Chapter 1642

Chapter 627 – Found Out (Part 2)

“You’re awake,” Qiao Sang said with a smile.

The man was startled at first, then his pupils contracted sharply as if he had seen a terrifying creature. He braced himself with his hands on the ground, quickly crawling backward, his face filled with terror:

“You…”

He didn’t finish his sentence.

Qiao Sang maintained her smile: “You know me?”

Qiao, how could Qiao Sang be here? Had he been discovered? No, he remembered that he was just fighting the Black Ruins Nightmare… The man’s mind was in turmoil. He quickly looked around, trying to find any trace of the Black Ruins Nightmare.

“The Black Ruins Nightmare has escaped,” Qiao Sang said.

This was the youngest S-rank Beastmaster in history, fighting such a terrifying Black Ruins Nightmare, and Fen Di Duo seemed to have suffered no injuries at all, and there was no smell of burning flames in the air. He had driven away the Black Ruins Nightmare without using any fire skills… The man swallowed hard, subconsciously analyzing the information, but quickly managing his facial expression, he said gratefully:

“Thank you.”

To be honest, he was genuinely grateful.

If it weren’t for the youngest S-rank professional beast tamer in history passing by and saving him, who knows what would have happened to him now.

“You know me?” Qiao Sang asked again, repeating her earlier question.

“Of course I know you.” The man looked at her with admiration, saying, “You’re the youngest S-rank professional beast tamer in history. Your return to Blue Star was even on the front page last time. How could I not know?”

He took a deep breath, his expression becoming excited, “I never expected to meet you here.”

“Are you from Super Star?” Qiao Sang asked again.

The man’s heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, then he looked at the still unconscious Masked Ghost beside him, immediately understanding what was happening. He feigned surprise and said,

“Yes, I’m from Super Star. How did you know?”

“I guessed,” Qiao Sang said.

“You guessed perfectly,” the man complimented.

“Xia Xia…”

At this moment, Xia Bao shook its head and called out, indicating that it seemed unable to heal the pet.

Hearing this, Qiao Sang looked at the still unconscious Masked Ghost.

Xia Bao’s aromatherapy proficiency wasn’t high, and her level among healing skills was also low, making it difficult to heal a severely injured royal-level pet…

“It’s alright, as long as you did your best,” Qiao Sang comforted him.

What do you mean, “as long as you did your best…” The man looked at the unconscious Masked Ghost, and suddenly something occurred to him.

He remembered that Qiao Sang’s Ice Luo Di Mu possessed the super-tier skill Healing Light. If she was willing to help him heal, he could see Ice Luo Di Mu. He had been instructed that among Qiao Sang’s pets, Ice Luo Di Mu was the one he needed to pay the most attention to…

Thinking of this, the man organized his thoughts, wanting to speak.

However, Qiao Sang spoke first:

“Your Masked Ghost is badly injured. I can’t heal it properly. You need to get out quickly and take it to the Beast Taming Center for treatment.”

Wait, didn’t the information I gathered say that Qiao Sang was very soft-hearted…? The man cautiously asked:

“I remember your Ice Luo Di Mu has a very powerful healing skill. I wonder if it can directly heal the Masked Ghost?”

Qiao Sang immediately replied: “It has been training and has consumed too much energy. It can’t recover in the short term and may not have the energy to heal the Masked Ghost.”

Xia Xia? Xia Bao looked at its Beast Tamer with some doubt.

Is that so?

How come it felt like Lu Bao didn’t need to consume any energy to heal others?

“Then…” The man wanted to say something more.

Qiao Sang interrupted: “Do you have a Breakthrough Pearl?”

A Breakthrough Pearl can break through space. As long as it is crushed, it can create an exit in a secret realm, allowing one to leave smoothly without having to find a specific exit location.

However, this kind of item also has limitations. First of all, it cannot be used in every secret realm.

Each usable secret realm has a corresponding Breakthrough Bead, usually purchased from the official shop at the entrance before entering.

Breakthrough Beads can be purchased and used in Secret Realm 601.

Generally, only secret realms where Breakthrough Beads can be purchased will have Beastmasters who enter spend money to buy them, as it’s a means of survival.

However, if a high-level Beastmaster enters a low-level secret realm, there’s no need to buy them. Like Josang and Michaela, as S-rank Beastmasters, they never considered buying Breakthrough Beads when they came to the B-rank Secret Realm 601.

“Yes,” the man had to tell the truth.

Lying like this in front of an S-rank Beastmaster was pointless, even if that S-rank Beastmaster was only 18 years old. “

Then you can use the Breakthrough Bead to leave now…” Josang gestured with her eyes.

The man understood, paused for two seconds, waved his hand, returning the unconscious Masked Ghost to the Beastmaster’s Codex, and then took out the Breakthrough Bead from his pocket.

Just as he was about to crush it, he suddenly remembered something and solemnly said,

“Thank you for saving me. Please do your best in the upcoming Interstellar Beast Taming Tournament.”

With that, he crushed the Breakthrough Pearl.

A passageway, resembling ripples of water, instantly appeared.

The man stopped before the passageway, turning to look at Qiao Sang with a somewhat reluctant expression. *

You should hurry up and leave.* *You even know I’m participating in the Interstellar Beast Taming Tournament. The official list of participants hasn’t even been officially reported in the media yet, and you’re clearly a member of one of the participating forces. And you just happened to appear in the same secret realm as me, wearing a masked demon that can conceal its aura—you’re obviously after me…* Qiao Sang calmly said,

“Hurry up and leave. The masked demon needs immediate treatment.”

The man hummed in agreement, his reluctant expression vanishing as he turned and entered the passageway.

Soon, the ripple-like passageway disappeared, as if it had never existed.

“Xia Xia?”

Xia Bao then looked at her beast tamer with a puzzled expression, calling out, “Can’t Lu Bao help with the treatment?”

Of course not, this guy is clearly suspicious. A B-rank secret realm isn’t exactly low-level; who enters without a team? Even if someone is confident in their own strength and enters alone, they would definitely be well-prepared. At the very least, they would have a pet with healing skills by their side. But just now, that guy directly suggested that Lu Bao heal him. That’s too suspicious; it’s like he’s targeting Lu Bao… Qiao Sang opened her mouth, wanting to answer truthfully.

“Ya Ya!”

Just then, Ya Bao looked at Xia Bao and called out, indicating that her Beastmaster had said Lu Bao had been training and didn’t have enough energy.

Seeing the trust in Ya Bao’s face, and the complete lack of doubt, Qiao Sang swallowed back what she was about to say.

“Xia Xia?”

Xia Bao looked at her Beastmaster and called out, indicating that Lu Bao’s treatments were usually quite easy.

Qiao Sang said calmly, “That’s because Lu Bao didn’t expend much energy during previous training. This time, the skill she used depleted her energy too much. Drinking energy recovery fluid will take time to recover, and Ya Bao can’t teleport, so getting there will also take time. It’s better to let her go to the Beastmaster Center for treatment quickly.” “

Xia Xia.”

Xia Bao nodded with an “I see” expression.

Qiao Sang took out a bottle of energy recovery fluid from her backpack and handed it to her, changing the subject:

“Drink another bottle to recover; you spilled quite a bit of the energy recovery fluid earlier.”

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Bao’s eyes crinkled as she took the energy recovery fluid and drank it.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao was a little bored, then its eyes lit up as it thought of something and called out, suggesting that they go find that escaped Black Nightmare again to fight it.

Saying this, it took two steps forward, approaching its Beastmaster.

Suddenly, Ya Bao stepped on something and looked down.

…

Meanwhile.

At the exit of the secret realm.

The man was filled with frustration.

How could I have come out so easily? I hadn’t even found out any information…

Thinking this, the man turned around, preparing to re-enter the secret realm.

But just as he turned, he remembered the heavily injured Masked Ghost, cursed inwardly, and reached into his pocket to contact the club.

However, the next second after his hand went into his pocket, his face turned pale.

Where was his phone?!

…

Inside the secret realm.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao moved its paw away, looking at the thing on the ground and called out.

A phone? How could there be a phone here? Qiao Sang bent down, picked up the phone, and casually pressed a button; the screen lit up.

“Oh, it still works…”

Qiao Sang was a little surprised, glancing at the phone’s battery level: 87%.

Quite a lot of battery. Could this be that person’s phone?

If it is, does it contain information about other participating forces?

Intrigued, Qiao Sang tried to open it, but the screen displayed:

Enter password.

Qiao Sang paused for two seconds, put the phone in her pocket, and looked at Xia Bao, who had finished the energy recovery potion, asking,

“How’s your energy recovery?”

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Bao’s eyes crinkled as she called out, indicating she felt much better.

Qiao Sang smiled, “Let’s go then, let’s continue looking for wild pets to battle.”

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Bao nodded obediently.

“Ya Ya?”

Ya Bao couldn’t help but call out, indicating they weren’t going to look for that Black Nightmare anymore?

“There’s no need.” Qiao Sang said, “It’s already escaped. The most important thing now is for Xia Bao to accumulate more battle experience.”

“Ya Ya…”

Ya Bao called out, indicating okay…

In the midst of their casual conversation, the figures of one person and two beasts gradually disappeared into the distance on the shattered black ground. Time flew by. About five hours later, Qiao Sang, Ya Bao, and Xia Bao returned to their training ground.

” Xun Xun~” Little Xun Bao, seeing its beast tamer, excitedly teleported over and called out, indicating they were finally back! “How was the training?” Qiao Sang asked with a smile. “Xun Xun~” Little Xun Bao called out, indicating the training was going well. A gust of wind blew by, and Qing Bao appeared, glancing at Little Xun Bao and calling out, “Qing Qing.” You’re training skills but not battling; how can you improve? “Xun Xun!” Little Xun Bao retorted. Who said you can only improve through battle! “Qing Qing.” Qing Bao looked at it provocatively, indicating that it would then have a match with it to see who improves faster. “Xun Xun!” Little Xun Bao called out, indicating it would have a match! After saying that, it teleported high into the sky and beckoned to Qing Bao. Qing Bao laughed in exasperation and transformed into a gust of wind, rushing towards Little Xun Bao. Watching this scene, Michaela chatted, “Why are you so late?” “There are a lot of wild beasts in this secret realm, it feels like there’s one every few steps. I’ve been fighting them all this way, so I’m a little slow getting back.” After saying this, Josang suddenly remembered something and said, “Oh right, I also met someone today. I think he was sent by another participating force to spy on me.” Michaela frowned immediately: “Where is he now?” “He’s already left the secret realm,” Josang said. Michaela was silent for two seconds, then asked, “How are you sure he was there to spy on you?” “When I met him, he was being attacked by the Black Ruins Nightmare…” Josang rambled on about what had happened and her thoughts and judgments. After finishing, she suddenly thought of something, took out a cell phone from her pocket, and said, “This phone should be the one he dropped, but it’s password protected, I can’t unlock it.” Michaela glanced at the phone and said, “Let’s go back first.” Josang was taken aback: “Now?”

Michaela hummed in agreement and said in a deep voice, “Coming to Secret Realm 601 was only mentioned before departure, and Meimei used an anti-eavesdropping barrier at the time, so there was no possibility of being monitored. The other party must have used some rare ability to know you were coming to Secret Realm 601.”

“There are still over twenty days until the competition, and you’re not even a seeded player among all the participants. Those forces have no reason to specifically target you and follow you into the secret realm.”

Teacher, there was no need for you to say that last sentence… Qiao Sang felt a pang of hurt.

Just as he was feeling this hurt, Michaela continued,

“I suspect the force that sent this person might be specifically targeting you, so we need to find out who’s behind this person as soon as possible.”

Specifically targeting me… Qiao Sang paused for a moment, then called out to Lu Bao and the others who were training in the distance,

“We should go back!”

…

Ten minutes later.

Hotel room.

Qiao Sang took out his phone and operated it.

After a short while, a slit appeared on the screen, then slowly opened, revealing a silver eye.

“Meimei,” Michaela called out.

“Penpen.”

Penjiamei called out, her eyes glowing blue.

Then, a barrier, almost tangible, appeared around them.

The silver eyes glanced around, a look of confusion on their faces, and blinked.

Blue subtitles immediately appeared on the screen like a projection:

【Is there anything I can do?】

Qiao Sang picked up the phone she had found and, pointing it at the Inspector, said,

“I want you to unlock this phone and, while you’re at it, find out who owns it.”

The silver eyes blinked, and the subtitles changed:

【Wait for me.】

Then, the silver eyes disappeared.

The next second, the screen of the phone Qiao Sang had picked up flickered inexplicably and unlocked automatically.

So fast!

Qiao Sang’s eyes suddenly lit up as she looked at the phone, preparing to look through it.

But just then, the silver eyes reappeared on the original phone and blinked.

Subtitles appeared:

【Found it. The owner of this phone is Luo Yi from the 11th district of Super Star. He’s a member of the Super Star Beast Taming Club.】