"This voice... so familiar..."
Jona's expression froze completely. A flash of lightning seemed to strike her mind, and she instantly sobered up.
She swallowed, her heart churning, and tentatively said,
"Chen... Chen Shu?"
The next second, the man who was helping to 'clean up' turned around, grinned at her, and said,
"You're awake?"
"You... it's really you?!"
Jona's eyes widened in disbelief. "This is the Beast Emperor's lair!"
"Yes."
Chen Shu shrugged and said, "Any problem?"
"..."
Jona struggled, but was enveloped by the green mist, making it difficult to move.
"Wait a moment."
Chen Shu spoke, then turned to continue his sweeping endeavor!
There were too many materials in the Demon Bat Emperor's territory, and he didn't recognize most of them. There was no record of them in any textbooks.
After all, they were treasures of the Beast Emperor, seen by very few people in the world, so it was impossible to educate ordinary Beast Tamers about them.
"Old Qiao, hang in there! I'll do some more looting!"
Chen Shu muttered to himself. The spatial rabbit was also in action, violently extracting various medicinal herbs, ores, and the like.
In a short time, the vast cave had become a mess, clearly showing signs of a bandit's visit...
"There shouldn't be anything left..."
Chen Shu surveyed the surroundings with a hint of pride in his eyes, murmuring,
"Teacher taught me well, I've looted it clean!"
"???"
Jona's expression faltered as she stared blankly at Chen Shu.
He was still the same old bandit, not changed one bit...
"Alright!"
Chen Shu clapped his hands, walked in front of Jona, and said,
"Are you okay? I came specifically to save you!"
"Specifically?"
Jona's expression was strange. How could he say that...
If she hadn't spoken up, this guy probably wouldn't have even glanced at her.
"Uh..."
Chen Shu chuckled and then said, "Whether it was specific or not doesn't matter. Did I save you or not?"
"..."
Jona shook her head and said,
"It was Old Ancestor who asked you to act, wasn't it..."
She understood that the Alliance had probably paid a considerable price to get Chen Shu's help.
This guy's appearance fee was higher than that of ordinary King-tier experts!
"It's mainly because I like helping others..."
Chen Shu smiled slightly and said, "Let me get you out first!"
As he spoke, a spatial mark appeared on Jona, and he was about to teleport her away, but the mist beside her began to stir.
Clearly, the teleportation had failed again!
"Hmm?"
Chen Shu frowned and directly instructed the spatial rabbit to increase its effort, while also taking out a bottle of enhanced teleportation potion.
"Whoosh~~"
The spatial rabbit did not release any more skills. Instead, it pointed at Jona.
Chen Shu was slightly startled. He saw the green mist beside Jona spread over her entire body, and some of the poisonous gas had already infiltrated it.
"Can't I forcibly take her away?"
He muttered. If he were to use more skills, the mist would instantly enter her body, and Jona would be beyond saving.
"Ugh..."
Jona's brows furrowed, her expression filled with pain, and she quickly said,
"The mist on me... has a source. I've seen it... in the cave..."
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, she fell unconscious.
"Source?"
Chen Shu's expression flickered. He quickly surveyed the entire cave but found nothing suspicious.
"Impossible. I personally checked. Is there something hidden?"
A thoughtful gleam appeared in his eyes, and he issued instructions to the spatial rabbit.
Instantly, hundreds of spatial marks appeared in various locations on the cave walls, but they did not transform into spatial blades, to avoid detection by the two Bat Lords at the entrance.
"Again!"
Chen Shu had the spatial rabbit throw out another hundred.
However, one of the marks did not appear on the cave wall but hovered in mid-air.
"Found it!"
His expression stirred, and he instantly manipulated that mark to transform into a spatial blade.
*Bang!*
A crisp sound echoed.
Space twisted, and a piece of white crystal appeared out of nowhere, falling to the ground.
"As expected..."
Chen Shu picked up the crystal from the ground. Inside, a drop of emerald green liquid was sealed.
"Using an Ethereal Stone as a container?"
His gaze was fixed on the green liquid. He could still clearly see that the interior of the Ethereal Stone was constantly being corroded, as if it could not withstand such terrifying toxicity.
"It can corrode space? What kind of heaven-defying stuff is this?"
He muttered to himself, understanding that this was likely the source Jona had spoken of.
*Hummm—*
Just then, the green liquid emitted a dazzling light.
The green mist on Jona's body trembled and was forcibly absorbed into the Ethereal Stone.
At the same time, all the poisonous gas in the giant cave was also drawn over, continuously merging into the green liquid.
The scene became extremely spectacular!
As the poisonous gas was injected, the toxicity of the green liquid greatly increased.
The interior of the Ethereal Stone continuously twisted and was rapidly corroded, instantly filling with cracks.
The reason the Bat Emperor had arranged poisonous gas throughout its lair was partly to weaken the green liquid, making it easier to store in the Ethereal Stone.
In a short while, all the poisonous mist in the giant cave had dissipated.
"Heaven-defying..."
Chen Shu murmured, but his expression instantly changed. He could faintly hear a hissing sound.
The two King-tier Three-star bats at the entrance had likely already sensed something!
Chen Shu quickly said, "Rabbit, can you put it away?"
"..."
The spatial rabbit looked at the shattered Ethereal Stone with an expression that clearly conveyed "Are you kidding me?"
This thing could even corrode space; it couldn't withstand it either. It might even destroy its entire storage space.
"Just give up like this?"
A hint of unwillingness flickered in his eyes. He realized that this thing was also a treasure, likely legendary.
To make a bandit give up a treasure he had obtained was pure torture!
*Boom boom boom!*
Rumbling sounds were already coming from the entrance. The two large purple bats were almost upon them!
Chen Shu's mind raced, his CPU almost burning...