"Ah, really, comparing oneself to others will only make one feel dead inside."
Song Yuyan sighed with envy.
Shen Qinghan offered words of comfort, "Not at all, Yuyan. You're talented, have a great figure, and are beautiful. Countless girls envy you, and so many boys look up to you."
"Haha, Han Han, such a sweet talker you are. Come on, let big sister Yuyan have a taste to see if it's really that sweet."
Song Yuyan said this as she moved to kiss Shen Qinghan's lips.
Shen Qinghan was stunned for a moment before quickly stepping back a little.
Then, with a forced smile, she said, "Yuyan, don't joke around with me. I'm thin-skinned; I'll get embarrassed."
Song Yuyan stopped, her light blue eyes curving into a smile, "I'm just teasing you. Your little mouth is only for Zi Chen to kiss, Yuyan understands."
She wasn't joking, though. If Shen Qinghan hadn't stepped back just then, she really would have gone through with the kiss.
Shen Qinghan's cherry lips looked so soft and pink, surely they would feel amazing to kiss, and she really wanted to try.
Liu Chuanwu looked at Song Yuyan and said in annoyance, "What's with you, still joking around at your age."
"If you want to kiss that badly, go find a man and fall in love."
"Then you can kiss however you want, wherever you want."
"Don't scare Qinghan by acting like some love-starved woman."
"..."
Song Yuyan was dismissive, "What's the fun in having a boyfriend? It's better to be single, not having to consider someone else's emotions. I can do whatever I want."
Liu Chuanwu retorted, "You just have standards that are too high for your own capabilities. You dismiss the average, only fantasizing about the perfect prince in your head, giggling like a fool every day at the male actors on TV shows."
Song Yuyan discontentedly replied, "Principal, your words are so hurtful!"
Liu Chuanwu said, "Lies will not hurt, but the truth is like a sharp knife."
Song Yuyan waved her hand dismissively, "Forget it, I'm done talking to you. Just a couple more words with you would take at least ten years off my life."
Every sentence Liu Chuanwu uttered was a critical hit to her.
She couldn't take it anymore and chose to avoid further confrontation.
Retreating might be shameful, but it works.
Liu Chuanwu stopped paying attention to the Great Spirit Saintess, Song Yuyan.
He then turned to look at Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, stroking his graying beard as he said,
"Since both of you have evolved into high-level creatures, while there's still time tonight, I'll take you to see that bronze ancient coffin."
"Just recently, the ancient coffin turned green again, exuding vitality, so it's worth trying to communicate with the Tianren Pavilion Lord inside the coffin to see if it's possible to unseal and release her."
"I'll go contact some people now to find you a few escorts, so you don't feel insecure."
Having said this, Liu Chuanwu took out his phone and started calling influential people he knew, asking them to escort Lin Zichen to unseal the Tianren Pavilion Lord.
He had already spoken to these people months ago.
Now, all he needed to do was inform them and see who was available to provide escort.
"The number you have dialed is not answering..."
Each of these Magic Rock Giants was as large as a small hill, with an average height of over thirty meters.
The leader among them, the Elephant King, was an even more exaggerated one hundred meters tall.
Every step it took caused a terrifying tremor, as if the earth and mountains were shaking.
"Boom—!"
A fearsome sound of tearing through the air exploded!
The Elephant King swung its tusks, dozens of meters long, fiercely toward the crowd below, intending to crush those Earthlings blocking its herd into a pulp!
Just as its tusks were about to hit those people.
The City Lord of number 36 acted in time, controlling a giant hand made of sand and rock, and with a motion that blotted out the sun, it slapped down at the Elephant King.
Quickly!
With a thunderous "boom,"
The giant hand smacked down on the tusk of the Elephant King, instantly breaking the strength of the S-grade alloy-like trunk into two pieces.
The powerful impact even sent the hundred-meter-tall Elephant King flying.
After flying several miles away, it crashed heavily to the ground, creating a shocking, web-like series of cracks.
"A large group of Ghost Eye Magic Eagles is speeding towards the city from the western sky! Those skilled in Flight Control, move quickly to intercept!"
The City Lord of number 36 shouted this and immediately rushed toward the Elephant King to finish it off.
Upon hearing this, several powerful fighters on the battlefield instantly turned into streaks of light that shot upwards, flying rapidly towards the western sky to intercept the flock of Ghost Eye Magic Eagles.
Yuan Dongzhi, who had only entered the Origin Land yesterday, was one of these powerful fighters.
"Capture the ringleader to catch his followers, Principal Yuan, follow me and let's strike down that Eagle King first!"
A leader from City number 36, a man with a beard-stubbled face, bellowed to Yuan Dongzhi.
Yuan Dongzhi didn't bother with idle talk and immediately, with a thought, controlled the underground water source from below, and took to the sky alongside the leader to assail the twenty-meter-long Eagle King.
...
Half an hour later.
The Epic Level Elephant King, grievously wounded by its peer, the City Lord of number 36, was forced to flee with its herd, abandoning the attack on City number 36 for the time being.
The Rare Level Eagle King, slain jointly by Yuan Dongzhi and the leader.
"Everyone, follow me to charge and exterminate these damned Exotic Beasts!"
A bloodied Deputy City Lord shouted out loud.
Hearing this call, the City Lord of number 36 immediately shouted back, "Do not pursue them, clear the battlefield quickly, and return to the city!"
His only mission was to defend the creature passageway underlying the city in Origin Land number 36 and not allow the creatures of Origin Land to retake control.
Apart from that, he had no need to overextend himself with other matters.
Hearing the City Lord's shout, everyone ceased their pursuit.
They began clearing the battlefield, collecting spoils of war, then returned to the city to rest and resupply, preparing to face the next attack from the Exotic Beasts' army.
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