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Suddenly, Qin He's magical cell phone rang with a call from Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling.

After using purification magic to clean the blood that had gotten on his hands while dealing with the Deviljho, Qin He connected to the video call.

"Mom, Aunt Zhong, how's it going over there? Have you found the treasure?"

On the other side of the video are Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling sitting on the back of the mechanical amethyst dragon.

Sitting in front of Zhong Xiling was the petite fairy from before—the Spring Water Witch, Salena.

This adorable little elf, not much bigger than a house cat, has a youthful appearance, with a moist and delicate face and a well-proportioned figure.

"Lord Qin He! It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Salena, the Spring Water Witch. It's...it's an honor to serve you~"

The petite Salena bounced around atop the amethyst dragon head, her first formal meeting with Qin He and her first conversation with him. This greatly excited Salena.

Qin He responded, his gaze towards the doll-like fairy before him quite peaceful.

"Qin He, look! Our elf girls are about to hunt a big one, right there."

A silver-white rhinoceros with forked horns is walking in an open space.

This is a fourth-tier peak-level silver rhinoceros with a different horn, perfect for the girls to practice on.

Upon noticing that Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling were talking to Qin He, many of the elf girls were overjoyed and rushed over during the early stages of the hunt preparations.

They wanted to see for themselves just how heroic Lord Qin He was.

Seeing her husband being admired by so many adorable girls, Zhong Liuxiu naturally felt a sense of satisfaction, as if she were showing off her husband.

The thought of Mom coming back and taking these beautiful elf girls to train with Qin He non-stop... made Zhong Liuxiu's dragon tail swing like a windmill.

Soon, the skilled elven archers drew their bows and prepared to attack.

The Dragonbone Arrow is exceptionally sharp; even without armor-piercing enchantments, it's more than enough to deal with low-level magical beasts.

With a volley of arrows, the thick hide of the silver rhinoceros was pierced as easily as tofu. The ripped wounds quickly caused the silver rhinoceros to howl in pain.

It spotted the elf shooting at it and immediately charged furiously at the archer in the bushes.

But it had no chance at all, as in the blink of an eye, three or four agile elf girls who had mastered new fighting techniques surrounded it.

Like ethereal fairies, several elf girls immediately picked up dragon bone scimitars and began frantically slicing into the flesh on the back of the silver rhinoceros.

When the silver rhinoceros reacted and violently shook its body in an attempt to drive away the enemy, the elf girls immediately jumped off its back.

Those few cuts had severely injured the Silver Rhinoceros. The unstoppable bleeding process quickly depleted the Silver Rhinoceros's strength.

Several other elven maidens, wielding dragonbone spears, repeatedly stabbed at the rhinoceros's body. They also skillfully dodged the enraged silver rhinoceros as it charged.

Next came the more basic fireball and wind blade spells, which were chanted. As the magic continued to explode and spread on the wounds of the silver rhinoceros, the silver rhinoceros finally retaliated with its own magic.

As the silver rhinoceros stomped its hooves, a ring of sharp earth-type stone spikes rose from the ground and stabbed towards the elves in front of it!

Seizing the opportunity, several of the fastest-moving elf girls immediately dodged the silver rhinoceros's magic and even lent a helping hand to their companions.

Then, a white figure emerged perfectly from the forest, seizing the opportunity to burst forth. It was Deng Liu!

As a young white dragon, she also discovered her magical potential within the long river of dragon heritage through diligent self-study.

"Freezing Fog!"

Deng Liu then used the Freezing Mist Technique to immediately freeze the ground beneath the feet of the Silver Rhinoceros, which had just finished running violently under the drive and whose movements had not yet stopped!

To prevent the Silver Rhinoceros from shattering the ice and to maintain the effectiveness of the Freezing Mist spell, Deng Liu poured out her limited magical energy.

She managed to slip and fall on the giant rhinoceros using half of her magic power!

The heavy body of the Heterohorned Silver Rhinoceros immediately lost its balance, and Deng Liu also immediately withdrew the magic energy he had poured into the Frozen Mist spell to reduce consumption, followed by a close-range fatal blow!

Deng Liu and the elven girls with spears stepped forward and leaped onto the neck of the silver rhinoceros. She immediately transformed back into human form and drew the dragon bone knife from her back.

Aiming at the neck of the silver rhinoceros, he thrust down fiercely! Using every ounce of power at his disposal, without a doubt...

Deng Liu is an absolutely powerful young dragon.

Then, the other elf girls joined forces and attacked the strange-horned silver rhinoceros until it breathed its last.

Seeing the girls' hunt come to an end, Qin He praised their performance. As for Deng Liu's performance, it particularly caught Qin He's attention.

To be able to use weapons and human combat skills so openly and without reservation, and to abandon arrogance... this little girl's future is absolutely bright.

The prey had been dealt with. But at that moment, a terrifying roar suddenly came from afar.

"Then...what is that?"

The elven girls were somewhat panicked upon hearing the sound, which resembled a dragon's roar, but Deng Liu remained completely undaunted. She simply analyzed the newcomers calmly.

As the monster burst out of the jungle, Qin He's nerves immediately tightened.

It was a green monster resembling a lizard, with the physical structure of a wyvern. Its enormous eyes and long tongue, coupled with its mouthful of purple venom—

"Mom! Aunt Zhong! Quickly activate the Mechanical Amethyst Dragon and stop that monster! It's a Poisonous Demon Bird!"

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The Pukei-Pukei is a bird-like wyvern with potent venom. Its skeleton is similar to that of a flying wyvern, making it a highly dangerous monster in the jungle.

With a chameleon-like head and large eyes, it is a herbivorous dragon species that usually feeds on tree fruits using its exaggeratedly long tongue. However, it is a considerable threat to adventurers.

The size of the opponent determines its strength. When faced with a dragon species that is larger than itself, the Poison Bird will usually choose to change its body color and show weakness in order to escape.

If the opponent is smaller than itself, the Poison Bird will change to a bright color, trying to make itself look more ferocious in order to intimidate the enemy and launch an attack.

Logically speaking, an adult of this creature should only be around ten meters long. But the Poisonous Demon Bird in front of us is an astonishing fourteen meters long, even larger than the Mechanical Amethyst Dragon.

Driven by an abnormally strong urge to attack, the Poison Bird swooped down from the sky and launched a deadly attack on the elves.

Not only that, but the terrifying venom poured out with the opening of the Poisonous Bird's enormous jaws. It was more like vomit than breath.

A potent, purple poison was immediately poured down, but fortunately, the mechanical amethyst dragon reacted instantly. It used its breath and mental energy to conjure a wall of amethyst, quickly blocking the gushing venom.

"Master, this poisonous bird is around the lower level of the sixth rank, and it has gone berserk for some unknown reason."

The mechanical amethyst dragon briefly analyzed the situation and reported the opponent's information to Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling. Sure enough, the scales on the poisonous bird's body and the feathers on its head and neck began to tremble violently and turn red.

Turning around again and opening its mouth, the Poison Bird flicked out its thick, long tongue, attempting to attack the elves.

Seeing this, an elven girl wielding twin swords used her movement technique. Leaping through the air, she spun and slashed, carving a series of bloody splatters from the back of the poisonous bird.

With such a formidable foe emerging, Sasha could no longer remain a bystander.

Also a sixth-tier lower-level mage, Sasha summoned a silver staff of considerable quality. As the magic circle rapidly took shape, a burst of fire magic erupted!

"Infernal Prison!"

Hearing that Qin Xinru and the others needed to cultivate with a dragon body as intact as possible, Sasha used the sixth-order magic Flame Prison Cage, which could trap the Poisonous Demon Bird, in an attempt to imprison it.

In the blink of an eye, the burst of demonic energy extended into a cage of flames as the magic array rotated, instantly imprisoning the poisonous bird within.

The Poisonous Bird was not one to be easily slaughtered. Seeing the Mechanical Amethyst Dragon approaching with its heavy claws, it immediately unleashed a torrent of venomous dragon breath upwards.

The affected fire element immediately ignited the venom, and although the cage burned the poisonous bird, it quickly became unable to maintain its confinement.

Combined with the explosive effect of the tree fruit, the force of the venom and magic energy explosion immediately knocked the Poison Bird back several feet, narrowly avoiding a fatal claw attack.

"Its tail is starting to swell, be careful!"

Qin He immediately spoke up to remind him, because he knew that the Poisonous Bird would release the poison gas generated by the reaction of venom and tree fruit through the hole in its tail to deal with enemies.

As the dragon's tail swelled, at this distance, the most dangerous person was undoubtedly the elf who had just used his twin blades to leap and slash the back of the poisonous bird.

Just as the elven girl, wielding twin swords, was about to press her advantage after landing and gaining a foothold, the Poisonous Bird began to release poisonous mist.

"You stinky lizard, don't even think about it!"

Zhong Xiling immediately reacted and directly put the elf girl into her spatial scale.

Having narrowly escaped the poisonous smoke, it was time for the mechanical amethyst dragon to put on its show.

One of the Amethyst Dragon's abilities is to directly manipulate gravity with its mental power. Although the Mechanical Amethyst Dragon is only at the peak of the seventh tier, it doesn't prevent it from suppressing the Poisonous Bird with mental power far superior to that of the Poisonous Bird.

Soon, the Poisonous Bird's body became as if it were stuck in a swamp, making it difficult to move.

Just as it was about to be immobilized, it suddenly gave up resisting, allowing the amethyst dragon to suppress it. Gravitational suppression couldn't be maintained indefinitely, so the mechanical amethyst dragon ceased its gravity suppression and switched to close-range claw attacks!

Knowing it couldn't escape, the poisonous bird immediately turned its head and stuck out its long tongue, instantly entangling a nearby tree. The rapid pull then propelled its body forward.

The amethyst dragon's sharp claws were a step too slow, failing to sever the poisonous bird's head as expected. Instead, they tore off the bird's swollen tail, which had just begun to release poisonous gas and whose swelling had not yet subsided.

The poisonous bird, its long tongue retracted after its tail was torn apart, immediately cried out in pain. But contrary to its nature, it did not run away but immediately turned around and charged.

The Amethyst Dragon formed a magic circle, fusing its own amethyst essence with earth magic. It transformed the crystal wall created by its breath attack and then used crystal spikes to pierce the Poison Bird's wing membrane once more!

The dense crystalline thorns immediately pierced through the wing membrane, and combined with the gravity applied again, suppressed the Poisonous Bird.

Soon, the mechanical amethyst dragon began to demonstrate its advantages as an alchemical construct.

Ignoring the corrosive venom that the poisonous bird frantically spat out when it was seriously injured, he simply twisted its neck.

"Hmm... Could it be that this poisonous bird attacked us because we trespassed into its territory?"

Although Zhong Xiling felt that the monster that had fallen in front of her was not too ferocious, its vomiting-like breathing was too strange.

If I actually refine it, will it grow a chameleon's long tongue?

Fortunately, the Dragon Transformation Crystal could identify the dragon's flesh and blood to some extent. After some analysis, it drew a conclusion and projected the result into Zhong Xiling's mind.

[Battle Aura Trait - Venom]: By converting Battle Aura energy into a proportional amount of Poisonous Bird venom, one can neutralize the Poisonous Bird's venom and other poisons with lower toxicity by using Battle Aura, and immediately convert it into Battle Aura.

The venom's toxicity can increase as it accumulates transformed toxins.

【Combat Skill - Poisonous Demon Tongue】: Instantly condense a long tongue of a poisonous demon bird with battle aura, and use the venom to grab and strike targets within a certain range.

After receiving confirmation that it would not cause any physical mutations, Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling began to deal with the poisonous bird in front of them.

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"Hmm, humans. And a peak seventh-tier mechanical amethyst dragon? Interesting, very interesting. Continue, what else did you see?"

Deep in the forest, nestled among towering trees near a river, lies a colossal lair. A green dragon dwells there, patiently listening to the lizardman's tale.

"Yes... Great Lord Nomis. Those two humans were accompanied by a small elven tribe, but only a few dozen people."

"It seems that humans should possess some kind of spatial magic artifact. You easily captured an elf from the venomous breath of your poisonous bird."

The old lizardman with the distinctive crest on his head clearly held a significant position in the group, and he reported to the green dragon what was happening in the distant forest.

“I didn’t expect… In that case, Sahe, go and find a way to capture a few live elves and bring them to me! I need to find a way to get that pseudo-dragon, and I also need to get my hands on those two humans’ storage items.”

Looking inside the giant tree, the green dragon, also at the peak of the seventh rank, was creating demons.

Ancient witchcraft was operating within a magic circle inside the tree hollow, with a cauldron filled with dragon blood at its center.

"It's almost done. The research on the cursed blood is nearing completion. That poisonous bird from before wasn't enough. It wasn't frenzied or cruel enough, and it couldn't even feel pain... nor fear anything that could kill it!"

"During this period, research on the cursed blood must not be interrupted."

Nomis flew down from the ancient tree and let out a low roar... Soon, many thief dragons responded to the call.

The bandit tribe is led by a large bandit with a mane that can swallow huge prey whole. The smaller ones serve as mounts for the lizardmen.

"Remember, do not disturb the humans. Just secretly capture one elf... If anyone messes up, they will become fodder for a lowly dragon."

The "lower-class dragons" here naturally refer to the more lethal predators under the command of the Thieves or even the Green Dragons.

Upon hearing this, Elder Sahe of the Lizardmen immediately ordered the dispatch of the most elite Lizardmen warriors of his tribe.

There were even a few at the lower tier of the second order, and a few at the middle tier of the second order. These strange, lizard-like creatures then mounted their thief dragons and raced through the forest.

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After a day of hunting, the elf girls not only slew the silver rhinoceros, but also witnessed how Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling slayed the dragon.

As evening fell, they pitched their tents and danced and sang around the campfire. The melodious songs of the fairies, paired with their captivating dances, created a warm and beautiful scene.

The lizardmen ride on thief dragons, always ready to ambush and capture any lone elves.

"Annie...you were amazing today! You sliced ​​open the Poison Bird's back with just a few swift movements of your twin blades. Teach us sometime, please!"

Several elven girls were already surrounding Annie, who had attacked and successfully wounded the Poison Bird earlier that day, showering her with endless praise.

"Hehe~ It's all thanks to the powerful fighting spirit and combat skills passed down from the two mistresses. And these twin swords, without them, I'd only be able to scrub that giant monster's back~"

Annie clearly adored the twin white dragon bone swords in her hands. However, at this moment, Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling slowly approached, getting closer to Annie and the others.

"Annie, you did a great job. But you must be careful next time. You weren't wearing any proper protective gear. It's very dangerous to fight monsters like the Poison Bird in close combat like that. You absolutely must be careful!"