Its enormous body settled back down and slowly crawled over. Reaching the spot where the hundred-odd rings had been, the Centipede King peered into the great hole, still reluctant to let them go.
Sure enough, they were gone.
Sure enough, that hateful bastard had taken them.
The centipede shook its head sadly.
It crawled a little farther, reaching the place where the little mouse had been twisting his rope, and stretched its head over for a look. Sure enough, the little mouse was gone too. Ah, such a fun little toy, gone after such a short while. How disappointing. If only we could have played for another eight or ten days. There were so many positions we hadn't tried yet!
Ah, how lonely.
The centipede crawled back despondently, returning to the cliff face and leaning against it with a rather human air of melancholy.
It wasn't easy to finally find something fun. Later, I'll have a good look around and see whether he's gone very far...
But now... I certainly can't leave.
Inside the cliff, the Dragon Soul Ginseng was nearly ripe...
Only after the centipede had completely settled down and gone off in another direction did Ye Changqing and Wen Xingtian finally relax, letting out long breaths.
That had been close!
Wen Xingtian grimaced all the more.
If I'd gone out with Ye Changqing back then, I'd surely be cold by now, wouldn't I?
Would my Space Ring have ended up in that pile too?!
"The Four Swords of the Kingly Way suffered serious injuries this time. They have less than a tenth of their strength left."
"Our priority is finding Zuo Xiaoduo," Ye Changqing said evenly. "But if we find the Four Swords of the Kingly Way, we can kill them on the spot too!"
He said,