Above the south gate, Jiang Zhaoyue and Jiang Yelan were working together to engage a level 39 Bone Dragon.

The Bone Dragon was nearly twenty meters long, its wings spread wide to block out half the sky; the cracks on its wing membranes shimmered with a dull luster in the sunlight, and eerie green soulfire flickered in its eye sockets.

Every time it flapped its wings, it stirred up a foul wind, the stench of decay mixing with the airflow as it rushed toward the ground.

When its dragon tail swept across, the bone spurs on its vertebrae sliced through the air, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

Hundreds of meters behind the Bone Dragon, a Lich clad in grey robes hovered in the air, the bone fragments on the head of its withered wooden staff clattering incessantly.

Every so often, it waved its staff, and a beam of dark purple light shot toward the Bone Dragon, reattaching the dragon's damaged bones and reigniting the light in its dim, soulfire-filled eye sockets.

Jiang Zhaoyue's silver moon sky spear struck the Bone Dragon's ribs: -501. The Bone Dragon's bone armor shattered, sending bone fragments flying, but dark purple mist poured from the cracks, and the wound began to heal slowly.

Jiang Yelan emerged from behind the Bone Dragon, her shadow moon blade piercing the base of the dragon's wing: -390. Poison Blade Tempering triggered, causing the Bone Dragon's soulfire to flicker violently as its HP dropped by 50 per second.

The Bone Dragon roared and swept its claws. Jiang Zhaoyue raised her spear to block; the dragon's claws grazed the shaft, and her figure was knocked back.

Valkyrie Aura lit up on her with a pale golden glow, increasing the attack and defense of all allies within a hundred-meter radius by ten points.

Jiang Yelan's figure flickered in and out of sight in the air, her shadow moon blade stabbing repeatedly, each strike precisely piercing the gaps in the Bone Dragon's bones.

The battle should not have been this difficult. If it were just Jiang Zhaoyue and Jiang Yelan dealing with this Bone Dragon, given their skills, while they might not have won quickly, they certainly wouldn't have been dragged into a stalemate for over forty minutes.

The real trouble was that Lich; it hid behind the Bone Dragon, casting a Healing Spell every few dozen seconds, forcefully pulling the Bone Dragon's lost HP back up.

The two fought fast, but the Lich healed just as quickly. The Bone Dragon's HP bar seesawed between seventy and sixty percent, grinding back and forth like a saw cutting wood for nearly forty minutes.

Beads of sweat seeped from Jiang Zhaoyue's forehead, and several claw marks appeared on the plates of her silver-blue armor.

She glanced sideways at the Lich in the distance, spun her silver moon sky spear in her hand, and whispered to Jiang Yelan, "Ye Lan, can you circle around and kill that Lich first?"

Jiang Yelan appeared silently at her side, her gaze fixed on the grey-robed Lich. After a moment of silence, she said, "Shadow Flash range isn't enough. It's three hundred meters away, and I can only flash fifty meters at most."

Jiang Zhaoyue gritted her teeth: "Then let's attack the dragon first, until it can't heal in time."

The Bone Dragon lunged again, its jaw opening as blue-black dragon breath condensed deep in its throat.

Jiang Yelan's figure suddenly vanished from where she stood—【Shadow Step】, slipping into the shadows. She emerged from the Bone Dragon's side and rear, her shadow moon blade piercing the bone gap in the dragon's neck: -490.

Initial damage increased by 30%. If the target has not discovered you (Stealth state), an additional "Backstab" effect is applied: ignores 30% of the target's defense.

Jiang Zhaoyue charged from the front, a silver-white glow condensing at the tip of her silver moon sky spear—【Silver Moon Spear Radiance】!

The light spear left her hand and flew out, piercing straight through the Bone Dragon's left wing: -500.

The Bone Dragon's body lurched violently, and its dragon breath veered off course. The blue-black icy flames grazed the top of Jiang Zhaoyue's head, exploding into a scorched patch on the city wall behind her.

The Bone Dragon was enraged, flapping its wings vigorously to gain altitude and try to increase the distance.

In the distance, the Lich had already raised its withered wooden staff, dark purple healing light condensing at the tip, about to shoot toward the Bone Dragon.

Just then, two dazzling flames of light suddenly exploded above the south gate as a Great Axe Warrior from Russia and a Scimitar Warrior from White Elephant Country charged out from the flank.

Both were covered in blood, their armor riddled with gashes, yet their eyes were fierce.

They had just worked together to slay a high-ranking Death Knight and, without even taking a breath, charged straight for the Lich.

The Lich sensed danger and waved its staff repeatedly, sending Shadow Arrows and curses raining down upon them.

The Russian warrior raised his axe to block, while the White Elephant Country warrior flipped to dodge.

The two flanked it from left and right, forcing the Lich to retreat repeatedly.

The Lich's Healing Spell was interrupted. The Bone Dragon lost its support, and its HP bar began to plummet under the pincer attack from Jiang Zhaoyue and Jiang Yelan.

The Bone Dragon turned back and swept its tail. Jiang Zhaoyue dodged to the side and slammed the butt of her spear onto its tail vertebrae: -490.

Jiang Yelan cut in from the other side, stabbing three times with her shadow moon blade, each strike piercing into the gaps between the Bone Dragon's ribs. Poison Blade Tempering triggered again, and the Bone Dragon's HP dropped by another six hundred.

Graceful Counterattack lit up with a golden glow on Jiang Zhaoyue. After successfully dodging the tail sweep, she thrust her silver moon sky spear out fiercely: -610.

The Bone Dragon's «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» HP bar plummeted from sixty percent to twenty percent.

The Lich was entangled by those two powerhouses and couldn't break free, making it impossible to cast any Healing Spells.

The Bone Dragon lost its healing support, and its HP bar fell rapidly under the pincer attack of the two.

The Bone Dragon's HP dropped below ten percent.

It let out a desperate hiss, its wings snapping open as it attempted one last struggle—【Frost Burst】, exploding a ring of frost shockwaves with a thirty-meter radius centered on itself.

Jiang Zhaoyue didn't have time to dodge and was hit by the shockwave: -450. Jiang Yelan slipped into the shadows, and the shockwave swept past her side.

Su Yurou's Healing Spell landed on Jiang Zhaoyue immediately, pulling her HP line back to a safe level.

Jiang Zhaoyue steadied herself, and Silver Moon Spear Radiance was unleashed once more.

The spear radiance nailed the Bone Dragon's throat. Jiang Yelan emerged from behind the Bone Dragon, her shadow moon blade piercing its spine, and the Bone Dragon's HP hit zero.

【Jiang Zhaoyue level up: 37 → 38】

【Jiang Yelan level up: 37 → 38】

【Su Yurou level up: 36 → 37】

The Bone Dragon let out a miserable wail and plummeted from a hundred meters in the air, its massive body crashing into the sea of skeletons outside the south gate. BOOM!!!

Crushed stone and bone fragments splattered everywhere, dust filled the air, and the entire ground trembled.

The Bone Dragon's corpse smashed out a huge crater, the rubble at the bottom crushed into powder, and grey-white bone debris splattered everywhere.

The Skeleton Soldiers at the edge of the crater were sent flying by the shockwave, and dozens of Undead Warriors were crushed under the dragon corpse, their bones shattered and their soulfire extinguished.

Jiang Zhaoyue swooped down from the air, her silver moon sky spear sweeping out and sending the surrounding Skeleton Soldiers flying.

Jiang Yelan landed right after, her shadow moon blade slashing repeatedly, clearing a vacuum zone around the Bone Dragon's corpse.

The two stood side by side next to the Bone Dragon's corpse. Jiang Zhaoyue's silver-blue armor was covered in bone ash. They looked at each other without speaking.

Jiang Zhaoyue bent down and picked up the dropped item: a pair of boots glowing with a pale cyan light. The surface of the boots was as smooth as satin, embroidered with silver cloud patterns at the edges, and the soles were thin yet tough.