With a "whoosh", Kertulis flapped his wings and pushed away the clouds.

After riding the ice giant, Johnny sat on the red dragon's shoulders and screamed excitedly again.

Fortunately, both the red dragon and the giant are very tolerant of the little earth spirit.

Jotun has acquired the wisdom of the druids, and the red dragon seems to have come into contact with these innocent creatures during its long life.

Their attitude was friendly to begin with, and with Lann's order, the little earth spirit accomplished a feat that he had not been able to accomplish in his long life in just one day.

"Lann, Lann, we're here! Ahead is Bald Mountain, where the three witches hold the [Witches' Night Gathering]!"

Hearing the little earth spirit pointing the way, Kelturis immediately flicked his tail and landed with a raging gale.

With a roar of "Ao Long", the breath of the top predator immediately caused chaos on Bald Mountain. Water ghosts, ghouls, and even trolls of all sizes hurriedly fled from this land.

No one will bother them anymore.

Lan patted Kertulis's neck with amusement, then flipped over and jumped off the dragon's head.

After looking around for a while, he frowned.

There seemed to be no difference here. Lann did not find the power that could be taken away from him at any time like he did in Kaer Morhen [Ring of Elements].

Then Lann tried to activate the [Crossing] skill again, and the feedback he got was no different from before.

Is it really a wasted trip?

But there’s a good line in the poem – since we’re here, we’re already here.

If what you want to find is not right in front of you, just look for it first. Maybe you will get something unexpected.

Lan thought for a moment, and his dark golden pupils shrank. The scenery on the top of Bald Mountain suddenly faded in front of his eyes, and monotonous lines began to appear in front of him.

It was the [Demon Hunter Sense] that he had not activated for a long time!

As far as Lann's current strength is concerned, it has been a long time since there has been any situation that requires him to conduct a detailed search. The strength of the Northern Lion is already enough to rush through most scenes.

This time, he used his long-lost senses and actually discovered something unusual on the top of the mountain.

——On a barren mountaintop, there are many traces of human modification and arrangement.

Lann called on the little earth spirit to search carefully together and found that most of them were the remnants of some kind of barbecue, all-night partying, or other unspeakable behaviors.

Just as he was frowning again, Johnny suddenly exclaimed:

"Lann, Lann, there's something special here!"

…

Lann followed the sound, but before he could make any move, the dormant power in his body suddenly began to boil spontaneously.

Lann's eyes widened as his body involuntarily began to swirl with bright emerald light.

This is the power of the ancient blood. This is a situation that has never happened before. It has been awakened!

Lan hurriedly looked in the direction Johnny pointed. It was a solid piece of land, but now he knew it was definitely not that simple.

He decisively summoned the Ice Giant, and his palm, as big as a door panel, suddenly inserted into the hard earth. Along with the earth and rocks falling down, the thing that was originally buried deep inside suddenly revealed its true face to Lann.

"What's this?"

A cone-like object rolled out. At first glance, it seemed to be made of fine iron, but upon closer inspection, it was discovered to be the keratin of a living creature, with regular spiral patterns wrapped around it.

Although it is now covered with sand and dirt, one can still glimpse that it must have been a beautiful thing comparable to a work of art in the past.

Lann tentatively grabbed it in his hand and felt a icy sensation like that of a top-grade gem.

At the same time, the ancient blood was so active that it was almost boiling. The bright emerald light spots around Lan were completely connected, like a ribbon wrapped around his body, as if urging something.

Shaking the items in his hand, Lann suddenly had an idea.

He pondered for a moment, then exerted force with both hands, and in front of Johnny's surprised eyes, he broke the work of art that he had worked so hard to obtain into two pieces with a "click".

"Johnny, hold it. Whether I can come back from outside and get back there later depends on this thing." Lan said as he threw half of the spiral cone to the little earth spirit.

The light beside him did not dissipate, and the power in his body did not fall asleep again. Lan nodded with satisfaction.

It is currently known that this unknown spiral cone can definitely connect one's own world with the Armorwood Land of the Ain El elves, but how to get back is a problem.

He not only needed a passage to go out, but also a coordinate point to return. Otherwise, if he rushed into the enemy's base camp rashly, what if he got trapped?

As for whether the spiral cone would become ineffective after being broken in half, Lan could only say that it was better not to go than to go and not be able to come back. And there was always another way.

"Where are you going?" Johnny took the half item in confusion.

"Let's build an outpost for the battlefield later." Lann smiled, "Wish me all the best."

As he said this, the bright emerald light bands that were originally wrapped around him suddenly connected together, forming a giant cocoon that wrapped him up.

With a flash as dazzling as the sun, it completely disappeared.

【Crossing】——Start!

…

It was Lan's first time to come to the star realm. He looked at the gray chaos before him, with only the twinkling stars providing some vision.

But when Lann focused his gaze, he was surprised to find that each of those stars was an independent world!

Closest to him, almost right next to the world he came from, there were four huge spheres made up of earth, fire, water, and wind.

They were a little nervous when they sensed Lan's breath, but after they completely identified who it was, they quickly revolved around Lan's world like satellites and moved to the other side, leaving Lan's sight.

"Heh." With a sneer, these should be the four elemental realms that coveted Lann's power through the [Ring of Elements].

In the distance, there were even more shining, twinkling stars. Lan could faintly see countless black dots moving inside, interweaving together to create the song of life that the world should have.

It's a pity that when Lann tried to take a step towards these worlds, he felt as if he was carrying a huge weight on his back; and when he mobilized his abilities to try to resist this burden, the magic power in his body seemed to dive down.

At this rate of consumption, it would be enough for Lann to go around his own world a few times and play hide-and-seek with the elemental realms; if he took drugs at the extreme end, he might be able to catch them all.

There is no need to think about reaching other stars that are farther away for the time being.

——No, there is a star that is different.

Lann raised his hand as if he had sensed something, and the half spiral cone in his palm was like a key connecting him to one of the stars.

He felt the burden on his back suddenly lighten, and then with a thought, he left the place.

First there was a flash, then darkness.

…

Lan opened his eyes in a daze, adjusting to the discomfort brought by his first time traveling, and his vision became clear again.

He jumped up and looked around.

The heavy steel greaves crushed something, and Lan looked down and saw that it was bone.

Skulls, tibias, ribs, femurs, pelvises, he seemed to be walking through a huge ossuary, which seemed to have once been a tragic battlefield.

These skeletons should be those of the defeated party - because only the losers would not have time to collect the bodies of their own people, and Lann did not see the enemies these corpses faced.

At the same time, the bones looked fresh, with no signs of weathering. It looked like they had been dead for some time, but not too long.

Lann didn't bother to care how long these guys had been dead or how they died, his goal had been achieved - he came to another world, the land of Armorwood where the Ain El tribe lived.

Closing his eyes, he saw that, as expected, the [Teleport] marks on Ciri, Geralt, and House were suppressed by an invisible force.

But in the midst of all the perception, a mark that had been difficult to perceive before was lit up.

Lann curled the corners of his mouth. That was the mark on the body of the Wild Hunt leader Eredin.

"Let you live a little longer." Lann said softly.

Make sure you can connect to the land of Armor Wood. The key piece of the puzzle has been obtained, so there is no need to rush for anything else.

After that, all he had to do was wait for Adda's child to be born, and then gather six ancient bloods from himself, Ciri, and the three dryad sisters, and mobilize the power of time and space together to open a large cross-border portal and lead the army over.

As for the specific scale of the battle to be launched, that still requires long-term consideration.

After all, even the Ain Sheedi elves who are now in Lann's own world cannot clearly explain the size of their own clan, their number of people, and their distribution.

It would be best if he could defeat this powerful enemy in one go. If not, he would expose his own abilities and alert the enemy, and at the same time drive crazy another group of cross-border people who have the ability to travel through worlds, which would only cause more trouble for himself.

You know, he still has a big enemy, Nilfgaard!

"Then let's go back first... huh?"

…

The ground shook slightly, and Lan leaned over and touched the ground as if he had sensed something.

He was very familiar with this kind of movement - cavalry!

There aren't many of them, less than a hundred, and they look like a patrol or reconnaissance team.

Lan looked around again and changed his mind.

As I said before - since we are here, we are here.

Since this is a battlefield, it is normal to be missing one or two, dozens, or even a hundred people, right?

Catch one or two tongues and get some information, so that you can be more relaxed when you come to this world again in the future.

Lann looked around, turned around and hid among the ruins, recalling the assassination skills he had learned from communicating with Reso and the others, and restrained his breathing.

Then he found out that he was wrong.

What appeared before my eyes was not cavalry.

…

The horses rumbled in, full of murderous intent.

They are agile and wild, and each one in the North is a BMW that can cause competition at auctions and is a work of art that is enough to make knights fall in love with it.

But if warlocks and scholars saw them, they would probably become even crazier.

Because each of them has a long spiral horn on its head.

Lan looked at the "key" in his hand that connected the two worlds, and seemed to understand something.

No wonder.

Unicorns are sacred creatures that carry all the beautiful descriptions in mythology. They hate evil and always symbolize peace. According to legend, only the purest virgins can approach them. However, the filthy world is not worthy of them, so unicorns are rarely seen in human history.

Of course, practitioners know that most of these legends are nonsense.

Lann knew that unicorns were an intelligent race that was hostile to the Ain El in the Land of Armorwood. They also had the power to travel between different worlds, but the development of this power was more subtle, the conditions for activation were more demanding, and the cost was more serious, far less controllable than the Ain El in the past and the Ancient Blood now.

The unicorns that humans have ever seen in history were nothing more than foals that accidentally traveled through time and space without being able to control their abilities.

Lann also knew that after losing the ancient blood, the Ainn El began to hunt the unicorns on a large scale. They were also one of the important tools for the Wild Hunt to cross the world.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Lann touched his chin. Perhaps the breakthrough to the Land of Armor Wood lies in these unicorns.

…

The unicorns rumbled here, just like a ray of moonlight passing across the earth. If a poet saw this scene, he would surely be inspired to write a masterpiece.

None of them communicated with each other, but all the unicorns slowed down and stopped in an instant.

They looked around quietly, occasionally bumping the horns on their heads against each other, as if they were sensing something.

"Excuse me, are you looking for this?"

A bright emerald light suddenly lit up twenty steps in front of the unicorn leader, scaring all the unicorns.

They formed a circle and watched warily as the emerald light slowly faded out.

Rows of spiral horns pointed at the smiling Lann. These beautiful things were also rare weapons in the world, powerful enough to pierce through any iron or stone.

Lann looked closely at these mythical creatures and found that they were not always as bright silver as moonlight. They could also be deep red, blue-gray, or emerald. The only thing they had in common was that they were all as beautiful as works of art.

Lann placed the half horn in his hand on the ground, watching it attract the attention of all the unicorns, and slowly stepped back ten steps.

Suddenly, he felt an etheric energy similar to the [Axis Sign] trying to break through his mind, and whispers, voices, shouts and hisses suddenly mixed together.

The dissonances were so chaotic that they were beyond description.

Lan's eyes grew slightly colder, and he was about to muster up the chaotic energy to drive them all away. The noises soon calmed down, and clear and understandable thoughts began to flow like a stream.

“Is this language understandable?”

The unicorn leader didn't say anything, but his moist eyes conveyed the meaning.

"Okay, that's it." Lan nodded. "Let's talk?"