Chapter 337: A Familiar Foe
Chapter 337: A Familiar Foe
After chatting with Lou Limin for a while, Li Qian decided to share his current situation.
At this moment, if he could return, he would just make it in time for the morning classes.
Lou Limin listened to his request without hesitation and agreed.
Furthermore, Lou Limin took the initiative to offer a ride back to Shazhou City.
Li Qian could guess some of the reasons behind Lou Limin's willingness.
However, he didn't accept the favor but declined without hesitation.
"No need, the situation here is still unclear, and you're also short-staffed. I can go back on my own," Li Qian quickly waved his hand.
This was his genuine thought at that moment.
The situation in Zhenxi Town had not yet completely stabilized.
At this time, it was unnecessary to specifically assign personnel to send him back to Shazhou City.
After hearing Li Qian's words, Lou Limin thought for a moment and didn't insist further.
He instructed one of his patrol officers to let Li Qian leave.
Li Qian departed from the exit, and before he had taken a few steps, he sent a message to Dakeli and Ding Ganmao.
In the message, he explained that he had encountered an unexpected situation at night and was currently being escorted back to Shazhou City by a patrol officer.
Li Qian checked, but the message didn't receive an immediate response.
However, this was within his expectations.
At this time, it was normal for them to be preoccupied and not pay attention to messages.
After some thought, Li Qian shook his head helplessly.
There was no way he could consider Dakeli and Ding Ganmao; he simply couldn't afford to.
Zhenxi Town was still under lockdown, and his ability to leave was already a special favor from Director Lou. With the exception of the seven remaining, he genuinely didn't know what to say.
Moreover, at this hour, the sky was still dark, and Li Qian couldn't guarantee that Dakeli and the others would be willing to leave at this moment.
After leaving Zhenxi Town, Li Qian didn't waste any time.
He directly summoned Qinglin Jiao Seven Sons and leaped onto its back.
With a thought, he issued a command, and Seven Sons immediately followed his instructions, flying towards Shazhou City.
Zhenxi Town wasn't far from Shazhou City, and they would arrive soon if they flew.
During the day, it would be quite noticeable, almost like parading through the city.
However, at this hour, the darkness provided some cover for their movements.
Shazhou City, unlike other special-grade cities, didn't have an air restriction.
Unfortunately, Li Qian's Seven Sons couldn't fly in the city's airspace because it wasn't registered with the Beast Tamer Association.
Li Qian planned to have Seven Sons land in the suburbs and then walk into Shazhou City.
If all went well, he would return to Shazhou Beast University in just over an hour.
As Li Qian's thoughts wandered, suddenly, a pitch-black energy ball unexpectedly attacked out of nowhere.
"Careful!" Li Qian reacted instantly, his heart trembled, and in almost an instant, he alerted Seven Sons through their soul contract.
Seven Sons and Li Qian shared a telepathic connection, and the former unconditionally trusted the latter.
Upon receiving the warning, Seven Sons reflexively leaned to the right.
This sidestep saved both Seven Sons and Li Qian from the attack, narrowly avoiding danger.
"Who are you?" Li Qian immediately looked towards the direction of the attack, where a figure stood silently, its face hidden behind a mask with only the eyes, nose, and mouth exposed.
The figure spoke, its voice fearless, "Who am I? Tsk tsk tsk, old classmate, I can't believe you forgot about me so quickly."
Li Qian listened to the familiar and somewhat sinister voice, falling into deep thought. After a moment, he suddenly remembered someone and said with considerable surprise, "You are... Sun Shouhe?"
He mentioned a name, a familiar name. The other party remained silent, not speaking, seemingly confirming this identity.
Li Qian frowned, puzzled, and continued, "Why are you here?"
Sun Shouhe took off the mask covering his face and spoke with a mocking tone, "Why would I be here?"
He stared intently at Li Qian and continued, his voice filled with resentment, "If it weren't for you, why would I be here?"
"Why would I even apply to this desolate Western Beastmaster University!"
As he spoke, Li Qian glanced sideways, clearly seeing a wolf-type Companion Beast behind Sun Shouhe.
This wolf-type Companion Beast was entirely black, massive in size, comparable to an adult water buffalo.
Its most distinctive feature was... a vertical eye on its forehead.
It was through this vertical eye that Li Qian immediately identified it as a Three-Eyed Abyss Wolf.
Looking at his Energy Detection Watch, Li Qian discovered that this Three-Eyed Abyss Wolf had already reached Commander Rank 4.
Such a level of strength truly astonished Li Qian.
In just a few short months, to have such a dramatic increase in strength, Li Qian knew that Sun Shouhe must have had some extraordinary encounter.
Although surprised by Sun Shouhe's current strength, Li Qian showed no fear. He shrugged and wore an indifferent expression, "Well, you applying to the Western Beastmaster University has nothing to do with me, right?"
Ignoring the disdain in Sun Shouhe's tone, Li Qian spoke earnestly, correcting him, "Besides, the Western Beastmaster University is pretty good; it's not as desolate as you make it out to be."
He added, "In our place, it's probably not much worse than the Yunlan Beastmaster University."
"Stop with all this nonsense..." Sun Shouhe's gaze was cold and harsh, and he glared fiercely at Li Qian. "I've been lying in wait outside Zhenxi Town for so long, thinking there was no hope. But unexpectedly, I encountered this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and you actually dared to come out alone."
Sun Shouhe's voice was quite manic, and Li Qian found it hard to understand.
At that moment, he was radiating hostility.
Seeing this, Li Qian couldn't help but ask, "Sun Shouhe, although we didn't get along well in high school, we're not exactly mortal enemies, are we?"
Li Qian's words seemed to open Pandora's box. Sun Shouhe's face twisted in anger.
He looked at Li Qian and said in a resentful voice, "I just can't stand you, I hate you, and why should Tu Jiaojiao and Li Lanying both be circling around you!"
"Women are truly a hassle..." Li Qian's lips twitched involuntarily at his somewhat insane words.
He hadn't expected that this guy was ambushing him here partly because of such reasons.
Without stopping, facing Li Qian's stunned gaze, Sun Shouhe continued, his tone like a knife, "And most importantly, you dared to ruin the Great Divine Messenger's plan!"
"You joined the Black God Sect?" Almost immediately after Sun Shouhe's words, Li Qian reacted, understanding the underlying meaning.
(End of Chapter)
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