"Good job. Double your cat food tonight."
Lu Li gently patted A'Huo's head and used Healing Kidō to heal its injuries.
However, while his healing ability could mend wounds to the flesh and even the soul, it could not dispel fatigue.
After returning to the basin, the anticipated counterattack from the city-states never came. He had thought those people would drop Mother's Sigh after he slaughtered all the aberrations, so he had already had Chuchu prepare countermeasures to intercept it.
Yet several minutes of silence passed. No fresh artillery fire descended, nor did any deadly Mother's Sigh fall from above.
In the long night, the stars were obscured, yet the surroundings were strangely bright. Fires burned all around the mountains, illuminating heaven and earth as though it were daytime.
Lu Li walked down the slope and saw Nia sitting there, baring his teeth in pain. Lu Li walked over and slapped the big man, finally calming him down a little.
"That aberration just now really hit the spot. Pure stuff."
Nia came back to his senses as he spoke, the tail behind him flicking twice.
"Take it easy. I don't want you turning into one of those things too. It'd take quite some effort to chop you to death then."
Lu Li said.
"Heh, brother, I haven't fucked the God of Desire's spiral suction component to pieces yet. How could I turn into an aberration?"
Nia grinned. "And even if I did become one, I'd keep slaughtering those little freaks. After all, they taste pretty good."
Lu Li smiled as well. "You should worry about how you'll survive tomorrow first."
He could tell that even Nia, with his exceptional adaptability, could not consume massive amounts of aberrations continuously. To replenish his strength during battle, that reckless fellow had been eating