Chapter 90: Thanks for the Cloud-Piercing Arrow, Old Iron!

Ye Bai had not expected that he would not provoke the mad dog, yet the mad dog would set its sights on him instead.

However, even if Ye Bai knew, he would not care.

The trouble was the He Family, a group of people, rather than the individual He Guangda.

So what if he is a Fourth Rank Pet Beast Master? He probably wouldn't even survive a single slap from Dahui.

After Ye Bai went downstairs, he happened to run into Dahui, who was seeing Sophia off.

Who wouldn't be dazed when encountering a big spender like Sophia? One thousand barrels of Sun Flower Nectar—if this were in the past, he wouldn't even dare to imagine it.

Moreover, as long as he let the big spender rub against his belly, she would place an order; Dahui felt the cost-performance ratio was quite high.

Looking at Sophia's retreating figure, Dahui revealed a sincere smile.

"Dahui, I'm going out for a bit, you stay home and watch the house, okay?"

"Sun Flower King, come out with me."

Ye Bai had just used the map to select an ancient bridge still on the Jiaying River.

Most of the ancient bridges had been demolished; the remaining ones were either broken bridges or dangerous bridges.

Currently, the only ancient bridge still standing on the Jiaying River was Jiaying Bridge.

The Dragon-Slaying Sword was very likely on Jiaying Bridge.

This was an ancient bridge similar to Zhenlong Bridge.

If one were to compare the Jiaying River to a giant python, then the location of Jiaying Bridge was at the river's "seven-inch" vital point; the bridge body acted like a giant nail, suppressing the center of the Jiaying River.

Fifty or sixty years ago, the Jiaying River often flooded; powerful water-type Exotic Beasts would transform into flood dragons by way of the "dragon walk."

Continuous heavy rain would fall, the clear river would become turbid, and the torrential current would surge downstream.

The Dragon-Slaying Sword was placed under the bridge specifically to slay these flood dragons; every bridge had a Dragon-Slaying Sword placed beneath it to eliminate the threat of dragon beasts.

During a "dragon walk," the Dragon-Slaying Sword would emit a rustling sound, and any water-type Exotic Beast that passed by would be decapitated by the frenzied sword Qi in a single strike.

Their Soul would be sucked into the Dragon-Slaying Sword, while their flesh and blood would nourish this land and water.

Water-type Exotic Beasts that successfully passed the Dragon Gate Array transformed into flood dragons, while those that failed became lonely spirits upon the Dragon-Slaying Sword.

Every time after a "dragon walk," the fish catch in the Jiaying River would become exceptionally good.

Ye Bai arrived at the side of the Jiaying River on his little electric scooter; a gentle breeze brushed against his face.

Jiaying Bridge was carved from bluestone and engraved with various runes, but because the era was too distant, many runes had weathered away, making the original patterns invisible.

Ye Bai walked onto the bridge step by step; he could feel the ancient charm of the bridge body—this was the mark that time had engraved upon it.

It was already night, and the orange streetlights had lit up.

The orange light fell upon Ye Bai.

Small Night Bats were flying in the night sky, using sonar to locate and devour mosquitoes.

The Myriad-Change Silkworm was already alert; it hated mosquitoes and had a blood-sea feud with the Night Mosquito.

The last time the Myriad-Change Silkworm's tongue was bitten and swollen, it was the work of a Night Mosquito.

The Night Mosquito was only the size of a thumb; it had a long straw, and its flapping wings made a buzzing sound.

Its legs had black and white patterns, its wings were as thin as cicada wings, and it could approach you silently before using that needle-like straw to pierce into your body.

The key was that its straw could also secrete a paralyzing hormone, allowing it to suck blood without the victim ever knowing; afterwards, a bump as large as a bowl would appear on one's arm, causing excruciating pain.

A swarm of Night Mosquitoes gathered together could suck an iron wild boar, the size of an elephant, into nothing but a skin in the time it takes to burn a stick of incense.

There were actually many Night Mosquitoes above Jiaying Bridge, and the Night Bats were working overtime to catch them.

"Strange, why are there swarms of Night Mosquitoes here?"

Ye Bai looked at the Night Bats chasing the Night Mosquitoes and immediately felt it was very strange.

"It seems that incidents of Night Mosquitoes harming people have started to increase recently."

"Something must have happened, otherwise the number of these Tier 1 Beasts couldn't possibly be this high."

Ye Bai frowned.

"I shouldn't be so unlucky as to have another Beast Tide break out, right?"

If a Night Mosquito Beast Tide broke out, it would not be easy to deal with.

"Night Mosquitoes are small and can fly; if they spread, it would definitely be a disaster."

A small country once suffered a Night Mosquito Beast Tide, and every living creature in the entire country was sucked into white bones.

The leader of the Night Mosquitoes had almost advanced into a Ninth Rank creature.

It was only when the Yan Kingdom Alliance took action and used their nation-protecting divine artifact—the Roar of the Flame Dragon—that it was resolved.

One shot down, a massive mushroom cloud emerged, guaranteeing that not a single Night Mosquito could be found.

Usually, Night Mosquitoes live in swamps, and one rarely sees their tracks on a daily basis.

An occasional one or two simply cannot amount to anything.

They are easily killed by the natural predators of the Night Mosquito.

Just at this moment, a group of people came beating gongs and drums, carrying a heavy square water bucket.

There seemed to be quite a few things swimming inside the bucket.

"Great Mercy and Great Compassion Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva."

"Today I come to perform a Water Land Dharma Assembly to release these young living beings; please, I beg you to protect us."

"Bodhisattva is above, this female believer will surely perform more good deeds; please, Bodhisattva, protect my family and keep us safe and sound."

This was the Release Society; some people with nothing better to do would use the banner of "releasing life" to dump invasive species into the river.

In other worlds, Ye Bai had even seen people releasing bottled mineral water.

When these people uncovered the water bucket, Ye Bai finally discovered what was inside.

Swimming inside were one mosquito larva after another.

These black mosquito larvae are each the thickness of a thumb, looking like oversized tadpoles.

Mosquito larvae are the larval stage of the Dark Night Mosquito, between egg and pupa, hatched from mosquito eggs in water.

The mosquito larvae have slender, dark brown bodies, with mouthparts full of sharp teeth on their heads, making them very ferocious aquatic creatures.

Mosquito larvae of this size will eat the small fish in the rivers until they are on the verge of extinction.

"Don't move."

Ye Bai roared loudly, startling the person preparing to release them so much that their hand trembled.

Most of the mosquito larvae inside here have already completed four pupal molts and are about to emerge as mosquitoes.

Ye Bai finally found the culprit behind the increase in Dark Night Mosquitoes; it turned out to be these kind-hearted people.

They keep kindness in their hearts, yet they commit evil deeds with their hands.

If a Bodhisattva knew about this, they would probably want to give them a few hard slaps.

Making you do evil things while using my name, making you release them, making you release them!

"This is a Tier 1 Beast; it cannot be released, otherwise it will pose a threat to the ecology of the Jiaying River."

Ye Bai shouted sternly.

"Why do you care so much? How could we not know this is a Tier 1 Beast?"

"We even know these are the larvae of the Dark Night Mosquito."

"But a Tier 1 Beast is also a life."

"You won't be able to stop us today; we are going to pour these mosquito larvae into the river."

The leading old woman was very stubborn; she wore many Buddhist beads on her hands, and madness flashed in her eyes.

"I have spent my whole life doing good deeds, eating vegetarian food, and saving lives."

Ye Bai was amused when he heard this.

"Aren't you afraid of triggering a Beast Tide?"

"If a Beast Tide is triggered, you will be the sinner of the entire Jiaying City."

The old woman ignored him and, lifting the bucket, was about to pour the mosquito larvae into the Jiaying River when the Sunflower King took action.

It extended a large number of roots, wrapping them around the bucket again and again, stopping the old woman.

"Come quickly, a Pet Beast Master is bullying a lonely old woman."

The old woman collapsed onto the ground on her bottom and cried out loudly.

"Is it easy for me to do some good deeds?"

"Aren't they just some mosquito larvae?"

"This person is actually being overbearing and won't let me release them, and even had a pet beast attack me."

The group of people from the Release Society that the old woman brought all lay down on the ground one after another; the level of professionalism made Ye Bai feel that these people were professional scammers.

Just at this moment, President Wang of the Pet Beast Association happened to be taking a walk by the river.

He saw so many people gathered together and immediately squeezed in out of curiosity.

What, what's the gossip? I want to hear it, I want to hear it.

As a result, as soon as he squeezed to the front, he was press-ganged by Ye Bai.

President Wang o(╥﹏╥)o My damn legs, I shouldn't have been so eager to squeeze in.

"President Wang, these people are suspected of releasing dangerous creatures, which not only causes serious impact on the ecology of the Jiaying River."

"But also has the potential to trigger a Beast Tide."

Ye Bai said righteously.

As soon as President Wang heard the words "Beast Tide," it immediately triggered his extremely sensitive nerves.

My goodness, who is so bold? Releasing something that could trigger a Beast Tide.

Could Ye Bai be lying to me to exaggerate the crimes of these people?

When President Wang saw the Dark Night Mosquito larvae, the Dark Night Mosquito larvae, his eyes widened, and he realized the severity of the situation.

At the same time, he scanned the surroundings, and sure enough, the number of Dark Night Mosquitoes had increased significantly.

If this kind of absurd behavior is not stopped, I fear everyone will follow suit.

By then, a terrifying Dark Night Mosquito Beast Tide will break out in the entire Jiaying City, which is much harder to deal with than Blood-Violent Rats.

Thinking of this, President Wang felt his scalp tingle.

At this time, the old woman's eyes rolled, and she immediately changed her tune: "Oh, righteous official, I am illiterate, and I don't know what these things are. I only know that releasing them can accumulate merit and protect our whole family."

At this moment, Ye Bai played the video he had just recorded.

The old woman's hysterical voice came from it.

"Why do you care so much? How could we not know this is a Tier 1 Beast?"

"We even know these are the larvae of the Dark Night Mosquito."

"But a Tier 1 Beast is also a life."

"You won't be able to stop us today; we are going to pour these mosquito larvae into the river."

With conclusive evidence, President Wang personally sent people to lead a team to put Silver Bracelets on all these people from the Release Society and took them away.

After some interrogation, they found a secret den for the production of Dark Night Mosquito larvae.

Many of the Dark Night Mosquito larvae here had already turned into Dark Night Mosquitoes.

A Dark Night Mosquito can lay three thousand eggs at once, even crazier than Blood-Violent Rats.

Fortunately, fortunately.

President Wang secretly rejoiced.

Dark Night Mosquitoes are afraid of fire, so President Wang called over a fire-type Pet Beast Master, and only then did they burn these Dark Night Mosquito larvae to death with a fire.

A Dark Night Mosquito leader, the size of a fist, watched the sky-high flames with its pitch-black eyes, then flapped its wings in anger and flew away.

At this moment, Ye Bai had already taken the Flood Dragon Sword into his hand.

The blade of this Flood Dragon Sword was silvery-white, and complete dragon scales could be seen on the sword body.

A light flick against the blade sent the sound of a dragon's roar into his ears.

This sword was 1.2 meters long, the blade was about two thumbs wide, and the handle featured a ferocious dragon head.

There was also a golden sword tassel on the sword.

At this time, the Dark Night Mosquito leader flew to the sky above the ground not far from Ye Bai.

Its huge compound eyes stared fixedly at the direction where Ye Bai was; it had come to hate Ye Bai completely.

But it was also wary of the incomparably sharp Dragon-Slaying Sword in Ye Bai's hand.

The Dark Night Mosquito leader could sense that if it approached Ye Bai, it would be slashed by the sharp sword Qi on the Dragon-Slaying Sword.

Many of its subjects had died under the Dragon-Slaying Sword.

It was also the Dark Night Mosquito leader who set its sights on Ye Bai's Pet Beast; it wanted to kill Ye Bai's Pet Beast to avenge the death of its subjects.

Its gaze first fell upon the simple and honest Myriad-Change Silkworm.

That round, jade-like bottom, looking just like a beautiful woman with a plump posterior, was attracting the Dark Night Mosquito leader.

Decided, it's you.

The Dark Night Mosquito leader turned into a black streak of light and lunged fiercely toward the Myriad-Change Silkworm.

Its sharp mouthparts were like a keen dagger, and just as it was about to pierce into the Myriad-Change Silkworm's bottom, a sound of breaking air rang out.

A large red tongue lashed out fiercely; this was a conditioned reflex the Myriad-Change Silkworm formed the moment it heard the sound of mosquito wings flapping.

The Dark Night Mosquito leader only felt a massive force strike it, and with a "buzz," it was knocked flying.

Its body slammed heavily onto the bluestone slabs of the ancient bridge; if not for its subjects protecting it in time, the Dark Night Mosquito leader might have fallen into the roaring river water.

Although the Dark Night Mosquito leader could swim when it was a larva, it lost the ability to swim after it emerged as an adult.

The Dark Night Mosquito leader felt secret resentment, and its gaze subsequently fell upon the Sun Flower King.

With just one glance, it shifted its eyes away.

Do not be fooled by the fact that this wood-type Pet Beast looked petite and cute on the surface; in reality, in the perception of the Dark Night Mosquito, it was a gargantuan beast.

It radiated an incomparably terrifying aura, and if it were discovered by this fellow, it would likely lose its dog life immediately.

The Dark Night Mosquito was well-versed in the way of survival; playing it safe and developing in the shadows was the true path.

Once the Dark Night Mosquitoes gathered an army of hundreds of millions, even a Tier 7 fierce beast was something the Dark Night Mosquito leader would dare to fight.

"Little Charcoal Dog, you come out for a breeze too."

Ye Bai released the somewhat sleepy Little Charcoal Dog.

A sharp glint immediately appeared in the eyes of the Dark Night Mosquito leader.

Very good, it's you.

Its strength is not high, I can handle it, and looking at its appearance, it seems it hasn't even been weaned yet.

Most importantly, the Dark Night Mosquito leader clearly saw that this Pet Beast was summoned on the spot by this human.

If a Pet Beast dies, it should be able to cause great impact to the human.

The Dark Night Mosquito leader accelerated into a dive, turning into an arrow released from a bowstring.

Closer, getting closer and closer.

Just as it was about to pierce into the mouth of the Little Charcoal Dog, the Little Charcoal Dog yawned and spewed out a mouthful of flames.

Watching the sky-filling flames rushing toward it, a look of horror appeared in the eyes of the Dark Night Mosquito leader.

Damn, you don't play by the rules of martial arts!

However, its speed was too fast, and it actually rushed directly into the sea of fire.

Its body was blown into fragments by the flames, and a black crystal core fell into the mouth of the Little Charcoal Dog.

The Little Charcoal Dog suddenly felt its neck choke, and something slid down its throat.

It immediately had a strange expression; what exactly did it just eat?

Cough, cough, cough.

The Little Charcoal Dog coughed violently a few times.

But the thing it swallowed could not be spat out at all.

And the Little Charcoal Dog felt its body was vaguely uncomfortable; its body felt somewhat cold and chilly.

Could it be that the thing it just swallowed was acting up?

The Little Charcoal Dog collapsed onto the ground; Ye Bai could feel through the contract that the Little Charcoal Dog was experiencing an abnormality at this moment.

"Did you accidentally swallow something just now?"

Ye Bai also felt quite surprised; what on earth was going on?

Begging for votes, what do you all think about mixing in some gourmet food content?

(End of this chapter)