dmims Chapter 448: Lin Dong’s Terms, Trying to Poach from Gu Yuexi?
Chapter 448: Lin Dong’s Terms, Trying to Poach from Gu Yuexi?
’Lin Dong, Lin Dong... That name sounds a little familiar.’
However.
’This kid is a few years older than Gu Yuexi right now.’
’And in a few more years, Gu Yuexi’s potential won’t be limited to just slaying Emperor Realm experts. For all I know, she might have even reached the Emperor Realm herself by then.’
’So, if we’re comparing the two...’
’Heh, my Little Master is still way more badass.’
Just as Chu Sheng was lost in his wild thoughts, Lin Dong’s calm voice sounded again.
"This is all Essence Blood I collected in the past. It’s not of much use to me anymore."
"So, are you interested in this deal?"
Chu Sheng snapped out of his thoughts and chuckled to himself.
’Interested?’
’Are you kidding? I’m *very* interested!’
He flapped his wings, letting out a buzzing sound.
’Interesting. I’ll take them. Now, tell me what you want.’
Watching Chu Sheng’s movements, the corner of Lin Dong’s mouth curled into a barely perceptible smile.
"Although I can’t understand mosquito language, I can probably guess what you mean."
He paused, a playful look in his eyes as he stared intently at Chu Sheng.
"As for my condition..."
"What if I said... I want you to break your contract with Gu Yuexi and become my Contracted Beast instead?"
"Don’t worry, I have a Secret Technique that can perfectly dissolve your master-servant contract. And I can sign an equal partnership contract with you."
"So, what do you say? Will you agree?"
Lin Dong’s tone was still calm as he spoke, but his startlingly bright eyes held a probing look.
And the very instant his voice faded...
Tens of thousands of kilometers away, deep inside an incredibly secret cave.
Gu Yuexi was sitting cross-legged, surrounded by dense Spiritual Qi, when her long eyelashes suddenly trembled.
Her eyes snapped open.
A flicker of indescribable irritation and unease passed through her eyes, which were as clear as autumn pools.
’What’s going on?’
’I’m at a critical moment in my breakthrough. Why would my state of mind suddenly waver?’
She made a quick divination with her fingers, her brow furrowing slightly.
’This strange feeling... is it coming from that damned mosquito?’
’What kind of trouble is he getting into out there now?’
Gu Yuexi snorted, feeling annoyed.
’Just wait until I’m out of seclusion. I’ll teach you a lesson!’
Shaking her head, she suppressed the strange feeling, closed her eyes, and once again immersed herself in her cultivation.
...
「Northern Domain, Fifth Defensive Line, Above Beitian Pass.」
Lin Dong was still waiting for Chu Sheng’s answer.
Chu Sheng nearly burst out laughing.
’Poaching? And he’s trying to poach *me*? Right to my face?’
He glanced at Lin Dong and let out a cool buzz.
’What do you think?’
Seeing Chu Sheng’s reaction, Lin Dong smiled as expected, as if he had predicted this outcome all along.
"I knew you wouldn’t agree."
He shook his head and continued, as if talking to himself.
"Besides, to be honest, this stuff alone isn’t nearly enough to trade for a Divine Mosquito like you, one with infinite potential."
"So, what I just said was a joke."
"I only have one real condition."
Lin Dong’s expression turned serious. He looked up, his gaze growing distant as he stared into the endless void of deep space.
"In the future, at a time of need, I’ll require a favor from you."
"To be precise, to help me... fight a battle."
"A battle tens of thousands, even hundreds of millions of times, more massive than the scene before us."
’Whoa!’
Even Chu Sheng was shaken.
’This kid sure talks big.’
’Hundreds of millions of times more massive than this chaotic battle between hundreds of thousands of soldiers? What does that even mean? A war between gods?’
’Still, if it’s just a fight, it’s worth considering.’
’Besides, who knows what the future holds? Might as well grab the benefits right in front of me first.’
Chu Sheng wasn’t one to dawdle.
Right in front of Lin Dong, he flapped his wings and pulled the Spatial Ring, containing over ten thousand drops of Essence Blood, directly into his Lifebound Space.
His action was the best answer.
’I, Lord Mosquito, accept.’
’When the time comes, I’ll even bring that Little Empress Gu Yuexi along!’
...
A smile touched Lin Dong’s lips when he saw Chu Sheng take the ring. The deal was done.
He turned his head, his gaze once again falling on the black tide of the Alien Race surging ever closer in the distance. He sighed softly.
"The Northern Domain... it’s most likely doomed this time."
"A pity. In this current body of mine, I can’t change a thing."
He glanced at Chu Sheng as he spoke.
"Even you can’t do anything about it, can you?"
Hearing this, Chu Sheng scoffed internally.
’That’s not necessarily true.’
Just then.
BOOM!
A blood-soaked figure plummeted from the sky like a meteorite, crashing down just outside the walls of the fifth defensive line and blasting a huge crater into the hard earth.
It was none other than Luo Zhan.
He wasn’t dead yet.
But his condition was now at its absolute worst.
His custom-made Emperor Realm Battle Armor was in tatters, and blood still oozed from the bone-deep wound on his chest.
After the first defensive line fell, he had remained on the front lines, fighting desperately. He alone had managed to tie down several Monarch Level aliens.
Even a man of iron would be on his last legs by now.
He struggled, trying to climb out of the crater.
He tried once, and failed.
He tried again, and failed again.
His body simply wouldn’t let him stand.
Watching the man—eyes bloodshot, teeth clenched, yet still refusing to give up—Chu Sheng couldn’t help but sigh internally.
’This guy... he really is a tough one.’
He flapped his wings, descending slowly from the sky to appear before Luo Zhan.
A voice sounded directly in Luo Zhan’s ear.
"Don’t force it."
"You’ve already done more than enough."
Luo Zhan snapped his head up. Seeing Chu Sheng, a flicker of hope ignited in his eyes, only to be quickly extinguished.
"Don’t worry."
Chu Sheng landed on Luo Zhan’s chest and traced a few words there.
His voice rang out again, filled with undeniable confidence.
"The Northern Domain... I’ll protect it."
Luo Zhan froze, his pupils trembling violently!
He snapped his gaze toward Chu Sheng, but the mosquito’s figure had already vanished into thin air, gone to who knows where.
Luo Zhan lay in the crater, staring blankly at the spot where Chu Sheng had disappeared.
’The Northern Domain... I’ll protect it?’
’Just you? A single mosquito?’
’How is that possible?’
But for some reason, upon hearing those words, a faint glimmer of hope surged within his heart, which had already sunk to the depths of despair.
He pushed himself up with his nearly broken body, raising his head once more to look ahead.
There, the earth-shattering roars of the Alien Race were nearly upon them.
Defeat comes like a landslide!