Bai Qiu was stunned and couldn’t help but sigh in amazement.
No wonder those anglers refused to leave—judging by this situation, it would be extremely hard not to go home empty-handed!
“Master, can I absorb the water here?” A Yuan asked in his mind while happily swimming through the water.
“Of course. There’s so much water here—absorb as much as you want!” Bai Qiu waved his hand generously.
Unclaimed resources belong to whoever can take them.
The water element here was indeed pure and abundant.
Bai Qiu didn’t even need to use the Fragment of the Mountain and River Map to identify it—he could already sense the energy within.
Hearing this, A Yuan’s scales stood on end like a puffed-up cat.
But it wasn’t anger or intimidation—it was activating a skill.
As it opened its mouth, a large amount of fish, shrimp, algae, and plankton were sucked in.
The slightly larger fish struggled desperately, swimming as far away from A Yuan as possible.
However, A Yuan didn’t deliberately target the fish—those that got sucked in were simply unlucky.
Bai Qiu asked curiously, “Can you now stay active indefinitely in a purely underwater environment?”
“Yes, Master,” A Yuan replied.
During its filter-feeding process, it could absorb enough energy, so it no longer relied on breathing or oxygen to sustain itself.
“Then… how about storing some water inside your space? Wouldn’t that make you more comfortable?” Bai Qiu suggested.
A Yuan paused for a moment, then began wagging its tail excitedly.
“Okay! Thank you, Master—I like you the most!”
…
Just like that, Bai Qiu emptied everything from A Yuan’s contract space card into his own storage card.
Even the soil inside was good material—he wasn’t about to throw it away casually.
Then, he extended the hand holding the contract space card out of the bubble.
Instantly, a powerful suction force erupted, and the card began absorbing water at high speed.
…
“Hey, Binbin, do you notice anything strange? Why does it feel like the water level is dropping?” One of the anglers on shore began to sense something was off.
“No way… Didn’t it just rain heavily a few days ago?”
As Binbin spoke, he glanced down—and sure enough, the water level was visibly dropping.
He couldn’t help but feel shocked.
What they didn’t know was that Bai Qiu and A Yuan had already moved toward two other pools near the valley.
The reservoir’s nickname, “Three Pits,” came from the fact that from above, it looked like three large water holes…
After A Yuan pushed its Water Storage skill to the limit, and Bai Qiu filled the contract space card with water, the entire reservoir’s water level dropped by nearly ten meters!
The anglers who had previously caught nothing suddenly found fish and shrimp stranded in small puddles, unable to escape.
Only then did they leave satisfied.
After all, with the water level dropping so suddenly, something dangerous might be about to happen.
Better to quickly take a system photo, post it in the cross-zone chat channel—and then get out of there as fast as possible.
….
A Yuan’s body had grown much longer, though it hadn’t thickened by much.
However, its appearance was now extremely striking—its clear eyes were as beautiful as amber.
Seeing that it didn’t want to return to the contract space card to rest, Bai Qiu kept it by his side and headed toward Zone 2233.
Along the way, whenever they encountered monsters foolish enough to get in their path, Bai Qiu didn’t even need to act.
With a slight puff of its mouth, A Yuan could fire a water arrow that instantly killed them.
On land, it was already at the peak of King-tier strength.
In water, it could probably contend with Monarch-tier creatures.
This wasn’t an exaggeration.
Not only were A Yuan’s attributes high, but the power of its Water Cannon skill was also immense.
In water, the damage increased even further.
Unless a Monarch-tier creature specialized in strength or had extremely high resistance, it wouldn’t be able to withstand even a single hit.
Bai Qiu noticed that when A Yuan moved on land, it didn’t slither side to side like a typical snake—it glided forward in a straight line.
It laid down a thin layer of water beneath its body, eliminating friction with the ground as it moved.
It was an effective method, though it looked rather comical.
As night deepened, although players were still active, they didn’t dare stray too far from the safe zones.
So along the way, they hardly encountered anyone.
Occasionally, when they did run into someone, Bai Qiu—sitting atop A Yuan’s head—was quickly recognized.
No one panicked; instead, they simply took pictures of Bai Qiu and A Yuan and posted them in the cross-zone chat.
Many players were stunned by A Yuan’s appearance, thinking Bai Qiu had somehow tamed another giant serpent.
Others guessed that this was actually the same round-headed, goofy-looking snake he used to have—just evolved.
“Ah, right.”
Bai Qiu suddenly realized that A Yuan’s Spirit power had reached D-rank.
That meant it might be able to try a mental power potion.
Previously, he had been worried that A Yuan’s intelligence wasn’t high enough, so he didn’t dare give it such a potion.
But now that it had naturally evolved this attribute, it was worth enhancing further.
“A Yuan, open your mouth,” Bai Qiu said, taking out a D-grade mental power potion.
Hearing this, A Yuan stopped moving and obediently opened its mouth, allowing Bai Qiu to pour the potion inside.
Compared to its massive size, the potion was barely more than a drop—like a tiny oral dose.
Even so, Bai Qiu didn’t dare let it consume too much. A
fter pouring one bottle, he let it swallow.
“A Yuan, how do you feel?” Bai Qiu asked with concern.
He wanted to know whether the potion had any effect—it should produce some noticeable response.
“It feels like my head is itchy…”
A Yuan’s reply made Bai Qiu let out a sigh of relief.
As long as it worked, that was enough.
And so, riding on A Yuan, he traveled all the way into Zone 2233, where many players gathered to watch and admire A Yuan.
Having previously supported Zone 2218, A Yuan wasn’t shy at all.
Besides, with its invincible master by its side, there was even less reason for it to feel intimidated.
Under Bai Qiu’s guidance, A Yuan glided straight to the entrance of the small villa.
This time, instead of vaulting over the wall, Bai Qiu knocked on the door.
“Coming!”
Wang Shiyun’s voice came from inside as she hurried over to open it and let Bai Qiu in.
She was usually on the second floor, so she already knew it was Bai Qiu—and she had also seen A Yuan’s drastically changed appearance.
Bai Qiu felt a bit puzzled as to why Feng Yuling hadn’t come to open the door.
At this hour, she shouldn’t have gone out.
Turning his head, he realized that she had somehow found a large basin and was currently washing the little Black Iron worm.
Meanwhile, the worm had its head stretched out of the basin, looking quite content.
The moment it saw Bai Qiu, it immediately let out a cheerful “Ah!” to greet him.
But upon noticing A Yuan, it instantly fell silent and quietly withdrew its head back into the basin.
“Brother, is this A Yuan? It’s changed so much!” Wang Shiyun asked in surprise.
She and Feng Yuling were quite familiar with A Yuan, after all—they had even ridden on its back before.
“Wuu~”
A Yuan let out a soft call in response.
— The end of the Chapter–
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