The moment any Low-tier or Intermediate Rank demonized lizardman came into contact with this green mist, the life force within their body would burn uncontrollably!
Within seconds, their flesh and internal organs were ravaged by the lethal poison as their metabolism accelerated to its limit. Demonic beasts withered into desiccated corpses by the dozens, collapsing heavily to the ground!
Unfortunately, this life-manipulating trait had a limitation: it could only exert its full, hundred-percent effect on enemies below the Advanced Rank.
Although the lizardman chief's black-and-red armor was corroded by the mist, he relied on his sheer resilience as an Advanced Rank magical beast to suppress the drainage of his life force, charging out of the mist!
“Trivial tricks! Show yourself, ahhh!”
“Oh my, you actually survived. As expected of an Advanced Rank turtle shell, it really is quite tough.”
The green mist flowed backward, condensing once more in midair into the dashing figure of the Emerald Sacred Spirit.
She showed no sign of panic. Since the lethal poison had been withstood, she would simply resolve the issue with the purest form of violence.
The Emerald Sacred Spirit personally took action.
She clenched her delicate hand, and natural mana converged and compressed into her palm, condensing into a massive emerald greatsword that shimmered with crystalline light!
“Next up, it's close-combat time.”
Moving so fast she left afterimages, the Emerald Sacred Spirit dashed in front of the lizardman chief. Her greatsword swept down, carving a crescent moon of emerald light that tore through the night sky!
“Arrogant brat! Shatter!!”
The lizardman chief roared, raising both arms to block the blow with his arm guards.
Clang!!!
A deafening explosion echoed through the night sky. The resulting shockwave blew back all the surrounding Wood Elves.
Immediately after, a sharp cracking sound rang out.
Under the overwhelming pressure of Mid-tier Advanced mana, the lizardman chief's defensive arm guards began to crack.
Pressing her advantage, the Emerald Sacred Spirit sliced a bloody gash through the arm guards.
Infused with the authority of Life Deprivation, the emerald greatsword drained the life force from his wound, suppressing his powerful self-healing abilities!
“How... How is this possible? My defense...”
Deep terror welled up in the lizardman chief's eyes.
“Farewell, giant lizard.”
The Emerald Sacred Spirit twisted her hilt, and her mana erupted. The greatsword transformed into a blinding flash of light, slicing cleanly through the crack!
Pfft!
The indestructible armor was severed. Under the ravaging emerald storm, the lizardman chief's massive body was cut in two, crashing into a pool of blood with a face full of disbelief.
With their chief dead, the lizardman army collapsed completely.
With a stylish flick of her wrist, the Emerald Sacred Spirit dismissed her greatsword, which dissolved into starlight.
However, she did not stop. Her emerald eyes suddenly sharpened as she glanced toward the dark depths of the forest.
The aura of a heavily injured, pseudo-Advanced Rank Giant Horn Demon was desperately fleeing outward.
“Honestly, a little mouse slipped through over there and actually ran all the way here.”
The Emerald Sacred Spirit chuckled at the dumbfounded Yinzhi and the Wood Elves, issuing her orders.
“My lovely Wood Elves, I leave those demonized wild wolves to you to clean up. As for that fleeing Advanced Rank trash...”
“I shall personally capture him and present him to Master~”
With that airy, sweet pronouncement, the Emerald Sacred Spirit's petite figure transformed into a dazzling streak of emerald light, shooting toward the edge of the forest.
Watching the beautiful light vanish into the distance, the Wood Elves left behind were somewhat dazed.
“Um... Lady Yinzhi.”
A little Wood Elf loli scratched her cheek, her expression subtle.
“I can't help but feel... did that Lady Emerald just shrink a whole lot compared to when she first appeared?”
“Eh? You noticed too! She started out with a young woman's figure, but in the blink of an eye, she became a life-sized loli?”
“Shh! Do you even know what a natural spirit entity is?”
Yinzhi patted her companion's shoulder. For some reason, a suspicious blush crept onto her fair face. She clasped her hands over her heart, so moved she was on the verge of tears.
“You bunch of idiots! You don't understand Lord Qimeng's deep intentions at all! The Emerald Sacred Spirit is directly materialized from her spirit, and its external form changes entirely based on her will!”
“Didn't you hear her? She personally called us 'lovely Wood Elves' just now!”
“Her will is Lord Qimeng's will! In other words, though Lord Qimeng appears cold, majestic, and even a bit ruthless on the outside, in the depths of her heart, she actually thinks we are super, incredibly, incomparably cute!!”
Ba-dump!
Yinzhi's words were like a sudden thunderbolt, striking the little hearts of all the Wood Elves present.
“S-so that's how it is! As expected of Lord Qimeng, this warmth hidden beneath her icy exterior... I've received it!”
“Ugh... She always gives us harsh orders with a stern face, but in her heart, she actually adores us to death... Gap moe! This is gap moe, right?! Lord Qimeng is just too gentle!”
“Wait, then why did her natural spirit entity suddenly shrink?”
A Wood Elf suddenly asked.
Yinzhi's eyes narrowed, and she revealed an understanding smile.
“Isn't that obvious? It means that in Lord Qimeng's mind, petite and cute is the absolute best! So, to express her love and closeness to us, she deliberately made her natural spirit entity assume such a cute, tiny form!”
“Since Lord Qimeng values cuteness so much, as her vassals, we must always maintain our cute loli forms in the future and never let her down!”
“That's right! We will never grow tall! We swear to follow the cutest Lord Qimeng to the death!”
For a moment, the forest was filled with the cheerful cheers of the Wood Elves, who were completely swept up in their wild imaginations.
If Qimeng's actual self heard these words, she would probably spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot.
“Harsh on you? It's clearly because you Wood Elves kept finding new ways to play me in the first place, okay?! And Yinzhi, is this how you usually do ideological work for your clan?!”
“Why do I feel like I'm being shaped into some weird archetype?!”
...
Meanwhile, leaping gracefully through the treetops, the Emerald Sacred Spirit looked down at her tiny hands with a troubled expression.
“Whoa... I actually shrunk this much? As expected, channeling life force to release that ultimate mist move was still too much of a strain on this natural spirit entity.”
Due to the overload just now, her body had shrunk to the size of a little loli.
However, this didn't stop her from tracking the hulking figure fleeing ahead, her gaze resembling a cat playing with a mouse.
That pseudo-Advanced Rank monster of the Giant Horn Clan had been beaten so badly earlier that his mana was completely depleted, and his magic potion had also worn off.
His rank had plummeted all the way back down to an Intermediate Rank magical beast, and he was scrambling pathetically through the mud on all fours.
The Giant Horn Demon, consumed by sheer panic as he fled for his life, didn't notice anything amiss above him. As a spirit entity merged with nature, the Emerald Sacred Spirit remained completely silent and invisible, hidden within the shadows of the canopy.
“Should I... just follow him like this, using him to trace his way back to his nest?”
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