Chapter 420: Your pet isn’t the only one who knows

On the field.

“Gulp~”

The Treasure Hunting Fairy assessed its condition.

Hmm… it didn’t feel like it was going to evolve. It seemed it still needed to work harder…

“Qunbao…”

The Treasure Hunting Fairy looked at its opponent with a serious expression.

Snow Endurance Fox, an Ice-type intermediate Pet from the Ancient Mist region, is particularly good at staying up late. Its condition at night is often better than in the morning… Qiao Sang’s mind flashed with information about the Pet, which was all white with black rings around its eyes.

In the player area, everyone couldn’t help but discuss as they watched the Treasure Hunting Fairy, who hadn’t left the field yet.

“Why is Qiao Sang still using the Treasure Hunting Fairy?”

“The Treasure Hunting Fairy isn’t the type for prolonged battles. She’s probably aiming for a quick victory, thinking the energy expended in the first match isn’t much.”

“It would have been much better to send out the Liao Xing Hound or Ice Kexilu directly. Why does she have to make things exciting?”

“The thought process of a genius is simply beyond our comprehension as ordinary people.”

“…”

Anyone who could reach the divisional competition stage was a genius from their respective regions, but compared to Qiao Sang, everyone present seemed somewhat ordinary.

For a moment, these words felt like knives piercing their hearts.

It hurt, it hurt so much!

What was most disheartening was that not a single person immediately spoke up to refute it.

This indicated that, subconsciously, no one thought there was anything wrong with that statement.

…

As soon as the match began, the Treasure Hunting Fairy instinctively wanted to conceal itself.

But then it remembered it was still hiccuping and held back.

“Qunbao… hiccup~”

The Treasure Hunting Fairy sighed like a mature elder.

Hiccups are so annoying…

“Snow Endurance!”

The Treasure Hunting Fairy paused due to its hiccups, but the Snow Endurance Fox didn’t. It immediately opened its mouth and exhaled a puff of white mist.

The mist surged with coldness, visibly enveloping most of the central part of the field.

Chen Ye silently exhaled, trying his best to adjust his emotions.

He had no other thoughts now; he just wanted to defeat the Treasure Hunting Fairy and make Qiao Sang summon Ice Kexilu to fight him in the next match.

Even if Ice Kexilu instantly defeated his Snow Endurance Fox as soon as it appeared, he would accept it!

The white, cold mist concealed the Snow Endurance Fox’s figure.

Ice Mist, an intermediate Ice-type skill. The difference from Water Mist is that the temperature is lower, and as proficiency increases, the mist will also contain supercooled water and Ice crystals… Qiao Sang said:

“Stealth.”

Although the Treasure Hunting Fairy was currently hiccuping, and the opponent’s figure couldn’t be seen in the Ice Mist, even with hiccups, Stealth was better than being visible and constantly on edge, worrying about where the opponent might attack from.

At least the hiccups weren’t continuous; there were quiet moments in between, and the opponent would have to spend time judging the Treasure Hunting Fairy’s position.

“Gulp~”

The Treasure Hunting Fairy obediently concealed itself.

The moment it went into Stealth, a white Ice line shot out, accurately hitting the spot where the Treasure Hunting Fairy had been before going into Stealth.

Didn’t hit it… Chen Ye’s heart sank as he didn’t hear a scream, but he immediately comforted himself:

It’s okay, no big deal. If one hit misses, just try another. This Treasure Hunting Fairy keeps hiccuping, which means it’s periodically revealing its position. We just need to hit it during its next hiccup.

“Gulp~”

At this moment, the sound of a hiccup suddenly echoed in the white Ice Mist.

“Frozen Light!” Chen Ye’s face lit up with joy, and he shouted.

The Snow Endurance Fox immediately sprayed Frozen Light towards the location where the sound had just come from.

The white Ice line pierced through the Ice Mist, hitting nothing.

How could this be… Chen Ye’s heart sank.

Could it be that the Treasure Hunting Fairy can still see things in the Ice Mist?

Or does it use Teleportation as soon as it hiccups?

The fact that Qiao Sang’s Treasure Hunting Fairy had Superpower wasn’t a secret. He had indeed defeated Superpower System Pets before.

Pets with the Superpower System were difficult to deal with, but usually, if hit once, their Teleportation speed would slow down.

Pets with this attribute relied too much on energy; even their movement depended on it.

In a battle, once they took a bit of damage or in the later stages when most of their energy was depleted, at this critical juncture, as long as the offensive was sustained and fierce, or a surprise attack accelerated the pace of the assault, it would be pretty much over.

With the cover of the Ice Mist, the battle time could be dragged into the later stages, but attacking also meant revealing one’s position, so one couldn’t stay in the same spot… Chen Ye thought of this and immediately said:

“Move…”

“Gulp~”

But just as he uttered one word, the sound of a hiccup rang out again.

The Snow Endurance Fox instantly sprayed Frozen Light towards the source of the sound.

As expected, the white Ice line missed again.

“Gulp~”

Just as Chen Ye was about to tell the Snow Endurance Fox to move again, another hiccup sound came from the Ice Mist.

“Gulp~”

Immediately after, a second hiccup sound rang out.

Chen Ye was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something, and his body stiffened.

The hiccup sounds were too unusual!

Not only had the frequency of the hiccups suddenly increased, but the positions of the hiccups were also very abnormal!

One seemed to be about ten meters away, while the other seemed to be not far in front!

“Gulp~”

As if to confirm Chen Ye’s guess, the sound of a hiccup rang out once more.

And this time, it was about ten meters away!

“Move quickly!” Chen Ye’s face changed, and he shouted loudly.

He couldn’t lose! Otherwise, where would he ever find another chance to battle Ice Kexilu in this lifetime?! Chen Ye roared inwardly.

However, it was already too late. The Snow Endurance Fox sprayed Frozen Light in the direction of the sound, but it didn’t notice several black shadows attacking from its left.

“Snow Endurance!”

The Snow Endurance Fox struggled, and then it saw a pair of purple eyes.

At this moment, the Ice Mist dispersed, and everyone saw two Treasure Hunting Fairies and one Snow Endurance Fox lying on the ground with its eyes closed.

The next second, one of the Treasure Hunting Fairies, further away from the Snow Endurance Fox, suddenly disappeared.

“qu!”

The Mechanical-type Pet wearing a referee’s badge floated over to take a look and blew the whistle signaling the end of the match.

Qiao Sang looked at the dazed Chen Ye and smiled, “It’s not just your Pet that can use Substitute.”

While the Treasure Hunting Fairy might not be able to use other skills and have the Substitute act simultaneously, just making two sounds was doable.

“Qunbao~”

The Treasure Hunting Fairy nodded, its face full of pride.

I just wanted to share a stage with Ice Kexilu, why is it so difficult… Hearing Qiao Sang’s words, Chen Ye’s tears suddenly streamed down his face.

Why is he suddenly crying… Qiao Sang was utterly bewildered.

This was the first time she had encountered an opponent who cried after losing a match since she started competing…

As Chen Ye shed tears, the audience in the stands was also discussing.

“What the heck, it’s over just like that? I didn’t see anything!”

“I hate all that mist and smoke stuff. I don’t even know what’s going on inside.”

“When the Ice Mist disappeared just now, I saw two Ghost-type Pets. I don’t know what they did.”

“It’s Substitute. That Treasure Hunting Fairy used its Substitute to hiccup and deceive the opponent about its location, then the main body found the opponent’s position and launched an attack.”

Among the audience were many high-level Yu Beast Masters, whose senses and experience easily saw through the situation on the field.

Amidst the audience’s discussions, Qiao Sang left the arena.