As Itharius said, the deeper one goes into the temple, the stronger the Nightmare becomes.
Because the green dragons' souls are bound to the Emerald Dream, they have almost no resistance to the Emerald Nightmare. Moreover, the Emerald Nightmare here is too intense, with hundreds of corrupted green dragons and dragonkin dwelling within, and the Shade of Eranikus constantly emanating the power of the Nightmare.
This power is terrifying, directly affecting the soul and spirit. It is something that no external force can resist, and can only be resisted by one's own willpower. Even Jiang Jie felt a sense of discomfort.
This place poses a great threat not only to green dragons and Druid, but also to ordinary people.
Jiang Jie had no doubt that if an ordinary person arrived here, they would likely be affected by the Nightmare immediately, fall into a drowsy state, and then be controlled by the Nightmare in their sleep, becoming Nightmare minions and never being able to wake up again.
If the Emerald Nightmare were to fully affect Azeroth, countless creatures around the world would be tormented by nightmares and never be able to wake up. The Emerald Nightmare's harm is no less than that of the Burning Legion, and in some ways, Nightmare Lord Xavius is even more terrifying than Archimonde.
" Anveena, we must infiltrate as quickly as possible! We mustn't disturb these fledgling dragons or dragonmen, be careful!"
The scanning function of the game pod was activated as usual, and Jiang Jie quickly found his target. After thinking carefully, he decided to deal with the Jammal'an the Prophet first.
Because he is the weakest and easiest to deal with, while both Hakkar and Eranikus are much stronger.
Dragons are powerful, but young dragons are weak.
These fledgling dragons, which are about one or two meters long, are not qualified to detect Jiang Jie and Anveena even though the corruption has enhanced their mental perception.
As for the dragon people, the perception abilities of ordinary dragon people are even inferior to those of fledgling dragons. Only elite-level dragon people are stronger, but as long as they are careful, there is nothing to worry about.
In terms of infiltration ability alone, even Farad or Garona wouldn't be stronger than Jiang Jie.
The game pod transmits real-time 3D images that analyze the sensory abilities of each hatchling dragon and dragonman. Each circle represents an area where they can sense abnormalities, and as long as Jiang Jie is careful not to step into these circles, he will be safe.
Although there are hundreds of dragonkin and dragon hatchlings here, the Pool of Sacrifice is large enough, even larger than the main square in front of the Royal Palace of Lordaeron, and these creatures like to huddle together, so there are still quite a few gaps, so it's not a big problem.
He had to be very careful.
Once discovered, hundreds of dragonmen and young dragons will surround them, and Jiang Jie will have no chance of stopping them, not even with Anveena's help.
Be careful at all times and at all times, never daring to cross the line.
Five minutes later, they passed through the Pool of Sacrifice and a wide corridor, where they came across a group of Atal'ai Troll.
They were not alive, but Undead.
Apart from a dozen or so Atal'ai high priests wielding Hex's staffs, all the other Atal'ai Troll were resurrected Undead!
Necromancy is not a recent phenomenon; it existed in ancient times.
These Troll priests, skilled in voodoo and Hex, possess the art of resurrection, and the undead they Undead retain the Troll ' Regeneration abilities. Even if only a skeleton remains, given enough time, flesh can still grow back!
Therefore, the Atal'ai Troll that Jiang Jie saw, although they were likely killed by the Green Dragonflight 1,500 years ago and had long since turned into skeletons, had now all grown flesh and blood.
Troll, with flesh and blood, are much harder to deal with than skeletons!
Faster, higher, stronger!
There are hundreds of Troll here, equivalent to hundreds of professionals, not to mention that some of them are spellcasters equivalent to high-level mages.
The mage's perception is no less than that of the dragon people or young dragons. Once they get here, there's no point in continuing to Stealth; a great battle awaits them!
Fortunately, contrary to Jiang Jie's earlier guess, there was no entrance to the outer area. It seems that the Jammal'an the Prophet and those high-ranking priests...
They must have entered through the middle entrance, but used Hex to avoid the dragonmen and the young dragons. If that's the case, this battle will be much easier than expected!
Besides Troll, there are also dragonmen and baby dragons here.
However, these dragonmen and baby dragons have been imprisoned. The Troll are using some kind of injection device to inject some kind of bright red blood into their bodies, while other Troll are drawing blood out and putting it into a jar.
Without a doubt, these guys are using the method of injecting Blood of Hakkar and corrupting the green dragons to obtain more Blood of Hakkar, and then using that Blood of Hakkar to resurrect Hakkar.
These dragonmen and hatchlings were likely captured from the Pool of Sacrifice. It's unclear what method they used, but they didn't provoke a frenzied attack from the dragonmen and hatchlings; perhaps it's the influence of the Nightmare?
Of course, it could also be the influence of Hakkar. After all, it wasn't just the power of Nightmare that invaded this temple, but also the power of Hakkar. Those fledgling dragons and dragonkin outside were corrupted not only by Nightmare but also by the power of Hakkar.
They were once Hakkar's mortal enemies, but now they have been corrupted by Hakkar. How strange is fate!
"Intruder! Intruder!"
"What is that? A dragon! An emerald dragon! A dragon that hasn't been corrupted by Hakkar's power!"
"He's here to stop Hakkar's resurrection! Kill him! Kill him together!"
A fierce roar came from outside; it was clear that Itharius had made his move, attracting the Atal'ai Troll, as well as the Nightmare Whelps and Nightmare Dragonmen.
"Not good! An intruder! It's Itharius, I sense his presence! The Green Dragonflight has discovered us, we must summon Hakkar beforehand!"
The deepest and highest-ranking Jammal'an the Prophet, had a face filled with intense fanaticism. His hunched body suddenly straightened, and the staff he raised emitted a magical glow.
Seeing this, Jiang Jie secretly cried out, "This is bad!"
Sure enough, a flash of inspiration followed, then a chaotic surge of magical energy. Jiang Jie and Anveena's invisibility was broken, and they appeared before the Troll.
"Intruder! I sense the aura of a green dragon on him! They're in league with Itharius! Kill him, kill him now! We can't let him interfere with Hakkar's resurrection!"
The Jammal'an the Prophet waved his staff, and a spell landed on Jiang Jie.
The next moment, Jiang Jie transformed into a gigantic and bloated monster. At the same time, a clump of arm-thick vines appeared on the ground, wrapping around Jiang Jie's body like giant pythons, constricting him with such force that it could strangle an elephant!
This is a master spellcaster; the vines he summons are in no way inferior to those of Broll.
Immediately afterwards, a group of Atal'ai Troll wielding giant axes charged forward, howling, accompanied by the Hex of the Atal'ai priests. (First published online)