Chapter 1238: One-Way Valve? Major Crisis (Bonus Chapter)
Craig was going all out, pounding the barrier with all his strength, sweating like a pig!
Jiangnan, on the other hand, brought everyone to squat nearby and watch, occasionally clicking his tongue in admiration!
He even took out a basket of eggs from the Alternate Dimension and tossed them into the seawater.
In no time at all, they were cooked!
(ૢ⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴)ᓄ "Hey~ You haven't had breakfast, right? Have an egg to fill your stomach!"
"Oh wow~ It even tastes salty?"
He even peeled an egg for Mila and Lan and shoved them into their hands!
This made Yao Hong and Hetherlyn's eyes twitch.
(ﾉ)﹏(ヾ)(づ﹏ど)
What the heck, eggs boiled in seawater?
Eating boiled eggs in a volcanic zone four thousand meters deep in the sea? How leisurely can you be?
At this moment, seventy thousand meters away, Pang Badi was hiding with Omega, Alpha,
and over a thousand minions!
Alpha raised his hand and condensed a mirror in front of him!
The image in the mirror simultaneously showed the scene in front of the runic barrier!
Omega sneered: (◕･᷄৺･᷅) "This old man isn't tired, is he? I've tried it countless times already!"
"This runic barrier can't be broken by ordinary attacks!"
Pang Badi, however, looked anxiously at Jiangnan eating boiled eggs.
(zheyizhe٥) "Are you here for a picnic, dammit? Get in there already!"
He was about to die from impatience watching!
Alpha frowned: "Boss! A lot of people from various factions have followed Jiangnan into the volcanic zone!"
"They probably have the same idea as us. Should we..."
Pang Badi sneered: "Let them go ahead. If they can compete with me, fine! The information gap we have is our absolute advantage!"
"Huh? What's that smell? Who the hell pooped in the sea? Didn't I say no pooping in the sea after going underwater?"
"And with the boiling water, what does that turn into? Making soup?"
But everyone shook their heads, all gagging and rolling their eyes from the stench!
Alpha's gaze shifted, and the image in the mirror changed!
He saw Tuna leading a hundred or so people into the volcanic zone, vomiting as they went!
Two veins popped on Pang Badi's forehead.
(ꐦ￢yi￢ꐦ) "Go! Wipe them out! Be quick about it!"
"Don't let these shitheads cause trouble and delay Jiangnan from entering the ruins!"
Omega nodded, his body turning into a red laser, disappearing in an instant!
...
Meanwhile, Tuna had transformed into a water form and brought over a hundred minions into the volcanic zone!
(꒪ͦཀ꒪ͦ) "Boss! Didn't you say this was a life-forbidden zone, the boiling hell? We've been here so long and haven't seen a single sea beast? Ugh~"
(꒪ཀ꒪) "It's totally not living up to its name, ugh wa~ We did all that preparation for nothing!"
(≖ཀ≖٥) "Well... even sea creatures wouldn't eat shit, right? Boss! What are we going to do about the smell on us? Ugh~"
Tuna's face darkened: (̿▀̿yi▀̿̿)̄ "You ask me? How should I know?"
He was covered in yellow stains from Jiangnan, and he and his minions still stank!
They couldn't get rid of it at all!
[From Tuna's Resentment Value +1000!]
This time, no matter what, he had to find a solution! The Landis treasure was his too!
But just then, a red laser shot in at terrifying speed, bending repeatedly in the seawater!
Vaporizing the seawater, it pierced through everyone's chest like a red arrow!
The hundred-odd minions didn't even have time to react before they were buried at the bottom of the sea, with a washbasin-sized hole in each chest!
Omega looked disgusted.
(￢д￢。) "Not everyone can have a share of this pot of rice. Don't you know your own limits?"
Tuna was greatly shocked!
Omega from Begonia? Why is he here?
Without a second thought, his body exploded into countless water streams, and he turned tail and ran!
Omega narrowed his eyes, turned into a red laser, and gave chase, even boiling Tuna's body!
Omega said coldly: "If I didn't want to avoid alarming Jiangnan and couldn't use my ultimate move, I would vaporize you right now!"
"Anyone else who dares to reach out—dies!"
He looked around, then turned and left.
In the distance, Rhodes, the Ten Thousand Slayer, was lying low in the volcanic zone with his men,
having witnessed Tuna's men being slaughtered!
"Boss! That mermaid was definitely released by Begonia on purpose. Should we still cut them off?"
Rhodes, covered in scars from last night's injuries, was not yet healed.
He carried eight swords and had a bundle of green onions on his back, fully armed!
(#)･᷅yi･᷄(#) "Hmph! Fortune favors the bold. Just Begonia alone isn't enough to scare me!"
"There's no reason to pass up the Landis treasure!"
In another corner of the volcanic zone,
Qian Benying, along with Liuhua and the silly old man, sneaked over.
To avoid being discovered by Jiangnan, they didn't use their abilities.
Now squatting in a hidden spot, they watched Craig attack the vitreous shield.
Qian Benying's face darkened: (✹`~´✹) "Is Jiangnan stupid? Why hit the shield? Just teleport in directly!"
She could sense the space behind the shield, meaning she could teleport in directly.
Why didn't Jiangnan go in?
Liuhua was cooked red all over: "Should we just teleport in, steal the treasure from the bottom of the pot, and run?"
Qian Benying shook her head: "No! Something's off. Jiangnan is very shrewd. There's definitely a reason he's hesitating."
"He might be fishing! We can't just stupidly rush in!"
"Whoever gets the first move will become the target. Let's watch first."
...
By now, Craig had been pounding for half an hour and was about to collapse, but the shield still didn't budge!
He leaned on his knees, panting.
(‧̣̥̇◞ꆤДꆤ◟‧̣̥̇) "I can't! I'm out of ideas! Does anyone have a solution?"
Then he turned to look at Jiangnan.
Jiangnan and the others were sitting in an ice house built by Hetherlyn to avoid the heat!
It wasn't hot at all!
Seeing Craig look over,
Jiangnan scratched his head: ୧(･᷄ὢ･᷅) "Can't break it? Then I'll just teleport everyone in."
At that, everyone's eyes went blank, all focused on Jiangnan!
(≖_≖)(≖_≖)(≖_≖)...
Craig: (ʘ̆ωʘ̥̆◟)???
What the hell! You can teleport in?
[From Craig's Resentment Value +1001!]
[From Craig...]
In an instant, resentment value shot up!
"Why didn't you say so earlier?"
You clearly could teleport, yet you watched me bust my butt pounding for half an hour?
There's no way you'd do that, right? Don't you know how exhausting it is for an old man?
Can you be any more infuriating?
Hetherlyn and Damon were also shocked. This barrier that could withstand Dao Heaven-level attacks—a space-type could just casually enter?
Was it really that arbitrary?
Jiangnan shrugged: ʅ(･´‸･｀)ʃ "You didn't ask. You just said you wanted to try, so I let you try."
Craig's face turned black. He definitely did it on purpose!
(◞▀̿yi▀̿◟) "Then can you teleport us in now?"
Jiangnan said calmly: "Are you sure? Pang Badi is still lurking in the distance. Probably many other factions have followed."
"We'll be the first birds."
Jiangnan didn't say it just to annoy people.
He wanted to wait and see if anyone couldn't hold back and make a move, eliminating some competitors in advance.
Also, Pang Badi's intention was obvious—he wanted Jiangnan to teleport in.
Going along with an opponent's arranged path made Jiangnan very uncomfortable.
He lost the initiative, and with information asymmetry, who knew what would happen inside the teleport?
What if they fell into a trap?
Craig sneered: "Heh~ Begonia sure knows how to plan."
"But now, if we don't teleport in, is there another way?"
Jiangnan was helpless. True.
If he wasn't greedy for the treasure, he wouldn't fall for Pang Badi's scheme.
But who could let go of such a prize?
Jiangnan stood up and stretched: "Everyone get ready!"
With a flick, he sent out Void Chains, wrapping around everyone's waist.
The next moment, everyone's vision blurred, and they appeared inside the barrier.
Pang Badi's eyes lit up. So they got in.
So space-types could indeed do it!
Craig's eye twitched. The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became.
"First, let's explore the stone gate..."
But the instant they teleported in, Jiangnan's pupils contracted, his scalp went numb, and an unprecedented sense of crisis surged through him!
Because he could no longer sense the space outside the barrier!
That meant he could teleport in but not out!
Not even a wormhole worked. He couldn't even sense the spatial mark he had left on Pang Badi!
Was this barrier a one-way valve? He was trapped inside!
His mind raced. Just then, spiritual light gathered on the barrier, and dozens of highly condensed energy beams shot at Jiangnan and his group from different angles!
Craig recognized that energy all too well—
It was the very power he had used to attack the barrier!
The barrier had absorbed it, stored it, and now used it to attack the intruders!
Craig panicked: "This will kill people! Get out! Get out!"
Jiangnan's face darkened: "We can't get out!"
With that, Jiangnan teleported everyone, instantly vanishing from their spot.
But those dozens of beams didn't dissipate; they were reabsorbed into the barrier,
then shot at Jiangnan's group again!
Jiangnan didn't dare stop. He kept teleporting, heading straight for the black doorframe.
That was a space gate. He wanted to break into the Lingxu to escape the beam attack!
But with a "bang," everyone slammed into something solid!
The space gate also had a layer of energy wall, tightly sealed!
Teleportation couldn't get through!
"Alice! How... how do we get through this door? Hurry!"
Alice's face was full of pain, and she kept hitting her head.
"I... I forgot!"
Craig shouted: "They're coming!"
The dozen beams struck. Craig went straight up to block them.
With a "boom," his figure was instantly engulfed in light!
He spat blood, then was blasted away, slamming heavily into the barrier, causing ripples!
Jiangnan's forehead dripped with sweat. If that could blow a Dao Heaven-level powerhouse away like that,
a direct hit would definitely kill someone!
But he saw more beams coming thick and fast!
Jiangnan roared: "Mila!"
Mila immediately released a time-stop field three meters in diameter!
Jiangnan retracted the Void Chains, pulling everyone together into that golden sphere of light.
But with all of them crammed inside, there was no room for him!
In the blink of an eye, the beams were upon him. Jiangnan raised his hand and released a Space Wormhole to divert several beams.
The stacked Spatial Barriers were shattered without mercy!
If a beam that could blow away a Dao Heaven could break through a barrier, then a barrier couldn't stop it!
Seeing a beam coming straight at his face, Jiangnan didn't even have time to teleport.
He was done for!
He would have to die once!
That was the only thought in Jiangnan's mind!
But just then, Hedi had a resolute look in her eyes, and she leaped out of the time-stop field,
throwing herself in front of Jiangnan!
Jiangnan: !!!