"Fuck, did that guy take my pen with him?!"
Bai Zhu sat on the floor in frustration, clutching his head and sighing.
He recalled what Gao Mao had said before leaving.
"Get my body back for me."
It seemed that the one-horned child form was only part of it. Its true body was pinned down somewhere, naturally limiting its power as well.
The question was, would Gao Mao come back after reclaiming its original power? And the place where its body was located was most likely the Dark Continent.
Bai Zhu sighed toward the ceiling. The component fragments were still in Gao Mao's hands. To get them back, he would have to go to the Dark Continent.
This mission was starting to feel more and more like a scam.
"Ah! Give me a break. I don't want to go die."
Coming back to himself, Bai Zhu looked at Knov.
"Forget it. Let's wake him up first."
Bai Zhu used Kaidō intermittently, repairing the hidden injuries Gao Mao's rough driving had left behind.
The hidden injuries gradually healed.
Knov's fingers twitched.
Just then, a Black Gate split open above the living room.
Gao Mao's voice burst out from the gate.
"Stop biting! It's been over ten thousand years! Why are you still guarding a corpse?!"
Bai Zhu looked up.
A foot fell out of the Black Gate first, followed by Gao Mao's round body. It landed in its living room while clutching its butt, with a ball of ghostly blue fire still hanging from the back of its diaper.
The Black Gate had yet to close.
A massive jaw suddenly chomped down. Its canine teeth stretched across the entrance, longer than the living room was wide. The thing pressed forward, and a dull boom immediately echoed through the stone walls.
Bai