Ye Wen wasn't trying to take advantage of them. The situation ahead really was strange. Why would the Demon Race, of all things, occupy a city and attack the surrounding human settlements? Right now, he just wanted to leave this troublesome place as soon as possible.
Xiao Yuan immediately nodded. "Young Master, you only need to carry Miss. I'm a mage, after all. My rank is low, but I can cast a levitation spell on myself and keep up with you."
Hearing that, Ye Wen didn't hesitate any longer. Carrying Miss Tingting on his back, he started running.
Although Xiao Yuan said she could keep up with Ye Wen, that was simply not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth. In the end, Ye Wen had no choice: he supported Tingting on his back with one hand and pulled Xiao Yuan along with the other as he ran at full speed.
Xiao Yuan was astonished. Could humans really run this fast? They were running, not flying on a Spirit Artifact like the Daoist sects did. Yet Xiao Yuan felt they were running even faster than the Daoist seniors she'd seen flying before.
After running at full speed for over an hour, Ye Wen figured the Demon Race wouldn't catch up so quickly and slowed down. Tingting had woken up a few minutes earlier. Though youthful and lively, she'd never been this intimate with a man before.
So she hadn't known how to break the awkward silence. Fortunately, Ye Wen slowed down, giving her a chance to call out at last. "Xiao Yuan!"
"Tingting, you're awake?"
Xiao Yuan looked at Tingting happily. Ye Wen stopped then and set Tingting down. He took out one of the Devil Cores he'd just dug out of the Devil Wolf and handed it to her.
Ye Wen had long known that mages could use these to replenish their magical power after it ran low. That was why, when the Grand Princess had given him two Devil Cores, the guards had mistaken him for a mage.
"Take it and absorb it. Don't you know how to take care of yourself? You were already at your limit, and you still dared to use your magic recklessly. Be careful—you could overuse your Spiritual Power and end up a little idiot."
Tingting muttered under her breath, "I only did it because I saw you were hurt. Why are you being so fierce?"
Tingting both admired and feared this man who was like a demon god! But her naturally cheerful disposition kept her from getting flustered for long. She openly accepted the Devil Core Ye Wen offered and extracted the magic within through meditation.
Ye Wen watched Miss Tingting absorb the Devil Core curiously. He noticed she was absorbing it very slowly. After quite a while, Tingting opened her eyes and said happily,
"Wow, the magic in this Devil Core is so pure, and there's so much of it! It's much better than the ones I've absorbed before. I've recovered thirty percent of my magic in no time."
Before its death, the Devil Wolf that owned this core hadn't died from expending its energy in battle. Ye Wen had killed it instantly, so it had barely used any of its magic. Nearly all of it remained in the Devil Core, which was why it felt so potent to Tingting.
And after Tingting absorbed some of it this time, the Devil Core had barely been depleted. She could keep using it for a long time.
Ever since Ye Wen's Pre-cancerous Cells had divided the last time, he'd realized that the energy in these Devil Cores was far too scarce to support their division. At his current level, Ye Wen would have to absorb Devil Cores of at least Sixth Grade to gain a decent amount of energy for his Pre-cancerous Cells to evolve.
Seeing that Tingting had recovered and no longer looked like a sickly beauty, he addressed the two girls.
"Let's go. We shouldn't stay here. I don't know what the Demon Race is after this time. They've come so deep into human territory to slaughter humans. They must be hiding some shameful secret. We'd best not get mixed up in it."
At that moment, Tingting came over and smiled at Ye Wen.
"My name is Qiao Ting. Everyone calls me Tingting, so you can call me that too. My home is in Yulan City, not far ahead. What should I call you, Young Master?"
"My name is Ye Wen. Your home is close by? Then hurry back and warn the people in the city to leave first. I expect the Demon Race will push farther in. The city won't be safe."
Hearing that, Qiao Ting turned pale with fright. She hadn't thought about what might happen next, but now that Ye Wen had brought it up, she finally understood.
Their city was indeed too close to the Demonic Beasts. There weren't any powerful experts in the city, either. If the Demonic Beasts attacked, things would be no better than what had happened at Xingyu Demon Suppressing City.
"Xiao Yuan, let's go. We need to hurry back and warn Father so he can make arrangements! Big Brother Ye, can you come back with us?"
Tingting looked at Ye Wen with hopeful eyes. Her innocent gaze made him feel a little shy, and he hurriedly replied,
"No problem. Let's hurry!"
Ye Wen thought back to the map and realized that this was a medium-sized city that had once been under the jurisdiction of Xingyu Demon Suppressing City.
It was also on his way to Xingyuan Demon Suppressing City. So when Tingting invited him to come along, he agreed without hesitation. He also wanted to send word back as soon as possible so people could prepare.
The three of them finally made it back to Yulan City before sunset. Ye Wen looked around. Since many people who'd fled Xingyu City had poured in, the city was bustling. Fortunately, it was well managed, and there wasn't much chaos. Ye Wen couldn't help but sigh.
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