Zhu Gui saw Lin Zhan's five spirit beasts for the first time.
"Son, how come that mighty little chick looks so familiar to me?"
Shang Tang nodded and said, "Dad, the father of this little chick is the young master of Longque, who married the Princess of Mingya back then, and is now the leader of the Longque clan."
After hearing his son's words, Zhu Gui suddenly realized and said:
"Holy shit, so this little chick is that scoundrel."
"Tell me about the other brats too, I want to see their backgrounds. They all look so impressive."
Shang Tang nodded and said, "That little snake brat is a direct descendant of Jin Ao, that punk."
"That little black turtle is the descendant of Xuan Lao Si, his father is the notorious bandit Xuan Yi Dao, the 'social turtle'."
"You already know about that little bear cub, so I won't say more."
"As for that little monkey, his grandfather was Emperor Zhu Yan, who died covering Emperor Kuafu's retreat back then."
As he spoke, Shang Tang pointed at Lin Zhan and made a rare joke:
"As for this little human brat, I don't need to introduce him, he's from our family."
Zhu Gui shook his head, a bitter smile on his face, and said:
"Alas, why have all these damn things gathered together? Good heavens, even the ancestors would be confused looking at them. No wonder they all act so reckless, turns out they're all a bunch of problem children."
He then looked at Ye Lao Qi with annoyance.
Ye Lao Qi, who was honestly watching the excitement, felt a chill and looked up to see Zhu Gui's worried gaze:
"What's wrong, Uncle? Please don't look at me like that. It makes me shiver."
Zhu Gui rarely showed a kind expression and said, "Little Qi, Uncle asks you, who is the most valuable person in the entire Ten Thousand Races Allied Army right now?"
Ye Lao Qi's heart sank: Holy shit, this old scoundrel feels like he hasn't had enough to eat, he's not planning to hold Uncle Qi for ransom, is he?
"Uncle, do I even need to say? The most valuable person among the myriad races of the heavens and myriad races is definitely my clan brother Ye Lao Er! My second brother's maternal uncles are all figures of the imperial and Great Emperor level. They're not short on money."
Di Xin, who was beside them, quickly said, "Old Ancestor, what this kid is saying is correct. Zhan'er made his fortune by kidnapping Ye Lao Er and his unlucky disciple."
As he spoke, he pointed at Rommel, who was hanging his head dejectedly.
Zhu Gui nodded, his eyes rolled, and he flicked Xiao Hei's head:
"Black boy, stop talking nonsense. Let's hurry back, we're waiting to collect the ransom."
Xiao Hei was originally unwilling, but when he heard about the ransom, he quickly said to the other four little ones:
"Brothers, stop dawdling. Let's make a quick getaway. Leave the leaves behind, and wait for the hostage's family to send the ransom."
"Holy shit, I told you earlier, brothers, let's get to it."
With that, Xiao Hei transformed into a huge black turtle with a diameter of over 50 meters, and Xiao Jin also transformed into a golden python over 80 meters long with double horns on its head.
Xiao Kong and Xiao Bao enlarged their bodies and threw strings of kings from the Ten Thousand Races onto Xiao Hei's back.
Xiao Jin directly coiled around Xiao Hei's carapace, tying up the hostages tightly.
"All set, Hei Zi, let's go."
With that, Xiao Kong, carrying Lin Zhan, and Xiao Bao, Tie Lao Si, and Tie Lao Wu also got onto Xiao Hei's back.
With a whoosh, a huge black shadow disappeared from the spot.
Zhu Gui stared dumbfounded as Xiao Hei turned into an afterimage and dashed towards the human defense line.
"My god, is this still a turtle? When did turtles become faster than humans?"
Zhu Gui and the others discovered that when Xiao Hei ran at full speed, even ordinary lords couldn't catch up.
Di Xin was also stunned and said to Shang Tang, "Tang Zu, has this little black guy gotten faster?"
Shang Tang nodded and said, "Not only has he gotten faster, haven't you noticed that the size of these brats has increased again? Look at that little snake brat, its size is almost comparable to a lord-level golden dragon python, and it's grown dragon horns two levels early."
"Now that you mention it, it's true. That little snake brat doesn't have the characteristics of transforming into a Flood Dragon. Looking at it, it might be able to transform directly into a dragon. The horns it grew are dragon horns without forks."
Although Zhu Gui saw the five little ones for the first time, as a former big shot of ancient times, he was indeed knowledgeable.
"I wonder what Zhan'er usually feeds these brats. If this continues, they might all grow up to be like the first few ancestors of their respective races."
The bloodline of divine beasts also degenerates continuously. For example, compared to the first generation Xuanwu ancestor, Xuan Lao Si of the Xuanwu clan.
Their size directly differed by several times. Although the Xuanwu ancestor had touched the threshold of the ancestral level, he was still more than three times larger than Xuan Lao Si at the same level.
One should know that Xiao Jin's father, Jin Jiao, a lord-level golden dragon python, was only just over a hundred meters long.
Yet Xiao Jin, a platinum-level dragon python, was already over 80 meters long and had grown two dragon horns early.
His size was even larger than his mother, Linglong.
Lin Zhan sat on Xiao Hei's back, looking dumbfounded at the five little ones and said:
"Brothers, how many more things are you hiding from me? With your current size, let alone platinum level, you're not even as big as underdeveloped lord-level beasts, are you?"
Xiao Jin grinned cheekily and chuckled,
"Boss, you can't blame us. We've been eating too well lately. We don't do anything all day, and we can still revert to our ancestral bloodline just by sleeping. Besides, we brothers have to keep some trump cards, right?"
Zhu Yan Xiao Kong also nodded and said:
"Brother Jin is right, boss. Our lives are too luxurious. We can eat lord-level fierce beasts as we please. If you had told us earlier, I wouldn't have gotten beaten. I would have surrendered and joined you."
Lin Zhan was stunned: "Wait a minute, lord-level fierce beasts are for us to eat as we please? Where did you get them? Can you guys even defeat lord-level fierce beasts with your abilities?"
Xiao Bao said disdainfully:
"What are lord-level fierce beasts? Which of us five brothers hasn't killed a few lord-level fierce beasts? If nothing else, those elephants raised by those bald heads, weren't they all killed by us brothers?"
Lin Zhan found that the more he chatted with these troublesome fellows, the more his worldview was being destroyed, so he changed the subject and said, "Since you guys are so fierce now, shouldn't we level up again?"
As soon as Lin Zhan finished speaking, even Xiao Hei, who was rushing, turned his head and gave Lin Zhan a look of disdain.
"Boss, are you stupid? We can kill lords right now, so why are you in a hurry to level up? Even if we level up to diamond, we still won't be able to defeat quasi-kings, so why are you anxious?"
"Besides, there's going to be a big war soon. How much luck will killing lords at platinum level give us? If we reach diamond and then kill lords, how much less luck power will we get? Why can't you figure out this calculation?"