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Jiang Fu glanced at the System Panel.
His Spirit Power had dropped from 986 to 926.
A decrease of 60 points.
"I didn't feel any resistance during Multiply by Ten."
"Using Multiply by Ten on anything related to life requires my Spirit Power to fuel it."
A Level 2 Silver Moon Wolf.
And it had only cost 60 points of Spirit Power.
That was well within an acceptable range.
Even losing 60 points of Spirit Power at once hadn't caused Jiang Fu any discomfort.
That Silver Moon Wolf King was far more terrifying than the martial artists who had chased him earlier.
If he hadn't known the Silver Moon Wolf's weakness beforehand...
He would have been in real danger this time.
Suddenly.
Jiang Fu lowered his head.
The girl in his arms was staring at him without blinking, her eyes clear and bright.
"What is it?"
Jiang Fu asked instinctively, "Has the poison gotten worse?"
Shi Jiu murmured an affirmative.
Earlier, when that Silver Moon Wolf had approached...
She hadn't even noticed it.
If Jiang Fu hadn't reacted so quickly...
The two of them would probably have ended up in the Silver Moon Wolf's belly.
Clearly.
The Black Giant Python's venom had fully taken effect.
It was affecting Shi Jiu's Spirit Power.
Shi Jiu said hesitantly, "That Silver Moon Wolf is worth quite a bit..."
Jiang Fu glanced at the enormous silver wolf, about the size of an old ox.
He couldn't help feeling torn.
His Space Backpack probably couldn't hold something that big.
Dragging it back...
If he ran into other martial artists, they'd most likely kill him and take it.
In this world.
Peace and order existed only within the cities.
In the Wilderness Area...
Although the law forbade martial artists from killing one another...
In reality, it couldn't stop them at all.
Besides.
The martial artists who had chased Jiang Fu might still be lurking outside.
Jiang Fu was already wavering.
Should he skin the Silver Moon Wolf?
Its pelt was the most valuable thing on its body.
But doing that would also pose an enormous risk.
Skinning it would inevitably release a bloody scent and attract other mutated beasts.
Shi Jiu watched Jiang Fu's conflicted expression.
After a moment's thought, she said, "I have a Storage Badge..."
Jiang Fu's eyes widened. "What? A Storage Badge?!"
Shi Jiu murmured an affirmative. "Made by a Space Sequence Martial Artist."
Understanding dawned on Jiang Fu.
Sequences!
They were this world's cheat codes.
They made the impossible possible.
And right now, he had an Abyss Fruit that could unlock a sequence!
At that thought.
Jiang Fu began trembling with excitement again.
Shi Jiu bit her lip. "The Storage Badge is in my inner pocket... don't let your hands wander."
Jiang Fu flushed.
When he'd retrieved the Abyss Fruit earlier, he seemed to have touched somewhere he shouldn't.
"Th-then should I wait until I stop shaking?"
Shi Jiu: "..."
"By the time you stop shaking, the other mutated beasts will have found us."
Jiang Fu had smashed the Silver Moon Wolf into a foldable screen with one blow of his blade.
It was thoroughly dead.
But they weren't far from the dead Black Giant Python.
The heavy scent of blood was still spreading.
Before long.
A large number of mutated beasts would gather here.
"All right, then."
Jiang Fu stopped agonizing over it.
He carried Shi Jiu beneath a large tree and set her down.
"Your inner pocket?"
"Yes, inside my school uniform."
Jiang Fu took a deep breath and reached out.
He unzipped the girl's school uniform.
At the time.
The weather was still rather cold.
But Shi Jiu wasn't wearing many layers.
Beneath her uniform was a somewhat thin white shirt.
The top two buttons were undone.
They revealed her fair, delicate collarbones.
Farther down...
Jiang Fu swallowed.
"In the pocket?"
Shi Jiu: "...Yes."
There was only one pocket on the shirt.
Over the curve of her left breast.
It had a button as well.
Jiang Fu reached out, pinched the button, and gently undid it.
As though trying to distract himself.
He couldn't help asking, "Why didn't you put the Sequence Fruit in the Storage Badge?"
Shi Jiu sounded resigned. "I'd just picked it and hadn't had time to put it away before that damned python ambushed me."
"Oh, and put that snake inside too... a venomous giant python should be worth quite a bit."
That Black Giant Python.
It was a new type of mutated beast that even Shi Jiu had never seen before.
It wasn't particularly strong.
But its venom was extraordinarily potent, temporarily robbing even Shi Jiu of the ability to move.
That python was the main reason Shi Jiu had decided to bring out her Storage Badge.
Jiang Fu blinked.
A thought suddenly arose in his mind.
The probability of finding an Abyss Fruit, multiplied by ten.
The probability of the Abyss Fruit being found by me, multiplied by ten...
That meant...
Even without Shi Jiu, I would have found the Abyss Fruit in this valley.
But I would have ended up...
Ambushed and eaten by the python!
Jiang Fu couldn't help shuddering.
But Good luck multiplied by ten!
He had met Shi Jiu.
"Mmph..."
Just then, Shi Jiu let out a muffled sound.
Her cheeks reddened visibly.
At that moment.
Jiang Fu was carefully slipping two fingers into her pocket.
That shudder just now...
...He still hadn't reached it.
Shi Jiu bit her lip. "If you don't hurry, the mutated beasts will be here..."
Jiang Fu's expression changed, and he realized he was being far too hesitant.
So he withdrew his fingers.
With the back of his hand facing outward, he slid his entire hand into the pocket over Shi Jiu's chest.
At the very bottom of the pocket, he felt something the size of a coin.
Jiang Fu curled his fingers around it and took it out.
Some brushing and bumping along the way was unavoidable.
Shi Jiu closed her eyes in resignation.
Jiang Fu's face was bright red.
He forcibly suppressed the stirring in his heart.
"This is the Storage Badge?"
It was pale gold all over.
Its shape and material were very similar to a Martial Artist Badge.
But it was much smaller.
Shi Jiu murmured an affirmative. "Use Spirit Power to open it."
"The password is 3366959."
Jiang Fu: "..."
It even has a password?
He followed Shi Jiu's instructions.
And poured his Spirit Power into the pale gold Storage Badge.
Sure enough.
He saw something resembling a combination lock.
Then he entered the password, 3366959.
The next instant.
It was as though a great door had swung open.
An enormous space, twenty meters in length, width, and height.
Came into view through Jiang Fu's Spirit Power.
But the space was almost completely empty.
Two small suitcases sat in a corner.
Both were open.
One contained food and water.
The other held neatly folded undergarments.
Jiang Fu hurriedly withdrew his Spirit Power.
"Um... can only Psychic Masters use this Storage Badge?"
Jiang Fu was grasping for something to say.
At that moment.
Shi Jiu seemed to have no strength left to speak.
She parted her lips. "No. Psychic Masters use Spirit Power; Martial Artists use Blood Energy."
Jiang Fu saw how exhausted she was. "Focus on recovering."
"I'll handle the rest."
As he spoke,
he reached out and straightened Shi Jiu's rumpled shirt.
Then he zipped up her school uniform.
Shi Jiu: "..."
Jiang Fu scooped Shi Jiu into his arms.
He carried her over to the Silver Moon Wolf's corpse.
Just now, the instant his Spirit Power entered the Storage Badge,
he had learned how to use it.
Its range was three meters.
It could draw any nonliving object within that range into the space inside the badge.
Jiang Fu gave his Spirit Power a slight nudge.
Whoosh!
The dead Silver Moon Wolf before him vanished into the Storage Badge.
Jiang Fu hesitated for a moment.
He closed the two suitcases.
Then he moved the Silver Moon Wolf's corpse to a corner on the other side.
Once that was done,
Jiang Fu looked down at Shi Jiu in his arms again.
Her eyes were closed. She seemed to have fallen asleep.
Jiang Fu pushed aside his stray thoughts.
Holding Shi Jiu, he headed toward the Black Giant Python.
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