Chapter 240: Chapter 214: A Forceful Threat, Mutual Harm

Of course, Gao Neng wouldn’t say this out loud. He was a refined man, after all, and a refined man should speak in a refined manner.

And Gao Neng felt his next words were very refined indeed.

"The beautiful Ninth Princess of the Celestial Race, Mu Feifei, you insisted on keeping this Prince here for two days. Could it be because of an agreement we made a few months ago?" Gao Neng’s tone was perfectly calm.

"A few months ago? An agreement?" A hint of surprise flickered across Mu Feifei’s placid face again. She seemed to have no idea what Gao Neng was talking about.

"The Ninth Princess should have an excellent memory. Have you really forgotten so quickly? You were the one who proposed this agreement, after all," Gao Neng continued.

At these words, the other Princes were instantly stunned.

Who was Mu Feifei?

She was not someone the Seventh Princess of the Dark Night Elf Clan could compare to. It wasn’t just because of Mu Feifei’s status as a Celestial Race Princess; more importantly, it was due to her strength and intelligence.

To put it bluntly, they dared to propose marriage to the Seventh Princess of the Dark Night Elf Clan.

However, they would never dare propose to Mu Feifei. To marry her, one had to meet at least one essential condition: be a Clan King or a future Clan King.

Furthermore, one had to come from a powerful race on par with the Celestial Race.

Among the Alien Race Alliance Army, which races could match the combat power of the Celestial Race?

There were some.

But you could count them on one hand.

And this group of Princes... was clearly not among them.

But what were they hearing now?

Mu Feifei had an agreement with the Thirteenth Prince? And Mu Feifei was the one who proposed it? Could it be that the person the Thirteenth Prince had his heart set on was Mu Feifei?

But that wasn’t right. Didn’t he say it was his own sister?

’This is getting complicated...’

’Really complicated!’

"Thirteenth Prince, are you trying to mess with me? Your status as the Thirteenth Prince of the Wood Elf Race alone doesn’t seem to grant you that privilege, does it?" Mu Feifei’s brow furrowed slightly once more.

"Heh heh..." Gao Neng chuckled.

Of course he knew Mu Feifei didn’t understand.

But he was determined to make her understand. He had a growing suspicion that Mu Feifei was the true mastermind behind this whole scheme.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have appeared at this exact moment.

Of course, that wasn’t the most important part. The most important part was that Gao Neng could not afford to stay in the Elf Royal City for two days. If he did, Mu Feifei would have at least a hundred ways to kill him.

’Two days...’

’Too many things could happen!’

’For example, she could find a fake Wood Elf Guard Team. In fact, with Mu Feifei’s influence, I suspect she could even find a real Wood Elf Guard Team.’

’As long as she promised them enough benefits, the Wood Elf Race might just agree to play along with Mu Feifei’s charade.’

’When that time comes, where could I possibly run?’

Escorted back to the Wood Elf Race’s territory by dozens of Wood Elf guards, he wouldn’t have the slightest chance to escape. Therefore, the only thing he could do was...

’Go for broke!’

"It seems the Ninth Princess truly can’t recall. Then allow this Prince to remind you. I wonder if the Ninth Princess remembers visiting a factory a few months ago? Hmm... to be specific, it was an underground factory, with a mental hospital next to it!" A slight smile played on Gao Neng’s lips.

"An underground factory? A mental hospital?" Mu Feifei seemed to be trying to recall something. Soon, her eyes widened, and an expression of utter disbelief appeared on her face. "It’s you?!"

"That’s right, it’s me! It seems the Ninth Princess has remembered. I wasn’t mistaken, was I? You were the one who proposed the agreement," Gao Neng nodded.

"You have some nerve! Do you have any idea where you are?!" Mu Feifei was genuinely shocked this time. The reason she hadn’t dared to expose the identity of this so-called Thirteenth Prince was mainly because she believed his true identity was a ’guard of the Dark Night Elf Clan’.

If he were exposed, the Dark Night Elf Clan would be implicated.

But if that identity changed...

To that of a human!

Then things would be completely different. Under these circumstances, she could kill Gao Neng herself without any hesitation.

Moreover, she could come up with a hundred reasons to explain it away. The most direct explanation, for example, would be to claim that Gao Neng had killed the real Thirteenth Prince and was impersonating him, and that the Dark Night Elf Clan knew nothing about it.

Once the matter was linked to a human, which race would come demanding justice?

Mu Feifei’s eyes were fixed on Gao Neng’s face. She wanted to read something in his eyes, because she simply couldn’t believe that Gao Neng would have the audacity to admit he was a human at a time like this.

’Isn’t this just asking for death? What else could it be?’

"Of course I know where I am. You see... I’m so close to the God of Nature!" As Gao Neng spoke, he casually pointed at the Ancient Elf Tree in front of them.

"The God of Nature!" Mu Feifei’s face instantly paled.

The God of Nature!

The very source of the Dark Night Elf Clan’s survival!

It was also the greatest leverage the Celestial Race held over the Dark Night Elf Clan. Decades ago, it was precisely the Celestial Race’s occupation of this place that forced the Dark Night Elf Clan to submit.

And now...

Just as Gao Neng had said.

He was truly close to the God of Nature. Far too close.

In that instant, the battle from a few months ago flashed through Mu Feifei’s mind. It was one of the few defeats she had suffered in many years.

The images from that battle were still seared into her memory.

Destruction!

Yes! Utter destruction!

It was a battle of annihilation. She didn’t know how Gao Neng had done it, but she was certain that he had indeed completely destroyed an entire underground factory back then.

"So, can we talk about our agreement now?" Gao Neng neither stepped forward nor back, maintaining the faint smile on his lips.

’This bluff!’

’I have to see this act through!’

’If I don’t, I’ll die. And if I don’t perform it well, I’ll die too. This really feels like dancing on the edge of a knife—even more thrilling than when Zhuge Liang faced an army of a hundred thousand pursuers.’

"What do you want?" Mu Feifei forced herself to calm down. She never would have imagined that she, the great Ninth Princess of the Celestial Race, would be threatened.

And threatened right here in the Dark Night Elf Clan’s Royal City, at the foot of the God of Nature, no less.

’Damn it!’

’Why did it have to be him?’

’Why!’

If it were any other human, Mu Feifei would have attacked without a second thought. But when it came to Gao Neng, she couldn’t quite figure him out yet.

Because she had witnessed Gao Neng’s destructive power with her own eyes.

’If the Ancient Elf Tree were to be destroyed...’

’Is that a price worth paying just to kill a single human?’

One tree, one race!

The Ancient Elf Tree represented the entire Dark Night Elf race!

The surrounding Princes fell silent. They couldn’t understand what Gao Neng and Mu Feifei were talking about. The only thing they understood was that the two of them knew each other.

And that there was some kind of agreement between them?

In fact, even Elf Queen Una was a bit confused now. She could sense that Mu Feifei’s emotions seemed to be in turmoil.

This was an extremely rare occurrence.

Connecting this with the man’s self-healing ability...

The Fairy Queen faintly guessed that the person before them impersonating the Thirteenth Prince was probably not that guard anymore.

’Could it be a real member of the Wood Elf Race?!’

Gao Neng couldn’t care less about what the other Princes were thinking right now. He was walking on a knife’s edge and didn’t dare relax for a second. He had to act relaxed—extremely relaxed, even reckless—to make Mu Feifei believe he had the power to destroy the Ancient Elf Tree. Otherwise, he was a dead man.

"The God of Nature... it really is tall!" Gao Neng didn’t answer Mu Feifei’s question immediately. Instead, he tilted his head back, staring at the Ancient Elf Tree with a greedy expression.

Mu Feifei subconsciously glanced up as well.

’The Ancient Elf Tree...’

’It absolutely cannot be destroyed now!’

’But can this guy really destroy the Ancient Elf Tree right in front of the Elf Queen?’ Mu Feifei wasn’t entirely sure.

Because she had investigated Gao Neng before. A freshman at the Eastern Capital Military Academy, and supposedly someone who had just broken through to become an Energy Warrior?

Of course, this was just the information that had been passed along to her.

Mu Feifei didn’t fully believe it. The reason was that this information was accompanied by a list of his achievements. For example, when Gao Neng entered the academy, he had challenged all the freshmen. Then, within a month, he had challenged the academy’s combat rankings. There were even reports that Gao Neng had received an investment from the Celestial King Group.

As for the latest intelligence...

Gao Neng had wiped out an intelligence stronghold and killed three Tier 4 aliens inside!

’Is that *really* something a person who had just become an Energy Warrior a few months ago could do? And would she, Mu Feifei, lose to a human who hadn’t even broken through to become an Energy Warrior?’

’The intelligence!’

’It can’t be trusted!’