178: Preparing to dig a hole

Beside him, Lin Xi spoke to Xiao Sheng with earnest concern, "Disciple, you're being left in the dust now."

Xiao Sheng rolled his eyes at him without saying anything, but a surge of motivation rose in his heart.

Now his junior, Su Ze, already possessed God-level combat power, and his peer, Holy Sun, had also contracted a divine beast and would eventually reach divine beast-level combat power; only he was left.

Xiao Sheng's gaze fell upon Azure Cloud, who was looking around nearby; she seemed to sense something and turned back to look at him.

"Azure Cloud, starting tonight, we're going to increase your training. We'll strive to help you completely transform into a dragon!"

Azure Cloud, who had been cheerful just a moment ago, immediately put on a miserable face upon hearing this.

The reason she now had a chance to become a dragon was that after the pillar was destroyed, along with the swarms from the Monster Beast World, there was also dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

It was precisely under this power that it was sufficient to nurture a divine beast.

As the light of the contract slowly dissipated, Jiang Yiyi appeared before everyone in a different form.

Her eyes had turned blood-red, and her two small canine teeth had become sharper; this was her true form as a Corpse King.

In addition, her arms were entwined with thorny vines woven of blood-red and azure-green, and these vines even wove a crown atop her head.

The moment he saw the vines, Holy Sun immediately became alert and wanted to tear them off.

Now connected to Holy Sun’s heart through the contract, Jiang Yiyi knew what he was thinking and hurriedly said, "Wait, this thing can't harm me anymore."

Then Jiang Yiyi lightly raised her hand, and the blood-green vines danced along with her movement.

"This thing has parasitized me for so long that it can no longer be removed from my body. But now it has become a part of me and can no longer harm me; instead, it will become one of my abilities."

Then Jiang Yiyi waved her hand sharply, and the demonic mistletoe vines shot out instantly, piercing into a massive tree dozens of meters away that would take several people to encircle.

In a short while, the tree rapidly withered, followed by the increasingly vigorous vitality and power within Jiang Yiyi.

Beside them, Hanba was slightly surprised to see this: "This is truly an unexpected delight. It seems you won't need me to provide fresh blood once a week anymore, though it's not very friendly to the trees."

Jiang Yiyi appeared even happier and said to Holy Sun, "Can you feel it? This ability allows my strength to improve very quickly, so I'll be able to help you soon."

Holy Sun disagreed, saying, "I don't need help. You just stay in a safe place."

"Are you worried I'll hold you back?" Jiang Yiyi immediately frowned.

"Of course not... fine, I'll listen to you."

Then Holy Sun approached Xiao Sheng and said, "So, you kept asking me to come forward and help you before—is there some bastard from another country looking for trouble?"

Before Xiao Sheng could even feel happy that Holy Sun was willing to step up, he detected a hint of something wrong in his tone.

So he asked, "Why do you ask? What are you planning to do?"

Holy Sun didn't hide it and said bluntly, "Of course I'm going to capture that bastard. That way, Yi Yi can level up as quickly as possible."

Xiao Sheng immediately facepalmed in silence. He hadn't expected Holy Sun to directly think of capturing other countries' Level 100 War God figures to use as leveling fodder.

He didn't doubt Holy Sun's strength; among the Level 100 War Gods globally, he could rank in the top three at least.

Otherwise, when America tried to stop them from going to Fuso last time, they wouldn't have brought a divine artifact for support even in a 2v2 situation.

But the problem was that, nominally, America was currently uniting global forces to resist the invasion of the monster beasts.

It was one thing for them not to cooperate, but if they took the initiative to attack, it would give the other side an excuse to collectively pressure Great Xia.

No matter how strong Holy Sun and he were, they were no match for everyone else combined.

However... thinking of this, Xiao Sheng looked at Su Ze.

Now that there was an exception like him who had contracted a divine beast, the world rankings would have to be reshuffled.

But America had been hiding its strength. He had learned from Lin Xi that America once gave Fuso Moonlight-rank Divine Beast Essence Blood.

This meant they very likely also possessed divine beasts, perhaps even adult Moonlight-rank Divine Beasts, so they couldn't let their guard down.

So Xiao Sheng tried to persuade Holy Sun, saying, "It's not that serious; it hasn't reached a life-or-death stage yet. It's just that the demands they're making are a bit troublesome."

"Demands?" Holy Sun frowned. "Can't we just beat them until they don't dare to make demands?"

Hearing this, Xiao Sheng shook his head, no longer wanting to argue with him.

Su Ze, who had already known what kind of demands America had made, suddenly asked, "Are they demanding that we must hand over the xuanyuan yu sword?"

Hearing this, Holy Sun immediately glared and shouted, "What?! This is what you call a 'somewhat excessive' demand? I think they just need a beating! You're not thinking of agreeing, are you?!"

Xiao Sheng shook his head but said nothing.

Handing over the xuanyuan yu sword was definitely out of the question, but not handing it over would lead to more trouble later.

He thought for a moment and answered Su Ze's question, "They didn't say it explicitly, but it's like a show of 'sincerity'—we must produce something of value comparable to the xuanyuan yu sword to be accepted."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid before the monster beasts destroy Great Xia, they'll find an excuse to strike first."

Su Ze nodded upon hearing this and continued to ask, "Is a divine beast egg enough to serve as this 'sincerity'?"

Xiao Sheng was stunned for a moment. "Junior Brother Su Ze, you're not trying to tell me you have another divine beast egg, are you?"

Su Ze shook his head; he currently did not have a second divine beast egg.

Seeing this, Xiao Sheng didn't know whether to feel disappointed or that this was finally normal.

Lin Xi also said, "Even if there really were a divine beast egg, it shouldn't be given to those bastards. They'll eventually use it against us."

But Su Ze didn't think that way.

After two experiences of using others' power to help him hatch those demon beast eggs with harsh conditions, Su Ze now wanted to take his laziness a step further.

Why not just give these eggs to others to help him hatch them?

On the contrary, as long as they weren't allowed to perform the blood-binding ritual, the hatched familiars would still be his.

Even to prevent accidents, he could have someone perform the blood-binding first before giving them out.

Forget about America; it wouldn't be a problem to send one to every major power. After all, in the end, they would still belong to Great Xia.

So Su Ze continued, "Did America give a time limit?"

Xiao Sheng said in a heavy voice, "There's only about half a month left..."

"Half a month, huh... let me try. Although I don't have a divine beast egg now, it might be different in half a month!"

To the others, his words undoubtedly sounded like a fantasy; how could anyone produce a divine beast egg in just half a month?

But Jiang Yiyi remembered the golden finger Su Ze had just told her about. After whispering a few words in Holy Sun's ear...

Holy Sun stepped forward and said, "I also support Su Ze! It won't be too late to talk again in half a month!"

Since Holy Sun had spoken, Xiao Sheng could only nod in agreement.

"Then I'll leave it to you!"

"No problem!" Su Ze said, patting his chest.

He was also eager to go and torment those foreigners.