Boothill: Son of a nice lady!

Judging by the time, she could get there just in time to save the day.

She would practice on the way.

Bai Tang pulled out the poetry collection Dan Heng had given her as a friendly gift and began reading it aloud without emotion. Her voice grew quieter and quieter until it was little more than an almost inaudible hum.

It was like being back in middle school. Exam-oriented education, you win.

Having nearly fallen asleep, Bai Tang decided it wasn't suited to her. She'd practice by insulting people instead. She wondered whether she'd recover by the time she reached the Xianzhou.

The universe was dangerous. She'd run into robbers before, and now she'd come across a fierce battle.

Bai Tang stood outside, watching the two sides fight.

There were established routes through the galaxy. If she had someone escort her, she wouldn't run into these things, but there was no telling how long it would take to reach the Express. Their spacecraft weren't the Astral Express, which could make jumps.

If she set out alone, she could switch on the navigation and travel straight from one point to the other without detours, cutting the travel time drastically. Look, she even had time to buy souvenirs, and she could watch a war for a while and still make it there in time.

"Wow, that's a fierce battle."

Bai Tang admitted she wasn't very good at sarcasm, and she still couldn't insult people, but she could finally speak normally most of the time!

Over on the trio's side, they went from heaven to hell in a second. They had just started talking with Cocolia and received her assurance, only for her to send people to arrest them in an instant. They were rewarded with a wanted notice, then tricked by Sampo into exploring, solving puzzles, and matching wits to find the Stellaron. Finally, they ended up fighting Svarog.

After that, they would encounter a mother and daughter turning against each other, and fight Cocolia after she had been corrupted by the Stellaron.

Meanwhile, Bai Tang had helped Silver Wolf and successfully checked in, trained her speech until she could talk normally, drowned a group of robbers in passing and turned them into specimens, and still found time to buy souvenirs and watch others flee.

"Son of a nice lady, company lapdogs, worry about how you're going to stay alive first."

The cyborg, whose body had been modified so extensively that only his head was still original, put away his gun but kept his hand on the grip, warily scanning his surroundings.

The company employees weren't pursuing Boothill either. Every one of them stared in fear at the enemies not far away.

"Buzzzz..."

Wow, so many bugs.

Bai Tang took a look around and found that the entire planet was crawling with bugs. So this was a bug nest! Did that make them humans walking into the bugs' mouths?

"Fudging hell, we've landed in a bug nest."

Boothill had already taken down a few bugs. A massive explosion killed several Market Development Department employees who hadn't escaped in time and caught a few bugs in the blast, setting off a chain of explosions.

In this godforsaken place, life and death were up to fate. Boothill still hadn't managed to kill a certain bastard while staying alive himself, so he didn't want to die either. How could he spare a thought for these people?

Besides, they were all mid-ranking lapdogs of the Market Development Department. He'd come out well ahead if he killed a few more.

"Help! I don't want to die yet!"

But the employees didn't want to die. Each of them had struggled to climb to this position. Their superiors had assigned them a task, and they'd wanted to hunt down Boothill for a bonus too. Instead, they hadn't gotten the money and had nearly chased themselves to death. How could they bear it?

"Fudge, keep screaming and I'll put a bullet of love in you first."

Boothill narrowly dodged a bug's attack, twisted around, and fired a shot that took one down. Once again, he watched a chain of explosions go off like fireworks.

"I won't kill you anymore. Save me."

One of the employees was crying, tears and snot running everywhere. He didn't even know where he'd gotten the strength to kill Boothill. Had he just gotten carried away and chased after him?

Bai Tang watched from afar and laughed aloud at those words.

Was this guy missing a screw?

If he could really kill Boothill, why was he asking Boothill to save him now? He should just go for it.

"Fudging hell, who's there!"

To get a closer view of the show, Bai Tang had entered the planet and was happily watching from the air. Her laugh gave her away to Boothill.

"Me."

The aura of The Hunt around Bai Tang was so strong that Boothill took one look and let her off. With those fox ears, she was clearly a Xianzhou Foxian.

"An Emanator of The Hunt? A Xianzhou general? No, how the fudge could a Xianzhou general be here?"

But she had too many buffs stacked up: a Foxian and an Emanator of The Hunt. He wanted to be suspicious, but didn't know where to start.

"Why not say, I've walked too far, down my Path?"

Bugs flew past Bai Tang as she stood there, seemingly unaware of her, before attacking Boothill and the company employees.

"Do you think I'm fudging blind?"

If she hadn't received the Reignbow Arbiter's blessing and reached the level of an Emanator, she would have been crashing into a brick wall by now. How could she be leisurely watching them fight bugs here instead of pursuing her enemies for revenge?

"That's why, they're not as strong."

That was how Path maniacs were. In Boothill's words, they wouldn't turn back until they hit a brick wall. Hilariously, even after hitting it, they still wouldn't turn back. They'd smash a hole through it and keep going.

Those who weren't crazy weren't strong, while those who were crazy were strong but would pull off spectacular stunts—universe-level stunts, at that.

"Staying alive, that wish is too, hmm, extravagant."

This was the sort of luck that made someone look forward to a lucky day, only to find it passing by as ordinarily as any other day!

As long as she turned herself into a Path maniac, staying alive would be easy. Most of the time, she'd be the one tormenting others.

"What fudging plan do you have?"

Sparks were flying from Boothill's gun, yet the more bugs he fought, the more there were. Knowing that he often threw his brain away and focused on tatakae, he naturally asked Bai Tang.

"Leave this planet."

Bai Tang thought for a second and decided to tatakae.

My super brain is telling me to use super strength!

"Fudging hell, an Emanator, all right. I'll buy you a drink when we meet again."

For an instant, Bai Tang's pale red eyes turned a mysterious crystal purple, and the crimson hyacinths in her pupils changed to the blue of the sky.

The energy, which had already been suppressing the other Paths, suddenly erupted, overwhelmingly eclipsing every Path and spreading into the surrounding area. The energy that had burst forth vanished in an instant, and the concentrated purple quickly faded as well, returning to normal.

"Quick, go!"

Seeing that someone was helping, the company employees scrambled on hands and knees into their spacecraft, dodged the bugs' attacks, and flew into space, leaving Boothill, whose spacecraft had been destroyed, behind.

"Don't worry, I've got backup."

Boothill had already contacted his companion, who was probably almost there. He'd be able to get out soon. With bugs covering the entire planet, though, whether his backup could pick him up and whether the spacecraft could fly out were another question.