Becoming a wet nurse is not the end of the story.

Volume 4: Kerrochin Forest: Chapter 19 The Fallen Sleeper

As the numerous elven warriors escorted the high priest and Lin Xueyin deeper into the forest, Lin Xueyin suddenly felt her unease growing rapidly, as if some powerful threat was about to arrive.

"No, something's not right," she thought to herself, and pulled Aria away from the protective circle formed by the warriors. The high priest was puzzled by Lin Xueyin's actions. Before she could speak, he felt a strong evil energy appear out of thin air beneath his feet.

Just as they stepped aside, they saw the ground beneath their feet shatter and collapse under the force of a powerful energy, and a colossal figure emerged from the collapsing earth.

The dragon's jet-black form instilled unprecedented terror in everyone. It was obvious without even thinking that the dragon in this azure dream was the Jade Dragon.

But a jade dragon with its entire body completely black—how could this be? The high priest looked up in disbelief at the jade dragon that was circling in the air, ready to attack them at any moment. It was the jade dragon that the elves had always considered their greatest asset.

"careful...."

Compared to the High Priest's reluctance to believe, Lin Xueyin had no mental reservations. Seeing a strong energy fluctuation emerging from the dragon's open mouth, she leaped and tackled the High Priest to the ground.

At that moment, a powerful surge of black energy erupted over the two of them, turning some elven warriors and priests who were unable to dodge in time into ashes.

Watching everything unfold before her in horror, Lin Xueyin suddenly felt as if she had truly entered a dungeon, and a nightmare-level one at that.

"High Priest, are you alright?"

As a long-time PVE player, Lin Xueyin knew what she needed to do most right now. Difficulties were not important; what mattered was morale. If everyone collapsed, then there would be no hope at all.

The most morale-boosting thing would be to shoot down that giant dragon. Thinking this way, she decided to do it. Lin Xueyin took the Nine-Bend Serpent Spear back into her hand from her pack.

"Aria, you stay here and protect the High Priest. I'll be right back."

As he spoke, without waiting for Arya's reply, he nimbly leaped several times, landing on a large tree. He stretched out his slender arms, clenched his fists tightly, and shouted, "Holy Strike!"

With a delicate yet confident voice, a massive lightsaber descended from the sky, slamming into the giant dragon that was circling in the air, causing it to roar in fury.

However, with the strike of the lightsaber, the enormous wings were torn open, and Lin Xueyin narrowed her eyes slightly as she flew towards the direction where the giant dragon had fallen.

However, even though it was a giant dragon that had landed, it was not a chicken. Its ferocious maw once again gathered intense energy, which it spewed out towards the ignorant human.

Divine Shield. Knowing she couldn't dodge it, Lin Xueyin had no choice but to grip the spear with both hands, stacking the shield around herself. Soon, the immense energy and her delicate figure collided in Ailiya's horrified and desperate eyes.

"Yukine..."

"Cough cough, I'm not going to die yet."

Amidst Aria's desperate cries, a dry cough tinged with a hint of mockery reached her ears, and she could hardly believe her eyes as Lin Xueyin reappeared just as the energy had vanished.

Arya was filled with excitement and joy at surviving the ordeal, but seeing her tattered clothes also made her feel a pang of heartache.

"Are you... are you alright?"

"It's okay, let me beat this dragon so badly that even its own mother wouldn't recognize it, then we'll talk."

Although the delirious dragon couldn't understand the meaning behind the other person's words, it could still sense the disdain she was showing towards it, and the enraged dragon roared once again.

The enormous dragon claw slammed into the ground, and with a violent tremor, the ground beneath Lin Xueyin's feet seemed to be corroded by something, becoming soft like a swamp.

Lin Xueyin could clearly feel that her health was decreasing over time on this land, probably by hundreds of points every second.

This is too exaggerated! Considering her various modified resistances, she was still experiencing such a dramatic loss of health. Lin Xueyin was a little horrified, but considering her own health, she could still afford to lose this much health.

However, on this corroded ground, his movement speed was greatly reduced, and he could not move as nimbly as before. Moreover, as time went by, the area of ​​the corroded ground continued to expand.

Not wanting it to continue expanding, Lin Xueyin, sensing the ground widening, forcefully slammed her spear into the ground, chanting incantations as she waved her hands.

"Holy rains have fallen."

The sky, which had turned gray after the dragon appeared, was now swept up by a righteous aura and returned to its previous azure color. The rain fell like swords, constantly piercing the decaying earth.

The life-giving rain, after falling on this decaying land, intertwined and battled with the deathly aura above, quickly restoring the land to its former vitality.

Seeing its efforts thwarted by the enemy in a single move, the dragon roared in fury once more. However, Lin Xueyin did not wait for it to launch another attack. Holding her spear, she nimbly rushed to the dragon's front and thrust it into its chest.

However, the hard dragon scales rendered Lin Xueyin's attack ineffective, instead provoking the dragon's ferocity even more. Its dragon might surged wildly, and its tail swept across, slamming heavily into Lin Xueyin's back.

With a scream, Lin Xueyin fell heavily to the ground. As she turned around after falling, she saw a huge dragon claw coming down heavily towards her.

Just when she had nowhere to hide, she saw a figure standing firmly in front of her, holding a shield.

With a loud bang, Lin Xueyin saw Ailiya's pretty face turn pale, and a trace of crimson blood trickled from the corner of her lips, which made her heart even more turbulent with the shock.

With a wave of her hand, she healed Aria's injuries. When Aria looked up at Lin Xueyin, she saw that Aria's long golden hair was dancing in the wind, her spear was stuck in the ground, and her hands were clasped together in a prayerful gesture.

When he opened his eyes again, a holy six-pointed star flashed across his pupils, and between the opening and closing of his tender lips, he uttered a cold and emotionless word.

"The Holy Sword Torrent".

In an instant, the world changed color, and the space seemed to be filled with holy celestial swords. As Lin Xueyin's delicate hand moved, countless celestial swords surged towards the giant dragon that was also unleashing intense black energy at Lin Xueyin and the other person, like a raging torrent.

The Heavenly Swords clashed fiercely with the black energy. Countless Heavenly Swords charged forward one after another, continuously consuming the black energy. As time passed, the black energy gradually lost its momentum and finally disappeared from the path of the Heavenly Swords.

With the celestial swords no longer an obstacle, they surged forth like a tidal wave, engulfing the pitch-black dragon. With a roar of resentment, the dragon reappeared before everyone's eyes, riddled with holes.

The dragon collapsed to the ground, and around it appeared one after another insects emitting a black aura. The dragon's collapsed body continued to bleed black blood, which, after hitting the ground, transformed back into those disgusting insects.

This is.....

The high priest stared in horror at the dragon that had been infected by evil energy. He had thought the dragon could still be saved, but he never imagined it had become so infected. If this dragon was like this, what about the other dragons? What about the dragon mother?

The high priestess, who dared not think any further, was utterly chilled by what was happening before her eyes, and even felt a deep sense of crisis about the fate of the elves. She needed to inform the elven queen and the ten elders, but she also knew that if she could not defeat this dragon, she could not leave this place.

Although the elven warriors wanted to join the fight, they were powerless to do anything but watch from the sidelines in the face of such a massive battle.

Volume 4: Kerluqin Forest: Chapter 20 The Forest Lurker

The disgusting worms formed from the dripping filthy blood were still wriggling there. Lin Xueyin always felt that these worms were a very dangerous existence, even more terrifying than the giant dragon from before.

Seeing several elven warriors walk over with swords and slash to kill several insects still wriggling on the ground, a sudden feeling of unease arose in my heart.

"You guys, get out of there quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand and released energy shields for the warriors. The moment the shields were deployed, the giant dragon appeared and disappeared from everyone's sight, while the insects on the ground swelled up a few times and then exploded.

As the high priest, his eyes blazing with fury, shouted, the dust from the explosion gradually dissipated. Seeing several warriors who had been at the epicenter of the blast lying unconscious on the ground, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"I never expected this to happen." Lin Xueyin breathed a sigh of relief, then held her gun and warily looked around to prevent the vanished dragon from reappearing.

Several insects slowly crawled into her sight again, but Lin Xueyin reduced them to ashes with a few Holy Lance techniques. However, the dragon's location remained a mystery.

Arya quietly approached Lin Xueyin and shielded her with her shield, but her hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

"Aria, are you alright? Why don't you rest for a bit?"

"No, I said I would protect you." Aria looked firmly at the girl in front of her. She had sworn to protect her, and now was the time to fulfill her promise.

Seeing the other person's determined gaze, Lin Xueyin knew that no matter what she said, the other person wouldn't listen, so she cast a holy shield on her, hoping to protect her.

As for the unconscious elven warriors, Lin Xueyin really wanted to help them, but the dragon was still nowhere to be found, so she could only leave them for now and wait until everything was over.

Several bloodworms appeared out of thin air above Lin Xueyin, and then Lin Xueyin unleashed a holy flame that finally struck the vanished dragon.

The already battered body became even more wretched after being scorched by the holy flames, and finally, unable to bear it any longer, it fell back to the ground.

Meanwhile, Lin Xueyin was carried horizontally in Ailiya's arms and rushed to the side, finally managing to avoid the violent impact of the giant dragon.

Seeing the dragon on its last legs, Lin Xueyin reached out and cast a dispelling spell on it, and its jet-black body gradually turned back to its previous beautiful emerald green.

His cloudy eyes gradually regained their clarity, and he looked at the uninvited guests in front of him with a bitter smile.

"High Priest, you have finally arrived. I hope you can quickly save the dragons who are still sleeping. We, the Dragon Mother, are doing our best to resist the invasion of this evil aura."

"Where do these evil influences come from?"

Seeing that the dragon was gradually returning to its previous clarity, the high priest hurriedly tried to ask questions, even hoping that Lin Xueyin could provide timely treatment. Unfortunately, the dragon's injuries were too severe, and coupled with the evil energy emanating from it, his holy magic was completely ineffective in healing it.

The high priest understood that he was only trying his luck, hoping for a miracle, so under Lin Xueyin's helpless gaze, he could only accept the result.

"Hurry up and go. The peaceful animals in the forest have changed. You must reach the mother tree as soon as possible. Only by reaching there and defeating the source of the evil can you completely eliminate the evil influence."

"I understand. We'll get there as soon as possible. I hope you..."

The dragon shook its head helplessly, "I, Enosga, am not worth dying for. I only hope that this Azure Dreamland can return to its former peace."

The high priest saw regret filling the dragon's eyes. Although he knew there was more to the story, he didn't have time to ask her any further questions.

"Let's go."

The dragon's pleading eyes hardened her heart, and she waved her hand, ordering everyone to hurry deeper into the cave. At this moment, she also turned her gaze to Lin Xueyin.

"Yukine, I'll take the liberty of calling you that. Please help us restore this place to its former state."

As the dragon fell, the surrounding environment gradually transformed into a lifeless forest, withered plants, and a gray sky, all indicating that this dream world had undergone a tremendous change.

"Don't worry, High Priest, I will definitely help. However, I hope you can protect Arya; she might be in danger here..."

"Yes, don't worry, I'm here, I won't let her get hurt."

Seeing that Lin Xueyin agreed so readily, the high priest naturally had no objection to her request and agreed as well. The elite elven warriors once again protected Lin Xueyin and the others in the middle, and slowly ventured deeper into the area.

The surrounding forest was deathly silent, with strands of spider silk drifting among the treetops, suggesting that no living creatures had visited this area for a long time.

"It's so quiet here. The place where the dragon was was also quiet, but it wasn't as oppressive as this. Weren't there supposed to be a lot of animals going berserk? Why is there nothing here?"

Listening to Aria's mutterings in her ear, Lin Xueyin glanced around, her eyes fixed on the spider silk swaying in the wind. Suddenly, she recalled the scenes from the movies and games she had seen and played on Earth.

"Everyone, watch out above..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a strange spider suddenly dangled from the tree, biting a soldier who was on guard, and then instantly returned to the tree.

That is...

Lurkers, predators of the forest. Lin Xueyin thought of the monsters in the games she had played before. These creatures had a wide range of strength; some were as weak as chickens, while others were so strong that they could become nightmare-level bosses. However, judging from the attacks of this Lurker, it didn't seem that powerful. It was probably just a mid-tier monster.

Watching the rangers kill the spider, Lin Xueyin turned her attention to the wounded warrior. There was no poison, so it seemed that these lurkers did not use poison attacks; their strongest tactic was probably surprise attacks.

Thinking this, Lin Xueyin healed the soldier who had just been captured, and then turned her attention back to the treetops, worried that the previous lurkers might attack her again.

Although the presence of the lurking creatures made it difficult for the elves to pass through quickly, they had already killed dozens of lurking creatures in just a few dozen steps, leaving the elven rangers very tired and the warriors who had been on guard somewhat mentally exhausted.

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Volume 4: Kerrochin Forest: Chapter 21 The Lurkers' Attack

The fatigue wasn't just physical, but also mental. The prolonged mental strain had left all the elves in a state of tension, with some even experiencing difficulty concentrating. In such a dangerous place, this was incredibly deadly.

"Yukine, be careful."