The Biggest Scumbag

The moonlight was hazy.

In the dark cave, Chang Ping stared worriedly at the Cold Pond, whose surface was covered in flames.

Although he had already confirmed that Xiangliu's soul wasn't in its body, he couldn't get close to it without clearing the poisonous water in the pond.

Xiangliu's body was legendary in strength. Its black scales were like legendary armor, and unless Chang Ping used a legendary ranged weapon, he couldn't harm a single hair on its head.

Chang Ping's Strength Value was only a little over twenty thousand. He couldn't even afford the Gold Weapon that cost fifty thousand, let alone a legendary weapon that cost five million.

There was only one way to kill Xiangliu's body now: attack its weak point.

After all, he'd once used nothing but a Silver Weapon to blind two of Xiangliu's eyes.

"By the way, what kind of poison is in the water?" Chang Ping suddenly turned to ask Shen Xiu, who was yawning.

Shen Xiu froze. "Why are you asking me? How would I know? Old Monster only told me the water was poisonous. He didn't say what kind of poison it was."

"How about you go down and find out?" Chang Ping's gaze burned with anticipation.

Shen Xiu stumbled backward in fright. "Why don't you go down and find out yourself?!"

What a scumbag! As if taking her body wasn't enough, now he wanted her to go die.

They'd been husband and wife for one night—surely that counted for a hundred nights' worth of affection. How could he be so heartless?

"I remember you once said that the poison you were afflicted with was called Blackwater Strange Poison. And right in front of us is a pond of poisonous black water. I think there must be some connection between the two. You've already been poisoned, so there's a good chance the water won't affect you."

As he spoke, Chang Ping chased after Shen Xiu.

"What do you mean, 'a good chance,' you bastard?!" Shen Xiu ran for her life. "Forget it! I'm absolutely not going down there."

Chang Ping was gambling with a life—but not his own. He was gambling with hers.

This heartless, dick-pulling scumbag!

"You're going down whether you like it or not!" Chang Ping quickly caught up with Shen Xiu. He wrapped his arms around her snow-white legs and hoisted her over his shoulder. He gave her bottom a light smack and said, "If you survive this, we'll call it even for the time you ripped out my heart."

"No! Don't! I don't want to go down there! I'm your woman. We've been husband and wife for a day—how can you bear to send me to my death?" Shen Xiu frantically pounded Chang Ping's back and struggled with all her might.

When they reached the pond, Chang Ping set Shen Xiu down.

"Of course I can't send you to your death. That's why I prepared this for you!" Chang Ping held Shen Xiu by the shoulder to keep her from running, while holding up the diving suit he'd just exchanged.

The Advanced Diving Suit hadn't come cheap. It had cost him a full thousand Strength Value, the same price as the Universal Mask.

There was no need to explain how incredible the Universal Mask was. If the diving suit cost the same, it must have its own merits.

First, no matter how tall, short, thin, or fat the wearer was, it automatically adjusted to fit.

Second, it had tremendous pressure resistance. Even at the bottom of the ocean, ten thousand meters down, the immense water pressure couldn't crush it.

Finally, it provided complete, 360-degree protection with no blind spots. The oxygen tank on its back could supply the wearer with enough air to stay underwater for twenty-four hours.

"What the heck is this? It's so ugly. I'm not wearing it!" Shen Xiu took one look at the strange frog-like outfit and rejected it outright. "Chang Ping, if you have even a shred of conscience, let me go. At least do it for all the times I've served you."

"Conscience?" Shen Xiu's words made Chang Ping laugh. He was so amused he almost shoved her into the water right then. "I lost that a long time ago. Have you forgotten? You stole my heart and swallowed it!"

"This will protect you from the poisonous water. Since you don't want to wear it, you can go down naked!" Chang Ping grabbed Shen Xiu by the arm and dragged her toward the water.

"Stop! Don't pull! I'll wear it, okay?" Shen Xiu's face was pale with despair. "Remember what you said. Once I go in, we're even. You're not allowed to make things difficult for me again!"

She regretted it terribly now. If she hadn't swallowed Chang Ping's heart back then, she wouldn't have lost her virginity later—or ended up facing death now.

"A real man keeps his word." Chang Ping thumped his chest in assurance. "Come on, I'll help you put it on."

In no time at all, Chang Ping had stripped Shen Xiu completely. She stood naked before him.

Chang Ping felt his heart stir. Still, he managed to resist the urge to linger.

The most important thing now was to destroy Xiangliu's body.

After helping Shen Xiu into the diving suit, Chang Ping wrapped an arm around her slender waist and carried her into the water.

With a splash, water sprayed everywhere.

Shen Xiu sank straight to the bottom.

"Are you okay?" Chang Ping's heart tightened as he watched circles ripple across the surface of the pond.

After the time it takes an incense stick to burn, Shen Xiu floated back up.

Her voice came out muffled, but she spoke excitedly. "I'm fine! I'm still alive! Don't forget your promise."

"Promise? What promise? I have no idea what you're talking about." Chang Ping was also very excited to see that Shen Xiu hadn't died, but he didn't let it show on his face. "I'm joking. Come up for now. I have something to give you."

He exchanged for eight C4 Explosive Packs and handed them to Shen Xiu, telling her to stick them on Xiangliu's eyelids.

"Remember, one pack per head. Don't put on more than one," Chang Ping reminded her, holding the detonator.

C4 Explosive Packs were one-time-use Silver Weapons, and relatively cheap. Each one cost only a thousand Strength Value.

But the cost added up. The eight packs had cost him eight thousand Strength Value—almost half of what he had.

"Got it, you're so annoying!" Shen Xiu grumbled impatiently, picked up a pack of explosives, and dove into the water.

The C4 Explosive Packs exchanged from the shop were highly waterproof. Even submerged, they weren't affected at all.

One... two... three... eight!

Shen Xiu went back and forth until she'd planted all eight explosive packs, then returned to the bank.

Chang Ping took a bucket of clean water out of his Space Ring and rinsed the grime off the Advanced Diving Suit.

He took a brush and scrubbed it carefully, inch by inch. He paid special attention to certain private areas, making Shen Xiu's face turn as red as a piece of cloth.

Scrub, scrub, scrub! Scrub, scrub, scrub! Scrub, scrub, scrub!

Chang Ping didn't stop until he'd scrubbed it thirty times.

When the diving suit came off, Shen Xiu's flushed face was revealed. She'd thought Chang Ping would scrub it two or three times, but she hadn't expected him to go straight to thirty. She was practically dizzy from all the scrubbing.

"Here!" Chang Ping handed Shen Xiu her original clothes. Then he bent down and carefully touched the diving suit, storing it in the small Space Ring on his right hand.

After helping Shen Xiu, whose hands and legs had gone weak from the scrubbing, get dressed, Chang Ping pointed at the rope in the distance. "Let's go up first. The explosion might cause the cave to collapse. We don't want to get buried in here."

A little while later, the two of them climbed back to the surface along the rope and arrived in the spacious courtyard.

"Die, Old Monster!" Chang Ping pressed the detonator button.