Spire's body abruptly shrank, and she transformed into a white spider no more than two meters long, landing heavily atop the city wall. She stretched her head into the huge vat and fiercely sniffed the blood the Three-Legged Toad had spat out. Spire nodded in satisfaction. "Good stuff. With this, the injuries of that big snake, that stinking bat, and myself should recover by more than half."
Then she tilted her head and examined the twelve Archangel energy cores for a while before sighing contentedly. "As for these things, very good—they'll do nicely. They can support my next molt and evolution. I only need one; the rest can be distributed among you, and a few can be stored away for later use."
With a sweep of her tentacle, everything Lin Qi had brought out vanished without a trace. Spire grandly extended a tentacle and patted Lin Qi's shoulder. "Very good, little fellow. We are quite satisfied with these things of yours. I won't ask where you got them from; we are not such greedy people. In any case, these things are very good."
"With these, we won't need to join hands with those hypocritical long-ears. I had always been worried that if we allied with them, we would be the ones to suffer in the end. But now it's fine. I will give the order for those Black Spirits to drive those long-eared envoys out."
"We will not interfere in your dealings with the Black Spirits, but you must remember your promise to us. You are not to slaughter Black Spirits, nor are you to take advantage of them. Everything must be discussed with them and conducted according to your worldly rules."
Spire's voice softened somewhat. Clearly, she was very satisfied with today's gains.
Lin Qi bowed slightly to Spire.