Chapter 1316

After staring at the lake for ten-plus seconds, Lu Bao opened its mouth and began to sing again:

"Bing bing bing~ bing bing~ bing~ bing bing bing~"

Invisible sound waves rippled outward.

The Giss Egg stopped rolling, and its expression became peaceful.

"Ice Emperor?"

Lu Bao stopped singing, turned its head, and called out, indicating, are you still hungry?

"Giss."

The Giss Egg felt around and honestly shook its head.

Not hungry.

"Ice Emperor?"

Lu Bao wore a puzzled expression and called out.

Then why were you crying just now?

"Giss."

"Giss."

The Giss Egg called out with a peaceful expression.

It missed Qiao Sang, Little Treasure Hunter, Xianxian Pu, Ting Bao, Ya Bao, Qing Bao, and the others, as well as its Beast Master.

Lu Bao fell silent.

"Ice Emperor."

After about two seconds, Lu Bao called out in a calm tone, indicating, we'll be able to see them in a while.

"Giss."

The Giss Egg called out.

But half a month feels so long.

"Ice Emperor."

Lu Bao called out calmly, indicating, it's not long; it will pass quickly. Just stay with me well during this time.

"Giss."

The Giss Egg nodded with a peaceful expression.

Lu Bao went to the side, used its tail to pack up the bundle, and after rolling it up and placing it under a tree not far away, it went to a position a hundred meters away from the Giss Egg and began to train.

It looked at the high sky, the gem on its forehead flickered slightly, and then its entire body was covered in a layer of crystal-clear ice armor.

At the same time, the entire oasis suddenly seemed to be shrouded in a shadow.

High in the sky, a mountain-like, super-giant ice cone was falling at an extremely fast speed.

The speed was so fast that it created a powerful air current below.

And the center of the landing spot was exactly where Lu Bao was.

"Bang!!!"

With a loud noise, the mountain-like super-giant ice cone shattered into pieces, revealing Lu Bao's figure below.

Two tiny cracks appeared on the crystal-clear ice armor on its body.

Cold air surged, and the two cracks recovered to their original state at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lu Bao looked at the sky.

The next moment, the mountain-like super-giant ice cone appeared again. This time, it looked even bigger than the last one.

"Giss..."

The Giss Egg watched from the side with a peaceful expression.

However, it soon discovered that the shadow in the high sky seemed to have shrouded it as well.

"Giss."

The Giss Egg realized the crisis, rolled forward with a peaceful expression, preparing to roll out of the shadow.

However, its speed was truly too slow.

"Bang!!!"

The mountain-like giant ice cone fell heavily to the ground, making a heaven-shaking noise.

The ice cone shattered, revealing Lu Bao's figure wearing the ice armor.

Just as it looked up at the sky, preparing to create another giant ice cone even more powerful than the previous one, it suddenly sensed something and turned to look.

It saw that the Giss Egg had already vanished from its original position.

Lu Bao had a bad premonition in its heart and dissipated the cold air on its body.

The crystal-clear ice armor vanished.

Lu Bao walked toward the direction where the Giss Egg had originally been.

Following the sensed aura, it stopped at a certain location, looked down, and saw a pit below, and in the pit was the already fainted Giss Egg.

Lu Bao: "!"

Lu Bao quickly used its tail to scoop the Giss Egg out of the pit, and then the gem on its forehead glowed with a deep blue light, shining on it.

Not long after, the deep blue light dissipated.

The Giss Egg slowly opened its eyes.

"Ice Emperor."

Lu Bao called out with an apologetic tone.

The Giss Egg looked at it.

The next second, its mouth drooped, and tears instantly flowed from both eyes.

"Giss!"

"Giss!"

The Giss Egg rolled on the ground and began to cry loudly.

Lu Bao: "..."

The open space around the villa.

"Little Treasure Hunter, now let's try your new skills and traits to see what you've awakened," Qiao Sang said.

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure Hunter nodded.

Just as it was preparing to sense them, Qiao Sang added:

"Gang Bao, you try having a battle with Little Treasure Hunter."

"Steel Fist." Gang Bao nodded.

"Xun xun?"

Little Treasure Hunter was startled and quickly called out.

Didn't you say to try the newly awakened skills and traits? Why do we have to battle?

Because some of your newly awakened traits and skills can only be manifested during battle... Qiao Sang said: "Some traits might only be discovered through battle; your Destiny Bond, Cursed Body, and Cursed Body are all like that."

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure Hunter couldn't refute this.

It looked at Gang Bao, uncontrollably recalling its complete form and the way it had even pulled out its wings.

Little Treasure Hunter stopped recalling, opened its mouth, and prepared to say that maybe it should try to manifest the traits and skills on its own first.

"Ya ya!"

However, just at this moment, Ya Bao called out, indicating it wanted to have a battle with Little Treasure Hunter.

"Xun xun!"

Hearing this, Little Treasure Hunter was instantly startled and quickly called out, indicating it would battle Gang Bao right now.

After speaking, it teleported high into the air, hooked its short toes at Gang Bao, and called out:

"Xun xun!"

Come on!

"Go ahead," Qiao Sang said in her mind.

"Steel Fist."

Gang Bao called out, flapped its wings, and flew toward the high sky.

"Ya ya?"

Ya Bao, seeing this, wore a confused expression and called out, indicating, is Little Treasure Hunter not wanting to battle me?

What do you think? Even you can see it... Qiao Sang pretended to think for a moment and said:

"I think so. It must be because it thinks you're too strong. You know, Little Treasure Hunter has always been afraid of pain."

"Ya ya."

Ya Bao sighed and called out with great concern, indicating that Little Treasure Hunter couldn't be like this; if it didn't dare to battle opponents stronger than itself, how could it participate in the competition?

"If it's a real competition, it will definitely dare to go up," Qiao Sang said, looking at the ink-black figure high in the sky, laughing.

"Ya ya."

Ya Bao nodded.

That seemed to be the case.

High in the sky, Gang Bao spread its wings, and countless purple feathers instantly swept toward Little Treasure Hunter's location like sharp blades.

Little Treasure Hunter teleported and vanished.

Immediately after, a black hole appeared behind Gang Bao's head, and a small black claw reached out from it.

At the same time, a black energy ball with a diameter of about five meters instantly condensed on the claw.

Gang Bao seemed to realize the crisis and controlled the countless purple blades to sweep toward its rear.

"Bang!"

With a loud noise, the black energy ball, five meters in diameter, hit Gang Bao accurately.

Countless purple blades also concentrated around the black hole at the same time.

The shockwave swept the black energy and spread in all directions.

After the commotion ended, Gang Bao's unharmed figure was revealed.

At the same time, a black hole appeared out of thin air several hundred meters away, and Little Treasure Hunter's equally unharmed figure floated out from it.

Gang Bao and Little Treasure Hunter looked at each other.

Then, one flapped its wings and flew high into the sky, while the other dove into the black hole that appeared out of thin air in front of it.

Time passed quickly. After battling for nearly an hour, Qiao Sang finally couldn't help but shout:

"Wait a moment!"

Gang Bao stopped its movements and looked over.

"Xun xun?"

Little Treasure Hunter teleported to a closer position and called out, indicating, what's wrong?

"I think if you want to test your traits faster, it's better to just stand there and let Gang Bao attack you," Qiao Sang said.

To be honest, she really hadn't thought it would last this long. She had originally thought Little Treasure Hunter would quickly be attacked and trigger a trait, or under the high-pressure battle environment, trigger a new battle skill.

As it turned out, Little Treasure Hunter's movements were too strange. After so long, Gang Bao hadn't hit it even once, let alone brought Little Treasure Hunter's state to the limit to trigger Destiny Bond.

Of course, this had to do with Gang Bao holding back.

Gang Bao, on the other hand, had been attacked many times, but because its defense was too strong and Little Treasure Hunter hadn't attacked with full force, they had battled for nearly an hour without it suffering any injuries.

If they kept battling like this, Little Treasure Hunter would probably run out of energy without triggering a single trait or skill.

"Xun xun?"

Little Treasure Hunter took a step back, eyes wide, as if it couldn't believe its ears, and called out.

I have to stand there and get beaten?

Gang Bao, at this moment, synchronized with its Beast Master's thoughts and didn't speak.

Qiao Sang said "Mm."

"Xun xun?"

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure Hunter called out twice in disbelief.

Why? It felt that even without standing there and getting beaten, it could trigger traits and skills!

"Don't forget that traits like Destiny Bond take an hour, and you haven't taken a single attack. If there are similar traits, how are they supposed to be triggered?" Qiao Sang said.

"Qing qing."

Qing Bao appeared and nodded in agreement. That's right, that's right.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure Hunter still wanted to try to refute.

At this time, Gang Bao called out calmly twice:

"Steel Fist."

"Steel Fist."

Boss, the competition that will be broadcast across the entire galaxy is coming up soon. It's better to trigger the new abilities early; that way, the chances of winning will be higher.

Broadcast across the entire galaxy... Little Treasure Hunter heard the keyword, took a deep breath, teleported in front of Gang Bao, closed its eyes, and shouted:

"Xun xun!"

Come on!

"Trigger Destiny Bond first. This trait can only be triggered when your own state is near the limit. Don't hold back, so Little Treasure Hunter doesn't have to suffer again," Qiao Sang said in her mind.

"Steel Fist," Gang Bao responded in its mind, and then its body size slowly grew larger.

Little Treasure Hunter sensed something, opened one eye, and when it saw Gang Bao growing larger, both its eyes instantly widened.

Gang Bao, having recovered its full size, flapped its wings and flew high into the sky as a purple light.

Then, like a purple meteorite, it plummeted from the clouds.

Little Treasure Hunter: "!!!"

A black hole appeared out of thin air in front of Little Treasure Hunter.

Qiao Sang, seeing this scene, immediately shouted: "Don't forget the galaxy-wide broadcast!"

Hearing this, Little Treasure Hunter instantly fell silent.

It didn't speak, nor did it move; the black hole in front of it simply vanished.

"Bang!!!"

With a heaven-shaking noise, the purple meteorite crashed to the ground, directly creating a huge, deep pit.

I hope Little Treasure Hunter can trigger it directly; otherwise, it'll have to be attacked a second time... Qiao Sang endured the pain and thought.

Not wanting to trigger the Destiny Bond trait during the competition was one thing, but understanding this trait was another. Her previous understanding of this trait came from that interstellar news report. How high was the trigger rate for S-level Destiny Bond, how wide was the range it could affect, how long could the state recovery last—these all had to be understood beforehand.

After all, Destiny Bond is a trait; whether it triggers or not is passive and uncontrollable... Qiao Sang thought while looking at the direction where Gang Bao had crashed, and suddenly sat cross-legged.

If I get hit by Destiny Bond, this posture shouldn't leave my face on the ground...

In the giant pit, Gang Bao's body swayed, and it flew out, flapping its wings, looking heavily injured.

Did it not succeed... Qiao Sang thought.

"Xun xun?"

As the thought flashed, Little Treasure Hunter suddenly floated out of the giant pit, looked down at itself, and even touched itself. Its eyes lit up, wearing an expression of "how magical."

Great, it succeeded! And it wasn't me who got hit by Destiny Bond... Qiao Sang felt the pain disappear and laughed: "It seems the new trait has been triggered..."

Before she could finish, a panicked voice from afar suddenly entered her ears:

"Pen pen!"

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, a bad premonition suddenly arose in her heart. She quickly stood up and said: "Let's go back first."

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure Hunter wanted to say something, but seeing its Beast Master's serious expression, it swallowed the words it wanted to say, its eyes glowing with blue light.

The next second, Qiao Sang appeared in the villa living room.

On the ground, Teacher Mikaela was lying face down.

Penjamei was beside her, looking anxious.

The usually melancholic Jiu Bu Gu revealed a murderous aura, its eyes glowing with purple light, looking around vigilantly.

The aura on Dragon King's body had already fully spread. It looked at Qiao Sang and called out in an extremely serious tone:

"Mo mo."

There's an enemy attack.

"Xun xun?!"

Little Treasure Hunter, upon hearing this, instantly widened its eyes and looked left and right.

Enemy? Where?!

Qiao Sang: "..."

Honestly, judging by the timing of Little Treasure Hunter floating out of the giant pit, the sound Penjamei made, and Teacher Mikaela's face-down posture, she could almost conclude that Teacher Mikaela was the victim of Little Treasure Hunter's Destiny Bond this time...

She really hadn't expected Little Treasure Hunter's Destiny Bond range to be this wide...

"Lu..." Qiao Sang guiltily avoided Dragon King's gaze and subconsciously turned to want Lu Bao to help with the treatment.

However, after saying only one word, she stopped.

Almost forgot, Lu Bao had already left...

I wonder what Lu Bao is doing now...

At the same time.

Among the lush plants, Lu Bao sneezed.

It frowned, and then the gem on its forehead glowed with deep blue light, wrapping itself inside.

Not long after, the deep blue light vanished, and Lu Bao felt its own body.

At this time, the Giss Egg to the side called out with a peaceful expression:

"Giss."

It was hungry.

"Ice Emperor."

Lu Bao gestured toward the bundle with its eyes and called out, indicating, the food is right there; besides the energy pills, you can take anything else.

"Giss."

The Giss Egg shook its head with a peaceful expression and called out.

It had already looked this morning; it didn't like to eat anything there. Can you go get me something to eat?

Lu Bao: "..."