Chapter 924: Corpse Imp and Tungsten Corpse Crystal (two in one)

Qiao Sang looked at the Iron Ball Ants jumping down and thought to herself that they were quite self-aware.

Guo Ruiqi looked around below, both surprised and admiring: “Senior Qiao, you solved so many Iron Ball Ants at once.”

The main reason was their strong escape ability; otherwise, even a Flying-type Pet, with so many Iron Ball Ants suddenly emerging, if it were a little slower, it would probably be covered all over… Qiao Sang said calmly:

“This is only the first day.”

Upon hearing this, Guo Ruiqi’s recovered complexion turned pale again.

If the first day was this terrifying, then wouldn’t the next days be even more terrifying? There wasn’t even a shadow of great joy yet, and they still didn’t know how long they would have to stay in the secret realm…

As soon as he thought of this, his mood became heavy, and even the joy of seeing Xiao Xunbao with his own eyes diminished slightly.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao floated over, panting.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao took off his ring and handed him a bottle of milk to replenish his stamina.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao’s eyes curved, and he stretched out his paw to take it, opened it, and held it with his two short paws, drinking.

Guo Ruiqi’s gaze was involuntarily drawn over again.

As he watched, he suddenly felt that although it was dangerous in the secret realm, being able to stay with Xiao Xunbao every day seemed quite worthwhile…

Mi Jiala suddenly said: “It’s not that I don’t make a move, it’s that you don’t let me make a move.”

With so many Points, how could I let you make a move… Qiao Sang said calmly: “The situation just now was enough for me to handle alone. You save some energy; there will be plenty of opportunities to make a move.”

As she spoke, she immediately thought of something and asked:

“When you eat Energy Pills, why do I only see Sleepy Bird? Don’t you summon your other Pets to eat?”

Mi Jiala’s expression stiffened for a moment, then returned to her aloof demeanor, and she said:

“They are in the yu beast codex, not hungry.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang said no more.

When a Yu Beast Master’s brain domain is developed to 50%, they can allow their Pets to stay in the yu beast codex for a long time. In addition to slowly recovering energy and stamina, the absorbed energy can also prevent the Pets from feeling hungry for a long time.

Qiao Sang reined in her thoughts and patted Steel Treasure’s back.

Steel Treasure moved his limbs and ran back to the ground.

After a simple tidy-up, the three continued their journey.

About four hours later, the sky gradually darkened.

The surrounding temperature plummeted.

Guo Ruiqi couldn’t help but shiver.

Qiao Sang noticed this and said: “Xiao Xunbao, get his clothes out.”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao took off his ring and pulled out the travel bag he had packed before entering the secret realm.

“Thank you.” Guo Ruiqi took the large bag gratefully.

He then began to take out winter clothes from the bag and put them on.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao stared for a while, then took out his Yu Beast Master’s black down jacket from the ring, and also took out a black cloak to put on himself.

Qiao Sang, while putting on her jacket, looked at Xu Gehong and asked:

“Aren’t you cold?”

Mi Jiala stood proudly in the cold wind: “Not cold.”

Actually, I’m not very cold either. It seems B-level Beast Tamers are all like this… Qiao Sang put on her jacket.

A gust of wind blew, and the branches and leaves rustled. Faintly, a “hehehe” laugh could be heard mixed with the rustling sound carried by the wind.

There are Ghost-type Pets… Qiao Sang instantly became alert.

Guo Ruiqi also heard this sound.

He was startled and instinctively hid beside Qiao Sang, seeking a sense of security.

In his opinion, among the two Seniors, Senior Qiao was more powerful and could protect him.

“Steel Treasure!”

Steel Treasure looked around vigilantly.

Xiao Xunbao’s eyes looked down, and he reached out above the travel bag containing the clothes. A Pet, about thirty centimeters in size, mostly purple, with two spiral horns, appeared in his paw.

“Corpse!”

The Pet with two horns struggled desperately.

However, although Xiao Xunbao looked small, his strength was far superior to it, and the Pet with two horns could not break free at all.

“Corpse Imps!” Guo Ruiqi’s pupils constricted as he looked at the appearing Pet, exclaiming.

Corpse Imps? Qiao Sang really wanted to ask.

Although she had been diligently studying information about Pets in the hollow area during this period, there were thousands of Pets, and she hadn’t fully understood all of them.

At this moment, “Xu Gehong” said:

“Corpse Imps, Beginner Ghost-type Pets. It is said that there are usually corpses nearby where they appear.”

Guo Ruiqi’s body trembled, becoming increasingly uneasy:

“There, there won’t be dead people nearby, will there?”

Qiao Sang had experienced the Undergrudge Yodo incident on Super Dormant Star, and her courage for such matters had grown considerably, so she didn’t feel particularly scared. She pondered for a few seconds and said:

“This area has not been developed, but that doesn’t mean no one has entered it; it just means they haven’t successfully left.”

This meant that anyone who had entered might have died here.

Upon hearing this, Guo Ruiqi almost wet himself with fear.

Mi Jiala said slowly:

“Corpse Imps appear next to corpses simply because they are attracted by the smell of corpses. When there are no corpses, they also have their own way of life. This is a secret realm, and it’s not that Corpse Imps can only exist when there are corpses.”

This meant: don’t be afraid.

Senior Xu is right… Guo Ruiqi breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiao Sang said in a deep voice: “No matter what, we still need to leave this area as soon as possible.”

Guo Ruiqi raised his hand: “I agree!”

Mi Jiala nodded: “I have no objection.”

Xiao Xunbao loosened his paw and released the Corpse Imps.

“Corpse…”

The Corpse Imps glared at Xiao Xunbao and vanished.

“Xiao Xunbao?”

Xiao Xunbao turned his head, showing an expression of “Did you just glare at me?”.

The invisible Corpse Imps shivered and quickly slipped away.

Qiao Sang continued forward.

After the group disappeared, the original Corpse Imps reappeared, pointing in the direction the group had vanished, making “Corpse” and “Corpse” sounds, feeling wronged.

The wind rustled.

One Corpse Imps after another appeared.

“Tomb.”

Immediately after, from underground, a Pet, over ten meters in size, mostly dark purple, with a hollow head and only two red, diamond-shaped eyes in the middle, floated out and let out a cry.

“Corpse…”

The original Corpse Imps became even more aggrieved.

“Tomb.”

The Pet with the hollow head let out a steady cry.

“Corpse!”

The original Corpse Imps’ eyes lit up, and they vanished.

All the Corpse Imps floated towards the direction Qiao Sang and her group had left, disappearing one after another.

…

In the dense forest.

“Did you sense anything?” Qiao Sang asked.

“No.” Guo Ruiqi shook his head with a disappointed expression.

“Let’s sleep here first.” Qiao Sang observed the surrounding environment and said.

Guo Ruiqi was already exhausted, and now that Senior Qiao had spoken, he immediately agreed, took out his sleeping bag, opened it, and lay down.

In a short while, he was sound asleep.

“You rest too.” Mi Jiala said: “I’ll stand guard tonight.”

“No need.” Qiao Sang shook her head: “I don’t have the habit of sleeping in the secret realm. You rest instead.”

She still didn’t know how long she would have to stay in the secret realm, so how could she not sleep here, unless you were going to use Healing Light… Mi Jiala suppressed the urge to ask, pretending to be indifferent: “Okay, call me when you want to sleep.”

After speaking, she also took out her sleeping bag, closed her eyes, and lay down.

In the dim dense forest, a faint blue light flickered.

As expected, she used Healing Light… Mi Jiala lay on her side, with her back to Qiao Sang, and the corner of her mouth twitched.

“You all rest too, Xiao Xunbao and I will stand guard.” Qiao Sang said in a low voice.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao, full of energy, patted his chest and let out a cry, indicating that with him here, they could just sleep.

Steel Treasure, Lu Bao, and Tooth Treasure all knew that Xiao Xunbao rarely slept at night, so they lay down to rest with relative peace of mind.

“Aren’t you sleeping?” Qiao Sang looked at Xiao Xunbao beside her.

“Xiao Xunbao.” Xiao Xunbao shook his head, indicating that he wasn’t sleepy yet.

Qiao Sang didn’t force him.

After about ten minutes, even breathing sounds began.

Xiao Xunbao glanced at the sleeping Mi Jiala, floated to Qiao Sang’s ear, and softly called out:

“Xiao Xunbao.”

Qiao Sang was startled for a moment, and asked in a low voice:

“Are you telling the truth?”

“Xiao Xunbao.” Xiao Xunbao nodded.

His wind ability could sense all things that wind passed through in the surroundings.

So, there’s another invisible Pet next to Xu Gehong… They’re teammates, yet she didn’t even mention this. Isn’t that too distrustful of me… Or does she have other plans… Qiao Sang looked at Xu Gehong, her brows slightly furrowed.

Immediately, she thought of something, looked at Xiao Xunbao, and asked:

“Did you see it?”

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao shook his head.

Xiao Xunbao sensed it with wind, but Xiao Xunbao didn’t see it, so it’s probably not a Ghost-type Pet, then it should be Superpower System… Qiao Sang analyzed it briefly in her mind, then looked at Xiao Xunbao and said gently:

“I understand, you go to sleep first.”

“Xiao Xunbao.”

Xiao Xunbao nodded, then finally went to sleep peacefully.

Qiao Sang found a nearby tree to lean against, paying attention to the surrounding movements.

Xiao Xunbao kept floating around, vigilantly observing the surroundings, looking very professional.

Time passed, and it was around the latter half of the night.

Qiao Sang had already relaxed a lot. She looked at the faint moonlight above her head, thinking about finding the Lele Seed.

Such a sweeping search doesn’t feel like the right method. This secret realm is unknown how large, and there are many unexplored areas outside. Not to mention whether every location in the secret realm can be searched, the Lele Seed itself is not an inanimate object; it can move. What if the Lele Seed isn’t in a place that has been searched, but then it runs to a previously searched location later…

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang felt even more that the hope of completing this task was slim.

“Xiao Xunbao?”

At this moment, Xiao Xunbao’s confused voice sounded from beside her.

Qiao Sang turned her head and saw that he was holding a Pet in his paw, which was the Corpse Imps they had encountered earlier.

“Hehehe.”

The Corpse Imps did not struggle like the first time it was caught; instead, it grinned and let out a strange laugh.

“Xiao Xunbao.”

Xiao Xunbao directly slapped it on the head with one paw.

Don’t put on an act in front of him.

The Corpse Imps was startled at first, then roared angrily:

“Corpse!”

This cry immediately reminded Qiao Sang of the Iron Ball Ants they had encountered earlier.

At that time, the Iron Ball Ants also made such a cry, and then a group of Iron Ball Ants appeared.

Logically speaking, Pets can sense the difference in level through their aura. Beginner and Intermediate Pets mostly avoid higher-level Pets, but when Beginner and Intermediate Pets have a group of companions behind them, their courage will increase sharply. Sometimes, they even dare to challenge Pets several levels higher than them.

Just like now.

“Xiao Xunbao!”

As thoughts flickered, Xiao Xunbao looked around, then suddenly widened his eyes and let out a loud cry.

Mi Jiala instantly opened her eyes and stood up.

“What’s wrong…” Guo Ruiqi groggily opened his eyes.

“Go!” Qiao Sang’s expression changed slightly, and she decisively said.

Xiao Xunbao’s eyes glowed blue.

The next second, the group appeared high in the sky.

However, at the same time, a group of Corpse Imps also appeared.

“Corpse!”

“Corpse!”

One Corpse Imps after another showed a Stunned expression upon suddenly being moved to a different place.

At the same time, there was also a group of Corpse Imps below, who, after a moment of愣, floated towards the sky.

Holy crap!!

Guo Ruiqi looked at the surrounding scene, so scared that all his sleepiness vanished.

Qiao Sang looked at the surrounding Corpse Imps with a serious expression.

A group of Corpse Imps appeared in their midst. Her, Xu Gehong, and Guo Ruiqi’s positions were too spread out, making it difficult for Xiao Xunbao to precisely target and perform Space Movement. He could only move the Corpse Imps mixed in with them as well.

Actually, these Corpse Imps were easy to deal with. Just have Xiao Xunbao use Space Movement to leave this area in a large range. Without the Corpse Imps below, the number would be at least three-quarters less, and then dealing with the dozen or so that were moved along would be very simple.

However, she couldn’t do that right now.

The route was all according to the plan. If they made a large-scale Space Movement and got lost, they might end up going back, making the previous exploration useless.

It’s better to just deal with all of them… Thinking of this, Qiao Sang said:

“Mars Rain!”

“Steel Treasure…” Steel Treasure was sleeping peacefully in the air.

So Steel Treasure is still as hard to wake up when he’s asleep as he used to be… Qiao Sang’s mouth twitched, and she changed the command:

“Ice Rain.”

“Ice Emperor.”

Lu Bao jumped from the air onto his Yu Beast Master’s head and let out a cry towards the sky.

Instantly, heavy rain poured down.

“Corpse!”

The Corpse Imps held in Xiao Xunbao’s hand let out a loud cry.

The Corpse Imps in the sky suddenly realized, their bodies floating like ghosts to everyone’s side, their eyes glowing purple.

Almost everyone and every Pet was unaffected, except for Guo Ruiqi.

His sleepiness returned, and he slowly closed his eyes.

Fortunately, Sleepy Bird had timely enlarged its body when moving into the air, catching him and preventing him from falling.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao reacted quickly, blinked at the Corpse Imps casting Hypnosis on him, and threw a flirtatious glance.

The pink heart-shaped attack successfully hit.

The purple light in that Corpse Imps’s eyes dissipated, its eyes turned into hearts, and it showed a dazed expression.

The other Corpse Imps looked at each other, not understanding why their Hypnosis hadn’t worked.

As they looked at each other in confusion, a chill in the air rapidly spread in all directions, freezing everything in its path.

In an instant, all the falling raindrops condensed into a hard ice shell.

The heavy rain turned into ice rain in the blink of an eye.

The hard ice rain fell on the Corpse Imps, causing them to scream and fall, and even made some of the still invisible Corpse Imps scream and reveal themselves.

Mi Jiala looked at the Corpse Imps below, numbering over a hundred, and spoke as if casually:

“I remember that places with many Corpse Imps usually have tung corpse crystal.”

Qiao Sang was startled.

tung corpse crystal, one of the important items for Night Ring King to evolve to the next stage.

And Night Ring King is Xiao Xunbao’s next form. (End of this chapter)