The man fell to his knees with a thud. Even as he knelt on one knee, he carefully shielded the woman on his back.
“Please, please save my wife! We are adventurers who accidentally wandered into the forest... Just now, I felt an immense life force radiating from you! You must be the legendary life treasure of the forest, Lady Fairy...”
“Then you'd better listen up! I am no treasure, and I am certainly not some low-class little fairy like you claim! So, stop following me!”
The Emerald loli spat, making a move to leave.
Yet, the man actually followed her once again.
“I beg of you! If you can just spare a tiny bit of your life force to keep my wife alive... I will pay any price, be it my soul or my lifespan! Please, I beg of you!!”
“Tsk, I have absolutely no interest in saving humans!”
The Emerald loli exerted her full power, transforming into a streak of green light as she bolted through the dense forest!
She thought she could easily shake him off, but in the next second, the sound of breaking wind followed her like a shadow!
Air currents exploded beneath the human man's feet as he also turned into an afterimage. He pursued her closely, not falling behind by even a single meter!
Qimeng, who was witnessing this high-speed chase through their shared vision, was completely shocked.
“Wait a minute, this isn't right, is it?!”
One had to know that the Emerald Sacred Spirit was an entity with Mid-tier Advanced strength. At full speed, ordinary magical beasts wouldn't even be able to catch a glimpse of her shadow!
Furthermore, she naturally possessed a stealth attribute that allowed her to blend into nature. Logically speaking, it should have been impossible for anyone to track her so easily.
Yet now, she actually couldn't shake off a human carrying a critically ill person on his back?!
This guy... was unnaturally strong! Could he be some kind of hidden powerhouse who had appeared out of nowhere?!
The Emerald Sacred Spirit was originally planning to head straight back to the Tree Court. However, with this incredibly persistent and powerful human clinging to her tail, it would be disastrous if she exposed the coordinates of their base to humans.
“Damn it, did this kid install a GPS on his causal lines?! I have no choice but to lure this stubborn leech away first!”
And so, a bizarre little drama officially commenced in the northern forest!
Its title: The Great Escape: An Aloof Loli Sprints Ahead at Full Speed While a Passionate Husband Hotly Pursues From Behind... Yeah, right!
Meanwhile, on the ruins of the demon campfire that had been physically flattened not long ago, several dark figures radiating dangerous auras silently descended.
“Our meeting point here has been eradicated by the enemy. The methods used were brutal.”
A demon with scouting abilities walked over to the shattered remains of the Giant Horn Demon.
With a grim expression, he smashed the mangled skull with a single palm, extracting a lingering thread of mental wavelengths from it.
“Let me see just what kind of sacred being dares to make an enemy of us... Huh?!?!”
As the battle scene from before the demon's death replayed in his mind, the scout was so shocked that his face distorted into a comical mask of terror, and he let out a screech that didn't sound human.
“A Wood Elf?! A natural spirit entity?! This is impossible!!”
In the vision, a loli holding an emerald greatsword cleaved the campfire site to pieces with an aura that seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth!
Then the scene shifted. Another silver-haired loli with emerald eyes was treating a high-ranking demon like dough, pinning him to the ground and beating him mercilessly.
And in the very next second, those cold eyes suddenly looked right at him, as if crossing the boundaries of time and space!
The scout turned pale with fright, instantly cutting off his mental probe.
“Since when did those weak, long-eared creatures who are only fit to be female slaves produce such a terrifying berserker?! And this power... it's not right! I must report this to the Demon Prince immediately without a single second's delay!”
However, after an emergency discussion among the demons, the conclusion they reached was unexpected.
“The Wood Elves have already found a new Sacred Spirit. And this god of slaughter is, in all likelihood, the Wood Elf Spirit Maiden who is closest to nature!”
Unsurprisingly, a demon assassination order targeting this Spirit Maiden would soon be issued.
Fortunately, Qimeng had been cautious back then and deliberately transformed into her Luluo form.
Otherwise, if her true identity as the Demon Tree were exposed, the demons would surely mobilize all their forces to wipe her out immediately.
Now, the demons had outsmarted themselves, focusing all of their attention on the Wood Elf Spirit Maiden.
As for the real big boss, Qimeng, she could still hide in the shadows and wait for the perfect opportunity to strike.
While the demon faction was staying up all night formulating countermeasures against this suddenly appearing Spirit Maiden god of slaughter, the true culprit was comfortably hidden behind the scenes.
Back at the Tree Court, the style of the scene had completely shifted into a light comedy.
“And... finished!”
Qimeng sat on her throne, which was lined with the soft fur of magical beasts.
To satisfy her appetite, she had urged the Wood Elves to develop new tableware over the past few days.
However, the Wood Elves, who were not skilled in smithing, had spent an immense amount of effort just to forge a barely usable large iron pot based on her blueprints, along with a bunch of shaved twin wooden sticks.
In other words, extra-long chopsticks.
“G-Great Spirit Lord, can these wooden sticks really be used for eating? Do we skewer the meat with them like skewers?”
The Wood Elf maid in charge of serving her had a face full of confusion.
However, when they saw Qimeng use the chopsticks to pick up a thin slice of magical beast meat and swish it back and forth in the boiling, spicy red broth, everyone present was utterly shocked.
“So these are chopsticks?! What an exquisite application of mechanics!”
“This way, we won't have to reach our hands into the soup to fish out the meat anymore!”
“Exactly! In the future, we won't even need to wash our hands after using the restroom. We can just dig right in...”
“Hey, you over there, that's a highly concerning statement! You still have to wash your hands! Absolutely!”
Qimeng immediately shot back with a retort, and the hall instantly filled with cheerful laughter.
Once the maids withdrew, only the knee-high Dameng and Xiaomeng remained in the hall of the Tree Court, standing on specially made little wooden stools.
Dameng worked hard to maintain the heat under the hotpot using magic, while Xiaomeng stood to the side slicing meat and plucking clean vegetables.
A mouthwatering aroma filled the air.
Qimeng picked up a tender, juicy slice of magical beast meat with her chopsticks, just about to pop it into her mouth.
“Waahhhhh!”
A sharp cry suddenly echoed from the sky.
Thud!
A dark figure crashed down, an insect wing slamming directly onto the wooden floor.
Qimeng focused her gaze.
“Xiaomi? Why are you back?”
“My Lord! The monsters in the outside world are so incredibly rude!”
Covered in dirt, Xiaomi scrambled up, fluttering her wings in the air.
“I hadn't flown very far to the west when I ran into a flock of strange, three-headed, fire-breathing birds that started chasing me... It scared the honey out of me!”
With a forehead full of black lines, Qimeng tapped her with the back end of her chopsticks.
“You dummy. Other Intermediate Rank magical beasts already have their own territories, yet you don't even know how to use your own traits?”
“I got so scared that I forgot!”
Xiaomi scratched her head sheepishly, nervously tugging at the hem of her clothes.
“Um... My Lord, I'll go try again.”
“Go on, go on. I really can't do anything with you.”
After shooing Xiaomi away, Qimeng gathered her spirits once more and picked up a slice of meat.
With great effort, she finally brought the meat slice to her lips, already smelling the spicy aroma...
Whoosh!
The tree vein magic runes in the Tree Court suddenly erupted with a brilliant, blinding light.
Yinzhi landed, stepping out from the tree vein formation with a solemn and grave expression.
Qimeng's slice of meat was frozen in midair once again, her lips twitching.
“Yinzhi... Why are you back too? Didn't you just arrive in the south?”
“Dearest Sister, I have brought urgent intelligence concerning the safety of the Tree Court. I have come to report it in person.”
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