Chapter 870: Truly Hugging a Thigh for Real (Part 2)

Hearing their boss's warning, the purple-robed dark-skinned man and the others were somewhat dismissive, feeling that the boss was making a fuss over nothing, but they still put away their contempt and slowed down.

Soon, the four of them slowly descended, forming a semi-encircling tactical formation, trapping Zhou Huai and the young girl on the ground tightly in the middle.

The surrounding air grew heavy due to the magical fluctuations emanating from them, and even the wind seemed to have stagnated.

At this moment, the dying young girl lying on the ground seemed to sense something.

She slowly opened her eyes.

Looking at the four people who had landed and completely surrounded her, along with the griffon letting out low growls, the young girl's already bloodless face instantly turned pale with fright, her eyes filled with despairing ash.

She knew what kind of fate awaited her if she fell into these people's hands; it would definitely be a Hell more terrifying than death.

Driven by extreme fear and the instinct to survive, she felt as if she had grabbed onto the last straw.

Gritting her teeth, the young girl struggled with the very last ounce of strength in her body, crawling forward on the rough asphalt road. Blood dragged out a long, shocking red mark on the ground.

Inch by inch, she crawled to Zhou Huai's feet.

Then, she suddenly reached out both hands and tightly hugged Zhou Huai's thigh.

"Save… save me…"

The young girl raised her head, her tearful plea trembling in the wind as tears streamed from her eyes, "As long as you save me, I will definitely repay you… Whatever you want, I will give it to you… Please…"

This sudden action stunned the few people surrounding them.

The eyes of the leading One-Eyed Dragon instantly turned sharp.

He tightened his grip on the heavy bone-cleaving knife in his hand, a bloodthirsty glow shining on the blade. He looked at Zhou Huai with vigilance and questioned him coldly,

"What is your relationship with Eliza?"

One-Eyed Dragon calculated inwardly that if this kid was really an accomplice, he was definitely an expert, and they had to strike first.

Facing the interrogation, Zhou Huai was expressionless.

He lowered his head and glanced at the young girl who was tightly hugging his thigh.

Then he silently raised his foot and kicked her aside mercilessly.

The movement was as natural as kicking away a blocking stone.

"We have no relationship."

Zhou Huai patted the dust off his trouser legs and said in a calm tone, "I'm just passing by."

The young girl rolled on the ground, her wounds bursting open, causing her to gasp in pain and look at him despairingly.

Seeing this, One-Eyed Dragon and the others relaxed their tensed nerves slightly.

It seemed this kid was just a passerby who didn't want to get into trouble.

As a result, the next second.

The kicked-away young girl seemed to burst out with astonishing potential, lunging forward fiercely and once again tightly hugging Zhou Huai's leg.

She hugged even tighter than before, her fingers turning white from excessive force.

"Please…"

The young girl's voice was full of despair, her tears mixed with blood rubbing against Zhou Huai's trouser legs, refusing to let go no matter what.

Zhou Huai: "…"

Zhou Huai was somewhat speechless.

Aren't you practically dying?

Hugging thighs so tightly, and your desire to survive is this strong?

One-Eyed Dragon could not see through the blonde-haired, blue-eyed young man in front of him.

In the remote wilderness, a seemingly defenseless young man, facing four high-level Professionals above level 60, was not only unafraid but instead wanted to kick Eliza away with a look of disgust.

This abnormality made the inherently suspicious One-Eyed Dragon feel uneasy.

Before figuring out their background, he decided not to complicate matters for now.

One-Eyed Dragon's tone suddenly softened.

"Eliza, no matter what, I am also your uncle."

As he spoke, One-Eyed Dragon urged the griffon forward two steps, its massive shadow enveloping Eliza on the ground. He sighed with feigned heartbreak, "I am your father's most trusted sworn brother before he died, watching you grow up since childhood. Can you really bear to watch yourself die in this desolate wilderness and be devoured by those mutant wild dogs?"

"Listen to your uncle's advice, stop making pointless struggles."

He stared at the girl on the ground, his tone growing gentler: "As long as you tell us the location of the Sacred Tree, we can also consider letting you go."

"You are still young, and the road ahead is long. Why risk your life for a dead object? As long as you nod and hand over the key to open the Secret Realm, I guarantee that no one will touch a single hair on your head today. You can also take a generous amount of resources to another major city and spend the rest of your life in peace."

Eliza was trembling all over with anger.

She lifted her dust- and blood-stained face, staring fiercely at One-Eyed Dragon in mid-air, and spat out a mouthful of bloody foam viciously.

Bah!

The bloody water splashed onto the griffon's claws.

"Uncle?!"

"This is how my father was deceived by you!"

"He clearly trusted you so much and regarded you as a brother!"

"He even shared the Family's most core secrets with you!" Eliza pointed at One-Eyed Dragon and cursed loudly, "You actually betrayed him!"

"Trusting you is worse than trusting a dog!"

The three surrounding accomplices looked at each other with mocking expressions.

The hypocrisy on One-Eyed Dragon's face instantly vanished, and his expression turned ferocious.

"You shameless bitch!"

Driven to anger out of shame, he abruptly raised the heavy bone-cleaving knife, its blade glowing with dark red blood. The coercion of a level 60 Berserker was released without reservation, whipping up gusts of dust and sand.

"When I chop off your limbs and gouge out your eyes, I'll see if that mouth of yours can still be this tough!"

The griffon also let out a roar, preparing to coordinate with its master to launch an attack.

Right at this moment, Zhou Huai suddenly raised his hand.

"Wait a minute, Sacred Tree?"

"What Sacred Tree?"

One-Eyed Dragon was interrupted, and anger flared in his heart.

"Kid, what kind of thing are you, daring to meddle in my business?"

One-Eyed Dragon waved his bone-cleaving knife.

He had no idea what kind of existence he was facing; that bit of level 60 coercion was completely useless in front of Zhou Huai.

"I'm in a bad mood today!"

"If you don't want to die, obediently get lost."

"Otherwise, I'll chop you up together with her and feed you to the dogs!"

Seeing Zhou Huai standing in place unmoved, One-Eyed Dragon completely lost patience and ordered his subordinates to make a move.

"Chop this kid into mincemeat for me!"

As soon as the words fell, those three black fellows who had been eyeing them covetously from the side immediately struck.

The purple-robed mage raised his staff high and chanted rapidly. A huge purple fireball with a diameter of over two meters condensed in mid-air, carrying a high temperature capable of incinerating everything, and smashed fiercely toward Zhou Huai. Meanwhile, the other two assassin-type Professionals turned into two afterimages, one left and one right, their venom-coated daggers aiming straight for Zhou Huai's throat and heart.

One-Eyed Dragon was not idle either; he drove the griffon to dive down, his bone-cleaving knife carrying the momentum to split mountains and cleave rocks as he slashed straight at Zhou Huai's head.

A joint strike by four high-level Professionals above level 60 had enough power to raze this wilderness to the ground.

However, facing the attack, Zhou Huai merely shifted his thoughts.

Boom—!

A bucket-thick golden thunderbolt struck down without any warning.

The golden light instantly illuminated the wilderness.

The huge purple fireball in mid-air instantly dissipated. The three accomplices didn't even manage to let out a scream before their protective magic shields and armor were easily torn apart by the power of the lightning, killing them on the spot.

One-Eyed Dragon, bearing the brunt of it, took the main force of the impact. His Berserker body was like paper before the golden thunder, and he was instantly roasted black on the outside and tender on the inside by the electricity, crashing straight down onto the ground.

The entire process took less than two seconds.

A pungent burning smell permeated the wilderness. The four people who had been arrogant and domineering just moments ago were now all charred corpses. Only the griffon had a breath left, its feathers scorched black, lying on the ground foaming at the mouth as it looked at Zhou Huai in terror.

The entire scene fell into dead silence.

Eliza slowly opened her eyes, looking at this incredible scene, her brain completely crashing.

Four powerhouses above level 60… just like that, gone? She didn't even see how the other party attacked?

What kind of monster is this?!

Feeling the real tactile sensation coming from the leg her hands were hugging, she swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Did she really hug a thigh for real?