143 New Killer Queens Ability (2/2)

Upon killing a protagonist, there is a slim chance that they will reincarnate in the same world or in the lower worlds. In rare cases, they can regress into the past with their full memory. Top tier protagonists with strong plot armor power can also time-travel to the past with all of their skills and items.

Please be mindful when you kill a protagonist. Make sure to extract their souls and trap them before they have a chance to activate their hidden plot armor. Don't worry about Xie Tian, though. He won't reappear again… Maybe.

Cao Mao's expression turned into a smiley derp meme.

”Fuck.”

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500 meters away from Cao Mao's location, a group of five 3rd-stage cultivators was looking at the battle site between Xie Tian and Cao Mao in curiosity after they saw the mushroom explosion.

These cultivators were scavengers and thieves. They always took advantage of other cultivators in the aftermath. After most fights, the victor's sides often ran low on their Qi reserve. Whenever these victors were ambushed afterward, the ambushers always defeated them and stole all war trophies.

Judging from the explosion strength, they were about the casual force of a 3rd stage cultivator.

”Wow, they fought hard. Are they stupid? Don't they know that we're under that monster tree's domain?”

The other thug shrugged, ”They are probably fighting local monsters or something. They're probably desperate, too, judging from the scale of the explosion. Let's go check that out. If they are dumb, we do the usual.”

”Yeah. If the monsters win, we take everything from their corpses. If those trashes win, we'll kill them and take the loots.”

The thieves laughed like hyenas while they ran to the battle scene.

Upon arrival, they found a short-haired young man, who was wielding a heaven-grade black katana. The slave in front of them was staring at the empty air as if he was in a trance. Moreover, he was talking to himself.

They also spotted a dried corpse, but the young slave stored it in his spatial ring.

Seeing the weird slave, whose strength was merely Bone Refining Realm level 9, the group sneered.

”Easy target. Let's go.”

”Yeah. Let's get this over with before that bitch returns.”

Using their light-foot techniques, they approached Cao Mao from behind.

As soon as they got into the attack range, they circulated their Qi into their broadswords. Then, they launched sword beams.

RUMBLE

A wooden wall suddenly erected from the ground, guarding Cao Mao against the beams. Tree roots shot up from the brown soil and coiled around their legs.

Then, all thieves were pulled into the ground.

Five dryads emerged from the ground and stood behind Cao Mao, protecting him from the thieves. As for the captured victims, they were dragged into the old prison cell, where Xie Tian had escaped from.

”Are you okay, young orc?”

These dryads were the ones who had chased after Xie Tian. They had defeated the group of 4th-stage cultivators with Emerald Hopea's help. And now, they came here to help Cao Mao after the big fight.

Cao Mao had already sensed the group of thieves. As he was in a bad mood because of the system messages, he planned to skewer them with wooden spikes and torture them. However, these dryads got the thieves first.

He sighed and turned to the dryads, ”I was planning to kill them myself.”

”It's our job to protect the alchemists and their guests, especially a kind man like you.”

”I'm kind?” Cao Mao found it weird to receive such a complement, ”How so?”

”No alchemist or human is willing to mate with us.”

Cao Mao raised one eyebrow, looking at the dryad in disbelief. If it was real, the alchemists and other cultivators either were gay or had erectile dysfunctional issues. Cao Mao was also confused about the local cultivators' taste since these naked dryads were alluring. By looking at their face, their jiggling breasts, and their flawless skin, his Godzilla wanted to do them again.

”Oh? Why? You guys are gorgeous than the girls in town! Every man should be eager to mate with you!”

The dryads looked at each other and laughed.

Before these girls could explain, Emerald Hopea returned. She descended from the sky and landed next to Cao Mao.

”Good fight, young orc. It seems you have a good foundation. Not many people with your cultivation base can control element Qi. Even with the Chloro Heart Tattoo, a normal bone refining expert won't be able to handle the Qi flow without firm meridians and blood vessels.”

”You've been watching?” Cao Mao raised his eyebrows and gazed at her, surprised.

”Both of you seem to have some kind of grudge, so I didn't interfere. I was planning to jump in if things aren't in your favor, though.”

Cao Mao appreciated that, but it didn't explain why these dryads were so protective of him. He felt like he was some kind of protagonists in a story, where powerful experts became his plot armors and protected him from the shadow, ”Why are you girls so nice to me? Is there something you need from me? Oh, what about the mating stuff? Why do the local cultivators refuse to mate with you?”

”That's a lot of question. It'll take time to answer everything.”

”I have time.”

”Well, I'll explain. It starts a few hundred years ago before the Myriad Cauldron Sect has found this plane and our home.”