Ch 180: Revenge

“Really, why again?” the Elf complained, feigning annoyance, “I’m tired of this game, even if you aren’t!”

Its own attack was treated as a playful game, and the Tree of Life raged again.

“Who’s playing with you?!”

“Who’s playing with you?!”

Although the Tree of Life was so angry it was about to lose its reason, it still remembered its original purpose.

It roared again: “Put Ling Ling down!”

Before the words had even left its mouth, its attack struck first, rushing toward them.

It had originally thought that the Elf would, as in previous times, continue hugging Xu Ling to dodge the attack.

Unexpectedly, this time she readily agreed without hesitation.

“Okay!”

The Elf immediately, without a second thought, released her arm from around Xu Ling’s waist, then pushed her away, showing that she had spoken and acted accordingly.

A moment before the Tree of Life’s attack arrived, she lightly tapped her toes and quickly left, leaving Xu Ling alone in place!

“I’m not lying; I really put her down!”

Before leaving, she raised her eyebrows with a smile, saying rather nonchalantly.

However, the Elf’s honoring of her promise did not bring the Tree of Life any joy at all.

The Tree of Life was furious.

Needless to say, it knew that the Elf was deliberately causing trouble.

You see, Xu Ling’s eyes were still dull and unfocused, clearly not having regained consciousness!

And its attack was already a hair’s breadth from Xu Ling!

At such a close distance, even if it could retract its attack, it would be futile, and it would still end up hurting Xu Ling.

What’s more, the Tree of Life could not retract its offensive at this point!

This time, it had used five or six parts of its strength in the attack; if it really hit Xu Ling, it would be no joke!

Seeing this, the Tree of Life was inevitably terrified, no longer caring about anything else, immediately urgently calling for the Elf to return.

“Come back! Quickly save Ling Ling!”

Even in the end, its shout was broken.

Of course, it couldn’t rely solely on the Elf’s help; at the same time, the Tree of Life’s other branches all wrapped around the tree roots, pulling in the opposite direction, striving to slow the tree roots’ offensive.

Hearing the Tree of Life’s distorted roar, the Elf immediately showed a triumphant smile.

Everything that had just happened was naturally deliberate on her part!

Blame the Tree of Life itself!

When the Elf was still incubating in the Red Fruit, only having a vague consciousness, the Tree of Life would always nag whenever it saw Xu Ling.

『Ling Ling is here~』

『Ling Ling is happy today~』

『Ling Ling came to water the plants~』

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Ling Ling, Ling Ling, Ling Ling······

It was like nails on a chalkboard!

This wasn’t the end of it; once the Elf could clearly perceive the outside world, the Tree of Life went overboard, beginning to incessantly brainwash her.

Things like, Ling Ling is the best, we must protect Ling Ling, and any potential danger to Ling Ling must be nipped in the bud!

And so on!

This wasn’t just once; it happened every day.

Therefore, in this day-after-day, unavoidable nagging, the Elf went from feeling slightly annoyed to developing a rebellious attitude.

Ling Ling, Ling Ling, what’s so good about her?

Does it have to be mentioned every day?

It was from that time on that the Elf planned that once she got out, she would definitely scare the Tree of Life!

She had endured the Tree of Life’s nagging for so long and couldn’t even fight back; she had to vent her anger!

Naturally, she also knew that Xu Ling was innocent and never intended to truly scare the Tree of Life by harming Xu Ling.

Therefore, before the Tree of Life’s words had even fallen, the Elf had already forcefully planted her right foot on the ground, using that momentum to fly towards Xu Ling again.

The reason the Elf was previously able to easily dodge all of the Tree of Life’s attacks was because she could use the Wind Element with ease.

She hardly needed to think; her will was the wind.

This is also why the Elf was extremely fast yet graceful, as if she were lightly dancing.

This time, with the borrowed force, the Elf’s speed was even faster than before.

In an instant, she was back beside Xu Ling.

At this time, the Tree of Life’s attack was only a hair’s breadth from Xu Ling; if the Elf had arrived a step later, Xu Ling would have been undeniably struck.

Immediately, the Elf reached out to embrace Xu Ling, wanting to take her away.

However, things went awry; the Elf’s arm reached out to empty space!

The feeling was wrong, the Elf subconsciously turned her head to look; there was no one beside her—Xu Ling had vanished beside her!

However, now was not the time to be surprised; the Tree of Life’s attack had arrived!

I don’t know if the Tree of Life sensed that Xu Ling was already safe, but the attack, which had slowed down, suddenly resumed its previous fierce offensive.

A loud “bang” was heard, the sound of the tree root hitting the ground hard.

Instantly, a thick cloud of dust rose around them.

The dust swirled, like a thick fog, making it impossible to see the situation clearly.

After the loud noise, the surroundings suddenly became deathly quiet, falling into silence.

However, while others remained motionless, the Tree of Life suddenly raised its branches, shooting towards a spot not far in front of it.

There, stood Xu Ling, who had just disappeared!