Chapter 1146: Seabed

Proficiency is not a problem. Little Xiao Xunbao has been using Shadow Penetration for movement whenever it has nothing to do during this period, and its proficiency has already reached the minor achievement level. It can instantly penetrate a distance of about ten thousand meters... Qiao Sang said:

"We can try. Little Xiao Xunbao has been practicing this skill recently, and its proficiency has improved a lot."

She didn't state Little Xiao Xunbao's current specific proficiency. After all, it was still a bit too exaggerated for a super-tier skill to reach the minor achievement level in such a short time.

"Xun, xun~"

Little Xiao Xunbao nodded, indicating that was correct.

Mi Mi Jiala smiled: "Then let's try."

After saying this, she signaled Penjiamei with her eyes.

Penjiamei understood and looked at Little Xiao Xunbao, its eyes glowing blue.

Little Xiao Xunbao blinked.

Suddenly, it felt its mental power sink into a vast and boundless space.

It was very vast and very comfortable, as if this space itself belonged to it.

"Xun, xun..."

Almost instantly, Little Xiao Xunbao was immersed in it.

"Spray, spray." Penjiamei called out.

Only then did Little Xiao Xunbao come back to its senses.

"Now you can try to sense the Drift-Snow Lion's position," Mi Mi Jiala instructed. "Use your mental power to sense it. You will notice a mark in the vast mental sea. That mark tracks the Drift-Snow Lion's position. You only need to sense this mark."

"Xun, xun!"

Little Xiao Xunbao revealed a serious expression, called out, and then its eyes glowed blue.

Qiao Sang didn't have the slightest worry on the side. Little Xiao Xunbao was the one with the strongest learning ability among all her pet beasts. She believed Little Xiao Xunbao could sense it very quickly.

"Xun, xun!"

Sure enough, not long after, Little Xiao Xunbao revealed an excited expression and called out, indicating that it had sensed it.

"It has already sensed it," Qiao Sang helped translate.

"Next, just keep sensing the Drift-Snow Lion's position. When its coordinates stop moving, that should be when it has reached the location," Mi Mi Jiala said.

"Xun, xun!"

Little Xiao Xunbao called out, indicating it understood, and continued to sense the coordinates of the mark's movement.

Qiao Sang suddenly thought of something and asked, "If Little Xiao Xunbao just reaches its claw over, will it be difficult to get the Ice-Dissolving Crystal? That is the Slag Ice Spirit's territory. Listening to the Drift-Snow Lion just now, there are several Slag Water Horses there. The Drift-Snow Lion probably can't get close to the Ice-Dissolving Crystal at all, and..."

When she said this, Qiao Sang paused before continuing: "Little Xiao Xunbao's claws are still short."

"Qing, qing."

Seeing Qingbao nodded, deeply agreeing.

Little Xiao Xunbao's attention was entirely on tracking the mark's coordinates at this moment, so it didn't hear this sentence.

Mi Mi Jiala said calmly, "The Drift-Snow Lion will appear next to the Ice-Dissolving Crystal. At least when the Night-Ring King performs Shadow Penetration for the first time, the Drift-Snow Lion will appear next to it."

Qiao Sang was stunned: "Why?"

She felt there was more to Teacher Mi Mi Jiala's words.

Mi Mi Jiala didn't answer but asked, "How much time was there from the Slag Ice Spirit's appearance to the battle, and then to its departure?"

Qiao Sang thought about it and said, "I didn't pay attention to the specifics, but it should be within ten minutes."

Mi Mi Jiala asked again, "How much time did it take for the Drift-Snow Lion to lead us here?"

Qiao Sang recalled and said, "It seems to be about twenty minutes."

Mi Mi Jiala stopped talking and just looked at her quietly.

The Drift-Snow Lion entered the sea not long before the Slag Ice Spirit appeared. It took about twenty minutes to get here, and it would take about twenty minutes to go back. This didn't even count the time to dive into the seabed. With such a long time, it was impossible for the Drift-Snow Lion to appear not long after the Slag Ice Spirit left... After a series of thoughts flashed through her mind, Qiao Sang was like a bolt from the blue, her face revealing astonishment:

"The Drift-Snow Lion has a problem!"

The Drift-Snow Lion actually had a problem!

She never expected that the Drift-Snow Lion, which had sent an S-tier Ice-Dissolving Crystal, would have a problem!

Taking an S-tier Ice-Dissolving Crystal to gain trust—wasn't this cost a bit too high!

No, looking at it now, it seemed the Drift-Snow Lion wanted to lead them somewhere. If they had really entered the seabed just now, something would definitely have happened, and that S-tier Ice-Dissolving Crystal would naturally return to the Drift-Snow Lion's hands.

Relying on the Drift-Snow Lion alone, it definitely wouldn't have such guts. Not to mention Like Ya Bao and the others, it must have been able to feel the power of Penjiamei and Long Dawang, but it still did so. Who gave it the guts?

Qiao Sang didn't think much.

A name was on the tip of her tongue—Slag Ice Spirit!

S-tier Ice-Dissolving Crystals were extremely rare, but for the Slag Ice Spirit, whose territory was Wanbing Island, it might not be anything.

No wonder she said how S-tier Ice-Dissolving Crystals were so easy to find, and the Drift-Snow Lion was willing to give it away.

Ice-type pet beasts should be very sensitive to ice-type materials. Even if it didn't recognize it, it should know that this material was beneficial to itself.

She originally thought the Drift-Snow Lion was infatuated with Lubao's charm, but didn't expect it was all a conspiracy to get them into the sea!

Mi Mi Jiala said calmly, "That's right, but it's true that it took out the S-tier Ice-Dissolving Crystal. By following it, we have a chance to find more Ice-Dissolving Crystals."

Qiao Sang said admiringly, "If it weren't for you, I would definitely have been tricked by the Drift-Snow Lion and followed it into the sea."

Mi Mi Jiala restrained the corners of her mouth that were about to rise and said, "No, it's precisely because I'm here that you feel there won't be too big a problem, so you relaxed your vigilance and were tricked. If you were alone outside, you would definitely be much more cautious."

That was true. With a big thigh here, her sharpness had indeed decreased a lot... Qiao Sang reflected on herself.

"Steel, steel..." Gangbao also reflected on itself.

After the two praised each other, Little Xiao Xunbao suddenly revealed an excited expression and called out:

"Xun, xun!"

The Drift-Snow Lion stopped moving!

Qiao Sang and Mi Mi Jiala looked at each other.

"Shadow Penetration to the vicinity of the Drift-Snow Lion," Qiao Sang said.

"Xun, xun!"

Little Xiao Xunbao revealed a serious expression, called out, and operated its energy.

Then, a black hole about the same size as its body appeared in front of it.

Little Xiao Xunbao raised its claw and slowly reached into the black hole.

"Qing, qing?"

At this time, Seeing Qingbao called out as if casually, indicating that if the Drift-Snow Lion was a bad guy, would it pull Little Xiao Xunbao over directly on the other side?

It had been listening to the conversation the whole time.

"Xun, xun?"

Bad guy? Pull over? Little Xiao Xunbao hurriedly retracted its claw, revealed an expression of "What's the situation," and called out.

Qiao Sang explained the suspicious points about the Drift-Snow Lion.

"Xun, xun!"

Little Xiao Xunbao's eyes widened, and it hurriedly put its claw behind its back, calling out, indicating that its claw was reached over, what if the Drift-Snow Lion pulled its claw over?

Seeing Qingbao looked at this scene with a smirk on the side.

Qiao Sang comforted it: "It won't. It wants us to go into the sea, so it will definitely let us taste enough sweetness. Moreover, it doesn't know what method we are using to get the Ice-Dissolving Crystal. If it wants to know what we are doing, it will do as we said earlier."

"Most importantly, this Shadow Penetration is controlled by you. If you feel something is wrong on the other side, just let the Shadow Penetration disappear."

Mi Mi Jiala revealed an expression of appreciation. Qiao Sang had completely understood her meaning.

"Xun, xun~"

Little Xiao Xunbao heard the last sentence, regained its spirit, revealed an expression of "I'm ready," and raised its claw, reaching toward the black hole.

At the same time.

Seabed.

The Drift-Snow Lion stayed tense next to a pile of Ice-Dissolving Crystals, like it had done something wrong, not daring to move at all.

"Slag, slag!"

"Slag, slag!"

Several Slag Water Horses were discussing with dissatisfied expressions.

"Slag, slag."

Suddenly, a voice full of impatience called out.

Several Slag Water Horses instantly quieted down, looking up at the Slag Water Horse staying among a pile of ice sculptures.

These ice sculptures were each like exquisite works of art, some large and some small, full of vivid and exquisite beauty. If one appreciated them one by one, it wasn't hard to see that these ice sculptures were basically modeled after pet beasts, as realistic as if the pet beasts had turned into ice sculptures and were placed there.

The Drift-Snow Lion's body trembled.

"Slag, slag?" The Slag Water Horse looked at the Drift-Snow Lion and called out.

"Drift, drift!" The Drift-Snow Lion nodded repeatedly.

As soon as the words fell, a small black hole appeared abruptly beside it.

The Drift-Snow Lion didn't notice, but the Slag Ice Spirit did. It revealed a smile and called out:

"Slag, slag."

The Drift-Snow Lion turned to look at the black hole and was startled, subconsciously wanting to run to the side.

However, at this moment, a bone-chilling cold ice aura struck.

Before the Drift-Snow Lion could move its limbs, it turned into an ice sculpture and remained in place.

Several Slag Water Horses saw this scene and were not surprised, just staring at the black hole that appeared and discussing fiercely:

"Slag, slag!"

"Slag, slag!"

"Slag, slag!"

Amidst the "slag, slag" sounds, the smile on the Slag Ice Spirit's face vanished, revealing an expression of "You guys are so noisy," and it called out:

"Slag, slag."

Several Slag Water Horses quieted down again.

One of the Slag Water Horses came to the side of the black hole, assuming a posture ready to fight at any time.

At this time, a small gray claw carefully reached out from the black hole.

The Slag Water Horse on the side was stunned for a moment, then revealed an expression of "You finally came," and opened its mouth, preparing to pull the owner of the claw from the other side of the black hole.

"Slag, slag."

Just as the Slag Water Horse opened its mouth, the Slag Ice Spirit above called out.

"Slag, slag..."

The Slag Water Horse didn't dare to ask more and picked up an Ice-Dissolving Crystal from the side, placing it next to the gray claw.

The gray claw probed left and right, but unfortunately, the claw was too short and couldn't reach the Ice-Dissolving Crystal on the side.

"Slag, slag." The Slag Water Horse revealed an expression of disdain, called out, and then pushed the Ice-Dissolving Crystal toward the claw's direction.

This time, the gray claw finally reached the Ice-Dissolving Crystal.

The moment it got the Ice-Dissolving Crystal, the claw retracted with lightning speed.

The black hole disappeared.

High sky.

"Xun, xun!"

Little Xiao Xunbao called out loudly while retracting its claw, indicating that its claw was about to freeze to death.

"Ya, ya."

Like Ya Bao called out considerately.

Hearing this, Little Xiao Xunbao instantly put the claw that had just reached into the black hole into Like Ya Bao's fur, revealing a comfortable expression:

"Xun, xun..."

"Did you get it?" Qiao Sang asked.

"Xun, xun~"

Little Xiao Xunbao took its claw out of Like Ya Bao's fur and spread it out.

A crystal-clear Ice-Dissolving Crystal appeared on its palm.

Qiao Sang picked it up, looked at it in the sun, and after a while, said disappointedly:

"It's a C-tier Ice-Dissolving Crystal."

Saying this, she handed it to Lubao.

Lubao put it into its mouth and ate it with a "crunch."

"Xun, xun?"

Little Xiao Xunbao asked, indicating should it get more?

Under Penjiamei's translation, Mi Mi Jiala said:

"Get it, but this time don't locate it next to the Drift-Snow Lion, but in its vicinity. You stick your head in and see what the situation is there."

"Xun, xun?"

Little Xiao Xunbao revealed an expression of disbelief and called out.

Stick its head in?

"That's right," Mi Mi Jiala nodded. "We must figure out what the situation is there. Now the other side's attention should all be next to the Drift-Snow Lion. If you stick your head in now, you shouldn't be discovered."

"Xun, xun..."

Little Xiao Xunbao looked at its own Beast Tamer, then at Little Tingbao and the others, and found that everyone was looking at it, so it couldn't help but reveal an expression of heroic sacrifice, calling out:

"Xun, xun!"

Stick it in then!

After saying this, it operated its energy.

"Wait a moment," Qiao Sang interrupted.

"Xun, xun?"

Little Xiao Xunbao stopped its movement and looked at its own Beast Tamer while letting out a huge sigh of relief.

Mi Mi Jiala also looked over.

Qiao Sang pondered and said:

"The other side must have already seen that black hole and will definitely pay more attention. If the black hole doesn't appear next to the Drift-Snow Lion for a long time, it might pay attention to other places."

"What do you want to do?" Mi Mi Jiala asked.

Qiao Sang looked at Little Xiao Xunbao and said, "Can you perform Shadow Penetration with your substitute at the same time?"

If it could perform them at the same time, it could let one black hole appear next to the Drift-Snow Lion to attract attention, while the other black hole explored the situation on the seabed.

The idea is good, but the operational difficulty is too great... Mi Mi Jiala instantly understood Qiao Sang's idea, but she didn't think the Night-Ring King could do it at the moment.

After all, it had only just learned this skill not long ago. Being able to locate the seabed ten thousand meters below was already a one-in-a-million talent.

"Xun, xun~"

Little Xiao Xunbao called out, indicating it would try.

Then it operated its energy.

A Night-Ring King exactly the same as it soon appeared beside it.

The two Little Xunbaos looked at each other, then nodded to each other, simultaneously revealing serious expressions, their eyes glowing blue.

In an instant, two identical black holes appeared in the air at the same time.

It could actually perform Shadow Penetration with its substitute at the same time... You have to know, this is a super-tier skill... Mi Mi Jiala was once again shocked by Little Xiao Xunbao's learning ability and the proficiency of Shadow Penetration.

"Xun, xun~"

The black hole disappeared, and Little Xiao Xunbao called out, indicating it was fine.

"Then let the substitute locate next to the Drift-Snow Lion, and you locate to a nearby position to check the situation," Qiao Sang stated her plan.

"Xun, xun..."

Little Xiao Xunbao revealed an expression of "I knew it," and after sighing heavily with its substitute, their eyes glowed blue at the same time.

Seabed.

A black hole appeared abruptly next to the Drift-Snow Lion, which had already frozen into ice.

The Slag Ice Spirit and several Slag Water Horses looked over at the same time.

They didn't notice that another black hole appeared next to an ice sculpture on the side.

Little Xiao Xunbao puffed up its mouth, holding its breath, and drilled its head out from this black hole.

Thousands of ice sculptures instantly came into view.

Inside the ice sculptures, almost all were pet beasts. Their expressions were either painful, fearful, peaceful, or ignorant, all frozen in the ice.

The scene before them was too shocking; Little Xiao Xunbao simply froze there, its pupils shaking violently, a strong sense of fear rising in its heart, yet inexplicably mixed with a bit of anger.

Just as its heart was shaking violently, the black hole next to the Drift-Snow Lion suddenly disappeared.

At the same time, the substitute in the high sky also disappeared from its original spot. ===== CHAPTER 1147 =====