Chapter 1821: It's Still You
On a massive floating island!
A black wolf with its tail tucked between its legs walked furtively, glancing left and right, a look of fear on its face!
Standing on its head was a proud white goose, strutting like a general surveying the surroundings!
Jiang Bai’e raised a wing and smacked the black wolf’s head, scolding it angrily.
(₍๑꒪ัʚ꒪ั๑₎) "Can you have some dignity? Sneaking around on your own turf like a thief? You’ll give us away the moment we arrive!"
"You wanna get skewered, huh? Remember, we’re the Black and White Duo of the Void Sea now!"
Black Wolf Ying looked like she was about to cry:
(థꈊథ๑)༡ "Boss, I... I don’t think I can do this. I’m better at sneaking and hiding, aren’t I?"
"And why do I have to eat Dog Biscuits to turn into a black wolf? Can’t I just become a goose? Eating Dog Biscuits is so embarrassing!"
Back in Tongcheng, Qian Benying had seen firsthand how terrifying Dog Biscuits were!
Jiangnan rolled his eyes:
(₍๑乛ʚ乛๑₎) "Lift your leg to pee or lay an egg—take your pick!"
Qian Benying shuddered. So eating Chicken Biscuits made you lay eggs?
Guess Dog Biscuits were the better option after all. What kind of bizarre side effects were these?
She definitely didn’t want to experience laying an egg!
Thinking about it, Black Wolf Ying suddenly realized something, a twisted grin spreading across her face.
(ಡꈊಡ๑)༡ "Oh? So guys lay eggs too if they eat them? How does that work? Sounds like you’ve got experience!"
"Mind telling me where the egg comes out? I’m curious how you—"
Before she could finish, Jiang Bai’e blushed, two rosy patches appearing on his cheeks, and smacked Black Wolf Ying’s head with a wing.
(₍๑˘ʚ˘๑₎) "Shoo, shoo! Don’t pry into adult matters! Get to their lair!"
Thinking about it, Jiangnan cackled slyly.
Since the Void Loach was on guard and wouldn’t respond when called, he’d just become part of the Bad Beast Group and blend in!
As the old saying goes, "If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em!"
He didn’t believe the Void Loach would be suspicious of its own underlings!
The moment the Void Loach agreed, they’d sack ’em!
Jiangnan deliberately waited until the side effects of the Large Green Stick wore off before acting.
The white goose and black wolf had been forced to confess, so intelligence wasn’t an issue.
Now they were stuffed inside a Stuporous Sack, watched over by the War God Machine.
As for Mila, Lan, and Wang Gang, they wore Teletubbies suits and Low-key Sugar Oranges, completely concealing themselves, following Jiangnan and the other two.
Even with his naked eye, Jiangnan couldn’t spot Wang Gang and the others’ traces now!
"Mila, Mila, you still there?"
The next moment, Jiang Bai’e felt something pat him on the head.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Clearly, Mila and the others were following.
They made their way to the Void Loach’s base. The location had already been wrung out of the white goose and the others.
It was a picturesque valley with clear streams and lush grass, surrounded by mountains on three sides.
At the entrance, two Diamond-rank porcupines stood guard, their bodies covered in glassy spines.
Seeing Jiang Bai’e and Black Wolf Ying return, the porcupines’ eyes lit up, and they slinked over with fawning expressions.
(∗ᵒ̶̶̷̀Ꙫ˂̶́∗) "Sis Wolf and Bro Goose are back! How was the catch today? Did you have enough Mud Silkworms?"
"If not, I can send some underlings to catch more?"
Jiang Bai’e craned his neck, casually flapping a wing:
(₍๑˘ʚ˘๑₎໒꒱) "No need. Where’s the boss? Not back yet?"
The porcupine was taken aback: (•︠Ꙫ•︡) "Huh? Didn’t you guys go fishing together?"
Jiang Bai’e raised an eyebrow: "Never mind, just keep guarding. Keep up the good work!"
With that, he teleported into the stalactite cave behind the waterfall, his eyes gleaming.
"Not back yet? Perfect. Let’s see if there’s any treasure in the dragon’s lair!"
The vast stalactite cave was filled with crystals of all colors!
Fishing rods hung on the walls!
In the center of the cave was a large crystal table with a simple sand table on it, marking all the floating islands’ positions and even resource points.
Black Wolf Ying swallowed hard: "He really is the overlord of the Void Sea, huh?"
Jiangnan noticed that the glittering crystals in the cave kept mysteriously disappearing one by one.
No need to guess—it was Lan’s handiwork!
But then, Jiangnan and Qian Benying’s attention was completely captivated!
On the crystal bed at the top of the cave lay a snow-white mink fur.
Beside the bed were several large clam shells, brimming with Space Spirit Pearls!
Pearls of all levels—thousands of them, it seemed.
Most were Gold and Platinum, with quite a few Diamonds, but Starlight-rank pearls were rare.
Qian Benying was losing her mind. She’d never seen such a grand sight in her life!
She teleported over instantly.
(◔ꈊ◔ิ๑)༡ "Hey, Boss Jiang, after we pull this job, let’s just run. Even just the pearls in these clam shells would make us rich!"
Unable to resist, she reached out to touch them, but Jiangnan slapped her hand away.
(₍๑°᷄ʚ°᷅๑₎) "Are you crazy? We can’t touch these pearls! We’d be found out!"
Qian Benying pouted, her eyes still greedy.
Jiangnan: "Once we’ve sacked the Void Loach and the others, we’ll scoop everything up. Then both the skills and the pearls will be ours!"
Qian Benying’s mouth twitched: "It’s still you. Goose heh~ You’re so greedy, but I love it!"
The two exchanged glances, both cackling.
₍๑ಡʚಡ๑₎(¯ิꈊ¯ิ๑)༡
But looking at those pearls, they really were tempting!
Jiang Bai’e muttered: "Still, there are so many pearls here. Would it be too much if I just take a hundred or so to scratch the itch?"
With that, he grabbed a handful and shoved them into his Alternate Dimension, while Qian Benying immediately started absorbing from a pearl, not wasting a single opportunity!
Just then, both of them froze!
Not for any other reason, but because they felt a spatial fluctuation behind them!
The roars of the Golden Fur Ape and the other beasts echoed from around the corner of the cave.
"Tch, that bald human sure can shit! Been at it for hours and still not done?"
"Exactly! He’s changed pits several times already, and the surrounding plants are all dead from the stench. What a freak!"
"That Light Array is really troublesome. Even the boss’s Warp Bubble can be sealed off? Otherwise, the boss would’ve skewered her already!"
"Heh, at the rate she’s shitting, the boss won’t even need to skewer her—she’ll shit herself to death!"
The Void Loach led the Bad Beast Group into the hall, only to find a white goose and a black wolf hovering around the clam shells, absorbing skills, drool pooling on the floor!
The atmosphere in the cave instantly turned icy!
The Void Loach narrowed his eyes:
(๑¯ิ～¯ิ) "You two, what are you skulking around for?"
"Where did you two run off to during the fight with those humans just now?"
Qian Benying was already trembling. If she weren’t keeping her tail tucked, she might have pissed herself!
Jiang Bai’e let out a dry laugh, then gritted his teeth in feigned anger:
(₍๑◣ʚ◢๑₎) "Those humans are just too despicable! Sis Wolf and I couldn’t help much in that fight!"
"So we thought we’d come back and absorb some pearls to level up to Dao Heaven, so we could help the boss get some revenge!"
Black Wolf Ying nodded frantically: "Exactly! I’m so furious!"
But the Void Loach’s expression didn’t soften—in fact, he got angrier!
He teleported over and smacked both Jiang Bai’e and Black Wolf Ying on the head with his tail!
Mila almost activated her ultimate move!
The Void Loach fumed: "I’ve told you countless times—don’t advance to Dao Heaven! Do you want to die?"
"Did you think I collected these tumors for fun?"
"Do I need the two of you to get revenge for me? Go! Go sit down over there!"
Jiang Bai’e breathed a sigh of relief. He’d bluffed his way through?
But he was still curious. With the Void Loach’s strength, why would he hoard so many pearls?
Normally, they’d be absorbed immediately!
Yet here were thousands saved up?
And looking at the Green Sky Mantis and the others, most were at Starlight rank eight or nine, or peak at most.
Besides the Void Loach, there wasn’t a single Dao Heaven beast?
With so many pearls and resources, they could have pushed their ranks up. Something was fishy here?
The Green Sky Mantis spoke:
(へ•ɷ•)へ "Boss! You can’t blame Bro Goose and Sis Wolf. They wanted to help!"
"But the humans who came in this time are incredibly strong. It’s a bit risky relying on just you!"
"If we could advance to Dao Heaven, our skills would evolve too, and we could definitely help you!"
The Void Loach propped his chin on his hand and sighed deeply:
(◞‸◟) "What do you idiots know?"
"The Star Gate requires a main drive source, and that drive source is a Dao Heaven-rank Space Spirit Pearl!"
"The Void Sea is just the Bose Clan’s harvesting ground for drive sources. A livestock farm! Understand? Haven’t you seen what happened last time when they came to collect filler?"
"I’ve been suppressing my rank, not advancing to Dao Heaven, to avoid disaster! But I couldn’t suppress it any longer, so I had to advance!"
"The next time a Bose Entity comes to the Void Sea, my pearl will be the next main drive source!"
"Now do you understand? If you want to die, go ahead and advance to Dao Heaven!"
Jiang Bai’e was startled. So the Bose Clan had come to the Void Sea during this time to harvest pearls for Star Gate drive sources?
This Void Loach was clever enough to know that advancing to Dao Heaven meant death.
And these collected pearls were meant to be handed over when the Bose Entity came again!
Doing his best to protect these bad beasts?
Jiang Bai’e’s eyes flickered as he looked at the Green Sky Mantis and the others...
The Soaring Sky Parrot looked pained: "Is there really no way out? We just have to wait to die?"
The Void Loach sighed: "What else can we do? I wait for death every day. Each day lived is one day less!"
Just then, the Nine-Tailed Fox’s eyes gleamed: "Maybe there’s still hope!"
The Void Loach frowned: "Sly Fox? What do you mean?"