Mai Sui said nervously, "I'm sorry, I didn't say it before, I didn't mean to."

"This is your special ability. You're still young, so if you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to. I know you're a good child, and you didn't mean to hide it from everyone, right?"

Seeing Mai Sui nod, Xu Anran continued, "Besides, were you worried about Momo when you used your special ability this time? Everything will be alright."

After saying that, she looked at Momo and said, "Sister Maisui is doing this for your own good. You can't eat things that other people give you. Even if that person seems nice, it's not okay. You've never met a bad person before. Bad people don't show it on their faces, understand?"

Momo nodded obediently. She looked at Mai Sui, hugged her, and said, "Sister Mai Sui, I'll listen to you next time. Don't be angry, we can still be good friends."

The two children were snuggling together again, eating the cream cake that Xu Anran had given them.

The little incident passed quickly, and Xu Anran went over to talk to Ao Zipeng about their next plans.

In the scene she saw above the town, they went down to rescue the humans, and at first they defeated the tree demons.

They successfully rescued the people, but before they could take two steps, the entire ground collapsed, and the roots growing underground turned into tree-men that entangled them.

Just as Xu Anran and the others were focused on fighting, the cunning tree demon came from behind and swallowed Zhao Chang'an whole in one gulp. Zhao Chang'an's poison had no effect on it at all.

Qi Ziqi tried to strike it with lightning, but it was no use; the tree demon's bark was extremely hard.

Only Xu Anran's golden light and yin energy had some effect on it.

However, this tree demon can create multiple clones; once you defeat one, another will appear.

While Xu Anran and the others were fighting, the tree demon secretly used the surrounding vines to bind Xiaoyue, Xiaofeng, Maisui, and Momo, who were behind them, and pulled them underground.

Yi Yi saw this and flew down to save them, but she got tangled in tree branches and was pulled down with them.

Just when their battle was extremely fierce and many people had been injured or killed, they saw the arrival of Ao Zipeng and his group.

The scene flashes back, and she sees in a new scene that Ao Zipeng and his group are fighting with the snake demon. Afterwards, they arrive in town, see the tree demon and them, and join the battle.

In their previous battles, the tree demon had also lost some of its power. Later, when Ao Zipeng and his group joined in, they were no match for the tree demon. However, when they took out the Yin Fire, this thing was just right to restrain the tree demon.

The moment the eerie fire touched one of the tree demon's branches, the fire spread rapidly, startling the tree demon into cutting off its own branch.

But the fire was too intense, and the eerie fire only affected it, having no effect on humans.

Soon the Yin Fire burned away all the roots underground. The tree demon was also tormented by the Yin Fire and lost its temper. It tried to escape, but in the end, everyone used the Yin Fire to work together and finally defeated it.

But in the end, looking at the bodies of the children on the ground and Zhao Chang'an found inside the tree demon's belly, Xu Anran was filled with self-reproach.

That's why she didn't go down to rescue people. As the team leader, she had to take responsibility, make wise decisions, and ensure everyone's safety.

By the fire, Ao Zipeng said they planned to kill more demons and obtain their demon cores.

Xu Anran cut to the chase, asking, "We encountered a powerful tree demon before, and we can't handle it on our own, so I'd like to cooperate with you. After it's done, you take the demon core, and we want the tree demon's corpse, how about that?"

Ao Zipeng was somewhat puzzled. He asked, "How strong is that tree demon?"

Xu Anran told him what they had seen from the air above the town.

Based on what he had seen, he said, "I suspect that the town's underground is covered with tree roots, and the area is extremely vast. Killing those branches and roots is completely useless."

This tree spirit must be terrified of fire. If there were any fire-related items, they should be able to subdue it.

Its main body is in the city center, and it can create many clones. Only by killing its main body and all its clones can it be killed.

"If we're cooperating, why do you only want the tree demon's corpse?" Ao Zipeng voiced his doubts.

Xu Anran explained, "We can't deal with it on our own. If you join us and can kill it, you should take the lion's share, which is the demon core."

The tree spirit's corpse is a good subject for research. Some members of our team enjoy studying these things and want to try and make some props from its body.

Ao Zipeng pondered for a moment: "If someone else asked me to cooperate, I might not agree. But you saved me before, so we can try to kill the tree demon. However, you have to share a portion of the tree demon's corpse with us. In exchange, we'll give you some demon cores. How about that?"

Xu Anran replied, "No problem."

The two reached an agreement, and Xu Anran told everyone the results after returning home.

She had already told the team members about her plan to collaborate.

At the time, Luo Xi asked, "Why should we cooperate with them?" Others had the same question.

Xu Anran said, "They have something that can restrain the tree demon, so cooperating with them will give us a better chance of success. If we're on our own, we might suffer casualties."

...

The two sides then discussed the specific details of the cooperation. Xu Anran and Ao Zipeng, the two team leaders, were in the lead. Ao Zipeng had Yin Fire, and Xu Anran's attack power was also very strong. The two of them took the lead.

Uncle Li led the children on the aircraft, using weapons to attack and provide cover.

The others followed in groups of three, dealing with the tree-men.

In case of an emergency, prioritize your own safety.

The next day, they set off for town early in the morning.

This time, unlike what they had foreseen, they were prepared.

They first took a flying vehicle and landed directly above the town center, facing the tree demon's main body in the very center. Xu Anran used golden light to control the tree demon, while Ao Zipeng took out Yin Fire to burn it.

The ground collapsed, exposing all the roots underneath, and countless tree-men emerged. The others helped the two captains clear out the attacking tree-men, while the aircraft fired weapons from above.

Soon, the eerie fire spread, turning swathes of tree people and roots to ashes.

Xu Anran's golden light entered the tree demon's body. She saw that there was also a trace of golden light in the tree demon's demon core. Xu Anran picked it out and absorbed it.

Without that wisp of golden light, the tree demon's strength was greatly reduced, and it was quickly defeated. Seeing that the Yin Fire was about to burn away all of the tree demon's roots and branches, Ao Zipeng quickly put it away.

He and Xu Anran killed the last remaining part of the body.

Xu Anran dug out the demon core and handed it to Ao Zipeng. She then split the remaining torso in half and gave him one half.

However, before giving it to him, Xu Anran secretly absorbed half of the golden light from the tree demon's trunk.