The Girl Named Ping'er; Homeless Dino

At that thought, Guizhong turned her gaze toward the machine atop the city wall not far away, which resembled a ballista and radiated a powerful aura.

The current Gui Li Country could be said to have been forged by Guizhong into a truly world-leading power.

"It's time to go back! My Ari."

Guizhong slowly turned her gaze toward the direction of the Demon Country Federation and spoke, sounding both nostalgic and yearning.

Just then, a breathtaking woman with long teal-blue hair, dressed in an ancient-style dark cyan gown and holding a guqin in her arms, appeared beside Guizhong.

"Are we going back?"

The beautiful teal-blue-haired woman asked Guizhong calmly.

"Yes! Ping'er, I've prepared almost everything. It's time to go back."

Guizhong nodded and answered the girl beside her. Then, as if she had thought of something, she glanced at the woman and the corners of her lips lifted slightly.

"Ping'er, come back with me! Please?"

Guizhong directly wrapped herself around the girl's arm and pleaded with her in a coquettish manner.

Seeing the girl cling to her arm and act cute, the girl called Ping'er showed a trace of helplessness in her eyes.

She had originally been an A-rank adventurer, but for certain reasons, she had been seriously injured and was saved by Guizhong, who had been driven to Gui Li Country—the Puppet Kingdom. After recovering from her injuries, she stayed by Guizhong's side to repay her kindness.

But after spending a short time with her, she came to understand just how monstrously gifted the girl before her was. A single secret manual Guizhong had given her greatly increased her strength, directly elevating her to Immortal-level. In merely a few months, Guizhong had trained a powerful army capable of sweeping across the entire continent.

She had even used her own