Ch. 305 - I Just Intimidated Its Butt a Little

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"You need to shut your mouth!"

The four of them rushed over together, firmly covering Chen Shu's mouth.

"Wmmph wmmph~"

Chen Shu struggled continuously, but he could no longer speak.

Fang Si said, "Promise you won't talk anymore and we'll let go."

Chen Shu nodded frantically.

Only then did everyone release their hands — while keeping their eyes locked on Chen Shu, ready to gag him at any moment.

Chen Shu said aggrievedly, "No, I was just trying to piss it off to death..."

"Oh, give it a rest!"

Everyone rolled their eyes. If they let Chen Shu keep talking, God knows what would happen next.

Chen Shu shook his head and quietly moved to the back of the group.

Seeing that he'd stopped talking, all four breathed a sigh of relief.

A moment later.

The Swift Wind Sparrow, in the midst of its breakneck flight, suddenly widened its eyes, as if something unbelievable had happened.

Its speed abruptly surged by a small notch.

The others looked over in confusion.

Fang Si said, "Qingyi, did your Swift Wind Sparrow just get faster?"

Ning Qingyi was equally baffled.

She turned her head — and saw Chen Shu crouching down. Her eyes went wide, turning utterly shocked.

"What the— are you a pervert?!?!"

Fang Si and the others all looked over, not understanding what was going on.

"Uh... I just intimidated its butt a little..."

Chen Shu had parted the Swift Wind Sparrow's tail feathers and was holding that venomous scorpion's tail in his hand.

He wasn't stabbing it — he was just gently rubbing it with the sharp scorpion tail...

This was an idea he'd gotten from Xu Xingxing's Mutant Thunderbird.

If he did this to that Thunder Bird's butt, its speed would definitely surge by a huge margin.

"What the hell kind of god-tier idea is that?!"

Fang Si looked over too, never imagining Chen Shu would be this absurd.

And the key part was — the Swift Wind Sparrow's speed really did increase...

While they were talking, the distance between them and the Scorpion Lord had already widened.

In the end, they successfully shook it off!

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After three hours of pursuit, they finally landed on the ground.

"Whimper whimper~"

By now, the Swift Wind Sparrow was drenched in cold sweat. It looked at Chen Shu like he was a demon.

If he had actually stabbed its butt, it might not have developed psychological trauma.

The thing was, this guy Chen Shu never stabbed — he just kept rubbing its butt with the scorpion tail. Anyone would have a mental breakdown.

Ning Qingyi kept soothing the Swift Wind Sparrow, casting resentful glances at Chen Shu.

"Senior Ning, no need to praise me. I was just thinking on my feet. Pure luck, really."

Chen Shu waved his hand dismissively, looking utterly modest.

"......"

While they were talking.

Qiao Yue's expression suddenly shifted. A cold sweat appeared on her forehead. She said:

"Looks like we just escaped the tiger's jaws only to fall into the wolf's den..."

The Demon Eye Crow had just released a detection skill and immediately sensed powerful auras.

"Another Silver Lord?"

Fang Si frowned and asked.

Qiao Yue nodded, then added: "But it seems like it's not just one Silver-rank. It's the auras of that group from yesterday!"

"Retreat! This works out — they'll keep it occupied!"

Fang Si said. Regardless of whether there was bad blood between them, there was no need for them to get involved.

Besides, a Silver Lord wasn't something they could handle!

New options appeared before Chen Shu's eyes.

[Option 1: Seize the opportunity and steal the Silver Lord's treasure! Completion reward: "Wind Blade" +1]

[Option 2: Strike the Silver Lord and rescue the people! Completion reward: Heavenly Poison Flowers x3]

[Option 3: Ignore everything and leave. Completion reward: Two bottles of Black Iron-grade Wood Attribute Potion]

Chen Shu paused for a moment, then immediately locked onto the first option.

"Sis Fang Si, I think we should go take a look."

Chen Shu said: "We're all beast tamers here. We should love and help each other. Even if we had a little disagreement before, what does that matter?"

"? ?"

Fang Si and the other three all looked over at him, their faces filled with question marks.

"How... how did you manage to say that? And so smoothly?"

"Did you get poisoned by the scorpion venom?"

"I think he's having one of his episodes!"

If it were anyone else saying something like that, they wouldn't be that surprised.

But the person in front of them was the Nanjiang Bandit!

You not kicking someone when they're down would already be a goddamn miracle.

And now you actually want to actively throw yourself into danger — for the sake of helping others?

"Uh..."

Chen Shu said: "Actually, I do have... a few ideas about the Lord's treasures..."

Seeing the four's strange expressions, he immediately defended himself:

"Of course, that's just a bonus! My main objective is still saving people!"

Fang Si and the others nodded, saying: "Got it. Totally got it..."

"So... shall we take a look?"

After Chen Shu put it that way, Fang Si was a bit intrigued.

Their goal here was to make money. Now that there was an opportunity, naturally they should seize it.

Besides, she had a bottle of Berserk Potion. Whether used on the Scarlet Flame Dragon or the Swift Wind Sparrow, it could get them out of trouble.

The five of them nodded, about to head out.

But the Swift Wind Sparrow twisted its body back and forth, looking thoroughly unwilling.

It didn't want to be tormented anymore...

"Oh? Not feeling like flying?"

Chen Shu picked up the scorpion tail again and walked over with a sinister grin, the spitting image of Rong Momo...[1]

In an instant, the Swift Wind Sparrow spread both wings and took off once more!

"That's more like it!"

Chen Shu patted the Swift Wind Sparrow's head. He had already tamed it into complete submission.

"......"

Ning Qingyi rubbed her temples, feeling like the Swift Wind Sparrow seemed to listen to Chen Shu even more than it listened to her now.

The five of them rode the Swift Wind Sparrow, heading toward the location of the Silver Lord.

Up ahead, increasingly terrifying hissing sounds drifted toward them.

Over a massive marsh, densely packed black flying bugs floated everywhere.

Their eyes were blood-red, numbering at least in the tens of thousands.

Though most were Foundation Level, they were still enough to make one's heart tremble.

They were precisely the Poison-Eating Bugs of the [Living Wood Swamp]!

Their bloodline rank wasn't high — the vast majority were Level 9 Fierce Beasts, among the bottom-tier beasts of [Living Wood Swamp].

But once a Silver-rank Lord appeared among them, the swarm would become terrifyingly formidable — they wouldn't even flinch facing a Silver Two-Star Lord.

The sky was filled with Poison-Eating Bugs locked in battle with thirteen contract spirits.

Any one of those contract spirits' skills could wipe out swaths of them in an instant, but fresh Poison-Eating Bugs immediately filled the gaps, as if they were inexhaustible.

At the very center of the swarm.

Six people huddled together — the same beast tamer squad that had crossed paths with Fang Si's group the night before.

Right now, their expressions were grim. Thirteen contract spirits surrounded them on all sides, protecting them.

Someone asked, "Boss, what do we do?"

Zhao Yong's face was grim, his expression deeply grave.

Even as a Silver-rank Beast Tamer, he couldn't let his guard down for even a moment.

A Silver Lord was hiding among the swarm — one moment of carelessness, and even he could fall.

Their original plan had been to use his personal strength to tie up the Silver Lord while the rest of the team stole its medicinal herbs.

Once a Poison-Eating Bug swarm produced a Lord, it would leverage the swarm's terrifying numbers to continuously plunder all kinds of poison-attribute herbs!

Right now, the marsh surface was densely packed with floating herbs of all kinds — at least several hundred of them!

No wonder Zhao Yong's group had taken such a risk.

But they'd failed from the very start. The swarm's ferocity far exceeded their expectations.

The Poison-Eating Bug Lord had even severely wounded their black flying bird. Not fatally, but it could no longer fly for extended periods.

Although they'd managed to injure the Poison-Eating Bug Lord in return, the dense swarm was what truly threatened them.

"If it comes down to it... we fight our way out!"

Zhao Yong's eyes showed a ruthless glint. He was prepared to sacrifice contract spirits to force open a path to survival!

Just then, Chen Shu's group arrived nearby.

"They're in danger! I must save them!"

Chen Shu declared righteously, though his gaze was locked dead on the various herbs floating on the marsh...

[1] Rong Momo (容嬷嬷) — The iconic villainous nanny from the classic 1998 Chinese drama My Fair Princess (还珠格格). She's notorious for torturing people by stabbing them with needles while grinning maliciously. Here, Chen Shu is compared to her because he's "gently" tormenting the Swift Wind Sparrow's butt with a scorpion tail — bringing the same sadistic, intimidating energy.