The muddy path leading to Chaos City was thick with black and purplish-red clots of blood, piled over with unidentified beast bones and human bones. Not a soul could be seen in any direction, while countless carrion crows wheeled excitedly overhead.
Lin Qi rode an ordinary donkey, a large cigar clenched between his teeth, ambling leisurely down the path.
At his side, Donkey—that very Donkey—was likewise riding a donkey several times his own size, proudly humming a tune Lin Qi had never heard before. "I have a little donkey at home, and I never ride it!"
After humming a few lines in that bizarre, off-key voice, Donkey suddenly brought a hoof down hard on his mount's head. Then he bared his teeth in a grin at Lin Qi. "In that regard, you're far kinder than your father—that brutal, vicious, uncouth Blackbeard!"
Flipping his lips apart, Donkey revealed two rows of gleaming white teeth. He snorted merrily. "A donkey as clever, wise, and adorable as Lord Donkey—how could I possibly be a mount? I should be the one riding on everyone else's head!"
The two black donkeys serving as mounts for Lin Qi and Donkey cursed under their breath in unison. "Damn it, you two need to lose some weight!"
Lin Qi and Donkey simultaneously smacked the two donkeys hard on the head and growled, "Shut up!"
The lucky fellows being ridden onward as mounts by these two were those two haggard rabbits. Several days ago, Lin Qi had successfully completed the strengthening of his body, and the four elemental seals had likewise been strengthened to their utmost limit. He was now in the adjustment period before his first metamorphosis. Thus, he had left the small island and headed for the Eastern Great Plains to take care of some business.
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