Chapter 2683: He's Starting to Make Money Again?
Qian Li could no longer control the urge to draw his sword!
If no Star Devourer showed up, there would be no one in the entire Sea of Star Embers who could stop this thing!
But if he intervened, it would be a violation!
His eyes were red with anger—he had even said they would take down the Carbon Alliance and crush it completely!
And yet, from the start of the battle to now, aside from snatching a few base planets from the Carbon Alliance at the very beginning, they hadn't gained a single advantage!
With Jiangnan around, the Carbon Alliance's rise was a foregone conclusion!
Di Chou's face was red from holding it in, but he dared not speak!
I said back then, we shouldn't have given the Carbon Alliance time! Now look!
The entire Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle had been turned into a complete mess by Jiangnan, a bug-level existence!
Because the black hole that shot out the blazing, startling rainbow was located at the tip of the middle finger, from a distance, it looked like a beam of "pew pew" light shooting from that finger!
It made it impossible to know where to even start complaining!
Amid the furious curses of Tian Li and the others, that black hole finally consumed all the dense matter in its accretion disk!
Only then did the black hole jet slowly stop!
When everything fell silent, the battlefield in the Sea of Star Embers was a complete mess!
Along the path where the blazing, startling rainbow cannon had blasted, the starry sky still retained unimaginably high temperatures, along with material dust and gas clouds!
And of course, scattered remnants of fortifications!
The Silicon and Bose race fortifications had also been blasted out of shape, bubbling and smoking!
Everyone couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva—was this the destructive power of a Starry Sky Calamity?
Even without turning into a black hole, it could reach this level?
Although Jiangnan was so exhausted he wanted to die on the spot right now, that didn't stop his burning desire to show off!
Jiangnan stood with his hands on his hips on the black hole event horizon at the very tip of the middle finger!
(͡°↼͡°) "I'm done! Do you want to keep going? If you do, I don't mind doing another round!"
"After all, all around this moat are my black cannons!"
Tian Li and Ming Sha's expressions became even uglier—wasn't that the truth?
With Jiangnan's current ability, he could completely use a black hole to artificially create a black hole jet, then control the jet's direction for precision strikes on any target in the Sea of Star Embers!
Now, the one holding the big sword was Jiangnan!
At this moment, everyone couldn't help but glare fiercely at Gang Xiu—look at the good things you've done!
Silicon and the Carbon Alliance definitely had something going on, right?
Gang Xiu's mechanical eyes turned even redder—they absolutely couldn't let Jiangnan continue to gain the upper hand!
Otherwise, subsequent operations would be impossible to carry out!
He immediately prepared to issue an order, intending to fight the Carbon Alliance to the bitter end!
Even though the Carbon Alliance's fortifications were protected by a black hole joint defense, surrounded by a moat, with such almost perverse defenses, Gang Xiu still had the confidence to win!
Clearly, Silicon still had cards up their sleeve!
But when the request for orders reached the Silicon Lord, it was rejected!
Gang Xiu couldn't understand and looked questioningly at the Silicon Lord!
The Silicon Lord, however, shook his head and sent a message:
[┐ꈍ_ꈍ┌] "Too early, not the right time yet. If we use it now, Jiangnan will still have a chance to turn things around!"
"Since it's a trump card, when we use it, we must crush the opponent completely; otherwise, the trump card is useless!"
Faced with the command from the Silicon Lord, Gang Xiu could only give up and choose to endure.
Jiangnan clapped his little hands:
(ʃƪ͡°↼͡°) "Alright, alright—we've fought, we've cursed. Shouldn't we have a good talk about the reward?"
Ming Sha: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)???
It seems like you were the one beating and cursing us the whole time?
What's good about it?
Tian Li was also stunned:
(๑•̌ࡇ•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "What reward?"
Jiangnan spread his hands, looking completely matter-of-fact:
ʅ(･´‸･｀)ʃ "Are you blind? I broke through the Silicon fortification defenses, fulfilling your wish. Aren't you supposed to give me a reward? We already talked about it before, right?"
"And Gang Xiu, according to your wishes, I also happened to break through the Bose fortifications. Give me the money?"
"I did the work first and collect payment later. Since I, Jiang Tianxiu, entered the scene, this has been unprecedented—it's already a huge discount!"
"Instead of standing there cosplaying as a lamppost, why aren't you crying with gratitude and paying up?"
Tian Li's voice went up an octave; he was almost furious!
You still remember this? Your memory is really good, isn't it?
(ꐦథ益థ)σ "Do you still want face? You blew up our fortifications, captured our people, killed so many of us, and we still have to pay you?"
"Where's your face? Where is it?"
So we get slapped twice and still have to say thank you?
Gang Xiu glared: [┐இ益இ┌] "I'll give you nothing! Damn it! Shameless!"
Jiangnan gave a very gentlemanly thanks:
(๑ớ↼ờ)ھ "Thanks for the compliment. But since you mentioned the hostages, that reminds me."
With that, he sped over to the Styx, snapped his fingers!
How could Bing Chacha not know what the Jiang bully meant?
After all, he had been a follower before!
A squad of Netherworld race warriors immediately escorted Gu Qiong and Nai Luo to Jiangnan's side!
Gu Qiong was trembling like a sieve, not because of anything else, but because of Nai Luo beside him—in just that short time, he had already been beaten a whole circle larger!
He was beaten so badly that his teeth were missing, and his eyes could barely open!
Gu Qiong's Divine Possession Body outside was frantic!
That's my original body! My original body!
Jiangnan reached into his back pocket and pulled out a Small Fire Jar, then plucked it onto Gu Qiong!
His scream barely started before it cut off abruptly—his original body had been sucked into the Small Fire Jar, not a single bit left!
Gu Qiong's Divine Possession Body panicked:
꒰⸝⸝‧̣̥̇థ益థ⸝⸝꒱ "What's wrong? What did you do to my original body? Where did you put it?"
But Jiangnan only tossed the Small Fire Jar in his hand, grinning wickedly!
(Oิꇴิ)੭Ω
At this point, Xuan Se couldn't help but tremble—familiar routine, familiar recipe!
I said long ago that we should surrender, not make enemies of Jiangnan—you can't beat him!
Now the original body is lost, right?
To get that fire jar back from Jiangnan, you'd have to go through five trials and slay six generals, lose everything, and be buried in debt—could you even get it back?
Back then, I conquered most of the insect race, dedicated everything to the model worker cause, and it was only because Jiangnan thought I was pitiful that he returned my soul clone!
Xuan Se was not inexperienced with this!
Jiangnan grinned:
(｡･ˇ̫ˇ･) "I didn't put it anywhere. I just put it in a safe place. If I give you a double tap, your soul clone will explode like a Colorful Small Fire Jar and vanish completely—like this!"
He poked the fire jar, and Gu Qiong panicked:
୧꒰⸝;´༎ຶ口༎ຶ`⸝꒱୨ "No, no! I don't want a double tap! Don't poke it!"
"Whatever conditions you want, just say them! As long as I can do it!"
Jiangnan said calmly:
(͡°～͡°) "Conditions? I already said them!"
"I went through all this trouble, breaking through your fortifications and fulfilling both your wishes—I can't just work for nothing, right?"
"Give me the reward we agreed on, and if you add a little more, maybe I'll be happy and return some of the hostages as a little gift!"
"Of course, you can also ransom them individually—but that price won't be the same!"
Yang Jian and Yao Hong watched Jiangnan excitedly!
He's starting to make money again?
The more he fights, the richer he gets!
All the hostages were now held in the Styx, and what happened to them was up to the Carbon Alliance!
The charge on the sun earlier had captured no shortage of hostages!
Wang Youzhi smacked his lips—his Little Brother D really had a black heart!
Gu Qiong was completely panicked and turned to look at Gang Xiu!
꒰⸝⸝ᵒ̴̶̷᷄益ᵒ̴̶̷᷅⸝⸝꒱ "Lord Gang Xiu, you can't just watch me die! Why not negotiate with Jiangnan again? Get our people out first!"
This time, not only Gu Qiong spoke up, but Ming Sha and Xian Guo also started chiming in!
After all, the Matter Alliance had too many people captured!
"With Jiangnan's brutal methods, those hostages won't have a good end in his hands! Think of something!"
"Besides, it was you who told the Matter Alliance to charge in the first place. Now that people are captured, you're just going to abandon them? This is no way to be a big brother!"
Gang Xiu's mechanical eyes were bloodshot:
[┐͡’益͡’┌] "What do you mean? Are you saying that after Jiangnan blew up our base, I still have to pay him?"
"This is utterly outrageous!"
Tian Li: ???
You curse him, but why are you cursing me?
Gu Qiong urged: ꒰ง⸝⸝ᵒ̴̶̷᷄益ᵒ̴̶̷᷅⸝⸝꒱ง "This is just to exchange for the hostages! Let's suffer a little for now, and afterward—"
Gang Xiu snorted coldly—we don't have any hostages in the Carbon Alliance's hands?
Jiangnan immediately started being sarcastic:
(｡՞▿՞) "Oh, oh, oh~ So this is how the Silicon big brother acts? The Matter Alliance follows you, fighting and dying, and got nothing in return?"
"Now that their warriors have fallen into enemy hands, you won't even bleed a little to ransom them? Details show character!"
"At a time like this, you're probably ready to sell out your little brothers at the critical moment!"
"After all, Silicon—interests above all!"
Gang Xiu started smoking again!
Jiangnan was pulling this trick again—trying to widen the rift, was he?
All the way through this fight, the Matter Alliance was either getting beaten or on the way to get beaten. If they didn't save them, the rift would only grow!
But spending base planets to ransom some inconsequential hostages? That was impossible for Silicon!
The Matter Alliance had also had enough—if they kept retreating, they'd be the only ones suffering in the end!
If their fortunes weren't all held in Silicon's hands, they would have already started cursing.
Gu Qiong's Divine Possession Body raised its arm and shouted:
٩꒰⸝⸝ŏ口ŏ⸝⸝꒱۶ "The Matter Alliance collectively petitions! Request Silicon to ransom the hostages and bring peace to our brothers!"
The rest of the Matter Alliance members followed suit!
"Ransom the hostages! Bring peace to our brothers!"
The shouts grew louder and louder!
Gang Xiu was caught in a dilemma—not ransoming was bad, but ransoming was also bad!
Jiangnan smiled: "What are you waiting for? Hesitation leads to defeat!"
Gang Xiu gritted his teeth—but decisiveness leads to a free loss!
Tian Li and the others, on the other hand, were happy to see Silicon in such a predicament!
Jiangnan said arrogantly: (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅) "What are you laughing at? As if you don't have hostages in my hands!"
He then grabbed Nai Luo and held him up!
Tian Li and the others' expressions also turned ugly!