Won? (Third Update)

Zhu Zhuqing sat in a giant tree, crushing Medicinal Herbs into a paste and spreading it over her wounds.

Killing a Soul Elder while surrounded by seven people was no easy feat. Though he had been careless, she had still suffered some injuries.

As she tended her wounds, Zhu Zhuqing could not help thinking, I wonder how Mo You and Rongrong are doing. Those four haven't come back after all this time. They must have escaped, right? It's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on keeping it, none of this would have happened!

"Where are you, you bastard? I miss you." She looked up at the sky. His face seemed to appear there, that wicked smile still on his lips.

A captivating smile tugged at Zhu Zhuqing's mouth.

Just then, a cloud of choking smoke drifted in from behind her.

It pulled Zhu Zhuqing from her thoughts. She frowned. Where was all this smoke coming from?

Wait. Smoke? A terrible feeling rose in Zhu Zhuqing's heart.

She slowly turned around. A towering inferno was sweeping across the entire forest.

They set the mountain on fire?

How dare they?

Countless lives dwelled in this forest: spirit herbs, Spirit Medicine, and great numbers of Soul Beasts. There were no high-level Soul Beasts, but plenty were hundreds or even thousands of years old. This fire would reduce every one of them to nothing.

How much blood would be on their hands?

They must be desperate.

This is bad. At this rate, the whole forest will burn down within two days. What do I do?

Panic seized Zhu Zhuqing. Without the forest to shield her, she could no longer evade them. They would find her easily, and the chase would begin again. This time, she might not last long.

Behind her, at the