It's been almost 3 months that I've spent in this backwater human country. No one has ever trespassed this area ever since I set up a fog array in the vicinity.

Lowly ants. What a pity that a legendary item like the Hundred Hearts tree is born here. Fortunately, I, the Great Fox Lord #5 has stumbled across this treasure.

I have been meditating with the energy of this tree until the fruits finally matured last week. The benefits were astounding. My physical prowess has increased to the point where my skin itself should be as hard as iron. On top of that, both my light and water elements have levelled up several times.

Since I'm a superior demon, I already have a real heart, but the consumption of these fruits have led to my gain of 12 extra lives! Even my fellow fox demons would cry with envy. I no longer have to lose a tail in exchange for a life.

Like every other day, I sat under the Hundred Hearts tree and absorbed the essence of a ripe fruit.

Trickle, trickle, trickle.

In my meditation, droplet by droplet of Hundred Hearts fruit essence trickled down my throat and the red light from it gathered over my heart like a protective shield.

Ding! Ding!

⧫[Status Update]⧫

[Third tail]

+1000 physical power

+ 1000 mental power

Third element unlocked [wood].

New skill unlocked [Illusion] requires water and light elements to implement.

Hm, not bad. When I return, my rank will probably bump up to about #3 if no one else gains a third tail like me. I really have to thank my dead fox ancestors for this opportunity. Let's pick a few fruits for the offering ritual when I get back.

Whoosh.

Someone!

Thump!

A crevice was formed on the ground where I just sat. Who broke in!? A green whip whistled across my face in a flash. Shit, this guy is not giving me any space to breathe at all!

[Ice Blockade]!

Shring! Shring! Shring!

Blades of ice formed a barbed barrier around me. The green whip was instantly cut off.

Wood element?

No, it can't be. The severed whip pieces suddenly slipped through the cracks in the ice barrier and flew in the direction that man.

Is it what I think it is? Slime?

How could there be a superior slime demon in this lowly human country! I thought they were a myth!

Wait, no! My Hundred Hearts fruit!

Good for you! You're dead the next time I see you, shit slime.

... ...

It was difficult to slip back into meditation after that. Its been a while since I've been so frustrated with an opponent. He could slip through my fog array? He didn't even break it!

Maybe slimes are really as horrible as the books say. He could harvest a Hundred Hearts fruit unimpeded. Even I have difficulty breaking the barrier around each fruit when I want to harvest them.

Slime, huh...

... ...

After breaking another barrier, I finally harvested a third fruit. It's a pity they won't last long after being picked.

Crunch.

People?!

It's that shitty slime again!

Whack!

Shit! Shit!! My hair, is that poison on the whip? He fried off my hair! I hate split ends!

He's with a human woman this time? They're coming for more fruits?

They want the entire tree?!!

[Ice sword]!

...

[Light Sphere]!

...

My attacks aren't working!

Shit! Consuming so many Hundred Hearts fruits triggered my body to go dormant. I can only go on defence...

I'm coming back for you, shit slime!

This is not the last of me, the Great Fox Lord #5, that you'll see!