"Let's try again."
Another awakening, another repetition.
Yan Luo lunged, an Oddity emerged from the sea, a hand pierced a heart, and twisted hard.
Someone died on the spot.
Fifteen minutes later.
Having woken up, Xu Le sat cross-legged beside the Spirit Energy pool. What had just happened was somewhat strange.
Previously, he had only defended passively and tried to escape, so he had never encountered Yan Luo's peculiar behavior of protecting the tree.
After Ai Li's guidance, he decided to replace his original defensive approach with an offensive one.
He would attack Yan Luo while leaving an opening, sacrificing a leg or an arm to prolong the exchange and give himself a chance to talk to his opponent.
But to Xu Le's surprise, Yan Luo had not chosen to attack him just now, but had thrown him out instead.
Was it protecting the spirit pool? And the tree behind it?
If that really was the reason, it would also explain why this Yan Luo Fruit woke up whenever Xu Le approached the spirit pool.
"Well, damn. If you want to protect it, just say so. I don't mind having another bodyguard at home. Let's try again."
Xu Le prepared himself again, extended his Black Staff, and approached the Yan Luo Fruit in much the same way as before.
This time, Xu Le went a little harder. He extended the Black Staff almost directly into the Yan Luo Fruit's face, while he himself leaped straight over.
Gurgle!
By the time Yan Luo appeared, the Black Staff was about to poke its eye, and Xu Le had once again come before Yan Luo in this close-combat stance.
The instant Yan Luo transformed, it caught the Black Staff in one hand.
But even in Yan Luo's hand, the Black Staff continued extending