Chapter 1023: Shadow Penetration
Chapter 1023: Shadow Penetration (Combined)
The Mystic Wraith, a Ghost-type King-level familiar, is Bao Wu Wu's Royal Tier form. Normally, its whiskers should be yellow, but this one's are white. Is it just old age, or is it a Variant Familiar...? Qiao Sang pondered subconsciously.
If it's a Variant Familiar, it might have other abilities beyond the Ghost-type...
Seeing that the young girl in the distance didn't respond, the young man's expression fluctuated, and he finally laughed bitterly, saying:
"Attack!"
Besides the Mystic Wraith, the Dream Demon, Fang Dragon, and Arrow Blade King all simultaneously channeled energy.
The crowd looked up at the sky, their hearts heavy, and began to murmur:
"Should we go up and help?"
"You're crazy. You're just a C-Class Beastmaster, and he's A-Class!"
"It's not about helping or not. Do we even have the capability? We can barely handle these wild beast companions."
"It seems all the Imperial Tier familiars have been taken away. I wonder what rank the Beastmaster left behind is. I hope she'll be alright."
An elderly man with graying hair, dressed in black training clothes, stepped forward. Looking up at the sky, he said with a dignified air:
"Someone risked their life to expose evil and brought the truth to light. How can we stand by and do nothing? As a Beastmaster, I've always strived for justice. I don't have many days left to live. Rather than letting this man succeed in absorbing our negative energy and death aura, I'd rather fight him to the death!"
His gaze was resolute, his expression determined, and he had the resolve to go down fighting.
The crowd listened with boiling blood.
"Right, so what if he's an A-Class Beastmaster? We're many. Are we afraid of him? His Royal Beast has been taken away."
"Anyway, we don't have much time left. Instead of being sucked dry by wild Ghost-types, we might as well have one last glorious battle!"
"Exactly. This person used the Soul Ferry Cat's message to lure us here with sinister intentions. It's people like him who tarnish the reputation of Ghost Familiars!"
The elderly man, standing on the claw of a nine-meter-tall Ghost Familiar, shouted:
"I'll clear the way for you! Old friend, let's go!"
The nine-meter-tall Ghost Familiar, its eyes equally determined, transformed into a purple light and charged toward the young man in the sky.
Bapan Clown, a Ghost-type King-level familiar, loved gambling and absorbing the greedy aura of gamblers... The crowd recognized the familiar that had just charged into the sky.
It had helped deal with a group of wild Ghost Familiars, saving many lives.
The crowd held their breath, clenched their fists, and their faces showed a mix of tension and anticipation.
The purple light moved at an incredible speed, almost instantly closing the distance to within a hundred meters.
"Spectral Ambush!" the old man shouted.
Spectral Ambush, an Advanced Skill of the Ghost-type, allows a brief disappearance and a sudden approach to the opponent for a surprise attack, bypassing defensive skills like Guard. This disappearance isn't just invisibility but involves entering a different space to build up momentum... Many in the crowd recalled the details of Spectral Ambush, their eyes filled with growing anticipation and tension.
In the sky, the purple light vanished from its original position.
Then, it suddenly reappeared a few dozen meters behind the young man, hurtling toward him with a terrifying roar.
The moment Bapan Clown appeared, the Mystic Wraith turned its head, its expression unchanged, and calmly opened its mouth.
A thick black beam shot out, striking Bapan Clown with pinpoint accuracy.
"Ba Pan!"
Bapan Clown let out a tragic cry as it and the old man plummeted from the sky.
The crowd: "..."
At that moment, a massive purple shadow rushed down and caught the old man safely.
"Steel Blade."
Steel Treasure placed the old man gently on the ground, then flapped its wings and flew back up.
The crowd exchanged glances, all seeing fear in each other's eyes.
"Maybe we should just give up. He's an A-Class Beastmaster, and even without his Royal Beast, his strength is beyond what we can handle."
"Bapan Clown was taken out in one hit. What can we do if we go up there?"
"Exactly. We'd just be in the way."
"Let's see if the Beastmaster up there can handle it."
"I don't want to die here. I have six months left to live..."
"Who wants to die here? I'm only 27!"
"I thought you looked young... Why are you here?"
"I have an incurable disease and don't have much time left. I want to find the Soul Ferry Cat and be reborn in my mother's womb."
"...Sorry."
A heavy mood spread, and the crowd's eyes filled with pessimism and despair.
Suddenly, someone shouted:
"Get out of the way!"
Everyone was taken aback, looking up to see a massive shadow plummeting from the sky. Startled, they quickly scattered.
"Bang!"
The next second, a loud thud echoed as the shadow crashed heavily to the ground, causing the earth to crack and sink.
As the dust settled, the crowd gathered around the large crater, leaning in for a closer look.
Someone exclaimed in delight, "It's a Fang Dragon! It's that guy's Fang Dragon!"
The others also recognized the familiar in the pit. They were initially stunned, but then their tense expressions relaxed, and they broke into smiles, looking up at the several shadows in the sky.
...
In the sky.
The young man's face was grim. With a wave of his hand, he recalled the Fang Dragon and the Dream Ghost, which had fainted under the Oppressive Aura, back into the Beastmaster Codex.
The Arrow Blade King split into two, then four, and finally into countless fragments, transforming into a sea of white light that charged directly at Qiao Sang and Fangy.
"Ice Emperor."
Lulu stood on Fangy's head, her chill aura spreading out.
The temperature around them plummeted.
Bone-chilling Frost Breath rapidly spread.
In the blink of an eye, all the rushing Arrow Blade Kings turned into ice statues, frozen in mid-air.
Then, all the ice statues shattered into ice crystals, leaving only one Arrow Blade King's ice sculpture hanging in the sky.
Fangy opened its mouth, and a beam of red-golden light instantly condensed, shooting straight at the remaining Arrow Blade King.
At that moment, a thick black wave surged from behind the Arrow Blade King and collided head-on with the red-golden beam.
"Boom!"
Flames and heat waves rolled, and a terrifying explosion erupted, sending shockwaves that made the space around them seem to tremble.
The nearby Arrow Blade King, affected by the shockwave, had its ice shell shatter and was blasted away by the intense explosion.
"Lulu", Qiao Sang said.
Lulu remained silent, her chill aura continuing to spread.
The next second, the falling Arrow Blade King, the young man in the distance, and the Mystic Wraith were all encased in a thick layer of ice, turning into ice statues that remained in place.
Seeing this, the crowd was initially stunned, then burst into excited chatter.
"Wow, he's actually pressing the attack!"
"He's going to win! He's definitely going to win!"
"Damn, an A-Class Beastmaster is being pushed back. What level is this guy?"
"He's definitely A-Class too! He must have seen that the villain's Royal Beast wasn't around and was also concerned about us, so he didn't summon his Royal Beast."
"That's right. If it were a Royal Beast, we would have been in trouble too."
"Who would have thought there would be so many powerful people in Lost Town this time."
"Thank goodness it was the Soul Ferry Cat's news that was released, or we wouldn't have had such a powerful person come to our aid."
"This guy looks so well-preserved, like he's only in his teens. I can't believe he's nearly at the end of his lifespan..."
"Thinking about how I cursed his familiar earlier, I feel like I deserve to be punished!"
Many people showed signs of joy and excitement.
They had thought they were doomed to become fodder for a Ghost Familiar to absorb energy. But now, a capable person had revealed the truth and was even more powerful than they had imagined, pressing an A-Class Beastmaster to the brink!
Qiao Sang raised her hand, about to snap her fingers, but then remembered the crowd below and quietly put her hand down, saying:
"Explode."
Fangy opened its mouth, and a red-golden beam shot out again.
No one noticed that the Mystic Wraith inside the ice shell had its eyes moving slightly.
"Boom!"
The red-golden beam struck the Arrow Blade King head-on.
With a powerful shockwave, the ice shell on the Arrow Blade King shattered, and it plummeted to the ground.
At the same time, a black hole about a meter in diameter suddenly appeared behind Qiao Sang.
A purple claw with three short toes slowly emerged from the black hole.
"Watch out!"
Before the crowd could celebrate the Arrow Blade King's downfall, they saw this terrifying scene and their faces changed dramatically, shouting in alarm.
Qiao Sang, who was already accustomed to blocking out surrounding sounds during battle, didn't hear their cries. However, she felt a chill down her spine and a sense of impending danger, instinctively turning her head.
At the same time, Fangy opened its mouth and shot a red-golden beam directly at the Mystic Wraith.
With a "bang", the ice shell shattered, and the Mystic Wraith was pierced, disappearing.
"Xunxun!"
At that moment, the Treasure Seeker shouted.
Before Qiao Sang could see what was behind her, her vision went dark. When it returned, she found herself sitting on Fangy's back, several hundred meters away.
At her original position, a black hole had appeared, with a claw emerging from it.
"Xunxun..." Treasure Seeker heaved a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness she had moved in time...
It was the Mystic Wraith's claws... Qiao Sang recognized the claws and immediately thought of something, her spine nearly breaking out in a cold sweat.
This scene reminded her of a match she had seen on TV during the Interstellar Cup, where a humanoid Imperial Familiar had suddenly emerged from a black hole.
Don't panic. One is a Royal Tier Ghost Familiar, and the other is a Psychic Type Imperial Familiar. They can't be compared, they just have similar skills... Qiao Sang steadied her emotions and began to analyze subconsciously:
It looks like the Mystic Wraith used Substitute earlier. The Ghost Familiar's move that allows this is called Shadow Penetration. It enables the user to enter a different dimension, the spirit world, to shorten the distance in the real world and appear in a desired location in a mysterious way...
This situation is actually quite manageable. Lulu's Frost Haven can't freeze the spirit world, but it can instantly freeze the Mystic Wraith when it appears. This isn't a match; the simplest way to force a hidden familiar to appear is...
As she thought, Steel Treasure's wings flapped forcefully, and a series of purple light feathers shot out like a barrage of arrows toward the young man who had been thawed by Lulu's Spatial Shift.
A black hole appeared in front of the young man, and all the Purple Blades heading in that direction were sucked into it, vanishing without a trace.
Shadow Penetration, a Ghost-type Ultra-Rank Skill. If the proficiency is high enough, it can absorb all incoming attacks into the black hole. A Royal Tier Ghost Familiar, without any Golden Finger, had managed to master this move to such a degree... Qiao Sang's heart sank, and she couldn't help but glance down at the others battling the wild Ghost Familiar.
If there weren't so many people, a single Mars Rain from Fangy, or a Blazing Sun Impact, or Lulu's Frost Haven combined with a colossal Ice Spike, could easily take care of the opponent...
Stay calm. No matter how strong the Mystic Wraith is, it's still just one. It can't possibly create black holes in different positions simultaneously... Qiao Sang thought and then called out loudly:
"Different positions, all at once!"
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker teleported above the young man, claws at the ready. A shadow like black silk shot out from its fingertips, descending like a mad torrent.
Steel Treasure transformed into a purple light and appeared to the left of the young man. Its wings flapped, and hundreds of Purple Blades shot out once more.
Fangy opened its mouth, and terrifying energy began to condense inside.
Lulu exuded a visible chill aura.
The young man's eyes narrowed, and he shouted:
"Don't worry about me!"
Almost instantly, Qiao Sang felt a cold touch on her head.
She looked up and saw a claw resting on her head, while the Mystic Wraith's head was still hidden in the black hole, its eyes invisible.
"Wuwu." A calm and elderly voice emerged from the black hole.
Fangy and the others were taken aback and stopped their actions.
"Ha ha ha..." The young man laughed loudly.
But at that moment, a dazzling Crimson Star Array appeared above him.
"Qingqing!"
A furious and angry voice echoed, and a powerful gale rushed down from above, sweeping the young man off his feet and down to the ground.
... Qiao Sang was utterly bewildered, her mind filled with a single thought:
I didn't seal it, how did Qingbao appear?
Then, a second thought formed:
Damn! How did I not notice that the luminos had already left? How did this person stay suspended in the air the whole time?
Despite the Mystic Wraith's claw pressing on her head, the scene before her was so shocking that Qiao Sang momentarily forgot her own predicament.
As these thoughts flashed through her mind, the cold sensation on her head disappeared.
"Wuwu!"
A black hole appeared where the young man had fallen, and the Mystic Wraith, no longer calm, emerged urgently from the black hole, its claws reaching out to catch its Beastmaster.
"Xunxun!"
"Steel Blade!"
"Ya Ya!"
"Ice Emperor!"
Fangy and the others, their faces twisted in anger, began to channel their energy.
A Shadow Orb, Purple Blades, a golden-red beam, and a colossal Ice Spike, as large as a small mountain, all converged downward.
The Mystic Wraith sensed the danger and emerged fully from the black hole, turning to protect its Beastmaster.
"Bang!!"
All the attacks hit it.
"Wuwu!"
The Mystic Wraith let out a pained cry.
(End of Chapter)
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