"Sacrifice!"
As those words fell, an unusual radiance suddenly shone from Dongfang Minghui. Tiny, glowing green bubbles surrounded her, with a trace of golden light mingled among them, giving her an inexplicably sacred air.
"Dongfang Minghui, don't you dare!"
"Ninth Sister."
The two of them rushed toward her almost simultaneously. Everyone covered their mouths, gazing in anguish at the person surrounded by that halo.
Dongfang Minghui saw a figure in festive red racing toward her. For the first time, she saw panic on Seventh Sister's pale face. She longed to reach out and touch her, even just once. Having found someone she loved in this lifetime, she could die without regrets.
The man chuckled. Death aura enveloped him until even his silhouette disappeared, leaving only a pitch-black cloud. He reached Dongfang Minghui even faster than Qian Wanyu. "You want to sacrifice yourself? Dream on! If I eat you outright, I'll obtain the Elf Heart."
Dongfang Minghui watched that hand draw closer and closer. Then a green blur flashed past, and a little creature with a curled tail blocked her path first.
The moment Pig Immortal Grass's curled grass tail touched the death aura, it withered rapidly, shriveling from its stem all the way to its tip. Only a short section and two leaves resembling pig's ears remained. "Pig Immortal Grass, get away!"
"You overestimate yourself."
"Ha! Who dares bully what belongs to me!"
Everyone heard a thunderous voice. Just as they looked around for its source, a white figure leaped down from the Tree of Life and walked toward them, step by step. The leaves falling beside his feet froze. The little elves' fluttering wings were paused as well, their faces still turned expectantly toward the Tree of Life. A short stretch of Pig Immortal Grass's tail remained green; everything