Chapter 2890

The dragon was sent rolling in the air by this shot, and a small patch of scales on its back became a bloody mess, but it still looked like only a minor injury.

So, looking completely devoid of intelligence, it turned around and roared at the large ship that had revealed its silhouette.

The black dragon's vertical pupils reflected the giant ship faintly emitting blue light. On the deck of the ship's highest level, high heels tapped lightly on the surface. Apart from Flora, Countess Beira, the old witch Granny Cassandra, the young witch Vanessa, and the red-haired Miss Jia Lin Na all flew off the deck together in golden light, followed closely by their respective high-ring followers.

The dragon beast spat black lightning in the direction of the young ladies, but amidst its dragon roar, an even louder dragon roar followed immediately.

A magnificent "Moonlight Dragon" appeared under the moon. A black shield appeared in front of the dragon, blocking the black lightning. Immediately, the Moonlight Dragon used the power of spatial movement to appear directly in front of the black dragon beast and pounced on it.

The Witch Council and the "God-Awakener" officially joined the battlefield, helping to contain the monster together with the Academy professors, so that the Church's team and the wounded could evacuate.

There were even other Ringed Shushi organizations that had come for the Old God temple and ruins, and they all took action to help at this moment.

Although no new Thirteen-Ring joined besides Vanessa, the witches, Academy professors, and a few high-ring Shushi from Old God sects cooperated with each other and finally suppressed the increasingly berserk monster again with pure power and massive bombardment of spirits.

The Moonlight Dragon and the Crystal Dragon served as the main force, pinning down the dragon beast's huge body. The three dragons entangled and bit each other, while other Ringed Shushi took the opportunity to wear down its power with spells.

Even though the white fog around its body could distort time, this was, after all, power it had summoned by casting spells.

Working together, thirteen minutes after the fog wall shrouding the surrounding woods had completely formed, amidst the sky-filling "snow," the scarred Crystal Dragon let go of the pitch-black flesh that was no longer moving. Xia De, who had long been unable to maintain his dragon form due to excessive spellcasting, released the 【Chain of Sin】 on the ship's deck. The people around also withdrew their respective curses and control-type spells, letting it fall into the forest sea without a sound.

With a rumble, the dragon beast's corpse collided with the earth. In the forest fire, it looked like a raised black hill.

No one expressed an opinion at this moment; whether they were Ringed Shushi in the sky or on the ground, they were all recovering their own spirits and strength. This time, there was no absolute power to defeat the opponent; they really relied on pure power to tilt the scales of victory bit by bit.

But just before people could breathe a sigh of relief, they discovered that the "black hill" was squirming and deforming on the ground. The flesh melted, revealing the giant brown tree within the flesh.

The giant tree took root in the earth and grew rapidly, eventually transforming back into that dragon beast amidst the fire and white fog. Any attack intended to stop the "tree growth" process was ineffective. It seemed that in just a few breaths of interval, the black dragon beast "grown" from the tree flew toward the people under the night sky again in its prime state.

"Immortality, is it? Anyway, the sword is on the ship, let's go again!"

The people who had no time to catch their breath began a new round of great battle. And at the same time as the new fierce battle ended, Xia De, having drunk the essence, jumped down from the bow of the ship, transforming into a hundred-meter-tall giant during the fall.

The giant radiated silver moonlight all over his body. The 【Angel's Right Arm】 he held in his hand turned into a giant silver moonlight greatsword in the white snow. Then, the giant caught the momentum of the fall and slashed down, splitting the dragon beast's body in two.

So the flesh fell toward the forest sea, but when the red butterflies flew back to the ship and Dorothy supported Xia De, everyone was shocked to see the giant tree taking root and growing in the forest, transforming back into that black dragon in the blink of an eye.

"This..."

Dorothy pressed Xia De's shoulder, letting him think carefully. The female writer reacted very quickly:

"Remember the story Professor Dannister shared on Monday about the Academy group accidentally entering a small village, but being unable to find it after leaving?"

"I remember. At the end of the story, the Academy professors discovered that the area where the small village was located had fallen into eternal stasis, and souls would return as children even after leaving. It wasn't that they didn't want to die, but that they simply couldn't leave..."

Saying this, Xia De understood. He watched the high-ring Shushi meet the giant dragon again, watched the crystalline breath spat out by the Crystal Dragon collide with the black dragon's flames again, and watched the earth manipulated by Vanessa, trying to create an anti-gravity zone before the black dragon fell, so that its flesh would not land and take root.

Flora, who had not joined the battle, said:

"If we cannot destroy this special space-time area with external force, no matter how many times its body dies, its soul will return again. Even destroying its soul is almost impossible; I can feel that this forest will protect its soul... Xia De, use the Misuo you used last time and fuse my soul with it. Use the power of death to destroy it directly.

Since we cannot reach the end, then we will tear its soul to pieces!"

Ajielina felt that the suggestion made by this great witch had ulterior motives, but there was no evidence to prove this point.

Xia De did not agree to this plan. Not to mention the probability of success and the sacrifice Flora would have to make, he did not have the ability to open such a Misuo now.

"When I heard this story last time, I actually had an idea. If the villagers' souls cannot leave, it means they need a ferryman to send their souls to the end."

"You want to use your little boat to send it to the end? But..."

Before Flora could finish, she saw Xia De look at Miss Ilise. Because the ship girl still had to protect the *Radiant Messenger* position, she did not join the battlefield directly, only occasionally maneuvering the ship to fire at the dragon.

"I need you, I need this ship. This might have some risks."

The blue-eyed, black-haired girl understood what he wanted to do immediately:

"No problem, even I am yours. It was you who made me open my eyes on that lightless sea. I have been yours since then."

So Ajielina thought again that this ship girl also had impure intentions, and this time her words were the evidence.

The resurrected dragon beast was caught in a new round of fighting. This was already the third time, and it still maintained its peak combat power. If this situation did not change, it would sooner or later be able to defeat everyone here on its own.

And Xia De, having made up his mind, did not join the battlefield again. He first entered the captain's cabin and wrote his name on the wall. But thinking this was not enough, he returned to the deck, mixed his blood with ink, and ordered the maid who had not withdrawn to bring a mop, using the mop as a brush to write his name on the deck again.

In this state, the *Radiant Messenger* could already be controlled by Xia De to do many things. But he closed his eyes to feel it, yet still felt that this was not enough.

The brand-new effect of "Treasured Items" was obtained this morning. Except for Miss Ilise and Matilda, whom Xia De had "experimented" on, others did not know about this new power, so Miss Ilise explained it to Dorothy and Ajielina while Xia De was busy.

I don't know if it was because she had read too many strange books, but even when Dorothy hadn't figured it out yet, the little princess immediately gave a solution:

"Since writing it on the ship isn't enough, then let Xia De write his name on Miss Ilise! My great-aunt told me that although this ship is not Miss Ilise's body, it is closely connected to her. Since just controlling the ship isn't enough, then let Xia De also..."

She noticed that everyone was looking at her, so her voice dropped, until the last half of the sentence was unclear even to Xia De.

"This is a good idea."

But the blue-eyed ship girl still agreed. Xia De also nodded and looked up at the sky filled with heavy snow in the distance, where the dragon beast was still fighting fiercely with the Ringed Shushi and witches.

The snowflakes were becoming denser, which also meant that this field was becoming more and more suitable for that monster to fight:

"We can't drag this to the next round. Difa, how many people are still in the cabin? Get them moving. Within five minutes, have them write my name in every corner of this ship."

Xia De said to the maid left behind by the Duchess to help. Although the spell required Xia De's own signature, enough names should also be meaningful.

Difa then walked quickly toward the cabin with Miss Swift, and the ship girl generously reached out her hand to Xia De:

"Do you want to write it in my palm?"

Ajielina seemed to want to make a suggestion, but considering that the person standing on the side was either her sister or the female writer, she said very cautiously:

"Can I make a suggestion? Perhaps if you want this signature ability to exert its best effect, it's better to write the name in a more core position... I mean, didn't Xia De write his name in the captain's cabin at the beginning?"

The others left on the deck also understood what Ajielina meant, but Dorothy was suspicious that perhaps Princess Lei Qianya hadn't been able to take away all of Ajielina's "reading materials."

Miss Ilise's face flushed slightly, but she still nodded to Xia De:

"Then sign your name again in my... captain's cabin."

"Forehead?"

"I mean, the engine room."

Dorothy thought that as long as it wasn't the "shipbuilding room," she didn't care about other locations. She was just a little surprised at this moment that although those thick fogs separated space and time, she could still maintain the most basic connection with Princess Lei Qianya.

Although Xia De had basically solved the problem between the two of them, their connection had still, unknowingly, strengthened to the point of being able to break through space and time.