Chapter 858: Ancient pet

The gas drifted from a tricky position, right in the blind spot of Yuan Jiewen and Bei Renhao’s vision.

Invisible Qunbao saw it immediately. It maintained its invisible state and instantly moved next to its Yu Beast Master, extending its tongue and giving a heavy Tongue Lick on her cheek.

Holy crap… Qiao Sang shivered, her already clear mind becoming even clearer.

She pretended as if nothing had happened and continued to lie there.

Qunbao wouldn’t use Tongue Lick for no reason. It seemed the wild Pet in the pond had already used Water Sleep Gas… Qiao Sang thought while holding her breath.

There are many ways to counter Water Sleep Gas, and not breathing is one of them.

The light blue gas gradually spread.

Yuan Jiewen had been maintaining a state of high mental alertness.

A sudden, untimely wave of drowsiness hit him, and he instantly realized something was wrong.

Boss, the target has appeared! Yuan Jiewen’s heart instinctively tightened as he looked in Qiao Sang’s direction, but he immediately thought of something and put on a very sleepy expression, saying in a voice two degrees higher than usual:

“Ah, what’s going on? I suddenly feel so sleepy…”

Then, with a “thud,” he fell heavily to the ground.

“Bei Ren…”

Bei Renhao’s eyelids closed uncontrollably. When it saw its Yu Beast Master fall to the ground, its mind briefly cleared.

It picked up the shell in its claw and concentrated energy.

The shell instantly gathered a layer of white light, transforming into a sharp blade.

Bei Renhao, holding the transformed blade-like tool, was about to stab its Yu Beast Master’s butt.

However, at this moment, a more intense Water Sleep Gas drifted over.

“Bei Ren…”

Bei Renhao’s claw loosened, and the white light on the blade immediately dissipated, turning back into an ordinary shell and falling to the ground.

With a “thud,” Bei Renhao subsequently fell to the ground.

Ah! Bei Renhao, you are so unreliable, you said I could rest assured… Yuan Jiewen felt his Pet’s state and his heart sank. He held his breath, digging his fingernails hard into his palm, trying to stay awake.

As time passed, veins bulged on his forehead, and his face became redder and redder.

Finally, Yuan Jiewen couldn’t hold back, his mouth slightly parted, and he took a small breath.

It was just that one breath, and an intense drowsiness suddenly overwhelmed him.

Boss, I’m counting on you… Yuan Jiewen’s last thought flashed through his mind before he completely fell asleep.

After about half a minute, a frog-like Pet, about one meter in size, mostly dark blue with yellow eyes, broad and flat teeth, and red venom sacs on both sides of its cheeks, leaped out of the pond. It came to Yuan Jiewen’s side, extended its claw, pulled one of his feet, and began walking towards the pond.

The dark shadow in the pond shook its head.

The frog-like Pet changed direction, preparing to walk towards the forest.

Suddenly, it found itself unable to move, as if its body was fixed by something.

The frog-like Pet looked down and saw a dark, shadowy figure that had somehow connected with its own shadow.

“Qu qu?”

The frog-like Pet showed a puzzled expression.

The next second, the head of an unseen Pet appeared out of thin air on the ground, facing it eye to eye.

“Qu qu…”

The frog-like Pet only felt it saw a pair of purple eyes, and then uncontrollably fell to the ground, asleep.

The Qu Jian Frog, a Water-type and Poison-type intermediate Pet… It was the one that dragged Liu Bo into the forest. The dark shadow in the pond actually didn’t need to be dealt with at all; as long as this Qu Jian Frog was caught, Liu Bo’s whereabouts could be known… Qiao Sang opened her eyes, stood up, and said:

“Let’s go!”

Actually, according to her original plan, she would wait for the Qu Jian Frog to drag Yuan Jiewen into the forest, let Qunbao follow, and then go over once she knew where it took Yuan Jiewen.

However, this had several drawbacks.

Firstly, the Qu Jian Frog might not take Yuan Jiewen to the same location where Liu Bo was originally.

Secondly, the exact distance was unknown, and it would be awkward if the connection with Qunbao was lost if the distance was too far.

Thirdly, if only Qunbao followed, something might happen to Yuan Jiewen midway, as Qunbao was sometimes unreliable.

Therefore, waiting for the Qu Jian Frog to appear and immediately catching it to leave the pond was the best plan.

As her thoughts flickered, Qunbao’s eyes were already glowing blue.

Space Movement, a high-level skill that requires coordinate positioning. In a familiar area, it’s instantaneous, but in an unfamiliar area, it still requires sensing a safe location first before positioning.

Qunbao remembered its Yu Beast Master’s warning to be cautious and did not immediately transfer without a purpose.

Just within the brief second it was sensing, from within the pond, six frantic currents of water suddenly emerged, twisting like wild snakes, fiercely lashing out at Qunbao’s location.

“Lu Bao!” Qiao Sang shouted.

“Ice Ai.”

Lu Bao jumped out of the backpack and opened its mouth.

A biting chill quickly spread, freezing the six currents of water that were about to strike Qunbao into ice pillars.

Immediately after, the ice pillars shattered into ice shards, scattering around Qunbao.

At this point, the blue light in Qunbao’s eyes faded.

It wasn’t affected by the surrounding attacks; it was because the Qu Jian Frog under its feet had just disappeared.

Qiao Sang looked towards the pond.

The dark shadow that had been hidden in the water had now emerged.

It had an absolutely massive body, a hard blue outer shell, with its body segmentally distributed. The shells on both sides extended upwards, and its arm claws were very sharp. It had many legs on both sides of its abdomen, and more than half of its body was still submerged in the water.

The Qu Jian Frog, which had been by Qunbao’s feet, was caught by a current of water and appeared on one of this Pet’s legs.

This is a Pet that was never discussed on the 88th Secret Realm forum… Qiao Sang’s expression was solemn.

Beside her, Lin Shi’s voice, full of surprise, rang out:

“A Water Knot Knight, a Bug-type and Water-type dual-attribute King-level Pet, an ancient Pet. I never expected there to be one in this Secret Realm…”

Qiao Sang: “?! !”

Ancient Pet?!

Qiao Sang stared at the massive figure in the pond with a stunned expression.

Ancient Pets are generally Pets that existed in ancient times and later almost completely disappeared.

Today, various universities have a major dedicated to finding traces of ancient Pets or their fossils to revive them.

Therefore, some ancient Pets are also called Fossil Pets.

I never thought there would be an ancient Pet in the pond of this Secret Realm. If those researchers studying ancient Pets found out, they would go completely crazy…

Amidst her confusion, a beautiful ripple appeared under Qiao Sang’s feet, like water waves, slowly spreading out.

Mi Jiala sensed something and looked down.

When she saw the water ripples at her feet, her eyes flickered, but she said nothing.

“Steel Slash!”

Suddenly, a flash of white light appeared.

Before Qiao Sang could react, she found herself and the big client both on Steel Treasure’s back.

At this moment, Steel Treasure had already returned to its normal body size.

“Steel Slash.”

Steel Treasure called out with a serious expression.

Qiao Sang looked down and was surprised to find that a bottomless vortex had appeared on the ground where she had originally stood, as if connecting to the underwater world below.

If Steel Treasure hadn’t gotten her onto its back just now, she probably would have already sunk to the bottom of the water…