"Whew-"

A vast canopy of trees obscured the sky overhead, and Yuna lowered her flight altitude and weaved swiftly and nimbly through the trees.

There were powerful high-level demonic beasts lurking in the depths of the Linfeng Mountain Range, and flying too high and conspicuous would attract their attention, and it would not be conducive to her tracing the source of the turmoil along the trail of the demonic beasts.

"I've been flying for so long, and I'm already close to the depths of the mountains."

In the battle conference room of the City Lord's Mansion, Nolan looked at the map in front of him and said, "It's getting dark, search for ten more minutes, and if you haven't found a clue, you will temporarily retreat today."

"Luo Zhen and Ai Xia have already taken the carriage to this side, just join them when we return to the stronghold."

Because of the soul link, he is an important information channel connecting the front line in Linfeng City, and he can't leave easily.

Take over the matter of the white raven, and leave it to Luo Zhen and them.

"Hmm."

Yuna nodded, and then heard a deafening roar in front of her.

A tiger with dark blue markings noticed the uninvited guest in front of him and roared demonstratively at her.

The fifth-order demonic beast Howling Wind Tiger is a mortal enemy of the brown armor bear he encountered before, and his strength is almost the same.

Yuna subconsciously raised the magic guide gun in her hand, and put it down again, and the four acceleration circles of the Valkyrie flying wing type opened widely, directly passing the Howling Wind Tiger, leaving its roar behind.

This time, her mission is not to kill, but to scout, and she shouldn't make too much of a fuss here.

After galloping for a while, after making sure it hadn't caught up, Yuna slowed down and landed on the ground.

"There are fewer and fewer low-level demonic beasts encountered along the way."

Yuna leaned over to check the ground for clues, "The atmosphere is becoming more and more silent, and I'm afraid there's something powerful lurking ahead." ”

"Could it be that the high-level demonic beasts in the depths of the mountain range have migrated here and driven away all the low-level demonic beasts in this vicinity?"

Noren held his chin thoughtfully, which was also the most common explanation given by the City Lord's Mansion for this phenomenon.

Demonic beasts have sharper instincts than humans, and they can detect hidden aurours that humans can't perceive—for example, the dangerous scents emitted by other high-level demonic beasts.

Affected by these smells, low-level demonic beasts will instinctively stay away from danger, and then change their range of activities and break into human territory.

The Howling Wind Tiger just now probably collided with Yuna in the process of "fleeing", and when he saw her flying in the direction of the source of danger, he didn't catch up at all.

Otherwise, with its violent personality like a brown bear, it would have to pounce on her and compare with her, and the wind type monster known for its speed would not be thrown off so easily by Valkyrie.

Yuna carefully sensed the movement around her and walked forward slowly.

At this moment, a slight rustle suddenly sounded on the ground, and her eyes froze, and she immediately rose into the air.

The next moment, a purple figure burst out of the ground, and because Yuna reacted in time, it pounced and then fell to the ground with a warning hiss.

It is a two-meter-sized scorpion composed of translucent purple crystals, through which you can even see the black blood vessels inside.

"Crystal Giant Scorpion, Fourth-Order Demonic Beast."

According to the Magical Beast Illustrated Book that he had read before, Nolen quickly recognized this magical beast and frowned, "But, purple crystal giant scorpion, isn't this ......?"

At this time, the crystal giant scorpion had already attacked Yuna again, it raised its tail thorns, and several diamond-shaped spikes quickly generated, shooting towards Yuna in the sky.

Yuna drove the Blocking Barrier to block the spikes, then raised her Wizard Gun and fired a wind blade at it.

The wind blade slashed at the giant scorpion's crystal armor, leaving only a half-finger-deep scratch on it after the sharp cut, and she then pulled out the knight's sword at her waist and swooped down to slash out.

"Bell—"

The crystal giant scorpion used a pair of huge pincers to resist the knight's sword that fell from the sky, and although the hard crystal armor showed a few cracks, it still withstood the power of the fifth-order knight's dive!

Immediately, its tail spike swung again, stabbing towards Yuna with great speed.

The knight's sword was caught in the pincers and could not be pulled out for a moment, and Yuna was about to release the hilt to avoid its edge, while using the Shaped Flame blast to blast open its hard outer armor.

But as if remembering something, she quickly made a somewhat bold decision, and flung her left leg like a whip against the oncoming tail thorn.

Don't underestimate the knight's physical skills!

Yuna's left leg collided with the tail spike covered in the hard crystal armor, and there was a sonorous sound of swords clashing, and her expression was solemn, and she continued to pour magic into her leg, kicking it again with all her might—

I only heard a "click", and the hard tail spur was actually kicked off by her!

This style of play really works! Her eyes lit up.

The new generation of prosthetics is made of improved knight steel, and its strength is not much lower than its own knight sword, at least it is completely enough to deal with fourth-order demonic beasts.

Compared with the previous shortcomings, the current legs can even become her unexpected weapons!

Kicking the Crystal Scorpion's tail spike, she pursued the victory, her knight's sword bursting with white light, and the powerful magic then shattered its pincers, piercing its outer armor and pinning its head to the ground.

hit the vital point, the crystal giant scorpion was killed on the spot, and there was no movement.

"You've gotten stronger." When Nolan saw this scene, he also approved.

In addition to relying on magic guides to guerrilla and shooting, the current white raven finally has the ability to fight in close combat.

It's not that I've become stronger, it's all your credit...... Yuna thought to herself that she was just relying on the performance of these legs.

And just as he was breathing, the ground rustled, and several crystal giant scorpions rushed from the ground and all around.

"Nolan." Yuna looked around warily, "What now?" ”

"Leave them alone, fly forward."

Nolan muttered, "I think we'll be there soon. ”

The Crystal Scorpion is a very special magical beast, which is why he finds it incredible when he sees it for the first time.

According to the illustrated book, this monster feeds on ores, so it only haunts the mines.

And depending on the type of ore they eat, the color of the armor of these crystal scorpions will also change-

If he remembered correctly, the ore that the purple crystal giant scorpion ate should be the original ore of the magic crystal.

However, there are no magic crystal veins in the Linfeng Mountain Range?

At least not yet, and the map in front of him didn't have any markings related to the original mana crystal ore.

Could it be ......

Nolan's heart beat creepily, and he immersed himself in Yuna's first perspective, watching her walk through the trees in front of him and stop in front of a collapsing mountain.

It appears to have been a landslide, a mess littered with tumbling rocks and severed trees, as well as the corpses of decaying monsters.

But these are not the most eye-catching, the mountain has revealed a dark cavern inside after the landslide, and a crystal giant scorpion can be seen crawling out of the cavern.

"I feel it, Nolan."

Yuna slowly approached the cave, "There is some kind of extremely pure magic power source in this, and the abnormal concentration of magic power in the vicinity is caused by it...... Perhaps, this Warcraft Riot is too. ”

Being in a place with a high concentration of magic power can speed up the cultivation speed of the transcendent, which is the same for Warcraft.

This mountain is sealed with a very pure magic source, and after the landslide collapses and the magic source begins to escape, the concentration of the nearby magic power also changes, becoming a blessed land.

Of course, a certain powerful demonic beast was also attracted to it......

"Roar—"

Noticing that an unfamiliar aura had invaded his territory, a piercing and powerful roar came from behind the mountain.

Along with this roar, there was also a unique sense of oppression that was clearly different from that of ordinary demonic beasts, and the surrounding birds fled in all directions, and even the crystal giant scorpion on the ground retracted into the cave.

Yuna was shocked, and manipulated Valkyrie to pull back a safe distance, looking vigilantly in the direction where the roar came from.

"Boom-"

A tremor sounded as she stepped on the ground, and a tall dragon-shaped beast appeared in her sight.

Covered in dark green scales, four-legged and tailed, and translucent wings like glass, it spread out menacingly towards the uninvited guest in front of it, reflecting a rainbow of brilliant colors in the evening sunset.

"It's ...... Seventh-Order Demonic Beast Xia Hui Dragon! Seeing its distinctive pair of glass-colored wings, Nolan took a deep breath.

Dragons are the most powerful magical beasts, they are at the top of the food chain from the moment they are born, and each true dragon is at least level eight or above, and often has an absolute advantage in the battle of the same level.

Although the Xiahui Dragon is a subdragon species, it does not have the same high strength ceiling as the real dragon, but it also has a certain dragon bloodline, and it is one of the most powerful demonic beasts among the seventh-order demonic beasts.

The smell of the seventh-order demonic beasts combined with the coercion of the dragon bloodline would cause panic among the nearby demonic beasts, completely disrupting the ecological environment of this area.

"Do you want to fight?" Yuna tightened the knight's sword in her hand.

When Xia Huilong's emerald green vertical eyes looked at her, she only felt a chill in her back, and the knight's instincts were frantically warning her that this was no match she could provoke now.

This is the so-called "fear", she is very familiar with this feeling, when her hometown fell, when she faced Su Yi, the young master of the grassland alone, she also had a similar feeling in her heart.

Moreover, the fear at this moment is more profound than ever, because the blood suppression of the dragon clan is engraved in the genes of all living beings.

However, this cannot be a reason for her to turn around and run.

Warriors must temper themselves in fear again and again, and hone themselves in battles one after another, in order to become a real strong man, in order to become an undefeated white raven.

Haven't you crossed the war and become stronger with this belief in the days since you met Nolan?

Nolan also once said, "A raven who is not very smart just needs to follow the instructions of a smart raven", so she will trust Nolan's judgment unconditionally.

If Nolan thinks now is the time to fight, let alone just a wurm......

Even if it's a real dragon, she will wield her sword.

"It's going to be a fight, but not now."

Nolan shook his head, "Go back, you've successfully completed the reconnaissance mission, and I'll leave it to me." ”

"Okay." Yuna sheathed her sword and fled into the woods.

On this side, Xia Huilong saw that the opponent was running away so fast, and he also lost the mind to catch up, and after roaring twice on the spot, he lazily lay on the edge of the cave, enjoying the baptism of high concentration of magic again.

……

The City Lord's Mansion, Nolan marked the location of the cave on the map, and then pushed open the door to the City Lord's office.

"Let Captain Ryan also go out."

He said straight to Evelyn, "I've found the culprit who started the Warcraft wave. ”

"Oh?" Evelyn looked up from a desk of office papers, "If my guess is correct, it must be some powerful high-level demonic beast that is responsible for it, right?" ”

"It's a seventh-order demonic beast, Xia Hui Dragon." Nolan nodded, "Do you know why the Radiant Dragon came to the edge of the mountain range to cause this commotion?" ”

"I'm going to think about it......" Evelyn's mind quickly came up with information about the glow dragon in the textbook.

"Xiahui Dragon is a wurm species that is good at using spells to fight, and it often haunts places with high mana concentrations, could it be that in our territory, we found a special place with a high mana concentration?"

Many situations will lead to an increase in the concentration of mana in a place, and Nolan no longer sells it, saying:

"I found a cave in the habitat of the Xia Hui Dragon, and there are not many purple crystal giant scorpions near the cave, so I have full confidence to infer that we should have discovered an unknown vein of magic crystal ore!"

"What!" Evelyn was stunned for a moment, then showed a look of surprise, "Are you serious? ”

There has never been a vein of the Magic Crystal Ore in the Linfeng Mountain Range, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist, it's just that people haven't explored it yet.

The Linfeng Mountain Range is extremely large, and the closed mountain can effectively hide the magic power of the magic crystal veins in the depths of the earth's crust, and it is not common to fail to discover the hidden veins in time due to the influence of previous exploration technology.

If it weren't for the fact that this landslide accidentally caused the magic power of the ore veins below to leak, thus attracting the Xia Hui Dragon to cause this wave of demonic beasts, perhaps Linfeng City would not have discovered its existence for a long time.

"Of course it's true." Nolan curled the corners of his mouth, "This magic crystal vein is simply a gift from the heavens, and if we don't use it, we will be damned." ”

In order to vigorously develop the "Alchemy Power" route, Linfeng City is in urgent need of a large number of magic crystals, so this magic crystal vein in front of him is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow.

This is completely different from the nature of trading magic crystals from Flamel City, even if you have a temporary cooperation with them, exchanging resources with others is not the same thing as controlling resources yourself.

He can use the new rune system's technology to Carframel's neck today, and tomorrow Flamel will dare to threaten him with a magic crystal to make a compromise.

For a rigid resource like magic crystals, importing is only a stopgap measure.

He originally planned to find other ways to make Linfeng City self-sufficient in energy when it developed to a certain extent, but he didn't expect that the Linfeng Mountain Range gave him a big surprise.

With this vein of magic crystal ore, Linfeng City will truly have the potential and qualifications to become another "Flamel City".

Evelyn also knew the stakes, so she stood up and said in a deep voice:

"I'm going to ask Captain Ryan!"

(End of chapter)