Chapter 348: Five Great Powers
“Drip, drip, drip—”
In the fish tank, the water current on the rugged rock wall continued to condense, trickling down along the two inverted jade-white stalactites.
Every drop of water was crystal clear and sparkling.
Jiang Qiue glanced at the leaping, colorful fish schools on the turbulent water surface but paid them little mind. She directly reached out, grasped the wardrobe doorknob, and pulled it open.
“…” Mu Qingtong and Xia Feng, who was behind her, both felt their hearts leap into their throats, neither daring to move.
Mu Qingtong, in particular, felt her legs beneath her black dress go completely rigid. The cool and aloof little face could no longer suppress the rapid flush of crimson.
A wisp of lazy silver hair was damp and sticky by her lips. The low, urgent breathing of Mr. Xia against her ear made the delicate, exquisite curve of her neck break out in goosebumps, causing her to tremble.
The woman in the green dress stood before the two of them, her ethereal, beautiful eyes seemingly fixed on them, silently observing their absurd situation.
“She saw us?” Mu Qingtong and Xia Feng’s hearts tightened. Simultaneously mortified, they also felt a strange thrill, a wild stimulation that ignited their emotions and nerves.
Their brains reeled; they felt like they were going insane. This was ridiculous!
But luckily, as expected, Jiang Qiue was only there to get something.
The woman in the green dress reached out and picked up a piece of clothing from the corner, taking a look.
Due to the influence of extreme tide-like oceanic disasters, a localized downpour had occurred within a hundred-mile radius. This bedroom and wardrobe were naturally affected, with wet, tidal water covering the wooden walls and ground. However, thankfully, the clothes weren’t too severely impacted.
“Saintess, we’ve found the Eye of the Extreme Tide!”
Just then, a subordinate’s deep voice sounded from the green-dressed woman’s wristband.
“Located at 36° east-northeast, four hundred nautical miles away. According to spirit particle monitoring, Qing Xiazi is accelerating towards the Eye of the Extreme Tide.”
The so-called Eye of the Extreme Tide is a natural spatial channel that randomly moves within the Eternal Flow Sea.
It is precisely because of the existence of the Eye of the Extreme Tide that the spatial humidity in its surrounding areas can reach terrifying levels.
Time-Space Ships often malfunction and stall due to excessive humidity, even potentially exploding.
However, if one can withstand the influence of the extreme tide disaster and enter the Eye of the Extreme Tide, they can directly teleport to the target sea area via the spatial channel.
Their current location is the Moro Sea area, Sector 46.
According to the internal records of the Black Moon Holy See, there exists an Eye of the Extreme Tide in the Moro Sea area that can lead to Sector 39, and it moves randomly at intervals.
Clearly, they had encountered it now.
After Jiang Qiue ordered her subordinate to continue pursuing Qing Xiazi, the moment she closed the wardrobe, Xia Feng activated himself again.
Both of them knew their current situation was absurd, but they no longer cared. Gritting their teeth, they silently tormented each other.
“Adult form, I am thoroughly disappointed in you this time!”
Taking advantage of Mu Qingtong’s mental lapse, Loli Mu broke through her control and condensed her form in the real world.
She stared at the absurd scene before her, her golden eyes cold.
Mu Qingtong couldn’t help but raise her eyes. The moment she met the gaze of her younger self, she almost fainted.
Xia Feng also looked up, only to be met with a cold glance from the silver-haired loli.
“Pervert!” She rarely used such a label, but now she didn’t hesitate to bestow it upon her adult self and Xia Feng.
Although Xia Feng’s performance on Witch Island had slightly improved her impression of this ant, the behavior of her adult self and Xia Feng was still unbearable to her.
In her opinion, only ants would indulge in the reproductive desires of the flesh.
Clearly, although these two seemed to be tormenting each other, she could see clearly that they were likely enjoying it, even unaware.
It was utterly ridiculous!
“Adult form, you are too degenerate,” the silver-haired loli said sternly as she approached the black-dressed woman.
Mu Qingtong’s lowered, slender eyelids trembled. When she looked up again, her gaze returned to calm, and she did not respond to her younger self’s assessment.
Her younger self was too young and had experienced too little, so naturally, she would have different views.
However, one point her younger self made was very accurate: she had indeed become degenerate!
She was actually indulging in such absurdity with Mr. Xia.
But sometimes, rewards come at a price. Forcing Mr. Xia to completely degenerate and prostrate himself at her feet would inevitably require sacrifice. As long as the sacrifice remained within her acceptable limits, she didn’t actually mind this kind of price.
As long as the final outcome was as she wished, she would spare no expense!
With this thought, the black-dressed woman slightly tilted her elegant little face, her gaze, which had been lazily fixed on the ceiling, gradually focused. A glint of coldness flashed in her eyes.
She had thought of a wonderful method to punish Mr. Xia, and even make him completely submit to her!
However, this matter required a long-term plan and optimization of the details.
The next day, the entire fleet’s five great powers passed through the extreme tide sea area and entered the Eye of the Extreme Tide.
Using the spatial channel, they entered Sector 39.
However, unexpectedly, Qing Xiazi, who was fleeing ahead, did not proceed further into the forward sectors but instead fled back towards Sector 40.
The fleet pursued from Sector 39 to Sector 40, then to Sector 41, chasing for an entire month!
These five great powers were truly persistent, with not a single force falling behind.
Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong could stay in a capsule ship for months, so staying in a wardrobe for a month was naturally not a problem.
It was just that Xia Feng couldn’t engrave formations to enter the Evil Dragon Space, which made him anxious.
Trapped for a month, he had long passed the agreed meeting time with Miss Evil Dragon.
Missing the appointment like this meant he would likely suffer greatly the next time he went in.
Xia Feng sighed at this, and his heart felt even more urgent to find the Origin Water.
As long as he found the Origin Water, Miss Evil Dragon could manifest a clone in the real world and wouldn’t have to stay confined in the Place of Seal all day.
Moreover, if he could have Miss Evil Dragon accompany him, he could not only deal with many dangers but also “absorb dragon” daily, increasing his mental power.
In the current situation of constant pursuit, he didn’t even have time to enter the Evil Dragon Space to “absorb dragon,” which was very distressing.
In the lightning-flashing sea currents, a shuttle-shaped boat darted frantically.
Qing Xiazi sat in the cockpit, covered in a dense sweat, his gaze annoyedly glancing at the rearview monitor. In the screen, the terrifying fleet appeared like countless stars, densely packed.
These were all people hunting him!
He could understand the Black Moon Holy See pursuing him, as he had stolen so many obsidian stones, and the Holy See’s envy was very normal.
But what about the other four great powers?!
Golden Sparrow Flower, Heaven’s Revelation Knight, Ding Hai Shen Zhen, Goddess Hall—
He naturally recognized the owner of that divine needle, nicknamed Third Master, also known as Yuan Sanye. This person was now a member of the Wolf Hunting Squad.
The so-called Wolf Hunting Squad was related to ancient rumors about Sirius within the Empire’s high echelons. It was a very peculiar matter, and he didn’t know much information.
As for the last one, the Goddess Hall, their allegiance was yet unclear. In any case, it was best to ignore them!
But no matter what, being chased by these five great powers, he was truly grateful!
He only stole a few obsidian stones!
Was it worth it?!
If only the Black Moon fleet were chasing him, he was confident he could escape, but with five great powers surrounding him…
“Boom!!”
As his agitated thought ended, an explosion destroyed his consciousness.
He knew that after escaping for over a month, he had finally been caught by these bastards who relied on their numbers!
Main Control Room.
“Damn it, Saintess, Qing Xiazi was rescued by people from the Goddess Hall.”
Hearing his subordinate’s report, Jiang Qiue’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly. She silently watched the battlefield outside, where lasers were flying chaotically.
The Goddess Fleet and the Black Moon Fleet had engaged each other. However, the Golden Sparrow Flower and the Heaven’s Revelation Knights remained motionless, showing no intention of capturing Qing Xiazi.
Instead, they had blocked off the outer perimeter of the battlefield and were subtly converging towards her ship, forming an unnoticeable blockade.
“Their target isn’t Qing Xiazi, nor those obsidian stones… but me?”
But why would they want to capture me at this time?
Thinking of this, Jiang Qiue suddenly realized something, and the corner of her lips curved slightly.
However, she didn’t show much emotion. Instead, she transmitted a message to a subordinate:
“Don’t make a sound. Immediately activate the imprisonment formations in all cabins!”
