Chapter 496: Chapter 496: Noble Elf Queen VS “Protagonist’s Aura” Girl (Part 20) Chapter 496: Chapter 496: Noble Elf Queen VS “Protagonist’s Aura” Girl (Part 20) “Xi Lili” looked alarmed and watched Gu Shengyin warily, “All I wanted was to survive well without crossing you. Why must you persistently corner me?”

Gu Shengyin paid no heed to her excuses; how could she trust the words of someone who hurt others to enhance their own power?

She raised her hand, and a pale green barrier enveloped them both.

She remembered that her training materials from the system had plenty of cases about dying from talking too much. Hence, this time, she simply couldn’t be bothered to waste words on “Xi Lili.”

She lifted her hand, and a beautiful silver longbow appeared on her left, her right hand on the string. A pale green arrow slowly took shape at her fingertips.

“Elf!” “Xi Lili” had an ugly expression, clearly recognizing which race this technique came from.

Gu Shengyin released her fingers, and the arrow, filled with lethal force, whooshed toward Xi Lili. As Xi Lili sensed the power within, her complexion turned ugly, but she could not unleash her full potential within the barrier, forced into a desperate flight.

“It’s said that the Elf Race is the kindest, abhorring the taking of lives. Why then, do you refuse to spare someone innocent like me?” she continued her cunning defense.

Gu Shengyin did not respond but instead loosed another arrow.

“Wait! Don’t you care about this little girl’s life? If this arrow hits me, I cannot guarantee my survival, but this little girl will certainly perish!” “Xi Lili,” seeing that the other party paid no attention to her, finally played her trump card.

Gu Shengyin’s hand indeed halted.

That worked! “Xi Lili”‘s eyes lit up.

She finally caught her breath and continued, “I don’t know what relation you have with this little girl, but surely you don’t wish to see her die a wrongful death. I can promise that, as long as you agree to spare me, I’ll ensure she remains unharmed and will leave far away, never to trouble her life again.”

Gu Shengyin seemed to contemplate for a moment.

“Xi Lili” watched her anxiously.

“Fine,” Gu Shengyin made her decision.

She looked at “Xi Lili” and said, “I can grant your request, but you must swear never to harm Xi Lili and never to approach this town again.”

“Xi Lili”‘s eyes brightened, and she nodded hastily, “No problem.” It seemed the little girl was truly important to this Elf, and if she could exploit that…

“Xi Lili” contemplated various thoughts.

Out of the blue, Gu Shengyin spoke, “Now, take your magical vow, using the exact words you just spoke.”

“Xi Lili” was not surprised; she nodded and extended three fingers on her right hand.

“In the name of the gods…” She had just begun, when suddenly, a calamitous change occurred.

An arrow shot like a falling star, piercing her chest at an unstoppable speed.

“Ah!” Two screams erupted from the small body — one tender, the voice of Xi Lili, and the other, the mature voice of the woman who had just been dealing with her.

Gu Shengyin could hear them clearly, the childish one belonged to Xi Lili, and the mature one must have been from the person she had just been confronting.

Gu Shengyin saw a wisp of dark spirit wander out from Xi Lili’s body, dancing unwillingly in the air for a moment before dissipating like smoke.

She breathed a sigh of relief, the threat finally resolved.

Her feigned agreement with the woman was to lull her into complacency, allowing for a fatal blow at her most vulnerable.

She slowly approached the lying body of Xi Lili, taking out a bottle of Spring of Life from her sleeve and gently pouring it over the wound on her chest.

Like a miracle, the wound began to heal at a visible rate, and within a moment, it was as good as new.

Gu Shengyin carried the small figure of Xi Lili away.

Yet, she did not notice that after she left, a fine black mist appeared where there had been nothing before.

The mist coalesced into the form of a face in mid-air, glancing hatefully in the direction Gu Shengyin had left before drifting far away.