The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

A cool and refreshing feeling instantly spread from his chest, and in an instant covered his entire body. For a moment, he suddenly felt that every pore in his body was opened, every hidden corner was opened, and every most delicate nerve was connected. He suddenly felt that his body became extremely light and agile, and his ability to control every part of his body reached an unprecedented level of control. He seemed to be able to accurately control every muscle and every hair in his body.

He exerted a little force with his toes, and his body, which was almost parallel to the ground, stood up again easily.

The next moment, he lightly tapped the forefoot of his foot, and the muscles in his thighs, calves and even waist also cooperated with the force. The muscles of his entire body were extremely smooth and fluid, like a fish jumping out of the water, and he bounced out from the ground again. Moreover, the speed and power of this jump were far greater than before!

Li Yin watched the ground passing by quickly in front of his eyes. This moment was very short, but it seemed particularly long under his full concentration. For a moment, he seemed to have returned to the first time he used the amazing jumping ability and agility of the ghoul, and the huge sense of abruptness and discomfort. But unlike that time, he did not lose his balance and fall to the ground. When he landed, he did show signs of falling, but just like before, his body just swayed slightly, and the discomfort caused by the unexpected speed that was not his own body completely disappeared, replaced by the calmness of complete control of his body. He slightly exerted strength on his muscles and regained his balance in an extremely coordinated way.

"Second-ring arcane," Du Feiya panted slightly in his ear and whispered softly, "Cat's Grace."

Li Yin nodded and smiled gratefully at Du Feiya.

This spell came at a very timely moment. It not only increased the recipient's speed, but also gave the recipient a good balance ability, making the recipient very graceful and flexible.

The puffing sound was heard again. Li Yin turned his head and saw that those azure crystal prisms were pulled out from the ground one by one again, and they automatically aimed at him and shot towards him.

Li Yin dodged most of them with a leap, and then spun around, dodging the remaining few with an almost dancing-like grace.

“Damn it!” The giant dragon behind him seemed to have noticed the obvious changes in Li Yin. It roared in anger and confusion, “You little bug, how come you are jumping more and more!”

Then, the sound of whirring wind began to be heard. Li Yin turned his head and saw the dragon flapping its two huge wings that were as blue as the sky, ready to take off and launch a serious pursuit.

At the same time, the crystals on the ground not far behind him shook slightly again, and one by one they came out from the rocks...

"Why are you coming again?" Li Yin, who had just relaxed because he could easily dodge the crystal's shooting, suddenly lost color.

He could easily dodge this attack once, but that didn't mean he could dodge it countless times.

What's more, at this moment - looking at the dragon's feet that were gradually leaving the ground, his face turned even paler - what he was about to face were not only these crystal prisms that could attack independently, but also the dragon that was about to launch an attack himself.

Chapter 168: There is a Mind Flayer ahead!

"Be careful!" Du Feiya heard the surprise in his words and reminded him again in his ear, "These thorns are maintained by psychic energy. As long as they are within the telepathic range of the Sapphire Dragon, they are no different from growing on its body. Therefore, it can still use them as its own limbs!"

This explanation made Li Yin suddenly realize something, but it also made him frown.

It looked like he couldn't expect to get rid of these thorns any time soon.

In order to facilitate movement, he no longer held Du Feiya under his ribs. Instead, he swung her over and transferred her to his back, told her to hold on to him tightly, and then started to run as fast as he could.

At the same time, the giant dragon's majestic and loud voice came again from behind.

"You have a wide range of knowledge, little girl." It praised Du Feiya generously.

Du Feiya showed a little surprise on her face.

But the surprise soon turned into paleness.

Because the sapphire dragon's next words were approaching rapidly with a loud sound of breaking through the air:

"I can't wait to taste your brilliant brain."

Li Yin clearly felt that Du Feiya's hands that were grabbing his neck and the legs that were wrapped around his waist had tightened a little bit, and she was almost telling him to hurry up.

While sensing Du Feiya's panic, he himself felt an inexplicable sense of coincidence.

"What the hell is this?" He cursed in his mind as he ran quickly, "Tasting brains?"

"Who is the Mind Flayer?"

The huge whistling sound of the giant dragon's membrane wings hitting the air suddenly stopped.

Its loud voice was filled with anger and a hint of disbelief.

"Mind flayer? Are there other creatures here?"

"Could it be that besides the two of you, there is another sneaky guy here, and he's a filthy mind flayer?"

The nictitating membrane in its huge blue pupils flashed in an instant, and its eyes closed, while its mental force field fully expanded in an instant. However, no matter how it detected, its mental vision only showed signs of activity of the two bouncing little bugs in front of it.

"Get out here!" It opened its throat and shouted loudly, shaking the earth.

The dragon's roar made Li Yin's scalp numb, but what made Li Yin even more horrified was the information conveyed by its mental fluctuations.

He had clearly only said that in his mind. And unlike the giant dragon, who was brazenly showing off his power and directly unleashing his consciousness, he had already intentionally put a layer of protection on his mind to prevent the other party from seeing his thoughts directly.

But even so, it still heard the voice of its own closed heart just now!

How could it be? Could it be that its psychic power has become so strong that it can break through my mental defenses at will and detect my thoughts?

Li Yin's eyes widened.

In this way, doesn't it mean that I have no secrets at all in front of it?

"That's right!" A magnificent voice sounded in his heart, very happy and contented, "I am so powerful, you humble little bug."

This voice made Li Yin's heart tremble. He didn't know where the strength came from, and he ran a little faster. At this time, he could fully understand the fear that Du Feiya had just felt, even more than that.

"Oh no," a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

In this way, I must not think about——

"Well," at the same time, the dragon's leisurely and enthusiastic voice sounded in the vast underground space and his spiritual space at the same time, "Now, let me take a good look at what is going on in your little head that is not much bigger than a walnut kernel."

"You are thinking about it. Don't think about it - haha." The dragon sneered loudly from its nose. "This is a common mistake made by psychic novices when facing mind detection. The more you stop yourself from thinking about it, the faster you will figure it out."

"Oh no—" Li Yin's heart was shocked.

"Oh no—" the dragon repeated calmly, "I really can't think—"

"Haha!" It snorted again and began to repeat, "I really can't think about it. I am the mind flayer!"

It suddenly stopped, stared at the tiny bug that was fleeing aimlessly in front of it, and then its tone suddenly became higher.

"I am the mind flayer?"

"Damn it, how could I be a mind flayer?"

"You lowly little bug," its voice was full of anger, "you have completely pissed me off. You dare to compare me with those dirty and weak creatures. I--" The angry voice stopped abruptly.

"Wait," the dragon's surprised voice resounded after a long while, "It's not me, it's you——"

"Are you the mind flayer?"

"But that's not right. You look—"

Li Yin was extremely anxious, but he could do nothing. Now, everything he had was no longer a secret in front of the giant dragon. His thoughts were transparent to the dragon. Even if he forced himself not to think about it, the content he "didn't want to think about" would immediately appear in front of the dragon...

"What is it talking about?" At the same time, Du Feiya's very confusing voice suddenly came from Li Yin's back, "What Mind Flayer? What's not me? You are... the Mind Flayer?!"

Her voice suddenly froze, and then it became an extremely terrifying tone.

"Li Yin, it said..." Li Yin heard the sound of Du Feiya's teeth chattering, and felt her body pressed against him, which instantly became a little colder. "You are - the Mind Flayer?"

Du Feiya instinctively didn't want to believe the words of the enemy behind her, but her reason told her that these were not the words of the dragon, but a powerful psychic. All these words were "eavesdropped" from Li Yin's heart.

In other words, these are not the words of the dragon, but Li Yin’s own words!

Moreover, Rein's psychic power... As far as Du Feiya knows, the human race is not a race that possesses innate psychic powers. Rein once explained it as his own mutation. However, if he was not a human but a mind flayer, then this explanation would make sense, and it would make more sense than the explanation he had given before.

However, she still refused to fully believe it, or rather, she dared not accept such a terrible fact, so she asked questions carefully, hoping to hear an answer from her "good friend".

However, before she heard the answer, she suddenly felt her body shake violently, as if she was about to fall down - it was Li Yin, who was carrying her on his back, who suddenly staggered.

Under the blessing of the Cat's Grace spell, he, who had excellent balance ability, actually staggered!

Moreover, at the same time, Du Feiya, who was lying on his back, suddenly saw that the back of his neck was suddenly covered with goose bumps, and his hair stood on end!

Du Feiya hadn't heard a definite answer yet, but her heart had already sunk into cold water.

"Things are not what you think..." she heard Li Yin say tremblingly.

He didn't deny it!

Du Feiya's head suddenly buzzed. Her hands and feet went limp, and she almost fell off Li Yin. The next moment, she exerted her strength again, barely able to hold on to her body. But this force made her body stick even more closely to Li Yin than before - she was right next to a mind flayer!

This thought made her hair stand on end. She hastily moved her face away from the back of Li Yin's head, as if a few tentacles would shoot out from Li Yin's mouth in the next second, go around her head, grab her head, drill into her nose, mouth and ears, and reach her skull to eat up all her brains.

Immediately, she gritted her teeth, grabbed Li Yin's body with her hands and feet, exerted a little force, and was about to jump off him.

At this moment, the earth-shattering roar of the giant dragon suddenly came from behind again. This roar was like a bolt of thunder that came from the sky, exploding her whole body and she subconsciously shrank back.

For a moment, she was in a dilemma. In front of her was the Mind Flayer who ate sperm and brains, and behind her was the dragon who ate sperm and bones and also claimed to taste her brain. Du Feiya's brain was working so fast that her brain was about to catch fire and burn dry, but she still couldn't find a feasible solution.

She looked helplessly to the right at the wilderness that was rapidly passing by. She really hoped that she had not been hit by the dimensional anchor yet, so that she could jump to the side with a dimensional jump and stay away from these two guys.

At this moment, as Li Yin continued to run, a corner of water gradually emerged on the left side of her vision. It was the lake they had passed by during their previous march. Du Feiya suddenly recalled that they had camped by the lake to catch fish and cook. At this moment, she felt like those small fish that were roasted over and over by the dark elves... No, she was even worse than those small fish. She didn't need to be roasted over and over. Now there was fire in front of her and behind her!

"Don't panic..." Li Yin's trembling voice came from the front again, "Listen to my explanation."

"It's just a rhetorical exaggeration."

"I'm not a real mind flayer." He spoke quickly, as if he was afraid that if he spoke slower, Du Feiya would jump off him - although she had already tried to do so. "On the contrary, I am their victim."

"It was just because of an accident that I didn't die, and instead inherited some of their abilities."

"Just now the dragon said it wanted to eat your brain, so I thought so. It was just a way of teasing it."

"You're teasing me!" The dragon behind him roared angrily, "You lowly insect, you're so bold that you dare to tease me!"

But Li Yin ignored its angry rebuke and continued to explain to Du Feiya:

"Anyway, I'm not a true mind flayer."

"I'm a human being, your friend, you can trust me completely, okay?"

After Li Yin's hasty explanation, Du Feiya's pale face regained some color. She nodded in confusion, temporarily giving up the idea of ​​jumping off Li Yin.

Indeed... She thought about it carefully. Not long ago, this mind flayer... was almost buried by rocks in order to save herself. A mind flayer would not be so kind - unless it was a crazy gourmet who would risk its own life to protect precious ingredients. But if Li Yin was really such a strange existence, it would have had countless opportunities to attack her and feast on her brain, but it did not do so.

Even now, under the threat of death from the dragon, he still sticks with me. Obviously, if he leaves me behind, he can run faster and have a higher chance of survival.

Du Feiya's uneasy mood gradually calmed down, and more than that, she felt a little guilty. She felt sorry for not listening to his explanation at the first time and letting her imagination run wild.

She gradually calmed down, but the dragon became even more furious because it suddenly realized that these two little bugs, not much bigger than its toes, especially the male one, dared to completely ignore its existence, even though it had already revealed its incomparably majestic body and its extraordinary psychic powers.

It could not tolerate the feeling of being ignored by the ants! It roared, flapped its wings, and flew forward at an accelerated speed. At the same time, it flicked its tail, and another seven or eight crystal spikes, along with those on the ground, poured towards the two insects like a storm!

Li Yin suddenly felt the wind behind him getting stronger, and when he turned around, he was shocked to see a dozen crystals with deep and dim light shooting towards him.

He twisted left and right, narrowly avoiding all the crystals. The crystal spikes hit the ground from front to back, from left to right, and the clanging sound of them piercing the rocks made his heart skip a beat.

At the same time, the roar of the dragon behind him was getting closer and closer as he turned and dodged.

"Do you have any other magic?" He shouted to Du Feiya behind him for help while running, "If we continue like this, we will die!"

"No...no more." Du Feiya said rather awkwardly.

"Is there any protection against arrows?" Li was desperate and didn't care about anything else. He asked based on his knowledge of magic.

"Yes, yes," Du Feiya paused, "but, but..."

She watched in fear as another crystal spike passed by her, making a loud whistling sound in the air. The wind it created scraped across her face, causing her facial skin to ache slightly as if it had been scratched by a stone.

"The arrow protection can only protect against ordinary arrows, not against... against -" She found a suitable word in her mind, "heavy javelin."

"Give it to me, give it to me," Li Yin said, "Just in case."

Du Feiya thought about it and felt that it made sense. If he was hit by those spikes, he would be killed instantly without protection from arrows. If there was a layer of protection to block the arrows a little, maybe he could survive? Thinking of this, she freed one of her hands from around Li Yin's neck and reached for her waist bag. She skillfully felt through the various compartments that separated the spellcasting materials with her fingers, and finally took out a piece of turtle shell.

Chapter 169: Strange Statue

"Wait a moment," she pointed the turtle shell at Li Yin, "I'll perform it on you right away."

Then a complicated spell sounded from his mouth.

"Not for me," Li Yin quickly corrected her, "but for yourself."

He propped up Du Feiya's thighs and helped her body up again, as it had slid down a little in order to free up one hand to cast a spell.

"——You are my 'protective arrow'."

Du Feiya was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. At such a critical moment, he actually still had the energy to joke...

However, what he said was indeed reasonable. The dragon's attack came from behind. And I, who was on his back at the moment, did serve as a human shield for him most of the time...

Thinking of this, her heart suddenly shuddered, and she hastily pointed the turtle shell towards herself and recited the spell quickly again. With each chant, the small piece of turtle shell quickly disappeared from her palm. At the same time, an invisible arcane force field unfolded around her.

Amid the dragon's roar, another crystal storm came towards them.

Li Yin twisted left and right, once again avoiding all the crystal spikes. One of the crystal spikes narrowly missed Du Feiya's cheek, and her breathing stopped for a moment. Fortunately, this time, due to the force field of the protective arrows, the violent airflow caused by the huge crystal spikes did not hurt her skin at all. But the burning sensation from before still lingered on her face, reminding her what would happen if she was hit head-on by these crystal "javelin", even with the protection of the protective arrows.

And...the roar of the dragon is getting closer.

Although Rein's running speed is far beyond that of ordinary people, and even slightly better than the giant lizards and giant spiders commonly used by dark elves, how can he be compared with a soaring dragon?