Chapter 802: It Must Be That Flute Player
Chapter 802: It Must Be That Flute Player (Combined)
Chen Shu, 34 years old, C-Class Beastmaster, familiars: Shadow Sprite, Dual-Headed Ape Dragon, Niliu Crocodile, Saint Mushroom...
Fuanli Dicaprio, 36 years old, C-Class Beastmaster, familiars: Uglakar, Flame Hawk, Horned Bunny, Sleeping Grass...
Pralle Palette, 31 years old, C-Class Beastmaster, familiars: Vortex M, Storm Owl, Snow Jilai, Sandy Tomb Turtle...
Freydin Tate, 30 years old, C-Class Beastmaster, familiars: Water Carrier Duck, Wave Toad, Carnelian Beauty, Wood Lotus Soldier...
Leo Diesel, 27 years old, C-Class Beastmaster, familiars: Echo Chirp, Fire Dance Butterfly, Eva Spirit, Little Crossing Dragon...
All of them were C-Class Beastmasters. As Qiao Sang looked at the information on the five people sent by Teacher Heidi, her gaze lingered on the photos of Pralle Palette and Leo Diesel, recognizing them as the two she had encountered in the waiting room.
They were indeed here for Adinix. Qiao Sang was not surprised at all.
She took a deep breath, gathered her focus, and began to search for detailed information about these familiars.
Although she had learned a lot about their levels and attributes during her time, she was not particularly familiar with their specific traits, weaknesses, and habits.
Two of the five had already shown themselves. Since they now knew she was here, they would likely make their move before she boarded the plane.
To face an opponent who could attack at any moment, it was essential to gather as much information as possible in advance. This was a habit Qiao Sang had developed through her matches.
Although the airport had arranged a private Vip room for her and sent familiars to guard outside, she couldn't rely solely on others. As a precaution, she needed to be prepared herself. Qiao Sang thought this as she reviewed the information.
She started with the Shadow Sprite and went through each familiar one by one.
Soon, she came across Echo Chirp.
Echo Chirp, Psychic Type General-Class Beast Companion, its call is as melodious as a song, but it can cause pain or hallucinations in opponents. Due to its small size, it often goes unnoticed, making it a favorite among Beastmasters for learning Barrier skills, allowing it to isolate sounds and movements while remaining hidden.
Leo's familiar, the one who had approached her earlier. No wonder she hadn't heard any noise from the bathroom. This Echo Chirp must have used a skill to isolate the sounds, similar to the familiar of the spy teacher who had met her before.
As she pondered this, Qiao Sang's ears perked up, hearing the footsteps of the familiar outside the door moving away.
Suddenly, all the lights in the room went out.
The room was plunged into complete darkness.
"Yah!"
Fangy, who had been drowsy, immediately became alert, scanning the surroundings with a wary gaze.
Qiao Sang's heart raced. She quickly formed the hand seals and summoned the Treasure Seeker, instructing it to use Spatial Shift to take her out of the room.
The familiars the airport had sent to guard her were less effective than she had hoped. She had expected at least some commotion outside, but they had simply left without a fight.
She wondered how they had been persuaded to leave...
The other party clearly knew she was in the room. If she tried to leave through the door, she would likely be ambushed. The safest method now was to use Spatial Shift to leave.
Otherwise, the enemy would have the advantage of surprise, and she would be at a significant disadvantage.
“Echo~”
Just as Qiao Sang was forming the seals with her hands, an exceptionally pleasant call sounded.
An invisible sound wave hit her.
She felt intense pain all over her body.
Echo Chirp... Qiao Sang immediately understood which familiar was behind this. She endured the pain and continued forming the seals without stopping.
The defensive strength she had practiced recently wasn't for nothing.
The pain was intense, but she could still bear it.
Soon, the Amber Star Array lit up, and Treasure Seeker appeared within it.
At the same moment, a Shadow burst out of the wall and quickly split, rushing toward Qiao Sang.
“Go!”
“Xunxun!”
Treasure Seeker's eyes glowed blue.
In the next second, Qiao Sang and Fangy disappeared from the spot.
The Shadow's attack missed, and it seemed to have eyes as it looked around. Seeing no one, it flowed together like water, slipped through the door crack, and shook its head as if in disappointment.
Then, it continued to flow forward.
In the corridor, the Shadow narrowly passed by the returning Chaxie Beast.
【Abnormal, abnormal, energy anomaly detected.】
“Check it out.”
The Chaxie Beast looked down at the Shadow still flowing forward.
【Shadow Sprite, Vip's familiar, safe.】
The Shadow's marker changed from red to green.
The Chaxie Beast turned and walked to the entrance of the Vip lounge, standing still.
The Shadow quickly flowed to the adjacent room, stood up from the floor, and expanded into a familiar with a pitch-black body and two visible purple eyes.
In the spacious and luxurious lounge, two men were seated.
One was the Blond Young Man, and the other was a man with gray eyes and black hair, looking exceptionally sullen.
Beside the Blond Young Man stood a spherical familiar with a musical note on its head and a predominantly yellow body.
“Where is she?” Chen Shu asked.
“Shad.”
The Shadow Sprite called out, indicating that the person had escaped.
“She's no longer in the room?” Pral frowned, confirming.
“Shad.” The Shadow Sprite nodded.
“I saw the Shadow Sprite come out, and the Chaxie Beast went back,” Leo said as he pushed the door open and entered. “I didn't see Qiao Sang leave through the door. What happened?”
He sat down on the sofa as he spoke.
Pral quickly came to a conclusion: “She must have summoned the Ghost Ring King inside the room and used Spatial Shift to leave.”
Pral had watched Qiao Sang's matches and the related trends, knowing that the Ghost Ring King possessed several High-Rank Psychic Skills.
“How could this happen?” Leo asked, puzzled. “Even if Qiao Sang summoned the Ghost Ring King again in the room, the call from Echo Chirp should have caused the Ghost Ring King enough pain to prevent it from using any skills for at least two seconds.”
“Those two seconds should have been enough for the Shadow Sprite to catch Qiao Sang.”
The Shadow Sprite's Bind ability could prevent a familiar from returning to the Beastmaster Codex even when summoned by a Beastmaster, and it could also prevent the target from teleporting.
Chen Shu's Shadow Sprite had an A-Class Bind Trait.
Under an A-Class Bind Trait, even Spatial Shift would be ineffective.
“Rehashing this situation now is pointless,” Chen Shu said calmly. “What we need to do is find Qiao Sang's new location.”
“We wasted this Vip room,” Leo couldn't help but complain. Then, he seemed to have an idea and looked at Chen Shu. “Isn't your family a shareholder in this airport? Could you ask someone inside to check the security cameras?”
Chen Shu glanced at him, her gaze as if she were looking at a fool:
"Getting a working Chaxie Beast to take a brief break is a small matter, but dealing with a Vip who comes here—do you really think my family would agree just because I say so?"
"Remember, I'll help deal with Qiao Sang, but I'll do it myself and absolutely won't let my family know."
Leo clicked his tongue: "Then what are we supposed to do?"
Pralar spoke up:
"Qiao Sang is a Vip, so she'll definitely use the security passage. We just need to ambush her there..."
Before he could finish, a clear voice suddenly rang out in the room:
"Ambush me?"
The three of them were startled and quickly looked toward the source of the sound.
A black-haired girl with a ponytail and a bit of baby fat on her face appeared where there was no one before, accompanied by the Ghost Ring King and the others.
Qiao Sang?!
How did she get here?
Did she hear what we just said?
Does she know we're going to deal with her?!
"Shadow Sprite!"
"Echo Chirp!"
"Vortex M!"
The three of them, their pupils dilating in panic, quickly got to their feet, put some distance between themselves and the intruder, and shouted almost simultaneously.
Even though two of them hadn't seen Qiao Sang's matches and didn't know her exact strength, they had still gathered some information beforehand since they knew they would be dealing with her.
Epic Skill.
Sixteen years old.
Four familiars.
Three General-Class Beast Companions.
Made Steel Sparrow undergo continuous Bond Evolution.
Yulinton University.
All these factors combined didn't add up to a normal person.
They didn't dare to be careless. As they called their familiars to attack, they also began to form seals with their hands.
In an instant, nine Amber Star Arrays spread throughout the room.
"Shad!"
"Echo!"
"Vortex!"
As the nine Star Arrays lit up, Shadow Sprite quickly split into several shadowy tendrils, like silk, and lunged at Qiao Sang.
Echo Chirp's eyes glowed blue.
An invisible force immediately enveloped Qiao Sang, pinning her in place.
At the same time, with its chirp, invisible sound waves rippled out.
The yellow ball-shaped familiar with musical notes on its head opened its mouth, and a blinding bolt of lightning erupted from its throat.
Qiao Sang watched the scene before her calmly and said:
"Domain."
"Ice Ai."
Lulu took a step forward.
In an instant, the temperature in the room plummeted, the bone-chilling cold seeming to seep into the very soul.
Everything was frozen in the blink of an eye.
The spacious and luxurious lounge turned into an icy world.
Space itself seemed to have stopped.
The nine Star Arrays were frozen.
The nine familiars, which had just appeared on the Star Arrays, were turned into ice sculptures.
The three men, still in the middle of their seal gestures.
And the several shadows, just a centimeter away from Qiao Sang, the Echo Chirp staring at them, and the Vortex M with its mouth open.
They were all encased in thick ice shells.
Only the area around Qiao Sang remained vibrant and bright.
Using Lulu's Frost Haven to take out three people at once wasn't a bad deal... Qiao Sang removed the earplugs she had prepared before coming.
Indeed, it was the right choice to gather information on the enemies' familiars beforehand.
The Ghost-type Companion Beasts that had attacked through the wall earlier belonged to only two people among the five: Chen Shu's Shadow Sprite and Leo Diesel's Eva Spirit.
For Ghost-type Companion Beasts to attack through walls with a clear target, they must have been close by, most likely in the adjacent room.
It's impossible for a Ghost-type familiar to pass through several walls and launch an attack in the split second the lights go out.
Now that the scope has been narrowed down, it’s much easier to check if they’re in the next room. All Lulu has to do is turn into water and slip in to take a look.
When Lulu came out and said that three of the people in the photos were inside, she knew this was her chance.
They still don’t know that she has their specific information and what they look like, so they’re still in the mindset of hunters and haven’t considered being hunted themselves.
Fangy and Lulu both have large-scale attack skills.
However, Fangy’s skills create too much noise, so using Lulu’s Frost Haven against them would be perfect.
Of course, that’s only if they are all gathered in one place.
Fortunately, they’ve given her just such an opportunity.
Now, there are only two of them left. Qiao Sang approached Pralle Palette and pointed to the pocket of the person next to her.
She remembered Pralle telling Leo in front of her that he couldn’t contact anyone, so the other person’s mission must be on this guy...
“Ice Ai.”
Lulu removed the earplugs from her ears and called out.
In the next second, the ice shell around the pocket melted.
Qiao Sang reached into the pocket and pulled out a mobile phone, but it was locked.
Just as she was about to have Lulu melt the ice around the guy’s finger, the phone vibrated.
The caller ID showed: Fretin.
Qiao Sang answered the call with a calm expression.
“Hello, I’m here. Where are you now?” a deep female voice came from the speaker.
Another one, perfect, no need to wait for her specifically... Without waiting for a response, Qiao Sang hung up the call.
She glanced at the three people frozen in front of her and said to the Treasure Seeker, “Throw these three guys out of the airport.”
Lulu’s Frost Haven hasn’t been tested for how long it can keep them frozen. If it thaws before she boards the plane, that would be a problem.
“Xunxun~”
The Treasure Seeker’s eyes glowed blue.
Then, the three frozen individuals disappeared from the spot.
“Xunxun~”
About ten seconds later, the Treasure Seeker reappeared in the room, calling out sweetly to indicate the mission was complete.
“Take me to the next room,” Qiao Sang said.
“Xunxun~”
The Treasure Seeker’s eyes glowed blue again.
Qiao Sang’s vision went dark.
When her vision cleared, she found herself back in the Vip lounge.
Qiao Sang sat on the sofa, thinking about Lulu, who had used Frost Haven, and looked at the Treasure Seeker.
“Get me a bottle of Energy Restorer.”
“Xunxun~”
The Treasure Seeker nodded in understanding.
It took off its ring and rummaged inside, quickly pulling out an Energy Restorer.
Qiao Sang looked at the Energy Restorer hesitantly.
“This seems to be empty.”
“Xunxun…”
The Treasure Seeker looked down and realized it was indeed empty.
It tossed the empty bottle behind it and rummaged in the ring again.
Another empty bottle.
“Xunxun…”
The Treasure Seeker tried again.
Empty bottle.
Again.
Empty bottle.
“Xunxun!”
The Treasure Seeker’s eyes turned red, but it was still full of empty bottles.
“Ya Ya!”
Fangy, who had been a bit drowsy, woke up and showed a “how could this be” expression.
“Ice Ai.”
Lulu’s expression was serious.
“Steel Slash.”
Even Steel Treasure looked serious.
“Xunxun!”
The Treasure Seeker looked at its Beastmaster, almost in tears.
They must have all been drunk by that flute player!
(End of Chapter)
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