To put it in barrage terms, some druids with more extreme ideas are like the partial animal protectionists of their world, willing to consume the lives of their compatriots to protect those rare animals.
As the successor of Thornspeaker, Sarlayan can also be classified into the circle of druids, but he really disagrees with this extreme concept.
What Thornspeakers pursue is the balance between life and death, and will not forcefully leave behind lives that should be lost.
There must be a reason why the dinosaur group headed by Devilsaurus withdrew from the stage of history. Nowadays, they can only be kept in small numbers in Freya's greenhouse of life, and in the isolated tower near the mist-shrouded Pandaria continent.
Island of Behemoths.
Whether these dinosaurs can adapt to today's Azeroth environment is still a question. The reason why the Druid wants to capture the Devilsaurus alive is also to study and measure this.
However, in Sharlayan's view, losing the lives of his companions in order to capture the Devilsaur was actually putting the cart before the horse.
Seeing that the druids, who were helpless in fighting, were in danger, Sarlayan said hello to Vereesa and jumped down from the tree trunk.
While he was still in the air, Sharlayan activated Ursoc's incarnation and transformed into a giant brown bear no smaller than a Devilsaur.
"Roar!!"
The roar with serious provocation immediately attracted the attention of Devilsaur, turning its eyes from the injured druids to the sudden appearance of the giant bear.
The limbs of Devilsaurus are rather strange. Their hind limbs are very developed and their tails are thick and powerful. However, the two short hands that make people feel quite funny are completely out of proportion to its strong body.
"Roar!!"
Facing Sarlayan's provocation, Devilsaur responded without any sign of weakness.
While Sharlayan attracted the attention of the Devilsaur, Vereesa jumped down from the tree with great agility and assisted the still confused druids in transporting their injured companions to the rear of the battlefield.
Others may not know it, but as subordinate members of the Cenarion Circle, these druids can tell at a glance that the shining magic pattern on the body of Sarlayan's giant bear incarnation comes from the demigod Ursoc.
This means that this giant bear, like them, was transformed from a druid.
The leading druid's mind was full of questions, and he whispered to the deputy beside him in confusion: "Is there anyone in the Cenarion Circle who can use the Avatar of Ursoc? Why have I never heard of it?"
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After entering the battle state, Sarlayan temporarily ignored the group of whispering druids and focused on the Devilsaur, which bared its fangs and assumed an attack posture.
Although Devilsaur is only a mortal species, they can be considered unscrupulous below the level of extraordinary creatures.
If judged by common mortal strength standards in Azeroth, this vigorous Devilsaur is at least level 50, which is equivalent to a legendary hero.
However, combat effectiveness is a rather mysterious thing and cannot just be judged by hardware strength.
The intelligence of Devilsaur is far from that of intelligent creatures, and it relies more on instinct to use its strong body.
To put it simply, they couldn't get rid of the beast's thinking mode. For Sharlayan, who was very thoughtful, the fighting style of this big guy was too straightforward and easy to target.
Due to its short and weak upper limbs, the main attack method of Devilsaurus is to use its strong hind limbs to sprint in front of the enemy in a short time, open its big mouth full of fangs to bite the enemy, and occasionally use its thick cannon to bite the enemy.
Tail whips the enemy.
During the confrontation between the two sides, Sarlayan cleverly used a feint of shaking his left shoulder to attract the Devilsaur to attack first.
The weaker druids watching the battle only felt their eyes dazzled when the orange-skinned Devilsaur appeared in front of the giant bear across a distance of more than ten meters, opening its smelly bloody mouth.
Sarlayan, who was well prepared, did not want to use his steel skin to test the lethality of the Devilsaur's fangs.
Taking a slight step back to avoid the bite of the Devilsaur, Sarlayan's transformed giant bear quickly stretched out like a taut spring, and with a lower center of gravity, he slammed into the chest of the Devilsaur that had eaten nothing in its mouth.
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"boom!"
The two giant beasts collided with a huge sound. The Devilsaur that was biting the air with force was already a little unstable. Sarlayan's premeditated and charged impact knocked the heavy Devilsaur's feet briefly.
left the ground.
The Devilsaurus was caught off guard and stumbled back several steps before stopping its retreat.
Before it could respond angrily, Sarlayan stood up and chased the Devilsaurus, which had not yet regained its footing. He opened his bow from left to right, and slapped its head back and forth with its huge bear paws.
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With the blood of the dragon clan, Sarlayan's strange strength is already very strong. Coupled with the strength bonus of Ursoc's incarnation, a series of heavy palm strikes made the devil dragon's eyes flash with stars and it became dizzy.
At the end of this combination of punches, the giant bear's strong legs kicked off the ground, and once again hit the Devilsaurus, which was knocked backwards, and finally overturned it completely to the ground.
The body structure of the Imaginary Tyrannosaurus made it difficult to stand up once it fell, not to mention that Sarlayan used a powerful hind leg to step heavily on the center of the body that it was trying to struggle with.
No matter how the devil dragon roared and struggled, it could not break free from Sarlayan's control.
After more than ten minutes, the exhausted Devilsaurus finally gave up, lying on the ground panting heavily and no longer struggling, apparently resigned to its fate.
Sarlayan turned his gaze to the stunned druids: "Why are you still standing there? Don't you want to capture it alive?"
Under Sarlayan's reminder, the Druid team finally woke up from a dream, and hurriedly began to use a series of spell packages such as animal soothing and animal hypnosis on the Devilsaur whose physical strength and energy had been greatly reduced.
The purple-haired druid captain with beards walked toward Sarlayan, who had not yet returned to his human form, with a puzzled expression. On the way, he glanced at Vereesa, who was assisting in treating the wounded.
'High Elf? Could it be...'
Druids with the ability to lead are eligible to join the Cenarion Council as peripheral members. This team leader had heard vaguely before that there seemed to be a "Grand Druid" from the high elves with incredible practical abilities.
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In fact, there is still some error in the rumors. Sarlayan's combat power has indeed reached the level of an archdruid, but he is not a traditional druid, but the inheritor of the Druid branch profession Thornspeaker.
Just like the Minotaur Sunwalker compared to the Paladin, although the power used by both is the power of light, they are not the same in essence. They are just made exactly the same based on gameplay.
Sunwalkers believe in Anshe, the sun god in Tauren myths and legends, so the power of light they use is more fiery and passionate, which is quite different from the impartial and relatively neutral power of holy light.
The sparse Thornspeakers are still a small group in the large circle of druids. Except for the high-ranking druids such as Malfurion, Fandral and Rensa, many druids in the middle and lower classes are
It's difficult to tell the difference between the two.
Sarlayan didn't bother to correct the squad leader's misconception. He only saved this group of people out of kindness and asked them for directions.
"Arch Druid of Staghelm?"
The Druid captain named Schubert scratched his head: "Recently he is leading the pioneering team to open up a new settlement near the Pillar of Light in the north of the basin. He should not return to the construction site in the heart of the river in the short term.
Next to the main camp.”
Before setting off for the Sholazar Basin, Sarlayan first asked the Backlight Blade Arctic Branch for a detailed map of the basin.
As a greenhouse of life that Freya had carefully taken care of, Sholazar Basin, like Un'Goro Crater, is very organized in layout.
Four meandering water systems are distributed in the four directions of the Sholazar Basin, all converging towards the center of the basin, and finally converging at the heart of the central river, with abundant water covering the entire basin.
This is why the climate of the Sholazar Basin is similar to that of a tropical rainforest.
In order to better monitor the ecological changes in the Sholazar Basin, Freya built an observation station on the east and west sides of the basin.
Near the eastern boundary is the Creator's Hanging Platform, and to the west is the Creator's Seat.
In addition, Titan, which originally designated the ecological greenhouse, also erected five vital crystal pillars in the inner ring of the basin based on four river systems.
According to the squad leader, Fandral, who has been leading the way in the Sholazar Basin in recent years, has successively captured the Pillar of Mosslight in the southwest, the Pillar of Sunburn in the northwest, and the Pillar of Heaven in the southeast.
The land around the Pillar of Blood due east has been polluted for unknown reasons. Fandral has put it last for the time being. At this time, he is personally leading a team to attack the Pillar of Light in the north.
"Pollution...?"
Sarlayan's eyes narrowed slightly: 'Why at this juncture? Is there something hidden in it?'