Late at night, on the seafloor somewhere in the Gulf of Alaska.
As Ye Yuan watched the sea crab carrying half a golden bamboo leaf flee at high speed, he found it rather amusing.
Good lord, had these king crabs become sentient or something?
That was Ye Yuan's first reaction.
As for the king crabs attacking him, Ye Yuan did not care in the slightest.
With Cold Blood as his bodyguard,
if he could still be injured by a few king crabs,
then he really ought to consider raising a different pet.
Naturally, Cold Blood did not disappoint Ye Yuan.
The few king crabs had barely left the seafloor and attacked Ye Yuan
before Cold Blood wiped them out in a few swift moves.
After ordering Cold Blood to seize the golden bamboo leaf, Ye Yuan remained where he was and waited.
In just over ten seconds, Cold Blood returned to Ye Yuan with one of the fleeing king crab's claws.
The severed claw still quietly clutched half of the golden bamboo leaf.
What Ye Yuan had never expected was that
after Cold Blood dealt with the king crab carrying the golden bamboo leaf,
the crab swarm went mad. Led by several especially large king crabs,
they surged toward him in a swarm.
It was the first time Ye Yuan had ever seen such a scene.
Not wanting to waste time, Ye Yuan quickly swam upward,
thus avoiding the king crabs' attack.
Only after finally shaking off the crab swarm
did Ye Yuan have time to examine the bamboo leaf in his hand.
He removed the bamboo leaf from the crab claw
and casually tossed the king crab's severed limb aside.
Only then did Ye Yuan carefully inspect the half golden leaf before him.
Judging from the remaining half,
it