Today's fourth update: Chapter 3720! 4/4!
She had not even moved her feet in the slightest.
She merely stood there, a tortoise shell above her head, a willow grove surrounding her, and a giant lotus blooming beneath her feet. She looked like a bored young lady from a wealthy family who had happened to pass through this battlefield, casually pulling out "toys" from her treasure chest one after another.
Yet these two "toys" had already left all the Winged Race experts who intended to capture her struggling to breathe.
"Since we're going to play..."
Xu Caiyi tilted her head, her glass-like eyes gleaming with keen interest.
Her gaze crossed the devastated battlefield, passed over the Winged Race experts who were dodging, blocking, and wailing miserably beneath the willow branches' lashings, then returned to the giant lotus before her, still standing tall like a canopy and laden with blossoms.
There were still so many petals, and the leaves were still so dense.
What other fun things were hidden deep within the stamens?
She pursed her lips, her gaze wandering through the layered lotus petals, filaments, and seedpods. Like a child who had searched through most of a market yet still failed to find their favorite toy, she was somewhat picky, yet full of anticipation.
Picking and choosing.
Picking and choosing.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up.
She pointed into the air with her index finger.
This time, she pointed deeper into the flower's core.
There, a small lotus seedpod that had still been green and immature, half-hidden amid layers of golden tassel-like filaments, suddenly underwent a dramatic change beneath her finger.
As if infused with the vigor of life, the seedpod swelled and ripened at a visible rate, shedding its immaturity and transforming into an exquisite lotus pedestal roughly a foot