Chapter 938: Swallow (two in one)

Since psychic power couldn’t control it, the only options were Dark Shadow Control in 2D mode—3D mode’s power wouldn’t be enough—or using Lu Bao’s Ice Heaven Domain. However, Ice Heaven Domain consumes too much energy, and using it just to control for a few seconds without taking the opportunity to instantly defeat the Rongjia Dragon would be too wasteful… Qiao Sang’s mind raced.

As thoughts flickered, the Rongjia Dragon raised its sharp claws, silver-white light condensed, and it fiercely tore towards Ya Bao again.

This Rongjia Dragon actually knows how to finish off opponents! Qiao Sang reined in her thoughts and shouted:

“Dodge!”

Ya Bao panted heavily, enduring the pain to instantly teleport a dozen meters away just as the sharp edge of the claw was about to strike.

After landing, it stared intently at the Rongjia Dragon, which was looking down at it.

Ya Bao looked incredibly miserable at this moment, covered in wounds, and its fur was patchy. Although its expression was still fierce, it looked like it was at the end of its rope, unable to inflict any damage on its opponent no matter how much it struggled.

Xiao Xunbao had never seen Big Brother Ya Bao like this before and couldn’t help but be stunned, a strange emotion welling up in its heart.

The Rongjia Dragon opened its mouth towards Ya Bao’s direction, and terrifying silver-white energy instantly condensed deep within its throat.

At this moment, her Yu Beast Master’s voice rang in Xiao Xunbao’s ear:

“Taunt!”

“Xun, Xiao Xunbao!”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xunbao, fueled by a sudden surge of unknown courage, instantly teleported to the side, let out a defiant cry, and hooked its short toe at the Rongjia Dragon, indicating, ‘Come and get me if you dare!’

Taunt, an intermediate skill, not high-level, but often highly effective, even against opponents a full level higher. If the Rongjia Dragon was successfully Taunted and focused its attacks on Xiao Xunbao, then with Xiao Xunbao’s strange mobility and extremely small size, it could definitely hold on for a while, even under a level suppression… Qiao Sang analyzed rapidly.

The Rongjia Dragon glanced towards Xiao Xunbao’s direction, veins bulging on its forehead. It abruptly tossed the other Rongjia Dragon it had been holding into the magma, turned its head, and the terrifying energy brewing in its mouth transformed into a silver-white beam, striking towards Xiao Xunbao.

“Xiao Xunbao!”

Xiao Xunbao’s focus was unprecedentedly high. It continuously used instant teleportation to dodge attacks, fearing that it would be hit, and also afraid that it would teleport to its Yu Beast Master and Big Brother Ya Bao’s location, causing them to be affected.

The Rongjia Dragon was clearly thoroughly enraged, maintaining the silver-white beam and sweeping it horizontally towards the locations where Xiao Xunbao had instantly teleported.

Its energy fluctuations were immense, causing the ground to shake. With each sweep, rocks continuously fell from the surrounding mountain walls.

At the same time, a幽blue light emanated from Lu Bao’s body, shining upon the injured Ya Bao.

It worked… Qiao Sang slowly exhaled, staring intently at the Rongjia Dragon, but her words were directed at “Xu Gehong”:

“If you’re not going to help in the battle, then take Guo Ruiqi and leave here first.”

Steel Treasure was also a major fighting force. If not for the concern that Guo Ruiqi had no combat ability and hadn’t been greatly nourished by a Pet, Steel Treasure would definitely have joined the fight instead of being so discreet, fearing being noticed by the Rongjia Dragon and letting Ya Bao and the others attract the firepower.

Mi Jiala was silent for a moment:

“I’m not leaving.”

Her mission was to protect Qiao Sang; how could she just leave?

After speaking, she looked at the Sleepy Bird beside her.

Before she could speak, Guo Ruiqi said tremblingly:

“Senior Xu, let’s not stay here and be a burden to Senior Qiao.”

Even he could see that with him present, Senior Qiao couldn’t fight freely.

You’re the burden, not me… Mi Jiala glanced at him and said:

“Hidden Turtle Shield, take him to a safe place first.”

With that, a pair of blue-glowing eyes appeared out of thin air.

The next second, Guo Ruiqi disappeared from Steel Treasure’s back.

Qiao Sang looked at “Xu Gehong”.

“Don’t worry, with Hidden Turtle Shield, he’ll be fine,” Mi Jiala said. “I’ll stay and help you.”

She paused, then shouted:

“Sleepy Bird!”

“……”

Sleepy Bird didn’t understand, Sleepy Bird couldn’t comprehend.

Why didn’t the human who rented it let it take that human away, and instead let her own Pet stay and fight?

Despite not understanding, it still flapped its wings vigorously, and hundreds of sharp blades formed from air suddenly appeared, striking towards the Rongjia Dragon’s location.

At this time, the Rongjia Dragon had stopped attacking and was looking around, in a state of vigilance and uncertainty.

This state appeared only after “Hidden Turtle Shield’s” blue eyes manifested.

“Bang bang bang!”

Hundreds of sharp blades all struck the Rongjia Dragon.

Qiao Sang didn’t understand why the Rongjia Dragon suddenly stopped attacking, but she knew this was an opportunity. Her eyes lit up, and she said:

“Fusion!”

“Ya!”

Ya Bao, fully recovered under Healing Light, instantly teleported dozens of meters opposite the Rongjia Dragon and opened its mouth.

Three different flame energies sprayed out sequentially, then merged.

The twisting, rotating scorching flames, enveloping a red-gold beam, shot directly towards the Rongjia Dragon’s left eye!

At the same time, Qiao Sang issued another command:

“Ice, leave the left eye!”

“Ice Emperor!”

Lu Bao let out a cry, and visible cold air emanated from its entire body.

In an instant, the upper half of the Rongjia Dragon froze into ice, leaving only its left eye unfrozen.

“Rongjia!”

The fused flames successfully struck the Rongjia Dragon’s eye. With a loud bang, the Rongjia Dragon let out a heart-wrenching scream.

The magma shook, and the Rongjia Dragon struggled violently, causing the ice shell condensed on it to crack.

The attack finally succeeded… Qiao Sang rejoiced in her heart.

Although Fire-type skills might not cause much damage to the Rongjia Dragon, hitting the eye area, even if it wasn’t very afraid of Fire-type skills, would definitely cause damage!

“Wing Blade!” Qiao Sang pursued the victory.

To be honest, the greatest damage could be maximized by having Steel Treasure use Holy Sword, but unfortunately, Steel Treasure was currently only at the early General-level. It had just used Holy Sword once, and using it again would surely exhaust all its energy.

“Steel Sword!”

Steel Treasure spread its wings, shook its body, and all its feathers glowed purple, shooting out entirely.

The Sleepy Bird nearby, seeing a fellow Flying-type Pet completely bald for the first time, couldn’t help but forget to continue attacking, its eyes wide.

Just as its eyes widened, from within the magma, a huge dragon tail suddenly lashed out, instantly sweeping forth a silver-white dragon tail force.

Sleepy Bird’s power couldn’t compare to the Rongjia Dragon’s at all. With this tail sweep, it was sent flying backward, fiercely flung hundreds of meters away.

Countless purple blades transformed into terrifying tearing weapons, all striking the Rongjia Dragon’s head.

Immediately after, a flash of fire passed, and Ya Bao fiercely bit onto the Rongjia Dragon’s head.

“Mega Ice Cone!” Qiao Sang shouted loudly.

“Ice Emperor!”

Lu Bao opened its mouth, and a layer of white frost condensed on the ground beneath its feet.

At the same time, a gigantic Ice Cone, like a small mountain, appeared above the Rongjia Dragon and smashed downwards.

Just as it was about to hit its head, Ya Bao instantly teleported away.

“Bang bang bang!”

Giant Ice Cones continuously appeared, smashing down onto the Rongjia Dragon’s head and shattering.

Their sheer number meant that even as they shattered into the magma, they couldn’t immediately melt and disappear entirely.

Before long, the Rongjia Dragon sank into the magma, disappearing without a trace.

Did it succeed…? Qiao Sang stared at the gradually calming magma, her heart inevitably accelerating.

Suddenly, “Xu Gehong’s” expression changed slightly, and she shouted:

“Barrier!”

Instantly, a translucent Barrier appeared around Steel Treasure, protecting it firmly within.

The moment the Barrier appeared and closed, from within the magma, and even from beneath the ground on both sides, terrifying pillars of molten magma erupted.

Their range was vast, and their number so great that they almost covered every single location!

Qiao Sang felt as if everything around her was crimson, seeing nothing else.

The rocks above were impacted by the magma pillars, falling down in large chunks, revealing the already dark sky.

Yet, these terrifying magma pillars somehow did not damage the Barrier around Steel Treasure in the slightest.

At the same time.

Outside the Barrier, Ya Bao and Xiao Xunbao were abruptly surged up and engulfed by the magma pillars.

“Xun!”

Xiao Xunbao let out a shriek and immediately closed its eyes, fainting.

Ya Bao showed a pained expression within the magma pillar.

Although Ya Bao had the Firestarter ability, which could absorb flame power to strengthen its Fire-type moves, the Rongjia Dragon that unleashed these lava pillars was not just one major level above Ya Bao; it was a genuine late King-level.

The further along a Pet’s level, the greater the energy difference in each small realm.

Ya Bao struggled to absorb the flames, but the flame energy within was simply too immense to absorb it all, and red burns continuously appeared on its body.

However, the Firestarter ability did have some effect, preventing Ya Bao from fainting directly like Xiao Xunbao.

Just then, a massive blaze shot straight up from beneath the magma pillar covering Xiao Xunbao!

The Taunt skill was terrifyingly effective; even now, the Rongjia Dragon’s eyes held only Xiao Xunbao.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao’s direct line of sight was Xiao Xunbao’s location. Its pupils constricted. Without time to think, intense flames suddenly erupted all over its body.

It exerted force with its four limbs, transforming into a blaze of fire, rushing out of the magma pillar, and lunging with unprecedented speed towards that massive blaze!

The Rongjia Dragon was caught off guard, completely unprepared, and was directly plunged into the magma.

Two blazes simultaneously fell into the magma.

The magma pillars also slowly receded at this moment, turning into scattered sparks that fell everywhere.

Once the magma pillars disintegrated, the Barrier disappeared.

Qiao Sang also saw the scene outside.

At first glance, she saw Xiao Xunbao, eyes closed, covered in wounds, falling towards the magma.

Qiao Sang’s heart tightened, filled with anxiety.

Before she could speak, Steel Treasure flapped its wings, transforming into a purple light, and caught Xiao Xunbao about thirty centimeters above the magma.

Lu Bao, without a word, emitted a幽blue light from the gem on its forehead, shining on Xiao Xunbao’s body.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang felt relieved. Then she thought of something, her gaze quickly sweeping around, and her heart sank:

Where’s Ya Bao?!

……

Within the magma, Ya Bao fiercely bit the Rongjia Dragon’s body, refusing to let go no matter how the Rongjia Dragon roared and struggled.

“Rongjia!”

The Rongjia Dragon raised its sharp claws, condensing white light, and fiercely tore towards Ya Bao.

Ya Bao’s body trembled violently, but it did not let go.

The Rongjia Dragon then swung its massive tail, condensing silver-white light, and forcefully swept towards Ya Bao.

All the surrounding magma flowed rapidly in the direction of the Rongjia Dragon’s tail swing.

Under the immense force, Ya Bao could no longer hold on and began to fall deeper into the magma.

The Rongjia Dragon lowered its head, glanced at the bitten part of its body, showing a pained expression, then raised its claw and pulled out the deeply embedded fangs.

“Rongjia!”

It looked at the fangs on its claw tip, then at the gradually disappearing Ya Bao below, suddenly realized something, showed a panicked expression, and plunged headfirst downwards, rushing towards where Ya Bao had fallen.

Ya Bao continued to fall deeper into the magma, the scene before its eyes becoming increasingly blurry.

Xiao Xunbao should be fine, Lu Bao can heal, and there’s its Yu Beast Master…

As thoughts flickered, in its blurry vision, it saw its previously unbeatable opponent rushing down from above with a panicked expression.

Why does this guy look like that? Clearly, it alone managed to beat them so badly…

Truly, annoying…

Just as it was thinking, a heavy impact came from its back.

An extremely scorching aura came from beside it.

This terrifying heat caused Ya Bao, who was almost fainting, to regain some consciousness.

It struggled to open its eyes and turned its head to look at the source of the heat.

It saw a burning, black-red flame, as if it could scorch the soul.

“Rongjia!”

The Rongjia Dragon’s eyes widened, letting out an angry and urgent roar.

Don’t touch it!

Ya Bao’s ears twitched. It turned its injured face towards the Rongjia Dragon, forced a Taunting smile, and then, using all its strength, turned its head, opened its mouth, and swallowed the black-red flame whole.

“Rongjia!!!”

……

“How could this happen? Ya Bao can’t be recalled to the yu beast codex!” Qiao Sang’s expression was panicked.

She could sense Ya Bao was currently beneath the magma, but she never expected Ya Bao couldn’t be recalled to the yu beast codex!

There were too many possibilities for a Pet not being able to be recalled to the yu beast codex.

Either it was interfered with by some enclosed space, or a Ghost-type Pet’s shadow-binding skill was used on the Pet, or the distance was too far, or the Yu Beast Master’s brain region was injured, or the Pet was in a state of extreme energy instability, where sensing and connecting with it through the yu beast codex might cause its energy to explode at any moment, damaging the Yu Beast Master’s brain region as well.

First, rule out the latter; when she sensed Ya Bao’s location just now, she didn’t detect any energy instability within Ya Bao’s body.

It was also impossible for a Ghost-type to bind it with a shadow-binding skill.

Too far a distance was impossible.

Her brain region wasn’t injured either.

That leaves only an enclosed space.

Could it be that there’s another space beneath the magma?

But, if it were in an enclosed space, she probably shouldn’t be able to sense Ya Bao’s location at all.

All sorts of thoughts popped up in an instant.

Qiao Sang then thought of something and spoke to Xiao Xunbao, who had already recovered, beside her:

“Let’s try to empathize with what’s below!”

“Xiao Xunbao!”

Xiao Xunbao nodded.

“Rongjia!!!”

However, before its eyes could glow blue, an extremely angry and familiar roar came from within the magma.

The magma violently shook with this roar.

This is the Rongjia Dragon’s cry… Qiao Sang was startled for a moment, feeling increasingly uneasy.

Mi Jiala frowned slightly and said:

“Find Flame Qilu.”

“Hidden Turtle.”

As soon as the words fell, an invisible wave instantly spread throughout the magma, even penetrating into every corner within the magma.

Three seconds later, Ya Bao, covered in wounds and missing a tooth, was controlled by an invisible force and rose out of the magma.