The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

This question about death made Li Yin and Du Feiya fall silent again.

After a while, Du Feiya spoke slowly.

"Well... Your Excellency the Great Dragon," she had no choice but to speak very carefully, "Excuse me... can we refuse?"

"What did you say?" The dragon's voice suddenly turned cold, and an invisible aura emanated from it.

Li Yin, who was standing behind Du Feiya, immediately saw her standing body suddenly tremble.

"Yes, that's right," she repeated. "We are very grateful to you for giving us this honor. But, but, I think you don't have to do this at all."

"In our dark elf culture, the winner should severely humiliate the weak."

"As the victor, you can humiliate us without restraint and exercise your rights as a victor."

"Please punish us severely and grant us the shame of existence. Let us live in the humiliation of failure for the rest of our lives, live in the shadow of your majestic figure, and spend the rest of our lives in agony."

"For us, this is a punishment more severe than death. But for you, using our pain and humiliation to sing praises of your glory is a way to highlight your great victory better than directly executing us!"

Du Feiya said seriously and passionately.

The dragon lowered its head and fell into silence, as if it was thinking about something.

After a while, it raised its head.

"In other words, you desire the humiliation of survival more than the glory of death?"

Its tone was unusually serious and cold, with a hint of profound loneliness.

Li Yin and Du Feiya nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes."

"Okay." The dragon sighed softly, the sense of loss in his tone becoming even stronger.

"I take that back."

"You guys let me down so much."

"Guys like you don't deserve to be called real warriors, let alone become my enemies."

"You, dark elf bugs, and human bugs, you are no different from other bugs."

"You are hopeless cowards, deserters who disgust dragons!"

"You are absolutely right," Li Yin responded cautiously, smiling apologetically.

"I have changed my mind," the dragon said again, "You are not worthy of the honor of a warrior, let alone standing on my chessboard."

For a moment, Li Yin and Du Feiya's faces were shining brightly. They looked at each other with tacit understanding, and saw a little joy of surviving the disaster in each other's eyes.

"You two lowly bugs!" As expected, the dragon's voice suddenly became louder. Li Yin and Du Feiya looked up in astonishment, only to see it open its mouth and roar angrily: "Coward, liar!"

"How dare you waste the precious time of the noble dragon race! With your ant-like lives!"

"I shouldn't have even bothered talking to you guys!"

"I should have treated you boneless creatures like other bugs the first time I saw you—"

"Crush them all!"

"Wait, Lord Dragon." Du Feiya was horrified and screamed, "This... this is all a misunderstanding."

"What did you say?" The giant dragon suddenly lowered its head, its two blue eyes bulging with anger, looking down at the ground fiercely.

"I...I say..." Du Feiya was speechless and was about to form words, but the dragon interrupted her without any pause.

"I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about him—"

It raised its chin and rolled its eyes.

Du Feiya was startled, turned her head and looked behind her.

She saw Li Yin lying on his back on the ground about seven or eight meters behind her.

"Me?" Being stared at by a man and a dragon at the same time, Li Yin looked a little confused at first, but then he blinked violently and his face turned pale.

"I..." He quickly stretched out a hand and subconsciously covered his mouth, with an unclear voice coming out from between his fingers, "I didn't say anything... Lord Dragon!"

"I heard everything." The dragon's voice was deep and rumbling, "Although you didn't have time to say it."

"You are sick," the dragon said word by word, "Who the hell is alive and well and wants to fight on your chessboard?"

"Die, die, die. You like death so much." Its two huge vertical pupils stared at Li Yin motionlessly, emitting a chilling chill. "Why the hell don't you die one yourself and let me see?"

"No, no..." Li Yin used his only remaining hand and leg to shrink back, forcing a smile on his face, "You, please listen to my explanation, Lord Dragon. I..."

Originally, he tried hard to control himself and focus on the actual conversation, trying every way to use the art of language to please the dragon, and forbid himself from having wild thoughts, so as to avoid any trace of dissatisfaction with the dragon that might be detected by it.

However, the long-term high concentration of attention, coupled with the despair of not being able to escape death even if he accepted the humiliation, finally made his tense mind loosen a little. In this tiny gap, his dissatisfaction with the dragon burst out like suppressed magma.

Although he immediately realized that these thoughts were not good and suppressed them immediately, it was too late - almost as soon as those angry and complaining thoughts came into being, they were exposed to the dragon's mental detection...

"Very good," the dragon said calmly.

The next moment, its sound suddenly sounded like a volcanic eruption, dark clouds and thunderstorm.

"You despicable, cowardly bugs, now you have one more crime to commit!"

"——Arrogant and conceited, committing treason!"

"I'm going to crush and tear all of you two-legged rubbish into pieces!"

It roared to the sky in anger and spread its wings. The huge membrane-like wings covered the rock dome, like the endless curtain of death, announcing the end of life.

Li Yin was still trembling and trying to explain something incoherently.

Seeing this scene, I was suddenly shocked and the last glimmer of hope was gone.

He was stunned for a moment, and then the expression on his stiff face, which was still wearing a forced smile, suddenly changed.

"Fuck your mother." The humiliation and anger that had been suppressed for a long time merged into a curse and burst out. There was no longer a trace of flattery or fear on his pale face, but it was completely replaced by a ferocious rage.

After cursing, he yelled at Du Feiya, "Run!", then grabbed the ground with his only remaining hand and foot and crawled backwards.

"Wait a minute!" Du Feiya screamed loudly.

She saw the dragon opening its mouth wide and aiming at Li Yin. It had no intention of stopping, so she leaped up, spread her arms, and used her body to block Li Yin behind her.

"You can't just kill us!" she snapped at the dragon.

"Oh?" The dragon stopped and sneered, "Why is that?"

"Just because you are not real warriors, just because you are a bunch of cowards who are afraid of death?"

"Du Feiya?" Li Yin heard Du Feiya's voice suddenly change direction and came from behind him. At the same time, he heard the dragon's voice and roar again. He turned back in surprise, but saw that Du Feiya was actually opening his arms and blocking him and the dragon. He was shocked.

What are you doing? His heartbeat was transmitted along the mind link. What's the use of this? You can't stop it at all. Didn't it tell you to run away quickly?

Wait a minute. Du Feiya responded to him calmly.

At the same time, Li Yin caught a glimpse of her opening her mouth, and her clear and powerful voice came out in the cold air.

"You can't just kill us like this, Lord Dragon," she reiterated.

"You're right, we're not real warriors—" She sneered slightly at herself, but her clear voice was still cold, without any of the flattering tone from before.

"But if you kill us, I promise you will get what you want and meet a real warrior right away."

"Oh?" The dragon's eyes sparkled with interest. "So, shouldn't I kill you?"

Li Yin could hear an irrepressible excitement in its voice. It stretched out its dazzling crystal tongue, licked its teeth and lips, and then raised a paw to cover Du Feiya's head.

"I hope you are not lying this time. I hope this true warrior is judged by the standards of our dragon race, not by the standards of the cowardly, cowardly dark elves, or human bugs."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid you will disappoint me again."

"But that shouldn't matter to you - after all, you won't be able to withstand the wrath of the great dragon clan by then."

The muscles in its forelimbs twitched, and its huge claws were about to fall.

Du Feiya——Li Yin was shocked again.

"My father," Du Feiya said calmly, "He is an eight-ring arcanist and the first warrior of our dark elves."

"I hope he won't disappoint you."

"Because if you kill us here, he will definitely come after us."

The dragon's claws in the air suddenly paused and did not fall.

It was silent for a while, and its huge vertical pupils narrowed slightly, flashing with a thoughtful light.

Li Yin, who was far behind, was stunned watching the conversation between the man and the dragon. He thought that this level of threat should have no effect on the dragon, and it would even make it more angry. After all, how could a dragon care about the name of the father of a weak two-legged creature? But the reality told him that this was not the case. The dragon seemed to be... quite afraid of this unconfirmed threat?

"Excuse me," it said slowly after a while, "could you tell me your father's name?"

Du Feiya's expression and voice remained normal, but his chest moved slightly, almost unnoticeably.

"Lucien Dinitja," she said lightly.

"Lucien Dinitea?" The dragon suddenly raised its head, its chin supported by one paw, its posture relaxed, the muscles around its eye sockets twitching, and its mouth grinning, suddenly revealing a very human and gentle smile.

"Lucien Dinitea?" the dragon repeated, with obvious pleasure in his voice.

Chapter 175: My Dragon Father... and Mother

"You, you know my father?" Its reaction surprised Du Feiya, and a few unexpected smiles of joy unconsciously bloomed on her cold face.

The dragon shook his head.

Du Feiya's face, which had just relaxed, suddenly froze.

However, its next words made the two of them fall into extreme fear.

"Lucien Dinitja." Its deep vertical pupils rolled around, and its majestic voice was brisk and joyful.

"Eighth-ringed arcanist, powerful warrior. Okay, I'll remember that."

"Thank you for your reminder." Its claws continued to fall, lightly flicking Du Feiya's forehead and playfully pushing her to the ground.

"I think I need to keep in closer contact with my family from now on." It ignored Du Feiya who was slumped on the ground, its eyes wandering and thoughtful.

Then, its eyes focused again. In its two ferocious pupils, the deep cold light shot straight at the two people like two sharp arrows.

It tilted its head, and in the shocked gazes of the two people, it smiled meaningfully:

"Stupid little dark elf bug."

"You don't think you're the only one who has a father and a mother?"

"Oh, by the way," it tapped its forehead, "I forgot to tell you something."

"I guess we don't have to wait for your father to come visit."

"Because my father and mother have a special interest in hunting those evil and cruel underground creatures, especially the powerful ones among them."

"For example, a certain eighth-ring arcanist, or the first warrior of a certain dark elf city-state."

The scene was quiet.

"escape!"

Suddenly, a scream erupted from the ground. However, this time it was no longer Li Yin, but Du Feiya.

She supported herself on the ground with her hands, quickly got up, took two steps at a time, came to Li Yin, bent down and stretched out her hand, wanting to help Li Yin pick up and run away together.

Li Yin placed one hand on Du Feiya's palm, and stood up shakily on his remaining leg, barely keeping his balance.

At the same time, a loud roar of a giant dragon was heard from behind, and it was approaching quickly.

Too late, he thought.

"Hurry," Du Feiya's anxious voice urged her from the side. She grabbed his hand and was about to run forward.

But Li Yin's hand suddenly broke free from her grasp and slid towards her waist in the next moment.

She turned her head in surprise, only to find that Li Yin was smiling at her. At the same time, he opened his lips and whispered to her, "Stand still."

The next moment, Li Yin's originally petite figure suddenly grew taller and stronger, almost doubling in size in just a blink of an eye. Du Feiya, who had been looking down at him, now had to look up to see his face clearly.

But she had just raised her head and had not had time to see the other person's face clearly when she suddenly felt the arm that had become as thick as a tree trunk around her waist exert force suddenly. Then, her feet were empty and her whole body was suspended in the air.

"Hold on!" Li Yin reminded again, then swung his arm and threw Du Feiya out with great force.

Du Feiya's panicked scream pierced through the air. Li Yin forced a smile from the corner of his mouth, and watched her figure flying away in the air with some evil amusement. The next moment, a huge shadow appeared above his head, covering his miserable smile.

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