Chapter 168 She escaped her true form in order to enter the game...
The eight tentacles that remained beneath her body, which were meant to allow her to enter the game world, were now absorbed into her body, and the twisted remains beneath her were instantly absorbed.
A fifteen-year-old girl, dressed in a white dress and with a face just like Sang Zhitao's, stood quietly and beautifully before the crowd.
With her long, dark hair, youthful eyes and brows, delicate features, and gentle demeanor, she seemed like any other quiet and unassuming girl.
Sang Zhitao could sense that the aura emanating from Zhen at this moment was far greater than his previous terrifying appearance.
Anya, Dou Ge, and the others were not naive children. Although they didn't understand why Zhen had suddenly turned into this state, they could feel a chill run down their spines. They felt as if they had been glanced at by some indescribable, terrifying being. The feeling was even more frightening than when they saw Zhen's soul collapse.
Zhen's lips curled slightly, vaguely revealing his sharp, murderous teeth, like those of a shark.
Sang Zhitao sensed the surging killing intent beneath Zhen's calm exterior. She cautiously bent her knees slightly, pulled her hands back a little, and lowered her wings. The feathers that had transformed into daggers landed lightly in her palm.
Anya and the others saw what Sang Zhitao was doing behind her back and took a few steps back in unison.
Zhen seemed no longer concerned about Miao Yi being taken away by Anya and the others, and instead looked at Sang Zhitao: "You have a group of good teachers, don't you?"
Sang Zhitao raised an eyebrow, deliberately revealing a smug and dismissive expression: "Of course, at least in this respect, I'm luckier than you."
Her expression turned ugly for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure and smiled nonchalantly: "I really wanted to kill you, what a pity..."
“I really want to kill you too,” Sang Zhitao confessed. “And I don’t think I’d regret it.”
The energy that the jade pendant had just absorbed from Miao Yi's purple jade pendant was still continuously washing over Sang Zhitao's body, and she could feel herself getting stronger.
Zhen glanced at Miao Yi in the distance, then looked at Sang Zhitao: "Is that so?"
The moment she finished speaking, more than a dozen tentacles suddenly spread out from under her skirt, fluttering around her in a bizarre and terrifying way.
As soon as the tentacles appeared, Sang Zhitao quickly spread her wings and flew away from the spot.
Sure enough, the moment she left, more than a dozen tentacles lashed out at the spot where she had been standing.
The ground was smashed into a huge crater.
The Dragon and Phoenix Continent was designed to be extremely realistic. The huge potholes on the road were faintly visible in the swirling dust and sand, causing Anya and the others to subconsciously touch their arms, wondering how many times their small bodies could withstand such an attack.
Sang Zhitao felt something was wrong. Judging from the aura she had just witnessed and the severed limbs, Zhen's attack shouldn't have been limited to that.
She sighed awkwardly. It wasn't that she didn't want to attack Zhen directly, but she had been forced to grow up and hadn't learned any of the Phoenix Divine Beast's attack skills. Besides, she wouldn't be able to transform into her original form now.
Becoming a novice in a field you can't handle...
Sang Zhitao sighed silently to herself, holding the feather in her hand, her eyes flashing with hesitation.
She is not inexperienced in combat. Whether it was when she was the Pirate King, fighting with an iron rod, or when she was trained for a long time by experts at the base on Earth, she is not someone who is weak and helpless.
But now she must strike with deadly force, or she may have no other chance, and all she can use right now is the feather she holds in her hand.
Zhen only attacked once before suddenly stopping, which gave Sang Zhitao a bad feeling.
"Ah!!!" A terrified scream suddenly came from behind.
Sang Zhitao quickly shook her wings, turned around and flew away. She saw that Zhen, who should have been standing opposite her, had come behind her and was pulling Miao Yi backward.
Sang Zhitao didn't have time to think about how Zhen did it or why there were two of her. She could only flap her wings desperately to catch up with Zhen and Miao Yi.
Just as they were flying over Tianan City, the green ball that had been floating next to Sang Zhitao suddenly floated in front of her and started bouncing.
"Stop messing around, you're blocking my view." Sang Zhitao impatiently poked it aside.
But the green ball kept appearing in front of her, seemingly without end.
Sang Zhitao sighed helplessly, keeping a close eye on Zhen who was escaping using his tentacles, while asking the green ball, "What happened?"
The green ball kept flashing.
Sang Zhitao glanced at the glowing green ball and suddenly remembered that it was formed from a condensed green mist cocoon that emerged from the jade pendant, and that the green mist was precisely the weapon used by the orcs to purify the source of pollution.
She paused abruptly, looked at the green ball, and cautiously asked, "You want me to use you to attack Zhen?"
The green ball bounced merrily a few times.
Sang Zhitao raised an eyebrow, looking at Zhen, who was still crawling around with her tentacles in the distance, and Tianan City, which she had destroyed beyond recognition. A wicked smile appeared on her lips. She looked at the green ball and her eyes darted around: "You hide first. I'll let you show yourself."
The green ball paused its jumping motion for a moment before slowly bouncing once, then obediently hid under Sang Zhitao's wings.
However, it didn't move very fast, and it looked rather disappointed and regretful, as if it was waiting for Sang Zhitao to change her mind.
Sang Zhitao looked at it and felt that its appearance was somewhat familiar, but seeing that Zhen had already run far away, she didn't think too much about it and hurriedly flapped her wings to catch up.
As she was flying, a figure suddenly appeared in her mind.
This green ball's personality is exactly like the Elf Mother Tree from the Elf World!! They're practically identical!
It shouldn't have anything to do with the mother tree, right...?
Sang Zhitao bit her lip, and couldn't help but murmur to herself.
Seeing that Makoto had caught up with her, Sang Zhitao immediately put all other thoughts aside, flapped her wings heavily, and flew directly past Makoto, blocking her path.
"You can only save one: her or this world." Zhen's tentacles trembled, gripping Miao Yi tightly.
Sang Zhitao held the feather in her hand, flapped her wings, and flew towards Zhen like a sharp sword: "Go to hell! I want them all!"
The feather was more useful than Sang Zhitao had imagined. The moment it pierced Zhen, she clearly felt Zhen's body shudder, and a tear-like wound appeared on her chest, from which black blood gushed out.
Zhen clutched her wound, looking at the feather in Sang Zhitao's hand with lingering fear: "Why, have you become stronger again?"
Sang Zhitao ignored her, flew directly to the tentacle that was holding Miao Yi, cut off the tentacle without hesitation, picked up Miao Yi, and put her on the ground.
He really wanted to use the other tentacles to stop Sang Zhitao, but no matter how many times he tried to activate them, the remaining tentacles did not move.
A fierce glint flashed across her face as she strained to activate her power again. But this time, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, and the place where Sang Zhitao had stabbed her felt like it was being gnawed at, becoming increasingly painful and more and more severely injured.
Looking down at her wound in disbelief, Sang Zhitao took the opportunity to secretly hide Miao Yi in the building below. She then used the contract to send a message to Douzi, asking them to come and pick up Miao Yi. Afterward, she pretended that nothing had happened and returned to her original spot.
She didn't notice Sang Zhitao's actions. She stared intently at her wound, and after a long while, she suddenly reached out and plunged her hand into the wound. Her already fair face turned even paler, and large beads of sweat rolled down her cheeks.
She gritted her teeth and slowly pulled her hand out of the wound, clutching a fist-sized green ball tightly in her hand.
Zhen looked up at Sang Zhitao, her hand tightening as she tried to crush the strange green ball: "You're so insidious."
Sang Zhitao ignored her accusations, raising her eyebrows and watching her actions with great interest.
Zhen frowned as he looked at the green ball in his hand. He tried again but found it had no effect. He threw the green ball at Sang Zhitao and coughed up another mouthful of black blood while clutching his chest.
Taking advantage of her weakness to kill her, Sang Zhitao directly grasped the feather and flew towards Zhen.
The real tentacles swung rapidly across the ground, carrying her nearly a hundred meters away. Zhen weakly clutched her chest, looking at Sang Zhitao with resentment: "In the next world, I'll be waiting for you!"
As it spoke, it flew straight into the sky.
At this time, she was not yet powerful, but Sang Zhitao, with the help of the world fragment and the green ball, had the power to kill her. She was unwilling to let her leave and quickly flapped her wings to chase after her.
In order to escape, Zhen almost gave it her all, even swallowing more than a dozen tentacles until only four remained. These four tentacles still tried to stop Sang Zhitao from getting closer.
As she approached the familiar glass dome, she swung her four tentacles and forcefully carved a palm-sized crack into an extremely thin fissure.
Seeing Sang Zhitao approaching from behind, Zhen closed his eyes and transformed into a shapeless mist, squeezing out from the crack.
Seeing her leave, Sang Zhitao quickly flapped her wings and approached, but subconsciously stopped about thirty meters away from the crack.
She couldn't see the glass enclosure; she only sensed danger ahead, and she couldn't get close...
Sang Zhitao gritted her teeth, reluctantly giving up the pursuit, and flew back to Tianan City.
"How did it go?" Anya asked as she saw her return.
"She escaped, but she won't be appearing in this world again." Sang Zhitao didn't explain further, then turned to Miao Yi, "How is Miao Yi?"
Anya smiled and said, "It's nothing, she just fell asleep."
"So, the crisis is over?" Ying Jun touched the folding fan in his hand, a hint of reluctance in his eyes.
These weapons were specially prepared for them by the country for this crisis. Now that the crisis is over, they should naturally be taken back, otherwise it would disrupt the balance of the Dragon and Phoenix Continent. However, he was really reluctant to part with such good equipment.
He wasn't the only one reluctant to part with his equipment; even Tangtang looked at the weapon in her hand with a look of reluctance.
"Hmm, we should be able to log off now." Sang Zhitao thought for a moment, "Don't let anyone log on for now, let me clean up and make sure there's nothing I missed."
Anya nodded gratefully: "Thanks to you this time, otherwise..."
That was a true god. To think they could attack him with their mortal bodies was simply a pipe dream. He was a being whose mere glance could almost shatter their souls.
Sang Zhitao waved her hand: "If possible, I would like to meet with your country's leader."
Anya nodded: "Don't worry, I'll report the news as soon as I log off."
She glanced at Miao Yi and said, "Miao Yi hasn't woken up yet, so I can't log off. I'll have to trouble you to take care of her."
Sang Zhitao looked at Miao Yi with a smile in her eyes: "Don't worry, she is very important to me. I will do everything I can to protect her."
Hearing her say that, and thinking about what Zhen had said before, although she still didn't understand, she had some guesses, so she smiled and nodded in agreement.
After a brief chat, Anya, Dou Ge, Ying Jun, and the others all pressed the exit button and quit the game.
"Before we leave, I need to prepare new phoenixes for the brother and sister, otherwise the subsequent missions will fail." Sang Zhitao looked at Miao Yi, threw the green ball away, and murmured softly.
The God-level cyclical mission involves subsequent national wars, and since the Xia Kingdom and her Earth's countries share a common origin, she naturally has to help the Xia Kingdom, so this mission cannot be interrupted.
While she was silently planning how to communicate with the leader of Xia Kingdom, Anya also told the leader of Xia Kingdom about her experience.
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