recoil force to leap high into the air.

The Gnoll’s thick forelimbs carried the immense sound of tearing air as it spread its claws and violently slashed toward Lance’s head.

The momentum behind this airborne strike was extremely terrifying.

But at this very moment, a strange transformation occurred within Lance’s pupils.

His originally black eyes gradually turned dark gold.

However, unlike the vertical pupils that appeared during Dragon Form—

His pupils still maintained the round shape of human eyes.

This was precisely the new talent he had recently acquired from the Goblins.

【Wyrmling Eyes (Green)】

This talent automatically activated itself when facing enemy attacks.

And the instant his pupils turned dark gold—

Within Lance’s special field of vision, the Gnoll’s airborne pounce seemed to suddenly slow down slightly.

Every contraction of muscle and every direction of skeletal force was captured with perfect clarity by those eyes.

The original danger level instantly plummeted.

Facing the descending attack, Lance advanced instead of retreating.

Directly following the trajectory captured by those eyes, just as the claws were about to touch beside his ear, he merely calmly leaned his body slightly forward.

This tiny movement caused the Gnoll’s fatal claw strike to narrowly miss while brushing past his black hair.

Immediately afterward—

Like an even fiercer beast, Lance directly crashed into the Gnoll’s embrace.

The five fingers of his right hand tightly aligned together, stretched straight like an indestructible spear.

【Azure Dragon Ultimate Flow · Dragon-Slaying Spear】

This right hand, granted horrifying penetrating force, pierced straight upward through the Gnoll’s fragile jawbone without the slightest obstruction.

His fingertips tore through flesh and bone, directly erupting out from the back of the Gnoll’s neck while carrying a spray of scorching blood.

The muscles in Lance’s arm bulged.

Like discarding trash, he violently swung the still-twitching heavy corpse away, hurling it far into the nearby Emerald Star Lake.

Water splashed everywhere.

And at the exact moment he had just thrown away the corpse—

A massive Lizardman had somehow already circled around to the side.

A gigantic tail covered in heavy scales swept viciously toward Lance’s waist while carrying terrifying whistling winds.

Perhaps because those dark golden dragon eyes had produced some kind of frenzied effect—

Lance felt as though the blood within his body had been ignited and was boiling wildly.

An intense desire for battle continuously assaulted his nerves.

His current state could even be described as somewhat violent.

Facing this heavy tail strike powerful enough to snap apart large trees, he did not choose to dodge flexibly.

Lance abruptly raised his left leg, pouring all his strength into his knee.

【Dragon Horn Strike】

His hardened knee collided fiercely in midair against the gigantic lizard tail.

The muffled impact sound made one’s eardrums ache.

This direct head-on collision forcibly halted the Lizardman’s unstoppable tail sweep.

Meanwhile, after enduring the immense impact force, Lance merely slid backward half a step across the sandy shoreline beneath his boots.

Immediately afterward…

Borrowing the rebounding force—

Lance’s body exploded upward like a tightly stretched bowstring suddenly released.

During the brief moment suspended in midair, he forcibly twisted his waist muscles to generate momentum.

His right leg resembled a steel whip infused with mana, directly tracing a fierce semicircular trajectory through the air.

【Azure Dragon Ultimate Flow · Dragon-Leaping Tail】

This overwhelmingly powerful whip kick struck directly against the Lizardman’s side neck.

The tremendous impact resembled a siege battering ram crashing into city gates.

It directly snapped the Lizardman’s scale-covered head at a horrifying angle.

The crisp sound of thick neck bones completely shattering echoed with startling clarity beside the silent lakeshore.