Unsurprisingly, however, the mysterious book was no longer emitting a green light but had turned a dark purple instead; the powerful Force that had erupted earlier had vanished without a trace, replaced by a lingering wave of weakness that spread through his limbs.
Only now did Neil suddenly come to a realization: it turned out that the suddenly erupting Force from before had not been obtained out of thin air!
Rather, it was absorbed bit by bit on regular days by the mysterious book in his mind, and only through such accumulation over time could it explode with such a massive amount of power.
However, under the crisis just now, he had already completely used up all the Force that had perhaps been accumulated ever since his transmigration.
Wanting to use it again would probably require a very long time of accumulation.
Yet even so, he could not back down.
If one were to ask why?
It was because his Sister Ya’er was right there!
How could he just leave her be and ignore her?
If anything happened to Sister Ya’er, he would never be able to forgive himself.
Having firmed his resolve, Neil speeded up his pace.
When he finally drew near the Lifetree, faint tremors also came from the distance at the same time.
Neil climbed to the top of a tree and, utilizing the excellent vision of a half-elf, gazed as far as his eyes could reach.
At the very edge of his vision, he could barely see dozens of black dots in the sky continuously circling around a larger black dot, while the larger black dot would from time to time emit a thin line of light that swept horizontally below.
Whenever a smaller black dot was touched by it, it would instantly vanish without a trace, and whenever it struck the forest below, faint explosions would echo.
Neil understood almost immediately: this was the elven military’s Dragon-Gryphon Knight Order fighting against the black dragon!
Neil grew somewhat anxious; the black dragon had come too quickly, far exceeding Neil’s estimates.
Although he didn’t know whether the Dragon-Gryphon Knight Order could hold it off, Neil still speeded up his footsteps.
Rumble, rumble.
That vibration was different from the shockwave felt when the black dragon’s breath struck the ground; instead, it was a subtle yet continuous tremor.
For a moment, it caught Neil’s attention.
Moving forward a short distance toward the direction of the vibration, he saw a troop of pure white unicorns trotting rapidly out from the slightly deep and gloomy forest.
The unicorns, with their flawless pure white manes, were incredibly holy and sacred.
Their long hair was incomparably elegant, without a single dull or variegated strand, looking as if they were glowing.
Their single horns looked as if they were carved from sapphire, with faint arcs of lightning flashing across them.
Sitting on the backs of the unicorns were entirely naked female elves.
They pressed their fair legs together, sitting sideways on the backs of the unicorns, holding a posture of prayer.
What surprised Neil the most was not even this, because the elf riding on the very first unicorn was Anxiuyal!
On her head, she also wore a laurel crown of twigs and leaves that looked as if it were carved from emeralds.
He had heard the elders in the settlement say that it was the symbol of the elven royalty, the “Ancient Tree Laurel Crown,” equivalent to a human crown!
Sister Ya’er is an elven princess?!
Neil’s mind was thrown into confusion for a moment, but in just an instant, his mind became resolute again.
No matter what Sister Ya’er’s status was, she was also the Sister Ya’er in his heart who could never be replaced!
Encountering her here meant there was exactly no need to go onto the ancient tree anymore; he would just protect her in secret like this.
Following the dozens of unicorn knights led by Anxiuyal, Neil also gradually approached the battlefield.
The closer they got to the battlefield, the greater the commotion became.
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The blood of the long-lived race dripped down along the branches to nourish the soil, showing no distinction of nobility or baseness compared to the wild beasts they hunted at will.
Up in midair, the black dragon’s size had grown quite a bit larger compared to when Neil first saw it, and it was also more hideous.
On the dragon’s head grew four twisted dragon horns, and its foul, yellow pupils were completely exposed with a fierce light.
Despite facing the joint attacks of the spirit dragon knights and gryphon knights, it was still executing its moves with ease.
At this time, the lineup of the besieging Dragon-Gryphon Knight Order had also shrunk considerably compared to what Neil had seen just now, and even the spirit dragons were fewer by one.
Although the black dragon could not be described as completely unscathed, those were clearly not fatal injuries.
As soon as the unicorns led by Anxiuyal arrived, they immediately threw themselves into the battle.
Pressing one hand over their perky breasts and holding the other hand high with the palm facing upward, beautiful melodies of chanting issued from their mouths.
Then, their naked bodies emitted a pure white light, their fair skin becoming crystal clear to the point where the subtle blood vessels beneath the skin seemed faintly visible.
At the same time, the unicorns beneath their snow-tender buttocks also began to glow.
Countless spots of light floated out from their glowing, soft skin, emerald-green hair, high-peaked breasts, and pure white jade feet, flying upward into the midair in reverse.
In an instant, the countless spots of light transformed the area of several hundred meters around into a holy ocean of light.
When a wounded elf touched the holy spots of light, their wounds slowly healed like a miracle, whereas when the black dragon touched the spots of light, it was like touching sparks—its scales and wings were scorched as if burned by fire.
Such a holy scene made even Neil feel dazzled and fascinated, and he couldn’t help but wonder if there were gods in this world.
The spirits of the elves, who had been fighting for a long time, were greatly shaken.
They let out cheers and attacked the black dragon in one burst of energy.
The gryphon knights raised their cavalry lances, which were nearly ten meters in length, using the momentum of the gryphons’ acceleration to thrust at the black dragon, while two spirit dragons also rushed straight up from the front to tangle and fight with the black dragon.
By virtue of the countless holy spots of light floating in the air, this place had truly turned into the home field of the Dragon-Gryphon Knight Order.
Except for a few gryphon knights who were unfortunately killed by the black dragon’s breath, the rest of the knights could fly out to the periphery to slowly recover from their injuries even if they were wounded.
Gradually, the Dragon-Gryphon Knight Order began to gain the upper hand, and the wounded roars of the black dragon shook the entire area.