Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree

The Dragon Descendant Magical Beast was awakened and charged towards the players.

Feeling its intimidating aura, the players quickly realized that even if they combined their forces, they would not be a match for it.

The group did not hesitate and immediately turned around, sprinting away.

But the awakened beast didn’t seem to want to let them go.

They saw it roar and swoop down at the players, shredding the trees along the way into pieces.

A series of ancient trees, each more than a meter thick, collapsed one after another, the ground shook, and feeling the terrifying power from the beast, the players’ hearts raced with fear.

However, after escaping a few hundred meters, the players noticed something was off...

Because after they fled beyond the cave’s range, the beast didn’t chase them.

The beast seemed not to have sustained interest, or perhaps... lacked the ability to pursue them relentlessly.

Furthermore, the terrifying aura of this Dragon Descendant Magical Beast seemed... surprisingly slow.

According to what they know about avian magical beasts with dragon bloodline, speed is undoubtedly their most formidable ability, and while the players dispersed to flee, prepared for someone to be targeted and sacrificed, the result was... they ran several hundred meters without anyone being caught.

At this moment, the slowest, Four Seasons Rainboldly turned back and used the [Eagle Eye] skill to closely scrutinize the beast, finally a realization dawned:

"Something’s wrong! It’s injured! It’s not as powerful as it appears!"

Hearing Four Seasons Rain’s words, the players turned around and finally discovered the issue with the Dragon Descendant Magical Beast.

On its wings, a grotesque wound had nearly ripped half of its body apart. While it lay in the cave earlier, the players had surprisingly failed to notice. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

The wound was deep, even revealing blurred organs tinged with black.

At the wound’s edges, traces of magical burns could be seen, along with a few broken arrows.

Presumably, this was inflicted by mercenaries during an attack on a human village.

Such severe injuries, if suffered by a regular Demon Beast, would likely be fatal, but the Dragon Descendant Magical Beast had inherently stronger life force than ordinary beasts, which might be why it could hold out until now.

So, although its aura was terrifying, it may well be... merely strong in appearance.

It’s beatable!

The players’ spirits lifted, seeing a glimmer of hope.

Ye Ye and Nai Nai exchanged glances, nodded, and shouted to their teammates:

"Come back! It’s seriously injured! We can fight it!"

Following the order, the players no longer ran away but regrouped and began the battle.

"Elf Kingdom" has been launched for over a year and a half now, and within the game world, six years have already passed. During this time, players have long since devised tactics for fighting magical beasts.

Against such a severely injured powerful beast, direct combat isn’t necessary; they just need to keep maneuvering to deplete the opponent’s stamina, slowly exhausting it to death.

Hence, the players coordinated and began utilizing the Elves’ speed advantage in the forest, maneuvering around the gigantic Dragon Descendant Magical Beast to attack.

This strategy quickly proved effective, though the Dragon Descendant Magical Beast seemed to have high defensive power, making it difficult for players to cause damage. Yet, amidst intense movement, its wound continued to expand, with more and more crimson blood flowing...

With renewed determination, the players focused their attacks on the beast’s wound. Brilliant magic and skills rained down on the beast, eliciting angry roars from it.

Gradually, the beast’s speed slowed down, and its overpowering aura also gradually diminished...

"It’s reaching its limit!"

The players became elated.

However, at that moment, the weakening beast suddenly raised its head, a hint of determination flashed in its crystalline pupils.

It let out a sky-reaching roar, and surging magic power erupted from its body, the blood in its wound suddenly boiled...

At this moment, it "ignited" its own bloodline.

This is an innate magic possessed by many pure-blooded Dragon Descendant Magical Beasts, inherited from dragons, resembling the Divine burning Divine Power, capable of unleashing unparalleled power in a short period.

However, the Dragon Descendant Magical Beast burns its own bloodline and life force, and at best, it completely loses its dragon bloodline, degrading into an ordinary beast with drastically reduced lifespan, at worst dying on the spot.

Once its bloodline was ignited, the beast’s aura skyrocketed at once, quickly returning to its peak.

It eyed the players, its gaze icy and mad.

In the next moment, the Dragon Descendant Magical Beast opened its eagle mouth, dazzling light converged within, boundless flames erupted from it, quickly engulfing the players entirely.

These weren’t ordinary flames, but high-temperature, highly destructive magical flames; trees in the forest, even if merely touched by a bit, would quickly burst into flames, turning to ashes...

"This is bad..."

Covered by a sea of flames, the players’ expressions shifted slightly.

Ye Ye gritted his teeth, his heart hardened, and he pulled out a delicate Magic Scroll from his bosom.

It was a one-time-use Nine-circles Magic Scroll he had obtained during his recent tour of the continent from a ruin, still unidentified, only known to be an attack-type magic.

Nine-circles attack-type magic is immensely powerful, its exact effect unknown, hastily using it could potentially affect themselves, Ye Ye initially didn’t want to use it here.

But they have fought for so long, everyone was too engrossed, even with risks, they didn’t care any longer.