Chapter 748: Immortals? No! We Are Sages! (Bonus Chapter)
At this moment, in the woods!
Wang Ba frantically smashed his head against a tree, so worked up that blood was streaming from his nose!
Ling Feng's eyes were red as he paced back and forth on the spot, looking utterly miserable.
Xiao Zhen frantically slapped himself in the face to stay awake, but it would still be three hours before he finished detoxing—how was he supposed to endure this?
Seeing this scene, Jiang Nan was utterly stunned. Were his brothers this worked up?
Wang Ba wiped the blood from his nose and stared at Jiang Nan in shock: "Boss Nan, aren't you worked up at all?"
Jiang Nan curled his lip: "A bunch of mortals! I'm an immortal! Immortals don't get worked up!"
Bullshit. Even if I am, I can't let you see it. I'm the captain!
I need dignity. How could my towering, mighty image collapse?
Just then, Qin Shou and his two brothers walked over with bright smiles on their faces, making people feel like a spring breeze.
It was a stark contrast to the embarrassed state of Wang Ba and the others.
Ling Feng was stunned: "How are you guys so calm too? Are you also immortals?"
Qin Shou said smugly: "Immortals? No! We are sages!"
Ye Xinghe looked melancholic: "This world truly is dull and tasteless!"
Qi Yu: -`(›´ω`‹)´-
Jiang Nan and the others stared at the three in terror. How could they be so Zen? They even had halos behind their heads!
Qin Shou: (︶.̮︶✽)
"As the saying goes, at home you rely on friends; when you go out, you rely on yourself. Why make things hard for yourself?"
Jiang Nan: Σ(ŎдŎ|||)ﾉﾉ
I can understand relying on yourself when you go out, but what the hell is "relying on friends at home"?
Being your friend is too dangerous!
Jiang Nan turned to look at Ling Feng, his expression earnest: "Brother Feng, no need to be embarrassed. I also added flight mode to your mech arm. Call me Jiang the Considerate?"
Ling Feng shot Jiang Nan a fierce glare.
He flicked a switch, and the mech arm, completely disproportionate to Ling Feng's body size, grabbed hold of a nearby tree trunk.
The hydraulic cylinder contracted, and it ripped the ancient towering tree, roots and all, straight out of the ground.
Then it slammed it onto the ground. The earth trembled, soil and rocks flew everywhere!
Ling Feng: ᕦ凸(≖_≖)ง
"This is crash mode!"
Jiang Nan's forehead dripped with cold sweat as he whistled guiltily.
~Phew (๑◔ε◔ิ๑)
Wang Ba was laughing hysterically. White smoke billowed from the beacon tower. Three hours had finally passed!
It was finally time for the shift change!
The girls walked out of the beacon tower one by one, their steps unsteady, looking like they had shrunk a whole circle!
Who could withstand such continuous detoxification?
After blowing up the beacon tower with a fireball, they rebuilt a new one. The beacon smoke continued!
At this moment, Adams, who was also detoxifying, had a cold smile on his face.
His entire body turned into a watery fluid, and he actually split into two identical copies of himself!
Those two water clones seeped into the ground, heading in two different directions, disappearing without a trace.
Adams: (ꐦఠ益ఠ)
"Whatever you've done to me, I'll make you pay back a hundredfold, a thousandfold!"
"Jiang Nan! Just wait for me!"
...
Meanwhile, in a secluded mountain stream valley.
Fito and Denny's people were also detoxifying. They too had sensed the influence of Original Sin.
Steam rose in the valley as Fito stood by the stream, relieving himself.
Every time he thought of Jiang Nan, Fito wished he could tear his tendons and flay his skin!
"Sixth layer now. You won't be jumping around for much longer..."
Just then, a faint voice came from the stream, full of resentment: "Can you stop adding H2O, inorganic salts, glucose, and other components to the stream water?"
Fito shuddered, his face turning pale with fright!
"Who! Who the hell is there?"
The water in the stream slowly gathered, forming a blurry human figure. It vaguely resembled Adams's face, which was now full of annoyance!
Fito squinted: "Holy Son of Yu Guo? What are you doing here? Looking for death?"
Adams said calmly: "My reason for coming is simple. You want to kill Jiang Nan, and I want to kill him too. So I came!"
Fito sneered: "You're not playing some double agent game with me, are you? Your Yu Guo is not exactly on distant terms with Jiang Nan and his group!"
Adams said grimly: "Don't lump me in with those useless trash!"
"Cooperate or not? Give me an answer!"
Fito lit a cigar and grinned: "I don't dislike people like you. What do you want? And what can you give me?"
Adams gritted his teeth: "Yu Guo won't leave Jiang Nan's team before entering the eighth layer. I can provide you with intelligence from Jiang Nan's side—their route, all information."
"As for how to use it, how you want me to cooperate, that's up to you."
"I want Yu Guo to descend safely to the eighth layer. Also, I want Jiang Nan dead!"
Fito smiled faintly: "Funny, I want him dead too. Happy cooperation?"
He reached out his hand. Adams couldn't help feeling a bit excited. Fito's strength was unquestionable.
Teaming up with him, it wasn't impossible to kill Jiang Nan.
He also reached out to shake Fito's hand. Just then, Fito suddenly remembered something and quickly pulled his hand back, looking disgusted.
"Let's skip the handshake."
Adams: (٥▀ʖ̯▀)...
...
Another three hours passed. Everyone finally finished detoxifying. Even the giant centipede had completed its detox.
The group once again headed toward the Yu Guo Manta Fortress, hoping to descend to the seventh layer as quickly as possible.
It took another eight hours to rush to Manta Fortress.
But the scene there made everyone's heart tremble!
Crumbled walls, collapsed buildings—Manta Fortress had been completely reduced to ruins.
Everywhere were signs of devastation by spirit beasts. It was completely deserted.
Hai Di stared blankly at the scene, her eyes red.
(☍﹏⁰。): "Wuwu... how did it become like this? Where are our explorers?"
"Are... are they all dead?"
Roberta gently stroked Hai Di's head: "Not necessarily. Maybe they're all hiding somewhere else. Let's investigate first."
But in her heart, she held little hope. There were traces of battle in the city, where core formations had been used against spirit beasts.
Clearly, it had been destroyed by a beast tide. The spirit beasts on the sixth layer were unusually crazy.
But Adams didn't seem shocked. His two water clones—one had gone to find Fito, the other had come to Manta Fortress in advance.
He had originally planned to notify the people in the fortress in advance and cooperate with them to set traps for Jiang Nan.
But he hadn't expected this outcome.
Jiang Nan shuddered violently. It seemed that the lower they went, the more severe the influence of Original Sin became.
The sixth layer was already like this. What about the Hua Xia exploration team on the seventh layer?
Jiang Nan's heart sank. He sent people to search the ruins, but there were no particular findings.
The group arrived at the entrance of the space gate.
On the alloy door, a line of text was engraved!
(;´༎ຶ皿༎ຶ`): "These spirit beasts are animals! Too terrifying! We couldn't hold out and went to the seventh layer for refuge. Hope everyone is informed."
Hai Di rubbed her eyes, hope rekindling in her heart. They hadn't been wiped out?
They had run to the seventh layer?
Jiang Nan waved his hand: "Destroy the space gate. Prepare for a rescue operation!"
After all the twists and turns, they had finally descended!