Chapter 400

So when the dark creatures increased in number, the elves divided into three rows.

The first row, holding Shengyan, walked ten meters into the unopened dark forest.

Then the second row of elves, holding Shengyan, walked another ten meters.

Then the third row of elves continued another ten meters.

In other words, what used to be done by one elf carrying Shengyan in a circle was now divided among three people, and the amount of Shengyan required increased significantly.

But the safety margin increased greatly.

Although the speed slowed slightly, the elves continued clearing without a single one being ambushed by dark creatures.

The dark creatures wanted to ambush, but found no opportunity.

"The Shengyan we hold now keeps dark creatures below Sixth Rank away. If a dark creature above Sixth Rank ambushes you, crush the Shengyan in your hand—it will instantly emit twenty times its light and drive them off."

"Also, if a more powerful dark creature approaches and we cannot reach you in time, you may pray to the Lord of Flame to receive greater Shengyan—but you have only one such opportunity per day."

Several elf chieftains were explaining the essentials to their tribe's elves!

As the clearing grew deeper, caution became a necessary procedure.

Of course, this slowdown was relative.

Since more elves were joining, the clearing speed was still much faster than at the beginning.

In just over half a month, the dark forest had been cleared into a region four hundred kilometers deep and six hundred kilometers wide.

That's equivalent to one-fifth of the Hilin Kingdom and one-third of Yan Country!

Of course, the elves require a much larger forest area.

Like the Loki Forest, it is a vast forest over a thousand kilometers wide and nearly two thousand kilometers long.

Yet such a vast forest housed only a little over one million elves.

As for the Shengyan Forest, Princess Chenxi originally planned to clear a one-kilometer-square area in the first phase, then continue inward.

But now, due to the smooth progress of clearing, it could be completed all at once!

After so long a period of clearing, besides the Night Elves, the Green Elves had been praying daily to the Lord of Flame and were, in fact, already contributing faith to Lin Yan.

Of course, these Green Elves had not yet realized it.

But someone had noticed.

This was a land as beautiful as a fairy realm.

Forests, grasslands, flowers, lakes, rivers—all were present.

Flowers bloomed across the grasslands, and these flowers would never wither, no matter how much time passed.

Between the forest and grassland, many tiny elves with wings flew about; these little elves could do many things, but now they mainly collected nectar, just like bees.

In the sky, clouds drifted lazily, exceptionally white, floating like clumps of cotton—if the lord of this land was in a good mood, they might even sleep atop the Bai Yun.

"Ahh~~~ I slept for so long today~~"

Indeed, from within a Bai Yun, a pair of arms like lotus roots stretched upward—slender fingers, pale skin, the arms and hands radiating perfection.

Immediately after, a woman wearing a floral crown rose upright from within the Bai Yun.

She also had two pointed ears on her head.

By appearance, she was naturally an elf.

Elves' beauty is exceptionally high; among the Night Elves, while not every one scores 100, all are certainly above 98.

Princess Chenxi and Luomina could even reach 99.

But they always fell short by one point.

That one point was not lacking in beauty.

Princess Chenxi's beauty was on par with this woman's.

But Princess Chenxi's missing one point lay in a certain aura—one that could not be made up unless one Reached a Certain Realm.

Even if Princess Chenxi entered the Sacred Domain, she could not attain this aura—she could only reach 99.9.

But if Princess Chenxi saw this woman, she would know exactly where her missing one point lay.

Because this woman had transcended the realm of mortals—she was a god.

Gods alone are perfect.

The woman rose from the Bai Yun and floated gently into a crystal-clear lake, where she began bathing.

When she stood up after bathing, the water naturally streamed down her body—yet not a single droplet remained on her skin, revealing the exceptional quality of her complexion.

She needed only to shake lightly, and all water from her hair would be flung off completely.

After bathing, she draped a light veil over herself and stepped onto the grassland.

A long chair woven entirely of flowers formed instantly.

She sat upon this floral chair and tasted the nectar brought by the little elves.

Then she took out a book and began flipping through it with great interest.

After flipping for a while, she murmured to herself: "It seems I haven't collected faith energy for quite some time."

Thinking for a moment, she seemed to activate a switch and listened intently.

Not long after, she found a certain thread, opened a channel, and drew the faith energy upward.

All the faith energy transformed into a white light orb, which she stored within her Divine Core.

"Huh? It feels like much less has come in."

The goddess of several elf tribes murmured.

The gods worshipped by elf tribes are all goddesses, and each tribe generally worships a different one.

Faith is hard to unify; as long as they do not worship the Abyss Demon God, no one forces them to worship anything.

In the Loki Forest, after a thousand years of gradual influence, half the elves now follow the majority of elves—the Light Elves—in worshipping the Goddess of Light.

But half of the elves each held their own beliefs.

Of course, the goddesses they worshipped were all from the elven lineage.

"What happened? Did they once again manifest a divine miracle?"

The elven goddess decided to cast her gaze downward and see what had occurred.