A gigantic, lantern-sized emerald eye stared intently at Jiang Jie, its gaze filled with madness, chaos, savagery, and struggle. (Sui-Meng-. lā)
Clearly, this ancient green dragon was not completely corrupted, as can be seen from its color: less than a third of its scales were corrupted, so it can still be saved!
However, the power of the Nightmare was too terrifying, so it couldn't control itself and could only be Dominate by the Nightmare.
But right now, Jiang Jie isn't thinking about how to save it; he's thinking about how to save himself.
He sensed danger; the ancient green dragon was gathering energy, preparing to unleash a powerful attack.
The next moment, the griffin " Sharpbeak," which was in perfect harmony with him, flapped its wings wildly and took to the sky.
At the same time, the ancient green dragon opened its mouth, and an energy ball as big as a water vat, mixed with natural energy, Shadow energy, and Nightmare power, flew towards Jiang Jie at the speed of an arrow, and exploded with a bang at the closest point to Jiang Jie!
The total energy contained in this energy sphere is even greater than that of Kael'thas's full-force Pyroblast.
The next moment, the energy wave from the explosion sent the griffin " Sharpbeak " flying. It lost its balance and crashed to the ground a few seconds later, seemingly with more than a dozen bones broken. When it struggled to get up, one of its wings was completely broken, and it was seriously injured!
That's not all.
Most terrifyingly, a horrible evil energy is eroding its body. Perhaps in less than three minutes, it will be completely corrupted, turning it into Nightmare creature, a servant of that ancient green dragon!
"Damn it! Sharpbeak, don't be afraid, I'll heal you!"
Jiang Jie drew the divine sword Strom'kar, Shadow Phoenix unleashed its power, absorbing the Shadow energy from Sharpbeak. At the same moment, Jiang Jie also made his move, placing his left hand on Sharpbeak's body, using the power of nature to heal the corroded flesh and fur, and using his Chi to Dispel the Nightmare power within it, but the effect was minimal.
Nightmare power is a power at the soul and spirit level, and it cannot be dispelled by Chi alone. It seems that only Sharpbeak himself can overcome it.
Fortunately, he wasn't hit by the energy ball; it was just the aftershock of the explosion. Sharpbeak should be able to survive.
If it were to be hit head-on, Jiang Jie suspected that even an ordinary adult dragon would not be able to withstand it and would be corrupted in an instant, turning into a servant of the ancient green dragon.
"Damn ancient green dragon! I'll never forgive you!"
Jiang Jie was truly enraged!
Sharpbeak and he spent three months together, becoming close combat partners with an extraordinary relationship.
It was injured; how could Jiang Jie not be furious?
" Sharpbeak, go find Anveena, go find your companions! Bring Anveena here, I need her help!"
Jiang Jie stood up and looked into the distance.
After the energy ball exploded, the terrifying Shadow energy and Nightmare power instantly destroyed all living things within a twenty-meter radius. All the plants were corrupted, their life force drained, and they turned into charred, pitch-black plants, completely losing their vitality!
The power of that single strike was truly terrifying!
This is the power wielded by the Green Dragon, the power bestowed by the Titans, the power of nature.
This power can heal the earth, heal the forests, and nurture plants, but if it falls into depravity, it can also rob plants of their vitality and the vitality of all life.
This is what makes the Dragon Aspects Legion so terrifying.
The black dragon possesses a powerful body and the strength of the earth; the red dragon has a robust physique and the flame of life; the blue dragon wields Arcane power; and the Bronze Dragons manipulates the power of time.
What the green dragon gained was the power to control nature.
In the Emerald Dream, the Green Dragon will be more powerful than ever before;
And in the forest, they are equally incredibly formidable!
"An ancient green dragon of High-tier Legendary energy... I'll have to challenge it!"
Depravity drives people to madness, and madness grants them greater power; the same applies to dragons.
This ancient green dragon should have been similar to Krasus, disregarding his Legendary mage status.
They are all ordinary Legendary level, at most approaching High-tier Legendary level, but do not possess the power of High-tier Legendary. Krasus is qualified to be ranked as High-tier Legendary because his mastery of Arcane Magic has reached the Legendary level, which is equivalent to having the dual identity of Legendary red dragon/ Legendary mage, which is why he is so powerful.
This ancient green dragon became so powerful and possessed a higher level of energy because it fell into corruption and was corrupted by the Emerald Nightmare, gaining the power of the Nightmare!
"That energy orb from earlier must have been Nightmare Essence Orb! It's from Ysondre, not the strongest of the Four Green Dragons of the Nightmare, nor the weakest! If that's the case, Nightmare Blossom should be blooming on the ground!"
Jiang Jie looked at the ground and saw withered flowers blooming on the ground. Then, a terrifying Nightmare aura and shadow aura filled the entire area, and one after another, monsters that looked like black shadows appeared.
" Dread Horror! It's Dread Horror! Strange, Ysondre isn't completely corrupted, how can he possess such terrifying abilities? Anveena, come quick, I need your help!"
The Dread Horror aren't particularly terrifying monsters, but dealing with them won't be easy for Jiang Jie. As long as the Nightmare Blossom remain, they will keep appearing.
The problem is that these Nightmare Blossom are not physical flowers, but rather formed from Nightmare Power, so physical attacks are completely useless. You either have to use energy attacks or stand on them to absorb Nightmare Blossom energy in order to destroy them.
Jiang Jie wasn't interested at all!
He ignored them completely and charged straight at Ysondre.
The Dread Horror immediately rushed towards Jiang Jie, but they were no match for Jiang Jie. So Jiang Jie didn't need to pay them any attention and instead focused on Ysondre Isendre.
However, the next moment, Ysondre let out a roar, and then two ghosts appeared.
These are two Night Elf Druid ghosts, corrupted Druid souls summoned by Ysondre.
These Druid souls clearly lacked the spellcasting abilities they possessed in life; they could only summon corrupting vines to entangle Jiang Jie, resembling the Corruption Thorns of the divine sword Strom'kar, and their strength was also comparable.
It's all the power of the Old Gods!
Then, the two Druid souls began to drift towards Jiang Jie at a very fast speed.
"Trying to play these tricks on me? You're about to self-destruct, aren't you? Fine, self-destruct then, but don't do it next to me!"
Six streams of energy, like divine dragons, appeared around Jiang Jie's body, instantly pushing aside the corrupting vines.
The next moment, he leaped up and darted twenty meters like Rushing Thunder, arriving at the branch of a corrupted ancient tree. He then stretched out his right hand towards one of the Druid souls and squeezed it hard. His Chi hand crushed the Druid soul, and the resulting shadow damage cleared the area. The plants, whose life force had already been taken away by the Nightmare Essence Orb, all shattered and fell, quickly turning into dust.
"What terrifying power! High-tier Legendary is indeed not to be underestimated!"
The decaying ancient tree shattered, and in that instant, Jiang Jie pushed off the branches with all his might, leaping away and retreating. Two seconds later, he arrived twenty meters away and landed steadily.
He struck again, crushing another Druid's soul.
Seeing the Druid's soul summoned again, and another Nightmare Essence Orb hurtling towards him, Jiang Jie retreated once more, whispering, " Pyralis!"
The Shadow Phoenix flew out of the divine sword, carrying Jiang Jie into the sky.
Nightmare Blossom can only grow on the ground, and neither Terror Horror nor Druid Souls can fly. The ground is Ysondre's home ground, but in the sky, it is Jiang Jie's home ground!
A breeze rises; it is the ancient green dragon flapping its wings.
It took to the sky, its Shadow energy and corrupting power making Jiang Jie unwilling to approach.
Because once he gets close, he must rely on his Chi to resist that powerful corrupting force. Otherwise, once it gets on his body, it will not only erode his soul and cause Nightmare, but it will also corrode and cause irreparable corrosive damage, directly draining his life force, just like those ancient trees.
These ancient trees had grown for hundreds or thousands of years, their vitality far surpassing that of Jiang Jie, yet their life force was drained in an instant. If Jiang Jie had truly been struck, he probably wouldn't have lasted even a second.
Although the Black Tortoise Armor Gang Qi can hold them off, it will be rapidly depleted during the defense process. What if it runs out?
Better safe than sorry.
Jiang Jie is stalling for time.
Then he stalled for time.
Anveena is here!
The distance wasn't far to begin with, and what's more, Anveena could fly, her speed comparable to that of the Shadow Phoenix, and she arrived beside Jiang Jie in the blink of an eye.
" Anveena, combine!"
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