Power: 73%
The total number of targets rescued... 769 people—not counting the achievements of those two Tower Masters.
A rough estimate put the number of non-humans successfully rescued at about one-quarter. The True Dragon of Shenzhou, who had never been very good at math, naturally wasn't pleased with that figure.
It was still too slow!
Moreover, as the number of rescues increased, the drain kept reminding her that the barrier protecting the non-humans from the threads' attacks required a constant expenditure of True Dragon Power.
"Does this thing not have some kind of core?"
Long Xiruo couldn't help frowning. Huiyao had been inside the tower for quite some time, yet no news had come out... The True Dragon of Shenzhou could have simply left, but even she didn't understand why she was staying here.
She sighed and recalled the scene from years ago when she had met Huiyao... What had made her take in that immature, impulsive, and stubborn brat back then?
"Hey... you cheap merchant, you... you're still watching, right?"
She didn't stop speaking as she moved. The True Dragon of Shenzhou was still moving at high speed, constantly pulling out one non-human radish after another.
Whether it had been instinctive or something her subconscious had already considered... after muttering those words, the True Dragon of Shenzhou couldn't help regretting them.
"Of course. I've been watching Miss Long carefully all along... Is there something you need help with?"
Watching Miss Long carefully all along...
The result of being distracted for an instant was that the rapidly growing, tree-shaped Prometheus instantly wrapped Long Xiruo into a giant dumpling. She simply tore herself free with both hands.
"You... you can see what's happening inside the tower, right?"
"I can."
So while she was fighting for her life here, in