Chapter 305 — The Ginseng Emperor Self-Destructs to Annihilate the Overlords

50 million!

Shi Huan stood in the distance, his heart pounding as he tracked the shifts in Ginseng Baby's strength.

Its power was still rising.

But an Overlord was still an Overlord. Ginseng Baby had only just learned to fly, and even though the pack of dire beasts treated it like a precious darling and could not bear to press it too hard, it was quickly intercepted.

The Earth Demon Ape leaped to Ginseng Baby's rear, its massive hand reaching out and giving Ginseng Baby a fright. But just then, accompanied by a hoarse roar, the Snake Lord in the sky shuddered violently—this time not only did eight tails appear, but eight heads sprouted from its body as well!

"Eight-Headed Form!!!"

The Snake Lord let out a roar, and behind it instantly appeared a colossal phantom dozens of meters tall. This phantom, too, had eight heads and eight tails, its body as vast as eight mountain peaks and eight valleys.

In almost an instant, the Snake Lord bound the Earth Demon Ape with several of its massive tails. As for Ginseng Baby, it too suddenly felt a devouring suction emanating from the Snake Lord's eight heads.

"ROAR!!! (You've lost your mind!!)"

The moment its body was bound, the Earth Demon Ape wore an expression of shock. The Eight-Headed Form was a super-tier forbidden technique that consumed the essence blood granted to Snake Lords by the Eight-Headed Totem, burning life force to unleash. Seeing the Snake Lord activate this skill just to seize the Immortal Ginseng, the Earth Demon Ape cursed inwardly.

"ROAR!!!" Yet the Earth Demon Ape had no intention of sitting by while Ginseng Baby was sucked into the Snake Lord's maw. After pushing its Earth Divine Armor to its strongest state, it desperately used brute force to try and break free from this prayer's binding.

Seeing this, the ones who grew most anxious were the pet beasts of the pirates following close behind.

Dozens of skills slammed toward the Snake Lord simultaneously.

But by now, the Snake Lord had gone utterly berserk. The giant Eight-Headed Form directly blocked all the attacks for it. Its true body grinned and opened its mouth wide, a black mist vortex swirling within, its gaze burning as it watched the Immortal Ginseng being devoured toward it.

"No one can stop me."

"I'll remember this grudge. After this, all of you will die!"

BOOM!!

The Snake Lord's giant tails swept across, smashing away and killing many Commander-level dire beasts. But five of its giant tails were also shattered by pet beasts that some beast tamers had enhanced to quasi-Overlord level. Still, faced with a Snake Lord determined to devour the Immortal Ginseng, these Commander-level pet beasts were truly powerless.

Even after the Earth Demon Ape tore apart the giant tail binding it, it was already too late. It could only watch helplessly as Ginseng Baby drew extremely close to the Snake Lord's massive maw.

"ROAR!!!!" The giant ape wore an expression of utter disbelief.

No!!!

Countless dire beasts also sent up roars.

And the Snake Lord felt its spirit reach a climax, its gaze filled with joy, because its mouth was now less than a meter from Ginseng Baby.

It clearly savored Ginseng Baby's delicious scent, gazing at Ginseng Baby's terrified emerald-green eyes, its pleasure reaching the extreme.

"Baby, don't be afraid. From today on, we are one. Auntie will be very gentle—I'll swallow you directly, so you won't feel any pain." The Snake Lord was exceedingly considerate.

Hearing the Snake Lord say this, Ginseng Baby also let go of its resistance. In the instant it approached the Snake Lord's mouth, traces of the Time Hexagram emerged in its emerald-green eyes, and at the same time, an honest voice rang out.

"Eee. (Thank you, Auntie. I will always remember you.)"

With that, its aura climbed steadily.

Today, Ginseng Baby stepped into the Overlord realm—to slay an Overlord.

...

"What exactly are you trying to do!!"

Meanwhile.

Beside a tavern long since deserted.

Xiao Qin looked at Shi Huan in incomprehension.

At present, fewer than ten people remained here, all of them Donghuang Ancient Kingdom's own.

Apart from Shi Huan and his group, the rest were Donghuang Navy undercover agents planted among the pirates.

Xiao Qin and the others knew that Ginseng Baby was Shiyi's pet beast.

Seeing Shi Huan toss out Ginseng Baby to draw the enemy's attention, they were, to put it mildly, utterly baffled.

What baffled them even more, of course, was why Ginseng Baby could emit such an alluring fragrance.

If Shi Huan had not held them back, even their pet beasts would have wanted to join the main force in the battle to seize Ginseng Baby.

"If we didn't do this, how could we escape?" Shi Huan said calmly.

"Awoo." "Mmm!" "Meow!" "Ning!" Four small pet beasts also poked their heads out from Shi Huan's body.

"But..." Sister Shi still could not understand.

"Did you foresee this step, and that's why you had us do that in advance?" She was referring to spreading the news of the Immortal Ginseng.

"Not exactly." Shi Huan scratched his cheek.

Could he really say that even without the Pirate King's ruins, he would have wanted to screw over an Overlord and reap some benefits?

"Say no more. We should run first." Shi Li.

"Are we really going to abandon Ginseng Baby?" Xiao Qin was somewhat angry.

Shi Ying's conduct was far too much like that of a scumbag who used Ginseng Baby to draw the enemy's attention while he went after other treasures.

In the world of beast taming, abandoning one's pet beast to save one's own life was in truth quite common.

She felt that Shi Jue must be that sort of beast tamer.

"Of course not." At this moment, the Gem Cat gave a chuckle, answering on Shi Jin's behalf.

At the same time, its psychic domain had already enveloped everyone, intending to move them farther away.

Shi Jin gazed into the distance with a grave look and said, "I'm afraid... that if we're too close... when Ginseng Baby annihilates that pack of enemies, we'll be caught in the blast."

"What?" At these words, Sister Shi, Xiao Qin, and the others widened their eyes in shock.

What did that mean?

Wait—

"Here it comes!" Just then, sensing the sudden fusion of energy reactions in the distance, the Gem Cat grinned, and with a "whoosh" teleported everyone even farther away.

The moment they landed, everyone saw a white light flare in the distance!

[You damned creature—don't tell me—]

At this very moment, those who sensed it most intensely were the dire beasts near Ginseng Baby.

In the second before it swallowed Ginseng Baby, the Snake Lord had been utterly elated.

But in the second after swallowing Ginseng Baby, it sensed something was wrong.

It felt an unbearable scorching heat within its body.

Not far off, the Earth Demon Ape, its gaze filled with an expression of disbelief, also changed color in an instant; its body's warning instincts peaked, and its fur trembled without cease.

And the many Kings around it, who had been watching the Snake Lord with unwilling eyes, likewise sensed a fatal fluctuation in an instant.

"ROAR!!!"

In that moment, the earth rumbled; countless dire beasts took a step back, turned with faces nearly deformed by terror, and at the same time began warning the beast tamers behind them to flee.

Flee.

Flee, quickly!

But it was already too late.

With a "boom," the sky seemed to convulse; the whole firmament darkened, and a thunderous roar dragged everyone into another time and space, into a world belonging to night.

The pitch-black sky and the bright night moon left everyone silent.

In that moment, time itself seemed to stop.

Beneath the night sky, in the next instant, everyone clearly saw a blinding light burst forth from within the Snake Lord's body.

BOOM!!!!