To slay the Ender Dragon and obtain the Dragon Egg, this wave of monsters must be dealt with first. Otherwise, even if we manage to force our way through, some of our elite dragon-slaying team might be lost.
It would be too uneconomical to lose the dragon-slaying squad, which has been nurtured for so long, here.
After much thought, Su Lin turned to Hilulele.
"Hilulele, you've hidden a lot of Death Worm eggs, haven't you?"
"Wh-what are you talking about! I don't understand."
Under the gazes of Su Lin and Aelita, Hilulele visibly became flustered.
"How could I raise something like Death Worms, which are like maggots? I promised Ailili I wouldn't!"
"Tell me the truth, how many?"
Hilulele tried to struggle a bit more, but Su Lin casually cut her off.
"If I have to search for them later, I'll blow up the Death Worm farm hidden under your house."
"...Dozens."
"Sister!"
Aelita was somewhat exasperated.
"Are you saying I've been sleeping on top of a bunch of maggots every day? Am I a fly?"
"Well...actually, they're very well-behaved, Ailili. Aren't you fine?"
"Damn it! I'm moving out!"
After much commotion, Hilulele reluctantly pulled out a pile of Death Worm eggs from her backpack.
Aelita immediately retreated three zhang with a look of disgust.
"Su Lin, what do you want these maggots for? Isn't it a bit too late to cultivate a monster army now?"
"What do you know? These are my ultimate clearing tools. Later, I'll show you what efficiency looks like."
Su Lin summoned the Elf Soldiers and gave them a few instructions. The soldiers quickly dug tunnels and departed.
Aelita watched, a little confused.
"What exactly are you doing, being so mysterious?"
"You'll know soon enough."
He quietly observed the monsters until the ore above the Ender Dragon's nest was dug open, and the Elf Soldiers waved their hands.
Only then did Su Lin pat Hilulele's head.
"Begin! Throw the Death Worm eggs into the areas where the monsters are gathered. Everyone else, defend against any monsters that might approach."
"So, it still relies on my Death Worm army?"
Hilulele winked at Aelita proudly.
"Watch closely, Ailili, today your sister will make you completely change your mind about Death Worms!"
"Go forth! My brave Death Worm army!"
Straightening her five-foot frame, Hilulele was full of heroic spirit, like a victorious general commanding her invincible army.
But Su Lin could only sigh deeply at this.
"With a flick of her hand, it's a public restroom..."
Countless white Death Worms twisted and writhed in the dense monster horde.
This scene was too impactful.
"Su Lin..."
Aelita gently poked Su Lin's waist.
With a hint of something unmentionable.
"Don't you think Sister looks like a fly laying eggs right now?"
"..."
He stared fixedly at the somewhat embarrassed Aelita, then turned to observe the excitedly scattering eggs Hilulele for a long time.
Finally, Su Lin painfully closed his eyes.
Some scenes, once you make an association, you can never go back...After scattering nearly twenty Death Worm eggs, seeing that it was enough, Hilulele hid the rest.
"Su Lin, Ailili, how was it? My Death Worm army is great, right?"
At this moment, the Ender Dragon's nest was completely in chaos due to this group of maggots.
The Death Worms, attacking any monster they saw regardless of friend or foe, attracted all the firepower, writhing amidst countless dense monster groups.
Slimes, occasionally defeated, scattered everywhere, sparsely gathering again.
Oh no, the imagery is even stronger!
Su Lin felt a bit nauseous.
"That's enough."
He fired a firework into the opening at the top of the mine shaft.
Receiving the signal, the Elf Soldiers began to scatter a large amount of TNT into the areas where the Death Worms were gathered.
"Why are you throwing away all that TNT? It's such a waste."
Aelita stood on tiptoe, watching eagerly for a while. In the blink of an eye, she estimated that a stack of TNT had been thrown away.
And they were all unlit.
"I'll show you the true use of Death Worms."
Su Lin looked at Aelita with a smile.
"Watch closely, Ailili, this is the real biological bomb."
Before Aelita could ask, the Death Worms, as if equipped with navigation, accurately found the location of the TNT and swallowed it in one gulp.
They then twisted their bodies and burrowed back into the monster horde.
After a few seconds of silence, a fierce and prolonged chain of explosions rippled through the entire underground Ender Dragon's nest.
One exploding crater after another took out a massive number of monsters. The ogres also decreased at a visible rate, and even the fire dragon was affected, flying into the air in a rage.
However, this explosion was not meant for it...Witnessing the Death Worms' self-sacrificing, kamikaze-like behavior, Aelita understood.
"So... this is the correct way to use Death Worms!"
"Exactly!"
Su Lin nodded with satisfaction.
"By combining the Death Worms' love for eating TNT and their characteristic of producing a more violent explosion after swallowing it, we can create a batch of kamikaze trucks that can both attract monster aggro and move at high speed to autonomously seek out enemies."
"This method of clearing the field, I call it efficient!"
"I understand!"
Aelita nodded heavily.
"MC Dungeon is truly a magical place; even these maggots have such amazing characteristics!"
If Aelita were to say, this was true peace deterrence!
It could disgust enemies, attack indiscriminately without fear, and even eat TNT to transform into a kamikaze truck.
Aelita finally found the correct way to utilize Death Worms.
"Sister, I support you in continuing to expand the Death Worm breeding center!"
"That's not how they're supposed to be used!"
Watching her beloved wormlings, which she had personally thrown out, self-destruct and perish one after another, Hilulele felt suffocated.
"Sister!"
Suddenly, Aelita slapped her hand onto Hilulele's shoulder.
Her golden eyes met Hilulele's in a deep gaze, and Hilulele's heart skipped a beat.
Could it be... Ailili was going to comfort her sister's wounded heart with a deep sisterly kiss?
But Hilulele, who was anticipating Aelita's next move, ultimately only received a cold response.
"For the glory of the Elven Kingdom!"
"Snap..."
Hilulele's heart was completely shattered...Su Lin didn't understand Hilulele's sadness.
He only knew that the Death Worm kamikaze truck squad had cleared most of the monsters, and the remaining ones were no longer a problem.
"Let's begin. Slay the Ender Dragon as planned, and remember to spread out the aggro."
After notifying everyone with a magic message, Su Lin retreated behind the others.
As the first Dragonbone Longbow arrow pierced through space and struck the fire dragon, an arrow rain began in the underground Ender Dragon's nest.
A Level 5 dragon was incredibly powerful, but unfortunately, Su Lin and his team used swarm tactics.
Four Dragonbone Longbows enchanted with Power V instantly reduced the fire dragon's HP by nearly half.
When the fire dragon focused its aggro on Beixi and the others nearby and swooped down, the Elf Soldiers skillfully stepped forward to take over.
Arrows from longbows enchanted with Knockback rained down, forcing the fire dragon to retreat again.
At this point, Aelita and Hilulele stepped in to deal additional damage, while the other Elf Soldiers cleared out the remaining nearby monsters.
This cycle repeated several times until, finally, the mournful cry of the fallen dragon and the cheers of the elves rang out simultaneously.
The first Level 5 female dragon was successfully slain.
"Clear out the remaining monsters and loot the Ender Dragon's nest resources."
After giving a simple instruction, Su Lin eagerly stepped forward to collect the loot.
In the ice and fire legend, the resources from a female dragon's nest were not as good as those from a male dragon's, but the dark red Dragon Egg in Su Lin's hand made up for everything.
Aelita leaned in to examine it closely, unable to resist reaching out to poke it.
"The legendary Dragon Egg, it truly is amazing."
"...Amazing how?"
To be fair, the ice and fire legend Dragon Egg was very plain, without any flashy special effects. In terms of grandeur, it couldn't even compare to the unhatchable Ender Dragon Egg.
To someone unfamiliar, this thing looked no different from an ostrich egg.
But Aelita was serious.
"Being able to hatch a dragon is amazing in itself. This is the first time we've seen a hatchable Dragon Egg."
Although there were dragons on the Aetherium Continent, Dragon Eggs were truly like legends in Aelita's eyes.
As everyone knows, dragons have three excellent virtues—
Greed, lust, and protecting their offspring.
So, to see a Dragon Egg on the Aetherium Continent, one would first have to encounter the dragons' invincible Dragon Language Magic.
"Legend says that contracting with a Dragon Egg shares a portion of the dragon's power and lifespan."
Aelita looked at Su Lin with great interest.
"Su Lin, don't you also know contract magic? Want to try?"
"...Leaving aside that the MC Dungeon Dragon Egg is completely different from the Aetherium Continent Dragon Egg, even if it were possible, what would I gain?"
Su Lin, with Steve's physique, was already at the pinnacle of durability and strength.
Contract with a Dragon Egg?
It's hard to say who would benefit more..."Let's go back. Hatch this dragon as soon as possible."
After putting away the Dragon Egg, Su Lin instructed the soldiers to continue sending people to explore new underground Ender Dragon's nests.
One fire dragon was not enough to satisfy his appetite, not to mention the objective need to craft three-element Dragon Steel equipment.
From a collector's standpoint, he should at least have one of each color of dragon, right?
Dragon slaying is an evergreen endeavor.