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It can unleash the latent ferocity within the green dragon's bloodline in one fell swoop. Once the effects of the cursed blood wear off, the green dragon's bloodline, having successfully vented its rage, will subside.

In this way, for Nomis, he wouldn't have to undergo the test of suppressing his madness. He could simply wait for the madness in his bloodline to be worn down after its outburst before making the primal demand on his calmed bloodline.

Subconsciously, Nomis draws more power from his own bloodline.

The reason for conducting this dangerous research was that Nomis suffered a defeat in a battle. Its dragon nest, built in the canopy of an ancient tree, was seized by a mid-level eighth-tier Pink Rathian.

In fact, even the most powerful Elder Dragons don't have much desire for gold and silver treasures.

The reason why the two city lords of Dragon Plains Dead City, the Silverfire Dragons, would actively accumulate treasures is because they grew up in the environment of the Dragon Domain Council and were influenced by their environment.

Outside of the lands forsaken by the gods, these dragons are all wild.

They didn't have a clear concept of treasure; they only knew that gold coins looked nice, and that they could seize the lairs of weaker dragons to make them their new homes.

For an adult green dragon, having its nest stolen is not the most devastating blow.

But by sheer bad luck, it happened to encounter a fully grown golden dragon in the forest, disguised as a human, hiding all its dragon characteristics, and posing as an adventurer to lure away the evil dragon.

After being toyed with and chased by the golden dragon for an unknown amount of time, Nomis nearly lost half its life. Its hatred for the golden dragon was even greater than that for the Pink Rathian that had stolen its nest.

To get revenge on the Golden Dragon, it must seek a purer and stronger bloodline. And then… that damned Pink Rathian, Nomis will skin it alive and use its tail to make soup!

As the white dragon's blood dripped into the small alchemy cauldron, the green dragon sensed... it was time.

As long as you find a safe place to drink the cursed blood from the cauldron, you can try to awaken the bloodline of the Ancestral Dragon after your madness subsides.

In fact, suppressing one's nature to purify one's bloodline is indeed a way out for relatively weak dragon species. Just like Lantern now... it is searching for a way to become an ancestral dragon from its inherited memories.

Similarly intending to suppress the white dragon's savage nature, Tōryū chose this only path from a young age. Her extraordinary combat intelligence is one of the results.

Although many dragons go mad and deranged on the path of defying their nature and living authentically, as long as they can suppress their madness and follow the right path, they can succeed.

Perhaps, she will have the chance to become one of those very few dragons.

……

"Hahahaha! Great Dragon Queen, great Five Emperors Dragon King! I've succeeded! I've succeeded!"

As the warm, ice-elemental white dragon blood dripped in, Nomis confirmed his hypothesis. This formula was the perfect way to unleash madness, giving the creature an opportunity to revert to its primal instincts—a cursed blood!

As for how much destruction his mad rampage will cause after he drinks it... who cares?

After successfully collecting the cursed blood, Nomis carefully placed it in his only storage ring.

Over the years, this young green dragon, who has lived for over a hundred years, has only ever possessed this one storage ring. It has limited space, so the dragon has embedded it in the scales on its chin for easy carrying.

"Ugh... Damn golden dragon. I'll make you disappear from the forest! I'll peel off all those whiskers on your face and use them as octopus sashimi, I promise...!"

The green dragon wanted to roar, but fearing that it would be controlled by anger again, it had to suppress its rage.

But at that moment, it suddenly sensed something unusual in the storage ring.

"How...how could this happen?"

Nomis took out the cursed blood he had just prepared and found that its perfect balance was quickly broken. The components of the white dragon blood quickly dissipated.

"It seems we need to find a way to condense the white dragon's blood into the cursed blood, so that it won't be assimilated by the other forces along with the materials."

The best way to maintain the balance of the white dragon's blood is to obtain a white dragon's core. But where in this forest can one find a white dragon?

Nomis quickly realized that Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling had brought not only elves, but also a young white dragon wielding a dragonbone knife.

"Hahahaha... It seems the heavens are giving me a chance, deliberately sending the white dragon right under my nose. This time, whether it's the mechanical amethyst dragon or the white dragon cub's core, I want them all!"

The green dragon's eyes had barely flashed with a sharp, cold light when it noticed something unusual happening around its nest.

……

"Oh, there are gold coins here."

Gold and silver jewelry were displayed in a sealed tree hollow, a sizable private space, with a wooden plaque bearing the emblem of Tiamat hanging on the wall.

"Take them all! That wretched green dragon, how dare he capture our elf girl, he's asking for trouble."

The two possessed enough treasure from the Crystal Dragon's Nest to last them a long time. But subconsciously, as parents, they still wanted to leave all the treasure in the Crystal Dragon's Nest to Tengliu.

The money that the green dragon has now is exactly what they can earn—why not take it if it's free?

Before coming to this world, Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling had a considerable amount of gold bars stored in their villa. However, their wealth was nothing special here.

They quickly looted the gold and silver treasures from the green dragon's "offering room," and after sweeping the area below, the two of them headed straight up the tree hole to sweep away all the green dragon's gold coins.

Chapter 223 Night Raid on the Green Dragon's Nest (Part 2)

Just as the treasure was completely taken, the Tiamat shrine, crafted by the green dragon himself, suddenly emitted a wondrous light. It floated closer to the two and said:

"Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling, it's a pleasure to meet you both. I am one of Qin He's godmothers, Tiamat, the Queen of the Colored Dragons..."

Through the shrine, Tiamat can extend her will to any place in the world where she has followers. That's how terrifying a half-step Dao Creation expert is.

"Hello……"

Upon meeting Tiamat, the two women were still somewhat reserved. They knew that Qin He had already recognized the three Dragon Kings as his godmothers.

This includes the legendary Tiamat, the ruler of all evil dragons.

The two mothers expressed their gratitude to Tiamat for taking care of Qin He and Zhong Liuxiu all this time. After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Tiamat said:

"I know everything about your situation, so there's no need to hold back. Go ahead and do it! Plunder this green dragon's wealth, and there are two pretty good things in its lair!"

Tiamat knew everything about the dragons that worshipped at her shrine. Through the power transmitted from the shrine, she could directly ascertain the extent of the dragons' treasures and estimate the value of each item.

Through the shrine, she can also take the offerings away. Some dragons place shrines in their lairs without any attempt to conceal them, and Tiamat often takes away the "offerings" from the lairs directly.

That's why Tiamat's shrine needs to be enshrined in a sealed environment. If Tiamat were to directly watch over the treasures in her lair, she might just pack them up and take them away at any time.

The shrine voluntarily entered the spatial scales, serving as a medium through which Tiamat would provide them with assistance when appropriate.

If needed, Tiamat can even send some treasures through the shrine.

Having obtained Tiamat's shrine, Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling quickly turned upwards. Their next target was the enormous tree hollow where dragons could dwell.

To have one's treasure stolen right before the eyes of two humans, while being powerless to harm them in the slightest, is an experience more cruel than torture for dragons.

"Roar... Humans? You dare to invade the Green Dragon's territory... invade my Nomis's territory?"

Noticing that the tree hollow below, where the shrine had been placed, was now completely clean, Nomis couldn't stand it!

It had painstakingly sought a higher lineage from Tiamat, and was on the verge of success. Now, its own target had come knocking, attempting to steal the treasures offered to it!

Although Nomis usually had the lizardmen fill the shrine with treasures obtained by any means, including robbery, this could not be a reason for him to suppress his anger!

Kill... The green dragon now disregarded all madness and only cared about slaughtering the two humans in front of it who intended to seize its treasure, leaving them without a single piece of armor!

Two mere second-tier ants were no match for him; a mere breath from him was enough to kill them. Instead, Nomis unleashed an instantaneous, deadly poisonous breath to finish them off.

But... why isn't the poison working? The dragon's breath, unleashed at full power, not only failed to turn the two people in front of it into bones, but it couldn't even blow them back.

Qin Xinru was already preparing to climb the ancient tree along the trunk to thoroughly plunder the green dragon's lair. Zhong Xiling followed behind, sticking out her tongue in a provocative manner:

"Tsk tsk tsk~ You green-hatted dragon, have you not brushed your teeth in hundreds of years? You have such a big breath! Why don't you hurry up and tidy yourself up and give yourself one last brushing?"

Unable to understand what the Green-Haired Dragon meant, the Green Dragon simply felt it wasn't a compliment.

The respectful nickname for green dragons is generally "Forest Dragon." However, the name "Green Hat Dragon" cannot be found even after searching through all the green dragon's inherited memories.

What exactly happened? Why is the dragon's breath ineffective against these two?

In that case, let's use magic!

Nomis uttered an ancient syllable, and magical energy gathered into characters, which then suddenly expanded into a magic circle and was released outwards—Nature Magic, Bloodthirsty Poison Ivy!

Within the magic array, dozens of sharp vines, thicker than pythons, suddenly extended out and coiled around Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling.

Once entangled by the poisonous vines, they will face the prospect of their internal organs being crushed and their bodies being torn apart by the sharp thorns! If they have to endure the excruciating pain of being whipped by the poisonous vines, the suffering will be even worse than death.

But strangely, the Bloodthirsty Poison Ivy seemed to be separated by some force, unable to entangle the two of them at all!

"Wow, Blue Silver (the mother's) Entanglement! It's really powerful, but why can't it hurt us?"

Zhong Xiling was quite pleased with herself for treating the terrifying dragon in front of her like a monkey in a zoo.

Now, the enraged green dragon could no longer contain its fury. Unbeknownst to it, by using the cursed blood to unleash its berserk rage, it was essentially introducing a potential element of uncontrollability into its own bloodline.

Now, as expected, the green dragon, provoked by Zhong Xiling, went berserk and lost its mind. It immediately opened its blood-red maw, attempting to devour Zhong Xiling whole!

Unfortunately, Nidhogg's barrier was beyond the reach of the green dragon. Despite the monster's devouring, the barrier remained completely unshaken.

Its impotent rage amounted to little more than gnawing off the bark of the ancient tree that served as its nest.

When Zhong Xiling saw the giant maw of the abyss coming to devour her, she was momentarily frightened.

However, protected by the barrier, the green dragon's sharp teeth couldn't touch her at all. Zhong Xiling knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...

So she simply took out the magical firearm that still had enough firepower to fire a shot or two. She was going to aim it at the green dragon's throat and fire!

At the same time, Qin Xinru reacted immediately when she saw the green dragon trying to bite Zhong Xiling.

She then drew the sword from the lake and stepped onto the green dragon's head, attempting to gouge out its eyes.

Despite his rage, Nomis had no intention of taking the seemingly well-made sword before him. Just as it attempted to retract its blade and retreat, Zhong Xiling pulled the trigger right in the green dragon's throat!

After several loud bangs, the green dragon, which was spitting out foul blood and some tooth fragments, was stabbed in the left eye by Qin Xinru from above!

"Roar--!!!"

Even Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling themselves did not expect that they could achieve such results in such a short time.

If the green dragon had immediately distanced itself upon seeing the barrier, the magic-powered guns probably wouldn't have been able to hit and cause damage, given their aim.

"Roar...whoosh...you wretched humans! Don't even think about touching my treasure! Every single gold coin here is worth more than your lives!"

Nomis was going almost crazy.

His left eye was pierced, and it would take at least a while to recover. What's worse, before that human stabbed him, another human seized the opportunity to pull the trigger.

The attack, which could have been avoided, was shattered by the magic bullet that suddenly exploded in his throat.

There once existed a giant sea dragon that walked upright, had crystalline spines on its back, and was hornless and wingless, possessing a powerful ray breath.

When faced with its nemesis, this powerful dragon pried open the giant insect beast's mouth and used its breath to blast its throat and even its skull apart.

The green dragon's current situation, while not immediately fatal, has significantly impacted its breath control. Not to mention, having lost one eye, its vision in the other half can only be supplemented by mental detection.

"Xiling... I've gouged out its eye. Go up and retrieve the treasure from the dragon's nest. Since it thinks the gold coins are so valuable, we'd be at a disadvantage if we didn't take them."

Qin Xinru forcefully slashed and pulled at the lake sword that was deeply embedded in the green dragon's eyeball, while simultaneously summoning another dragon bone scimitar from her spatial scale.

Following the eye socket, Qin Xinru hooked the curved knife into the green dragon's eye socket and continued to twist and wring it!

Although the spikes weren't positioned perfectly to inflict a fatal wound on the green dragon, the intense pain was still enough to make it suffer.

It swung its giant claws wildly, trying to knock Qin Xinru off its head. But it was afraid that the sword would cause secondary damage to its eye socket.

So the green dragon stretched out its nimble forepaws to grasp Qin Xinru's torso and pull her down with minimal movement.

It must be said, the dragon's body is truly terrifying. Even a sharp sword piercing its eye socket and gouging out the green dragon's eyeballs.

But with Qin Xinru's current lower-level second-tier strength, it would indeed be quite difficult for her to stir things up in the green dragon's head.

……

On the other side, not long ago...

"Lord Qin He, we have finished washing and grooming. Now that the two mistresses are fighting against the green dragon, we cannot stand idly by... Please give us your command!"

As Sasha spoke, she raised her gleaming silver staff, preparing to charge directly into the green dragon's lair.

The other elf girls also brought their weapons and donned dyed white dragon skin and white dragon scale armor.

"Yes, Lord Qin He, please command us!"

Just now, the elf girls entered the water one by one like juicy dumplings. Although they didn't play or frolic much, they still created a unique and beautiful scene, their voluptuous figures being quite dazzling.

Previously, the reason for keeping the elves behind was simply to prevent unexpected casualties. But after some consideration, Qin He realized that avoiding casualties altogether wasn't impossible...

As long as the elves don't directly confront the army of familiars, they can be of assistance when facing a lone green dragon. If they encounter highly destructive magic, they can simply use spatial scales to recall them.

The next plan was even simpler: Sasha, a low-ranking sixth-tier mage, would advance from the ground. The mechanical amethyst dragon would fly through the air, dealing with any threats along the way.

Under Qin He's arrangement, they proceeded in a straight line, directly into the lizardman tribe, which had already been largely wiped out. Avoiding the areas where the Great Thief Dragon and the Poisonous Bird were active, the elves entered the Green Dragon territory in a very short time.

The mechanical amethyst dragon flew over swiftly, intending to lend its master a hand.

……

Now, the green dragon's claws were almost about to grab Qin Xinru. Although the dragon's claws couldn't hurt her, if the green dragon lost the advantage of having its eyes repeatedly gouged out, it would be much more difficult to kill this cunning monster later.