Chapter 7 – The Moonlit Maiden

Zuo Chen, who sank to the bottom of the water, lost consciousness and drifted with the tide, I don't know how long it took to float with the tree demon to a gravel bank.

It didn't take long for Zuo Chen to come to his senses and subconsciously look around, the tree demon was not far from him, and he was still in a coma.

Sensing that he was holding a short sword in his hand, Zuo Chen gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain after thinking about it for a while, and crawled towards the tree demon, and after a while, he climbed to the body of the tree demon, clenched the short sword with both hands, and stabbed down to the center of the tree demon's low-end roots.

"Ah~"

The pain awakened the unconscious Dryad, and it was stabbed in extreme pain, leaving behind a green liquid and all the roots shaking wildly, like the last struggle before death.

"Ahem"

The tree demon finally frantically threw Zuo Chen out, rolled to the ground, and launched an attack, but fortunately, when he was knocked away, Zuo Chen pulled out the short sword, and there was room for resistance.

Both of them are tired, and their strength is not one in a hundred, and the tree demon is even more seriously injured, and his body is completely weak when he is soaked in water. In this way, the strength of the two can be said to be almost equal, and the only thing that competes is willpower.

The Dryad wanted to kill Zuo Chen before he died, maybe he could recover some after eating him, so it went crazy, causing Zuo Chen to only survive by killing it.

"Ah~"

The sound spread through the nearby woods, and Zuo Chen roared angrily to give himself courage and rushed towards it. After being caught up by the Tree Demon for such a long time, he fell into life and death several times, even if Zuo Chen had a shadow in his heart against the Tree Demon, he had the courage to counterattack under the death needle of the Tree Demon, releasing the fear, despair, and anger that were suppressed in his heart.

Turn these emotions into strength and explode in despair, whoever has stronger beliefs will have a great chance of survival, and the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road.

One hand could no longer hold the short sword, Zuo Chen could only choose this inflexible way to attack, and the tree demon couldn't use a few tentacles, but these three were enough for him to deal with.

Facing the attacking tentacles, Zuo Chen let out a low shout, and while dodging, he directly cut off a tentacle to make it temporarily unable to move, and rushed directly towards the tree demon body after dodging another tentacle attack, trying to get close but was forced back by the third tentacle.

Cutting off a tentacle at one time, Zuo Chen is already running out of oil, and he can still stand with the support of momentum, since he can't attack strongly, he will slow down the offensive, anyway, he will wait for the time.

One of the three tentacles was severed, making the Dryad even more crazy, after all, it didn't have much time, and it took the initiative to bully the past, wanting to exchange injuries for injuries.

However, at this time, it was exactly what Zuo Chen meant, and he was close to the tree demon only in this way could he have a chance to kill it, and the short sword kept opening the two tentacles, and he was moving forward step by step, without paying attention to the sound coming from the surrounding grass at all.

The closer you get to the Tree Demon, the more difficult it is to defend against, the longer the tentacles are difficult to use after approaching the roots, and there are still three meters to attack the Tree Demon's body, and the Tree Demon's resistance is gradually weak, as if its life has come to an end.

Two meters, one meter, after paying some minor injuries, Zuo Chen finally came to the tree demon and stabbed down at the root without hesitation.

"Ah~"

Although he didn't stab the vital point, the tree demon fell down like this, as if dead, and Zuo Chen's momentum gradually dissipated, but the sound of 'rustling' around him did not stop.

The moon came out of the clouds, and the pale yellow light sprinkled around Zuo Chen, his eyes were full of despair, even if he still couldn't defeat the tree demon, he was careless in the end.

Immediately, the fallen tree demon stood up again, the previous damage was not enough to make it die immediately, the reason why it fell was to fake his death to disperse Zuo Chen's momentum, so that he was defenseless and attacked without being able to resist.

The "rustle" sound became rapid.

The tentacles that had been cut off before came from behind Zuo Chen, trying to aim at the heart but piercing the stomach, Zuo Chen's body shook and did not fall, so he stood like this, his eyes were full of despair, and his heart was full of unwillingness.

The sound of 'rustling' did not stop, and a figure appeared in Zuo Chen's eyes, and then stabbed the tree demon with his sword, driving its body to perform sword skills in mid-air, like a beautiful dance, the tree demon was torn apart and turned into petals and floated to accompany her. Zuo Chen was pulled by the tentacles and fell, staring at the person in front of him with his face facing the sky.

The back of the girl in the moonlight, the long black and bright hair fluttering in the wind attracted his eyes to stare at the girl, just looking at the height, the age should be one year older than him, and he should also be the best in front of his peers.

She turned around, the moonlight allowed Zuo Chen to see the girl's face clearly, the resolute expression after the battle just now, he could feel the girl's powerful momentum, and there were petals floating around her to tell her strength, like a dancing Valkyrie dancing in the moonlight, both beautiful and powerful, it was really desirable.

Consciousness gradually blurred, and his heart kept thinking about the girl's appearance of killing the tree demon in one move, completely forgetting that the tree demon had run out of oil because of his reasons, and his life was reduced to the extreme, and his eyes looked unconsciously, and he didn't even know that the girl was looking at him.

The girl's strength makes Zuo Chen yearn for it, recalling his past self, didn't he just want to be like that before?

Stared at it for a while, and the more he looked, the more fascinated he became, and he was unconsciously attracted, and his warm heart began to heat up, and he lost consciousness as if he had found his past self.

The night passed quickly, and the sun shone on Zuo Chen's face, awakening him to consciousness. When he opened his eyes, he found himself sleeping by the stone, his stomach was simply bandaged, and his head rested on the girl's thigh, and the girl accompanied him until dawn.

"Are you awake?" Zuo Chen's gentle voice came from the girl's ears, like an older sister who took care of her younger sister, giving people a particularly mature feeling, which made him feel very relieved.

"En," Zuo Chen replied in a panic.

The air was quiet for a while, Zuo Chen didn't know what to say, whether to apologize or thank you first!

As if knowing what Zuo Chen was thinking, the girl calmly said her name.

"Hello! My name is Sima Ye, you can call me Sister Ye Ye, my sisters all call me that~ What's your name" Speaking of his sister, Sima Ye showed a pleased smile.

"You~ Hello! My name is Chen, the Chen of the stars" Under the aura of Sima Ye's mature big sister, Zuo Chen slowly calmed down.

"Thank you for saving me~ Sister Night"

I heard Zuo Chen call her "Sister Night". Sima Ye's eyes lit up, and he said with a complicated look.

"En~Chen's Star! I have a sister's name and I'm called Xing!

It's really self-cooked!Zuo Chen thought. thinks that the reason why the girl is so good to him is that her character is like this.

"Goo-goo-goo"

Zuo Chen's stomach rang, last night can be said to be a night of escape, he didn't eat, he didn't pay attention when he woke up, and now he is very embarrassed.

Sima Ye didn't feel anything at all, but 'poofed' and smiled.

"Wait a minute, I'll make you some delicious soup~" This expression and action are simply treating Zuo Chen as his own sister, which is not the attitude that strangers should have.

However, Zuo Chen didn't pay attention to this, because he heard that he could boil soup, which meant that there was fire, so he remembered the two pieces of meat in his backpack, took them out and handed them to Sima Ye.

Seeing the piece of meat, Sima Ye's eyes flashed with golden light, as if it was very dangerous.