A Stick and a Sweet Date

Ten nautical miles off the docks of Vast Sea City.

The black Hundred Thousand Year Sea Spirit Beast, the Great White Shark King of the Devil Soul, suddenly convulsed all over and began sinking toward the seabed. She brought this stretch of sea a specialty of Sea God Island—the water of the Great White Shark clan of the Devil Soul, straight from Sea God Island!

Not much time passed. In only half a quarter of an hour, Xiao Bai finished unloading.

A quarter of an hour later.

Splash!

Waves beat endlessly against the beach, scattering sprays of foam. In a deserted corner outside Vast Sea City, on a beach rarely visited by anyone, a black-haired youth in black clothes walked out of the surf, dragging a mermaid with him.

Ye Qiu was gripping Xiao Bai directly by the ankle, dragging that tall beauty onto the beach by force before casually tossing her aside.

Pfft—!

"Ah—mmph~"

Her body hit the sand, but the slight impact did not cause the thick-skinned Xiao Bai the slightest pain. Instead, it sent a numbing tremor through her whole body, mixing with the tingling sensations from earlier and making Xiao Bai unable to stop herself from letting out a soft hum.

"Hah~ Xiao Bai, weren't you a little too fast?"

Ye Qiu braced himself with both hands, bent at the waist with his knees slightly bowed, and spat out several mouthfuls of seawater. By fast, of course, he did not mean Xiao Bai's speed in swimming from ten nautical miles away to the shore. After all, he had been the one carrying Xiao Bai as he swam that distance.

"You—you're shameless!"

Xiao Bai lay on the beach, cursing Ye Qiu weakly. Her body kept writhing over the sand, as though she were trying to rid