The Wind Serpents sprayed lightning and venom even more frantically, yet all of it was vaporized by the wall of fire. The slimes had no intelligence and stupidly tried to pass through the flames. A series of crackling burns followed, and nothing remained except the charred skulls of some unknown creatures.
Hu Feng slammed his staff against the ground, and the wall of fire immediately began to spread outward like circular ripples across a lake, expanding ring after ring until it struck the cavern walls and slowly dissipated. More than half the lake had already evaporated, and some shallow areas had been reduced directly to bare ground.
The five druids watched in terror as the Divine Emissary effortlessly crushed these nightmare creatures. They had to admit that, in terms of offensive power, druids who used gentle Nature Energy could not compare to mages wielding Arcane Magic. Or perhaps the Divine Emissary was simply too powerful, having brought magic to a truly masterful realm.
Naralex suddenly began to tremble violently and let out a scream in his sleep. Everyone immediately realized what was happening. The awakening was about to be completed, and now they would face the thing Naralex feared most.
A massive black shadow appeared beneath the distant water and slowly moved toward the shore. Since most of the water had evaporated, the creature was soon revealed before everyone's eyes.
A... gigantic murloc...
Hu Feng was utterly dumbfounded. Are you kidding me? You're a capable young druid, and the thing you fear most in your life is a murloc!?
"Ulalalala-wala!"
The giant murloc let out a uniquely murloc-like cry. Its speed instantly increased as it charged at them with an inexplicable aura that made Hu Feng feel it was absurdly badass.
At that moment, Hu Feng seemed to see countless murlocs appear behind the giant one, all of them charging at him while crying "ulalala." Was this the legendary, utterly inexplicable fear of murlocs? ==~
This sudden sensation made Hu Feng instinctively grow serious, as though one careless move would get him killed by the murloc's attack.
Raising his staff, he unleashed a continuous barrage of Arcane Missiles, which slammed viciously into the murloc and knocked it back several steps, sending scales flying. Hu Feng did not pause. He Blinked behind the murloc, and just as the giant creature turned around, a bone-chilling frost energy froze it in place. The Frost Nova Hu Feng cast was exceptionally potent, its piercing ice spreading upward from the murloc's legs.
Hu Feng then aimed his staff at the murloc as a fireball slowly took shape. Although he could cast Pyroblast instantly, a slowly condensed Pyroblast was far more powerful. Before long, a gigantic fireball floated before the tip of his staff. With a thought, this heavily enhanced super Pyroblast broke free of the staff's control and drifted slowly toward the murloc.
The giant murloc was filled with terror and desperately tried to break free from Frost Nova's restraints. Yet the harder it struggled, the faster the ice spread over its legs. At last, the enhanced Pyroblast struck the murloc square in the chest. The giant murloc let out a miserable "ulalala" as its entire body turned into a blazing fireball. Frost Nova's restraints vanished, and the flaming mass futilely tried to flee back into the water. But as the flames consumed it, its speed grew slower and slower. In the end, it staggered and collapsed onto the ground, its corpse burning with a muffled crackle.
Naralex's eyes suddenly flew open, and he flipped up onto his feet. He looked at the druids surrounding him, then at the Divine Emissary Hu Feng, who seemed to have discovered something.
"Whew... Thank you all for your help! Thank you, Divine Emissary! I thought I would be trapped in that endless nightmare forever."
Hu Feng waved a hand and looked at Naralex with some confusion. "Is this place very close to the Emerald Dream? I keep feeling that another plane overlaps with this place."
Naralex froze for a moment, then nodded. "The Divine Emissary is indeed perceptive. It is truly a pity that you are not a druid. That's right, this place overlaps somewhat with the Emerald Dream. That is why I chose to sleep here. I just do not know why I fell into a nightmare."
"Hmm, I understand. You should go back and rest first. I need to remain here for a while and study a few discoveries."
The druids were somewhat puzzled, but they still obeyed and departed. They had immense trust in their Divine Emissary. After all, he had led the Night Elves from the War of the Ancients to the present day. His accomplishments and formidable strength had firmly made him an idol to all and a supreme spiritual leader among the elves.
Hu Feng began walking around the cavern, occasionally tapping here and there with his staff. Finally, in an open area not far from the stone bed, he found his target. An illusory emerald-green rift hung in midair, and the world beyond it radiated an aura of peace and comfort. Yet Hu Feng sharply sensed a trace of dark red nightmare energy mixed with black rush past before quickly disappearing.
Crossing through the rift, he found himself in a dreamlike world—towering trees, boundless emerald plains, and a breeze carrying the fresh scent of nature.
This was the Emerald Dream, the primordial form of Azeroth at her birth.
However, Hu Feng had no interest in admiring the beautiful scenery. He was attempting to track the nightmare energy that had vanished earlier. If history had not changed, the source of this nightmare should have been Sargoth, once Queen Azshara's chief steward and now the Nightmare King, whom Archdruid Malfurion had sealed away. During the War of the Ancients, Malfurion had sealed Sargoth inside an oak tree, suppressing him for all eternity.
But Sargoth had gradually corrupted that oak tree. Since it was connected to the Emerald Dream, Sargoth began, under the orders of the Old Gods, to attempt to corrupt the entire Emerald Dream and turn it into a world of nightmares. The tree's physical form should now be in the Broken Isles in the south of the world. It had fallen from being a World Tree and become a new Nightmare Tree: Saladashir.
But Hu Feng was quickly interrupted. A massive green dragon, so enormous that it could blot out the sky, flew toward him. Around its neck hung a huge gemstone necklace, while a crescent-shaped glowing crystal floated before its forehead.
The Green Dragon Queen Ysera, one of the four Dragon Aspects and guardian of dreams.
When Ysera neared Hu Feng, she instantly transformed into the form of a sexy female Night Elf. However, the pair of dragon horns atop her head constantly proclaimed her identity.
"Father God! Welcome to the Emerald Dream!" Ysera respectfully dropped to one knee before Hu Feng.
Hu Feng helped Ysera to her feet. Hmm... not bad.
"No need for so much ceremony. I was helping the druids deal with something and happened to discover the rift leading here, so I came over to take a look."
After a pause, Hu Feng continued, "But it was fortunate that I came. I discovered a force that should not exist invading the Emerald Dream."
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