Chapter 226: The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind

There are very few class-transferrers who come to the Dragon Pool Secret Realm, let alone encountering two groups at the same time.

It was obvious that these two groups were coming for him.

There is no need to mention one of the groups; nine times out of ten, they are definitely that bunch of bastards from the Supreme Academy.

But... who is the other group?

Ye Lin could not think of an answer, so he decided to play along with their scheme.

He put away the Spear of Imperial Gold, pretended he had no idea there were people in the dark, and rushed up to engage the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King in hand-to-hand combat.

Ye Lin closed his five fingers, gathered his strength onto his fist, and slammed it into the body of the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King!

Crack! Crack, crack, crack!

As the punch landed, countless cracks instantly appeared on the thick, seemingly indestructible scales of the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King.

A look of terror appeared in the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King's yellow beastly pupils; it seemed it had not expected that a tiny human could cause such terrifying damage to it.

It let out a hissing sound from its mouth, then opened its jaws and sprayed purple poisonous gas at Ye Lin; caught off guard, Ye Lin was hit directly by the purple poison.

Ye Lin suddenly felt a wave of paralysis wash over his body, unable to muster any strength at all.

"Oh no, Duan Ling, I've been poisoned!" Ye Lin exclaimed, in great pain.

Duan Ling: "???"

She was a bit confused; even the innate toxins in her own body had no effect on Ye Lin, so how could the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King's poison possibly cause Ye Lin to react like this?

At this moment, Ye Lin desperately signaled to Duan Ling with his eyes, and Duan Ling quickly caught on.

Although she did not know what Ye Lin wanted to do, there must be a reason for him to act this way.

Thus, Duan Ling immediately cooperated and let out a shrill scream.

"Husband! Don't be afraid! I'm coming to save you!"

Duan Ling raised her hand, and the thick, dark green poisonous mist condensed into liquid, striking straight toward the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King.

The terrifying toxin corroded the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King's scales; its massive body rolled incessantly, and its snake tail swept directly toward Duan Ling.

"Stop!"

Ye Lin rushed over to block the tail whip, but was sent flying, carving a long trench into the ground.

"Pfft!"

Ye Lin opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood, his aura instantly wilting.

At this time, the injured Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King became even more furious and attacked the other culprit, Duan Ling; Duan Ling was in constant danger under the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King's attacks.

Ye Lin could finally hold back no longer; his whole body trembled, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was panting like an ox, staring fixedly at the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King.

"Beast! You forced my hand!"

Boom!

Accompanied by a thunderclap exploding in the sky, the fierce and violent lightning instantly tore a rift through the thick fog.

A terrifying aura surged from Ye Lin's body; the lightning from the nine heavens connected with him at this moment, and the leaping arcs of electricity crackled.

"Forbidden Spell — World-Extinguishing Wild Thunder!"

Following Ye Lin's angry roar, a terrifying bolt of lightning pierced the void and headed straight for the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King.

The Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King turned its head; those huge eyes first showed confusion, then shock, and finally, only fear remained!

The Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King truly felt the threat of death; it turned its head and tried to flee back into the cold pool, its speed so fast it even left afterimages.

But as fast as it was, Ye Lin's forbidden spell was faster.

With a sizzle, the lightning pierced through the top of the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon's head and out through its lower jaw, instantly extinguishing all life from the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King.

After releasing this powerful forbidden spell, Ye Lin rolled his eyes back and fainted on the spot.

Duan Ling rushed over to support him, her face full of concern and worry.

At this moment, Ye Lin opened one eye and whispered.

"Cry! Cry louder!"

"Ah? I can't cry!" Duan Ling panicked.

"It's fine, I'll help you! Guaranteed to cry!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Lin reached out and pinched hard at the base of Duan Ling's thigh.

"Hiss!"

Duan Ling gasped, her eyes widening on the spot; the intense pain made her facial expression turn somewhat ferocious, and immediately after, Duan Ling burst into loud, wailing sobs.

"Husband! Are you okay, husband! Don't scare me! Our child can't be born without a father!"

"Husband! Say something, husband!"

"Wuwuwu! How am I supposed to live without my husband!"

Duan Ling cried with genuine emotion, heart-wrenchingly.

At this time, the members of the Supreme Academy hiding in the dark could not help but sneer.

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; it seems the corpse of this Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King belongs to us. Hehe, this is really easy!" Heng Wu stood up, ready to walk out.

At this moment, Zhuge Ni pulled him back.

"Heng Wu, wait a moment... I feel like something isn't right; all of this is just too smooth..."

"Oh, Zhuge Ni, why are you so suspicious? A level 28 Forbidden Spellcaster killing a level 50 Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King in one hit, isn't it normal to faint from the massive consumption?"

Heng Wu did not take Zhuge Ni's words to heart at all.

"Exactly, Zhuge Ni, what is there to fear about a short-lived profession like a Forbidden Spellcaster? A Forbidden Spellcaster from a small place like Qingcheng has no background and no support; by the day he dies, he probably won't even have broken through level thirty."

"No matter how strong a forbidden spell is, without a high level to support it, it's just duckweed without roots; no need to worry."

"Rest assured, I've probed him; his breath is as thin as a thread, he is indeed seriously injured; there's no faking that."

The others in the team didn't take it to heart either; they didn't look at people from other academies as anything at all.

"I hope I'm just overthinking it..." Zhuge Ni said with a frown.

Heng Wu and his group walked straight toward the corpse of the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King, not forgetting to mock the direction where Ye Lin was.

"Thanks to you two idiots for working so hard to make a wedding dress for us. When we were outside, we told you to give up the quest and you wouldn't listen; how about that, all your efforts went to waste, didn't they? Hahahaha!"

Heng Wu laughed unscrupulously.

"It's you!" Duan Ling was both shocked and angry. "You hid on the side, waiting until we defeated the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King to jump out and reap the rewards; you are truly despicable!"

Duan Ling finally understood why Ye Lin had suddenly started acting just now.

"Despicability is the passport of the despicable, nobility is the epitaph of the noble; who in this world talks about fairness with you? I'll give you a free lesson today, don't mention it."

Heng Wu didn't say another word and stored the corpse of the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King into his own storage space.

"Have you played too much Arena of Valor? Do you really think you can take the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King's corpse away today?" Duan Ling threatened coldly.

"What? Do you still want to deal with the seven of us by yourself? Don't forget, you're only level 30—oh wait, looks like you just leveled up, level 31. But so what? Killing you is like slaughtering chickens and dogs!"

Heng Wu did not take Duan Ling's threat to heart at all; as a student of the Supreme Academy, he had absolute confidence in his own strength.

There are only two types of freshmen in this world: those from the Supreme Academy, and those from other academies.

"Who told you I was alone?"

Duan Ling lowered her eyes to look at Ye Lin, a flash of deep tenderness in her eyes, and then she roared, word by word, with powerful resonance.

"Re—vive! My—lov—er!"

As soon as the words fell, Heng Wu, Zhuge Ni, and the other seven instantly felt their toes curl so hard they dug a seven-story villa into the ground; they felt as if they were controlled by some mysterious force, uncontrollably wanting to dig buildings into the ground.

But what shocked them even more was yet to come: they saw Ye Lin, who was in Duan Ling's arms, stand straight up with a thud; as his black eyes opened and closed, the aura on his body changed from dying to powerful and steady.

"Darling, I'm alive!"