# Chapter 2165: River God Koi?
Originally thinking this trip would go smoothly, just one more push and success would be theirs!
Who would've thought a Styx River Koi of such massive proportions would appear halfway?
The fish's body twisted, churning the endless Styx River, its impossibly huge head adjusting direction!
It aimed toward Jiangnan's direction...
Well, it was aimed in their general direction, but this fish head was so big it had no boundaries!
This entire star sector was within its aiming range, alright?
Anyone with megalophobia would probably die of fright on the spot!
Just the Styx energy turbulence caused by its body movements was nearly enough to tear Jiangnan's body apart!
At this moment, the garrison troops couldn't care about anything else!
Survival was what mattered, dammit!
If they got even slightly grazed by this thing, a hundred lives wouldn't be enough to survive, alright?
Screaming in terror, they turned and fled through the Styx Star Path!
One by one, they vanished before Jiangnan's eyes!
Jiangnan, who had originally hitched a ride back, was directly thrown off the vehicle!
(∗ﾟ口ﾟ)ﾂ "Hey hey hey~ don't all leave! I haven't gotten on yet! Take me with you guys?"
But the garrison squad leader didn't even look back, running faster than anyone!
ﾚ(⚆益⚆;)ﾍ "Run on your own! Brothers! Scatter and flee for your lives! Life and death depend on fate, wealth and honor depend on heaven! Whoever survives, it's up to luck!"
With that, he too disappeared across the threshold!
Jiangnan's face darkened. He couldn't even catch up!
In this Styx River, no matter how freakish Jiangnan was, he couldn't be faster than the Netherworld Clan, alright?
He wanted to run, but he couldn't do it, dammit!
Facing a Styx River Koi of such enormous size, even if Jiangnan started running hours ahead, it wouldn't make any difference!
The Styx River Koi adjusted its posture and slowly opened its massive mouth!
Jiangnan didn't even know if that thing was actually its mouth, but behind him was pitch black, large enough to devour everything!
Endless Styx energy flowed into its mouth!
Jiangnan, frantically kicking his legs, not only failed to get away but was being carried backward by the Styx energy!
Bug Right Hand was anxious: "Run! Hurry up and run! If you get eaten by it, not even an immortal can save you! Just wait to become fish poop!"
Jiangnan was sweating with panic—this was truly the worst luck of eight lifetimes!
Fortunately, Jiangnan still had one trump card left!
With no other choice, Jiangnan opened the sack containing Yehua!
And released him directly!
Yehua roared as he charged out of the sack!
(ꐦథ益థ) "Jiangnan! You're dead! You dare rob Pearl Star Harbor? Impersonating me to swindle and cause trouble? You—"
Jiangnan didn't say anything. He grabbed Yehua's head and forced him to look behind!
Yehua froze instantly, his eyeballs nearly popping out of their sockets!
Σ(ଵ口ଵ|||) "Holy crap! Styx... Styx River Koi? Siiigh~"
Can I go back in the sack now? Don't show me such terrifying things!
Instinctively, Yehua wanted to flee, but how could Jiangnan let him abandon him?
He immediately went for a Strong Nan Lockdown!
The Small Whip extended, binding himself firmly to Yehua!
"What are you standing there for? Run! Don't try any tricks! If I die, I'm taking you with me!"
"We're now briefs tied to the same rope!"
Yehua nearly peed himself in fright. Briefs tied to the same what?
Forgive me, but I've never seen briefs like that!
At this moment, Yehua's survival instincts kicked in. He directly used the Styx Star Path to make long-distance leaps!
But after a few leaps, Jiangnan couldn't help looking back!
Σ(⚆﹏⚆|||) "Hey hey hey! Are you even running? Why hasn't this Styx River Koi gotten any smaller?"
But Jiangnan was sure that what had opened was indeed its mouth!
Yehua panicked: ﾚ(꒪益꒪‧̣̥̇)ﾍ "I am running! The distance I just crossed through the Styx Star Path was at least half a light-year!"
"It's because the Styx River Koi is too huge that it doesn't look any smaller!"
"Dammit! How did we run into a Styx River Koi? This divine fish shows its head but not its tail—it doesn't surface for years at a time!"
As Yehua kept using the Styx Star Path to escape, Jiangnan finally saw the Styx River Koi's full form!
It was a massive koi covered in seven-colored scales, bathed in silver-gray light, with two long dragon-like whiskers floating at the corners of its mouth!
That giant swallow earlier had even reversed the flow of Styx water in the nearby section!
Fortunately, Yehua had escaped using the Styx Star Path's long-distance leap; otherwise, even running their legs off, they wouldn't have escaped from the fish's mouth!
Having missed its meal, the Styx River Koi didn't give up. Its tail flicked!
Its massive body closed the distance at an astonishing speed, opening its gaping maw to swallow Jiangnan again!
Terrified, Jiangnan smacked Yehua's head!
(•́益•̀٥) "Giddyup giddyup! Run! Hurry up! We're going to die!"
Yehua ground his teeth: "I'm about to crap my pants from exhaustion! I'm already using full power!"
Giddyup? Are you treating me like a mount?
[Yehua's resentment value +1008!]
[From Yehua...]
But seeing they were about to be swallowed, Jiangnan didn't want to die here!
"No! You don't know your own potential! Open your mouth!"
Yehua was stunned: ﾚ(꒪ͦ益꒪ͦ;)ﾍ "What? Agh!"
Before he could ask, Bug Right Hand grabbed his Xingtian Eye and twisted it three full rotations!
The pain made Yehua open his mouth wide. Stop twisting!
This isn't a throttle!
But Jiangnan pulled out Dali drug, Horse Biscuit, Large Green Stick, and Small Soybean!
He stuffed them all into Yehua's mouth at once, creating a wondrous chemical reaction in his stomach!
"Boom!"
Under Dali's effect, Yehua's muscles exploded, the top of his head glowing, running at full throttle!
Speed increased again and again. Jiangnan even thought it wasn't fast enough, putting Extreme-Speed Slippers on Yehua's hands and feet!
His limbs began frantically paddling like propellers!
Yehua: !!!
What the hell did you feed me, you weirdo?!
Can you be human for once?!
Jiangnan immediately shouted: (∗⁰̷̴皿⁰̷̴) "Bug Right Hand! Light Hua up! Biological rocket ignition! Countdown three two one! Ignite!"
Bug Right Hand immediately threw a Fire Seed Bug toward Yehua's rear!
"Boom!"
A tail flame with dozens of Mach rings ignited instantly!
Yehua, crying, paddling, and spewing fire, shot forward screaming!
(›இ益இ‹|||)=З=З=З
Achieving unparalleled acceleration!
Person flying in front, soul chasing behind, carrying Jianghua on his back!
[From Yehua...]
With various buffs plus Yehua's intense survival instincts!
He used the Star Path to leap again, putting distance between them and the Styx River Koi!
Jiangnan panicked: "Run! Head to the side channels! Don't stay in the same channel as this koi!"
"That way, maybe it'll stop chasing!"
The Styx River's channels were as complex and intertwined as spreading tree roots!
There was far more than just one channel!
With no other options, Yehua used a space node to leap into another channel!
Trying to shake off the Styx River Koi's pursuit!
But before they could catch their breath, the Styx River Koi showed no signs of giving up!
Its tail flicked, and with a "boom," it burst out of the main channel!
Surrounded by endless Styx energy!
To Jiangnan's shocked gaze, it drew forth a new tributary from the main channel!
Straight toward the fork where Jiangnan and the others were!
The Styx River Koi had actually carved out a new channel nearly half a light-year wide in the starry sky!
Remember, though the Styx River's channels were complex with many tributaries!
They seemed to be mysteriously bound, with all Styx energy flowing along predetermined paths!
They didn't casually break through existing channels to create new tributaries!
Even though the Netherworld Clan could control Styx energy and were born in the Styx Star Domain!
They couldn't divert the Styx or develop new channels!
They could only use the Styx's power wherever it originally flowed!
But this Styx River Koi had actually drawn forth a new tributary?
Wherever the fish swam became the new channel? The Styx followed automatically?
Jiangnan: !!!
∑(°口°๑) "What the hell? This koi can actually divert the Styx? It's chasing us again!"
Yehua's face was pale: =͟͟͞͞(꒪﹏꒪‧̣̥̇) "The legend... the legend is real! The Styx River Koi really can divert the Styx! This is simply... unbelievable!"
Jiangnan's scalp tingled: "You're Netherworld Clan! Don't you know what this koi really is?"
"What the hell is it?"
Yehua, not daring to stop, shouted while running: "The Styx River Koi only exists in legend! Few Netherworld Clan members who've actually seen it survived!"
"It's said its history is even longer than the birth of our Netherworld Clan!"
"Though the Netherworld Clan was born in the Styx Star Domain and became its masters over billions of years of development, no one dares claim to truly understand the Styx!"
"If there really is a deity within the Styx, it must be this Styx River Koi!"
Jiangnan was horrified: "(º口º*) "This koi is the River God?"
Now Jiangnan finally understood the weight of Chong Feiyu's words about the ultimate lifeform!
Yehua ground his teeth: (￢益￢ꐦ) "What koi! It's the Styx River Koi! Koi! Sacred beast!"
"There's even a rumor that this endless Styx, spanning eight million light-years, was drawn by the Styx River Koi! Without it, there would be no Styx Star Domain!"
"It might even be the origin of the Styx Star Domain!"
No one knew where the Styx flowed from, and combined with the Styx River Koi's ability!
This might be the most acceptable explanation!
Jiangnan's face darkened as he watched the Styx River Koi crash into their channel!
Opening its big mouth to start sucking again, he grew increasingly frustrated!
"With so many people around, why does it have to chase me? Am I so likable?"