Following the loud sound, King Chu Jiang turned his head and saw a huge figure appearing on the east bank of the Niiya River.
She immediately told Qiao Shan the situation.
"So fast?"
When he heard the report from King Chu Jiang that the tardigrades had arrived so quickly, Qiao Shan didn't believe it.
People from the Sha tribe can teleport directly, so Qiao Shan can understand why they came so quickly.
But can tardigrades also teleport?
Not long after the Sand people arrived, the tardigrades arrived. Qiao Shan didn't understand why they were so fast.
Illogical.
It makes no sense!
"The tardigrade has entered the water! It is riding on the waves of more than ten meters high! Its target seems to be the deep hole left by your original birth point on the west bank!"
While Qiao Shan was thinking, King Chu Jiang continued to report on the tardigrade situation.
With his huge size and rampant momentum, he was able to control the huge waves like a fish in water after entering the wide Nia River.
King Chu Jiang couldn't help but focus on the tardigrade.
A lonely tardigrade is much more difficult to deal with than a desert tribe.
The desert people still have reason.
But since this tardigrade lost his trident, he no longer has even the most basic sense of rationality.
When King Chu Jiang saw the tardigrade, of course everyone in the desert also saw it.
On the sand bridge they created, the desert people immediately became confused.
Even the fire ant leader and others, who had already crossed the river and inspected all the remains of Qiao Shan, appeared on the west bank of the Niah River in an instant.
They don't want to mess with tardigrades either.
Especially in a special environment like the Niah River that can suppress the combat power of the Sand tribe.
The sand people don't want any conflict with tardigrades at all.
At this moment, the breath of the sun disk disappeared again, and Qiao Shan, who took away the sun disk, disappeared.
There is no benefit at all from a conflict with tardigrades.
After all the Sand Tribe people restrained their energy and did not take action, the tardigrade sitting on the wave seemed to ignore the sand bridge built by the Sand Tribe.
Moreover, they also ignored the Sand people on the Sand Bridge.
Its goal seems clear.
Just cross the Niah River and reach the place in the west where it sensed the energy before...
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"Get some tardigrades!"
A few seconds later, I heard another report from the King of Chu Jiang that the tardigrade had ignored the sand bridge that spanned the east-west part of the Niya River, and was crossing the river with a clear goal.
Qiao Shan suddenly conveyed an instruction to King Chu Jiang.
Tardigrade's goal is very clear, and Qiao Shan's own goal is even clearer.
Qiao Shan's goal is to increase the energy of the multi-element heart.
The sand man on the sand bridge is his target.
Originally, he was still planning to capture some of the sand people on the sand bridge and carry them down to the Nia River without anyone noticing.
He has arranged for Fa Fa and Ah Li to lurk at the bottom of the Niah River.
The tardigrade suddenly appeared. He originally thought that the sudden appearance of the tardigrade gave him an opportunity.
After waiting for the conflict between the tardigrades and the sand people, he took advantage of the chaos and took away some of the sand people's Qiao Shan.
It was completely unexpected that the tardigrade would not offend Sha Renqiu at all.
The tardigrade focused on heading towards the place where the special aura it sensed just now was revealed, and did not launch an attack on the sand man.
Since the tardigrade doesn't attack, Qiao Shan thinks that he should attack on behalf of the tardigrade.
The sudden appearance of the tardigrade is the best way to catch the sandman in the chaos.
It must be done.
"good!"
After hearing Qiao Shan's order, King Chu Jiang quickly moved to the center of the Niiya River.
Quietly, King Chujiang stopped diagonally above the sand bridge.
Against the dim background, everyone's attention was attracted by the giant tardigrade walking on the waves, and no one noticed that King Chu Jiang suddenly landed.
Whoosh!
King Chu Jiang, who understood that Qiao Shan's purpose was just to let the water bears and sand people conflict, and then take advantage of the chaos to kidnap some sand people, landed in the best position, raised her hand, and a black mist was instantly released by her.
Whoosh!
After releasing the black mist, King Chu Jiang instantly raised his position, moved in one direction, and hid again.
Wow~
King Chu Jiang moved away and hid again, but the black mist she released went directly across the sand bridge, pressed against the bottom of the sand bridge, and hit the tardigrades rushing forward parallel to the sand bridge.
Whoosh!
King Chu Jiang’s prediction is correct!
The position of a tardigrade that rushes forward with its head covered is particularly easy to predict.
The black mist released by King Chujiang successfully hit the tardigrade's eyes.
Roar--!
The tardigrade, who was rushing forward with his head covered, felt a sudden itching in front of his eyes. After letting out a slight roar, he sensed something that made his eyes uncomfortable. It seemed to come from the sand bridge in front of him.
The tardigrade instantly adjusts its direction.
It was originally parallel to the sand bridge, but at this moment, it hit the sand bridge diagonally.
Seeing the tardigrade suddenly change its direction, the sandmen on the sand bridge were stunned.
Without martial ethics, he turned around halfway!
Snapped!
The tardigrade approached the sand bridge in the blink of an eye. A divine dragon swung its tail, and a section of the sand bridge dozens of meters long was directly smashed into pieces by it.
The invincible tardigrade just flicked its tail on the way forward, and a large section of the sand bridge built by the sand people was directly broken.
The tardigrade acted as if nothing had happened. After trampling part of the sand bridge, it continued to rush towards its previous target.
The sandman was left screaming in shock as the sand bridge suddenly broke and fell towards the Nya River.
The tardigrade seemed to be bumped lightly, but underneath it was followed by a huge wave.
Even these sand people on the bridge basically have the ability to fly or have mounts.
But for a while, under the impact of huge waves.
They had no time to operate and no time to stabilize themselves. Under the sudden attack of the tardigrades, they could only fall into the water in a hurry.
After falling into the water, their combat power was instantly suppressed.
Under the influence of the sudden eddies and whirlpools under the Nia River, they were unable to float quickly.
It took many people a long time to regain their balance and fly onto the sand bridge that was closing at an accelerating rate.
"Huh? There are fewer people?"
The sand people fell on the sand bridge again like drowned rats. Someone noticed that there seemed to be fewer people.
"Is anyone else in the water?"
Looking at the bubbling Nya River below, someone tried to explain the reason for the lack of people.
"Go down and look for it!"
Soon, a sandman in the shape of a squad leader drank the underwater breathing potion and jumped into the river.
There are few people and we must find them!
But as soon as he got into the river, he saw a lot of big fish, circling around the place where the sand man fell into the water just now.
He didn't notice the missing sandman.
They don't know that these big fish are driven here by their hair and affect their sight.
The five or six missing Sha tribe members had been trapped into rice dumplings by Fa Fa and Ah Li, and dragged to a place more than ten kilometers downstream.
Niahe's suppression of the fighting power of everyone in the desert has become Fa's and Ahri's best helper.
Under Qiao Shan's instructions, the two men quickly completed the capture of the Luoshui Sand Man.
Afterwards, the hair swam quickly, dragging five or six "zongzi" to the location designated by Qiao Shan.
"Lord Lord!"
Half a minute later, Ah Li saw Qiao Shan land quietly.
In order to personally deal with the sand people captured in the chaos, Qiao Shan let his hair pull these "zongzi" and walked more than ten kilometers downstream.
So that you are not discovered by others.
"Can I search for souls?"
Landing on a clump of waterweed sticking out of his hair, Qiao Shan asked Ahri directly.
At this moment, these sand people, who had been tied up and had their six senses sealed by the power of Ahri's soul, were not pulled out of the Niah River.
The Nya River is suppressive for them, so putting them in the water will make it easier to control their hair.
"Yes! It's just that the speed is slower, and we need Alice's help!"
Upon hearing Qiao Shan's question, Ah Li answered directly.
Among the several sand people who were caught, there were some in the seventh level and some in the transformation stage.
Although their level is higher than hers, these people have been suppressed by the Niah River in many combat strengths.
As long as Alice helps her, there will be no problem.
"Okay, if King Chu Jiang comes here, can he help you?"
After hearing Ah Li say that he could search for souls, but the speed would be slower, Qiao Shan asked again.
"Can!"
Ahri nodded.
"Okay, call King Chu Jiang here and be careful to stay hidden!"
After thinking for a moment, Qiao Shan directly called King Chu Jiang over in order to quickly search for souls.
Although the current location is more than ten kilometers away from Shaqiao, it is not safe.
If it can end quickly, end it quickly.
Can't stay here for long.
There is no point in the King of Chu Jiang continuing to monitor the tardigrades.
Without even thinking about it, Qiao Shan knew that the tardigrade would follow the same path as the previous Sand Tribe people, following the big crater created after he launched into the sky several times, and then inspect the things he had not had time to take away.
At most, it will only cause some more damage.
King Chu Jiang came over to assist Ah Li in searching for souls, which was obviously more practical.
There is little point in continuing to monitor.
"yes!"
Ah Li nodded and contacted King Chu Jiang in his mind.
After King Chu Jiang quickly moved over, Ah Li directly used his ultimate move.
In an instant, waves of muffled sounds could be heard from the "zongzi" whose hair was under control in the water.
Qiao Shan, on the other hand, was waiting anxiously beside him, and at the same time, he was alertly sensing his surroundings...
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"Two lizard men, a scorpion man, a mummy man, and a crocodile man!"
A few minutes later, Ah Li began to report to Qiao Shan.
"Their birth point, the location of the race's main city, and the desert map they have have all been discovered!"
Without asking Qiao Shan to ask, Ah Li quickly told Qiao Shan what he had found.
"Any more?"
He waved his hand and asked King Chu Jiang to return to the place where he was just now for surveillance. Qiao Shan continued to ask.
"None of these people have sun disk fragments at their birth points, but they all have them in the main city of their race."
Ah Li knew what Qiao Shan wanted to ask.
"Kill them!"
After hearing the map and knowing where the sun disk fragments were, Qiao Shan didn't wait any longer and directly ordered these people to be killed.
It is impossible to let go.
On the one hand, in order to prevent the news from leaking, on the other hand, Qiao Shan also wanted to see if there were bright lights in the heads of the sandmen underwater after they were killed.
Is it the same as the big white crocodile he killed at the beginning, and he can get a piece of the sun disk?
Although he knew that this possibility was very small.
But we still have to look forward to it, just in case it comes true.
"Hair up, use water power, hurry!!!"
Suddenly seeing the private message sent by King Chu Jiang, Qiao Shan urged him.
"oh!"
Ahri, who was about to take action, immediately stopped, and after hearing Qiao Shan's instructions, Hair quickly began to tighten the blades of grass that bound the Sha clan members.
Soon, Qiao Shan saw several balls of red blood, which oozed out of the river...
"Remove! Keep hiding your hair downstream, Ahri, follow me home!"
He lowered his head and took a closer look at the place where the groups of blood appeared. The unique golden light did not appear before. Qiao Shan immediately climbed onto the double-headed flying dragon mount and prepared to go home.
It is not advisable to stay here for a long time.
Just now, King Chu Jiang had told him through private chat that the Naga clan was also here.
This is also the reason why Qiao Shan asked Hair to use the power of water to quickly kill the few sand people just now.
Whether it can be framed on the Naga clan is hard to say.
But, it’s always a good idea to give it a try.
Soon, Qiao Shan quietly returned to the floating city hidden in the sky.
"The tardigrade is still my lieutenant~"
Returning to the stone house again, listening to Ahri reporting to him the map in the desert and the location of the race's main city that holds the sun disk fragments, Qiao Shan thought of tardigrades in his mind.
Not only had this person been messing around at Weiyang's birth point, he was like a troublemaker and allowed him to leave in the chaos.
At this moment, due to the sudden appearance of the tardigrade, Qiao Shan quietly and successfully captured several sand people and obtained information about the desert.
He suddenly felt that he should think more about this tardigrade.
There is a trick called driving the tiger to swallow the wolf.
He felt that this tardigrade could be his tiger.
Because this guy, from what I can see now, is a real tiger.
After losing the trident, this man seemed to have lost his ability and no longer used his wisdom at all.
More often than not, it’s about venting and running rampant.
He has become very aggressive and extremely stubborn.
This is what Qiao Shan wants to see most.
"Okay, let's do it!"
After thinking about it for a while, Qiao Shan decided that he could look to the tardigrade for help next.
He believes that as long as he releases the power of the multi-element heart, this person will definitely follow him.
And what he wants to do is to let this person continue to mess around.
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"Wait and see, will they fight below? If not, I will drive the floating city directly into the desert!"
Seeing that in the private chat, King Chu Jiang continued to send the message below through the private chat, Qiao Shan thought in his heart.
It is obvious that the three companies below have plans for the multi-element heart.
To be more precise, it is an attempt to synthesize the core components of the sun disk and the water god trident of the multi-element heart.
Qiao Shan would be happy to see these three families fighting directly.
At this moment, he did not dare to use the multi-element heart to fight easily.
On the one hand, he was trying to save energy, and on the other hand, he wanted to give the people below the illusion that he was leaving again.
But take a closer look at the situation below.
It is still necessary to make reasonable plans and strategies based on the observed information.
Watching Alice still busy floating in the air, testing the defense tower on the high platform, planting plants, etc.
Qiao Shan silently looked at the private message sent by King Chu Jiang...
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Below the floating city.
The west bank of the Niah River is also in chaos at the moment.
After the tardigrades smashed a section of the sand bridge and rushed to the west bank of the Niah River, they were the first chiefs of the desert tribes to land ashore.
The deep pit where Qiao Shan's original birth point was had already been moved out of the way, and everyone stood on the sand bridge.
They have already seen the situation on the West Bank.
Except for some remaining things, it can be seen that there should be a birth point here, and he should have left in a hurry just now.
The chiefs of the desert clans made no other discoveries.
Knowing what the tardigrades wanted to do, they gave way to their territory.
They didn't want to conflict with the tardigrade, who was obviously mentally disturbed, because of this disappearing aura.
"Why did it suddenly hit the sand bridge? Is it really idle?"
Watching the tardigrade use its huge sharp claws to destroy the deep pit in front of it.
The red cactus retreated to the sand bridge and wondered in its heart.
Based on the way the tardigrade behaved at this moment, he didn't think that this one would hit the sand bridge.
Obviously, hitting the sand bridge will waste the time of the tardigrade crossing the river.
Although it only wastes a second or two, judging from the appearance of the tardigrade at this moment, it is obvious that this person is not willing to waste a second or two.
The red cactus, which knows the most things, would not think that this is really a coincidence.
Just now, he also received news that several Sand Tribes who fell into the water disappeared due to the impact of tardigrades.
How does he see it and why does he feel that something is wrong?
"The Naga tribe is here too!"
After watching the tardigrades destroy large areas of farmland after having fun in the deep pit, the red cactus received news from its tribe.
"Huh? Which of the Sand people who fell into the water died??"
Soon, he received another big news.
The sand people who fell into the water, whom he had suspected at first, disappeared, and now news came out that they were dead.
The red cactus felt a sense of conspiracy.
Moreover, while he frowned, he also noticed that several other Sha clan chiefs around him also frowned.
Obviously, these people also received news of the death of the sand man.
It may seem like a coincidence, but the clan leaders who are both old foxes don't think so.
The older the fox is, the more they think.
The more strange it becomes, the more obvious it becomes.
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"I feel like that deep pit is a bit like being sucked away by the alliance's great summoning spell..."
The tardigrade, like a runaway wild horse, was still "having fun". Seeing that the leaders of the surrounding tribes were silent, the leader of the fire ants spoke.
At this moment, the core components of the solar disk have not yet appeared.
The desert tribes can temporarily unite.
Even if they have to compete in the end, it is not too late to compete again after seeing the core components of the solar disk appear.
Before things appear, it is most appropriate for the Sand people to form an alliance.
After all, they are not the only people in the desert who want to compete for the sun disk and the water god's trident.
I originally saw a big pit in front of me, as well as other things that I obviously missed because I left in a hurry.
The chiefs of the tribes in the desert thought that the human man who had taken away the core component of the sun disk had escaped.
But just now the tardigrade suddenly crashed into the sand bridge, and the sand man who fell into the water was reported dead just now.
This made the fire ant leader originally think that he was disappointed that he had lost the trace of the core component of the sun disk, but it also ignited the flame of hope.
The fire ant leader, who knew he was not good at analysis, was the first to break the silence.
"The spawn point should be right here, but there are many ways to create such a big pit, not just the Alliance Summoning Technique."
The leader of the mummy tribe spoke.
The members of their mummy clan just now also fell into the river and were killed directly.
The leader of the mummy clan does not think that the mummy clan members who have reached the transformation stage can be drowned by the Nya River.
He knew that there must be a conspiracy here.
He also wanted to break this conspiracy.
"Then, did this person escape??"
Someone asked again.
"I don't know. It seems that the birth point has escaped, but there are many ways to teleport away the birth point and leave the real person in the same place!"
New question, the scorpion priest elder answered loudly.
As someone who has the power of prophecy, he usually has the strongest sense of danger, conspiracy, etc.
But ever since that human man took away the core part of the sun disk and the water god's trident.
The Scorpion Priest discovered that his power of prophecy could no longer sense related things.
For the individual Scorpion priests who rely on the power of prophecy to exist, this is a more serious matter than the loss of the core component of the sun disk.
It was also because of this that the Scorpion Sacrifice sensed the power of the sun appearing here for the second time.
Came over as quickly as possible.
"What is this person's identity? What is his level? What does he want to do?"
The fire ant leader asked a quick question.
"At present, it seems that it has something to do with the Zodiac Hall, and when I deceived him before, he also mentioned the Sacred Tree Mountain and the Luohan Hall!"
The scorpion priest said quietly.
He knew that although the Desert Clan had a large number of people, they might not be able to offend the organizations he mentioned.
These special organizations have special props.
The number of people is not necessarily large, but the higher the level, the weirder the ability.
Especially after entering the soul world after the tenth level.
The Scorpion Priest heard from the Scorpion Elder.
The masters of these special organizations are not simple, and they will not be provoked if they can.
"So what if he is from the Zodiac Hall! The sun disk should belong to our desert clan!!!"
After listening to the scorpion priest's answer, the fire ant leader suddenly shouted loudly.
It seems that having a loud voice can bring him some kind of courage.
"It's possible that there is also the Yama Temple. The woman who used the power of ghosts in the underwater crater earlier took out props that are very similar to the props unique to the Yama Temple that I saw in a book..."
Red Cactus added faintly.
“What should I do?!!!”
There was a lot of chatter in the row, and the fire ant leader discovered that after several people communicated, the final conclusion was that he couldn't be offended.
This is not what he wants.
"Even if this person belongs to a special organization, but he still lives in the dark world, he must follow the rules of the dark world! What does he have to do with those old monsters in the soul world!!!!"
The leader of the fire ants yelled in a somewhat stern tone.
As the leader of a clan, although he is only at the eighth level, he still has some information about the soul world of the tenth level and above.
"Look at the size of this pit. The spawn point above is quite large. What is this person's level?"
No one answered the fire ant leader's words.
The scorpion priest brought the topic to Qiao Shan again.
Regarding the soul world and characters above the tenth level, no one seems willing to talk more.
"Yes, the radius of this deep pit is at least five kilometers. A fifth-level personnel cannot occupy such a large area! Such a large area is larger than many eighth-level personnel!"
Someone responded to the words of the scorpion priest.
Previously at the eastern end of the Shurima Desert, they all saw that the human man was only in his fifth level.
At this moment, seeing the deep pit at the birth point, they were confused again.
Everyone, the leader of the Sand Clan, doesn't know that the radius of Qiao Shan's birth point is a full five kilometers, just because he obtained some high-end props in advance.
"Is it an organization?"
Others speculated.
"It's not impossible. Just now, there were two city lords in the eastern part of Shurima and this place!"
The fire ant leader replied angrily.
"I remember the sun disk has the ability to levitate?"
After being quiet for a while, seeing the tardigrade going to demolish the pit that had been enlarged several times, the scorpion priest turned his attention to the red cactus.
As he asked, he looked up.
Although the power of prophecy had no effect at this moment, the ability to use prophecy for a long time made him think instinctively in the air.
Whoosh!
Following the Scorpion Man's words, all the Sand People clan leaders raised their heads and looked into the sky.
Unfortunately, under the dim sky, even if they, as eighth-level personnel, had good eyesight, they could not detect any abnormalities.
"Yes, the complete sun disk has the ability to float. Thousands of years ago, the sun disk floated in the sky, with the golden Sun Square below it. The Ascended Warriors were created in the Sun Square..."
The red cactus, because of the scorpion man's sacrifice, my mind was a little wandering, and I enjoyed the grand scene a thousand years ago.
"What do you say…."
"Impossible, the core component of the sun disk cannot support such a large birth point. I only remember that the sun disk itself has the ability to float!"
The red cactus saw through the problem of the scorpion sacrifice.
Before the Scorpion Sacrifice finished asking, he directly answered the question.
"All right…."
Hearing the answer from the red cactus, the scorpion priest stopped thinking and turned his head to look ahead.
The other chiefs of the Sand Clan also raised their heads and looked forward.
There, someone is here again!
The Scorpion Priest didn't know that his closest chance to the truth had just disappeared...
ahead,
The chiefs of the desert clans saw the Naga clan, whom they had already met once, and moved quickly over the river.
We have already communicated internally once.
Moreover, being walked twice also made everyone in the desert let go of their inner worries.
Therefore, after the Naga clan also chased after them, the clan leaders of the desert clans did not make any special reaction.
No need!
It's possible that everything was teleported away.
If you fight with other people, this is not fighting, but being stupid.
"I just crossed the river and picked up several corpse fragments of the Sand people. It seems that they were killed by the power of water. But let me declare that it was not our Naga who did it..."
Looking at the position where the water god's aura was sensed, a huge tardigrade was having fun. The four-armed Naga turned back and looked at the position of the chiefs of the tribes in the desert.
As he spoke, he manipulated a water column and sent over several white soaked corpses.
"You don't know how to catch a thief, do you? The power of water is your Naga clan's specialty!"
Although the Scorpion Priest already knew with high probability that the death of these sand people had nothing to do with the Naga clan.
But he still questioned the Four-Armed Naga.
Tardigrades are like lunatics, unable to communicate at all.
Among the three forces chasing the core component of the Sun Disk and the Water God Trident, it seems that only the Naga family can communicate.
But although we are ready to communicate.
The first thing the Scorpion Priest did was to give the Four-Armed Naga a showdown.
This kind of old fox, even if he wants to cooperate, he will make a few corners.
"Haha~, if we were to take action, we would not leave such obvious water power. Moreover, do you think we have any motive for taking action?"
Faced with the questioning of the scorpion priest, the Four-Armed Naga responded flexibly and calmly.
"What are you talking about? Why don't you fight? The person has escaped! Think about how to find him!"
Just as the scorpion priest was about to exchange words with the four-armed naga, the impatient leader of the fire ants roared angrily.
At this moment, his heart has been disturbed by the Zodiac Hall, Yama Hall, Divine Tree Mountain, Arhat Hall, etc. he just analyzed.
I don’t want to hear any more nonsense from the Scorpion Priest and the Four-Armed Naga.
"I only come here for our gods. Since this human appears in two places, one is in the Shurima Desert and the other is by the Nia River, I think we can definitely cooperate!"
"One of us is good at water power, and the other is good at desert power..."
After seeing the appearance of the tardigrade and the state of the clan leaders of the Sand Clan, Four-Armed Naga instantly knew that although these people were faster than him, they would definitely miss.
The four-armed naga, who was just waiting for the return of the water god, did not directly fight from the top. He followed the words of the fire ant leader.
“.…”
Just now there was a fierce battle at the eastern end of the Shurima Desert, but now we suddenly have to cooperate again.
Although I was mentally prepared.
But the Four-Armed Naga's straightforward behavior still made the desert chiefs stunned for a while.
I thought we were shameless enough.
Unexpectedly, this mysterious four-armed Naga was even more shameless than them.
In an instant, he became invulnerable, made something out of nothing, and turned an enemy into a friend.
There is no digestion time at all.
"Then deal with this yourself!"
After a moment of silence, the Scorpion Priest pointed at the tardigrade who was still having fun.
"This is not possible. Even if there is no Water God Trident, I think this person will still snatch the sun disk. This person wants it!"
The Four-Armed Naga shook his head.
He was not willing to let the Naga clan deal with tardigrades.
Although, as the most direct successor of the Water God in the dark world, he has a lot of information about tardigrades and also knows many ways to deal with this special race of tardigrades.
But it was obvious that the tardigrade in front of him was anything but ordinary.
The four-armed Naga could see that the body of the ninth-level tardigrade not far away had been tempered by the sun disk and the water god's trident.
Such a special tardigrade.
He didn't want the Naga clan to deal with it.
"Share the information first!"
Hearing that the Four-Armed Naga refused to take up the challenge of dealing with the tardigrade, the Scorpion Priest directly started another sentence.
"Okay, but we share it with each other!"
After hearing the second sentence of the scorpion priest, the Four-Armed Naga did not refuse.
He knew that for both parties to cooperate, this most basic information sharing was necessary.
This is the basis for establishing initial trust between both parties.