Elven Legacy (Part 2)

Chapter 343: Baihu & Unfortunate Encounter

Currently, I was lying on a tree branch, resting my mind and body as I stared at the sky through the forest's thick canopy; despite it only having been two days within this dimension, it felt like much longer without Elaine beside me. Yawning, I rolled onto my side and closed my eyes, taking my time to appreciate the forest's tranquility, though while enjoying myself, the tree I was lying on trembled, followed by explosions and roaring in the far distance, interrupting my tranquil nap.

"Haa, why must they fight near me?" Muttered Elif with a slight frown as he raised an eyebrow and glanced in the direction of the explosions and roaring, only to sigh.

I tried ignoring the battle happening in the distance, and after some time, it eventually stopped, causing me to internally sigh in relief, yet I suppose I was too quick to do so since only a few minutes later, another battle erupted, only this time, it was closer, and not only that, but it was slowly approaching my location.

Opening my eyes, I turned and looked in the direction of the battle, only to see trees being knocked down through the dense vegetation; however, despite them approaching me, I didn't bother moving and just hopped the battle would conclude before it reached me though as they continued to draw closer and closer, it was becoming more and more unlikely.

After a few minutes, the two responsible for interrupting my peaceful nap suddenly smashed through several trees as they became perfectly visible, only to spot a wild horned boar and, surprisingly, someone from the Immortal Beast Sect.

'Hmm, what was her name again? It started with a B, I believe, Balu? Bhimi? Biki?' Thought Elif lightly with a confused expression as he tapped his chin while watching the woman fight against the horned boar.

Well, whatever her name was, she had suppressed herself to merely a Nascent Soul Cultivator, which hindsight, was a pretty smart idea, but nothing I could do about that now; actually, I could release part of my cultivation; I'm not forced to have it like this, but I won't be able to suppress my cultivation again while within this dimension, besides, my pride wouldn't allow me to backtrack, though I digress.

Regarding the woman, she finally managed to defeat the boar after critically injuring one of its legs, causing it to fall, which she promptly took advantage of, killing it in one motion. Watching the corpse swiftly turn into specks of ethereal light before condensing into a small crystal, which she picked up before promptly storing it within her dimension ring.

"Bravo, splendidly well fought; now, do you mind doing me a favor and distancing yourself from me? I'd like to continue my beauty nap, and as I'm sure you can tell, someone as beautiful as me takes his naps very seriously." Remarked Elif lightly as he gazed at the woman, who suddenly vanished before appearing clutched onto the side of the tree right beside him.

Seeing her disappear, I raised my eyebrow at how easy that was before eventually shrugging my arms and rolling onto my opposite side, hoping to appreciate the part of the forest that wasn't destroyed by the earlier fight, but just as I did so, I spotted the woman latched onto the tree while staring at me with her predatory eyes, causing me to sigh before I closed my eyes, pretending to ignore her.

'Maybe she'll just go away if I heed her no mind.' Thought Elif lightly as he returned to napping, hoping the woman would vanish, yet, to his dismay, that didn't happen; in fact it seemed to do the exact opposite.

Feeling the tree branch faintly tremble, I opened my eyes only to see the woman sitting down on the tree branch directly beside me, causing my face to twitch as I watched her quietly relax.

"Must you do this right here? I'm sure there are several other places you could relax that aren't being occupied." Asked Elif in slight annoyance as he gazed at the woman, who calmly nodded.