Chapter 48: Help Me, Doraemon

As soon as Rod saw this person appear, he quickly realized this was the Mr. A that Pan Ni had mentioned.

Seeing the doctrine book in that person's hand, which was comparable to a stone brick, how could he not know the other's identity.

"It's that damn Yige Sect again!"

Pan Ni had said the other's strength was around the high end of the sixth tier, yet the spiritual pressure at this moment was far beyond that degree.

Rod pushed his perception to the limit, following the source of the spiritual flow, and quickly discovered all of this came from the other's Ci Xing Mo Fa ring.

"A seventh-tier magic ring?"

At this moment.

Yuguozhu Sect opened his arms, making a gesture of embracing the sky.

The dark clouds in the air had turned the color of ink, and in their constant writhing, they condensed into huge elephant legs, which then stepped squarely on Yuguozhu Sect like a giant black pillar.

Immediately after, he acted like a water pump, using the contact with the elephant leg to suck all the ink-like liquid from the sky into his own body.

The spiritual pressure in the air grew stronger and stronger.

Until a huge demon spirit phantom extended behind him.

【Demon Spirit Descent】, a seventh-tier magic ring.

This is a spell that summons cosmic beasts from another dimension, created years ago by humans skilled in star-gazing; because of its immense power, it has always been popular.

But since a human mage used this type of spell two hundred years ago and was contaminated by the thoughts of the cosmic beast, committing a horrifying massacre, it was subsequently listed as a forbidden spell by humans on the continent.

Yuguozhu was already in a rage.

What he did not tell the others was that there was a backup plan for this mission: if the mission could not proceed, immediately attempt to assault the guardian formation of Shi Ying Town.

Since the sixth-tiers under his command had been broken one after another, Yuguozhu had no reason not to execute the backup plan.

Only, before that, kill this forest ranger first!

Rod immediately sensed the qi mechanism locking onto him, and cold sweat instantly broke out; this was the seventh tier? The gap was huge! It was not even on the same level as the high end of the sixth tier.

He picked up Vivian beside him, using the dual displacement of 【Steel Vine Assault】 and 【Repulsion Technique】 to quickly leave the spot.

Almost the instant he rose into the sky.

He saw Yuguozhu Sect, like a black cannonball, smash down at his previous position; with a Boom, he directly created a huge crater in the ground, the spiritual intensity contained within far exceeding what Rod could defend against.

He was blasted away by the shockwave, rolling several times after landing before he could stand up.

Not far away, Yuguozhu Sect soared into the air, his black, ink-like spiritual energy writhing wildly.

"Rest assured, heretic, I will not kill you so quickly. First, the tree spirit in your arms, then the succubus and the ghoul; I will extract their divine peaches one by one in front of you, and after you have fully understood the doctrine of my sect, I will tear your body apart piece by piece."

Before he could finish speaking, the forest ranger below suddenly erupted with a huge roar:

"Dora A—no, my lord Hera, help me!!!"

Yuguozhu immediately became alert.

This fellow could not have survived until now so simply; perhaps he still had some hidden moves.

However, the air was completely silent.

After the roar, not a single wisp of spiritual fluctuation appeared.

Instead, several spiritual arrows descended from the sky, but under the blessing of 【Demon Spirit Descent】, they were like scratching an itch.

If he had not seen the confusion on the other's face, he would have suspected they were trying to escape at the first opportunity.

"My lord Hera, help me!!!"

"My lord Hera?!!"

Rod wore a bitter expression.

You said you'd appear with just one roar, my lord Hera?

I even went to find you beforehand to say hello?!

Watching the spiritual fluctuations in the sky intensify further, it was obvious another attack was about to be launched.

Rod had no choice but to leap again.

And just then, a black shadow streaked across the sky like a meteor, rushing straight toward this place.

A completely different, massive spiritual pressure descended once more, far exceeding the level of Yuguozhu Sect!

"Eighth tier?!!"

Yuguozhu screamed in terror.

There is an eighth-tier expert in Wind Wall Forest?!

He made an immediate decision, turned around, and fled into the distance.

The black shadow did not rush to pursue, but instead stopped above Rod.

Scorpion Woman Hera.

She flicked her scorpion tail, a smile on her lips, and extended one finger toward Rod.

"Once."

After speaking, she turned with ease and pursued in the direction of Yuguozhu Sect.

Rod naturally knew what she meant; Hera had promised to intervene for him three times, and this was the first.

Tally and Pan Ni rushed over from a distance, both wearing expressions of panic.

"Who was that Scorpion Woman just now?"

The ghoul asked with reverence.

"A senior; I specially invited her to lend a hand."

Her gaze toward Rod immediately changed.

To be able to invite an eighth-tier expert to help, how could this be an ordinary person? Although he wasn't an ordinary person to begin with, otherwise where would he get such a high-level Nu Yi Zhou mark.

Decided: first, wholeheartedly curry favor with the master.

As for breaking the enslavement—I'll think about it after I've squeezed out every last drop of his value!

【Pan Ni's obedience to you +5, current obedience: 33】

"Mm?"

Rod looked at the ghoul; the way she was looking at him was full of fawning flattery.

So quick to trim her sails to the wind?

"Can you two separate first?"

Tally glared, looking none too pleased, at the two people clinging to each other.

"Oh sorry, Vivian, the situation was urgent just now."

The tree spirit nodded, not minding at all.

Taking advantage of the moment the two pulled apart, Tally leapt over, shoved Vivian aside, and squeezed herself into Rod's arms.

"Master~ I took down that mage~ Wasn't that amazing~"

"Young Lady Tally, I had a hand in it too."

"Shut it, ghoul!"

"Sorry."

Rod smiled.

But then he began to think. A succubus was a very lazy creature—especially Tally. As long as her survival was guaranteed, her needs were simple, and Rod could satisfy them.

But what about the ghoul Pan Ni?

What were her needs? For a master, failing to figure out what his subordinates wanted meant he couldn't satisfy them, and failing to satisfy them would, to a certain extent, hold back the obedience level from rising.

Rod patted the little head in his arms; the well-behaved Tally nudged his palm like a cat.

"What do you two want?"

He simply asked straight out.

"Five meals a day!"

"I need some corpses' entrails—humans are best, mages are even better, and shadow-affinity mages are best of all." Pan Ni might as well have come out and said she wanted a Shadow Mage's entrails.

Rod nodded. He understood perfectly well.

"The Shadow Mage is yours to deal with. Tally's request is denied—come up with a new proposal yourself, and tell me when you've thought of one."

"Then four meals a day!"

"Also denied."

"Three meals!"

"Denied. You can only submit three proposals a day. We'll talk again tomorrow."

Tally's whole body slumped, and she sulkily traced little circles on Rod's chest.

A succubus was still a demon in the end—her base nature was right there on display. Rod had already decided not to let her eat too full, to keep her from cooking up some new scheme.

(End of chapter)