Although they were very curious about what exactly was happening in this city, everyone naturally understood the difference between what was urgent and what could wait.
Even if Flame star blew up the entire city just to seize the star core, it was not as important as reaching Giant stone city.
*Bang!*
Just as the group reached the street, another explosion sounded. This time, the blast was even louder and closer.
They turned to look.
Blinding explosive light waves surged from the street to their right, and a shockwave violently swept out from the alleyway, carrying fallen leaves with it.
Kaos raised his right hand.
The shockwave came to a sudden halt the moment before it hit them.
Leaves, branches, and broken plants lost their momentum and clattered to the ground in a heap.
He frowned. “What is the situation?”
As soon as he finished speaking, about a dozen light-ball-like explosive waves lit up the street on the right at once.
These waves completely illuminated the night, making it as bright as day.
A succession of *bang, bang, bang* sounds echoed from all directions, delayed by half a beat.
The ground shook violently.
The huang elves’ thousands of years of persistent tunneling underground finally had a catastrophic effect.
Amidst the intense shaking, the street surface cracked wildly, and large sections of it caved in.
The group looked around in astonishment, their vision filled with blinding white light from the explosions.
Terrifying shockwaves surged from all sides, directly collapsing some of the less sturdy houses on both sides of the street.
“Flame star, that madman, surely he doesn’t actually want to blow the entire city into the sky?”
Kaos gritted his teeth, raising his hand to block the shockwaves.
“But this feeling feels so familiar — “
*Creeeak!*
The base of a nearby giant tree was blown apart, causing the buildings attached to it to tilt and slide downward.
“Careful!” Lin Zhen suddenly raised his hand, and liquid iron condensed into a massive iron shield above their heads.
Yun Ruoxi spread her hands, her telekinesis pouring out to freeze the falling debris in mid-air before it could strike the shield.
Then, with a wave of her hand, she flung the wreckage aside and said seriously, “Brother A Kai, it is Giant stone city! The explosion at Giant stone city might have been Flame star’s handiwork!”
“Yes, it is that grandson!” Kaos said through gritted teeth.
“This guy is simply insane, blowing things up everywhere he goes. Does he really not care about life at all?”
“In his eyes, the natives probably aren’t even people!” Lin Zhen waved his hand to disperse the iron shield. “Or perhaps, as long as he can complete the mission, he will use any means necessary!”
The severed giant tree toppled faster and faster. The green elves living in the tree fell from the sky one after another like dumplings, crashing into the ground and turning into piles of bloody gore.
“Xiao Xi!” Lin Zhen suddenly shouted.
Yun Ruoxi immediately raised her hands.
The descent of about a dozen green elves falling from above slowed down, and they landed lightly on the ground to the side.
Their faces were covered in tears as they looked around in terror.
*Swoosh!*
A large number of vines suddenly grew from the ground, firmly securing the giant tree that was about to crash, preventing an even greater disaster from occurring.
A man holding a wooden scepter was lifted by the vines, his face filled with fury as he looked around.
He saw Yun Ruoxi and the others standing nearby.
Fortunately, Yun Ruoxi and the group had maintained their mimicry, so he showed no suspicion. His gaze merely swept over them before hurriedly moving on.
“Go!”
Lin Zhen hissed in a low voice when he saw this.
The explosions had stopped by now, but what they saw along the way could only be described as a tragic sight.
The explosions had not only destroyed parts of the city and severed giant trees, but they had also sparked fierce fires throughout the area.
For a city built entirely of plants and wooden structures, fire was even more dangerous than explosions.
More importantly, because the alarm had been sounded, almost all the green elves in the city had returned to their homes.
A massive number of green elves were now trapped in the sea of fire.
“Help! Help! My mother is trapped inside!”
A young green elf knelt before a blazing house, weeping.
Lin Zhen, who was passing by, immediately spoke up. “A Kai!”
“Understood!” Kaos gritted his teeth and suddenly activated his supernatural power, using a fierce wind to blow a path through the flames. He rushed inside and rescued the female green elf trapped in the fire.
“Thank you!”
The green elf, blackened by smoke, tried her best to open her eyes and thank the benefactor who had saved her. The little green elf threw himself into her arms, crying loudly.
But Kaos and Lin Zhen did not dare to accept this gratitude, for they were also part of the culprit group.
“Was… was this also done by your people?” Genbeier, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked.
Yun Ruoxi looked at Lin Zhen, unsure whether she should speak or not.
Lin Zhen remained silent for a moment. “Just as there are good and bad green elves, it is the same among our people!”
[I suddenly feel like this series is truly cruel.]
[Are you only just realizing it now?]
[In the interstellar era, it feels like treating a backward civilization as human is already a sign of extremely high moral character.]
[The poor green elves — it’s all just a senseless disaster.]
“Then am I one of the bad ones?” Yun Ruoxi murmured subconsciously. Her voice was so quiet that only Aili, who was following closely beside her, heard her speak, though she couldn’t make out the words.
“Sister, what did you just say?” Aili asked.
“Nothing!” Yun Ruoxi forced a small smile.
“A Zhen, we can’t delay any longer. More and more Tree God Guards are coming out!”
After leaving the street, Yun Che lowered his voice and spoke urgently.
“Using our powers so recklessly might lead to us being discovered, even with our mimicry.”
“Then am I supposed to just sit back and do nothing!” Lin Zhen’s face was filled with pain.
“I can’t do it!”
“Actually, I can’t do it either,” Yun Che said, shaking his head with a self-deprecating smile.
Although their personalities were different, their essence was the same. They were the rare good people in the battle camp who had not been assimilated, which was why they were able to walk this path together.
Therefore, they simply could not bring themselves to abandon the green elves trapped in the fire when it was within their power to help.
Even though Yun Che knew perfectly well that doing so might lead to trouble, it didn’t matter.
When Genbeier and Guan Kelai heard their conversation, the expressions in their eyes shifted slightly.
Following that, the party of nine led by Yun Ruoxi rushed toward the city outskirts while rescuing the green elves they encountered along the way.
Most of the time, it was Yun Ruoxi who acted. Her telekinesis was both fast and safe for rescuing people.
Although the number of people they saved was like a drop in the bucket compared to the fire that had ignited nearly the entire city, it allowed them to feel a little better.
However, it was just as Yun Che had said.
Frequently using supernatural powers while sprinting toward the city outskirts made them far too conspicuous among the panicked green elves.
Eventually, they attracted the attention of the Tree God Guards who were searching everywhere for the enemy.
*Crack!*
The road in front of Yun Ruoxi and her group suddenly exploded, and a house-sized red flower bud grew from within, blocking their path.
The bud bloomed rapidly, and a green elf wearing ornate, bulky wooden armor was spat out from within.
He drew a dagger from his waist and gave it a light flick. The dagger instantly transformed into a giant sword the size of a door.
At the same time, the giant red flower coiled around him like a Duxie.