Volume One, Chapter Eight: The Bitterly Cold Night
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Li Chuan, lying on the ground, suddenly let out a loud shout.
Whoosh!
A half-human-sized flower bud swept across like a giant hammer.
They had just reached the edge of Xiao Lv’s attack range.
The girl retracted her assault, performing a graceful flip in midair to dodge the green flower bud.
Whoosh.
Xiao Lv was relentless. Its vines twisted, changing angle to strike at the girl again.
The girl moved two steps sideways and swiftly leapt onto a nearby tree.
Crack!
The tree trunk snapped under the force.
Yet the girl skilfully flipped backward from the tree onto the grass, just outside the vine’s attack range, resembling a fluttering butterfly.
“Ah! You’re so despicable!” the girl said, hands on her hips, her voice sweet yet scolding.
Li Chuan, having retreated next to Xiao Lv, clutched his stomach.
“Me despicable? I don’t just strike to injure or steal from others!” he retorted.
The girl’s expression suddenly softened from anger to a delicate vulnerability.
“Cold-blooded handsome guy, how about a trade? My longsword for your dagger. Mine’s white quality, you know.”
Li Chuan shook his head firmly.
“Mine’s green quality, higher than yours. Besides, do you really think I’d trade with someone who wants to kill me?”
The ruthless little girl’s eyes gleamed fiercely.
“A green dagger? Even more tempting.”
“Oh, come on! You’re a grown man, don’t be so petty. I’ll throw in a hundred copper coins and—how about a night together? Please say yes, cold-blooded brother.”
Li Chuan sneered.
A night? If I stepped outside Xiao Lv’s attack range, I’d probably be done for. Do you take me for some lustful glutton?
“Heh, first, this dagger is not for trade! Second, I’m not interested in a flake like you.”
The girl pouted, looking adorable and lively.
“Lies! Don’t all you men like girls like me? I’m a legit loli, and between you and me, I’ve never had a boyfriend.”
…
What kind of wolfish words are these?
Willing to use any means to achieve her goal, what was this girl before coming here? An assassin?
“Cold-blooded one! How can I get you to agree to trade weapons? If you refuse, I’ll guard your spirit plant so you can’t go anywhere!”
A paranoid lunatic.
Li Chuan gritted his teeth.
This madwoman!
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“Unless you find a green-quality weapon, I might consider it.”
“Green, huh? Fine! Cold-blooded one, just you wait!”
The strange girl’s figure swiftly vanished into the forest.
Li Chuan frowned, watching the tiny silhouette disappear beneath the trees, a trace of lingering fear in his heart.
If he hadn’t just escaped into Xiao Lv’s attack radius, he might have truly died at the hands of that fierce girl.
Damn! After twice escaping this cursed game’s execution, he nearly died to a young girl.
From now on, must be more cautious in everything!
Opening the map, aligning directions, Li Chuan patted Xiao Lv’s flower bud.
“Xiao Lv, let’s head this way next.”
He was going to the two scoundrels’ spirit plants to see if he could find the evolution core the system mentioned.
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