199: The leap of the Great Emperor Moth

This body of water was just over a thousand meters outside his own territory, and the few hundred meters of water it occupied was held by only a small faction.

The small faction was terrified by Tang Ping's arrival and frantically tried to grab the Winged Fruit strange treasure for themselves.

Unfortunately, the closest person in this small faction was still fifty to sixty meters away from the Winged Fruit strange treasure.

Tang Ping, on the other hand, was only a little over two thousand meters from his patrol position to here. With a single flap of its wings, the Great Emperor Moth instantly burst with speed, and within a few breaths, its shadow already loomed over this body of water.

The scorching flames directly incinerated the man who had already approached the fruit within twenty meters.

“You! Are you going to break the rules you yourselves set?!” the leader of the small faction exclaimed in shock and anger.

“Rules?” Tang Ping was initially puzzled but quickly understood that the other party was likely referring to the entrenched rule here, where each faction occupied a section of the water.

He immediately laughed. How could this be a rule? It was purely because they didn't want to constantly move around, fearing that as more and more people arrived, they wouldn't get a single fruit in the end. So, instead of wandering across the increasingly large lake, they simply occupied a section of it.

And this, in the eyes of the small faction, became a rule they had established.

Of course, calling it a rule wasn't wrong.

But, to expect those who set the rules to follow them?

“Rules, what I say are the rules.”

Tang Ping snatched the Winged Fruit strange treasure, and the small faction leader's eyes were about to split, yet he dared not step forward.

The Winged Fruit strange treasure was immediately stuffed into the Great Emperor Moth's mouth.

The Great Emperor Moth's body also glowed. The realm that it had been stubbornly suppressing from breaking through, with the sublimation of life, was no longer its peak at this moment.

It seemed to regress rather than advance, but in reality, its strength had multiplied several times.

The Great Emperor Moth grew even larger. Its original ten-meter-long body became over twenty meters. The terrifying pressure made the people originally searching this small body of water turn pale and flee in panic.

Only the leader of that small faction gritted his teeth and held on, glaring at Tang Ping, as if demanding justice.

Justice, Tang Ping certainly provided.

A Flame Moon Slash flashed, and the small faction leader was instantly split in two. Before his body even fell into the water, raging flames incinerated him to ashes.

As for the others, Tang Ping couldn't even be bothered to say a word and returned riding the Great Emperor Moth.

Those who had run far away early, belonging to this small faction, felt a chill to their bones, but none dared to say anything, fleeing outwards in a panic.

There were also several others around the Azure Dragon Society, although hundreds of meters away. Seeing the tragic state of that faction, they were scared out of their wits. Their leader immediately ordered them to migrate to other places.

Those closer ran directly two to three kilometers away.

Those further away ran seven to eight kilometers, already approaching the edge of Tang Lake.

And the people of the Azure Dragon Society, seeing this, were greatly invigorated and cheered.

Several of the factions there were many times stronger than they had been before, even having 4th-level B-rank Talent Holders. When facing provocations from these factions, they had been angry but dared not speak. As it turned out, their leader was brilliant and found them several powerful patrons!

Even Division Commander Zheng from the base had to avoid them. An audacious thought involuntarily arose in the minds of some Azure Dragon Society members: since Division Commander Zheng was not as strong as them, then perhaps... At this moment, Tang Ping returned to his small boat.

Looking at the current Great Emperor Moth, he couldn't help but feel a headache. The Great Emperor Moth was strong, but it was so big, how could he put it into the Shelter?

Seemingly sensing Tang Ping's distress, the Great Emperor Moth chirped a few times, then slowly shrank, finally becoming only a little over one meter in length. Its eyes stared at Tang Ping, as if saying, it couldn't get any smaller, this was the smallest it could be.

Tang Ping immediately smiled, “This size is perfect. Good, I don't need to put you into the Shelter anymore. You can just stay with me on this small boat.”

Upon hearing that it didn't have to return to the Shelter, the Great Emperor Moth was overjoyed. It folded its wings and landed on the small boat.

It was also very cautious, seemingly afraid of sinking the small boat. Only after seeing that nothing happened did it stretch out its limbs and crawl around.

At this time, Tang Ping also observed the Great Emperor Moth's changes.

In fact, the changes in its appearance were not very significant. It was just that the eye patterns in the center of its wings became more realistic, as if they were real.

Also, the crown-like cuticle on its head looked even more like a crown. If it stood up, it would look exactly like an insect king from a cartoon.

Most importantly, its original two pairs of wings had become three pairs, with the newly appeared pair growing between the original two pairs of wings.

The friends panel popped up at this moment.

It was Zhang Xile.

Zhang Xile: “Brother Tang, congratulations! Your flying mount is getting more and more awesome! Ahhh, when will my egg hatch?”

Tang Ping: “That’s enough from you. You already have the Aurora Leech, and you’re still thinking about flying? That thing of yours isn’t worse than a flying mount.”

Zhang Xile: “No, it doesn’t have the same prestige as a mount. Just imagine, one day if I’m riding a hundred-meter giant beast, and people on the ground are fleeing in terror, only to realize that this city-destroying beast is just my mount, how cool would that be!”

Tang Ping: “...”

Tang Ping: “You should first get a strange treasure and feed it to your Aurora Leech.”

Zhang Xile: “You’re right. Even though I don’t have a pet, I can still feed it to little Leech for now. Oh, and the purple light golden sun tree!”

Tang Ping: “No need for the purple light golden sun tree.”

Zhang Xile: “Why?”

Tang Ping: “The racial life value of the purple light golden sun tree is already very high. The significance of using these strange treasures is not great; they won't bring about much transformation. In fact, the racial life value of the Aurora Leech is also extremely high.”

Zhang Xile: “So, all the flowers, grasses, insects, and birds are more powerful than us humans, huh?”

Tang Ping: “You're overthinking it. Among normal species on Blue Star, our human racial life value, if not the highest, is definitely among the top. The purple light golden sun tree and the Aurora Leech are because they have already undergone qualitative changes; they cannot be compared to ordinary creatures.”

Zhang Xile: “Alright, although I don't quite understand, I think I might get a few for my grandma later and feed them to her chickens and ducks. Who knows, maybe she can really raise a phoenix.”

Tang Ping: “...”

Tang Ping: “You certainly dare to imagine. First, let's not talk about whether phoenixes exist. Even if they do, just a few strange treasures making a chicken turn into a phoenix can only happen in dreams. Even if there really were a phoenix, being able to awaken a tiny trace of its bloodline would be like burning high incense.”

Zhang Xile: “I'm just imagining, you know.”

Ending the chat, Tang Ping continued to guard his body of water.

The area he guarded was not large. He, Zhang Xile, and Nie Yu together covered a water area of only a thousand meters. Within this range, no matter where a strange treasure appeared, they could arrive within seconds.

If the Azure Dragon Society was also included, this water area expanded to two thousand meters, which was already very large.

Of course, there was also an outer circle, and although they didn't have people patrolling it, no one else dared to step into it either.

Tang Ping's gaze stretched into the distance. At this moment, he could no longer observe the shore of Tang Lake.

“No wonder...”