The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

"Strong light may only cause temporary dizziness or blindness to you, the creatures on the ground. But for us, the underground creatures, the consequence is likely to be permanent blindness, as well as the accompanying severe pain that is enough to cause insanity. Therefore, this is a very powerful magic that is specifically used to restrain underground creatures."

"So that's it." Li Yin suddenly realized. Then, a thought subconsciously came to his mind:

As expected of a dark elf, he even embraced the light in order to deal with his own people!

As soon as this thought came to his mind, he was shocked and hurriedly hid it. What if Du Feiya knew about this? She respected her father so much, but he made fun of him.

However, Li Yin's idea was just a joke. In his heart, he had no contempt or prejudice towards the Chief Archmage and First Swordsman of Nevveir whom he had never met. On the contrary, he was full of curiosity and respect for him. This curiosity and respect were not based on strength, but he really wanted to know what kind of dark elf father could raise such an outstanding daughter like Du Feiya.

As for the Radiant Blade, it was not surprising - didn't the humans and elves in the sunlit world above also use spells like "Darkness"? As long as the spell had an effect on the enemy, it was a good spell. Therefore, in this dark world surrounded by enemies, he had to learn this shining "Radiant Blade"!

"What's wrong?" Du Feiya suddenly sensed a significant change in Li Yin's mental activity, and when she instinctively extended her thoughts towards this change and tried to distinguish it in detail, Li Yin actually took the initiative to shrink and close this part of his mind. She instinctively felt that something was wrong, so she asked.

"Nothing...nothing." Li Yin answered with a flickering look in his eyes, feeling guilty.

"Your eyes don't look like you don't care." Du Feiya's sharp eyes saw through his disguise in an instant. She raised the corners of her mouth, and with an aggressive momentum, she asked relentlessly: "What's going on?"

"It's really nothing."

This pale excuse was totally unconvincing. And the more he tried to cover up, the more curious Du Feiya became. She tried to probe her thoughts fiercely to Li Yin, trying to forcefully dig out the hidden contents in his mind, but in terms of psychic ability, Li Yin, a psychic, was far superior to her. Li Yin had a thought and completely closed his mind. The countless thoughts that Du Feiya had probed were like hitting a copper wall and iron wall, and she was rejected.

"You still say it's okay?" Du Feiya frowned slightly, but the corners of her mouth were still slightly raised, with a faint smile, "You don't even want to learn magic."

"Good fellow, what are you hiding from me? Tell me now!"

Li Yin shook his head again, his face pale.

He really didn't dare to tell Du Feiya the idea that just popped up in his head. God knows how she would react. So facing the other party's repeated questioning, he just bit his lips tightly and said nothing.

On the other side, Du Feiya still couldn't get the answer she wanted, and the spiritual connection between the two sides had been broken. She simply gave up the possibility of direct communication. She was originally sitting on the ground, but she suddenly stood up, bent her waist, bent her knees slightly, and her eyes sparkled, like a female leopard locking onto its prey, ready to pounce.

"Are you going to tell it or not?" She grinned, flashing a cunning and ferocious smile.

Li Yin shuddered, his whole body was covered with hair. He sat up, turned over and ran.

"It's really nothing!" he shouted in vain as he ran.

"Look at yourself now, do you believe it?" Du Feiya said with a smile, jumping up and down, "Hurry up and tell this princess the truth!"

By the empty lake, on the flat rocky wasteland, the sound of two figures chasing and playing could be heard for a long time.

………………

Ten days later, under Du Feiya's guidance, Li Yin had already learned two of the five unknown magics, namely, the Jumping Technique and the Shining Blade. Originally, due to the special ability of his demonic physique, he had an amazing jumping ability, and could jump nearly ten meters in one jump. Now, with the blessing of the Jumping Technique, this distance has been increased by three times. In addition, the ghoul transformation not only increased his jumping distance, but also greatly increased his speed when jumping. Everything was done in a flash. Therefore, now he can jump dozens of meters in an instant, like a cannonball just thrown from a catapult. Li Yin has no doubt that if he is equipped with full body armor and no weapons, he can smash people to pieces with one collision, and the terrifying destructive power is even better than a head-on collision with a carriage running at full speed.

And if he used the right way to exert force and gathered the power of this jump onto the blade - Li Yin drew out his sword and carefully looked at the dark and deep, faintly glowing fine gold blade - with the excellent martial arts of the dark elves he had absorbed, he could easily do this. And if this was the case, the damage this sword could cause would be unimaginable!

He leaned forward, took a deep breath, and bent his knees slightly. Then, in a split second, he passed by and turned into a shadow. Almost at the same time, a thunderous sound came from a distance. A dozen meters away, a huge stone as tall as a person suddenly burst open and broke into two. Amid the smoke and dust, the back of Li Yin, standing tall, slowly emerged from behind the broken stone.

"Why is it so exaggerated?" Du Feiya asked in surprise behind him in the distance.

"My jumping ability is already extraordinary, and this spell will further enhance my advantage." Li Yin turned around and answered casually.

"Of course, there is also the effect of the weapon." He admired the fine gold blade. Even if it cut through a huge rock, there was not a single nick on the blade of this long sword. This sword was picked up from the ruins of the battlefield when they were wandering around a few days ago. Li Yin used it to replace his original slave-style rough iron sword. If he still had the original iron sword in his hand at this moment, I am afraid that even if the blade was broken, it would not achieve this effect.

"My father once told me," Du Feiya said with great enthusiasm, "there is no absolute distinction between strong and weak spells."

"The most powerful spell is the one that shines in the right place. The wisdom of a wizard is reflected in two aspects: the wisdom in studying spells and the wisdom in using spells. As long as they are used properly, a simple and easy-to-learn low-level spell may not be less effective than a difficult and complex high-level spell."

"You are the first time I have understood this truth so intuitively."

"Your father's insights are refreshing and profound." Li Yin nodded and responded seriously. At the same time, his admiration for the great wizard he had never met increased.

"So that's it. Is this the effect of magic?" At this moment, an unusually loud voice suddenly emanated from the empty void next to him.

The loud noise at such a close distance caused pain in Li Yin and Du Feiya's eardrums and made their whole bodies tremble. However, what was shaking more violently than their bodies was their hearts.

Li Yin subconsciously jumped to the side, leaping dozens of meters away like lightning. Then he turned around and looked towards the source of the sound.

The magnificent and majestic dark blue body of the giant dragon slowly emerged in the void.

"I mean, how come I haven't seen you in more than ten days?" Its azure crystal eyes sparkled, its huge mouth opened and closed, and it said in a clear voice, "The little human bug is getting better and better at jumping."

"What are you doing!" Li Yin scolded angrily, "You're hiding here secretly, it's scary."

The giant dragon raised his eyebrows slightly, and said confidently: "Why, you are allowed to practice magic, but I am not allowed to practice magic? Don't forget, this is still my territory!"

"You are rebelling against me," it widened its pupils and glared at Li Yin, "You little human bug, you don't want to turn the tables, do you?!"

"No, no." The dragon's feigned anger helped Li Yin to calm down from his panic-induced rage. He said in a soft tone, "I just want to say that next time when you practice magic, especially invisibility, can you change the place and not be so scary."

Chapter 190: Inspiring Psychic Power (Part 1)

"Hmph," the dragon raised its head, "This is my territory. I can practice wherever I want."

Li Yin looked at its arrogant appearance and felt helpless.

That's right, this guy did it on purpose. What's the point of practicing magic? He can easily perform the invisibility spell, so why does he need to practice it? It's obvious that he just wanted to spy on me and Du Feiya. I followed its excuses and talked to it. Even if I won, what good would it do?

After realizing this, he gave up arguing with it and changed the subject: "Are you awake?"

His tone was casual, just like an ordinary greeting, as if he suddenly met a familiar neighbor while walking on the street.

He was not worried that the use of magic would cause the dragon to be surprised and repulsive. First of all, his strength was not enough to cause harm to the dragon. Secondly, he was still standing here, and he ruled out the possibility of escape. Moreover, a low-level spell like jumping would hardly be in the eyes of the other party. I am afraid that in the eyes of the arrogant dragon, it is still questionable whether this juggling trick performed by a human insect like him can be called a spell. Finally, if the dragon really doesn't like to see him use magic, based on his understanding of the dragon's temperament, at most he will just scold him and issue a ban, and won't do anything to him.

Sure enough, the dragon just gave a muffled "hmm" as a response and didn't dwell on the fact that he used magic.

"You didn't take advantage of the time when I was sleeping to escape. You are really commendable." Then, with a hint of curiosity in its eyes, it praised Li Yin.

"Run, why do you want to run away?" Li Yin spread his hands and said calmly, "Playing chess and practicing swordsmanship are quite fun. There is no need to run away."

He paused, "Except that sometimes when you are practicing, there will happen to be a giant dragon practicing invisibility next to you, and it will suddenly jump out and scare you."

The dragon narrowed his eyes slightly.

It didn't pay attention to Li Yin's sarcastic remarks. At this moment, it was another thing that attracted its attention.

In fact, while the two were talking, it was using mind detection to secretly probe the hearts of the little human bugs. Of course, Shaka had her own reasons for this. Her previous promise was only not to use mind detection on them in daily life. If their abnormal behavior caught her attention, she would reserve the right to conduct mind detection.

Now, the behavior of the little human insect has attracted its attention, which is abnormal.

The little human bug was just practicing magic, but he didn't have a spell book, so his spells would be used less and less each time. In this case, would he still practice? Shaka ruled out the possibility that he was using psychic energy, because he clearly mentioned the word "magic".

Or maybe the human bug was not a wizard, but a sorcerer who didn't need to memorize to cast spells? But she clearly remembered that the human bug and the dark elf bug had once claimed in unison in front of her that they were not "warriors" but "mages."

Shaka scratched her head, very curious about the true nature of the human bug. So before revealing her true form, she silently started to detect the human bug's mind.

But surprisingly, the human bugs didn't think about this at all, so her detection was fruitless. The invisible mind detection she used could only detect the target's immediate mental activities. If Shaka wanted to go further and directly retrieve the information she needed from the target's memory, she would need more powerful psychic power or magic, and such tyrannical behavior would inevitably be noticed by the target and met with fierce resistance...

However, by some strange coincidence, although Shaka did not get the result she wanted, she unexpectedly sensed the true psychological activities of the human insect when it said the above words. And the true psychological activities of the human insect showed that it really did not lie, and it was enjoying its "chess waiting" life very much, and had no idea of ​​escaping at all!

When she heard him say "it's fun", Shaka wanted to say something sarcastic, "The bad chess player who always loses is enjoying it". But when she detected Li Yin's true thoughts, she immediately changed her mind. Forget it. What if he gets angry and quits on the spot? Where can she find a playmate who is so willing to come to her door?

Not only that, she changed her mind and decided to praise him.

"Not bad."

"If you were so agile back then, it might have taken this dragon a little more effort to catch you."

When she said this, a light bulb suddenly lit up in her mind, and her two big blue eyes began to flicker.

"Ah, I figured it out." She exclaimed, and then said happily, "Let's play a new game, human bug."

"What?" Li Yin was stunned. "You're not going to play chess anymore?"

"You can play chess later, there's no need to rush."

"Now let's play a new game called——"

"'The dragon catches the little man'——" it said cheerfully, its voice full of joy, "You are responsible for running, and I am responsible for catching."

As it spoke, it even raised its upper body, stretched out its two front paws, hung its two claws in the air, opened and closed them, and flapped its wings slightly, as if it was rubbing its hands, eager to try.

"No!" Li Yin's face changed and he refused immediately without thinking.

"That's not up to you!" the dragon opened its mouth and said loudly.

"But..." Then, its eyes narrowed slightly, as if it was thinking about something. It would not work to just force it to move forward. If the prey did not cooperate, gave up resistance and ran away, this game of chasing would quickly become boring.

"Well," it raised its head and said loudly, "I won't let you play for nothing."

"The great dragon will give you half an hour. If you are caught by me within half an hour, your buttocks will be spanked in two."

"How can this mean that you are not letting me have fun for free?" Li Yin protested with a pale face.

"It's not over yet?" The dragon interrupted him with dissatisfaction, the muscles around his eye sockets twitched.

"Where there is punishment, there is naturally a reward."

Then, it said solemnly:

"Human insect, I know you are a psychic boy. But your psychic power is very poor in front of the great dragon."

"So," it said, with deep eyes, "Do you want to accept the guidance of the great dragon and further improve your psychic abilities?"

"If, I mean if, you can hold on for more than half an hour, I will teach you a psychic power. How about that?"

As soon as the words fell, the giant dragon Shaka saw with satisfaction that the "prey"'s dissatisfied expression suddenly froze. Then, its breathing accelerated, and its chest rose and fell rapidly.

"Are you serious?" Li Yin swallowed and asked in an anxious voice.

At this moment, the excitement in his heart was completely different from when he asked Du Feiya about arcane magic.

As for the arcane, he had at least been familiar with it and had studied it systematically. As for psychic powers, he only knew that he had this strange energy hidden in him, but he didn't know how to discover it. Charm, telepathy, mental protection... Each of these abilities was passively awakened under unexpected circumstances and was completely out of his control. And every time he awakened an ability, he became more deeply aware of the power of psychic powers, and also made him more and more anxious because he didn't know how to use it and had a treasure mountain but couldn't use it.

Now, an opportunity to actively learn and master psychic powers is in front of him, which is exactly what he longs for day and night.

"Of course," Sapphire Dragon Saga raised her head proudly, "A great dragon never jokes. Once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back."

"Then let's start now." Li Yin agreed immediately.

"Okay." The giant dragon Saga flapped its wings excitedly.

At the same time, Li Yin took a step forward and his body turned into a flash of lightning and rushed out.

"Don't run!" The giant dragon Saga rose into the sky like a storm, shouting loudly in excitement.

Du Feiya stood there, staring at the man and the dragon flying away at an incredible speed, stunned.

In the blink of an eye, she was left alone on the desolate rocky plain, at a loss as to what to do.

………………

Half an hour later, in the gap formed by two stone mountains.

Li Yin stood on the ground between the gaps and looked up.

The gap between the stone mountains no longer showed the rock dome above, but instead there was a huge blue crystal dragon face.

The giant dragon Saga opened her mouth wide and breathed out continuously, even her nostrils spewing out white smoke.

"Little human, I... I, this giant dragon, don't understand." It scratched the rocks on both sides with its claws, and its huge head tilted up and down, gasping for breath, "Do you really not need to rest at all?"

"This dragon has never seen a creature that can sprint at top speed for half an hour straight."

Li Yin smiled, stood straight, and spread his hands: "No need."

He was silent for a while, giving the dragon a little extra rest, and then spoke again:

"The time is up. I have won this game of 'dragon catching little people'."

The dragon was quite straightforward. It took a few deep breaths and then said, "Yes, you win."

Seeing its obedient appearance, Li Yin also put away his plan to tease it with sharp words. After all, he would need it to fulfill its promise later. So he was very friendly and truthfully comforted the dragon:

"A lucky fluke."

"In fact, there were several times when you almost caught me and I thought my butt was about to explode, but I don't know why, every time I was just a little short."

"Could it be that Lady Shaga is showing mercy and letting me go on purpose?" he said flatteringly.

"Tsk," the dragon seemed not to appreciate it and a puff of white smoke suddenly blew out of its nose.

"How is that possible?" It widened its eyes and spoke righteously and seriously, "Games are games, and this dragon will not let you win."

"It's just that," it blinked and tilted its head, "maybe this dragon just woke up and didn't move much, so its hands and feet are not flexible enough..."

It opened its mouth, tilted its long neck back, and yawned in a pretentious manner.

"But," it yawned and lowered its head again. Seeing the little human bug staring at it intently, it immediately understood and said seriously again, "Games are games."

"Losing is losing, winning is winning."

"Don't worry, I won't go back on my promise to you."

"Thank you, Master Shaga!" Li Yin immediately smiled.