In the middle of the night, unknown insects chirped all around her. Their calls sounded a little like cicadas back on Earth, making Yueye’s solitary nights feel a little less lonely. Two weeks had passed, and she’d gotten used to camping out in the wilderness.

A young-looking girl sat on a tree branch, gazing up at the four moons in the sky... There was something enchanting about her, like a beauty beneath the moonlight. Two translucent, pale-blue dragon horns jutted from her forehead, lending her a rather cute look. Her once-tender hands had become unbreakable claws, and scales as hard as steel covered her from head to toe... Only her stomach and perfectly proportioned thighs had fewer scales, leaving large areas of fair skin exposed. The contrast gave her a wild, commanding beauty.

The only thing that set Yueye apart from the Dragon Clan now was that she lacked the awe-inspiring presence that made all living things tremble. Instead, she was like a sulking child, brooding all alone in a corner. Perhaps even Yueye herself hadn’t noticed that, in one important way, she was becoming more and more like a girl.

A faint sadness showed in her blue, slit pupils as she gazed at her little feet dangling in midair, now transformed into sharp claws, and the scales that had crept up to her thighs. She shook her legs helplessly. The firm sensation between them made her pause. How to put it... It was a strange new feeling... Comfortable, yet somehow reassuring.

One thing Yueye couldn’t help complaining about was that although her scales covered all the places that needed covering, they didn’t cover her whole body. To anyone looking at her, the patches of fair skin left exposed only drew the eye more. Her jade-white skin and heavy scales set each other off, outlining Yueye’s alluring figure and giving her an air of mystery and authority.

“Master, don’t be so down. Half-dragon forms are basically like this for all female Dragon Clan members. Don’t ask me why; I have no idea what the setting is...” White Radiance had seen Yueye’s movements and seemed to understand what she was thinking. After all, Yueye looked so tempting that even White Radiance’s thoughts were starting to wander.

“Can I change this look at all?” Yueye flexed the scales on her body... They clattered against one another with a series of booming thuds...

“Once you’re an adult, Master, you can do whatever you want. This state is meant to help you grow...” Baiyao seemed to know everything. With her around, Yueye didn’t seem to have many questions...

“Then... how long until I’m an adult?” Yueye’s blue-gold slit pupils looked even more intimidating now, and her eyes were full of wildness.

“With your body, Master? A thousand years at the very least...” Baiyao looked Yueye up and down. Her body looked like an unripe apple, and a playful smile crept across Baiyao’s face.

“Oh, you’re making fun of me!” Yueye parted her little mouth slightly, revealing a few teeth that had grown quite sharp... Somehow, it only made her look cute.

“I wasn’t! I’m sorry, Master!” Baiyao hurriedly tried to explain, dodging as Yueye leaped down from the tree and tried to tackle her. But Yueye had already seen through her every move.

Two sharp blue dragon claws gripped Baiyao by the shoulders and pinned her beneath Yueye. The contrast between Baiyao’s slight shoulders and Yueye’s dragon claws was striking. It looked as if Yueye could snap them with the slightest effort.

“Master...” Baiyao shut her eyes on reflex, only to feel a warmth against her chest.

“Baiyao, don’t leave me... I really have no one else...” Yueye buried herself in Baiyao’s arms, like a child who didn’t know any better...

“Mm... You’ll always be my Master.” Baiyao looked at the lovely girl before her, her expression suddenly filled with sorrow. Then she looked at Yueye’s hands, now covered in newly grown scales and turned into claws. The thought in her heart grew stronger still.

“Master, if anyone wants to hurt you, they’ll have to step over my body first.” Baiyao’s starry eyes shimmered faintly.

At the other end of the forest, a giant lizard crashed to the ground in front of a well-equipped squad. Its dying cries rang out alongside the fatal wound on its body.

“Report our losses...” A man with a sallow complexion and a slightly long chin spoke arrogantly to someone nearby, paying no attention to the bloodied bodies lying around him.

“Seven dead, three injured...” The person beside him spoke with a trembling voice, as if afraid of something.

“Looks like those useless idiots were good for something after all...” The man glanced at the people around him, then at the bodies scattered in the distance, torn into more pieces than he could count, and said it to himself.

“Yang Zhen, why did you have to mess with something so dangerous? Did you really think this through beforehand?! So many people died. Do you seriously feel no guilt at all?” Zhang Mengyu glared at the sallow-faced man, his voice full of reproach.

“You useless idiots are only alive because of me! And now you dare question me?! You deadweight with no combat ability sure have it easy, standing there and running your mouths.” Yang Zhen looked at Zhang Mengyu as if he couldn’t stand the very sight of him.

“You...” Zhang Mengyu had only gotten halfway through his sentence when a woman beside him cut him off...

“Exactly... If Team Leader Yang isn’t talking to you, then just stand there, okay...” A coquettish female voice rang out nearby. Her sycophantic tone was enough to turn anyone’s stomach.

“Liu Na, you really get me... Hahaha, you lot should learn from her! Look how sensible she is. She knows how hard we have to fight.” Yang Zhen was in an excellent mood. He ignored Zhang Mengyu and strode off, leaving only his back in view.

Zhang Mengyu clenched his fists... but didn’t rush after him. He understood the hierarchy in this team, and he knew that Yang Zhen, who had spent nearly all the team’s reward points, was practically unbeatable to them. And that was without even counting the lackeys who followed him around.

“Bastard!” he muttered under his breath...

“Keep chasing Guan Mengyao. Does she think she can escape me just by running? This tracking marker works pretty well...” Yang Zhen looked at a red arrow on the tactical map and spoke with a sly smile.

“Tracking Marker. Effect: Tracks an item indiscriminately within the visible range of the tactical map. 300 exchange points.”

“Guan Mengyao, Guan Mengyao... You picked a fight with me, so I’ll make sure you pay for it,” Yang Zhen muttered to himself... A trace of malice flashed in his eyes.

“Move out!” Yang Zhen roared. He led more than twenty people toward the red arrow on the tactical map... He held power over two teams through sheer strength, and now he didn’t take anything seriously. To him, his so-called teammates were nothing but meat shields.

“The Spider Forest? Is a little girl like her not afraid of spiders? Why would she run there?” Yang Zhen couldn’t help commenting when he saw that the red arrow was heading straight for the Spider Forest.

“Let’s see how you plan to get away now. You dared to get your teammates to resist? Then I’ll show you what happens when you resist: you’ll wish you were dead.” A vicious glint flashed in Yang Zhen’s eyes...