Chapter 599

Xiao Jie drew back the longbow.

"Yes, my lord, the range is just right."

A wisp of green light coiled around the longbow.

Xiao Jie formed five long arrows.

The green light lit up the arrowheads.

Whoosh!

All five long arrows loosed at once.

They streaked across like green meteors.

"Hit!" Xiao Jie's eyes brimmed with confidence.

Qi Yue called out, "Watch the arrows, dodge!"

The female soldiers nearby scattered at once.

But the green arrows seemed to have eyes of their own—though dodged, the arrowheads swiveled and drove straight into the female soldiers' bodies.

"Ah~!"

"Ouch…"

"That hurts!"

Five arrows, five female soldiers hit.

Each arrow punched through the leather armor and into the flesh.

These arrows seemed to do more than track—they had been boosted in power as well.

And it wasn't over yet.

Immediately after, another twenty-five arrows came streaking in.

The green arrows lunged at Qi Yue's squad like soul-binding chains.

"Hmph!" Gu Qing thrust her arm forward.

One hand kept up the Wind Stream technique, the other cast a healing technique.

"Bear with it—pull the arrows out, otherwise I can't heal you fully."

"Okay!"

"Mm—ah!"

"Ngh—ah."

Pulling the arrows out still hurt.

Fortunately, with the healing, the wounds closed quickly, restoring the fair, tender skin.

Twenty-five arrows were right on top of them.

Qi Yue called urgently, "Raise your shields, don't get hit in the head!"

Bang bang bang bang!

Thud thud thud thud!

Another chorus of pained, girlish cries.

But they were already very close to the treefolk.

Only a few seconds more and they'd be in attack range.

Qi Yu's mouth hung wide open.

"What the hell is going on? Xiao Jie, didn't you use your skill at full power? Why aren't they dead? Why didn't you finish them off? They're charging in—what do we do?"

"What does a spiritual technique have to do with full power or not?" Xiao Jie frowned. "Those women shouldn't feel pain."

"Bullshit—if they can't feel pain, why are they screaming so loud? Xiao Ping, blow them back, quick! Xiao Jie, keep firing! Treefolk, throw those female soldiers!"

"Yes!" Xiao Jie kept drawing the bow.

Xiao Ping thrust out both hands.

Another great gust of wind came howling in, trying to push Qi Yue's squad back.

But it only canceled out Gu Qing's wind—it had no real effect on Qi Yue and the others.

Twenty treefolk turned.

Their long arms rose high once more.

At this distance, if they threw, those female soldiers would find it hard to dodge them all.

Fortunately, Zhao Chi and Tang Ruan already were close.

At this range, the Provoke Technique could reach them.

"Tang Ruan, quick—don't let those treefolk attack Qi Yue and the others."

Tang Ruan sprinted off on her own: "Got it, my lord—stay away from me."

Purple light flared.

She charged toward the treefolk.

Zhao Chi was a little worried.

He wasn't sure the Provoke spiritual technique would work on treefolk.

"Creak."

"Creak—creak."

"Squeak—creak."

The treefolk let out huge wooden grinding sounds, as if cursing Tang Ruan.

Zhao Chi couldn't understand them, but he knew it had worked.

All the stones in the hands of those twenty tree-men were hurled at Tang Ruan.

Thud thud! Thud thud thud!

A cloud of dust billowed around Tang Ruan.

Boom!

"Ugh—!"

Although Tang Ruan dodged urgently, the distance was now too close, and some stones simply couldn't be avoided in time.

Her small body was sent flying by the impact.

She crashed heavily to the ground five meters away.

She coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Tang Ruan, are you all right?"

Zhao Chi immediately broke from the formation and rushed toward Tang Ruan.

"My lord~ don't, don't come over~~!"

Hm?

Why does her voice have that kind of tone?

Tang Ruan lay on the ground, her face flushed.

Her legs kept trembling.

Her delicate brows were tightly knit, as if she were in great pain and discomfort, yet something about it seemed different.

The next second, Tang Ruan sprang straight up.

A large dent had appeared in the iron armor on her left shoulder, but she didn't seem to be seriously injured.

Zhao Chi quickly scanned Tang Ruan's status.

【Name】 Tang Ruan

【Morale】 113% → 123%

【Status】 Hereditary Enhancement active, all attributes +2, 1 second remaining.

So in that split second just now, Tang Ruan had activated Hereditary Enhancement.

Although the stones had struck Tang Ruan, her constitution had just reached an astonishing 10 points.

So her base defense and base health had both increased, and the actual damage she took wasn't that high.

Then, with the protection of the iron armor, plus the Soft Body trait's −20% impact damage.

It looked like a severe injury, but she was actually only lightly hurt.

"My lord, get out of the way fast, I'm fine! This hereditary point can recover after battle too, right?"

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "It can recover. All consumption in the virtual space is fake, so feel free to use it. I'll help you replenish 1 point tonight."