NOVEL NEXT Chapter 472 - 467: Deep Sea Alliance
Chapter 472: Chapter 467: Deep Sea Alliance
Hearing Xiao Mu’s words, the legendary sea beasts fell into silence, without retreating. Instead, they rallied their respective clans, readying themselves for battle.
Old Lady Fan’s gaze swept over the thirteen sea beasts. She impatiently looked behind her and said, “Hurry up with your tasks. I want to go back to sleep soon!”
“We heard you, Old Lady. We’re on it.”
A refreshing voice emitted from the submarine. Immediately, a giant mech tore through the void and emerged, accompanied by the Jiuyou Darkbird to stand beside Old Lady Fan.
“Master, Old Lady Fan, King Legendary? How did you all end up here?”
Watching the three standing together, Bai Qi was taken aback.
The military and the association had jointly dispatched to save him, even calling on two Titled Legends?
No, if you included Old Lady Fan, three Titled Legends had arrived!
This was quite an over-the-top setup.
“With the significant gathering of sea beasts, we had to inspect the situation,” Bai Heguang said as he walked to Bai Qi’s side, assessing his slightly disheveled figure. He turned towards the nearby Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon and asked, “Are you the one who harmed my disciple?”
As his voice fell, a chilling aura erupted from Bai Heguang. The Jiuyou Darkbird beneath him also unfolded its Netherworld Realm, leaching all color from the surrounding area in an instant.
Faced with Bai Heguang’s terrifying aura, all legendary sea beasts altered their expressions and unfolded their realms to resist, escalating the tension once again.
“I ask, what exactly do you humans want to do! If you’re going to fight, then fight. If not, then scram. Stop dawdling…”
Just as Old Lady Fan was asking Delta about his recent experiences, the Asura Shark King couldn’t help but grumble. However, halfway through his rant, he suddenly became incapable of making a sound or moving.
“So it’s you?”
Bai Heguang coldly looked at the Asura Shark King. The Jiuyou Darkbird instantly understood, transforming into a shadow and flashing past. The Asura Shark King instantly exploded, his blood gushing out freely. His species’ violent nature was immediately provoked, with all his kin swarming forward to devour him.
The survival rule of the Asura Shark: The strongest dies, the weaklings consume, endlessly.
“Hmph, they’re just lowly beasts after all,” Old Lady Fan scoffed, wrinkling her nose in disgust. She made her way to Bai Qi’s side and looked around but couldn’t locate Nicholas.
“Erm, I left Nicholas in Gusu City. Do you need me to summon him, Old Lady?”
“No need, I’ll deal with him some other time.”
Old Lady Fan shook her head, then looked towards Delta, a trace of unusual brilliance flashing in her eyes.
“So you are, Delta?”
Blub blub!
（Old Lady, long time no see!）
Hearing Delta’s voice, Old Lady Fan’s face lighted up with a smile. She said, “I was worried about how Bai Qi would solve your evolution problem, but you’ve actually evolved into an Eastern Dragon.”
Blub blub.
（It’s all thanks to my master collecting materials for me.）
Delta shrank his size, as usual, he flew into Old Lady Fan’s arms as he used to do in the training field.
“Not bad, a pure Eastern Dragon bloodline. Who’d have thought I’d meet another one in my lifetime,” Old Lady Fan said, her eyes smiling with delight. She affectionately held Delta close, then suddenly picked up a scent. “Bai Qi, why does Delta carry the scent of the Red Dragon?”
“Red Dragon? Old Lady, are you referring to Master Aleta? Well, during a mission for the Thirteenth Bureau, I accidentally received a Life Blessing in Eden. Perhaps it rubbed off on me then?” Bai Qi said. Seeing Old Lady Fan’s face change slightly, he continued more cautiously, “Is there a problem with this blessing, Old Lady?”
“No problem. The Life Blessing is good for Delta as well. But I just don’t like it,” she said.
Old Lady Fan patted Delta’s head. After some thought, she suddenly bit her finger, forced out a drop of silvery blood, and let it fall onto Delta.
The drop of blood seemed to find its home as it easily melded with Delta’s body. The flame in Delta’s right eye instantly turned from red to silvery-white.
In just a moment, Delta’s eyes became different colors – one red, one white.
“Delta’s Power of Time is too strong. It interferes with the use of the Power of the Void. My blood can help balance it, so consider it a gift for Delta’s evolution,” she explained.
After all this, Old Lady Fan turned towards Bai Qi and asked, “By the way, since Delta now carries my bloodline, I want to take him as my godson. Is that all right with you?”
“Of course, not a problem!”
Bai Qi hastily nodded at his words. This was an opportunity to fully bind himself to Old Lady Fan, and he surely wouldn’t miss it.
Moreover, judging by Old Lady Fan’s demeanor, it seemed like she was declaring some form of ownership.
However, this would make his and Delta’s relationship a bit complicated.
If Delta was to call Old Lady Fan “mom,” and he called her “Old Lady,” would that mean he ought to call Delta “uncle,” while Delta was still expected to call him “master?”
That was a headache.
Despite the conversation between the two dragons and human, the tension didn’t alleviate. In fact, after Bai Heguang swiftly killed the Asura Shark King, the atmosphere on both sides became tenser.
“Alright, Lao Bai, calm down. We are not here for war today,” Wang Chen suddenly appeared next to Bai Heguang. He inspected Bai Qi from head to toe and said, “Looking at how vigorous this kid appears, he probably hasn’t encountered any problems. In fact, he may have obtained quite a few benefits.”
“Cough… King Legendary, you’re just joking,” Bai Qi scratched his head, unconsciously looking at the Dragon Clan heritage kept in Delta’s temporary storage pocket.
King Legendary’s eyes were keen. Indeed, Bai Qi was the one who profited the most from this trip to the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb.
“Celestial Brilliance, calm down a bit,”
Seeing Celestial Brilliance like this, Xiao Mu couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Bai Heguang finally calmed down, but the Legendary Sea Beasts on the opposite side were still very vigilant.
Leaving aside the metal creatures and Beast Masters behind them, the threat posed by these four people alone was greater than all the enemies they had seen so far.
If they were unlucky, they might all fall here.
Xiao Mu walked to the Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon, and said, “How about it? Can we take a seat and talk properly?”
The Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon was silent for a long time, re-assessed the current situation, nodded, and said, “We can.”
With the Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon speaking, the other Legendary Sea Beasts also gradually calmed down, standing behind the Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon waiting for Xiao Mu to speak.
“See, that’s more like it. I told you before, I came here to negotiate for cooperation.”
Xiao Mu gave a satisfied smile and pulled out a document to give to the Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon, saying, “Everything I want to say is in that document. I suppose you’re familiar with human language?”
“I know some.”
The Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon nodded, and then transformed into a human form to receive the document from Xiao Mu.
However, upon seeing the first line of the document, its eyes widened involuntarily.
More than that, when the Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon handed this document to the other Legendary Sea Beasts, they also had the same look on their faces.
“Master, can I ask what Xiao Chuanqi wrote on that document?”
Bai Qi, curious, sidled up to Bai Heguang and asked in a low voice.
“Cooperation.”
“Cooperation?”
Bai Qi was even more confused, while Wang Chen, on the other hand, cut straight to the chase, saying, “You’re so evasive even when talking to your own apprentice. Why don’t you hand him over to me?”
“Actually, it’s simple. Xiao Mu just aims to seize this opportunity to establish a cooperative relationship with these sea beasts. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked Lao Bai and me to come out.”
“Cooperate with the sea beasts?”
Upon hearing this, Bai Qi couldn’t help but glance at the massive submarine fleet and the Beast Master team behind them, twitching slightly at the corner of his eyes.
Who would bring an army to negotiate with others?
Those who didn’t know would think they were about to start a war.
“Kid, you’re still too young.”
Seeing this, Old Lady Fan spoke up, “Cooperation will only be possible if both parties have equal power. Do you expect the weak to become allies with the strong?”
“Er, I understand that, but now… ”
Bai Qi glanced at the sea beasts. Aside from the Asura Shark King already killed by Bai Heguang, the remaining twelve Legendary Sea Beasts didn’t seem to be enough for Old Lady Fan to crush on her own.
Under these circumstances, wouldn’t that be considered equal strength?
“Huh? You’ll know soon.”
Old Lady Fan, holding Delta, walked to Xiao Mu’s side and said directly to the Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon, “You can’t decide. Call out the old guys behind you!”
Hearing Old Lady Fan’s words, the Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon’s face instantly changed. As it was in doubt, five figures suddenly appeared.
“Here comes the real decision makers.”
Seeing these five figures appear, Wang Chen finally put away the smile on his face. In its place was a rarely seen battle intent, and Bai Heguang was the same.
“Who are you? Why can you detect our presence?”
As soon as these five figures appeared, all the sea beasts bowed their heads to them. Even the pets on Bai Qi’s side felt unconsciously compelled to submit.
This was not bloodline suppression, but an absolute gap in strength.
“Who am I?”
Old Lady Fan laughed, her body suddenly changed, and in the blink of an eye, she turned into her true dragon form, which was much larger than when Bai Qi saw her in the Six Tower.
“This… You’re still alive!”
Seeing Old Lady Fan in her true form, those who were still full of momentum suddenly knelt down, completely submitting to Old Lady Fan.
“Alright, what’s the point of all this nonsense in this day and age?”
Old Lady Fan returned to human form, waved her hand impatiently, and said, “Now the Federation is planning to make an alliance treaty with you to establish the Deep Sea Alliance. Do you have any objections?”
“Deep Sea Alliance?”
The five people looked at each other. The Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon gave them the document from Xiao Mu and began to explain.
“What benefits will the establishment of this alliance bring us sea beasts?”
The five people looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked this question.
“Benefits?”
Hearing this, Old Lady Fan raised an eyelid, irritation flaring up momentarily. Xiao Mu then interjected, “Of course there are benefits. The Federation will help you gradually unify the seas. You just need to ensure that you don’t harm humans along the coast and establish some trade cooperation with the Federation.”
“Aligning the fronts of the Federation and the seas would be a win-win situation. Don’t you think so?”
After listening to Xiao Mu’s explanation, the five people remained silent for a long time before they reached a conclusion.
“Then, delighted to cooperate!”