“…Master... Master, please, wake up…!” called out Jade Infused Blade.
He had earlier exited Gerald’s body, and after sitting quietly beside the youth for a while, Jade Infused Blade decided to at least try to wake Gerald up.
Watching as the heavily injured youth—whose body was now filled with scars—continued breathing shallowly, Jade Infused Blade could only sigh.
With even Gerald’s barrier of essential qi now ruined, it was honestly a miracle that Gerald was still alive. Had it not been for the Herculean Primordial Spirit in his body, Gerald would’ve perished ages ago…
At that moment, Jade Infused Blade’s ears twitched slightly. Following that, he quickly re-entered Gerald’s body. Someone was here!
Seconds later, several tree branches began stretching out toward Gerald… Once he was all wrapped up, the branches gently dragged him into a tree hole…
It was about a day later when Gerald’s eyes finally opened again… Upon attempting to get up, Gerald instantly began coughing rather violently!
“Hey now, don’t go moving around seconds after you’ve just woken up! Your injuries aren’t healed yet! With that said, just lie down and recuperate for the moment!” shouted a deep and almost godly-sounding voice from somewhere…
Upon hearing that, Gerald instantly turned vigilant out of habit. Even after looking around, however, he couldn’t seem to detect where that voice had come from.
“…Who’s there…?” asked Gerald with a slight frown.
After chuckling heartily, the voice then replied, “I’m a tree spirit that resides in the Underworld Valley! I’m the one who saved you, you know? Regardless, the tree hole you’re currently in… It’s actually my body! With that said, in a way, you’re now inside me!”
In the end, Gerald was a mighty person who was at the level of a Ninth-rank Chakra King. Despite that, he still ended up getting terribly beaten up and he even fell right into the Underworld Valley’s abyss! With that in mind, Gerald truly felt humiliated by this defeat…
Much to Gerald’s displeasure, however, the second his sentence ended, the tree spirit instantly broke into a roar of laughter!
“The Five Blazing Dragons? You can’t be serious!” scoffed the spirit as it continued laughing for quite a while.
Not expecting the senior to laugh at him like that, the now frowning Gerald then muttered, “Is my loss that funny to you, senior…?”
“Hmm? Oh no, I’m not laughing about you! I’m laughing about Henrick!” replied the tree spirit as he quickly explained himself to avoid any misunderstandings.
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