As Su Hong spoke, the trees that had rooted themselves began to glow with soft green light as a number of small creatures floated out and wandered around the city to which they had moved.

"It looks like the two of you still need more practice and training—even if an alien race were to attack the city, you can't get this flustered." Zhang Lie flew down from the largest tree.

Chu Feng swallowed a gulp of saliva as he asked, "Zhang Lie, where did you find these creatures?"

"I kidnapped them from a nearby forest," Zhang Lie responded.

The shaman of the wood spirits extracted themselves from the largest tree and hovered by Zhang Lie's side. "Zhang Lie, we've finished rooting our trees...