After the water dragon was killed by several people working together, its huge headless body fell down and slammed into the deep water below, creating a huge wave with a thunderous roar.

Arken leaped up and caught Wang Lan and Nan Chen, landing on the water's surface. The most obvious feeling was that the water level was dropping at a visible speed. In just over ten seconds, Arken felt his feet touch solid ground. After a few short seconds, the water in the rainforest territory had completely disappeared.

Moreover, there was no trace of water on the ground. Although the soil was damp, it was not sticky, and there were no water droplets on the trees and grass nearby.

"That's really strange!"

Arken couldn't help but sigh. Then he saw Wang Lan walk towards the water dragon's corpse, all the way to the water dragon's severed neck. There was a palm-sized blue bead on the ground. Wang Lan picked it up and examined it carefully in his hand.

Nan Chen walked over. She wasn't interested in the changes around her, but she was very curious about the bead in front of her. She walked up to Wang Lan, looked at it for a few moments, and then said, "This...could it be the Dragon Ball?"

"Dragon Balls?" Wang Lan asked疑惑地, "What are those?"

Nan Chen thought for a moment and said, "I only know about the Dragon Balls through hearsay, from the few words I read in books. It is said to be a very precious and rare thing. Long, long ago, when dragons still existed in this world, there were dragon hunters who would take out the Dragon Balls to strengthen their bodies."

“Where did you hear that rumor?” Arken walked over. He had now shrunk back to about 1.5 meters tall. He said, “The Dragon Balls are the essence of dragons, and dragons have always been legendary creatures. Even if they occasionally appeared in the eyes of the world, no one could possibly slay a dragon. Things are different now. You can slay dragons now. Don’t forget that this is due to the multiple evolutionary effects of the mutation. People didn’t have such great abilities before.”

Wang Lan was completely confused, but finally concluded, "In short, the Dragon Balls are very rare and powerful things!"

Arken nodded, neither confirming nor denying, "That's right, that's exactly what I mean!"

"Then let's do it the same way as before, crush it!" Wang Lan said. "Just like with the red and blue crystals, crushing it might just lead to something magical!"

Arken and Nanchen exchanged glances, their eyes seemingly revealing other thoughts. However, being their first encounter with Dragon Balls, they were momentarily confused and nodded to Wang Lan.

Wang Lan then called the two to his side, and the three of them gathered together, their hands overlapping, with Wang Lan holding the dragon pearl.

Crush it violently!

With a snap, like the sound of shattering glass, the Dragon Ball shattered, and blue light instantly spread out, but it tightly surrounded the three people, and after a moment, it flowed into their bodies.

Nan Chen's body trembled violently. She then looked at Wang Lan, and Aken did the same.

Wang Lan frowned, but quickly relaxed, looked at the person and the frog, and said, "I sensed some changes, what about you?"

Nan Chen shook his head, and Arken said, "We don't have your superpowers, how would we know!"

Wang Lan said, "I received a notification from the system within my body. It seems that my self-healing ability has been greatly enhanced, and the cooldown time of my skills has been significantly shortened!"

As they spoke, the ground beneath their feet rumbled, followed by a violent tremor.

The two people and the frog immediately stood ready, but found that the tremors were getting stronger and stronger. Arken suddenly transformed into a giant. Nan Chen hurriedly shouted, "Arken, take us away quickly!"

As soon as the voice fell, Arken paused for a moment, then said, "No, don't rush... this vibration seems strange."

Wang Lan and Nan Chen were both taken aback.

Moments later, they saw the surrounding vegetation wither in a strange way, and at the same time, they heard the howling of the wind and waves of heat rushing towards them.

After growing larger, Arken's field of vision widened, and he saw more. Arken exclaimed in surprise, "This territory is disappearing, and the other territories are merging with it!"

Wang Lan and Nan Chen were immediately startled.

Wang Lan, holding Nan Chen's hand, leaped up, landing on Aken's knees and jumping upwards until she reached Aken's shoulder. Looking into the distance, she saw that the other three territories were moving at an unexpectedly fast pace. They were now encroaching on the rainforest territory beneath them, and in a short while, they were already on the boundary line between the other three territories.

On one side is a vast expanse of yellow sand where the wind howls.

On one side is a lava field with scorching heat.

On one side is the wind-swept territory, where gales never cease.

What's going on?

Aken looked at Wang Lan and Nan Chen with a blank expression.

“Is that even a question?” Nan Chen replied, then looked at Wang Lan and said, “It seems that every time we kill an elemental dragon, the territory of that elemental dragon will disappear, until we kill all the elemental dragons and then we can leave.”

Wang Lan nodded noncommittally and asked, "How are you all?"

"Ah, I'm fine!" Arken belatedly touched himself and nodded in reply.

This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!