142: Chapter 142 Meeting an Acquaintance

The five of them, including Pang Long, stood there dumbfounded, their mouths agape.

"Cu... cut down?"

"So many trees, and he cut them all down with a single wave of his hand?"

The frenzied smile on Wang He's face froze completely, and a glimmer of light returned to his long-dimmed eyes.

However, before they could even recover from this extreme shock,

an even more bizarre and despair-inducing scene unfolded!

They saw that from the stumps of the giant trees, which had been neatly severed, a rich green light suddenly emerged!

In just a few breaths!

Those severed giant tree remains regrew into complete, towering trees!

"..." The shock on Pang Long's face slowly faded, replaced by a numbness mixed with the feeling of "as expected."

"See, Brother Qi, I told you, it's useless."

The faint glimmer of light that had just ignited in Wang He's eyes was extinguished as if doused by ice water, rapidly fading away:

"I knew it. It's useless, all in vain..."

Qi Yun looked at the forest before him, which was regenerating rapidly and even growing stronger, and his brow furrowed slightly.

"So, Brother Qi, give up." Pang Long walked over.

Qi Yun suddenly smiled.

"I have no interest in staying here and rotting away with you."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly reached out and tightly embraced Li's slender yet supple waist.

Then, under the stunned gaze of the five people—

Li's feet slowly left the ground.

"F-flew... flew up?!"

"They can fly?!"

Pang Long exclaimed in shock, and Wang He also jerked his head up.

Li held onto Qi Yun, hovering several meters above the ground.

With a slight shift of her intent.

"Whoosh——!!!"

The next moment, the breeze turned fierce! It transformed into a howling gale!

Under Li's will, the gale began to rotate, accelerate, and condense!

"Woooo——!!!"

A giant tornado, connecting heaven and earth, with a diameter of over a hundred meters and exuding an aura of destruction, generated out of thin air and expanded and grew at a terrifying speed!

"Rumble rumble rumble——!!!"

Wherever the tornado passed, everything was uprooted and torn to shreds!

In the face of the destructive tornado, those giant trees were easily ripped from the earth!

Pang Long, Wang He, Zhou Wei, Li Wen, and Shi Qian were already scared out of their wits!

They lay flat on the ground, their hands desperately gripping the protruding rocks.

The storm lasted for about a minute.

When the last trace of the gale dissipated and the last bit of wood dust settled.

Before them lay an empty expanse.

As far as the eye could see, to the very end of their vision, there was not a single tree left, nor any plant higher than their ankles.

There was only an endless, flat plain.

The wind stopped.

The world was silent.

The five of them, including Pang Long, remained in their prone positions, staring blankly at the blue sea level in the distance.

Several seconds passed.

"The sea, it's the sea." Shi Qian was the first to speak in a dreamlike voice, tears gushing out without warning.

"We made it out? The forest is gone?" Li Wen also murmured, her voice trembling.

"Hahaha... Hahaha..." Wang He suddenly burst into neurotic laughter, and as he laughed, he began to cry, snot and tears streaming down his face.

"We made it out, we really made it out, it's not a dream."

In the air, Qi Yun was still tightly embracing Li.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

They saw a shockingly thick branch suddenly burst out from beneath the ground in the distance, then extend and grow toward the sky at an incredible speed!

The branch twisted and turned, crossing a distance of several hundred meters in the blink of an eye, extending to about ten meters in front of Qi Yun and Li, and then stopped.

At the tip of the branch, a figure stood there.

Wearing a floral dress, barefoot, with features so exquisite and perfect that she did not look like a mortal, she quietly gazed at Li in the air, and at Qi Yun, whom she was holding in her arms.

It was none other than the Xia Ran who had forced Qi Yun to flee in a sorry state last time—Xia Ran.

She looked at Li, her red lips parted slightly:

"Li..."

"You actually... are still alive?"

Li hovered in the air.

She looked at Xia Ran on the branch, a flash of surprise first crossing her deep purple eyes.

"Xia Ran. Just as I predicted, you were eventually abandoned after all; your benevolence has no meaning."

A layer of frost instantly covered Xia Ran's flawless face.

Xia Ran responded coldly: "Weren't you also killed? The news of your death caused huge waves in the Land of Beginning. At the very least, I left the Land of Beginning after you."

"I really wonder what kind of expressions those people will make when they find out you're still alive, and have even become another man's woman."

Hearing this, a very faint pink hue spread across Li's stunningly beautiful face!

Xia Ran's pupils shrank slightly, and a storm brewed in her heart!

She had known Li for a long time.

In the Land of Beginning, Li was notorious for being cold, powerful, aloof, and heartless.

Countless experts, elites, and even overlords had tried to curry favor or pursue her, only to be met with cold indifference.

Xia Ran had never imagined that one day, she would see Li make such an expression.

This was even more shocking and absurd to her than seeing Li come back from the dead!

Is this blushing woman before her really the Li she knew, the one whom countless people in the Land of Beginning loved, feared, and hated?

Has Li really become this man's woman?

Xia Ran's gaze shifted to Qi Yun.

To be able to make Li show such an expression, who exactly is he?

"My affairs are no concern of yours. Those who should pay the price will not escape."

Li's voice returned to calm.

"As for you, Xia Ran, guarding this Flower Island, is this the 'new career' you found after being abandoned?"

Li's counterattack was equally sharp.

Xia Ran's expression instantly turned incredibly ugly.

The two goddess-level existences from the Land of Beginning met eyes in the air, with cold hostility filling the air.

"Do you want to fight?"

A vein on Xia Ran's forehead throbbed.

In the Land of Beginning, she had never liked Li.

Li always looked down on her with a condescending gaze, criticizing her methods.

She just wanted to beat this woman in front of her to a pulp!

Qi Yun also felt the aura erupting from Xia Ran.

"It's not me who's going to fight you."

Li smiled slightly.

She grabbed Qi Yun's shoulder and then threw him.

Qi Yun, like a kite with a broken string, flew straight toward Xia Ran!

"What the f*ck——?!!!"

What is going on?!!!

Li just threw me over like that?!!!

And at this moment, Xia Ran was completely dumbfounded!

She had not expected,

that Li would directly throw that man over like a sandbag?!

Xia Ran's brain went momentarily blank.

"Bang!"

A muffled thud that wasn't too loud.

Qi Yun's flying body collided with Xia Ran!

"Ah!"

Xia Ran subconsciously let out a short exclamation.

Qi Yun was on top, and Xia Ran was underneath.

This wasn't even the most awkward part.

The most awkward part was that Qi Yun's right hand, which had been flailing instinctively, landed on a certain towering area full of amazing elasticity.

His fingers even instinctively squeezed slightly.