Elfa dodged attacks in the air, searching for the weakness of the vine, but despite him and the others attacking for so long, the vine only sustained superficial scratches and showed no signs of impairment. In fact, its movements seemed to be getting faster.
While Elfa was contemplating, he noticed that the human's reaction was a beat slower, and was then smashed to the ground by the vine.
He glanced at the human on the ground without any expression and continued to attack the vine.
After two minutes, Elfa's originally cold face began to crack, and the color of his pupils deepened.
Why did this unconscious human pull the cub into his arms?
If it weren't for this damnable thing holding him back, he would have teleported over and kicked that disrespectful human long ago.
How dare he.
To make him pay the price for his disrespectful action.
Elfa cast a deep look at the hand the human had placed on the cub's waist before reluctantly turning his head, focusing intently on attacking the vine, his movements becoming increasingly rapid.
Meanwhile, Xi'er, who had been attacking the lower parts of the vine, saw this scene. However, she didn't have Elfa's composure. Her current actions were to immediately descend and sever that human's hand.
Just as Xi'er made her move, she was carelessly flung to the ground by the vine.
Xi'er immediately noticed the vine's movement. Although she couldn't avoid it entirely, she managed to minimize her injuries.
Flung to the ground, Xi'er ignored the pain and slowly rose, adjusting her breathing.
She shouldn't have been distracted just now.
*Ptooey.*
She spat out the blood clot in her chest.
Three minutes later, Xi'er, having recovered her mental energy, opened her eyes only to see the cub running towards them.
Her heart clenched instantly.
Why did the cub suddenly run over? Didn't they know it was extremely dangerous here? What if something happened to the cub at this moment?
She would never forgive herself.
She didn't want to relive what happened before.
"King, why have you come over? Go back quickly," Xi'er shouted loudly at the cub.
But the cub ignored her and stopped in place. It was then that she realized Elfa had set up an energy shield around the area.
Upon realizing this, her heart eased slightly, and she conveyed to Elfa, "You did well this time."
Probably.
At this moment, Elfa, in the air, felt his mood become just as turbulent as Xi'er's when he saw the cub running towards them.
After these past few days, he understood the cub's behavior and way of thinking.
He had concluded one thing: do not try to change the cub's mind.
So, he silently divided a little more of his mental energy to shield the entire scene.
If he couldn't change the cub's mind, he would change his own.
Before Elfa could reply to Xi'er's words,
The cub's voice reached them first, "Elfa, I command you, withdraw this."
At this moment, he tried to defy the order, but he still obeyed his genes.
He immediately withdrew the energy shield.
Fortunately, though, the cub stopped not too far from them.
Elfa no longer felt distracted. This thing was not as easy to deal with as the previous ones. Just as he was preparing to launch the next round of attacks,
He felt a warm surge of mental energy slowly restoring his own.
This was the cub's mental energy, Elfa thought to himself.
As his mental energy recovered to a sufficient level, he immediately prepared to continue the fight, only to find that the troublesome vine had already turned to ash.
Turning his head, he saw the cub still maintaining a posture of blowing, motionless, with disbelief in its eyes.
Its eyes were wide open, blinking, looking incredibly adorable.
While he was shocked by the cub's strength, he also felt a pang of concern.
He was worried about the cub's current physical state, as the cub was not yet an adult, and overusing mental energy like this would not be beneficial for its growth.
Elfa teleported to the cub's side and asked with concern, "King, are you alright?"
Lin Hao, who had been lamenting his lifespan, heard Elfa's words, straightened his body, and gently shook his head, saying, "I'm fine."
Hopefully, no one saw his embarrassing display just now.
No one, right!
And what could be wrong with him? He had merely defeated a vine that three commanders couldn't handle, with ease. Besides being a tiny bit worried about his lifespan, he could eat four bowls of rice right now.
He just didn't understand why he was suddenly feeling hungry.
Lin Hao thought, patting his stomach.
He had just finished eating, why was he suddenly hungry?
As he pondered this question, his vision suddenly went black, and he lost all consciousness.
The three insectoids who had been observing the cub's condition immediately caught it the moment it fainted.
"Cub, what's wrong?" Yasi Lan's outstretched hand retracted as he saw Elfa catch it. He then asked Elfa with concern, his eyes fixed on the cub.
Elfa carefully examined the cub's current state and said, "It's nothing serious. It just overused its mental energy, so it fainted."
Hearing this explanation, the insectoids' hearts, which had been hanging in suspense, finally relaxed.
At this moment, one of the two humans not far away was not as calm as the insectoids.
Li Huan had been observing the king of the insects' actions. He couldn't understand why the king had asked the empire's crown prince to help but not them.
And why had he suddenly run towards the vine just now?
He had actually been startled when he saw this scene. Why hadn't he asked the two grown men to go, but insisted on going himself?
It wasn't that Li Huan looked down on the king of the insects, but anyone who saw this boy, who looked like a rabbit, wouldn't associate him with being the king of the insects.
Even if he were the king of the insects, he would assume this king would be some sort of mascot or precious species, whose sole purpose was to maintain its beauty at all times.
Moreover, when he saw his little flame, he almost burst out laughing. The lighter he used for smoking was bigger than that flame.
If it weren't for the presence of the three commanders, he would have burst out laughing.
Sigh, holding back laughter was truly agonizing.
But, in the next second, he couldn't laugh anymore.
He saw the vine that the three commanders couldn't deal with being extinguished by a tiny, flickering flame.
To the point where nothing was left.
(There were still some remnants earlier, but after a gust of wind, they were gone.)
Indeed, one's combat power couldn't be judged by their appearance, just like him.
Bai Chen, standing beside Li Huan, showed no less surprise in his eyes. He silently recorded this scene, then glanced at Li Huan, shaking his head with a hint of helplessness, before looking at the person in front of him with a gentle expression.
Alas, this childhood friend, who knew what fantasies were going through his head again.
And in the trees not far away, a black shadow flashed by.
Elfa, holding Lin Hao, glanced at that spot, a flicker of thought in his eyes.
Mini-theater:
La la la la, your cute (?) Guazi is back.
Mumu: I'm truly worried about my lifespan every day.
Guazi: Don't panic, did you forget you're the King of Insects?
Mumu: What do you mean by that? Double lifespan?
Guazi: You're overthinking it ╮(﹀_﹀)╭, how could it be doubled?
Mumu: Wuwuwuwu (┯_┯)
I'm studying hard for my exams these days. Are you all studying well? If not, don't let me catch you!
Hmph hmph hmph.
As always, I love you (ɔˆ³(ˆ⌣ˆc)