Chapter 901: Wood Clan Young Priestess

"Come out!"

Just as a certain someone was letting his imagination run wild, Xia Hanjun swept her halberd horizontally. A surging Battle Intent soared into the sky as her figure, fast as lightning, took the initiative to charge deep into the forest.

Seeing this, Qi Yuan couldn't help but frown slightly, feeling that her behavior was a bit too reckless. However, to avoid being picked off one by one by enemies in the shadows, he still flew after her.

As expected, Xia Hanjun's rampage not only failed to lock onto the hidden enemy, but instead led them into an even greater disadvantage. The entire forest seemed to come alive, with an endless stream of attacks emerging from everywhere.

Rustle, rustle, rustle—

Accompanied by the rustling sound of growing vegetation, countless strangely shaped flower buds rapidly bloomed atop the vines that blotted out the sun, simultaneously spewing out a cloud of pink mist that was dense to the extreme.

Caught off guard, Qi Yuan and Xia Hanjun were instantly enveloped by the pink mist spreading from all directions, making it impossible to tell up from down or left from right.

Not good!

Seeing this, Qi Yuan's expression changed drastically. He held his breath without hesitation and simultaneously sealed all the pores on his body, fearing he would inhale the mist into his system.

Despite his quick reaction, he was still a fraction too slow. Soon, an unprecedented sense of weakness flooded his limbs and bones, his vision began to blur, and even his thoughts became much more sluggish.

At the same time, branch after branch, like living things, burrowed out from the ground beneath Qi Yuan's feet, binding him firmly.

On the other side, Xia Hanjun's situation was also not optimistic.

Although her movements were still swift and powerful, clearing away the sweeping poison mist in a few strokes, she was still somewhat affected. Her Aura was weakening at a rate visible to the naked eye…

Even more terrifying, the towering trees within a radius of several miles stood up one by one, roots and all, transforming into immensely powerful tree spirits that aggressively surrounded the two.

"Mr. Chen, are you alright?"

Seeing Qi Yuan not far away covered in vines, Xia Hanjun, who was in a bitter struggle, had her face change drastically. She immediately tried to step forward to rescue him, but was stopped by Qi Yuan's wave of a hand:

"Don't come over!"

Qi Yuan endured the waves of daze in his brain and said in a heavy voice:

"General Xia, you… you leave right now, don't worry about me!"

"But…"

Hearing this, Xia Hanjun's body trembled, and she bit her lower lip hard, seemingly still hesitant.

"Go!"

Seeing this, Qi Yuan clenched his fists, his eyes suddenly turning cold:

"If you get trapped here too, we're all finished!"

At this moment, he still maintained a final shred of reason. Rather than total annihilation, it was better to let Xia Hanjun, who could still maintain basic combat capability, flee first, so there would be some hope left for later.

Hearing this, Xia Hanjun hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted her teeth and said with a determined face:

"Take care, I will definitely come back to rescue you!"

After saying that, she forced herself to focus, her halberd dancing so tightly not even a drop of water could pass through. She forcibly carved a bloody path through the forest and soon disappeared.

Seeing her escape into the distance, Qi Yuan couldn't help but sigh in relief. Then his vision went black, and he completely lost consciousness…

Just as he fainted, the soil in front of him suddenly began to twist and squirm. A huge flower branch emerged from the ground, its bud at the top suddenly opening, and out stepped a slender woman from an alien race holding a wooden staff.

This woman had a pair of large emerald-green eyes, several long braids on her head, and streaks of colorful paint on her face, giving her a rather wild and exotic look.

Her clothing was even more daring, with only a tube top and short skirt woven from several vines covering the essential parts, revealing an exquisite and graceful figure.

She came before Qi Yuan and murmured:

"A pity his companion escaped… Strange, why is the Aura on this intruder so unfamiliar? He doesn't seem like a member of the Jin Clan…"

The alien woman looked down at Qi Yuan, a faint glimmer of surprise flashing in her eyes. However, she soon lost interest and slowly raised her wooden staff, preparing to finish off this intruder once and for all.

At that moment, an urgent call suddenly came from the distance:

"Young Priestess, wait!"

Immediately after, Mu Sheng was seen running over panting. He first bowed to the alien woman and then took the initiative to plead for someone's life:

"Young Priestess, he just said he was only passing through and didn't intend to invade our Wood Clan's territory. Please spare his life."

"Hmm?"

Hearing these words, the alien woman was first taken aback, then looked at Mu Sheng with a puzzled expression and asked:

"This guy not only captured you but also severely injured your closest Emerald Brilliance Bird. Why are you still pleading for him?"

Mu Sheng sighed and explained with a face full of calm and composure:

"It was I who took the initiative to attack him and his companion. Out of self-defense, they captured me. I have already forgiven him."

Hearing this, the alien woman frowned, but she still lowered the wooden staff in her hand and nodded, saying:

"Fine then, we will temporarily spare his life and take him back to the tribe for proper interrogation."

"Thank you, Young Priestess."

Mu Sheng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. He stepped forward to hoist the vine-bound Qi Yuan onto his back, applied some herbs to the Emerald Brilliance Bird's injured wing, and then followed the woman back to the tribe…

…

An unknown amount of time passed.

Qi Yuan slowly woke up from his coma. What entered his sight was a lush green interior of a room, with a faint, fresh, and pleasant scent of vegetation lingering around his nose.

Realizing he hadn't been directly executed, he immediately breathed a heavy sigh of relief, feeling lucky that he had used the Forgiveness Great Law on that Wood Clan captive beforehand. Otherwise, things would have truly been dire this time.

No wonder even the Immortal Emperor suggested running as far away as possible when encountering the Taixu Remnant Clans. These alien natives were indeed difficult to deal with to the extreme.

Even someone as powerful as Xia Hanjun couldn't run rampant. Not long after arriving, she encountered a dangerous situation and had to flee in panic.

Of course, the reason he had Xia Hanjun leave him behind to escape first wasn't purely to play the hero, but the optimal solution in that desperate situation.

Compared to both of them being taken out at once, leaving Xia Hanjun outside to find a way at least preserved some hope of being rescued.

After all, as long as his golden body as the "Reincarnation of the Progenitor" wasn't exposed, that female war god who was loyal to Great Qian was unlikely to give up on him easily…

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan composed himself and subconsciously looked around.

He found himself tied to a pillar in a treehouse, with two Wood Clan guards dressed similarly to Mu Sheng standing outside the door.

At this moment, the two guards seemed to have noticed the prisoner in the room had awakened and were looking over with wary eyes.

Following that, the two guards had a brief exchange and decided to send one person to report while the other stayed to keep watch.

A short while later, an alien woman wearing revealing clothes with long braids walked in from outside. She was none other than the Wood Clan Young Priestess who had captured him.

Seeing the woman walking in from outside, Qi Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He forced a smile onto his face and spoke in a sincere tone:

"This lady, I just accidentally passed by and have no ill will toward the Wood Clan. Could you please release me first?"