"Slap, slap!"
The perverted man rapidly unleashed two palm strikes, sending two elves beside him flying out, spitting blood.
Then, his figure flickered, appearing on the stage, and with effortless ease, he knocked down the seven or eight elves who were besieging the burly man.
"Unbearable to even strike a blow. Do you really think fellows like you can rebel?"
"Do you truly think our Mother God Cult is just for show?!"
"Today, I will let you know that wood pets are always wood pets; know your place!"
"You were born to serve us, until we squeeze out your last ounce of residual value!" the perverted man declared, suddenly waving his large hand and grabbing the elf chieftain's daughter from a distance.
The latter clutched her throat in pain, her feet slowly leaving the ground as she struggled with all her might.
"Does it hurt? Are you uncomfortable! Hahahaha! It seems your potential is even greater than your mother's!"
The perverted man chuckled maniacally as he saw the wood forming the stage suddenly come alive, growing tender green branches, unfurling leaves, and even blooming unknown flowers.
"Very good. Since we have better wood pets, there's no point in keeping the old ones!"
"Killing her mother in front of her will surely cause her even greater pain!"
"Let us welcome a more glorious harvest!"
The perverted man roared with laughter.
The elves below the stage, seeing their old chieftain and the chieftain's daughter held in the perverted man's grasp, were hesitant to act rashly, fearing for their safety.
Their purpose for this uprising was to rescue their chieftain and her daughter, even at the cost of their own lives.
Now that the key figures were restrained, their mission was on the verge of failure.
"Master... we..."
Miaoyin hesitated, uttering only half a sentence before falling silent.
Although she was relaying the desperate requests of the elves beside her, she also remembered Zhang Chen's words not to interfere with his plans.
"What? You want to save these pitiful elves?"
Zhang Chen asked nonchalantly.
"Master, these elves are indeed pitiful, but we cannot let Master abandon his plan to save these unrelated people."
Miaoke quickly interjected, glaring fiercely at Miaoyin.
To show leniency and plead for others at such a moment was truly a lack of judgment.
Miaoyin, feeling guilty under Miaoke's glare, quickly lowered her head.
The elves beside them, seeing this, stamped their feet in anxiety but were utterly helpless.
"Give me that pink crystal!"
Zhang Chen decided to drop the pretense and shed his disguise, reverting to his true form.
As soon as his voice fell, he vanished from his spot, reappearing beside the perverted man in the next instant.
"You dare..."
The perverted man couldn't help but feel annoyed!
His grand display had just reached its climax, only to be abruptly interrupted by Zhang Chen.
*Slap!*
Zhang Chen directly snatched the scepter from the burly man's hand. The latter remained bewildered, unaware of how it was taken.
"How many more of these crystals does your cult possess?"
Zhang Chen asked slowly, toying with the scepter.
"I think you're looking for death!"
The perverted man roared and unleashed over a dozen palm strikes at Zhang Chen within a second. The speed was so great that afterimages appeared.
*Crackling!*
None of these palm strikes missed; they all landed squarely on Zhang Chen's body.
The perverted man rejoiced. He had thought he was facing a master, so he went all out from the start.
He had expected the opponent to dodge quickly or to engage in several rounds of offense and defense.
However, he never imagined that Zhang Chen would be unable to dodge at all. Zhang Chen's gaze remained fixed on the scepter, as if he couldn't even perceive his attacks.
"You dare challenge me with this?"
The perverted man smirked triumphantly.
*Click!*
Zhang Chen still paid him no mind. Instead, he pried the pink crystal from the scepter and tossed the scepter onto the stage beside him.
"It's truly astonishing that you elves can also absorb the energy of pink crystals!"
"Are you willing to submit to me?"
"My name is Zhang Chen!"
Zhang Chen asked the elf chieftain and her daughter with a smile.
"Zhang Chen? Are you the True God?"
The chieftain's eyes, which had dimmed, suddenly lit up again.
She used her last bit of strength to climb up, weakly kowtowed to Zhang Chen, and after panting for a long time, managed to straighten her body.
"You seem to know something!"
Zhang Chen looked at the elf chieftain with great interest and then rotated his left-hand fingers counter-clockwise.
Then, what happened next stunned everyone present.
The wounds on the elf chieftain's body began to heal rapidly, her complexion turned rosy, and her torn clothes quickly restored to their normal state.
Soon, the elf chieftain stood up again, appearing even younger.
"I... thank the True God!"
"Thank the True God for granting me a second life!"
The chieftain kowtowed to Zhang Chen several more times with utmost reverence and sincerity.
Zhang Chen sensed that the chieftain possessed immense spiritual power and psychological resilience, so he did not reset her entirely, but merely restored her clothes and physical body.
"Praise the True God!"
Upon witnessing Zhang Chen's abilities, and hearing the chieftain proclaim the True God's name, all the elves present knelt down in worship.
"Rise, you are excused!"
Zhang Chen said with a smile.
He hadn't expected that after five hundred years, humans would try to exterminate his followers, yet among these non-human races, he still held such high prestige.
"Damn it, you people don't take me seriously at all!"
"Do you consider the followers of our Mother God Cult to be air?!"
"True God? The True God of the True God Cult? That's just a legend. You believe in any man who suddenly appears? How ignorant and foolish!"
The perverted man roared in anger.
He was both terrified of Zhang Chen's immense power and shocked that the True God actually existed, so he could only raise his voice to bolster his courage.
"Silence, heretic!"
The elf chieftain waved her left hand, and the wooden planks of the stage suddenly came alive, sprouting countless thorny vines that tightly bound the perverted man. He cried out in pain, and although he didn't remain silent, he was unable to speak.
"If not for you using those evil crystals to affect my power, would I have been defeated by a mere clown like you?!"
The elf chieftain raised her hands high and waved them forcefully.
Countless vines emerged from the ground, binding all the surrounding villagers and hoisting them into the air.
"How should these heretics be dealt with? I seek the True God's judgment!"
The chieftain respectfully knelt on one knee before Zhang Chen, lowering her head as she asked.
"Keep their leader. I have questions for him. The others are of no further value!"
Zhang Chen declared, then began absorbing the energy from the pink crystal. Suddenly, a surge of powerful energy rushed into his body, causing his consciousness to blur slightly...
After an unknown period, he awoke in bed.
Hmm?
He felt warmth beside him, and reaching out, he touched a patch of softness...