Chapter 952: Instant Death
Dozens of spirit beasts all locked their gazes onto Jiangnan!
Rage burned in their hearts!
"Damn human, if I don't kill you today, I swear I'm no beast!"
"Ghostface is gone cold, I'm so furious, I gotta finish him off!"
In an instant, the beasts were driven into a frenzy, their eyes seeing nothing but Jiangnan!
And Wu Liang and the others, who had retreated while wearing the Forgive Hats, were naturally ignored!
Led by the Ethereal Void Loach, over a dozen space-type spirit beasts furiously teleported toward Jiangnan!
Jiangnan's hair stood on end!
Fighting like this, even if he were a god, he wouldn't last three seconds!
All space-type spirit beasts, teleporting around like crazy—he couldn't keep up at all!
He quickly pulled out an iron box, took out a Diamond Peak Spirit-Binding Bead, and popped it into his mouth!
The Spirit-Binding Field covered a radius of a thousand meters, forcing the teleporting beasts to tumble out of the air!
But the enraged beasts didn't care about the field at all!
They charged straight in!
A Saber-Toothed Pig rammed straight at Jiangnan. Though their abilities and spiritual energy were sealed, their physical bodies were still formidable!
Jiangnan roared, activating Blood Incineration to full power. With all his strength, he punched the pig right on the nose!
The air cracked sharply! The Diamond Five Saber-Toothed Pig's nose sprayed blood, and it kicked its hind legs wildly!
Then a gale hit him from behind—a Golden-Maned Baboon at Diamond Seven swung a fist at him!
Jiangnan dodged, grabbed the baboon's arm, roared, and threw it over his shoulder in a seamless throw!
Before he could catch his breath, a Black Wolf lunged with its jaws wide open. Jiangnan grabbed his Blood-Drinking Halberd and thrust it forward!
He managed to jam it into the wolf's mouth, but the wolf's momentum knocked him to the ground!
With wide eyes, Jiangnan's arm veins bulged, his eyes bloodshot!
The Black Wolf's drool dripped onto his face, its fangs inches away, its claws frantically pawing at his chest, leaving deep, bone-deep scratches!
Jiangnan's face twisted with madness. He bent his legs and kicked the wolf's lower jaw violently, driving the Blood-Drinking Halberd through its chin. Blood splattered all over Jiangnan!
This was a fight to the death—one moment of relaxation and he'd be dead. He had to buy enough time for Wu Liang and the others to escape the floating island!
For that, Jiangnan had to abandon his humanity!
When fighting spirit beasts, you had to be fiercer, crueler, and crazier than them to survive!
Luckily, Jiangnan still had Blood Incineration to sustain him. But facing the swarm of beasts, he was still pinned to the ground, unable to get up!
Torn and bitten, his body covered in countless wounds!
Desperate, Jiangnan grabbed another bottle of Nuclear Bomb Milk and chugged it down.
"Gulp, gulp!"
His whole body turned red as he unceremoniously unleashed a nuclear explosion!
A crimson energy blast erupted, covering a thousand meters, blowing the surrounding beasts away!
Because it used cellular nuclear energy, even within the Spirit-Binding Field, it still worked!
The nuclear explosion hurt the beasts, but only lightly. Still, it bought Jiangnan a moment to scramble to his feet!
But unfortunately, at that moment, Blood Incineration ran out—its three-minute limit was up!
His body's functions rapidly declined. Seeing the beasts charging again, Jiangnan grew anxious!
Without Blood Incineration, he couldn't withstand their onslaught! What about the Vendor Cloth?
His gaze locked onto the Vendor Cloth spread out a few thousand meters away!
Just as he was about to bite down on the Spirit-Binding Bead to teleport to the cloth,
Jiangnan's expression froze. What the hell? The Spirit-Binding Bead? Wasn't it in his mouth?
His face darkened. When he'd chugged the Nuclear Bomb Milk in a panic, he'd accidentally swallowed it?
How screwed was that? Could he be any unluckier?
Seeing the Loach's tail whipping toward him, Jiangnan bolted toward the Vendor Cloth!
He used his remaining five nuclear blasts to create a line of explosions!
Pushing the beasts back, he finally reached the Vendor Cloth, feeling a wave of relief!
Without a word, he curled up and wrapped himself tightly in the cloth!
The Ethereal Void Loach, the Cyan Mantis, and the others didn't care. They surrounded him and started wailing on him!
Biting, slashing, kicking—they unleashed everything on Jiangnan!
Jiangnan was startled. Hey? It doesn't hurt?
Not only did it not hurt, the Vendor Cloth was absorbing all the damage!
His stall fee was well worth it!
Jiangnan immediately got cocky: "Harder! Put some muscle into it!"
"Did you skip breakfast? You're tickling me!"
"Go all out! I can take it!"
The Ethereal Void Loach, Black Wolf, and the others had green eyes!
We're beating the crap out of you, and you're enjoying it?
You think this is a foot massage? You're being stomped and you're still acting tough?
Do you have a death wish? Think we're not hitting hard enough?
The Ethereal Void Loach went berserk, roaring to the sky: "Hit him! Beat him to death!"
The beasts went at it even harder!
The Black Wolf and Saber-Toothed Pig each grabbed one end of the Vendor Cloth, tearing it like Huskies shredding a sofa!
The Cyan Mantis swung its blades like chopping dumpling filling, slashing nonstop!
The Ethereal Void Loach's tail whipped left and right, smacking the cloth repeatedly!
From inside the cloth came Jiangnan's intermittent, satisfied moans: "Yeah, right there~ Ahhh—comfortable!"
This only made the beasts angrier. They howled, determined to kill Jiangnan!
Jiangnan, curled up in the cloth, rested his chin on his hand, deep in thought.
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This couldn't go on. The Vendor Cloth was holding for now, but who knew how long they'd keep beating him? If it went on for hours, how much would he owe the system?
He might end up working for the system for the rest of his life!
Plus, being beaten up by a bunch of spirit beasts, stomped on the ground—that was embarrassing! It would damage his reputation as Nan Shen and boost the Loach and its crew's arrogance!
But now that he'd swallowed the Spirit-Binding Bead, he couldn't leave!
Then it hit him—his abilities and spiritual energy were sealed, but that didn't affect the cookies, did it?
If he could get a Dragon or Tiger cookie, he might turn the tables!
As for the Lucky Little Cherry, he dared not touch it. He was already prophesied to die. Once the lucky time ended, the nightmare might come true!
He pulled out a Zodiac Cookie and popped it in his mouth.
It was a Monkey cookie—his Golden Eye could even see through the Vendor Cloth, but that wasn't useful.
He ate another!
The cookie went down, and Jiangnan's eyes lit up. It was a Snake cookie!
It could petrify and release potent venom. Petrification was useless—everyone was higher level than him.
But the venom could work!
Jiangnan focused, activating the venom. His entire body turned black-purple!
Then, with a vicious expression, he abruptly withdrew the Vendor Cloth!
The Ethereal Void Loach and the others saw him and got excited. Wow, they'd beaten him until he was black and blue?
So his earlier arrogance was just bravado?
They hit him even harder!
Jiangnan was battered, coughing up blood. He dared not push his luck, quickly wrapping himself back in the cloth.
He giggled slyly.
The Ethereal Void Loach and the others, as they kept hitting, began to notice something was wrong!
"Boss? My front paws feel kinda numb?"
"My head's all fuzzy too... What's going on?"
"Sigh! Old Pig! You're foaming at the mouth?"
The beasts were now black-faced, lips purple. Those less resistant to poison were already drooling froth, yet they still kept swinging!
The Ethereal Void Loach glared at Jiangnan!
"It's him! He's freaking poisonous!"
Jiangnan was ecstatic. Serves you right for ganging up on me!
"Keep hitting! What's wrong? You can't even kill a weak Platinum like me?"
The Ethereal Void Loach was furious. He was even taunting them in beast language?
Afraid they wouldn't understand?
Summoning all its strength, it whipped its tail, sending the wrapped-up Jiangnan flying thousands of meters into the sky!
Free from the Spirit-Binding Field, the Loach teleported, reaching an altitude of thirty thousand meters!
Then it came crashing down toward Jiangnan!
Jiangnan, through his Golden Eye, saw everything clearly. His eyes brimmed with excitement!
This was his chance! If only he could get a Bull cookie next, he'd knock it flying!
So Jiangnan stuffed another cookie into his mouth.
As it went down, his eyes lit up with excitement. A Goat cookie?
First time getting one. What did the Goat do? Would it grow a pair of horns?
But the next second, Jiangnan's expression froze!
His eyes closed, his legs stiffened, his heart stopped, his blood coagulated!
Everything in his body ceased to function!
Without any warning, he died on the spot!
His body fell limp, the Vendor Cloth wrapped around him drifting away in the wind!
The charging Ethereal Void Loach paused in shock. Did... did it kill him?
In its perception, Jiangnan had lost all signs of life—stone-cold dead!
It watched blankly as Jiangnan's body plummeted from the sky!
"Boom!" It crashed right next to the big banyan tree!
In the pit, Jiangnan lay covered in blood and dirt, one arm missing, skin a sickly purple!
He lay in the pit looking peaceful.
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Exactly like in Zi Yuan's dream!
Ethereal Void Loach: ???
He died so abruptly? All those beasts couldn't kill him earlier, and one whip from me did him in?
Was... was I that strong?
Without even needing to check, the Loach could smell the scent of death emanating from Jiangnan!
With Jiangnan's "death," the taunting effect of the Forgive Hat dissipated, and the beasts calmed down!
The Black Wolf was furious: "Finally dead! Serves him right for being cocky! Boss, you're amazing!"
The Mantis chimed in: "Yeah, yeah! One whip did the trick! Boss is a real beast, the King of the Void!"
The Ethereal Void Loach puffed up with pride: "Well, of course!"
The Saber-Toothed Pig, still foaming, said: "I'm gonna eat him! Let's see if he's still arrogant!"
The Black Wolf snapped: "Are you stupid? Eat him? Forget he's poisonous?"
With Jiangnan dead, the beasts finally vented their anger. But they couldn't linger—the floating island was still collapsing. They had to return the core fragment to its place!
The Ethereal Void Loach whipped around and stared, its expression stiffening!
"Where's the core fragment? Who took it?"
The underground chamber was completely empty. The core fragment was gone!
The Ethereal Void Loach roared in rage: "Find it! Search now!"
The beasts scrambled frantically to look for the core fragment!
Meanwhile, Zhang San, carrying the core fragment on his back, raced through the dense forest, drenched in sweat.
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"Why didn't anyone give me a hat? You guys ran off without me?"
"I've lost the team again! Damn it all!"
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