Chapter 384: Chapter 326
Misaka Tsuchiemon was already suspicious of Banquan Longma. He even wondered whether he should turn the other party in as well, to face the N Room’s revenge together.
Jiang Bingyao casually browsed the trade hall but couldn’t find a suitable firearm weapon.
Both of them had combat power approaching Gold Level, and ordinary firearms couldn’t inflict effective damage on them.
However, special weapons of the same level or one tier higher were not something a poor guy like Jiang Bingyao could afford.
Misaka Tsuchiemon’s eyes turned, and he closed the private chat interface, asking in mid-air, "Ugly, aren’t you afraid of causing trouble in Channel 67 instead of staying quietly in your country’s channel, not afraid I’ll call people to sort you out?"
Misaka Tsuchiemon was a small leader in High Celestial Plain, despite not having a single capable fighter under his command.
But if he asked the higher-ups in High Celestial Plain for help, he could still summon two masters more powerful than him.
"Afraid?" Jiang Bingyao sneered, "If I were afraid, I wouldn’t appear here, Mr. Misaka Tsuchiemon from High Celestial Plain."
Misaka Tsuchiemon’s eye twitched. It turned out that this man from the Stealing Country knew his identity.
This made him even more suspicious that the N Room already knew he was one of the looters last night.
While holding an item unseen, Misaka Tsuchiemon probed, "High Celestial Plain shouldn’t have offended your esteemed country, right? Why did you come to Channel 67 to kill indiscriminately?"
"Whether or not you’ve offended us, you know in your heart." Jiang Bingyao’s sneer deepened.
The boss said last night that only the Creation and High Celestial Plain organizations dared to act against the N Room from Nihong Country.
No matter which organization acted, how could a well-informed small leader within High Celestial Plain be unaware of this?
Yet this vague statement cemented Misaka Tsuchiemon’s suspicion of Banquan Longma, confirming he was betrayed.
Misaka Tsuchiemon spoke with a gloomy face, "If you’re here to find the mastermind behind the robbery last night, you’ve got the wrong person."
As he spoke, a glint flashed in Jiang Bingyao’s narrow eyes.
The boss indeed had vast divine power; with just a casual arrangement, intelligence was obtained.
Misaka Tsuchiemon straightforwardly said, "The true mastermind of your robbery is Banquan Longma of the Creation Organization. He’s in Channel 24."
Since Banquan Longma sold him out, he had no psychological pressure to retaliate by selling the latter out.
Banquan Longma!
Getting this name, Jiang Bingyao immediately edited a message and sent it to his boss.
Soon, Cheng Tianpu sent the next instruction, telling Jiang Bingyao to first return and plan more carefully.
Since Channels 24 and 23 were almost entirely occupied by Mud Furnace players, their cohesion couldn’t be compared to Channel 67. Going there alone would be akin to suicide.
"Mr. Misaka is cooperating so well, I won’t trouble you today. Next time, we’ll settle the score!" Jiang Bingyao took advantage of the situation, received the pen from Cheng Tianpu, and drew a door to leave.
Jiang Bingyao came suddenly and left decisively, never defying Cheng Tianpu’s instructions.
Misaka Tsuchiemon wore a gloomy face and waited at least five minutes after Jiang Bingyao left before descending.
"Banquan Longma! There’s an old saying in Dragon Country: If you did the first day, don’t blame me for doing the fifteenth!" Saying this, he added Banquan Longma to the blacklist permanently.
Thinking it over, he still felt uneasy, so he used the teleportation device he clutched to leave Channel 67 altogether.
On another side, Banquan Longma finally put the pieces together and sent a message to Misaka Tsuchiemon to stabilize Jiang Bingyao.
However, he was baffled when a blacklist alert appeared from the other party.
Out of nowhere, why was he being blacklisted?
And what’s with this chilling feeling down his spine?
He wanted to teleport over to check the situation but feared that the formidable Jiang Bingyao might not have left yet, leaving him to speculate about the blacklist’s cause.
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Li Zheng was in good form today, quickly connecting four rooms with Xiaoying, killing one Gold Level creature and three Platinums, and even acquiring a refrigerator full of various meats.
Whether it was because this channel was outside of the player’s usual exploration range or simply left too long, Li Zheng found that the meats from the fridge showed signs of spoilage.
The touch was gooey, and the smell was odd.
Upon detecting them with Old Pu, it was determined that the meats were unsuitable for consumption. Li Zheng had to throw them to Xiaoying to help cut with a Wind Blade, dumping the whole lot into the compost.
Li Zheng stroked his chin, realizing it was necessary to further enhance Xiaoying. Otherwise, continually using these abilities would soon fall behind his pace, becoming an edge OB perspective.
Yet, he had nearly combed through the trade hall, and the highest-level pet items available were only Silver Level, not even Gold.
Beyond upgrading Xiaoying’s Flying Rock Bomb and Wind Blade to Full Level, there was nothing helpful.
These two abilities, one Black Iron and one Silver, now seemed unworthy of upgrading to Li Zheng.
"Emmm..." Li Zheng rummaged in his capsule, recalling having something usable for Xiaoying.
"Found it!"
Quickly, he pulled out a flawed crystal core from the capsule and tossed it to Xiaoying, "Finish this in two days, and you might develop an Earth Dragon ability."
This was the damaged Earth Dragon Crystal Core, decomposed after killing an Earth Dragon.
The core was damaged, and its tier was slightly low, so it provided only a small chance of acquiring a new ability upon consumption.
Yet its size hadn’t changed much, with Xiaoying holding it like a basketball.
Finishing the whole thing was going to be a massive task.
This also meant Xiaoying’s food quality would significantly drop in the coming days.
"Awoo~" The little creature held the crystal core with a bitter face.
Before savoring delicious dishes, it reluctantly ate these things to grow stronger and assist Li Zheng; now, after tasting gourmet, it respectfully declined them.
But due to his ’aspiring’ nature, it didn’t refuse the crystal core, and whenever Li Zheng gave it something to eat, it didn’t reject.
Li Zheng knew this well, comforting it, "No worries, take your time; you’ll have a share of every meal, just less quantity. Consider it a treat."
Upon hearing the mention of meals alongside, the little creature immediately beamed, still cradling the damaged crystal core, grinning foolishly.
Watching its giant dragon-like mouth awkwardly curl backward, Li Zheng suddenly realized that Xiaoying was no longer as cute as it was when small, bearing a touch of monstrous ferocity.
Just then, ripples appeared in the distance, and a figure emerged from them.
Li Zheng frowned upon seeing him, "Why are you here?"