Chapter 792: Eh? It's Over Already?
At this very moment, outside the fifth-level Will Fortress, it was incredibly lively!
Groups upon groups of Spirit-Binding Beasts came here to drop deuces, the scene was exceptionally harmonious, and the air was filled with intoxicating fragrance!
Arthur was about to go crazy!
Even though he had sent people to clean up all the golden pulp and scrubbed the city walls until they were bald, the smell still wouldn't dissipate!
It stank to high heaven!
Since the Spirit-Binding Beasts came here every day to relieve themselves, the piles of beast droppings outside the fortress had become mountainous, too disgusting to look at!
Arthur could only bring the Ying Kingdom explorers out every day with excavators and mining carts to clean it up!
Otherwise, the fortress would be completely unlivable!
This shoveling had been going on for half a month!
Arthur was completely frantic. I, a dignified Diamond-level powerhouse, Commander of Will Fortress, holder of the Paladin title!
How did I become a poop scooper now?
Hadn't we agreed to come and snatch the core?
Snowley: (›´ー`‹)
"It stinks so bad, can we go back? I've had enough!"
These past two days, Snowley couldn't eat anything at all!
The smell was just too pungent and intense!
Danny shook his head: "Fitou has reached Starlight rank, seizing the resource layer core is a foregone conclusion!"
"The Ying Kingdom absolutely cannot return empty-handed. I've already notified the home base to send reinforcements to guard the outer sea of the Abyss!"
"Fitou won't find it so easy to bring those two cores out of the Abyss! Now we have the leverage to negotiate with them!"
"For the core, we'd better get a piece of the pie too!"
The Ying Kingdom wouldn't just sit idly by and watch Fitou eat the whole cake for themselves!
But just then, a furious roar came from behind the alloy gate!
"Solar Flare Heaven's Wrath!"
"Boom!"
The alloy gate was directly blasted apart!
A terrifying wave, like a solar flare eruption, surged out from the Space Gate!
The energy pillar recklessly shot straight out, followed by a series of explosive sounds!
All the buildings in front of the Space Gate were reduced to nothing, directly cutting a swath through Will Fortress!
Danny: Σ(ŎдŎ|||)ﾉﾉ
Snowley: (›´ﾛ`‹) Oh ho ho!!!
Arthur, who had just returned from scooping poop, was right in the path of the energy pillar!
His whole body was pitch black, vomiting blood profusely, with half his life gone!
Odin walked out from the Space Gate!
Danny and Snowley were scared stiff, their legs trembling uncontrollably!
Odin, the Lord of Light? Where was Fitou?
Shouldn't the Mi Kingdom have gotten the core? What was going on here?
Odin quickly ran to the side, turned around, and called out, "Big Brother! The path is cleared, it's safe!"
Only then did Jiangnan walk over with his hands behind his back, turning to look at Danny.
"Why are you closing the door in broad daylight? Afraid the smell will drift to the sixth level and pollute the environment?"
"You guys are pretty environmentally conscious!"
Arthur roared angrily: "Who do you think is responsible for how bad it stinks here? I just..."
Before he could finish his words, he spat out a mouthful of old blood and passed out!
[From Arthur's Resentment Value +1000!]
Danny's eyes widened as he looked at Odin and then at Jiangnan!
Big Brother? Odin was Jiangnan's lackey?
~Pfft Σ(ŎεŎ|||)
"Fi... Fitou is dead? And the core?"
Jiangnan: ╮(•́ٹ•̀)╭
"Both of them are in my hands. Do you have a problem with that?"
Danny was horrified. All of them had been taken by Jiangnan?
After the Ying Kingdom withdrew, what exactly happened down below?
This was seriously not right!
Danny took a deep breath, forcing himself to stay calm.
"Jiangnan, would you be interested in cooperating?"
Jiangnan raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean?"
Danny said: "You're holding two cores, but getting out of the Abyss won't be that easy!"
"Not to mention whether the Mi Kingdom will let you leave, even our Ying Kingdom already has a Dao Heaven-level powerhouse stationed at the outer sea of the Abyss!"
"Your Hua Xia can't swallow both these cores on your own. Why not share a piece with us Ying Kingdom? Then our side can help you get out of the Abyss!"
Jiangnan didn't say anything, just looked at Danny with a smile.
Danny squinted: "You're a smart person. This way, your Hua Xia can at least keep one core!"
"Wouldn't want to end up empty-handed now, would you? Don't you think?"
"After all, our Ying Kingdom's Dao Heaven..."
Jiangnan sneered: "Are you dreaming of eating shit? Once a treasure lands in my hands, not even the Heavenly King himself can take it away!"
"And you dare threaten me? You think having a Dao Heaven is so impressive?"
"Little bro! Blasting flat Will Fortress wasn't thorough enough. Next time, pay attention!"
As he spoke, he turned around with his hands in his pockets and walked back, looking utterly carefree.
Odin grinned, his whole body bursting with dazzling light as a terrifying energy was about to erupt!
"Superno..."
Danny: !!!
"Holy shit! Ahh! No, I was wrong, I was wrong!"
"Just pretend I never said anything, pretend I was farting, okay?"
How could he be so domineering?
Did he not consider any escape route at all?
If Odin unleashed that attack inside the fortress, no one present would survive!
But seriously, a dignified Dao Heaven-level powerhouse, Lord of Light, a super-big shot, why was he so obedient to Jiangnan?
Jiangnan paused in his steps, curling his lip: "Well, that fart of yours is pretty smelly!"
"You have two choices. Either obediently go squat in the corner, or we blow up your Will Fortress!"
Danny's face darkened.
[From Danny Brown's Resentment Value +1000!]
His leverage couldn't threaten Jiangnan at all!
This guy was the classic case of 'when you've got so many fleas you don't itch anymore'—he didn't care about adding the Ying Kingdom to the list!
Come and try to rob me, why don't you?
The lives of everyone in Will Fortress hung on Jiangnan's single word!
Danny didn't dare to ramble anymore and quickly retreated to the side.
Only then did Jiangnan turn around and wave.
So, under the horrified gazes of Danny and the others, one massive Raging Spirit Longhorn Beetle after another emerged from the Space Gate, carrying the Hua Xia team!
The huge herd of beasts paraded through the streets, crashing straight through the city walls!
They trampled many buildings in the fortress into smithereens!
Danny's head was buzzing. Where did they get such a herd of beasts?
And they were Raging Spirit Longhorn Beetles?
Sss...
Snowley watched the back of Zhong Yingxue sitting on the Longhorn Beetle as she left, feeling extremely bitter in her heart!
At first, she said she wanted to show Zhong Yingxue what real firepower looked like!
But on the eighth level, she ended up being made to vomit by her!
She originally thought she'd have another chance to compete later, but who knew her side no longer even had the qualifications to make a move against the Hua Xia team?
Ever since they went down into the Abyss, her team had been getting bullied!
She was about to be suffocated from the frustration!
[From Snowley's Resentment Value +777!]
Not long after Jiangnan's group left Will Fortress, when they reached the Spirit-Binding Mining Area, they actually ran into the E Guo team!
Two tractor drivers, Youke and Youli, had set up camp here with their people!
They were stunned to see Jiangnan's group!
"Jiangnan? Where did you get so many Spirit-Binding Beasts? That's amazing!"
"How come you're back? Not going to fight for the core anymore?"
Jiangnan: (•́ω•̀٥)...
I've already been to the tenth level and come back, and you guys are still stuck on the fifth?
"It's already over. We're heading home!"
Youke: Σ(°△°|||) "Eh? It's over already?"
Youli: Σ(;ﾟдﾟ) "Th... this fast? We haven't even gone down yet!"
They'd been blocked by Arthur and the others at the fifth level all this time, and Will Fortress was so stinky and hard to attack!
They'd launched several assaults and couldn't break through!
They were just about to start a new round of offensive, and then he tells them it's over?
We traveled thousands of miles to the Abyss to snatch the core, only to snatch a handful of nothing?
Youke asked curiously: "So who got the resource layer core?"
Jiangnan grinned: "Both pieces are in my hands. What, want to try and take them?"
The brother and sister looked at the Hua Xia team's formation and swallowed their saliva: "Bet... better not!"
This time, that iron-headed kid stopped being so hard-headed!
"Besides, you saved the explorers from our Kashgar Fortress before!"
"I promised you that no matter the outcome, our side wouldn't stop the Hua Xia from passing through the fourth level!"
Jiangnan smiled: "Then thank you very much. Come on up, I'll give you a ride!"
And so, the E Guo team muddle-headedly began their journey back...
On the Longhorn Beetle, Youke suddenly remembered something and yanked Jiangnan's shoulder over!
"Oh, by the way, why didn't that spatial backpack work at all? I only stuffed 20 catties of soybeans in and it was full!"
"It even burst open! Did you trick us?"
The expression on Jiangnan's face froze instantly!
Xia Yao: (≖ᴗ≖๑)
Uh-oh, the victim has come knocking!
Let's see how Xiao Nan spins this one!
Jiangnan's eyes turned red, and tears started streaming down his face!
(☍口⁰。)
"What? You burst it? Boohoo~ That was the spatial backpack I'd been carrying for three years! It's been with me through thick and thin!"
(☍﹏ก̀。)
"I thought you'd take good care of it, that's why I sold it to you! How could you burst it? Boohoo~"
Jiangnan started crying, and Youke was completely thrown off!
"I... I didn't mean to break it, but your backpack didn't work at all!"
Jiangnan rubbed his eyes: "Impossible! You're lying! That spatial backpack only works in places with spatial fluctuations!"
Youke's face darkened. Then this crappy backpack was way too useless!
Where were there that many places with spatial fluctuations?
"Then it's useless the moment I leave you, right? You never told me! Isn't that still fraud?"
Jiangnan: (*꒦ິ口꒦ີ) "And you never asked! I thought you liked it, that's why I sold it to you!"
"If you think I cheated you, give me back the backpack, and I'll refund your money!"
Youke covered her face. What backpack was there to give back? She'd already kicked it to pieces!
Seeing Jiangnan cry so sadly, Youke looked apologetic: "So... sorry about that. I broke it, my bad!"
"Don't cry anymore!"
Jiangnan: ˚‧º·(˚˃̣̣̥᷄口˂̣̣̥᷅)‧º·˚
"Boohoo~ My little backpack! How pitiful you are! I didn't think our last parting would really be our last!"
Youke felt even worse. She pulled a Spirit Pearl from her pocket and shoved it into Jiangnan's hand.
"Here, take this Spirit Pearl! Don't cry anymore, okay? I'm the one who wronged you, alright?"
˚‧º·(˚˃̣̣̥᷄⌂◔ิ)‧º·˚
So Jiangnan, sniffling, stuffed the Spirit Pearl into his pocket...
Xia Yao: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ꇴ꒪‧̣̥̇)
Th... this actually works?
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Author's Note: