“Extraordinary Rank? Kid, don't lose to him, beat him to a pulp!”
The emerald loli cheered from the side, but in reality, she hoped they would destroy each other.
However, facing this imposing Extraordinary Rank overlord, the man was completely unfazed.
“Lowly ant, you dare act insolently before this general? You court death!”
The demon officer unleashed his dark magic power wildly as if it cost nothing, raising his heavy hammer high and smashing it down head-on with a howling, vicious wind!
Amidst the billowing dust of the heavy hammer smashing the ground, the man did not dodge or evade. Gliding close to the ground, he dashed forward, closing the distance right in front of the officer!
The demon officer raised his giant arm horizontally in front of his chest, laughing arrogantly.
“It's useless! This general's body has long since—”
Before he could finish, the man struck with a backhand, a black-red demonic palm print filled with a destructive aura slamming into the officer's chest!
Boom!!
The black-red magic power gushed out like a torrent, snapping the giant arm blocking the blow on the spot!
The demon officer, who had been flaunting his might just a second ago, was sent flying backward the next. A terrifying palm print was caved into his chest as he crashed through three stone fortresses along the way, collapsing into the ruins, silent and lifeless.
The demon lackeys who had been shouting earlier felt their eyes almost pop out of their sockets.
“G-G-G... Our Extraordinary Rank general... was one-shotted?!”
“Go get His Highness the Demon Prince! Go quickly!”
“It's useless! His Highness the Demon Prince isn't in the camp at all! Run! Run quickly! This guy is a monster!!”
Seeing the strongest overlord in their minds slapped to death, the remaining demon soldiers were scared out of their wits. Throwing away their armor and weapons, they fled in all directions.
“Tsk, that guy called the Demon Prince actually isn't here? What a shame. I wanted to see an even bigger dog-eat-dog fight.”
The emerald loli shook her head in regret, then pointed at the fleeing demons and shouted,
“Hey! Kill them all! Don't leave any loose ends!”
The man paused and squinted down at her.
“Do not forget your promise.”
With that, he turned into a black-red afterimage of death, slaughtering the fleeing demon remnants who were too slow.
After a round of bloody slaughter, the camp was strewn with the corpses of demons.
Once all the fleeing soldiers in his line of sight had fallen, the man retracted the violent black currents around him.
His bloodshot eyes turned to the emerald loli he was holding.
“The demons are dead, and I have destroyed the camp. Now... hand over the life source energy.”
The emerald loli, grabbed by the neck, swept her gaze over the demon corpses covering the ground. She was absolutely thrilled inside, but her face showed only a mischievous smile.
“Oh, don't worry, this lady always keeps her word~ Since I promised to give you the life source energy, then you'd better catch it!”
Before her voice even faded!
“You...!”
The man seemed to realize something, but it was too late to stop her.
The emerald loli's body exploded right in his palm!
With a crisp cracking sound, the petite emerald body transformed into ten thousand points of shimmering light.
Did she lie to him?
No, the emerald loli didn't lie.
This was indeed pure life source energy.
But the problem was, after losing the constraint of the emerald husk, this massive life force, overflowing with fragrant vitality, rapidly dispersed like water vapor, seeping into the world and the surrounding vegetation on its own.
Even though the man was powerful, he was not proficient in the power of nature and had absolutely no means to retain this dispersing life force.
He waved his hands, trying to grab the green specks of light floating in the air back into his palms, but other than futile air slipping through his fingers, he could retain nothing.
The emerald's disappearance was like the light of hope fleeting before the man, extinguishing into the dim shadows.
Kneeling in the demon camp strewn with corpses, the man cradled the dying human woman on his back in his arms. Bloody tears welled in his eyes as he let out a heart-wrenching wail toward the sky.
“Sylvia!! Why... why did it have to be like this, ahhh!!”
Meanwhile, far away on her throne in the Tree Court, Qimeng was forced to disconnect from the Emerald Sacred Spirit's vision.
“Phew, I didn't expect the Emerald Sacred Spirit to exit the stage like this... But borrowing a knife to kill and weakening the demons can be considered a grand victory.”
“And I got to watch a tragic romance drama for free~”
Qimeng swung her dangling legs, sipping a cup of freshly squeezed magic fruit juice through a thin wooden straw specially carved for her by a Wood Elf maid.
Honestly, that demon man did look pretty miserable, and the frail human girl on his back was also quite pitiful.
But she wasn't some kind of savior.
“Not only did he chase my natural spirit entity for days, but the moment he caught up, he pinned her to a tree without a word and demanded to strip away her life source energy... Isn't that just blatant banditry?”
“Although I can understand his urgency to save someone, and I get that having high strength means you call the shots in the forest, robbing me is absolutely out of the question! Deep love is one thing, but I won't tolerate such overbearing behavior!”
If he had cornered her main body this time, who knows how he would have tried to strip her.
Demons were demons. Even if they fell in love across racial boundaries, their brutal and overbearing nature at their core hadn't changed one bit.
As for whether that human girl was good or bad?
“Who cares about her! This lady isn't some great philanthropist! Why should I use my own life force to save a robber?”
“Maybe they're even a pair of partner-in-crime outlaws! Besides... that girl is probably already a married woman.”
However, screwing over the demon traitor this time had actually brought an unexpectedly massive harvest!
In the demon camp that the guy had conveniently taken down, there were ready-made nutrients everywhere!
At this thought, Qimeng's eyes lit up slightly, and even the sweet and sour magic fruit juice in her mouth tasted a bit better.
An entire camp of demon corpses, plus the corpse of an 【Extraordinary Rank】 great magical beast!
It would be such a waste to let it rot in the wild.
“Little roots, perk up! Extend outward at full speed and expand our territory over there!”
Following her command, the Demon Tree's roots buried underground began to dance wildly, extending day and night toward the demon camp!
A few days later, Qimeng's roots successfully pierced the ground and burrowed into the ruins of the camp.
The man was nowhere to be seen.
To seize the opportunity before the demon reinforcements arrived to clean up the mess, her roots headed straight for the crucial battlefield!
The corpse of that 【Extraordinary Rank】 demon officer was still lying there!
Target confirmed.
Without a second thought, she devoured it completely!
The next second, a long-awaited delicious flow of nutrients flooded into the Demon Tree's reserves!
With a thought, Qimeng channeled this power, absorbing it into her humanoid body.
【Species Rank Limit Broken!】
【Base Level Increased!】
Both her species rank limit and base level naturally broke through to 【High-tier Advanced magical beast】.
“What a pity. This corpse has been sitting for a bit too long and has started to stink, so a lot of the nutrients have dissipated...”
Though Qimeng voiced her disgust, an Extraordinary Rank was still an Extraordinary Rank even if it was stinky.
To level up, this lady is not a picky eater!
Besides, just relying on this wave of borrowing a knife to kill, plus looting the corpse, she had directly rushed to High-tier Advanced. This was an absolute jackpot!
As for the remaining demon corpses, only three Low-tier Advanced ones were barely worth a glance.
All of them were turned into reserve nutrients!
Riding on this residual momentum, she pushed the main body of the Demon Tree to High-tier Advanced magical beast as well in one fell swoop!
“Phew~ Perfect!”
Next up was the routine time for major territory expansion!
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