Chapter 326: I'll See for Myself!

Flee.

Cang Lan had many things she wanted to ask.

Why did they attack the moment they saw the two of them?

Why didn't they even ask a single question?

But she had no chance to say these things.

It was not that she disdained to speak, but that the other party gave her no opportunity at all.

Pursuit!

Ever since they were noticed by the Sea Beasts of the first city, everything had changed.

They were like a piece of meat thrown into a calm pond, waking all the sleeping sharks.

All the Sea Beasts smelled the scent of their blood and charged at them like madmen.

Absolutely! Impossible! To communicate!

Those frenzied Sea Beasts came wave after wave, forcing them into dangerous situations time and time again.

Although their strength was not very high, the sheer number was truly astonishing; one wave was killed, and another came, endless and without stop.

In extreme rage, Cang Lan risked her injured body to kill the pursuers behind her back and forth, staining half the sea red.

However, this did not make them retreat in the face of difficulty; instead, the scent of blood stimulated their ferocity, and their momentum became even more insane.

These Sea Beasts were being controlled by someone; they were simply impossible to communicate with.

But the guy hiding behind the scenes never showed his face, and no matter how Cang Lan indicated her stance, it was useless; there was not the slightest willingness to converse.

From beginning to end, the order he issued was only one.

Kill!

Kill them!

Helpless, Cang Lan had to retreat again, continuing to flee with Yao Yue.

"If I weren't injured! I would definitely kill you all!"

If she were still in her prime state, how could she be forced into such a situation by this group of Sea Beasts?

A dragon in shallow water is teased by shrimp; a tiger on the plains is bullied by dogs.

A successful cat is fiercer than a tiger; a molting Phoenix is not as good as a chicken.

If it weren't for the fact that Cang Lan's reason had not yet been shattered, and she remembered that Yao Yue's safety was the most important thing, she would definitely fight them to the death at any cost!

And after being provoked time and time again, Cang Lan could no longer endure it.

Want to kill me?

You want to kill me, don't you?

Fine.

I will grant your wish!

After repelling the pursuers behind her once more, Cang Lan finally made up her mind in her heart and turned to say to Yao Yue:

"Yao Yue, I'm sorry you have to suffer like this."

"Hmm?"

Yao Yue blinked, not quite understanding what she meant.

What?

What is she saying?

Aren't we having a lot of fun?

Could it be... not?

Throughout this flight, Cang Lan's anger continued to accumulate, but Yao Yue, who was traveling with her, had been happy the whole time.

Yao Yue had been in Death Valley since birth and had only ever been as far as Wanshou City; she had never seen the true scenery of the outside world.

In this vast sea area, she had seen far too many fresh things she had never seen before.

Strange-looking Sea Beasts, the colorful seabed, the boundless sea surface... all of this made her feel very interesting.

Cang Lan shouldered the grave mission of taking the Demon God's Child to the Demon Emperor City, but Yao Yue was just here for sightseeing and a vacation.

Just enjoy it.

Yao Yue obediently kept her mouth shut and did not voice the doubts in her heart.

And Cang Lan did not expect that this young lady did not take the flight seriously at all; she took a deep breath and said in a low voice:

"Yao Yue, we aren't running anymore."

"Oh?" Yao Yue's voice sounded a bit disappointed.

Not playing anymore?

I haven't had enough fun yet!

However, the next moment, Yao Yue's eyes lit up.

Because the aura on Cang Lan's body changed abruptly, becoming fierce and cruel.

"I've finally figured it out; these guys are definitely being directed by someone."

"And in this sea area, only one person can issue such an order."

"The eighth son of the East Sea Dragon King, Ao Tan."

Cang Lan changed the subject, laughing angrily:

"Since you want to kill us so badly, then I will see you in person and see what exactly you mean!"

"Let's go! We're going straight to find him!"

Even a clay figurine has three parts of temper; am I, Cang Lan, really so easy to bully?

Just the eighth son of the East Sea Dragon King, does he really think he can defy Heaven?

Isn't it just Long Gong? I'll go myself!

I want to see if you have truly rebelled against the Demon Race!

"Oh!"

Although Yaoyue did not understand what this determination of Cang Lan's represented, she instinctively sensed a certain scent.

There's fun to be had!

Going to stir up trouble, there's fun to be had!

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Anyway, for her, going anywhere was the same; there was simply no reason to refuse.

"Let's go!"

"Okay~"

The two, hitting it off immediately, changed direction and charged toward the palace of Ao Tan.

And not long after Cang Lan and the others left, the beach where they had been standing moved slightly, and a yellow snake with a flattened body swam out from within.

The yellow snake shook the sand off its body, gazed into the distance for a while, and then suddenly flipped onto its belly.

……

And just in the middle of a school of fish a hundred miles away from Cang Lan and her companion, a black and white patterned sea snake shook its head and muttered:

"What fierce people!"

"They even dare to go and look for trouble with the Prince..."

"No wonder General Crab couldn't stop them; if it weren't for me being able to control the Sea Beast herd, they would have almost escaped."

"If it weren't for the Prince issuing a death order, I wouldn't want to fight these fierce people, sigh..."

The sea snake thought worriedly: should it rush over to protect the Prince? Or should it continue to slack off?

"Even if I rush to protect the Prince now, the Prince won't remember my good deeds, so it's better not to go."

"Besides, if what that wolf girl said earlier was true, if she really is someone from Demon Emperor City..."

Thinking of the Demon Emperor City identity that the wolf girl had mentioned multiple times, the sea snake felt a bit intimidated.

These thieves are truly cunning; they actually dare to impersonate people from Demon Emperor City—aren't they afraid of being exposed?

Although there is a high probability that this is fake, what if...

"Forget it! I am just acting under orders; I cannot do things beyond my duty."

"Anyway, I'm not the only one ordered to hunt them down; let others scramble for this credit!"

I'm not serving anymore!

The sea snake made up its mind to find a hidden cave to hide for a while, and wait two years before coming out to see what happened...

By then, even if something had happened, the matter would already be in the past, and it couldn't be blamed on it.

Time to slip away!

And just as it was preparing to avoid the limelight, it suddenly noticed some changes in the sea area far behind it.

The Sea Beasts, they seem to be afraid?

What?

How could those Sea Beasts without awakened intelligence feel fear?

The "eyes" it had scattered sent it a terrifying image.

A giant crab was crawling rapidly on the seabed, crushing and flattening all the Sea Beasts along its path.

But that is not the point.

"General Crab? Wait... what is this!!?"

Because compared to its astonishing aura, its appearance was even more frightening.

The entire back shell of the giant crab had been pried open and hollowed out, and the contents inside had all disappeared.

This was just an empty shell.

Yet, such an empty shell that should have been completely dead long ago was still moving rapidly!

!!?

The Sea Beasts did not understand why this crab could still walk like this after losing most of its body!

Just like humans seeing a zombie they cannot understand, a fear stemming from instinct made them scatter and flee.

To be honest, this sea snake didn't understand either!

Although it was stronger than those Sea Beasts and understood that this was definitely not the living General Crab, someone was controlling its corpse.

But the more it understood, the more terrified it felt in its heart.

Who exactly is it?

To have done such a cruel thing!

Is it the thief with the greatest strength in the wanted notice?

General Sea Snake thought rapidly in its heart and soon reached a conclusion.

Escape!

I can't afford to provoke them, but I can afford to hide!

General Crab's frontal strength could definitely rank in the top three among the generals under the Eight Prince; although its status was higher than its own by relying on its sea snake clones, it was no match for it in a head-on confrontation.

And since even General Crab ended up in such a state, what else did it have to hesitate about.

After seeing this scene, General Sea Snake completely made up its mind to flee this place of trouble.

Run fast!

And just as it was silently preparing to hide itself, it heard a soft chuckle.

"Hello there~"

"Let's make a deal~"

"If you don't meddle in other people's business, I'll let you go, how about that?"

How about that?

!!?

The Sea Snake General was startled, not daring to reply with a single word, and immediately darted away, beginning a desperate flight for its life.

Whoosh—

……

……

And just as the Sea Snake General was fleeing in a panic, it did not yet know that this would be the wisest choice it ever made in its life.

Because just as it turned to flee, on the "Crab General" mecha, still quite a distance away, a youth sighed.

"This little snake, not much courage, but it sure runs fast!"

"Even my crab mecha can't catch up to it."

The Sea Snake General did not know that the Crab General was not just charging about blindly; Ren Yidao's goal had always been it.

After opening the Crab General for a ready-to-eat meal and incidentally refining its soul, Ren Yidao had gained some understanding of this sea area.

Ren Yidao knew that the Crab General had already reported the news of him and the others to this Eight Prince Ao Tan, and he also guessed that Ao Tan would likely dispatch the eight great generals under his command.

And among these generals, this Sea Snake General's ability to control sea snakes was the most troublesome; if it became Ao Tan's eyes and ears, it would prevent many of Ren Yidao's plans from being implemented.

However, there was no such worry now; that sea snake looked like it had been scared out of its wits, and who knew where it would go to hide.

Ren Yidao sensed for a moment and discovered that at his current speed, he truly could not catch a Transformation Spirit sea snake underwater, so he finally had to give up in low spirits.

He could only dully continue to operate his newly acquired toy—the Crab General mecha!

Click-clack...

The eight legs began to move again, chasing in the direction Cang Lan and the others had left.

Ren Yidao was a disciple of the Divine Path Sect and naturally did not know any secret arts of corpse-driving, nor did he understand the techniques for refining corpses into puppets.

In fact, this Crab General mecha was really just a role-playing costume to fool himself.

He had simply hollowed out the Crab General, then let the Baihu Daoshen hide and lie inside the crab's torso, and then inserted the eight tails into the crab legs...

Absolute new energy, no fuel consumption, it doesn't even need a steamed bun per hundred kilometers.

"In this way, I am also a mascot-suit fox."

Thinking about it, Huhu isn't just a mascot-suit person, I've even been reincarnated once...

That's so right, brother.

Ren Yidao liked dark humor; even if it was making fun of himself, it didn't matter, as long as it was dark enough.

As for the rest, he wasn't picky~

"Gui Yan, where are they running to?"

Gui Yan curled his body up, hiding in a corner of the crab shell to erase his own aura, and upon hearing this, he poked his head out and said with a fawning smile:

"My Lord, if this lowly one is not mistaken, the two ladies should be heading toward the palace of His Highness the Eight Prince."

"Oh? Wanting to bring in reinforcements?"

Ren Yidao hadn't heard the conversation between Cang Lan and the others; he didn't expect they were pushed to the edge and wanted to "reason" with Ao Tan, only assuming they wanted to seek help.

But this made no difference to him.

"Well, let them go and try."

From the very beginning, Ren Yidao had never considered this Ao Tan an existence that needed to be carefully avoided.

"A little dragon at Transformation Spirit Peak, how strong could he really be?"

It is true that the True Dragon Bloodline has the qualifications to step into the Ascension Realm, but how much True Dragon Bloodline can his dragon descendants really have left?

Besides, who isn't one?

My pure Heavenly Fox Bloodline hasn't said anything, yet he, a mixed-blood little dragon, is acting all high and mighty.

If Ao Tan were obedient, Ren Yidao didn't intend to provoke him actively in a situation where there was no grudge.

But if he is disobedient and insists on seeking a sense of presence from Huhu...

Then don't blame Huhu for taking a page from the Third Prince's book and skinning you and pulling your tendons.

"I want to see if you really have a death wish~"

Having made up his mind, and knowing their destination, Ren Yidao was in no rush to catch up.

The Dao God controlled the Crab General mecha to continue swaggering forward on the seabed, while his main body sat cross-legged.

After slaying the Crab General, who was riddled with Evil for hunting his own kind, Ren Yidao had gained a considerable amount of Merit Value.

And after obtaining this Merit, Ren Yidao was surprised to find that he had unknowingly gathered enough for one hundred draws!

One hundred draws!

Because he had been suppressing it for too long, he hadn't even noticed that his Merit was almost transforming into a Golden Robe of Merit from the rosy clouds.

If it weren't for Ren Yidao always keeping a low profile, if he were to reveal it, he feared he could light up this entire sea area.

Feeling his astonishing Merit, Ren Yidao sighed with emotion:

"Sure enough, I am truly too kind; this life is destined for doing good deeds."

Without considering at all where this Merit came from, or whether it was stained with the filthy blood and tears of his employees...

I don't care.

Merit is clean!

I, this Merit entrepreneur, have been upright and open my entire life, working diligently; how could I ever take a single cent of their blood-and-sweat Merit?

Besides, Merit is innocent; even if it gets dirty, can't it just be washed clean?

It's all just a small matter~

"Since I've remembered it all, let's have a long-overdue draw!"

Ren Yidao did as he said, delving his consciousness into the Consciousness Sea space and looking toward that majestic shrine.

Within the massive shrine, the Divine Statue lowered its eyes; even though Ren Yidao had not offered a sacrifice for a long time, It had never changed.

Ren Yidao watched silently for a moment, then shifted his gaze away.

"Phew, having saved up so much, I'm actually a bit reluctant to part with it..."

He dispersed the Merit he had accumulated for a long time, and a full one hundred draws' worth of Merit transformed into golden streams of light, sinking into the Divine Statue.

【I have accepted the offering you presented.】

【And shall bestow the gift you desire.】

The familiar voice rang in his ears again, but this time, Ren Yidao's eyes suddenly narrowed.

"Wait, it's not one hundred individual items?"

He did not see the sight of golden light filling the sky; there was only a mass of liquid golden light vibrating before his eyes, rapidly changing its shape.

"Only... one?"

A hundred times the Merit seemed to have reached a threshold; it did not produce individual results like the ten-pulls of the past, but instead condensed into a single instance.

Does this mean that the value of this prize is also over a hundred times that of a single draw?

Ren Yidao was somewhat expectant, silently waiting for the golden light to change.

But as time passed, he watched the gradually forming golden light, and his Heart Star suddenly felt a bit uneasy.

"Wait..."

Ren Yidao's eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth, saying:

"What the hell... is this thing!!?"

I choked on water yesterday, and then my throat started feeling uncomfortable; by night, I felt like I was catching a cold, so I laid down to sleep at ten-something. I woke up early feeling a bit better, but my throat is still not great.

It's tough, *sob*.

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