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Chapter 929: Flamenight
Chapter 929: Flamenight (Combined)
Qiao Sang closed his eyes, and Prepare and Treasure Seeker resumed their Sympathetic Positioning.
However, at that moment, Fangy's ears twitched, and it suddenly leaped upwards, stopping mid-air.
"Bang!"
In the next second, three glaring Flame Claws fiercely struck the spot where they had been standing just moments ago.
Qiao Sang heard the commotion, broke the connection, and opened his eyes.
He saw a giant avian pet beast, roughly six meters in size, with a predominantly red body, a feathered head with red edges and a white center, a pair of magnificent red wings, and black claws with three toes, staring straight at them from the sky.
Flamenight, a Fire and Flying Dual-type General-Class Beast Companion, preferred places that remained scorching even at night. It was said that wherever it resided, rain would never fall... Qiao Sang recalled the familiar information and called out:
"Fangy!"
"Ya!"
Fangy was already poised and ready.
It opened its mouth, and a scorching Flame shot towards Flamenight's position.
"Flamenight!"
Flamenight didn't dodge, allowing the thick Spinning Flame Attack to hit its body.
The expected explosion of Flame didn't occur. Flamenight spread its wings, and the Flame dispersed like Sparks.
Flamenight's expression was one of disdain, completely unharmed.
"Fangy..."
Fangy bared its teeth in frustration.
It felt that the other's expression was mocking its current appearance as ugly.
Flash Fire Trait... It seems the level isn't low... Qiao Sang immediately understood why Flamenight wasn't afraid of the Flame. He promptly instructed Prepare to switch to another familiar for the battle.
As this thought flashed through his mind, Flamenight flapped its wings, and Flames rained down like a barrage of bullets!
The density was so high that it was impossible for Fangy, with its large body, to dodge.
"Controlling!" Qiao Sang issued the command.
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker teleported in front of Big Brother Yabao, its eyes glowing blue.
Instantly, the incoming Flames were halted mid-air by an invisible force.
"Flamenight..."
Flamenight finally noticed the small figure.
Its gaze shifted to Treasure Seeker, and its expression became slightly more serious.
The next second, all the Flames in the air changed direction and attacked Flamenight.
"Flamenight!"
Seeing this, Flamenight pulled back its wings and transformed into a flame, rushing through the Flame Bullet rain, heading straight for Treasure Seeker!
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker instinctively teleported to a higher position, dodging the attack.
Behind Treasure Seeker was Fangy.
If Fangy had no one on its back or only her, she could have faced the direct charge head-on. However, with Xu Gehong and the fragile Guo Ruiqi, who could be seriously injured with the slightest mishap, on Fangy's back, she couldn't risk it.
"Evade!" Qiao Sang said.
"Fangy..."
Fangy wanted to face the charge head-on but obeyed its Beastmaster's command and teleported to a location several dozen meters away.
Flamenight adjusted its body, changed direction, and the flame shot upwards, continuing its assault on Fangy's position.
At the same time, a purple light flashed beside Fangy.
Guo Ruiqi felt a sudden change in his surroundings, his body being wrapped in a force, and the sensation under his buttocks shifting from soft to hard.
He looked ahead and saw that the creature carrying him had changed from Flame Kiru to Steel Sword Falcon.
Looking to the side, he saw that Xu Gehong was also there.
Well, it seems that sometimes Steel Treasure's ability to synchronize with my thoughts is quite convenient. I just thought it would be troublesome with two people on Fangy's back, and here it is, taking us away... Qiao Sang was initially surprised but then felt a sense of relief. He maintained a serious expression and promptly issued the command:
"Explode!"
"Fang!"
Fangy’s face lit up with excitement. Opening his mouth, a Blazing Bomb, no larger than a fist, condensed in an instant.
"Boom!"
It transformed into a red-and-gold beam and shot out directly, striking Flamenight, who was less than two meters away.
"Flamenight!"
Amid the devastating destruction, Flamenight was blasted backward.
Fangy’s eyes glowed with Blue Light, and he promptly teleported himself and his Beastmaster out of the Shockwave and Flame’s range.
Although the Blazing Bomb is a Fire-Type Skill, the primary damage comes from the continuously compressing explosive force. Fangy had mastered this move, so unless Flamenight’s Flash Fire Trait was at A-Class, he would inevitably be injured. Qiao Sang, sitting on Fangy’s back, watched Flamenight fly backward and casually extinguished the Flame that had accidentally ignited on her sleeve.
Sure enough, Flamenight let out a blood-curdling scream as he was blasted backward, hitting the ground hard and fainting.
"Ya Ya!"
Fangy shouted, feeling relieved.
Steel Treasure flapped his wings and flew to Fangy’s side.
"Great job", Qiao Sang praised, turning to him.
"Steel Blade", Steel Treasure replied with a nonchalant expression.
Guo Ruiqi, who had been holding back, finally spoke, "Senior Qiao, I have a feeling that something is very unusual here..."
He meant that he wanted to leave as soon as possible.
If you can feel it, how can I not? Just as we were about to leave, we were interrupted by Flamenight. Qiao Sang replied calmly, "We should leave here as quickly as possible."
Guo Ruiqi nodded vigorously; that was exactly what he meant!
"Xun..." Qiao Sang looked up in the direction where Treasure Seeker was, intending to have it come over and resume the Sympathetic Positioning they had started earlier.
But as she lifted her head to look at the sky, her expression changed drastically, and her voice trailed off.
Red light was suddenly pouring down from the sky.
If you looked closely, you could make out the outlines of numerous Flamenights!
Damn, so many Flamenights?!
Qiao Sang’s pupils constricted.
Honestly, the two encounters with Royal Beasts hadn’t given her such a strong visual impact.
The sky was filled with Flamenights diving down, numbering at least a hundred!
A single General-Class Beast Companion wasn’t a big deal, but a hundred of them was terrifying!
Guo Ruiqi stared at Qiao Sang, rarely seeing her so uncomposed. He turned to look at the sky as well.
When he saw the scene above, Guo Ruiqi’s face turned pale.
His lips started to tremble, his pupils dilated, and he was overwhelmed by intense fear. Unconsciously, he mumbled the name that gave him a sense of security:
"Qiao, Senior Qiao..."
Migala had already lifted her head, her expression serious as she looked up.
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker sensed the unusual situation behind it and turned its head stiffly.
Just as it turned, two Flames shot down from above, coming at it from both sides.
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker was jolted into action. Drawing on its extensive experience in escaping, it instinctively glowed with Blue Light and Teleported to dodge.
"Bang!"
The two scorching Flames collided, producing a loud explosion.
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker let out a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, it felt two pokes on its shoulder.
Treasure Seeker turned its head and saw a Flamenight right in front of it.
"Xunxun!!!"
As Qiao Sang recovered from her shock and prepared to have Treasure Seeker retreat, she saw it in close contact with the Flamenight, with the surrounding Flamenights pausing their Flame Jets.
There was no time to use Teleport or Spatial Shift... Qiao Sang instinctively waved her hand, preparing to recall Treasure Seeker into the Beastmaster Codex.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Just as Treasure Seeker let out a terrified scream, one of the Flames struck it with pinpoint accuracy.
“Xunxun!”
Treasure Seeker screamed as it plummeted from the sky.
Flamenight didn’t let up. Dozens of Flamenights opened their mouths, releasing a unified Flame Jet in the direction of Treasure Seeker’s fall.
At the same moment, Treasure Seeker vanished mid-fall.
The Flamenights seemed to understand something, and they all looked at the shadows around Fangy and Steel Treasure.
Qiao Sang felt a bit of self-reproach. If he had made his decision just a second earlier, Treasure Seeker wouldn’t have been hit.
“You shouldn’t have put Ghost Ring King back into the Beastmaster Codex,” Migala said sternly. “In a situation like this, the best strategy would be to rely on Ghost Ring King’s Spatial Shift. A single Flame Jet wouldn’t take it down, and it might have successfully used Spatial Shift before being overwhelmed by the Flames.”
Battle often requires taking risks to seize that sliver of a chance, and she felt that Qiao Sang was sometimes too cautious.
As she spoke, a dozen Flames rained down.
Fangy and Steel Treasure weaved through the Flames, dodging them.
You said ‘might,’ so there’s still a risk of being hit, Qiao Sang thought as he looked at her. “Isn’t your Stealthy Shield capable of Spatial Shift?”
Migala was speechless.
Qiao Sang’s gaze hardened as he looked at the numerous Flamenights surrounding them. He called out loudly:
“Frost Haven!”
“Ice Emperor!”
Lulu didn’t have time to jump onto Qiao Sang’s head this time. Instead, she channeled her energy, and a visible chill aura enveloped her body.
The bone-chilling cold spread rapidly, freezing everything in its path.
However, there were simply too many Flamenights, and they covered a vast area. Frost Haven couldn’t freeze them all, and the Flamenights on the edge, reacting swiftly, managed to escape by moving backward.
“Flamenight!”
“Flamenight!”
The few Flamenights that escaped beat their wings downward, sending waves of scorching gales to melt the ice encasing their frozen comrades.
“Ice Mountain! Mars Rain!” Qiao Sang commanded.
Lulu’s Frost Haven was energy-intensive, and she had used it twice recently, so her energy hadn’t fully recovered. Relying solely on her, it would take hundreds of Gigantic Ice Spire attacks to freeze each Flamenight, and this would drain her energy completely. Not all Flamenights had the Flash Fire Trait like the one they encountered earlier.
“Ice Emperor.”
Gigantic Ice Spire after Gigantic Ice Spire appeared, resembling small ice mountains.
“Fangy!”
Fangy opened her mouth and released a Crimson Energy Orb, brimming with terrifying energy, shooting upward.
As the Energy Orb ascended, three claw strikes, each radiating flames, struck it with pinpoint precision.
With a loud “bang,” the Energy Orb exploded.
No Flame Rain fell.
A Flamenight retracted its claws.
Qiao Sang suddenly realized a mistake. He had underestimated the wild beast companions.
Wild beast companions lacked systematic training and abundant resources for rapid growth, but their combat awareness was not low. The Flamenight that attacked the Energy Orb clearly knew it couldn’t let it reach its target.
Qiao Sang thought of something and turned to Xu Gehong.
“Aren’t you going to lend a hand?”
Migala coughed and said,
"How could this be?"
She then looked at Sleepy Bird, who had somehow shrunk and was hiding beside the Ice Emperor Ram, and said:
"Go."
Sleepy Bird looked up, seeing the remaining few Flamenights that could still move. Gathering its courage, it flapped its wings and flew upward, gradually increasing in size.
"Sleepy!"
"Fangy, let's go too!" Qiao Sang said.
"Yah!"
Fangy called out and teleported beside the Flamenight that had shattered the Energy Orb with its Flame Claw. Opening its mouth, it quickly and fiercely bit down on the Flamenight's wing.
Then, flames burst from Fangy's fangs.
"Flamenight!"
The Flamenight let out a blood-curdling scream.
Several other Flamenights that could still move began condensing energy, flapping their wings forcefully to prepare for a concentrated attack.
Just then, a whirlwind that seemed to contain sharp blades swept toward them.
The Flamenights had to stop their attack and quickly dodge to the side.
In that moment, Sleepy Bird spread its wings, and its entire body, including its wings, transformed into a green blade. It sliced through the Blade Gale it had previously cast, successfully striking one of the Flamenights.
"Flamenight!"
The Flamenight screamed as it fell downward.
The Flamenight that Fangy had bitten, seeing this, gritted its teeth and turned its head. Lifting its uninjured wing, it transformed it into a white blade and prepared to attack.
But at that moment, Fangy, while still biting down, condensed a ball of energy that was red with a hint of gold and shot it out.
With a loud "bang", the Flamenight was thrown backward by the intense shockwave and raging flames.
Fangy teleported to a higher position and opened its mouth.
A terrifying Crimson Energy Orb condensed and was fired upward.
Several Flamenights tried to intercept it, but they were blocked by the whirlwind that seemed to contain blades.
With another "bang", the Energy Orb exploded high up, and Flame Rain descended.
"Ice Emperor..."
Lulu let out a sigh of relief, stopping the formation of the Gigantic Ice Spire and slightly reducing the energy output for maintaining the Frost Haven.
She could feel her energy reserves were running low.
The Flame Rain continued to fall from the sky.
Explosions erupted wherever the flames landed, and the red ground became pitted and cracked.
One by one, the Flamenights fell.
The scorched ground was dotted with craters, gradually breaking apart.
A few Flamenights broke free from their ice shells and, seeing the Flame Rain, became even more excited.
Qiao Sang's gaze quickly locked onto these few, which all had the Flash Fire Trait, and she said:
"Steel Treasure."
"Steel Blade."
The Flamenights that could still move through the Flame Rain had been distracted by Fangy, Lulu, and Sleepy Bird, and they hadn't noticed Steel Treasure.
The blades glowing with purple light moved like purple afterimages, successfully ambushing the Flamenights from angles they hadn't been watching.
Two of them managed to dodge at the last second but were then frozen in place for a second by Fangy's eyes, which glowed blue.
In that second, hundreds of purple blades changed direction and sliced through them.
When the last Flamenight fell, Qiao Sang finally relaxed.
Thank goodness Lulu knew Frost Haven; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to handle so many Flamenights...
Then she thought of something, formed hand seals, and summoned Treasure Seeker.
"Xunxun..."
In the Beastmaster Codex, Treasure Seeker had recovered somewhat. It appeared outside, covering its face with its claws, looking embarrassed.
It was too embarrassing. As a professional escape artist, it had been the first to be attacked.
And Little Brother and Future Little Brother had seen it.
How could it ever face them again as a leader...
(End of Chapter)
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