The massive scapegoat of destroying their sacred tree was one these three were absolutely destined to carry today.
Besides, she had no intention of giving them any chance to defend themselves.
“Since you're actively looking for death, I'll start by cleaning you up first!”
Flower Shadow Dual Flash: Earth Slash.
Swoosh.
Only a beautiful drift of glowing petal dust was left in her wake.
The ice spikes hurtling through the air pierced through the faint light, smashing into the rubble and exploding into a flurry of icy shards.
Before the red-haired woman could even react, Qimeng had already materialized behind her.
Then, the black-haired beautiful girl casually swung her dual scythe blades.
Boom!
Infused with High-tier Intermediate magic power, the scythe blades slashed down like a raging hurricane.
The red-haired woman didn't even have time to scream before she was pierced by the terrifying magical edge and collapsed heavily to the ground.
“Eh?”
Qimeng looked at her hands in surprise.
“Wow, is this the power of the Intermediate rank? To think I could insta-kill a demon so easily. Normally, a Novice-rank demon's physical fitness is equivalent to an ordinary Intermediate-rank magical beast. Is this what a pure stat-check feels like?”
“It felt as simple as swatting a mosquito.”
As she muttered to herself, she squatted down practicedly and snatched the cold crystal staff that radiated a chilly aura from the red-haired woman's hand.
“Heave-ho! Though the style is a bit old-fashioned, it's still a pretty decent weapon. Recycled~”
Qimeng pulled open her large hide bag, intending to force the entire staff inside.
However, when the staff was only halfway in, it got stuck and wouldn't budge.
This was a storage item crafted from the hide of a spatial magical beast. Its interior actually connected to a cabinet-sized subspace, making it far more spacious than it appeared.
“Is it already full?”
It seemed she had hoarded way too many things last night, and this was even after she had selectively thrown away a bunch of stuff she deemed useless.
Seeing this, the remaining two lizardmen, who were struggling to fend off the onslaught, felt their souls leave their bodies.
That was their demon big sister!
Even with her ice magic covering her, she was instantly killed in a single move?!
The Petrified Heavy Armor they were so proud of would probably be no different from tofu before her scythe blades!
How could they dare to stay a second longer? They scrambled and crawled, desperately trying to flee.
“Since you're already here, don't waste your energy trying to go back. Why don't I send you on your way?”
Qimeng's figure flashed once more.
Shadow Step drew a sharp arc through the darkness.
Thud! Thud!
Even with their Intermediate-rank defense, the two lizardmen had their heart vessels shattered as if struck by an indirect force under Qimeng's surging magical scythe blades, collapsing instantly.
Amidst the swirling dust, countless white tentacles shot out from Qimeng's back, devouring the three warm, Intermediate-rank corpses.
“Hmm, my magic power has indeed become a bit more refined, but there's no sign of another breakthrough at all.”
Qimeng patted her small hands in disappointment, talking to herself.
“It seems that once you reach the Intermediate rank, farming experience points becomes quite a chore.”
Speaking of which, this was her first time devouring this kind of...
Hmm... magical beasts with high intelligence?
At this thought, a massive question mark popped up in Qimeng's head.
No, based on the brains those three had displayed, how did they relate to the words “high intelligence” in any way?
At most, they were just “idiotic” beasts that had barely grazed the surface of intellect.
Buzz!
A sudden strange sensation within her body made Qimeng's eyes light up.
It was worth noting that due to the complex soul structures of intelligent entities, the probability of obtaining skills from them was usually much lower than that of ordinary wild magical beasts.
But she hadn't expected that her very first devour would successfully trigger the skill deprivation mechanism!
Soon, scenes of memories flashed through her mind.
It wasn't the lizardmen's 【Petrified Heavy Armor】, but the residual memories and magical traits belonging to the red-haired woman.
The sensation was like fast-forwarding through someone else's life. Yet, as the images flashed by like a revolving lantern, Qimeng's eyes regained their clarity.
Because the sequence played so quickly, she didn't inherit any heavy life experiences. Watching it felt like waking from a dream that left no trace behind.
She opened her eyes; the dream had ended.
She seemed to remember nothing, yet she had inexplicably gained a wondrous trace of comprehension.
And what she had luckily drawn this time was actually an amusing disguise skill!
This was a unique, exclusive trait similar to 【Devour All Things】.
It was a demon trait unique to the red-haired woman.
【Targeted Mimicry】
This skill carried a strict limitation where the target of the mimicry could never be changed once specified, and the target the red-haired woman had locked onto in her lifetime happened to be none other than transforming into a Wood Elf loli!
In other words, Qimeng could now perfectly transform into a Wood Elf loli for extended periods, seamlessly mimicking even her aura!
“Huh?”
Looking at the bizarre skill that had popped up in her mind, Qimeng fell into deep thought.
No wonder!
No wonder that red-haired woman was able to infiltrate the Wood Elf tribe for so long without being caught.
Still, did this woman harbor a bone-deep hatred for the Wood Elves, or was she deeply in love with them? To think she had bound her sole trait to the appearance of this race.
If she had bound this trait to a rare, Legendary-rank phantom beast, like a 【Phoenix】 or a 【Black Qilin】, wouldn't that have been amazing?
Even if she only manifested an empty shell to put on a show, the simulated fake pressure alone would be enough to scare a massive crowd of enemies to death!
Yet, she chose a Wood Elf loli. What a tragic demon woman with absolutely no ambition.
“So, as for turning into a Wood Elf loli...”
“Am I not cute enough in my current form?”
Qimeng stroked her smooth, dark-black hair.
Still, when she imagined using this form to bait blind enemies—a classic fishing operation where a fragile loli suddenly whips out oversized scythe blades—the image was simply too glorious to pass up!
Or swaggering through the Wood Elf tribe with impunity, and maybe even shifting the blame to them after doing some mischief outside...
“Mmh, that sounds like a great way to relieve stress!”
“Well, you can never have too many skills~”
On the field, the flurry of ice shards completely dissipated.
The Wood Elves surrounding the edge of the pit poked their heads over, their gazes landing on the messy bottom of the pit.
“N-No way...”
The three intruders, who had been so aggressive just a moment ago, didn't even have a single intact piece of armor left.
Before that black-haired girl, let alone resisting, they didn't even have the right to make her use a second move.
Seeing their tribe's former Spirit Maiden, Yinzhi, shielding the culprit behind her like a protective mother hen, the surrounding fully drawn magic ballistas and bows lost their target for a moment.
Should they shoot these arrows or not?
“Yi-Yinzhi, what on earth is going on here? What is the origin of that black-haired monster girl?”
The waves of High-tier Intermediate magic power washing over them gave the Chief goosebumps all over her body.
It was the physical instinct of rejection and vigilance that a lower-tier creature felt when facing a high-tier predator.
“She's the one who destroyed our four Sacred Spirits, right? She must give our entire tribe an explanation today!”
However, before Yinzhi could defend her, the Grand Elder, who had rushed over to rescue the treasury, suddenly let out a tragic wail upon seeing the empty inner chamber.
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