137: Chapter 137 Dragon Clan Launches a Sneak Attack? Tied Up and Sent Back to the Dragon Realm

The excitement in Holy Light City had not yet dissipated.

The experience buff from the Queen's birthday still hung over the players' heads, and the world channel was filled with screenshots of monster farming and Blue-tier equipment drops. Inside a side hall of the palace, Su Ninghua had just finished reviewing a batch of reports. Lin Zhe leaned back in his chair, his fingertips lightly tapping the table, his expression indifferent.

At that moment, a slight chill flickered in his eyes.

In the direction of the border, a dozen or so unfamiliar auras had appeared.

The dragon qi was very heavy.

It also carried a malice that couldn't be hidden.

"What's wrong?" Su Ninghua looked up at him.

Lin Zhe said indifferently, "Someone from the Dragon Domain has crossed the line."

At the same time, on a dirt slope in Luofeng Village.

Lin Chen was holding Spirit Honey Cakes while scrolling through server-wide trading data. Lin Yueyao sat beside him, a small little bundle, holding the high priests scepter that was even taller than her, her light brown deer-like eyes blinking.

Suddenly.

Buzz—

The Natural Warning Leaf at her waist lit up!

A green light pattern floated up along her small hand, directly pulling out a border map in mid-air. On the edge of the map, a dozen or so black-and-red light dots were sneakily moving toward the Human Empire.

Lin Yueyao's small face wrinkled: "Bad people."

Lin Chen took a look and also narrowed his eyes: "From the Dragon Race?"

In the next second, the system rules automatically labeled their identities.

[Target: Remnants of the Dragon Race Rebel Elders' faction]

[Objective: Infiltrate the Empire's border and capture Ling Xi]

[Threat Level: High]

Lin Chen's small face instantly turned cold.

"Capture Mother?"

Before he could speak, Lin Yueyao had already hugged the scepter tightly. She gave a huff in her milky voice and tapped her small hand gently toward the border on the map.

"Tie them up."

Boom!

In the southwestern border of the Human Empire, amidst a mountain path lined with ancient trees.

A dozen figures in black cloaks were rushing along the cliff wall at extreme speeds. The leader was an old man with half of his face covered in black scales. His pupils were narrowed into thin slits, and dragon qi surged around him. He was one of the trusted aides of the Dragon Domain's Rebel Elders.

He gritted his teeth, his voice cold and sinister: "That human Prince Regent refuses to budge, so we'll capture that Elf Princess first! I heard she's always by Lin Zhe's side. As long as we have her in our hands, we don't have to worry about him not retreating!"

A Black Dragon confidant beside him whispered, "Elder, the Empire's border is just ahead. Could there be an ambush?"

The old man sneered, "The Human Empire is busy with celebrations right now. Who would expect us to take a detour from the Dragon Domain and sneak in? Move fast! Grab her and go!"

But just as he finished speaking.

The ground suddenly shook!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The entire mountain forest seemed to come alive. Tree roots bulged frantically, the soil exploded, and massive amounts of vines surged out from underground!

"What is this?!"

The old man's expression changed drastically. Just as he was about to take to the air—

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Hundreds of elite treants burrowed out from all directions. Each was over ten meters tall with trunks as thick as stone pillars. Green fire burned in their eye sockets, and the vines they swung carried Natural Divine Power, lashing down relentlessly!

"Roar—!"

A Black Dragon confidant revealed his half-dragon form, trying to tank the hits with his dragon scales.

The result was a loud crack!

The vine tightened violently around him, even sinking into his dragon scales, instantly strangling out a deep ring of marks.

"Ah!"

Before the scream could finish, a second and third vine had already coiled around him, locking down his limbs, neck, and wing bones completely!

The leading elder was furious and struck out a palm of black dragon flame: "Get away from me!"

Boom!

Just as the dragon flame was spat out, a natural rune lit up on the chest of a treant in front of him, blocking the strike head-on. In the next second, a dozen thorny vines lashed out from both sides simultaneously, wrapping the old man from head to toe like a hog-tied pig.

"Damn it! Damn it! This is the natural law of the Elf Secret Realm!"

"How can the human border have such a thing!"

He struggled frantically, his dragon qi exploding in chaos.

But the more he struggled, the tighter the vines constricted.

In the blink of an eye, the dozen or so Dragon Race rebels were all taken down; not a single one escaped.

Someone tried to spread their wings and take flight, but as soon as they were half a foot off the ground, they were slapped back down by a treant.

Someone tried to crush a communication dragon scale, but as soon as they raised their hand, they were wrapped into a zongzi by vines, unable to even show a claw.

The entire border mountain path fell silent in an instant.

Only the pathetic Dragon Race traitors remained, tied up securely and lying sprawled across the ground.

On the dirt slope of Luofeng Village, Lin Yueyao watched the natural light screen before her, her small face set in a serious expression.

She raised her small hand and tapped the leading elder again.

"This one, tie him tighter."

Buzz—

At the border, the vines wrapped around the old man suddenly tightened!

Creak!

The old man's face turned blue from the pain. White marks were squeezed into the edges of his dragon scales, and he almost passed out on the spot.

Lin Chen looked on with satisfaction, huffing as he held his Spirit Honey Cakes: "How dare they come to catch Mother. They deserve it."

Lin Yueyao added in her milky voice: "Send them back."

Soon, the border garrison and Falling Maple guards arrived.

When they arrived at the scene, what they saw was a group of usually ferocious Dragon Race rebels tied up like bundles of zongzi by treants—some hanging, some lying down, and even their mouths were stuffed with vines.

The leading general was stunned at first, then sucked in a cold breath.

"This is... Lady Lin Yueyao's natural law?"

He dared not delay and immediately ordered his men to pack these Dragon Race traitors neatly into prisoner transport carriages. The Luofeng Village rule mark was hung on the front of the carriages, and they were sent directly to Wanlong Nest via a dedicated teleportation route.

Before departure, Lin Yueyao also had someone attach a Natural Jade Slip.

There was only one sentence on it.

"If you run around blindly again, there won't be a need to send you back."

Wanlong Nest.

Dragon qi surged outside the Dragon Emperor Palace. Ao Ningshuang had just finished handling frontline battle reports and was listening to Chi Lie report on the status of the mineral veins with a cold face.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside.

"Report—!"

A Silver Dragon Guard rushed in, his voice filled with shock: "Your Majesty! The Human Empire has sent back a group of Dragon Race rebels!"

Ao Ningshuang's gaze turned cold, and she stood up immediately: "Who?"

A moment later, the prisoner carriages were pushed outside the hall.

The carriage doors opened.

A dozen rebels tied into zongzi by vines rolled onto the ground. The leading old man's face was ashen, his dragon scales were covered in strangulation marks, and half a vine was still stuck in his mouth. He was so pathetic he was hard to look at.

Chi Lie was stunned for a moment, then almost burst out laughing.

"Isn't this that old fellow Hei Lin?"

When Ao Ningshuang saw that face clearly, killing intent instantly exploded in her eyes.

"You dared to sneak into the Human Empire?"

The vine in the old man's mouth was just pulled out, and he immediately roared while gasping for air: "Your Majesty! I did it for the Dragon Race! If that Lin Zhe interferes with the Dragon Domain, will we have any way to survive?! I just wanted to capture an elf to threaten him—"

Slap!

A slap condensed from dragon qi struck him across the face.

Hei Lin was sent flying sideways, slamming heavily into a hall pillar, losing two teeth in the process.

Ao Ningshuang walked down the dragon steps step by step, her voice as cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice.

"Trash."

"You have lost all the face of the Dragon Domain."

"Infiltrating someone else's territory, failing to capture anyone, and instead being tied into a zongzi and sent back by my future ally's daughter."

"You also deserve to be called a Dragon Race Elder?"

Hei Lin's face was pale, and he still wanted to beg for mercy.

But Ao Ningshuang gave him no chance at all.

She raised her hand and grabbed, dragon qi turning into a blade.

Puchi!

Hei Lin's head flew off on the spot!

Fresh blood splattered across the dragon steps.

The entire Dragon Emperor Palace fell into a deathly silence.

The remaining dozen or so rebels were scared out of their wits, kowtowing repeatedly until their dragon horns were nearly broken.

Ao Ningshuang swept a cold glance over them: "Hang the corpse outside the Dragon Domain city gates for three days for all to see."

"Let everyone see what the outcome is for colluding in rebellion and crossing the border to seek death."

"Yes!"

The Silver Dragon Guard immediately dragged the people away.

Chi Lie picked up the Natural Jade Slip, and after reading the words on it, his mouth twitched wildly.

"If you run around blindly again, there won't be a need to send you back..."

He couldn't help but mutter: "Miss Lin Yueyao's words are truly ruthless."

Ao Ningshuang, however, couldn't laugh at all.

She watched as Hei Lin's corpse was dragged away, a trace of complexity appearing deep in her gaze.

A little girl still holding a scepter on a dirt slope in Luofeng Village could, from such a distance, mobilize the natural laws of the human border with a wave of her hand and capture all the Dragon Race traitors alive.

This ability... was too terrifying.

It was also very reassuring.

She was silent for a moment, then directly ordered: "Issue a server-wide announcement."

"In addition, the Dragon Crystal exchange price will be open at a 20% discount to all players for three days."

"Consider it this Emperor's thanks to Lin Zhe and Lin Yueyao."

Soon.

The server-wide announcement exploded.

[Server Announcement: The Dragon Race Rebel Elder Hei Lin's faction infiltrated the Human Empire with ill intent. They have been remotely suppressed and captured alive by Lin Zhe's daughter, the Great Priestess of the Elves, Lin Yueyao, and sent back to Wanlong Nest. Dragon Emperor Ao Ningshuang has already beheaded the main culprit, Hei Lin, for public display! To thank the father and daughter, Lin Zhe and Lin Yueyao, for their assistance, a 20% discount on Dragon Crystal exchange will be open server-wide for three days!]

As soon as the announcement came out, the world channel exploded instantly.

"Holy crap! Miss Yueyao can catch people from that far away?"

"This is too fierce! She tied up a Dragon Race Elder just by raising her hand while sitting on a dirt slope in Luofeng Village?"

"20% off Dragon Crystals! Exchange them quickly! This is a huge profit!"

"I told you not to mess with the Lin family. Of all people, why mess with them?"

In the side hall of Holy Light City, Su Ninghua couldn't help but chuckle after reading the announcement.

"Yueyao is becoming more and more like you."

Lin Zhe's expression was indifferent, but a trace of satisfaction flickered in his eyes.

In his mind, the system prompt also sounded.

[Ding! Detected an increase in favorability from the top-tier female NPC, Dragon Emperor Ao Ningshuang, toward the host!]

[Fourth Bond trigger progress +4%!]

[Current Progress: 12%!]

Lin Zhe lightly tapped the table with his fingertips, his gaze deepening slightly.

The Dragon Domain was becoming increasingly restless.

And what was sent back this time wasn't just a few traitors.

It was also a signal.

Whoever dares to reach out toward his people will have to leave their life behind.