The inner city area of the Forgotten Land is completely different from the outer city area.

 

Here, the chilling aura of the undead is even more potent. Even the ground seems to be faintly tainted with a dark green hue. The air is thick with toxins accumulated over centuries by advanced undead, carrying a scent that furrows one’s brow.

 

If an ordinary person below the entry level were to come here, even without being attacked by any undead, they would slowly be transformed into an irrational undead in just a few hours due to the environment.

 

Of course, this is ineffective for Miss Violet and her pet and summon. However, at this moment, they are surrounded by countless enemies.

 

High-level undead are more sensitive to the presence of the living, and their movement speed is extremely fast. Violet and her companions engage in open combat, which has led to the current situation.

 

Mainly, Lucas’s passive skill can’t directly explode these elite monsters of at least level 30 in one go, so there is no large-scale chain explosion. Although they are still taking down one enemy at a time, the speed of clearing the area has significantly decreased.

 

Layers of undead surround the advancing trio, continuously launching fearless and ferocious assaults.

 

A grotesque abomination assembled from several corpses, a skeletal general wearing a crown, vengeful wraiths that have taken possession of thieves and adventurers who happened to enter this place, and soul-devouring worms hiding underground ready to emerge at any moment—Violet has seen at least seventeen or eighteen types of these creatures killed by Lucas.

 

Many high-level undead, some not even detailed in textbooks, could easily cause enormous disasters or even terrifying undead outbreaks in second or third-tier cities of the Human United Kingdom if taken there casually.

 

Here, however, they emerge incessantly like bundles of cabbages from a market vendor.

 

Even a legendary undead mother insect has been cut into more than a dozen pieces by Lucas.

 

Feeling the increasing presence of undead around her, even Miss Violet is starting to feel a bit overwhelmed. These creatures don’t seem very intelligent, clearly coming to die in droves, yet they show no fear at all. It’s like they are deliberately causing trouble for her.

 

“Don’t waste time with these small fries, Xiao Guang.”

 

“Yes!”

 

As a pet with mutual understanding, Xiao Guang immediately understood her owner’s intention. Having been a bit itchy to get involved, she immediately raised her little hand.

 

A dazzling dragon horn automatically extended, and the white tail slammed down on the ground with a snap. Xiao Guang’s long and fair five fingers gradually transformed into a dragon claw covered with platinum-colored exquisite scales, emitting a heavy and sharp aura.

 

Feeling the familiar and terrifying momentum behind him, Lucas, the Guardian of the Heavenly Realm who was chopping undead creatures like cutting vegetables, reacted as if he had seen a ghost. He flapped his wings and quickly ascended into the sky, then moved horizontally, almost teleporting several hundred meters away.

 

He did not abandon his duty to protect Violet, but Lucas didn’t want to be sent back to the Heavenly Realm so haphazardly.

 

Of course, the undead also had clever minds. Except for those iron-headed ones still roaring and charging upwards, the rest, under intense crisis, each displayed life-saving measures—some flew, some burrowed, some erected shields.

 

However, Xiao Guang paid no attention to them. When Lucas completed the quickest response, she lightly swung down her dragon claw and uttered a cold and murderous whisper.

 

“The sky shatters.”

 

Crack… crackle, crackle, crackle…

 

The sky truly shattered.

 

No, it should be said that the space carrying everything was torn into fragments by the ultimate destructive force.

 

Starting from the claw of the dragon lady, everything along the straight line through the entire ruins of the Glory City (Forgotten Land) turned into shattered particles—earth, the dead, air currents, magic, everything.

 

The ground split open into a bottomless abyss, like a heavenly trench, extending to the farthest reaches visible to Violet. The once intangible and formless space, as if shattered and collapsing mirrors, emitted a piercing wail, exposing the dark void behind it.

 

Even without considering the land torn in half, the vast, pitch-black shattered space above, hundreds of meters high and a hundred meters wide, instantly transformed into a terrifying vortex, sucking in all the undead that had luckily avoided direct harm and crushing them into fragments.

 

Even Lucas, a level 80 guardian, had to insert his massive sword into the ground and retreat to a safe distance to avoid a similar fate.

 

Only Violet, with her protective barrier opened, and Xiao Guang herself remained completely unaffected.

 

“【Sky Shattering Claw】, this is the signature skill with the same name as Xiao Guang’s main weapon, the 【Sky Shattering Claw】,” and it is divided into two parts.

 

Firstly, there’s the direct attack brought by the phantom claw that tears the sky, with extremely high damage. Without a level or special defense skill similar to the Little Dragon Lady’s, it would be impossible to withstand.

 

Following that, the space shattered by the claw forms an area-of-effect (AOE) attack. Although the damage is not as terrifying as the first strike, the range is enormous, making it effective for both follow-up attacks and crowd control.

 

Without Violet’s command, the highly intelligent dragon pet automatically chose the most suitable skill.

 

After a full dozen seconds, the pitch-black void was gradually filled by the reparative force of the world’s laws. The apocalyptic scene of destruction finally disappeared.

 

The shattered sky returned to its original state, but the immense, deep ravine on the ground still spoke of the trauma caused by the ultimate destructive force.

 

The thousands of high-level undead surrounding Violet and the others had all disappeared, leaving only themselves and Lucas, the guardian returning from afar with a lingering fear.

 

Whether crushed into powder by the claw or torn apart by the void space, it was undoubtedly the result of Xiao Guang’s simple swipe.

 

“Truly the guardian dragon of our Lord, Lady Xiao Guang’s devastating power remains undiminished. Lucas is left in the dust,” remarked someone in awe.

 

Right from the start, the robust warrior in golden armor directed sincere praise towards the dragon lady, whose height only reached its abdomen. Judging from its tone, it seemed like it wasn’t the first time witnessing her in action.

 

“It’s just casually swatting some pests, there’s no need to make a big fuss.”

 

The little dragon lady casually blew on her dragon claw, which had transformed back into a human hand, concealing the dragonic features naturally revealed by the leaking power. When dealing with the guardian who was also under Violet, she wasn’t as indifferent as she was to outsiders, although warmth might be too strong a word.

 

“Do you two know each other?”

 

“What is the master saying? Lucas has fought with us more than once. Although this guy is a bit of a pushover and his attacks are a bit soft, he can at least take a few hits as a decent meat shield. I guess you could reluctantly call him a half-comrade.”

 

The golden-armored warrior awkwardly lowered its head. “Lady Xiao Guang is correct in her reprimand. Compared to you and our lord, my martial skills still have a long way to go. I need to improve.”

 

“Oh, I see…”

 

What they were talking about should be their in-game combat experiences.

 

This was Violet’s first time seeing NPCs in the game interact with each other like real people, even though she knew they had become living beings. Witnessing it firsthand still felt somewhat unbelievable.

 

However, the immediate priority was to continue moving forward.

 

The undead in the inner city area must be more than just these few. Although Xiao Guang’s claw was earth-shattering, the undead here were extremely chaotic, lacking any clear rationality. They didn’t experience the emotion of “fear.” To avoid trouble, it would be better to enter the core area sooner.

 

It wasn’t that consecutive attacks would have much cost, but the ground here couldn’t withstand further disturbance. The dragon lady’s claw descended from above, so the level of destruction on the ground was definitely more severe than in the air.

 

Violet was genuinely afraid that she might suddenly step on magma while walking.

 

“All right! Let’s go full throttle and rush to the final stage in one go!”