Little Treasure-Hunter had a huge bump on its head as it plummeted from the sky, wearing an expression of utter despair.
It felt incredibly unlucky; not only had it been attacked the moment it woke up, but its Beast Tamer had suddenly vanished.
After searching for a long time, it had just moved to this spot only to be crashed into again.
Suddenly, something caught Little Treasure-Hunter's eye.
"Treasure..."
Eh? What is that? It looks so familiar...
"Yunyun!"
...
Why was Little Treasure-Hunter appearing there?
Qiao Sang was completely bewildered. Looking at the situation, did it look like it had suddenly collided with the Robust-Chief Owl?
Normally, given the size difference between Little Treasure-Hunter and the Robust-Chief Owl, as well as the Robust-Chief Owl's usual flight speed, such a scenario wouldn't happen.
However, if the Robust-Chief Owl were accelerating and Little Treasure-Hunter suddenly appeared, a collision resulting in a sudden loss of balance was indeed possible.
After all, according to the law of momentum, a collision between a 0.45 kg small Flying-type pet and a large Flying-type pet traveling at 800 km/h would generate 153 kg of impact force.
Meanwhile, a collision between a 7 kg medium Flying-type pet and a large Flying-type pet traveling at 960 km/h would result in an impact force of 144 tons.
In short, the faster the speed, the greater the impact.
This was also why Flying-type pets would suffer a portion of the damage themselves when using Brave Bird.
Qiao Sang took a deep breath. Although she didn't know why Little Treasure-Hunter had suddenly appeared and collided with the Robust-Chief Owl, this was an opportunity!
"Meteor Shower!" Qiao Sang commanded.
"Ya!"
Ya Bao let out an excited cry, preparing to fly forward rapidly and unleash its ultimate move.
"Biao-mu."
Biao-mu picked up the pocket watch with its claw, preparing to intervene.
"If you don't go save your Beast Tamer now, I'm afraid he's going to kick the bucket," Qiao Sang signaled Biao-mu to look behind.
Biao-mu looked back with a confused expression.
The next second, it was so frightened that it vanished on the spot, teleporting toward its Beast Tamer.
"Biao-mu!"
"Ya Bao," Qiao Sang called.
"Ya!" Ya Bao cried out in understanding, then dashed toward the direction where the Robust-Chief Owl and Little Treasure-Hunter were falling.
Because they were flying high enough, Zhang Rongtang and the others had been falling for a long time and were still some distance from the ground.
Ya Bao arrived at the spot where the Robust-Chief Owl and Little Treasure-Hunter had originally collided. It tilted its head back and opened its mouth; a crimson energy sphere containing a terrifying aura of destruction transformed into a magnificent beam of fire, suddenly soaring into the black night sky.
At the same time, Qiao Sang waved her hand and recalled Little Treasure-Hunter into the Beast Codex.
While the Robust-Chief Owl had not yet recovered from the impact, now was the perfect opportunity to attack!
Once the crimson energy sphere reached a sufficient height, it exploded violently, transforming into dense, searing flames that rained down with extreme urgency, like a torrential storm of fire.
Amidst the brilliant rain of fire, Qiao Sang and Ya Bao remained motionless, completely composed.
When Zhang Rongtang opened his eyes, this was the scene he saw.
The visual effect was simply too shocking; it felt as if he would be swallowed by this sky-filling rain of fire in the next second. Zhang Rongtang's pupils dilated instantly, and he was left completely stunned.
Holy crap! Is it the end of the world?!
It wasn't Zhang Rongtang's fault for not recognizing the move as Meteor Shower immediately.
First, he usually watched pets perform Meteor Shower from the perspective of a bystander and had never been inside the rain of fire.
Second, the range of this particular rain of fire was deathly large, giving the impression that it was actually raining fire from the heavens!
A normal Meteor Shower wouldn't have this kind of effect!
Actually, it wasn't just Zhang Rongtang who was startled; Qiao Sang was a bit shocked too.
After a period of training where energy recovery liquids were treated like free water, Ya Bao's Meteor Shower had successfully reached the level of "Esoteric Mastery."
Qiao Sang had always stayed by Ya Bao's side during training, so she had naturally seen the power of an Esoteric-level Meteor Shower.
It was nowhere near as terrifying as this.
She hadn't expected that simply evolving into a High-rank pet would cause the power of Meteor Shower to increase geometrically!
With this kind of power, she didn't have to worry about winning the championship for the third year of the National Campus Beast Taming League... Qiao Sang struggled to suppress the urge to laugh maniacally toward the sky.
Just then, she suddenly felt the altitude she was at continuously dropping.
"Why are we flying down? Let's go down after the Meteor Shower ends," Qiao Sang paused, puzzled.
"Ya ya..."
Ya Bao wore an embarrassed expression.
It was almost out of energy...
Qiao Sang: "!!!"
So the reason that Meteor Shower was so powerful just now was because you used up all your energy?!
No, stay calm.
Ya Bao had been fighting for a long time and had used other high-tier skills previously.
To have fought a General-rank pet until now before running out of energy was actually quite impressive.
However, Lu Bao could only restore status, not replenish energy. Even if she drank an energy recovery liquid now, it would likely only restore a small fraction of energy.
After all, the energy recovery liquids she bought were of a low grade and weren't very effective for high-rank pets.
Ya Bao having no energy meant having no combat capability.
Lu Bao could not be allowed to get hurt.
It seemed she could only rely on Little Treasure-Hunter; she wondered if it would be up to the task...
While Qiao Sang was lost in thought, Biao-mu was clutching its Beast Tamer with its claw, continuously teleporting to dodge the falling rain of fire.
The Robust-Chief Owl wasn't so lucky. Halfway through its descent, it woke up from its semi-conscious state and, seeing the sky full of fire, frantically flapped its wings.
Unfortunately, the previous impact had been too strong, and its condition hadn't recovered.
Combined with its massive size, the dense flames quickly struck its body one after another.
"Zhuangzhuang!"
A miserable cry echoed in the night sky as the Robust-Chief Owl hit the ground and fainted.
...
In a pitch-black area, streetlights were spaced far apart. Under the dim light, one could see that the surroundings were all factory buildings.
"I say, are you children these days all this bold? Actually daring to go toward the cemetery in the middle of the night." A young man in a police uniform shone a flashlight to both sides, accompanied by a Magnetic-Haughty Rat whose tail was discharging electricity to provide light.
Beside him were several other police officers also using flashlights.
"If others want to contract wild pets, just let them contract them. Why do you kids have to join in the commotion?" the young policeman continued dissatisfiedly.
"Say a few words less. Is this about contracting wild pets right now? A girl stayed alone with that man to stop the contracting; who knows if he would lay a hand on the child just to contract a pet," a more senior policeman said.
"Surely not. What kind of wild pet is it that someone would need to break the law to contract?" After saying this, the young policeman turned to Wu Chang, who had remained mostly silent, and asked, "And if you discovered a wild pet, you should have called the patrol department. You actually spent so much time with it; didn't your parents tell you that wild pets are dangerous?"
Wu Chang said calmly, "My parents are divorced. I don't live with them."
Young policeman: "!!!"
The young policeman suddenly felt a strong condemnation of his conscience. Just as he opened his mouth to apologize, a female officer riding a Chubby Home-Pigeon flew in from the air, pointing in one direction excitedly, "Look over there!"
Everyone turned their heads simultaneously.
In an instant, the surroundings fell silent, as if everyone had held their breath.
What... what is that?!
Is the sky on fire?!
At this moment, Wu Chang suddenly broke his silence and said excitedly, "It's right there! Let's hurry over, they're still fighting!"
All the police: "!!!"
(End of Chapter)