Aoki glanced at Du who was suppressing his anger. He knew that Kona and Du were only having a conflict on the surface, but they were definitely trustworthy companions.
His friendship with Kona had been forged through countless battles.
However, Aoki waved his hand at Du. "I think it should be someone from the Church, but I don't think you need to do anything. Kona should have dealt with them by herself."
Hearing Aoki's words, everyone was slightly stunned. However, since Aoki said so, he must have known something that they didn't.
They approached Kona one by one and found that she only looked a little miserable due to the bloodstains on her body. However, other than the bloodstains, the wounds on her body had all healed and her aura was very stable. It seemed that Aoki had already done some emergency treatment for Kona.
"You guys came back just in time. I've already treated most of Kona's wounds. However, the bloodstains and torn clothes on her body aren't something that I can deal with, so …" Aoki said to Hibiscus Chinensis, Sirona, and Caruna.
After all, there was a difference between men and women. Fortunately, Kona didn't need to have too much physical contact when treating her. Otherwise, it would be easy for others to think that he had some special thoughts. After all, Kona's clothes were already torn and tattered after traveling through the forest. Aoki was busy treating Kona and her Sprite so he didn't notice this.
At this point, all the men present turned around. Caruna and the other two immediately carried Kona into their tent.
At this point, Aoki and the other three finally let out a long sigh of relief.
However, when Kona came here with such heavy injuries, the people who were slightly relaxed and thought that the Church was only so-so felt a string in their hearts tighten again.
This was especially true for Sirona and Caruna. The two of them were very worried about their companion.
There was no doubt about Kona's strength. She was able to beat the arrogant Du until he asked for a truce.
Although it was because Kena was an expert in Ice Elemental Sprites and was very effective against Du who was an expert in Dragon Elemental Sprites and Flying Elemental Sprites, being able to counter Du's Sprites was something to be expected. Kena wasn't the only one who could counter Du's Sprites, so why was Kena the only one who could do this?
"A month has passed, and the search area of the Church's people is getting larger and denser. Ke Na killed a member of the Church. Judging from her injuries and the time she was unconscious, she shouldn't be far from here. When the time comes, the Church will definitely strengthen their search here. When you go out in the future, there will be more things to pay attention to," Aoki said to Du, Daigo and the others.
Of course, they had thought of this as well, so their expressions were somewhat solemn.
"But there's no need to worry too much. I'm guessing that their true bosses are still able to keep their cool. Most of the people roaming around right now are people who think they're strong, but aren't as strong as they think they are. Since Kona can take care of one of them, we can't fall behind.
In the future, when we meet people from the Church, we can try to fight more and get familiar with their fighting style and tactics. When we come back, we can share information with each other. When we meet them again, we can try to take them down in one go!
The people here should be the backbone of the Church. The loss of any one of them would be a huge loss to them!
But remember two things!
First, don't try to stall for time with them. They have more people than us, and they all have superpowers. It will be easier for them to communicate with us. As time goes on, we'll definitely be surrounded and attacked!
Second, after the battle, don't go straight to the Waveguide Valley. You must circle around it a few times before coming back. "
Aoki emphasized a few things to them. The first was to work hard to exhaust the Church's strength. The second was the most fundamental, which was to not attack the Waveguide Valley.
They had been on this continent for two months. Especially in the last month, they had been fighting and growing in a high-pressure environment. Their harvest was much greater than their usual three months of peaceful development in the Elf World.
Otherwise, why would they say that you live in hardship and die in peace?
Stress made people grow.
It wasn't just the high-pressure battles. There was also Aoki, who was known as the "Green Hand" of the Elf League! He could help them adjust the energy cubes and provide potions in time. They didn't have to worry about their elves getting hurt. Once again, they gained more experience.
Of course, if they wanted Aoki to help, they would have to pay something. Fortunately, the payment that Aoki asked for wasn't "expensive."
At least, it wasn't expensive compared to the advanced trainers who thought highly of themselves outside.
However, the frequency of their requests was high, especially when the elves' strength was improved by a large rank or when they met a specific training direction. All kinds of changes were required!
Therefore, almost all of their gains during this time went into Aoki's pocket. Of course, Aoki did "work". You get what you pay for. The things that Aoki made were of excellent quality.
All in all, the growth in the past two months was a great improvement for both Aoki and Daigo.
After all, many of Daigo's elves were stuck at the peak of the quasi-champion level. They were suffering from a lack of suitable and satisfying opponents. However, after entering this place, there was no shortage of powerful opponents.
Those quasi-champion level elves had all made breakthroughs. For Daigo and the others, the improvement in strength was definitely huge.
Although the speed of improvement in strength had suddenly decreased after breaking through to the champion level, the improvement now was enough. It was impossible for every member of the church to have a group of champion level elves. When fighting against them, one had to be more careful of their superpowers, as well as the church's unique infusion of divine power.
Therefore, it was time to get in touch with the members of the Church of God. Maybe he could find out from them what their real purpose of entering this place was.
At first, Aoki thought that the purpose of the Church of God was to destroy their group. Now, it seemed that they were not the target of the other party. At least, they were not the primary target.
So Aoki was very curious about what made the Church of God go through so much trouble.
As long as they could destroy the Church of God's mission, Aoki would be very happy.
"Don't worry. It's not like we haven't come into contact with them before. We know what to do. However, from Kona's incident, the rest of our members must be in danger. I think we need to increase the scope of our training and leave a mark.
Not everyone can have Ke Na's strength, and not everyone can have Ke Na's luck. "Du said solemnly.
Kona's incident had reminded them that they couldn't afford to live a peaceful life just because they were safe for a month. They still had a dagger hanging above their heads, but their defence wasn't strong enough to withstand this sudden attack.
Daigo and Mi Keli also nodded. Whether it was Aoki's words or Du's words, they felt the pressure again.
However, Daigo and Mi Keli's improvement in strength made them a little eager to fight with a member of the Church of God who was on par with them.
Although Aoki's group of seven would have some sparring sessions every once in a while, sparring was still sparring. In order to protect the environment of the valley, some skills that were too powerful and could change the environment to a certain extent could not be used. For example, Aoki and Banjira's Sandstorm Realm.
Daigo knew that Aoki's strongest tactic was the Sandstorm Realm. Most of the training and fighting methods of the elves were based on the Sandstorm Realm.
Just as the boys were chatting, Hibiscus Chinensis poked her head out of a tent not far away.
She shouted at Aoki, "Brother Aoki, Sister Kona is awake. You'd better come and take a look."
Hearing this, Aoki and the other three immediately stopped talking and quickly walked towards the tent.
This tent was originally Hibiscus Chinensis's tent, but it was now tidied up and placed there for Kona to lie down.
At this time, all the bloodstains on Kona's body had been wiped clean, and she had changed into a new set of clothes. From the looks of it, it should be Sirona's clothes. The standard of Hibiscus Chinensis's clothes did not match Kona's, but Sirona's and Kona's clothes were similar.
Kona opened her eyes, but her face was still a little pale. When she saw Aoki walking to the entrance of the tent, Kona's eyes lit up. She wanted to speak, but it seemed to be very difficult. Her mouth trembled slightly twice, but in the end, she did not speak.
Aoki immediately stretched out his hand and motioned for Kona not to force herself.
Then, Aoki said to everyone, "Don't squeeze in there. Give her enough space, or she'll have trouble breathing."
Hearing this, Hibiscus Chinensis, Sirona, and Caruna immediately retreated. In this situation, Aoki's words were the most effective.
So, Sirona and the other four stood a step away from the tent and watched quietly, while Aoki walked in alone.
Without saying anything, Aoki first checked Kona's injuries. All the external injuries had healed, and some of the more serious bruises and bruises had also mostly healed.
As for Kona's inability to speak, that was the aftereffect of being poisoned. Although the poison had been completely removed, her body was still a little numb. Coupled with the serious mental injury, she had not recovered her normal control of her body.
It was because of this that she needed Aoki's help even more.
With a thought, Aoki used telepathy to communicate with Kona's mind.
"You're recovering well, but if you want to regain normal mobility, you'll need at least a few days. If you want to fully recover, you'll need at least half a month." The psychic ability in Aoki's eyes flashed. Communicating with Kona through telepathy did not require much effort.
"Thank you —" Kona's voice rang in Aoki's mind.
"You're welcome, it's my pleasure." Aoki waved his hand to indicate that it was fine.
"My sprites …"
"They've all stabilized, but like you, they'll need some time to fully recover. But their bodies are much stronger than yours, so don't worry, they'll be able to jump around in front of you very soon." Aoki smiled. Kona's sprites were not weak. As champions, their recovery speed would be much faster.
Hearing Aoki's words, Kona fell silent for a while, not knowing what to say in the end.
"Thank you …" In the end, she concluded with these two words.
As a trainer, she knew the extent of her sprite's injuries. Even the shell beast that took her away in the end was seriously injured. It only managed to walk to the front of the valley with its strong willpower. Originally, when she saw the mark left by Du in the forest and came here, she didn't think that she could survive.
After all, Du was not an expert in this aspect.
But she was lucky that Aoki was among the people here. Not only did he save her, but he also saved all her sprites.
Now, she owed Aoki a favor, a huge favor. A mere "thank you" was not enough to express her gratitude.
This time, Aoki did not reject her and accepted her gratitude. In fact, he did not just accept her gratitude, he accepted a favor from Kona. Neither of them said it out loud, but they both remembered it in their hearts.
It was his duty to save this person, but saving all her elves would be a favor.
In order to heal Kona's sprites, Aoki had spent a lot of money. Her sprites were all in a state of near death. If they were not treated well, they would have died. Aoki was able to save all of them without harming their potential to improve.
The amount of resources used in this process was enormous.
That was why Aoki accepted Kona's gratitude.
"There should be a special spatial equipment at the head of the bed. I took it from the person who fought with me. I haven't checked what's inside, but with his strength, it shouldn't be too bad.
Although it can't make up for all your losses, it's still a token of my appreciation. You saved my companions, this gratitude is too much. I hope you can help me lessen it a little. "
After a period of silence, Kona said to Aoki again. The fact that Kona, who was usually cold and aloof, could say so much at once showed how deep her gratitude was.
She knew that if she directly asked Aoki to take it, he would definitely not accept it. But now that she asked Aoki to take it for her, the feeling was different.
It could be seen that Kona was not a person who did not know how to conduct herself. It was just that she did not like to talk much, but she was still very familiar with the ways of the world.
Aoki hesitated for a moment before nodding and accepting it. However, he did not take the initiative to take it. If Kona really wanted to give it to him, she could wait until she was fully recovered. But if it was Aoki who took it, it would be a completely different feeling.
"By the way, who did you meet? The battle was so fierce, did you manage to kill that person?" Aoki changed the topic. But obviously, this was the question he was most concerned about.
"I don't know. I didn't expect to meet anyone else here, but about a month ago, a person suddenly appeared not too far away from me. Fortunately, that person didn't deliberately search for me at that time. His perception was also blocked by the shell beast and Sister Bewilderment.
From then on, I knew that there were other people here other than us, and from their appearance and reaction, they didn't have friendly intentions.
So for a period of time after that, I trained my sprite and searched for traces of you all. At the same time, I also avoided this group of people.
Until yesterday, when I saw the mark left by Du and rushed towards this valley, I was discovered by a person.
I should have been able to escape, but I didn't know if that person saw my path. In order to not expose this place, I could only turn back and fight with him.
But this person's strength was too strong, and he had a very strong superpower. Some of his sprites could use special methods to evolve. Based on these few points, I guessed that he was most likely a member of the Church of God. Then, I couldn't leave him alive. So … So … So … I fought with him to this extent.
Although I didn't see him die, all of his sprites were severely injured, just like my sprites. Plus, he was frozen into an ice sculpture by me. I don't think he's going to survive.
When the shell beast brought me here, I removed all the marks left by Du. I also deliberately circled around this place a few times. That person shouldn't be able to find this place. "
Kona said a lot of things in one go. But because it was a communication of consciousness, compared to speaking, it was much simpler.
Hearing Kona's words, Aoki couldn't help but admire Kona's decisiveness and her cautiousness. Kona's ability to go from a relatively 'ordinary' family to this point was indisputable.
If Aoki was in Kona's position, he might not be able to handle this matter better than her.
Even when she was severely injured and on the verge of death, she could still think of various details. He had to admit that Kona was outstanding.
Her usual cold demeanor was not an act. It was just her personality. There were not many people who could remain calm in that kind of situation. Kona's ability to do so had a lot to do with the fact that she had always maintained absolute calm.
Now, Aoki even suspected that Kona had been looking for trouble with Du not because she was angry with him, but because she wanted to improve her strength. She needed an excellent opponent, and Du was the one she had chosen.
She challenged Du again and again to hone her battle tactics and cultivate her sprites. In order to grow better, battles were absolutely necessary.
She had challenged Du many times because she lacked a reason. Since everyone thought that was the reason, then let it become a reality. Anyway, it didn't affect Kona too much.
Thinking about it, Aoki suddenly realized that no matter what he did, it was better not to provoke a powerful and overly calm woman. She was too scary.
As if she had noticed Aoki's thoughts, Kona's two big eyes shone brightly as she looked at him.
Noticing Kona's gaze, Aoki swallowed a mouthful of saliva and silently mourned for Du for a minute.
It must have been hard on him. He had been challenged crazily, yet he still kept looking for his own reasons. He thought that everything was his fault, but he had become Kona's primary target again and again.
But even though he mourned, Aoki would never tell Du this fact, in case he couldn't accept reality.
But then again, thinking about it carefully, Du was really a gentle person. Perhaps it wasn't that he didn't guess this, but that he really felt that he had indeed gone too far back then, so he chose to make it up to Kona in this way.
Thinking about it this way, the tacit understanding between the two was really extraordinary. Everyone present could feel Du's anger when he saw Kona in a seriously injured state. Even Aoki had never seen Du so angry before.
"According to what you've described, it should be the people from the Church of God." Aoki nodded.
Then Aoki told Kona everything that had happened during this period, including the appearance of the Church of God and their goal.
It was a very long and complicated story. Fortunately, they were in a telepathic state right now, so they didn't have to go through the trouble of explaining it word by word.
After listening to Aoki's story, Kona roughly understood their current situation and couldn't help but fall into silence again.
Hearing about this for the first time would definitely put a lot of pressure in one's heart, but this pressure just happened to be the motivation for them to move forward.
Just like Kona, after hearing Aoki's story, after a short silence, she accepted this fact that had become a reality. She was already thinking about how to nurture her sprites in the next three months.
Previously, when she was alone, because she had limited potions and healing sprays, she didn't dare to go all out even when she was training in the wild.
Although she had collected a lot of materials and resources, just like what others thought, she didn't know how to use these materials in the most efficient way. Besides, there were many materials that she didn't understand very well, let alone use them. This hindered Kona's growth.
But the situation was different now. She met Aoki!
As long as she gave Aoki the things she needed, he would be able to create a large number of useful items and materials. Even if her sprites were injured, she wouldn't have to worry anymore. She could fight and grow to her heart's content.
Those materials that were originally just for decoration could be turned into the most suitable items and potions in Aoki's hands.
Of course, she couldn't let Aoki work for free. She would have to pay him a certain amount. But even so, it was much better than just leaving those materials in her hands.
What was their goal in coming here?
Wasn't it to improve their strength and become stronger?
The purpose of collecting a large number of materials was also to use them to exchange for items that could improve their strength. But now, the materials could be directly made into precious and unique items. Why would they give up what was near and seek what was far away when they returned to the Elf World?
In the elven world, advanced trainers were treasures. In the continent of time and space, advanced trainers were like treasures.
As long as Aoki was here, so what if they had to fight a war of attrition with the Church of God?
The Church of God wouldn't be able to outlast them!
Aoki didn't care what Kona was thinking. He told her to rest well and spend the next few days thinking about how to train her sprites and improve their strength. Once she and her sprites had recovered, they would be able to take action.
After walking out of the tent, Aoki told everyone the news he received from Kona. They all breathed a sigh of relief.
After a month, the entire camp had finally gained another member. Their collective strength would only grow stronger.
Kona's arrival was only the beginning. There would be more people arriving one after another.
What they needed to do now was to steadily improve their strength. The Church of God was strong because of their advantage in numbers, their superpowers, and their divine energy. But the most troublesome thing was that they didn't know enough about them.
As the saying goes, know thyself and know thy enemy. Without knowing the enemy's specific strength, acting rashly would very likely lead to falling into the enemy's trap.
Aoki's advantage was the almost unstoppable upper limit of their growth. The upper limit of everyone's growth was almost beyond the imagination of the Church of God.
At this time, it was already impossible for the Church of God to improve their strength in a short period of time. Their strength had already reached the upper limit.
This had a lot to do with their own potential being inferior to Aoki and the others. After so many years of growth, their talents had already been fully realized. In addition, as members of the Church of God, they must have relied too much on the infusion of divine energy, causing the potential of their sprites to decline.
If they wanted to improve their strength now, unless they cultivated their sprites from scratch or obtained some amazing treasure, it was simply impossible.
This was the advantage of Aoki and the others. The more they came into contact with the Church of God, the more they would understand them. When they had accumulated enough strength, they would strike hard and catch the Church of God by surprise. At that time, it would be hard to say who would emerge victorious.
Originally, for Aoki and the others, it was a huge crisis. But in this crisis, they found a crack that allowed them to survive. So, with their potential and temperament, they would definitely use this crack as their base and crazily improve their strength until they could face the whole thing head-on.
After that, the Church of God once again fell into a calm state on the surface. In fact, they were in the process of frantically accumulating strength.
And Aoki and the others finally welcomed the second member of the Alliance!
This time, she didn't come with serious injuries like Kona. Although she looked a little miserable, it was probably because the survival and training environment outside was too difficult.
But this time, Aoki was more familiar with this person. She was the dragon sprite trainer of the Carlos region, the future true dragon queen, Dorasena!
Dorasena was a relatively gentle person. Although she was good at using dragon sprites, she wasn't as passionate about fighting as Du. If she could improve her strength without fighting, she would definitely give up on fighting.
This time, it was Kona who had yet to recover from his injuries. The others had all gone out during the day.
Kona wasn't surprised by Dorasena's arrival at all. After all, after Kona arrived in such a state, Sirona and Kalou increased the strength of the mark and the range of their usual activities. It was normal for Dorasena to arrive at this place based on the mark.
It was just that Kona was a rather cold person to begin with. He was more or less not used to meeting such a warm and enthusiastic person like Dorasena.
Taking advantage of the fact that he hadn't fully recovered from his injuries, Kona slowly chatted with Doracena.
They chatted until the sky turned dark, and Aoki and the others returned.
Kona told her about their current situation, their attitude towards the church, and Aoki and the others' plan bit by bit.
At this point, Dorasena finally understood what they were going to face. She instantly felt the pressure multiplying.
Following Dora Xena's arrival, more and more people were gathered in Greenwood's valley. The feeling of slowly accumulating power was a thrilling feeling to behold.
Being able to see one's growth with the naked eye was the joy of growth.
With Aoki's A.I. Chip, he could more accurately and in detail see the gains of the elves through battle or training.
This was a joy that others couldn't experience. But even if people like Daigo and the others couldn't feel the joy of a little improvement, they would eventually feel it after a long time. They would be able to see the growth of themselves and the elves.
After Dorasena, the third person to arrive was somewhat unexpected.
The evil heavenly monarch of the city! Li Hua!
Aoki and Daigo had met Li Hua before, and had told her that if she encountered any trouble in the future, she could look for him in this area.
So the third person to come was Li Hua. However, Aoki did not tell Li Hua the location of this valley. It was just that she met Hibiscus and Mi Keli who were in the middle of a battle in the wild. In the end, she was brought back by them.
Li Hua's condition wasn't very good either. Although it wasn't as serious as Kena's, many of her elves had lost their ability to fight. She had no other choice but to think of the place Aoki had mentioned.
Many elves had lost their ability to fight and were heavily injured. The rest of the elves weren't in good condition either. This was a classic example of excessive fighting.
Li Hua thought of Aoki's identity as an advanced trainer, so she came here.
Hibiscus Chinensis and Miceli were actually very hesitant about Li Hua's identity at first. They didn't know if they should bring her back to the valley. After all, those who had joined the church were the two heavenly monarchs of the city. They knew one of them, but in the end, they didn't expect him to betray them. Heavenly Monarch of Supers, Yishu!
Hibiscus Chinensis had even been captured because of his trust in Yishu. If it weren't for Aoki, even if he could survive, he would have lost 70 to 80 percent of his strength.
However, Hibiscus Chinensis and Yishu couldn't bear to see Li Hua in such a pitiful state.
Most importantly, it was Aoki who told her the location of this place. Hibiscus Chinensis and Miceli only brought Li Hua back because of their trust in Aoki.
However, when Aoki told Li Hua the location, he didn't know that things would develop to this stage. But it wasn't a big problem. If Li Hua was really a member of the church, she probably wouldn't be able to walk out of the Alliance's temporary base camp.
Reality proved that Li Hua was really just an ordinary heavenly monarch. She was the only one who was forced to do something beyond her ability in the city.
In the exhibition match, even with the superior attributes of the evil elves, it couldn't win against Yishu's elves with superpowers. This could be seen from this.
However, after Li Hua arrived at the valley, Aoki was very responsible and checked whether Li Hua had any superpowers.
The church's ability to hide superpowers was quite strong. It was impossible to tell just by looking at the surface. One could only feel it after a certain amount of physical contact.
After Aoki checked whether Li Hua had any superpowers and whether her elves had been infused with Divine Power, he was completely sure that she wasn't a member of the church.
Only then did everyone heave a sigh of relief.
With the arrival of members one after another, they became more confident.
Time flew by and another month passed in the blink of an eye!
Aoki and the rest's counterattack also sounded at this time!
The sound of the counterattack's horn was loud and clear!
Did you hear that?!
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