呯!

The giant whale dove headfirst into the sea, the water exploding and splashing, causing Jiang Xiao to sway.

"Hehe." Jiang Xiao raised his hands to shield his face. Before he could react, the giant whale in the sea used its round head to lift his feet and toss him into the air.

Jiang Xiao's body swayed, but with the help of the black cloak, he stood steadily in the night sky.

He looked down at the giant whale frolicking in the sea and couldn't help but laugh. He pointed south, towards the mid-Atlantic, and said, "That way. Swim that way. It won't be long before you see the sun, see the blue sky."

"Poof..."

A water column suddenly erupted from the seabed like a fountain, spraying past Jiang Xiao's body and splashing water all over him.

Jiang Xiao wiped his face. *You really are a whale? And you can spout water? Why didn't I see any blowholes?*

*My god, how big are your lungs? How long has it been since you took a breath? I bet you haven't taken a breath at all?*

*Does this mean you can survive without breathing through lungs?*

Jiang Xiao lowered his head, watching the deep-sea giant whale swimming back and forth in the sea, unwilling to leave. Jiang Xiao scratched his head, but scratched the hood instead. "Do you want to follow me?"

"Ommm..." The soul-stirring sound echoed again.

"But..." Jiang Xiao looked troubled. He slowly floated down and sat on the whale's back, pinching its soft dorsal fin. "But I don't have a sea at home."

Other guys fall in love with a wild horse, but they don't have a prairie at home.

Regardless of the technique used in that song, for Jiang Xiao, the sentence was literal: *I really love you, but I really don't have a sea at home.*

*If you're talking about an aquarium, I could get you one, but you're not a creature that can survive in a 'pool' at all.*

*Not to mention a 'pool,' 'river,' or 'lake' can't satisfy you.*

Only the sea, and not just shallow sea, but the deep sea, the boundless, endless deep sea, is where you can survive.

Otherwise, what's the difference between you and being "imprisoned" before?

Jiang Xiao gently stroked the giant whale's back and said, "Go, friend. Farewell. I can't give you what you want."

"Ommm..." The cheerful chanting gradually changed color. The sound became much lower and softer.

"Don't be like that." Jiang Xiao said, troubled. "Do you know why the love between the male and female protagonists of the Titanic became eternal?

Because they died after falling in love at first sight, so their emotions became eternal, and the scene of their meeting was forever frozen at that moment.

If both of them had survived, these two extremely romantic people would have been married for less than a week before their relationship would have broken down and they would have gone their separate ways due to trivial matters."

Jiang Xiao's expression was a little strange as he said, "So, you leaving now might be good for both of us..."

Jiang Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up and said, "That's right, your star technique is very special! How about this, I'll subdue you as a Star Pet, our spirits will be connected, and that way I can always be with you.

And you can always play in the sea.

When you miss me, we can talk and chat. I can also teleport and I have this cloak, so we can meet whenever we want. When you don't miss me, you can frolic in the sea, how about that?"

"Ommm..."

Listening to the giant whale's voice rising again, Jiang Xiao softly murmured, "Is this really going to be platonic?"

Jiang Xiao summoned the black and white candlelight, hugged the little candlelight, sat on the giant whale's back, and said, "Dependence, little candlelight, I've taken on a big job for you."

"Mmm?" The little candlelight raised its face (head), its pair of candle eyes blinking, looking at Jiang Xiao, seemingly not yet noticing that it was sitting on the back of a whale.

Jiang Xiao reached out and patted the "ground" and said, "This guy, can you do it?"

"Mmm..." The little candlelight jumped out of Jiang Xiao's arms, but slipped and fell.

Jiang Xiao was startled and quickly reached out to grab it, and the cloak worked again!

The tail of the cloak suddenly floated up, wrapped around the sliding little candlelight, and sent it back into Jiang Xiao's arms.

"Mmm..." The black and white candlelight pouted and buried its face in Jiang Xiao's arms, never going out again.

With the help of the cloak, Jiang Xiao slowly floated forward and said, "The way I'm with you will be very special. I need to let this little guy depend on you before you can enter my Star Chart. Don't resist, oh, don't resist. You're too powerful. A slight resistance might cause an accident..."

While pondering, Jiang Xiao directly opened his Inner Vision Star Chart.

On the fourth panel, the information of the golden-red candlelight (Mutated · Black and White · Silver Rank Lv.0) was listed. The word "cub" had long disappeared from its name. This was good news, but Jiang Xiao was still not very relieved.

For the giant whale, was the rank of the golden-red candlelight too low?

It should be beneficial to make it stronger, right?

While thinking, Jiang Xiao looked at his skill points: 4157.

Without saying a word, he directly threw 100 skill points into it. The next moment, the name of the little candlelight became: Golden-Red Candlelight (Mutated · Black and White · Gold Rank Lv.0).

Jiang Xiao looked carefully, and only the rank was raised, and the quality of the star techniques behind it didn't change... Wait!

Jiang Xiao was shocked.

Originally, on the fourth panel, below the image of the little candlelight, an arrow pointing to the lower left was drawn, aiming at the image of the black and white candle bear, and the arrow drawn to the lower right was blank, obviously waiting to be filled.

And when the little candlelight was upgraded from silver quality to gold quality, another arrow appeared?

Jiang Xiao was slightly stunned, and then suddenly woke up. The black and white candlelight of bronze quality seemed to only be able to rely on one creature, but after being promoted to silver quality, after determining the dependent form as "black and white candle bear," the number of dependants that could be given was (12)?

The dependence star technique itself is an exclusive and special star technique that cannot be upgraded, but after the master improves the rank, can more dependent forms appear?

Damn it, I should have discovered it long ago! The Inner Vision Star Chart has already given me a hint, how could I be so stupid...

Bronze can depend on 1, silver 2, gold 3?

"Gulp." Jiang Xiao swallowed and tried to throw another 1000 skill points into the rank of the black and white candlelight.

Whoosh!

Golden-Red Candlelight (Mutated · Black and White · Platinum Rank Lv.0)!

Jiang Xiao was both surprised and delighted, another arrow pointing down appeared...

Damn!

What bamboo bear? What giant whale? The real god pet has always been in my arms!

The number of skill points also became 3057. It would be impossible to promote the little candlelight to the diamond rank in a short time.

Jiang Xiao hugged the black and white candlelight, staring blankly at the little guy.

The little guy's pair of candle eyes flickered, staring blankly at Jiang Xiao.

The expressions of the person and the pet were almost the same...

Friend! You are already a platinum-rank god pet!

Other people's star beasts have a big breakthrough at the gold rank, and their bodies become very, very big. Why haven't you changed at all?

Well, it can't be said that there is no change. The black and white candlelight's body is heavier, probably because its body is stronger?

Well, it's more like a little chubby dumpling...

Jiang Xiao floated up, half of his body immersed in the sea, holding the frightened and trembling little candlelight in his hands, and came to the giant whale's eyes, which matched perfectly.

Jiang Xiao was so angry!

You are already at the platinum rank! Can't you have some dignity as a platinum god pet?

Why are you trembling?

Jiang Xiao rubbed the soft, smooth, and elastic body of the black and white candlelight and gently comforted, "It is our friend, very friendly, very intelligent, and will not refuse your dependence. Don't worry, in the future, if you want to play, you can follow it and swim in the seabed."

"Mmm?" The black and white candlelight blinked its candle eyes, looking cute and innocent, looking at the eyes in front of it that were bigger than its entire body.

"Don't be afraid, try it, your white fire isn't afraid of water, and you can go to the underwater world to play with it in the future." Jiang Xiao coaxed and deceived, sticking the little candlelight's body to the giant whale's eyes.

"Mmm..."

"Ommm..."

The sound of delicate coquetry, accompanied by a long and ethereal chant, resounded under the night sky.

The next moment, a message came from Jiang Xiao's Inner Vision Star Chart:

"Fusion successful! (24) Second dependent form: Black and White Candle Whale."

Jiang Xiao was so frightened that his hand shook, and the black and white candlelight in his hand had disappeared, and the dark eyes of the deep-sea giant whale in front of him had suddenly turned into white candle eyes burning with flames...

"Ommm..." The giant whale whispered and slowly swam away, the white candle eyes slowly dragging a white flame line in the sea.

This scene actually had a strange beauty.

Jiang Xiao quickly looked into the Inner Vision Star Chart.

Below the image of the black and white candlelight, following the guidance of the arrow that still pointed to the lower left, Jiang Xiao saw an image of a black and white candle whale.

The giant whale, such a huge creature, seemed a little cute after becoming smaller.

Its black and white skin was wavy, it had three sailboat-shaped dorsal fins on its back, huge pectoral fins on both sides of its body, two slightly smaller pelvic fins at the rear, and its whale tail was heart-shaped, slender and powerful.

Its huge eyes, floating with eerie white fire, had become candle eyes.

"Second dependent form: Black and White Candle Whale (Diamond Rank Lv.1)"

Jiang Xiao: "Damn!!!"

Diamond rank!?

Jiang Xiao continued to look down.

"Second dependent form: Black and White Candle Whale (Diamond Rank Lv.1)

Has Star Techniques:

1. Collision (Silver Quality Lv.0)

2. Coolness (Silver Quality Lv.0)

3. Light (Silver Quality Lv.0)

4. Dependence: (Unknown Quality, exclusive to mutated candlelight, cannot be upgraded)

5. Seawirl: Manipulate rotating vortices to break through, besiege, or strangle targets. (Platinum Quality Lv.1)

6. Seawave: Unleash towering waves, inflicting devastating blows on targets. (Platinum Quality Lv.1)

7. Seaspeak: Emit special sounds to accurately detect environmental information within a certain range. (Platinum Quality Lv.1)

8. Seadream: Spiritually connect with specific targets, sharing senses. (Diamond Quality Lv.1)

9. Seadeath Dirge: At the cost of life, chant a song of demise, connecting the spirit with all things, burying all creatures within the range of the song. (Diamond Quality Lv.1)

10. Sea Candle Vortex: When the Black and White Candle Whale uses the fifth star technique, Sea Vortex, it will add a certain ice candle flame effect. (Unknown Quality, exclusive star technique for dependent form, cannot be upgraded)"

"My god... Diamond god pet, 10 star techniques..." Jiang Xiao suddenly felt a little dizzy and his head was spinning.

Maybe it was happiness, or maybe it was because of the cool sea breeze...

The Black and White Candle Whale had one less star technique than the Black and White Candle Bear, but the one less was the star technique with negative status!

Even if we put aside the "Dependence" and "Sea Death Dirge" star techniques, and count the relatively overlapping "Sea Vortex" and "Sea Candle Vortex" as one star technique, it still has seven star techniques.

Looking at the quality of its own star techniques: 3 Platinum! 2 Diamond!

My goodness, that's amazing.

Is this the true strength of a diamond god pet?

You're so fierce, I'm under so much pressure. There must be some diamond-level creatures on other planets, how am I going to survive?

Sigh...

Jiang Xiao sighed deeply. Just as Jiang Xiao was sighing in his heart, suddenly, he found that his mind was connected to the Black and White Candle Whale again.

"Ommm..." With its low chant, Jiang Xiao clearly felt it was comforting him.

Jiang Xiao thought for a while, took back the black and white candlelight, and put it into the Star Chart.

Although Sophia and the others were swimming slowly upstream in order to protect the books, it was right to take it back earlier.

Jiang Xiao gently rubbed the giant whale's eyes, which felt icy cold to the touch. "I can also put you into the Star Chart, but you like the sea, right?"

"Ommm..."

"Go, I will always be with you in your mind." Jiang Xiao said softly, "If you miss me, chat with me. If you encounter danger, remember to call me. I can teleport dozens or hundreds of times, and I will always reach your location. Let's make a deal."

Jiang Xiao said softly, "No matter what happens, don't chant your song that symbolizes demise."

Jiang Xiao knew that it could only feel his emotions, but didn't understand the specific meaning of the words. It didn't matter, after returning, he would slowly teach it Chinese, and then use pictures to convey Chinese information, and with the combination of spiritual connection and shared senses, everything would be easily solved.

"Go, swim in that direction, don't get close to the coast, and don't look back." Jiang Xiao pointed to the distance, "Day and night, the scorching sun and starry rivers, a boundless sky, an endless sea, everything you want is there."

...

A few minutes later, Prince Bino popped out of the sea, looked at Jiang Xiao standing alone on the sea, and asked suspiciously, "Where's the whale?"

Jiang Xiao gestured towards the distance. In fact, the giant whale had only just left, reluctantly saying goodbye.

Prince Bino turned his head and looked, but saw a giant whale leaping out of the sea on the distant sea, drawing a charming arc in the night sky, floating in the air for a moment, and then slowly submerging into the sea, swimming in a more distant direction...

Prince Bino looked astonished. "You actually let this kind of creature go?"

Jiang Xiao turned to look at Bino and said, "Can you keep it?"

"Uh..." Prince Bino hesitated and didn't respond.

Thinking from his perspective, why would you want to keep it?

Jiang Xiao said with a smile, "You can't even keep me, and you want to keep it?"

Sophia swam out of the sea, stepping on the waves, still holding a water ball in both hands, with the huge book floating inside.

Hearing this, Sophia glanced at Jiang Xiao thoughtfully and said softly, "These ten space-type star beads are worth it. Stay with us for a few more days, I have to prepare your commission."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiao's eyes lit up and he quickly nodded, "No problem, I can stay for a few more days."

Prince Bino: "..."