Chapter 1648

Chapter 633 – Ah, We’ve Been Discovered (Part 2)

Qiao Sang was taken aback at first, then quickly said,

“Xia Bao said the Myriad Source Fruit is in this direction.”

She pointed in the direction Xia Bao was pointing.

“Xia Xia,”

Xia Bao nodded.

Everyone looked in the direction she was pointing.

“But Bjorn said he found the Myriad Source Fruit, and its location is over here,” Stein said, pointing in another direction.

“Could it be that Tongtong Beast sensed the wrong location?” Laufey frowned, speculating.

She trusted Xia Lala more than Tongtong Beast; after all, it was a legendary phantom beast.

Michaela was silent for two seconds, then said,

“Let Tongtong Beast sense it again.”

“Tongtong Beast,” Stein called out.

“Tongtong…”

Tongtong Beast pouted and cried out, as if to say, “You don’t trust me?”

Despite its words, its eyes glowed blue as it sensed again.

Soon, the blue light in Tongtong Beast’s eyes faded, and it pointed in the direction it had previously indicated, confidently crying out,

“Tongtong!”

That’s the direction.

“I’ll have my Totomon sense it too.” Although Laufey couldn’t understand what Totomon was saying, she could understand its meaning from its expression and actions, so she said.

Everyone remained silent, indicating their agreement.

“Toto…”

The Totomon on Stein’s shoulder knew it wasn’t trusted, and pouted, showing a “I’m very unhappy right now” look.

“Totomon.” Laufey poked the Totomon on her shoulder.

“Toto.”

Another Totomon appeared, let out a cry, its eyes glowing blue, and its ears perked up.

Soon, it pointed in the same direction as the first Totomon: “Toto.”

“Toto!”

The Totomon on Stein’s shoulder immediately cried out, indicating that it knew it hadn’t sensed wrong!

“Senior, what should we do now?” Laufey asked Michaela.

Although she was more willing to trust Sharara’s abilities, the fact that both Totomon sensed the same direction meant that Bjorn’s location was definitely there.

Michaela pondered for a moment, then said,

“Meimei, sense the location of the Emperor-level pet that cast this barrier.”

The barrier in the air was constantly repairing, indicating that the pet casting the skill was continuously circulating energy to maintain it. With such a powerful pet casting energy, the surrounding energy would definitely fluctuate. With Mei’s abilities, she could definitely sense the approximate location.

“Penpei.”

Mei nodded, then closed her eyes.

The air around her surged.

After about ten seconds, Mei opened her eyes, pointed in the direction both Tongtong beasts had pointed, and called out,

“Penpei.”

It’s in this direction.

Upon hearing this, Michaela no longer hesitated and decisively said,

“We’ll split up. Stein and I will go in the direction the Tongtong beasts indicated, and Josan and Laufey will follow Xia Bao to find it. That way, we can meet up later.”

To be honest, if Stein and Laufey didn’t both have a Tongtong beast, she would have had them both go with Josan.

The teacher was going to meet the beast tamer with the Emperor-level pet himself… Qiao Sang was touched and nodded,

“I understand. I’ll contact you as soon as we get to the place Xia Bao mentioned.”

Then, she looked at Xia Bao and said,

“Let’s go.”

“Xia Xia,”

Xia Bao called sweetly, then left her beast tamer’s embrace and floated forward.

Qiao Sang followed.

Laufey, seeing this, quickly followed as well.

Both Tongtong Beasts were pointing in the same direction; were they going to split up…? Stein hesitated, wanting to say something but

stopping himself. “Don’t just stand there, tell Tongtong Beasts to lead the way.” Michaela glanced at him.

“Tongtong Beast.” Stein gathered his thoughts and called out.

“Tongtong…”

He didn’t even trust me, yet he wanted me to lead the way… Tongtong Beast reluctantly floated in the direction it had pointed.

Michaela and Stein followed.

…

Large swaths of trees were buried underground.

As Xia Bao floated, it sensed the emotions of the surrounding plants, sighing every few meters it drifted.

Even so, it didn’t slow down.

Behind it, Qiao Sang and Laufey followed closely.

Laufey occasionally stole glances at this youngest S-rank professional beast tamer in history.

Only 18 years old… what was she doing when she was 18…?

“Teacher, why are you always looking at me?” Qiao Sang noticed the gaze and asked.

“You…” Laufey hesitated, then continued, “How do you usually improve your brainpower?”

“Through meditation,” Qiao Sang replied succinctly.

“Just through meditation?” Laufey couldn’t help but ask.

“Not exactly,” Qiao Sang said.

Laufey’s eyes lit up. She thought, “I knew it! “

Her heart pounded; she felt she was about to learn something incredible.

Josang continued, “I drank a bottle of Vil Essence when I went to Superstar.”

Laufey: “…”

A few minutes later, Laufey asked again,

“How do you choose your contracted pets? Do you look at their bloodline? Or something else?”

Josang replied,

“I look at them based on first impressions and their attributes. I like to contract pets with different attributes.”

Laufey was taken aback: “That’s it?”

“That’s it,” Josang nodded.

“Then why are the pets you contract all so talented?” Laufey couldn’t help but ask.

Josang thought for a moment and said:

“The pets that catch my eye are probably all of high aptitude.”

Laufey: “…”

“How did you contract Qingqingni?”

“I consulted her and her mother.”

“…”

“What about Xia Lala? How did you meet her and contract her?”

“Meeting Xia Bao was an accident. If Teacher Michaela hadn’t mentioned Xia Lala beforehand, I wouldn’t have known about this species. As for the contract, Xia Bao brought it up first. I couldn’t believe she was willing to contract with me.”

“…”

“What was your S-rank Beastmaster mission?”

“To find an alien pet.” “Find an alien pet

? ”

“Yes.”

“An alien pet? A pet from outside the four major planets? What does it look like?”

“…I don’t know. In the end, I didn’t know its true appearance.”

“Huh? What do you mean? I don’t understand. You don’t know what it looks like?”

“Yes, it has the ability to transform into other pets and humans, and can even imitate the languages of humans and other pets.”

“Such a powerful ability? You managed to find that?”

“Finding it was an accident. I was looking for a mechanical-type pet that could recognize people and pets, hoping it would help me search. I never expected that the mechanical-type pet I found would be the alien pet the mission required.”

“…”

“Teacher, why aren’t you saying anything?”

“…I need to process this.”

Laufey didn’t say another word for the rest of the journey.

After some time, Xia Bao stopped, looking at a clearing with a puzzled expression.

“What’s wrong?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Xia Xia…”

Xia Bao pointed to a clearing not far away and called out, indicating that everyone told her the Myriad Source Fruit was here, but there was nothing there…

“Didn’t you find the Myriad Source Fruit?” Laufey understood the gesture and asked.

Qiao Sang didn’t answer immediately, but walked towards the location Xia Bao pointed to, frowning in thought.

Laufey said,

“Let’s hurry and find Senior Michaela. The Myriad Source Fruit is in the direction she went. The Super Star Beastmaster, the one with the Emperor-level pet, is also there. The people from Yantian University haven’t shown up yet, and we don’t know how many people are there. We need to hurry and help.”

…

Meanwhile.

On the other side, Stein looked up, staring at the round, white fruit with patterns on the towering tree, and exclaimed with delight,

“The Myriad Source Fruit is really here!”

“Tongtong!”

The Tongtong Beast on his shoulder raised its head and barked, indicating that he knew he hadn’t sensed anything wrong.

Michaela first looked up at the white fruit, then looked around and frowned, “Where’s Bjorn?”

Stein paused, then remembered Bjorn. He looked around and frowned slightly:

“He doesn’t seem to be here.”

Stein’s expression became wary.

He sensed something was wrong. If Bjorn had found the Myriad Source Fruit, he would definitely be guarding it closely and wouldn’t leave for a moment.

After all, obtaining the Myriad Source Fruit was their purpose for coming here.

“Tongtong Beast, contact him,” Stein said.

“Tongtong.”

The Tongtong Beast barked, then its eyes glowed blue and its ears perked up.

At the same time, Michaela looked back at the tree with the white fruit and reached out to touch the trunk.

Her hand passed through the trunk and found nothing.

Stein froze, then his face suddenly turned grim:

“It’s an illusion!”

“We’ve been fooled.” Michaela lowered her hand, her expression still relatively calm.

To be honest, she was even a little relieved. Luckily, she had separated Jossan from her. Jossan and Laufey should have found the real Myriad Source Fruit by now. The Emperor-level pet from the Super Star Beast Taming Club was here, and she didn’t have an Emperor-level pet. Even if there were other forces around, they shouldn’t be a match for her.

Wait, something seems off… Michaela suddenly realized something, and her heart sank.

If the real Myriad Source Fruit wasn’t here, why was the Emperor-level pet from the Super Star Beast Taming Club staying here? Shouldn’t it and its tamer be guarding the real Myriad Source Fruit?

“Who is the S-level professional tamer who came in from the Super Star Beast Taming Club?” Michaela asked.

Stein understood what Michaela was worried about and said, “Fermi, he only possesses one Emperor-level pet record book.”

Only one Emperor-level pet… Michaela frowned.

“Tongtong…”

At this moment, the blue light in Tongtong’s eyes faded, and it cried out, indicating that it could no longer contact the other Tongtong. However…

as it spoke, it pointed its paw at the phantom with the Myriad Source Fruit Tree and cried out uncertainly,

“Tongtong…”

It sensed that the Tongtong seemed to be right here…

As soon as it said this, before Stein could even pick up his phone to check the translation, Penjame’s eyes lit up with blue light as it looked at the phantom with the Myriad Source Fruit Tree.

The next second, the phantom vanished with a bang, revealing Bjorn, Tongtong, and the Hundred Illusion Butterfly lying on the ground with its eyes closed.

Upon seeing this, Michael’s heart sank.

“Bjorn!” Stein’s expression changed drastically, and he quickly went forward to check on him.

A few seconds later, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Thank goodness, he’s still alive…”

After saying that, he formed hand seals, preparing to summon his pet to heal him.

Michael observed the surroundings and said in a deep voice,

“Let’s leave here first.”

“Penpen.”

Penjame’s eyes lit up with blue light.

The next second, the blue light in its eyes faded, and it shook its head solemnly at its Beastmaster.

“Can’t it move?” Stein asked, understanding something.

“It can, but it’s a little troublesome,” Michaela said slowly. “Boom.”

Upon hearing this, Penjame raised its head and opened its mouth, a terrifying white energy instantly condensing deep within its throat.

At that moment, an aged and hoarse voice seemed to echo from the horizon:

“Since you’re all here, don’t leave yet.”

Penjame abruptly turned its head, transforming the white energy in its mouth into a white beam of light, which it shot towards the source of the voice.

“Bang!!!”

The blinding white beam of light hurtled through the air, accompanied by a terrifying whistling sound. Suddenly, the white beam was blocked by a transparent barrier, producing a deafening roar.

A blinding white light exploded on the barrier, causing it to tremble violently, forcefully blocking the terrifying beam.

As the exploding white light dissipated, a book-shaped pet and an old man with dark hair and skin appeared behind the barrier.

Stein, seeing the person and the pet appear, instantly showed tension and vigilance on his face: “That’s Fermi!”

Michaela narrowed his eyes.

…

“Aren’t you leaving?” Laufey asked, noticing Jossan staring at a certain spot for a long time.

“I feel something’s not right,” Qiao Sang said, squatting down and feeling around in the open space, but finding nothing.

“What’s wrong?” Laufey asked.

“The plants here shouldn’t lie to Xia Bao,” Qiao Sang said.

She knew all too well how popular Xia Bao was among the plants; they couldn’t possibly lie to it. Even if the plants here had mistaken the Myriad Source Fruit for another, there should be other similar-looking fruits here, but there was nothing. Something was very wrong…

“Xia Xia,”

Xia Bao nodded in agreement.

It also felt that no one would lie to it.

“But there’s no Myriad Source Fruit here,” Laufey said.

Yes, even if there wasn’t a Myriad Source Fruit, there should be other fruits. What went wrong…? Qiao Sang pondered for a moment, then stood up and said,

“Xia Bao, ask the plants here again.”

“Xia Xia,”

Xia Lala nodded, then closed her eyes and began to sense.

The surrounding plants swayed without wind.

“Xiaxia…”

A few seconds later, Xiabao opened its eyes and called out, indicating that it didn’t know why it couldn’t hear the plants anymore…

couldn’t hear the plants… Qiao Sang frowned.

At this moment, Qingbao appeared and called out,

“Qingqing.”

It also seemed unable to communicate with the wind.

Something’s wrong, something’s really wrong… Qiao Sang pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice,

“Lubao, freeze.”

“Bingluo.”

Lubao’s head popped out of the backpack.

Immediately afterwards, a biting cold air suddenly descended, and barriers of ice suddenly appeared all around.

This is… Laufey’s eyes widened.

With a “crack,” cracks appeared one after another in the frozen barriers, and they collapsed with a bang.

The surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

The trees were not pressed into the ground, but grew lushly, standing quietly on the ground.

A towering tree appeared in the place where the open space had been, with a white round tree fruit with patterns standing out conspicuously on it.

On the thick branches, a woman with long purple hair looked over with a grin:

“Oh, I’ve been discovered.”