Chapter 1044: Night Ring King
Chapter 1044: Night Ring King (Combined)
As the announcement was made, the TV screen switched to the security camera footage.
It was the very moment when the Cloak Totem was captured.
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker stared blankly at the TV, feeling as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head.
His heart turned icy.
The Cloak Totem had been captured. What was the point of all that desperate Training and Evolution?
Would everyone now only remember the moment it was defeated by the Cloak Totem?
Despair, deep and profound despair.
Treasure Seeker drifted soullessly toward the room.
Qiao Sang sighed inwardly, not knowing how to break the news.
"What's wrong with Ghost Ring King?" Migala asked, puzzled.
Qiao Sang lowered her voice and said, "Last time, it was defeated by the Cloak Totem in front of everyone. It has been training so hard to evolve, all to defeat the Cloak Totem in front of everyone."
I see... Migala understood immediately.
She had wondered why Ghost Ring King had suddenly become so diligent.
After a moment's thought, Qiao Sang finally called out, "Treasure Seeker."
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker turned his empty gaze toward her.
"I recorded your evolution. Do you want to see it?" Qiao Sang pointed to the camera and asked.
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker shook his head and continued drifting toward the room.
The door slammed shut behind him.
Qiao Sang and Fangy exchanged glances.
Migala looked at the closed door and said, "I'll head back. Now that Ghost Ring King has evolved, it should have called Flauda Teacher to check it out immediately. But given its state, it's best to let it calm down first. We'll handle the examination tomorrow."
"Alright", Qiao Sang nodded. "See you, Teacher."
Migala vanished on the spot.
"Gui gui?"
At that moment, Neurocrack called out, asking if it was still hired.
It had seen the news and knew its target had been captured.
"Steel Blade."
Steel Treasure translated promptly.
Qiao Sang cleared her throat and said, "Next time, I'll definitely call you if there's another target."
"Gui gui."
Neurocrack nodded in agreement.
"Steel Blade."
Steel Treasure translated.
It reminded her to pay the remaining credits.
Qiao Sang picked up her mobile phone and immediately transferred the remaining nine credits.
"I've paid", she showed the phone to Neurocrack.
"Gui gui."
Neurocrack glanced at the phone, said goodbye, and disappeared into the computer screen.
The living room fell silent.
"Ya ya?"
A few seconds later, Fangy pointed toward the room, looking worried, indicating that Treasure Seeker seemed upset.
"I know", Qiao Sang sighed.
"Ice Emperor."
Lulu spoke calmly, offering to use Healing Waves to improve Treasure Seeker's mood.
Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said, "Let's not. After the Healing Waves wear off, it will still remember the Cloak Totem."
The living room grew quiet again.
"Qingqing."
Suddenly, Qingbao called out, suggesting an idea.
Qiao Sang and Fangy turned to look at it.
"Qingqing."
Qingbao blinked innocently and proposed its plan.
Since Treasure Seeker wanted to capture the Cloak Totem itself, they could release it and let Treasure Seeker catch it again.
Qiao Sang: "..."
Lulu: "..."
Steel Treasure: "..."
"Ya ya!"
Fangy's eyes lit up, indicating that the idea was good.
"That won't work", Qiao Sang said flatly.
"Ya Fangy."
Fangy's eager expression faltered.
If Qiao Sang said no, then it was no.
Qingbao didn't seem too disappointed.
The living room fell silent for the third time.
After a few seconds, Qiao Sang said, "I'll go talk to Treasure Seeker", and walked toward the room.
She knocked on the door upon reaching it.
About three seconds later, the door opened automatically.
Qiao Sang stepped in, saw Treasure Seeker huddled in the corner, closed the door, and asked, "You didn't cry, did you?"
Treasure Seeker's body stiffened abruptly.
"Cloak Totem is a Royal Tier, and you're only a General-Class. It's normal for you to lose." Qiao Sang paused to organize her thoughts and continued, "Even Fangy and Lulu couldn't defeat a Royal Beast when they were at the General-Class."
"Xunxun!"
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker turned around, tears and snot streaming down its face.
But it lost so badly, and so many people saw it, and it even made the news!
"You know how it is online; there's always new news every day." Qiao Sang consoled, "People get bored quickly. If you search for Cloak Totem now, you'll only find news about its capture. No one will remember that you were defeated by it."
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker sniffled.
Really?
"Really", Qiao Sang nodded.
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker burst into tears.
But if you search online, you can still find that incident! People will still see it.
Treasure Seeker seemed more concerned about others' opinions than Qiao Sang had realized. She said, "People remember only the grandest and most classic events. Here, Mystic Rifts and Cloak Totems appear every day. No one will remember yesterday's incident, let alone Cloak Totem. But they won't forget that you and I won the championship at the Zhongkong Regional Tournament together."
"Xunxun..." Treasure Seeker stopped crying and stared blankly at its Beastmaster.
Qiao Sang continued, "If we participate in even grander events and stand on larger match fields, people will only remember your performance in those matches."
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker still felt a bit down.
But there are so many videos of it being defeated by Cloak Totem online.
"What if those videos didn't exist?" Qiao Sang said.
"Xunxun?!"
Treasure Seeker's eyes lit up.
Qiao Sang smiled, "You forget, when we were in the Regional Tournament, Teacher mentioned that some Contestants delete all information about themselves online to prevent opponents from studying them."
"Xunxun!"
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker nodded excitedly.
It remembered, it remembered!
Qiao Sang almost burst out laughing at the sight but managed to control herself, maintaining her usual expression. "We can find a familiar with that ability to delete the information for us."
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker looked invigorated, sniffed, and eagerly floated over to its Beastmaster, calling out, indicating that they should find one quickly.
Qiao Sang handed over her mobile phone with a smile, "You can post the mission."
"Xunxun~"
Treasure Seeker took the mobile phone and eagerly logged onto the Imperial Beastmaster Academy's website, inputting the mission requirements with a serious look.
Finally, it's done... Qiao Sang sighed in relief, then thought of something. She closed her eyes and entered the Beastmaster Codex.
The page turned, and she soon reached the page about Treasure Seeker.
Name: Night Ring King
Attributes: Ghost, Psychic, Dark-type
Level: Royal Tier (1,000,000/10,000,000)
Primary Trait: Absorb
Level: S (Max), Status: Mastered, Description: Can absorb all physical objects. Current internal capacity: 10,000 cubic meters.
Secondary Trait: Pierce
Level: S (Max), Status: Mastered, Description: Can pierce through opponents' defenses or substitutes to attack.
Third Trait: Hyper Perception
Level: C (139/1,000), Status: Usable, Description: In doubles matches, can read the attacks of allies and dodge their signature move damage.
Fourth Trait: Cursed Body
Level: C (16/2000), Status: Available, Description: (When attacked, there is a 30% chance to inflict the Paralysis State on the target.)
Fifth Trait
Level: A (1486/10000), Status: Abnormally Effective, Description: (Causes an Oppressive Aura on the opponent, making them feel a Dominant Aura.)
Sixth Trait: Mutual Demise
Level: A (1/10000), Status: Abnormally Effective, Description: (When attacked, the attacker also takes damage, and both the attacker and the user fall into a state of unconsciousness. This effect cannot be triggered consecutively.)
Seventh Trait: Nightmare
Level: B (1/2000), Status: Effective, Description: (Deals damage to opponents in the Sleep Status.)
Hidden Ability: Cursed Body
Level: B (78/2000), Status: Effective, Description: (When attacked, there is a 50% chance to inflict the Stunned State on the attacker.)
Skills:
- Lick (Small Success 1083/2000) +
- Hypnosis (Mastery 20000/20000) Max
- Dream Eater (Novice 23/100) +
- Barrier (Mastery 3654/5000) +
- Psychic Power (Mastery 20000/20000) Max
- Teleport (Mastery 20000/20000) Max
- Shadow Control (Mastery 20000/20000) Max
- Ghost Flame (Mastery 14754/20000) +
- Substitute (Mastery 15865/20000) +
- Taunt (Mastery 2299/5000) +
- Tile Split (Mastery 4098/5000) +
- Shadow Orb (Perfection 8644/10000) +
- Illusion Beam (Small Success 1754/2000)
- Light Wall (Proficient 432/500) +
- Spatial Shift (Mastery 20000/20000) Max
- Psychic Hammer (Mastery 3876/5000) +
- Scary Face (Novice 78/100) +
- Cursed Luck (Mastery 3542/5000) +
- Sleight of Hand (Novice 12/100) +
- Dark Shadow (Mastery 10854/20000) +
- Seal (Novice 21/100) +
- Spatial Lockdown (Small Success 1019/2000) +
- Revenge (Novice 1/100) +
- Odd Space (Novice 1/100) +
- Shadow Penetration (Novice 1/100) +
Ghost-type, Psychic, Dark-type... Dark-type?!
Qiao Sang was genuinely shocked.
Her shock was no less intense than when she first saw Fangy's Evolution, and the familiar's data revealed that it had Awakened an Epic Skill from its lineage, a sensation like being hit hard in the head.
She remembered that the Night Ring King form only had Ghost-type attributes!
How could it suddenly have a Dark-type attribute?
Wasn't that only supposed to happen in the Evolution Chain where the Treasure Seeker Ghost Evolved into the Treasure Seeker Spirit?
Could it be because the Treasure Seeker is a Variant?
But that didn't make sense either, since the Treasure Seeker already had Psychic-type Force Attributes...
Could it be that the Dark-type energy in the Ghost Fog it absorbed was too much?
But that shouldn't be the case either; there had never been a report of absorbing energy from other attributes causing the activation of related attributes...
However, now that she thought about it, it made sense why the Treasure Seeker's body turned black after Evolving into the Night Ring King. Could it be due to the influence of Dark Attributes?
A myriad of thoughts instantly flooded Qiao Sang's mind. She slowly exhaled, suppressing her quickening heartbeat, and shifted her gaze downward.
No matter what caused the Treasure Seeker to gain Dark Attributes, it was ultimately a good thing. Learning Dark Attributes-related Moves would definitely be much easier in the future.
She remembered how the Treasure Seeker had once wanted to Awaken the Co-Return Trait, but unfortunately, it was a Dark-type Trait, and a familiar without Dark Attributes couldn't Awaken it.
Now that it had a Dark-type attribute, it might be worth a try... Just as she was thinking this, Qiao Sang saw the words "Mutual Demise."
Mutual Demise?
Damn, did the Treasure Seeker Awaken the Co-Return Trait?!
Her heart, which she had just calmed, began racing again.
Qiao Sang was both shocked and delighted.
She was shocked because she had just thought of this Trait and discovered that the Treasure Seeker had Awakened it. She was delighted because the Treasure Seeker had indeed Awakened this Trait.
She still remembered the scene where the Illusionary Hate Fox, despite being one Level lower than Fangy, had directly triggered Fangy's Blazing Fire with this Trait.
If the Treasure Seeker knew it had Awakened this Trait, it would be over the moon... Qiao Sang steadied her emotions and continued reading.
Nightmare...
Another Dark Attributes Trait.
This Trait was also excellent, especially when paired with the Treasure Seeker's Hypnosis. It could cause damage even when the opponent was in a sleeping Status.
She looked at the new Skills the Treasure Seeker had Awakened.
Revenge, a Dark-type Advanced Skill. If used before taking damage, it can return the damage of the last Move received to the opponent.
The Treasure Seeker's defensive strength was too low, so if the damage from the last Move was too great, it might not be able to return it...
Oddo Space, a High-Rank Psionic Skill. It creates a bizarre Space where, for a certain period, all familiars within this Space will swap their Defense and Defense Traits.
Qiao Sang's eyes lit up.
This Skill was excellent. The Treasure Seeker's current biggest weakness was its Defense, and 90% of familiars at the same stage had higher Defense. With this Skill, it could completely make up for this weakness.
If it encountered a familiar with even lower Defense, it could choose not to use this Skill.
Practice! This Skill must be practiced!
Qiao Sang, filled with excitement, looked at the last Skill.
Shadow Penetration...
Shadow Penetration?
The Epic Skill Shadow Penetration used by that mystic wraith?
Qiao Sang was taken aback, a surge of indescribable joy welling up inside her.
The Epic Skill Shadow Penetration could move in bizarre ways and absorb incoming Skills.
The mystic wraith had once used this Skill to single-handedly hold off Fangy and several others.
Although the Treasure Seeker hadn't Awakened any powerful attack methods, with these Traits and Skills, it could definitely achieve victory against stronger opponents. This was something very difficult for familiars at the Royal Tier.
Qiao Sang took a deep breath, steadied her excited emotions, and her consciousness returned to reality.
The first thing she saw was the Treasure Seeker, holding a mobile phone and typing seriously, as if replying to something.
"How's it going? Have you found a familiar that can eliminate online messages?" Qiao Sang asked with a smile.
"Xunxun~"
The Treasure Seeker continued typing and called out, indicating that it hadn't found one yet, but over a dozen people had already signed up, and it was in the process of screening them.
Qiao Sang was taken aback.
"Already so many people have taken on the mission?"
"Xunxun~"
The Treasure Seeker nodded without looking up.
I haven't been in the Beastmaster Codex for long, so why are so many people taking on the mission... Qiao Sang suddenly had a bad feeling and asked:
"How much credit did you offer as a reward?" (End of Chapter)
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