"..."
The crowd's lips twitched. While they found the hospital gowns rather appealing, none were as obsessed as Xiao Xing...
Just then, Old Xie's expression shifted. "A Beast Emperor is coming, at the Upper Legendary level!"
"So soon?! Have the recent Beast Emperors gone mad?!"
Everyone was slightly startled. They had barely arrived and were already being targeted...
Lately, their encounters with Beast Emperors had become far too frequent, making one suspect that all Beast Emperors had converged nearby...
"Should we retreat?!" Old Wang asked, his brow furrowed.
"Shall we wait a bit longer?" A Liang's eyes, filled with greed, were fixed on the Sky Thunder Ore in front of him. For the Ruffian Gang, greed was their very essence...
"Let's gather for a while longer. We'll evacuate once the Beast Emperor is within a thousand meters!" Fang Si made the decision, equally reluctant to leave immediately.
"Alright!" Hearing this, no one objected.
Old Xie urged, "Collect it faster!"
"What's the rush?! I'm already going all out!" The Space Bird's wings flapped incessantly, its spatial power like gusts of wind, causing all the Sky Thunder Ore in its path to vanish...
Soon, Old Xie's expression moved. "Within a thousand meters!" he shouted. "Xiao Xing! Evacuate!"
With that, everyone instantly landed on the back of the mutated Thunder Bird, preparing to depart immediately...
But in that instant, a roar echoed! "This Emperor is here to talk, don't run!" Xiang Liu was sprinting at full speed, its nine serpent heads panting heavily...
In recent times, the Beast Emperors had been exhausted just trying to deliver a message, as the other party was too cautious, immediately retreating upon sensing their approach, never giving them a chance to communicate...
Seeing that the distance was not too great, Xiang Liu immediately shouted, "Sister Fang Si, what do you say?!"
A Liang and the others looked at Fang Si, seeking her opinion. Just as Fang Si was about to speak, Xiang Liu's voice boomed again, "We've discovered a human settlement. If you want them to live, then sit down and talk!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Si's expression shifted. She gave Xiao Xing a meaningful look. Instantly, the rapidly flying Thunder Bird abruptly stopped. A moment later, Xiang Liu successfully caught up...
"Hoo hoo hoo~~~" It panted heavily, a hint of excitement in its eyes. Finally, they could have a proper conversation...
"To be honest with you, we've discovered a human settlement."
"Oh." Fang Si replied indifferently, crossing her arms.
"???" Xiang Liu was slightly taken aback. Why was the tone different from what it expected?
"Stop with the nonsense," Fang Si said calmly. "Our time is limited."
"You don't believe us?!" Xiang Liu was momentarily stunned, then one of its heads moved, spewing bursts of purple toxic mist. The next second, as the Thunder Bird was about to flee, it was stopped. Fang Si and the others' gazes sharpened as they saw the toxic mist transform into a map, marking the human settlement.
"A settlement in the Snow Country?!" In almost an instant, everyone recognized the location.
"It seems you already know." Xiang Liu was slightly taken aback but showed no concern. Even if they knew the settlement's location, the other party couldn't possibly evacuate tens of thousands of people in such a short time.
"Now, can we talk properly?"
"We can." Fang Si's attitude suddenly changed, no longer as indifferent as before. At the same time, she subtly signaled Xiao Xing. Xiao Xing nodded and silently pressed a switch on his hospital gown, stroking the gown with his right hand to transmit the message to the other Beast Tamers wearing hospital gowns. His hospital gown served as a master unit, not only controlling the switches of other gowns but also communicating with all of them simultaneously... It had to be said, this was indeed humanity's current pinnacle of technology...
"That's good then." Xiang Liu smiled and said, "It's actually very simple, just like before."
"Like before?" Fang Si raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"Make this brat break the contract with this bird!" Xiang Liu's eyes showed a hint of killing intent as it spoke coldly. The current Thunder Bird was akin to the Dragon Rabbit back then, earning the deep hatred of the Beast Emperors; it was the main culprit...
*Slap!* As soon as it finished speaking, all nine serpent heads were assaulted by a large puddle of saliva...
"Roar!" Instantly, Xiang Liu's expression became furious. This was too insulting!
*Slap!* The Thunder Bird's mouth acted like a machine gun, unleashing another series of saliva attacks... Its attack speed was not only fast, but the opponent couldn't even dodge it!
"Roar! You don't want to talk anymore, do you?!" In a short time, Xiang Liu felt as if it had taken a bath, its anger almost making it lose its reason... This thing was so small, yet it could spit so much...
"Friendly gesture, friendly gesture... You don't mind, do you?" Xiao Xing said with a grin, finally stopping the Thunder Bird's insulting behavior...
"Roar!" Xiang Liu's gaze grew colder. "It must die! Otherwise, we will kill all humans!"
Hearing this, killing intent also flashed in the eyes of the crowd... Fang Si, however, shook her head, signaling them not to act rashly...
"If you want to talk, we can!" Fang Si said calmly at this moment. "But your sincerity is not enough!"
"What do you mean?"
"To trade our people for our contracted spirit? That's too good a deal for you, isn't it?!" Fang Si's eyes held a cold smile.
"What do you want?!" Xiang Liu did not get angry. Since the other party had this idea, it meant the Thunder Bird could be abandoned!
"Simple, lightning-element resources worth ten trillion Hua Xia coins!" Fang Si said calmly. "Without the Thunder Bird, we can't leave the ruins. We need some resources for our retirement, don't we?"
"Ten trillion?!" Xiang Liu's eyes widened. Although it was a formidable beast that emerged later, it understood human currency calculations and naturally knew what ten trillion meant.
"It's wrong, it's ten trillion worth of lightning-element resources!"
"Impossible!" Xiang Liu directly refused. "Even the entire Ancient Imperial Continent might not have so many lightning-element resources."
"Then there's nothing we can do." Fang Si shrugged indifferently. "Since that's the case, you might as well kill those people."
"Huh?!" Xiang Liu was completely stunned. From the other party's demeanor, it seemed they cared more about the ten trillion resources than the lives of those people. However, it wasn't too surprised, as they weren't Chen Shu, and people were different from each other...
"Let's go!" Fang Si said plainly. The Thunder Bird's body once again emanated lightning, preparing to leave the area.
Xiang Liu immediately backed down and hurriedly softened its stance, "Don't rush, don't rush, everything can be negotiated..." And from this moment on, it was about to be tricked.