As the rail-thin man was puzzling over it, a flash of green light suddenly appeared before his eyes.
The next instant, blood spattered from his right eye. A slender, emerald-green splinter of wood had pierced his eyeball.
"Aah..."
The rail-thin man screamed and released his grip on the Leaf Spirit Sprite.
Yuan Yuan appeared in midair and seized her companion's arm. Light flashed as she prepared to fly away.
Just then, a bolt of lightning crackled through the air.
An electric net immediately descended from above, enveloping both Leaf Spirit Sprites before they could conceal themselves.
"Haha, another one throwing herself into our net!" the hunchback exclaimed with delighted surprise.
The others were astonished too. Even at a time like this, someone unafraid of death had actually delivered herself to their doorstep. They all gathered around.
The attendant surnamed Yuan stepped forward with interest, but the moment he saw Yuan Yuan, his brow furrowed.
"Young master, why does this Leaf Spirit Sprite look rather familiar...?" he immediately called back.
Hearing him, the young man came over for a look and promptly said, "Isn't that the Sprite that was on that woman's shoulder?"
The bald brute and the rail-thin man immediately remembered as well.
They all looked around warily. Only after waiting a while without seeing anyone appear did they relax a little.
"Perhaps this Sprite escaped from those two," the attendant surnamed Yuan said, wiping sweat from his forehead.
The scruffy man leaning beneath the tree rolled over and scrambled to his feet, shouting, "What's there to fear? If they really dare come, we'll make the sky our canopy and the earth our bed today, no matter what, and let the young master fulfill his dream!"
As he spoke, he bent down and reached toward Yuan Yuan inside the electric