Sensing the Diamond Giant Ape's life force steadily draining away, Ye Xiaolei could not help looking toward the black-clad young man on the other side of the beast tide.
She could not understand why this opening of Dream Paradise had drawn such an evil being here.
Humans had come to explore and hunt for treasure whenever Dream Paradise opened in the past, but they had only gathered spirit furnaces in the outer regions. They had never invaded her territory.
A Bao took in every change in Ye Xiaolei's expression. He glanced down at the Diamond Giant Ape he had crippled, and an idea immediately came to him.
"Little girl, you don't want to see any more of these magical beasts die protecting you, do you?" A Bao asked with a cold smile.
Although Ye Xiaolei wanted nothing to do with this young man who made her so uncomfortable, his words still made her nod involuntarily.
She truly did not want to watch the magical beasts that had always lived alongside her in Dream Paradise die at his hands.
"Then come with us," A Bao said, looking unsurprised. "Don't worry. Not only will we do nothing to hurt you, but I can promise you'll never regret the decision you make today."
Confusion appeared on Ye Xiaolei's little face as she listened.
As the mistress of Dream Paradise, who had inherited and absorbed the Goddess of Nature's will, she naturally possessed the ability to tell whether someone was lying.
And that was precisely what puzzled her: she could not detect even the slightest trace of a lie from him.
Seeing hesitation on the pretty little girl's face, A Bao abandoned his plan to continue attacking the beasts. Rather than seize her from them by brute force, it would be better to have