"Damn it, why does this woman always linger like a bad spirit, causing trouble at critical moments!"

Upon hearing this, the dark elf Fandi showed an annoyed expression and subconsciously turned his head to look but did not see the silhouette of the elf queen.

"This cunning Undead skeleton, damn it!"

Realizing he had been tricked, anger shot through the bald head of the dark elf before he could unleash his immense power, only to discover that the Undead skeleton in front of him had already disappeared.

"Dares to flee into the water, he is literally asking for his own death!"

Ripples stirred on the water surface, and even the piece of charcoal on it had vanished—surely the Undead skeleton had escaped into the water!

Now that he had openly broken with Su Ran, there was no need for pretense. The dark elf plunged into the Earth Spirit Spring, trying to find Su Ran’s hiding spot.

"Skeleton thief, come out and face your death!!!"

The roar thundered out and exploded in the spring water, but to the dark elf’s surprise, no matter how he searched, he could not find the Undead skeleton’s figure.

"Hmm?"

The dark elf confidently dove into the water, only to come up empty, filling him with murderous rage with nowhere to release it.

"Damn it!"

Splashes erupted on the surface of the Earth Spirit Spring. The dark elf burst out of the water, his eyes filled with killing intent, yet he still could not locate the Undead skeleton. It felt as though the skeleton had evaporated from the earth without leaving a single clue.

The prey that was within his grasp had just disappeared, a complete humiliation! Su Ran’s actions had utterly infuriated the dark elf. Immediately, he transformed into a black sword, shot into the sky, and blindly chased in a random direction.

About ten seconds later, the dark elf returned again, hovering above the Earth Spirit Spring. His gaze, swift as lightning, swept over the pool of water, still finding nothing.

"Damn Undead, I will not let you off!"

The dark elf was livid, muttering hatefully to himself; obviously, the disappearance of the Undead skeleton made it hard for him to save face. The dark elf did not linger any longer and dived into the woods, disappearing from sight.

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Shortly after the dark elf left, a faint sigh could be heard from the silent shore—barely audible unless one listened closely.

"Just as I had imagined, these NPCs are too suspicious, always bound to check back one more time,"

Watching the dark elf disappear from his line of sight, Su Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he was riding Wang Cai, invisible, which was why the dark elf couldn’t find him.

"Since you are heartless, don’t blame me for being unrighteous!"

A resolute light flashed in Su Ran’s eyes, and he sneered, "This Earth Spirit Spring was purified by me, so I have every right to destroy it!"

Having confirmed his thoughts, Su Ran, astride Wang Cai, gently submerged into the Spirit Spring, causing hardly any disturbance and barely producing any ripples on the water surface.

"I must hurry!"

Su Ran understood that time was pressing. The dark elf could return at any moment. With that in mind, Su Ran stowed away Wang Cai and used the Ice Crystal Bone Scythe to break through the water, quickly descending to the bottom.

"First, fill the jade bottle before anything else!"

Su Ran took out the Spirit Spring jade bottle and opened the stopper on top. Just at that moment, the spring water around him underwent an unbelievable transformation. Under Su Ran’s astonished gaze, the spring water began to compress and merge on its own, forming droplets of milky-white Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid, which entered into the jade bottle.

"Holy moly, this Spirit Spring jade bottle can only absorb pure Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid!"

Seeing this, Su Ran’s heart began to race with excitement. He now realized that he had misunderstood this precious bottle. From the look of it, even using this entire pool of spring water to compress into pure spirit liquid might not be enough to fill the Spirit Spring jade bottle!

Hey, what a treasure!

"Tsk, tsk, I was even thinking of injecting some plague virus into it, but since the jade bottle is so sharp, I can skip that step and just empty his precious Spirit Spring. Now that’s satisfying!"

The more Su Ran thought about it, the more excited he became. He really wanted to stay and see the expression on that dark elf’s face when he finds this pool of Earth Spirit Liquid gone. He imagined it would be more distressing than swallowing a fly.

Wahaha!

"Swoosh, swoosh..."

Under the frenzied absorption of the Spirit Spring jade bottle, the water level of the Earth Spirit Liquid began to steadily decrease. In just a few minutes, most of the Spirit Spring was absorbed. The speed of absorption was beyond Su Ran’s imagination—it was like a high-powered water pump!

...

"I never thought this Undead skeleton had such slick escaping skills!"

The dark elf Fandi was scurrying around the forbidden area, searching in all directions north, south, east, and west, yet he failed to find any trace of the Undead skeleton.

At this moment, the dark elf, overwhelmed by anger, clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles cracking audibly.

Suddenly, the corner of the dark elf’s eye twitched involuntarily, and a bad premonition rose in his heart as if he had thought of something, making him gasp, and he rushed crazily toward the Earth Spirit Liquid.

However, when the dark elf returned to the airspace above the Earth Spirit Liquid, the scene below left him dumbfounded.

There was no trace of the Earth Spirit Liquid in sight, only a deep pit remained, where an Undead skeleton was collecting the last small puddle of water with a bottle, about to empty it completely.

"Aaaaargh!"

The dark elf Fandi was almost driven mad, his eyes instantly turning blood-red, his body shaking uncontrollably with anger, roaring loudly as he charged at Su Ran with full force, looking absolutely intent on tearing Su Ran into pieces!

"Wow, he’s fierce! But, thinking about it, this BOSS announces his attack in advance, screaming first as a courtesy so I’m not caught off-guard."

Su Ran watched the approaching dark elf as if he were looking at a fool, sighing softly. He noticed that not just this dark elf but even the Elf Queen behaved this way. It seemed like the elves were all highly educated folks, at least they didn’t skip their nine years of compulsory education... except for Ling Wei, that girl.

"Haha, esteemed Lord Fandi, I thank you for your generous hospitality. I’ll shamelessly accept this Earth Spirit Liquid!"

Facing the formidable assault of this dark elf, Su Ran still had the nerve to provoke him, showing no shame at all. After collecting all the Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid into the jade bottle, he then calmly stood up, raised the Ice Crystal Bone Scythe high above his head, and laughed loudly, "What comes around, goes around. Here’s a gift for you. Don’t be shy!"

With that, a murky light burst forth from the scythe, blasting towards the charging dark elf.

The outcome was not hard to guess; a human-shaped boulder fell from the sky, rolled a few times on the ground, and stopped not far in front of Su Ran.