Chapter 240: Cease Your Harm

Terror, shock, confusion, bewilderment, fear, and perplexity—all sorts of complex emotions churned together, causing Xie Xiaoxiao's brain to simply stop thinking.

Looking at the face before her that was identical to her father's, for the first time, she felt that her outlook on life, the world, and love had all suffered a massive collision.

She... she had fallen for her own biological father?

"Child... I originally didn't want to tell you the truth, just because I was afraid you wouldn't be able to accept it." Ye Lin sighed faintly.

Xie Xiaoxiao clenched her fists, her knuckles turning white, as she stared at Ye Lin in disbelief.

"No! You're lying to me!"

Xie Xiaoxiao quickly reacted.

"My father is not as weak as you! And his divine artifact is the Demon Blade Black Moon, not a spear!"

"Hehe, didn't fool you." Ye Lin gave a shy smile.

Xie Xiaoxiao: "......"

"Are you sick? Is it fun to lie to me?"

Xie Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth; for those few seconds just now, she had truly believed that the Ye Mushuang she had been longing for was her father Xie Hong in disguise.

If that were really the case, her worldview would have collapsed.

"You still say you aren't Ye Mushuang?" Xie Xiaoxiao demanded.

"I really am not! Oh, we can talk about the details later; we haven't escaped danger yet!"

Ye Lin braced against the Imperial Gold Spear, relying on his formidable strength attribute to force the Poison Flood Dragon back several meters.

His figure appeared exceptionally small in front of the Poison Flood Dragon's massive body, making this scene look as incredible as an ant pushing back a lion.

The Poison Flood Dragon shook its head in anger, directly sending Ye Lin flying.

However, after steadying himself, Ye Lin charged at the Poison Flood Dragon once more; on the sharp tip of the Imperial Gold Spear, scarlet blood seemed as if it would drip down the next second.

With Ye Lin's fierce thrust, the Imperial Gold Spear tore through the air, heading straight for the Poison Flood Dragon's deep blue eyes.

The Poison Flood Dragon let out an earth-shattering roar, clearly extremely dissatisfied with a tiny human provoking it.

It hissed, and its sharp claws instantly swiped down toward Ye Lin.

The claw tip and the spear tip collided violently, emitting a teeth-grinding, sharp friction sound and a series of sparks.

Xie Xiaoxiao and Duan Ling were both completely stunned.

"Isn't he an ice-type mage? Is an ice-type mage's physical body this strong?" Xie Xiaoxiao looked shocked and bewildered.

"Holy cow! A level 28 Forbidden Spellcaster fighting an level 80 Poison Flood Dragon?" Duan Ling was even more dumbfounded. "He really is worthy of being my husband..."

Ye Lin had no time to pay attention to them, because the Poison Flood Dragon had charged over again; it opened its foul-smelling maw, and a thick, toxic gas rushed toward them.

"Forbidden Spell — Instantaneous Dance!"

With his agility increased tenfold, Ye Lin dodged the attack instantly. He gripped the Imperial Gold Spear, and while avoiding the Poison Flood Dragon's attacks, he quickly closed in on it.

Every dodge was incredibly perilous; the Poison Flood Dragon missed killing Ye Lin by a hair's breadth each time, which made the Poison Flood Dragon completely furious.

Vortexes suddenly formed in its deep blue eyes, and then it stared at Ye Lin!

In an instant, Ye Lin felt his body become rigid, as if he had fallen into a swamp, and his originally lightning-fast speed slowed down.

Seeing this, the Poison Flood Dragon brought a sharp claw down from the sky, heading straight for Ye Lin; even the air emitted a sharp whistling sound under this claw.

"Star Puppet Threads!"

"Bone-Eroding Malignant Poison!"

Xie Xiaoxiao and Duan Ling attacked almost simultaneously. Countless translucent threads headed straight for the Poison Flood Dragon's claw, and as the Star Puppet Threads passed through the poison mist released by Duan Ling, they were stained ink-green.

Although it was the first time the two women had teamed up, they displayed an indescribable tacit understanding.

The Star Puppet Threads were already incredibly sharp, and now with the addition of the poison, they were even more formidable.

The threads tightened fiercely into the Poison Flood Dragon's flesh, causing it to retract the lethal claw aimed at Ye Lin in pain.

"Earth-Escaping Technique!"

Ye Lin seized the opportunity and directly cast the Earth-Escaping Technique. Under the effect of his second profession talent, the Earth-Escaping Technique sublimated into a Spatial Leap. Accompanied by a ripple in space, Ye Lin instantly appeared before the Poison Flood Dragon's eyes!

Compared to those huge eyes, Ye Lin was as small as an inconspicuous little bug.

Puchi!

The next second, the black Imperial Gold Spear stabbed directly and deeply into the Poison Flood Dragon's eye!

Even though the Poison Flood Dragon had closed its eyelid, in the face of the eight-star divine artifact Imperial Gold Spear, the defense of its eyelid was clearly too insignificant.

The Poison Flood Dragon let out a painful hiss, and then its massive body began to thrash wildly. In an instant, the earth shook and mountains crumbled, with gale-force winds whipping up clouds of dust.

Taking advantage of the cover of the dust, Ye Lin cast One Breath Becomes Three Purities to create a clone, while his main body cast the Great Void Technique and found a place to crouch down.

The next second, Xie Xiaoxiao and Duan Ling saw Ye Lin being sent flying by the Poison Flood Dragon, only to be struck mid-air by the dragon's tail.

"Pfft!"

Ye Lin looked up and spat out a mouthful of blood; the aura on his body withered instantly, and he fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string.

"Husband!"

"Ye Lin!"

Duan Ling immediately rushed toward Ye Lin, while Xie Xiaoxiao used her Star Puppet Threads to weave a soft net in the air to catch him.

"Hurry and put him down!" Duan Ling urged.

"The priority is to leave first. The vitality of a level 80 magical beast is extremely strong; it won't die that easily. If we wait for the Poison Flood Dragon to recover, we won't be able to leave!"

Although Xie Xiaoxiao was also very anxious, she remained calm. She used the Star Puppet Threads to bind Ye Lin and then set off to leave the area.

Ye Lin's entire body fluttered in the air like a kite.

Although Duan Ling was very unhappy, she couldn't find any reason to refute, so she could only follow Xie Xiaoxiao and run, pouting.

After they had run for a distance, the Poison Flood Dragon recovered from the excruciating pain of having one eye blinded. Its remaining eye was filled with resentment, staring fixedly at the backs of Xie Xiaoxiao and Duan Ling, and it prepared to chase them.

But at this moment, a tall, slender man suddenly blocked the Poison Flood Dragon's path—it was Ye Lin's main body.

"Beast! Cease your harm! I, Ye Mushuang of the Heaven-Hanging Leaf, shall rid the people of this scourge today! And return a clear sky to the Dragon Pool Secret Realm!"

Hearing this voice, Xie Xiaoxiao's footsteps came to a sudden halt.

She looked suspiciously at the Ye Lin clone in mid-air, then looked in shock at the Ye Lin main body standing with his hands behind his back, her small mouth forming an 'O' shape.