99: Plans are not as fast as changes

Gu Xiaoyue was stunned for less than a second, then immediately understood.

She thought that with her next to Xiang Quan, if the demon-tier egg disappeared, Xiang Quan wouldn't suspect her.

But the problem was, Xiang Quan was more worried about Gu Xiaoyue being by his side and snatching the egg.

He knew Gu Xiaoyue was strong, and more importantly, Shui Lingyu was ranked first on the Battle Strength Ranking.

As a senior, he had been firmly suppressed by Shui Lingyu for a year.

Xiang Quan was naturally unwilling.

Now that the demon-tier pet beast egg was within reach, how could he miss it?

Xiang Quan was wary of Shui Lingyu and Gu Xiaoyue, but he didn't care about Chu Li.

He felt that his strength was more than enough to handle Chu Li.

"Okay, then Shui Lingyu and I will go distract the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast, and Senior Xiang, you find an opportunity to collect the pet beast egg.

Tell the other seniors and juniors to leave here now.

Otherwise, if the fierce beast returns and finds its egg gone, everyone will be in great danger!"

Plans are not as fast as changes, and this was similar to her initial plan.

However, it required slight modifications.

Gu Xiaoyue's thoughts stirred.

Chu Li felt his shoulder sink slightly, presumably from Xiao Mo jumping onto his shoulder.

Gu Xiaoyue summoned Qingqing and flipped onto its back.

Shui Lingyu also got onto Qingqing's back.

But in the eyes of others, Shui Lingyu had summoned a Fire Phoenix himself.

With indiscriminate illusion, everyone except Chu Li thought Shui Lingyu was riding a Fire Phoenix flying towards the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast.

Even if they couldn't see it from afar, they would think so in their minds.

Gu Xiaoyue urged Qingqing to fly towards the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast, and when they were almost in front of it—"Senior, now!"

Shui Lingyu understood and immediately concealed himself.

Qingqing flew in front of the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast and threw an Ice Flame at it.

Then it flew lower, to a height that ensured Shui Lingyu wouldn't be injured when he jumped down.

The Dark Devouring Dragon Beast was a bit surprised; it knew there were people nearby all day, but it didn't expect anyone would dare to provoke it.

For its child, it didn't want to bother with this little bird in front of it!

Qingqing used Luan Song again, then threw another Ice Flame, but the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast still didn't move.

Gu Xiaoyue was a bit anxious; if it procrastinated a bit longer and didn't leave, Shui Lingyu would have to show himself!

She reached out and cast two Thunderbolt Spells in quick succession, almost hitting the pet beast egg.

The Dark Devouring Dragon Beast finally became enraged, roaring and pouncing towards Gu Xiaoyue!

Gu Xiaoyue's body had been strengthened eight times, and she could see the pet beast egg from a distance; while she was attracting all of the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast's attention, it suddenly disappeared!

She succeeded!

She curled her lips, "Qingqing, let's go!"

Qingqing immediately turned to flee, but before leaving, it threw another Ice Flame at the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast.

This series of actions completely enraged the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast, and it furiously chased after Gu Xiaoyue and Qingqing in the direction they left.

Gu Xiaoyue fled, and the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast pursued; she sprouted wings—

She didn't need to sprout wings; the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast couldn't catch up to Qingqing, but it wasn't far behind either.

Once they were far enough, Gu Xiaoyue had Qingqing fly lower; she was going to become invisible.

The person and beast who had just been in front of the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast, doing their utmost to provoke it—suddenly vanished!

The Dark Devouring Dragon Beast paused, then sniffed the surrounding air fiercely with its nose.

Confirming that both the person and the pet beast had disappeared, it let out a dragon's roar towards the sky—

No!

It reacted!

Its egg!

A mature sixth-tier fierce beast had decent intelligence, but it was overcome by its combative nature and overlooked the fact that the egg was still in the nest.

The Dark Devouring Dragon Beast quickly flew back to its nest, and sure enough!

Its egg was gone!

It was furious and wanted to kill all the humans nearby!

Fortunately, before Gu Xiaoyue lured away the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast, Xiang Quan had already told everyone in the group to evacuate.

If anyone was left behind and caught by the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast, it would be none of his business.

Seeing Gu Xiaoyue and Shui Lingyu distract the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast, Xiang Quan calculated their distance and went to the nest to look for the demon-tier pet beast egg.

That's not right, he clearly remembered being able to see the egg even from outside the nest.

Otherwise, how would he know it was a demon-tier pet beast egg?

Now he was almost at the edge of the nest, why hadn't he seen it yet?

Xiang Quan looked further inside; there was nothing in the nest but some dry grass!

Where was the egg?

Who had snatched the egg before him?

Xiang Quan was very annoyed; he entered the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast's nest and rummaged through the dry grass.

Is it inside?

No!

He was burning with anxiety, and after confirming that the demon-tier pet beast egg was indeed gone, he worried that the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast might return at any moment.

Xiang Quan gnashed his teeth before leaving dejectedly.

Completely unaware—he had left his scent in the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast's nest!

After Shui Lingyu obtained the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast's egg, he immediately evacuated, and even took a very long detour before going to find Chu Li and the others.

It took Gu Xiaoyue even longer to rejoin the group; only when she appeared safely in front of Chu Li and Ye Wanrou did everyone truly breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Ye Wanrou didn't understand, "Xiao Yue, why did you help Xiang Quan get that demon-tier pet beast egg? Wouldn't it have been better if we took it ourselves?

We don't even know if he'll share any star coins with everyone."

She pouted, not looking down on Xiang Quan, but a demon-tier pet beast egg would cost at least two billion star coins, right?

Even if Xiao Yue took forty percent, that would be eight hundred million star coins; could Xiang Quan just give it away!

Gu Xiaoyue and Shui Lingyu exchanged glances, suppressing their smiles.

Shui Lingyu said, "That egg is with me."

Ye Wanrou's expression changed from confusion to excitement, "I knew Xiao Yue wouldn't work for Xiang Quan!"

Shui Lingyu continued, "I've taken this egg, and I'll distribute star coins to everyone later."

"You and Xiao Yue will take the lion's share; we'll just take a small portion. But it's best if everyone keeps this matter a secret for now."

Chu Li spoke up, as only the two of them had put in the effort, and the others receiving money could be considered hush money.

Everyone understood that it was better to avoid trouble; anyway, no one else knew besides them, so there was no need to publicize it.

After a day of hard work, Gu Xiaoyue and the others set up tents on the spot to rest.

After dinner, Gu Xiaoyue asked Shui Lingyu about the attributes of this demon-tier pet beast egg.

"Dark, Earth."

Shui Lingyu was a bit disappointed when he got it; it wasn't something he could contract.

Actually, Dark Devouring Dragon Beasts mostly had Dark Fire attributes, which he could have contracted directly, but this one happened to have Dark Earth attributes.

Shui Lingyu asked Gu Xiaoyue, "Junior, didn't you get some Xisui Spring Water and Soul Exchange Fruit from your previous fortuitous encounter?

Could you sell me some?"

In fact, Gu Xiaoyue had plenty of Spirit Cleansing Spring and Soul Exchange Fruit, but she didn't know their price.

Gu Xiaoyue rubbed her nose and shook her head, "No sale."

Shui Lingyu's eyes darkened slightly; if Gu Xiaoyue didn't want to sell, he naturally wouldn't force her.

Gu Xiaoyue continued, "Let's first discuss a condition."