"Ah... ah... ah?"
Fen's face instantly flushed a slight red, and she lowered her head in a somewhat flustered manner, looking for a place to hide her face.
She nervously didn't dare to look directly at Chen Qi and instinctively lay down again, burying her head in a pit in the ground.
A profusion of pink blossoms sprouted one after another from Fen's hair.
"???"
Chen Qi watched wordlessly as Fen's butt stuck up and her legs trembled, caught in a dilemma about whether or not to give her another kick.
Were my words really that hurtful... Chen Qi silently thought. She remembered Fen had said something similar, but she hadn't reacted like this at all.
Chen Qi twitched the corners of her mouth and said,
"What are you doing?"
Fen spoke in a soft, extremely rapid voice:
"Nothing, nothing... just feeling that my Earth Escape Skill isn't yet perfect, just practicing a bit more."
The sea breeze blew gently, and after a minute, Fen still hadn't finished her Earth Escape Skill practice, with her butt sporadically wriggling.
"..."
Chen Qi touched her sore shoulder again and raised her foot:
"Fen, if you don't come out, I'll give you another kick."
"Kick then kick... no, wait, don't you dare kick me!"
Fen spoke incoherently, her words in disarray as she protected her butt with her hands and anxiously yanked her head out of the hole.
After spending a long minute under the Earth Escape, she finally managed to cool down, and her brain had successfully calmed.
Suddenly, Fen realized she had not maintained the dignity of a witch at all!
Her image in front of Chen Qi had crumbled!
Elegance, I am from the Golden Canary Family, a student of the teacher, no matter who I face, no matter who, I must not lose my elegance... Fen shook the dirt from her face and then puffed out her chest, assuming the posture of noble etiquette.
Mustn't lose my elegance! Especially in front of Qi!
Just now, she was provoked by Chen Qi and almost forgot, Chen Qi had just sneak-attacked her! And it was her butt he sneak-attacked!
She stood tall, her tone icy as she spoke:
"Qi, long time no see, but kicking a witch's butt at will, that's not polite."
With the blossoms on her face, Fen now possessed a mysterious and authoritative air of a 'witch sister'.
If Chen Qi hadn't just witnessed her clownish ostrich performance, complete with occasional yellow and pink flowers blooming from her head, he might have actually been fooled by her.
"I got it, sorry sorry, I won't kick next time."
Chen Qi replied rather perfunctorily.
Even if I were to kick, I'd give a heads up... Fen grumbled to herself, quickly wiping away the dirt on her face.
Then, with a blushing face, she whispered softly:
"I've missed you too... But, Qi, are you alright? Didn't you get seriously hurt?"
Fen anxiously eyed Chen Qi, who, from the outside, didn't appear to have any significant injuries.
That means, it's very possible that he suffered serious internal damage.
Ouch... Chen Qi frowned:
"Well, in the process of searching for the Deep Blue Flame, I encountered some issues and released twice, which has caused quite a bit of harm to my body."
Fen asked with a grave expression:
"Twice release? How long apart did you do them? Ten minutes, or five?"
"Um, well..."
Chen Qi thought for a moment and answered:
"Simultaneously."
"Simultaneously!"
Are you that fierce... Fen blinked, momentarily doubting if she'd heard wrong.
Chen Qi, who had just advanced, had actually triggered two releases at the same time!
Fen looked around to make sure no one was present, then led Chen Qi to a more secluded and quiet reed thicket.
Following that, she turned her head to the side and said with cool and swift seriousness:
"Take... take off your clothes, I'll... check you out."
"Okay."
Chen Qi removed his outer Hunter's coat, then took off the shirt underneath, revealing his injured upper body.
On his exposed skin, you could see the shocking black charring and cracks, like a battlefield licked by fierce flames.
The edges of the wounds were jagged and uneven, with some areas even showing fresh red muscle and blood vessels, from which dark droplets of blood slowly seeped out, resembling tiny insects.
Lightning wounds... Fen stepped forward, leaned in, and examined them closely.
But the damage was far from just that, there were also dark bruises on his skin and some signs of burns.
"Don't move, I need to check inside your body deeply..."
"Okay."
Fen reached out and gently placed her hand above Chen Qi's chest.
Green waves of Spiritual Power spread from the chest.
Chen Qi could feel that the inside of his body was being sensed by Fen's Spiritual Power.
"How is it, Fen?"
Chen Qi looked up, asking curiously.
Fen frowned and said:
"It's severe, your body has been pushed to the limit, resulting in a large number of internal injuries that need to be conditioned."
Sure enough... Chen Qi moved his limbs a bit and was greeted by a strong sensation of soreness.
Shadow of Flame Demon, the release of Yu Huo, both were frenzied moves.
During combat, the body's defensive mechanism 'pain' would be greatly reduced.
For an ordinary Third Rank Transcendent, triggering the release twice in a row, the damage to the body was unimaginable.
Only after last night's madness had passed did Chen Qi begin to feel the extensive damage to his body.
A moment of glory, a funeral pyre later.
Fen pursed her lips:
"But luckily, it hasn't reached the core. With some minor surgery and some medical treatment, you'll be fine."
Saying so, Fen took out a surgical cloth from her backpack card, had Number Two clean it, and then laid it on the ground.
"Lie down on it, face down, and don't move."
Fen said assertively.
Chen Qi asked in surprise:
"Surgery, can that even be done in the field? Can't we do it back on the ship?"
Fen replied anxiously:
"Don't you know, in the Golden Flower Bird Kingdom, humans are also part of nature, so many things can be done at night! Whether it's a wedding, eating, sleeping! That includes surgery!"
"Moreover, there are many Bounty Hunters nearby. If we encounter trouble on the way back, it could worsen your condition."
When it came to treating others, the usually soft-spoken Fen was always extra assertive.
Field surgery, now that was a novel experience... Chen Qi considered for a moment and replied:
"Okay, by the way, Fen, I also got some medicinal herbs; do you think they will be helpful?"
Chen Qi tossed the backpack card filled with medicinal herbs to her with a snap of his fingers.
So many medicinal herbs... Fen took the backpack card and checked it.
Immediately afterward, Chen Qi obediently lay face down on the surgical cloth.
No matter how strong he was ordinarily, on the surgical table, he could only obediently listen to the doctor.
Fortunately, Fen was a trustworthy doctor.
Fen took out sterilized gloves, a scalpel, and some injections specifically for treating internal injuries from her backpack card.
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"It might hurt a bit..."
The needle in Fen's hand, rather than being called a needle, could be more aptly described as a drill bit.
"Okay."
Chen Qi silently closed his eyes.
"If it hurts, you can also scream out..."
Saying so, Fen forcefully injected the needle into Chen Qi's back.
A sharp pain shot from his spine!