After finishing her meal, Jiang Nian'an quickly absorbed the remaining crystal cores, raising her strength from level three to level four.

Wood-elemental power flowed and surged in her dantian, carrying a rich life force.

Xiao Zi practically leaped over, rubbing against Jiang Nian'an's hand like a puppy playing, wanting to taste the wood-type energy.

Jiang Nian'an did not refuse. After giving it a mouthful of wood-type energy, she took Shen Nanxing to the Shen Family Garden.

However, the garden is now empty, which is perfect for a fight.

"bring it on!"

She flicked the rattan whip in her hand, looking at Shen Nanxing across from her with a hint of provocation.

Shen Nanxing was unwilling to fight her; he was just going along with her wishes and playing along.

He won't fight back, he'll just dodge.

Shen Nanxing had his hands behind his back, with only lightning flashing beneath his feet.

After reaching level four, he can use the power of lightning to move.

When fully utilizing his abilities, he might be even a few points faster than other speed-type ability users of the same level.

"You, Shen Nanxing, are you looking down on me? You actually let me use both hands! Humph, today I'll show you what I'm capable of!"

With that, Jiang Nian'an lashed out with her whip, sending a chilling gust of wind as she attacked Shen Nanxing.

It's obvious that they are extremely serious.

With a flash of lightning, Shen Nanxing swiftly turned to the side, dodging the whip, and then charged towards Jiang Nian'an.

Jiang Nian'an snorted softly and cracked her whip several more times, sending countless flying leaves hurtling towards Shen Nanxing from all directions.

Shen Nanxing narrowed his eyes, and countless electric snakes darted around him. He opened his mouth and swallowed the attacking flying leaves, which then scattered into purple and green light spots and slowly dissipated into the air.

Despite missing two shots in a row, Jiang Nian'an was not discouraged.

She continued her attack with a whip in one hand, while simultaneously manipulating a surge of energy from underground.

As Shen Nanxing dodged backward once more, thorns sprouted behind him, instantly engulfing him and turning him into a large ball.

A smug glint flashed in Jiang Nian'an's eyes. She withdrew her vine whip and strode towards the thorn ball.

Fearing that she might actually hurt Shen Nanxing, she deliberately made the thorny bushes, which should have been covered in sharp thorns, slippery and completely harmless.

"How about it?" Jiang Nian'an tapped the thorn ball, her eyes crinkling with a smile. "Do you admit defeat?"

"Of course I agree!"

Shen Nanxing's voice came from behind, the last syllable melodious and alluring. He wrapped his arms around Jiang Nian'an's waist and pulled her into his embrace.

"you!"

Jiang Nian'an turned around abruptly, staring at Shen Nanxing in disbelief, "You're not..."

She looked back at the thorn ball, then at Shen Nanxing, and remained silent for a moment.

She clearly trapped him!

Shen Nanxing's lips curled up, and he grabbed her waist with both hands and lifted her up, making her sit on his arms. Then, a flash of lightning appeared beneath his feet.

Jiang Nian'an felt a blur before her eyes, and the wind howled.

When the scene before her became clear again, with only a gentle breeze remaining, she was surprised to find that they were thirty meters away from the thorn ball.

Less than three seconds.

"Such speed!"

She was surprised and looked down at Shen Nanxing with admiration in her eyes.

Shen Nanxing liked the way she looked at him at that moment. He steadily supported her while raising his right hand to gently hold the back of her head and tilting his head back to kiss her on the corner of her mouth.

Am I amazing?

"Not impressive!" Jiang Nian'an shook her head.

Shen Nanxing: ? ? ?

Jiang Nian'an smiled, looked down at her hands, and moved her five fingers, hinting at something.

Shen Nanxing instantly understood and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Yeah, I'm not good at it, you are."

No matter how strong he is, he can't escape An'an's clutches.

'Beep—'

Just as the two were playing around in the garden, a whistle, signaling an enemy attack, sounded from the west gate of the Shen family's residence.

The two men immediately composed themselves and headed towards the west gate of the Shen family.

The west gate of the Shen family.

'boom--'

More than a dozen centipedes, each over three meters long, crawled out of the ground, their bodies shrouded in wisps of cold air.

'squeak--'

As soon as they crawled out, they rushed towards the Shen family bodyguards around them.

"Form ranks, attack! We can't let them get in!"

Shen Lin, a member of the defense team responsible for the security of the west side, held a flaming knife and stared intently at the giant centipede charging towards him with his deep brown eyes.

'Clang! Clang! Clang!'

A hawk's cry came from above. The gray giant eagle looked down at the giant centipede, drool dripping from its mouth.

These big things look delicious!

"Brother Chenlin, I'm here!"

Xiao Longzhan charged forward wielding a large iron hammer, while Da Wang and the others had already rushed into the centipede swarm.

Shen Lin's pupils contracted. After temporarily repelling the giant centipede with a single slash, he flashed to Xiao Longzhan's side.

"Nonsense!"

Shen Lin's face was grim. He immediately pulled over his subordinate and ordered, "Take the young master to a safe place right away!"

During the two days that Jiang Nian'an and Shen Nanxing were absorbing the crystal cores, Xiao Longzhan wandered around the Shen family's house.

With his "community bull" attribute maxed out, coupled with his generous nature of sharing food with everyone from time to time, he had long been familiar with the members of the defense team.

At this moment, the defense team genuinely didn't want him to get hurt, and it wasn't just because of his identity that they were concerned.

"Yes!" Wang Xun nodded and was about to hug Xiao Longzhan.

"Sister, brother-in-law!"

Just as Xiao Longzhan was about to dodge, he caught sight of Jiang Nian'an and the other person out of the corner of his eye, turned around, and ran towards them.

"Little Zhanzhan, didn't you go to see Grandpa Liu? What are you doing here?"

Jiang Nian'an caught Xiao Longzhan and looked down to ask him.

"Grandpa Liu isn't here; he went to talk to Grandpa Shen. So I took the little eagles and the others to play around here."

Then I heard a noise over here, and when I came over, I saw several large centipedes.

After listening, Jiang Nian'an nodded and looked up at the giant centipede.