Chapter 772: Crazy Sky Ox! (Bonus Chapter)
Eighth Layer, No-Mine Zone!
Feito sat on a large rock, a faint look of delight on his face!
At this moment, his aura had stabilized at the level of Star Glory One Star!
His injuries were terrifying, but his aura was astonishing!
Looking at his severed arm and the Blood-Drinking Halberd stuck in the rock beside him,
Feito gritted his teeth: "Jiangnan! I really don't know whether to hate you or thank you!"
He lost an arm, almost hacked to death by Jiangnan!
But misfortune turned into blessing — he broke through to Star Glory!
"Fatty, come here!"
That round, mountain-like fatty waddled over with a grin, pressing both hands on Feito's back!
(◦`ꇴ´◦)
Feito's terrifying injuries began to recover rapidly, and even his severed right arm regrew!
But the fatty visibly shrunk, turning into skin and bones!
(›꒪ͦﾛ꒪ͦ‹)
Restoring a severed limb for a Star Glory rank drained him completely.
Feito clenched his right hand, looking satisfied.
Walker came over, his face full of excitement: "Boss Fei, we're set now! Once you're Star Glory, our Abyss faction can walk sideways!"
"Both the Eighth and Ninth Layer cores are definitely ours as the US!"
Feito laughed heartily: "Forget walking sideways, you could walk on your hands if you want! How's the core search going?"
Walker sighed: "Searched the whole area — nothing. Must have been taken by the Huaxia team."
"Also, we found a Space Gate entrance to the Ninth Layer on the left. The Huaxia people probably escaped to the Ninth Layer."
"Should we chase them down and take back the core fragment? With your strength, it'd be easy and fun, right?"
Feito sneered: "No need! Huaxia has over a thousand people — let them search for the core in the Ninth Layer for us, isn't that better?"
"I just need to guard the Eighth Layer Space Gate! No matter what, both cores of the Eighth and Ninth Layers will be mine!"
Walker's eyes lit up: "Brilliant! So what do we do now?"
Feito stood up, still sneering: "What do we do? Clear the field!"
"I don't want anyone else sharing the cake on my dinner table!"
As he spoke, his gaze fell on Danny, who was nearby.
Danny lay on the ground, covered in injuries, held down by people, a bitter smile on his face.
Was this the price of plotting with a wolf?
Feito had reached Star Glory and completely torn off the mask.
Danny struggled: "Don't go too far. Don't forget, the Fifth Layer is ours from the UK…"
Feito snorted: "Do you think I still care about that now? You have nothing left to threaten me with!"
Danny gritted his teeth, unwilling: "But don't forget — you have to leave the Abyss. If you kill us, the UK won't let this go!"
Feito said coldly: "That's exactly why you're still alive right now."
"I'll give you one day. Take your UK team and get the hell out of the Eighth Layer!"
"In this game, you've already lost!"
Danny, no matter how unwilling, dared not defy Feito's words. This was truly "killing the donkey after it finishes grinding" — wasn't it?
At least he was still alive. He had no choice but to take Shirley and the others and withdraw from the resource layer.
Feito narrowed his eyes: "Let me see what tricks you can pull…"
On Little Red Yan, Jiangnan's group was searching for the Ninth Layer core!
A dozen strong-light radars covered all directions, leaving no dead angles!
The little three-wheeler, its face bruised and swollen, ran beside Little Red Yan, holding a pile of Spirit-Binding ores in its wings.
From time to time, it used its third claw to feed Little Red Yan the ore…
(#)༎ຶ⌔༎ຶ`)つ๐(｡˘△˘｡)
Big brother, eat~
Qin Shou snickered: "Even the tool beast has its own underling now?"
Just now, the little three-wheeler tried to ride on Little Red Yan's back to hitch a ride.
But Little Red Yan beat it up — the devil rides on me, fine!
But a broken three-wheeler thinks it can ride on the head of my high-speed train?
Too big for its britches!
Jiangnan patted Little Red Yan's head, satisfied: "Still, the high-speed train is better. That broken three-wheeler can't run fast at all!"
Little Red Yan looked proud: (*•ٹ•*)
Just then, Heidi suddenly said: "Left side! A group of Spirit-Binding Beasts — about a hundred of them!"
Little Red Yan's eyes lit up, and it quickly changed direction, charging left!
With a neigh, all kinds of bizarre Spirit-Binding Beasts prostrated themselves on the ground, looking at Little Red Yan with terror.
"Hiss hiss—"
"Roar wah ooh ooh!"
The two sides began communicating. The group listened, completely confused. They were probably asking about the core again.
They'd been asking all along the way, but hadn't gotten any useful leads.
Only Xiong Er listened seriously, his face showing sudden realization.
After the questioning, Little Red Yan turned to look at Jiangnan, as if seeking his opinion.
Xiong Er: "They don't know about any core, but they said they can take us to a good place."
"Consider it protection money. They're asking if we want to go."
Xiao Zhen facepalmed: This is way too convenient!
Truly a beast ancestor level figure!
For the Seventh Layer core, Xiao Zhen's team searched an entire month before finding it.
The Eighth Layer core — how long had it been since they got it?
Jiangnan: "We have no other leads anyway. Might as well go check it out."
So, led by the group of Spirit-Binding Beasts, they arrived at the central area of the Ninth Layer!
Here, the Spirit-Binding energy field was exceptionally dense, with exposed Spirit-Binding iron mines everywhere.
But they were gnawed full of holes, like cheese riddled with cavities.
This place was a huge basin!
The Spirit-Binding Beasts came here and hid in the dense forest beside the basin.
As if waiting for something.
Jiangnan's group was puzzled — this was the so-called good place?
Nothing special at all!
But before long, from the cheese mountain side, the ground rumbled with rhythmic sounds.
Huge, pitch-black longhorn beetles marched in neat steps, like a trained beetle army!
The leader was over 50 meters long, its black carapace gleaming with metallic luster, exceptionally robust.
Its horn pointed skyward, incredibly domineering!
Its level was also Diamond Peak, and the entire swarm numbered over thirty thousand!
Jiangnan spotted seven or eight Diamond-rank ones in the swarm alone.
The Longhorn Leader: "Zzzt—"
(Everyone, spread out, don't crowd!)
With a single command, the entire swarm lined up beside the basin, their tails pointing toward it.
At that moment, the Spirit-Binding Beasts lurking in the dense forest grew excited, their eyes shining!
The giant centipede was practically drooling!
Jiangnan: (̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄
This place couldn't be…
Just then, the Longhorn Leader let out a roar!
Tens of thousands of beetles began to strain!
Block after block of square metal chunks were expelled!
They gleamed silver, perfectly square.
They fell to the ground with a crisp "clang clang" sound!
Jiangnan: Σ(||*口*)
This was the legendary good place!
This really was a sandbox!
Ling Feng's eyes bulged: "Holy crap! Spirit-Binding Steel! That stuff they're shitting out is Spirit-Binding Steel!"
Wang Ba slapped his head: "Damn! I remember now — these are called Crazy Sky Ox!"
"Over a decade ago, a few were discovered on the Third Layer of the Abyss, but they went extinct quickly. I can't believe there are this many here! We're rich!"
Jiangnan was utterly confused: "How are we rich?"
Wang Ba said excitedly: "Crazy Sky Ox feed on raw Spirit-Binding iron ore. During digestion, they absorb all the impurities!"
"To them, the impurities are nutrients, and the useless waste is excreted."
"But this waste is a treasure to us — Spirit-Binding Steel with zero impurities!"
Roberte said: "My sword is made of Spirit-Binding Steel. Its hardness, tensile strength, and toughness are far beyond Spirit-Binding Iron."
"Since the smelting technology for Spirit-Binding Steel is extremely difficult and costs a fortune, major countries haven't made breakthroughs in a long time."
"So Spirit-Binding Steel is priced by the gram — extremely precious!"
Jiangnan: (๑¥ꇴ¥๑) Ah~
So Spirit-Binding Steel is worth a lot of little money?
This wasn't a Crazy Sky Ox at all!
It was thirty thousand ruthless refining machines!
But… why are the Spirit-Binding Steel bricks they crap out perfectly square?
Did they measure it with a ruler?
How can it be square? What kind of principle is that?!
This defies science!
"Qin Shou! You go deal with the herd — you have experience with cattle!"
Qin Shou: (•́ω•̀٥)…
"You call this a herd? A longhorn beetle has 'ox' in its name, but it's not an ox! There's a big difference, okay?"
If I go, I'm dead!
Jiangnan: ╮(•́ω•̀)╭
"What's the difference? They're both oxen!"
"A dairy cow eats grass and produces milk!"
"A longhorn eats iron and produces steel!"
"Where's the problem?"
Qin Shou: (٥▀ʖ̯▀)
You make such a good point… I almost believed it!
Soon, the Crazy Sky Ox finished their business and headed toward the cheese mountain!
In the sandbox lay a pile of gleaming Spirit-Binding Steel…
At that moment, the Spirit-Binding Beasts could no longer contain their excitement, howling wildly!
(₍•ɞ•₎)ˎ: "Brothers, charge! We'll miss out if we're late!"
(۶•﹃•₎): "I've been craving this! They really produced a lot today!"
(۹(･༥･´)و): "Everyone hurry up — it'll get cold soon!"
(₍๑•⌔•₎): "Those in back, move it! Eat it while it's hot!"
With that, over a hundred Spirit-Binding Beasts charged into the sandbox, heading straight for the Spirit-Binding Steel!
This was far more nutritious than eating raw Spirit-Binding iron ore!
They'd been waiting for this meal!
Qin Shou's expression froze: "Are they… fighting over…"
Jiangnan: (||■Ĺ̯■)
"Shut up! Don't say another word!"