Chapter 272: Resilience

While the alternative battlefield on the ground burned fiercely, the relief team below also encountered their first opponents.

It was a squad of留守角徒; they didn't even last a minute before becoming a pile of limbless "living intelligence."

Hela moved too fast; her movements were precise and dangerous, as if she were holding her breath.

"They've been gone for over three hours, but it's still in time. There are many of them; they won't be cleaned up easily."

Finally, some good news arrived: the pursued were not far away. Carrying so many ordinary people, their speed was not fast.

The enemy clearly did not expect the pursuers to arrive so quickly; no matter how they thought about it, they believed it would waste more than three days.

That Ulda Niu Mo, as a fallen creation of the World Tree, might not have combat power that was outrageous in its weakened state, but its vitality was quite outrageous.

This existence, which in some sense could be regarded as a natural avatar, was basically unlikely to be killed head-on; its repeated resurrections could make anyone vomit blood.

The normal攻略 procedure obviously required failing a few times first to probe the ability situation, then finding professionals to handle it. Without prior intelligence gathering and with Gugu as the professional, Li En's squad also had to follow this procedure, and might even have to seek a specialized Great Druid.

And the Beast Cult knew the City of Radiance; in their estimation, even if the royal family forcibly organized an expedition, the earliest they could start the battle would still take one or two days.

The immortal Niu Mo would grant the Cult enough time, and their plan didn't even require truly dragging it out for two or three days; one day was enough. If they couldn't save the hostages in one day, their潜伏者 could further incite chaos and stir up the people's hearts, and could even rely on this "failure" to directly attack the royal authority.

Time was precious because it concerned the hearts of the people.

Unknowingly, Li En's group had already bet the fortune of this city; at least in Dai Niya's eyes, Li En had seemingly become a "hero."

"Let's continue." Li En was already able to walk independently, but he was probably not yet suitable for combat.

The power of a two-character "word" was still too early for him, even an incomplete Dragon Incantation word.

But he was still very satisfied; not only had he experienced such a magnificent Sword of Radiance and thoroughly enjoyed a super-super-super super Evil-Cutting Slash, but more importantly, he had already obtained what he had long awaited.

【Dragonization: 11.6%】

Finally, borrowing such a powerful Dragon Incantation spell, Li En's Dragonization degree also broke through 10%.

【Awakened Racial Talent: Dragon Wings (Soaring Over the Stars)】

The Snake's guess was correct; the next awakened Dragonization ability was indeed Dragon Wings, which also prevented Li En from becoming a target for the "Owl."

"Is it a racial talent rather than a bloodline anomaly?"

The hint from this Heroic Soul Codex truly had no wasted words; Li En's current race was "Dragonborn," so all the dragon-type abilities he awakened were racial talents.

And all abilities related to the Beast were bloodline anomalies. This meant the former was more like physical hardware capabilities, while the latter was more like supernatural abilities similar to supernatural professions, except the source was "bloodline" only.

Bloodline anomalies were not unique to the Beast; in fact, many similar ones existed on Beastmen.

"Don't worry, they won't die that easily, at least not before losing their head and heart. Uh, actually, even without a head they might not die, but if the heart is gone, they're definitely dead. Be careful, they might have several hearts."

Li En was actually hinting at certain things, even leaking necessary knowledge for dealing with "Beasts" to the ordinary soldiers off-camera.

Bloodline anomalies also had to follow basic laws; the "Deer Heart" was the source of the Deer bloodline.

It was their unreasonable self-healing ability; as long as there was "Deer Blood," it would continue to take effect, so smashing their heart was the most efficient way to ensure their stable death.

"Let's calculate the time; that should be about ready..."

Li En was not worried that the plan to attack the slave market would fail; the elites of the slave market had already died in two waves underground, and even if they needed replenishment, it would require time and backend coordination; now it was too late.

And their backend organizations, those churches, international organizations, and great nobles, had also been attacked in their regional headquarters in the City of Radiance; naturally, they would use most of their strength for self-preservation, at least to observe the subsequent development and reserve mobile forces; responding passively at this moment was the most rational choice.

"If a church were truly so active as to dispatch a Bishop-level figure to support the slave market at this time, then, he died without regret."