Traces Sought from All Corners as Storms Gather, an Unwitting Move Throws the Board into Chaos

The Dragon Apricot Spirit had a somewhat tsundere disposition.

Once it saw Xu Xiaoshou agree to cooperate, it could not be bothered to speak to this human brat anymore. It formed a branch and coiled away the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff.

"No resistance?"

Xu Xiaoshou was mildly surprised.

This was the first time he had seen a tree besides himself and Kong Yuhen that could see the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff and even take it away.

And the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff was being so obedient? What a rare sight. Given this staff's temperament, shouldn't it have been even more tsundere? Thinking this, Xu Xiaoshou reached into the void and made a grabbing motion.

Crack.

A cracking sound rang out. The branch Dragon Apricot had extended snapped halfway through, and the Dragon Apricot Spirit froze in midair.

Xu Xiaoshou looked at the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff in his hand...

Damn, why did it come back? "Human brat!"

The Dragon Apricot Spirit glared furiously, its murderous gaze shooting over. The lofty and mighty image it had built up instantly vanished into smoke.

"Cough, cough, Senior, please continue, please continue. That was purely an accident..." Xu Xiaoshou shrank back weakly and offered the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff again.

Hiss! Two long streams of scorching breath burst from the Dragon Apricot Spirit's nostrils, sending its dragon whiskers whipping wildly. Yet it was still magnanimous enough to suppress its anger. After shooting the human a vicious glare, it coiled the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff away again.

This time, Xu Xiaoshou did not dare make trouble.

So it really is only borrowing it. It has no control over it at all—at a single thought from me, the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff will return.

As he pondered this, the Dragon Apricot Spirit had already moved.

It