Chapter 166: Almost Did a Face Brake

Once she flew out of the tunnel, Lan Qingyou poked her head out slightly to check the situation outside.

She discovered that the treants which had previously blocked the entrance had returned to their original positions. They looked just like ordinary trees in a spring countryside, showing no signs of change.

'Wonderful, so they actually have an auto-return mode,' she thought.

Although it would be a bit more troublesome, this was actually perfect. At least she would not have to face the awkward situation of being surrounded the moment she stepped out.

Starting in second gear, Lan Qingyou crushed an Agility Rune for herself. Whoosh! She flew straight to the base of the nearest war treant. Then, without giving it a chance to react, she pivoted and darted toward another one.

This was the classic gaming tactic of gathering monsters, though Lan Qingyou putting herself at risk like this was slightly dangerous.

After all, the war treants had incredibly fast attack speeds. Drag racing like this could easily lead to a fatal crash if she was not careful.

Rumble—

The war treants she disturbed uprooted themselves one by one. They chased after Lan Qingyou, lashing out with their branches.

Although they were all charging at Lan Qingyou, each tree attacked with over a dozen branches, putting immense pressure on her as she played this deadly bullet-hell game.

Smack! Crack!

After dodging two attacks, Lan Qingyou steered her broom, shifted into third gear, and shot into the sky.

There were too many, simply way too many.

Dozens, if not hundreds, of branches whipped at her from behind. With every dodge, she could feel the air around her being torn apart.

At a time like this, her temperature-regulating clothes were completely failing her as cold sweat poured down her back.

Oh, wait. The temperature-regulating clothes seemed to have lost their effect the moment she entered the cave, and the Magic Tent was the same.

Fortunately, the temperature inside was much higher than outside. Even if she broke out in a cold sweat, she would not catch a cold.

"Phew—"

Lan Qingyou breathed a sigh of relief once she reached an altitude where the war treants could not hit her.

The sensation of weaving through a barrage of attacks just now was truly thrilling, though it was a bit too taxing on her lifespan.

If Lan Qingyou had not used the Agility Rune to significantly boost her Agility, she definitely would have suffered a severe thrashing.

Even so, the hem of her robe had still been clipped by an attack.

And that was only because it had a basic defensive enchantment.

Lan Qingyou raised her hand and tugged at the torn hem of her robe, examining it. It seemed she would have to give the clothes to Ruan Qingyi for mending once she returned.

After checking her clothes, Lan Qingyou looked down at the war treants below.

The sight of dozens of treants crammed together, violently thrashing their branches, looked just like a swarm of ants clustered in a tight space, crawling all over each other. It made Lan Qingyou's scalp tingle.

'They are gathered nicely,' she thought.

Not wanting to look anymore, Lan Qingyou pulled out a prepared Card, checked her escape route, and climbed to an altitude of over a hundred meters. She dropped a giant Explosion Potion bomb, then sprinted toward the tunnel entrance in third gear.

A hundred meters was roughly the height of a thirty-three-story building, which meant she only had a few seconds to run.

After all, she had no idea exactly how powerful that thing was. To be safe, it was definitely better to run early.

Boom!

Just as Lan Qingyou was about to reach the tunnel entrance, a massive explosion echoed from behind. Immediately after, she felt a powerful force shove her forward.

"Ugh!"

Whoosh—

The moment she reached the entrance, the intense gale blasted Lan Qingyou straight into the tunnel, causing her to lose her balance in the process.

That was close!

She was just a hair's breadth away from doing a Face Brake.

Fortunately, Steel Wool flew out and grabbed her clothes in its beak, pulling her up a bit. Otherwise, it would have been hard to say what might have happened.

"That was way too close... Thanks, Steel Wool."

Lan Qingyou patted Steel Wool's slicked-back feathers and smiled as she thanked it.

"Chirp!"

Steel Wool held its head high, narrowing its eyes with a look of immense pride.

"Squeak!"

Seeing Lan Qingyou praise Steel Wool, Little Spoon also hurried over to join the fun. Lan Qingyou took the opportunity to stroke the little mouse.

To be honest, she had never petted the little mouse before. Now that she did, it certainly felt different from Steel Wool; it had a slightly chubby and squishy feel to it.

Oh, right, now was not the time to be petting mice.

Tucking Little Spoon into her embrace, Lan Qingyou brought Steel Wool to the tunnel entrance and poked her head out to secretly observe.

"Oh my..."

With just one glance, Lan Qingyou was once again stunned by the sight before her.

The previous picturesque scene of spring blossoms no longer existed. Instead, a fifth of the entire area had been reduced to scorched earth.

And because the dozens of ignited treants were running wildly in all directions, the scorched earth was steadily expanding.

"A perfectly fine paradise has turned into an inferno. Is this a distortion of human nature or a decay of morality?"

Lan Qingyou made this dramatic statement without the slightest shred of self-awareness.

Previously, when she saw in the description that the treants were easy to deal with, she had immediately thought of using fire attacks.

Previously, when she saw in the description that the treants were easy to deal with, she had immediately thought of using fire attacks.

Although things like stats and levels were plain to see.

This world still followed certain laws of nature, namely, the concept of counters.

Just like how she had used ice to deal with the Slime earlier, fire was something plant-type monsters absolutely feared.

So, did Lan Qingyou feel ashamed for turning this place into hell?

To be honest, not in the slightest.

There was no need to mention cliches like the survival of the fittest or the law of the jungle.

Lan Qingyou simply felt that she was a Witch, the Witch of the High Tower.

What did the Tower represent in Tarot Cards?

It represented destruction, and a destruction that held no good omens whether the card was drawn upright or reversed.

It meant either destroying the enemy or destroying oneself.

The only way to survive and live well was to destroy all enemies standing in her path.

Therefore, "bringing down the hammer of destruction upon her enemies" was the only thing she could do.

Not to mention, there were treasures here.

Although she did not know exactly what kind of treasures lay inside, as long as it was a treasure, it would definitely make her life more comfortable.

Whoosh— Crackle— Boom—

One by one, the war treants struggled fiercely in the raging flames before collapsing to the ground, or crumbling entirely after their bodies were reduced to charcoal.

Only when all of these walking torches were completely immobilized did Lan Qingyou slowly fly out.

Although these scaled-up Explosion Potions were not as vicious as the Explosive Flame Potions, just two minutes—a full hundred and twenty seconds of burning—was enough to instantly finish them off?

It seemed she did not need to use something as powerful as the Explosive Flame Potion at all.

To prevent them from suddenly reviving and landing a sneak attack, Lan Qingyou flew swiftly over the corpses of the treants.

"Squeak, squeak!!!"

As Lan Qingyou cautiously flew past the treants' remains, preparing to head toward the stone house at the highest point, Little Spoon cried out again.

This time, its cries were even more anxious than ever before.

"What is it? Is there something there?"

Lan Qingyou looked around vigilantly, terrified of another ambush.

Swish!

Little Spoon jumped straight down, dashed to the corpse of a treant, and started digging frantically with its tiny paws.

Its movements were so fast that Lan Qingyou did not even have time to stop it.