Chapter 163: Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada

Not to mention that the Cloned Puppet is one level higher than the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost.

Right now, only its four limbs have appeared here, and all four limbs are still wearing imitation human prosthetic limbs. The Cloned Puppet hasn't even assembled its real self.

Without sensory stimulation, three of the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost's existing skills—Lick, Hypnosis, and Dream Eater—are useless.

The remaining skills are only Barrier, Psychic, and Teleport.

Except for Psychic, the other two are not attack-type skills.

And if Psychic cannot control all four limbs at the same time and can only control individual ones, the remaining hands and feet that are not controlled might take the opportunity to attack the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost.

After all, Teleport and Psychic cannot be used at the same time.

Difficult to handle...

For the first time, Qiao Sang felt that the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost knew too few skills.

However, if she didn't think about defeating the Cloned Puppet but instead shaking it off, it wasn't that there was no way.

Qiao Sang made a decision decisively.

"Throw them to different places separately!"

The Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost was stunned when it heard the instruction, and while dodging, it looked at the limbs covered in red liquid with disgust.

After curling its lips, its eyes became firm.

This was the order of its own Beast Tamer, so there was no way. At worst, it would just rub them clean on its own Beast Tamer's head later.

"Xun!"

The Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost increased the frequency of Teleport, constantly changing its position.

Aiming for the right moment, it Teleported to the side of a foot that had fallen to the very back, took advantage of its lack of preparation to carry it on its shoulder, and directly performed continuous Teleports, disappearing from the Cloned Puppet's line of sight.

The remaining two hands and one foot stayed in place, not having reacted yet.

Rather than saying the hands and feet hadn't reacted, it was better to say the head hiding in the darkness hadn't reacted.

The Cloned Puppet widened its eyes, watching the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost disappear while carrying its foot just like that.

"Mo-mo!"

The Cloned Puppet was furious. In the past, who wasn't terrified when they saw it, and their reactions made it laugh.

But today!

First, its face was kicked, and later, its own hand was even treated with disgust!

The sound coming from the headset on its head barely made it restrain itself, but now there was no sound in the headset, so it had no worries.

After all, its own Beast Tamer said that it only needed to listen to what was said in the headset.

"Mo-mo!"

The Cloned Puppet glared at the direction where the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost disappeared, completely forgetting the existence of others, and summoned the hands and feet that were still here, hurriedly chasing after it.

Qiao Sang watched the head and the remaining hands and feet that appeared out of thin air rushing toward the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost's direction, and she wasn't in a hurry, steady as an old dog.

She had long guessed that the Cloned Puppet's head was here, so she wasn't surprised at all.

The limbs couldn't have the ability to think independently. They were similar to clones but not clones; after all, the limbs couldn't release any skills other than being able to move.

And the movement of the limbs had to be controlled by the Cloned Puppet itself.

If the limbs were clones, then the head was the main body. It observed the overall situation from the dark; otherwise, the limbs wouldn't have been able to observe which direction the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost Teleported to from an omniscient perspective.

Sure enough, the head was out now.

It wasn't difficult to think about why the Cloned Puppet hadn't assembled the limbs and the head.

Because it was still missing a torso part for connection.

Torso.

The Cloned Puppet placed different body parts in different stages. She estimated that the torso was also separated in other places.

"Qiao, Qiao Sang, will the Treasure-Hunting Ghost be okay?" Fang Fang Sisi came to Qiao Sang's side, dazed.

She had always known that Qiao Sang had been very powerful since her brain domain awakened, not only contracting the Flame-Listening Dog but also relying on the Flame-Listening Dog to win the championship in the Bai Xin Competition.

It wasn't that the Flame-Listening Dog wasn't powerful, it was just a bit unbelievable to win the championship in the hands of a group of Beast Tamers who were several years older than them.

After all, in the competition, some Beast Tamers' two pet beasts had already evolved into mid-level pet beasts, while the Flame-Listening Dog was still only a beginner-level pet beast at that time.

Just when she thought Qiao Sang couldn't summon the Flame-Listening Dog back now and could only run around with her in the second stage secret room, the second pet beast she contracted, the Treasure-Hunting Ghost, solved the Baby Shell in a few moves and even lured the Cloned Puppet away...

This feeling was very magical...

It was as if it had been agreed to be a poor student together, but as a result, you not only made a comeback, but you made a comeback into a pervert?

"It will be fine." Qiao Sang looked at the direction where the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost disappeared and said.

"That, what is the skill called that the Treasure-Hunting Ghost kept changing positions with just now?" Fang Fang Sisi asked curiously: "How come it feels so much like Teleport?"

"It's called Teleport." Qiao Sang answered.

Fang Fang Sisi: "?!"

"Say it again, what is this skill called?!" Fang Fang Sisi widened her eyes, unable to believe her ears.

"Teleport." Qiao Sang answered again.

Fang Fang Sisi stood dazed on the spot. Although she was a poor student, she also knew that Teleport was a skill of Psychic-type pet beasts, but wasn't the Treasure-Hunting Ghost a Ghost-type pet beast?!

Could it be, could it be that the Treasure-Hunting Ghost...

"It's just as you think." Before Fang Fang Sisi could ask, Qiao Sang answered.

Fang Fang Sisi was silent.

After a while, she said: "Qiao Sang, do you remember the cheat sheets I wrote for you at the risk of being discovered by the teacher during the annual school exams? And the time you were punished to run on the playground, I was the one who stayed on the playground with you. Even when you went to the bathroom every time, I was the one who went with you. Do you remember?"

Qiao Sang paused for a moment and answered: "I remember. One time, you changed a few multiple-choice questions to be different from the answers you gave me, and as a result, I became the fifth from the bottom in the class, and you dropped one place to become the third from the bottom, and you were even docked a month's pocket money by your mom."

Fang Fang Sisi's mouth twitched.

Qiao Sang was still saying: "That time on the playground, I was running, and you were eating a popsicle on the side. As a result, you saw your crush holding hands with a girl, and you ran to the bathroom to cry before you even finished eating the popsicle."

Fang Fang Sisi: "..."

"As for the bathroom..."

"Stop talking." Fang Fang Sisi directly interrupted what Qiao Sang was about to say next. She was afraid that if she didn't interrupt, she would have a heart attack.

"Are we friends?" Fang Fang Sisi changed the way of asking.

"Yes." Qiao Sang nodded.

"After so many years, I think it's time for our relationship to get closer." Fang Fang Sisi cleared her throat and said seriously: "What do you think if I let my Cotton-Joint Worm evolve into a Ba-Ghost Butterfly, and then marry your Treasure-Hunting Ghost to give birth to a pet beast baby with extraordinary talent?"

Qiao Sang: "..."

"You don't have to worry about the ownership of the pet beast baby. Whether it's the Cotton-Joint Worm or the Treasure-Hunting Ghost that is born, I will treat it well."

"Get lost!"

"..."

In the Beast Taming society, not only do Beast Tamers have an advantage in the marriage market, but pet beasts with good talent also do.

Many Beast Tamers will look for pet beast partners with good talent for their own pet beasts, which has a bit of an arranged marriage flavor in it.

Pet beasts don't only have to combine with the same species.

As long as they like each other, some pet beasts with different attributes and body types can also be together. The pet beast hatched from the pet beast egg born is one of their species.

"The Little Treasure-Hunting and the Cotton-Joint Worm have different growth cycles. It's only a month old, don't you have designs on it." Qiao Sang warned.

A month old... Fang Fang Sisi immediately gave up the idea.

A Ghost-type pet beast that is a month old is equivalent to a baby that can only drink milk and can't do anything.

By the time the Treasure-Hunting Ghost grows up and becomes sensible, her Cotton-Joint Worm will be old...

After Qiao Sang finished speaking, she put her mind back on the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost.

She estimated that the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost should have gone far enough now. Just as she was about to use both hands to form seals to summon it back, she realized she was still holding a Black-Black Mud in her hand.

"Help me hold this." Qiao Sang handed the Black-Black Mud to Fang Fang Sisi and began to form seals with both hands.

Throwing the limbs was just a smoke bomb, the purpose was to lure the Cloned Puppet away. As long as it reached a certain distance and then summoned the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost back, could the Cloned Puppet continue to follow?

If the pet beast is right next to you, you only need a thought or a wave of your hand for the pet beast to return to the Beast Taming Codex. But if the pet beast is not in your line of sight, you have to make the corresponding summoning gestures.

After Qiao Sang finished forming the seals, she quickly summoned the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost back.

"Xun!"

After the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost returned, it happily floated to its exclusive position and rubbed its hair with its claws, and then floated to the side, no longer staying on its own Beast Tamer's hair.

Qiao Sang didn't notice anything unusual, turned her head to look at the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost, and praised: "Well done."

"Xun~"

The Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost curved its eyes. In its view, this was as fun as playing a game.

"Let's continue walking." Qiao Sang said, preparing to take a step forward.

Just as she took her left foot out, Fang Fang Sisi pulled her back and said pleasantly: "Didn't you notice that you summoned the Treasure-Hunting Ghost back?!"

Qiao Sang was stunned. Realizing what she meant, her heartbeat accelerated, and she hurriedly made a summoning seal for Like Ya Bao.

It failed...

"You try it." Qiao Sang turned her head and said.

"Okay." Fang Fang Sisi handed the Black-Black Mud to Qiao Sang and formed seals.

Three seconds later.

A Cotton-Joint Worm covered in red liquid, whose appearance couldn't be seen clearly, revealing only a pair of round eyes, appeared before them.

"Sun Jie?"

The Cotton-Joint Worm tilted its head, curious why it had suddenly changed places.

"Mian-mian!" Seeing the Cotton-Joint Worm, Fang Fang Sisi pounced over, held it in her arms, and shouted with tears in her voice:

"Woo... I, I thought I would never see you again..."

"Sun Jie-Sun Jie."

The Cotton-Joint Worm looked blank, not knowing what had happened.

Qiao Sang looked on from the side, her brow furrowed slightly, falling into deep thought.

When they were outside the secret room, everyone couldn't summon their pet beasts back, but they could inside the secret room. It should be that the outer layer of the secret room had a problem, but inside was fine.

But why couldn't Like Ya Bao be summoned back?

Qiao Sang was anxious in her heart, and she couldn't help but use some force in her hands.

Just then, the Black-Black Mud slowly opened its eyes. It was woken up by the pain.

"Black-Mud!"

The Black-Black Mud turned into a mud flow and flowed down from Qiao Sang's hands. After recovering to its original appearance, it looked over vigilantly.

"Black-Mud! Black-Mud!"

Qiao Sang's eyes lit up. Finally awake! It wasn't in vain that she held it and ran for so long!

"I am the Beast Tamer of the Flame-Listening Dog. You just saw it, the pet beast with white hair and red hair on its body." Qiao Sang asked: "Do you know where it went? What happened just now? Why did you faint?"

The Black-Black Mud was stunned, as if it had thought of something. Its mouth opened, its stomach suddenly bulged, and it spat out a pet beast covered in some black mud from inside.

"It's the Flame-Listening Dog!" Fang Fang Sisi on the side held the Cotton-Joint Worm and looked over here, exclaiming.

Qiao Sang was stunned for a long time, looking at the pet beast spat out on the ground, dumbfounded.

Holy crap! Isn't this Like Ya Bao!

She imagined many situations, but she never thought that Like Ya Bao was in the Black-Black Mud's stomach!

So she had been looking for it for a long time, but Like Ya Bao had been held by her in disguise!

She saw Like Ya Bao lying on the ground with its eyes closed, with drool hanging from its mouth.

Qiao Sang: "..."

She was anxious and angry looking for it for a long time, and it was sleeping here?

Qiao Sang couldn't help it, squatted down, grabbed Like Ya Bao's ears, and shouted at it: "Wake up! The Water-Dew-Dew Yana is coming again!"

"Ya!!"

Like Ya Bao opened its eyes, stood up instantly, its hair exploded, and it entered a state of preparation for battle.

"Ya!"

"Ya!"

Like Ya Bao looked around, where, where! Where is the Water-Dew-Dew Yana!

Qiao Sang: "..."

Not bad, it seems it wasn't injured, and its spirit is quite good...

……

Ten minutes later, Qiao Sang finally barely knew the ins and outs of the matter.

Like Ya Bao caused a big fire in the first stage, so the Black-Black Mud activated Plan B when encountering special circumstances, preparing to directly use its trait to take Like Ya Bao to the next stage. As a result, it fainted for some reason just after getting Like Ya Bao into its body.

"Qiao Sang, I always feel something is wrong here." Fang Fang Sisi held the Cotton-Joint Worm, which was still looking confused, and looked at Qiao Sang, asking for her opinion.

The Beast Taming society is, after all, a place where the strong are respected.

If it were in the past, Fang Fang Sisi would definitely decide for herself whether to let the Cotton-Joint Worm continue to work in the third stage secret room or take it out, but now she subconsciously wanted to act according to Qiao Sang's judgment.

"Let's go out first." Qiao Sang said.

There are too many things wrong here. It's understandable that Like Ya Bao couldn't be summoned back while in the Black-Black Mud's stomach.

But why couldn't other Beast Tamers summon their pet beasts back outside the secret room, and those pet beasts were not in the Black-Black Mud's stomach? This is the first point.

Second, in the state where Like Ya Bao was drooling just now, it must have been asleep before entering the Black-Black Mud's stomach; otherwise, it would definitely not be able to sleep if it were swallowed in a conscious state.

Moreover, it wasn't just Like Ya Bao; the Black-Black Mud, the female NPC under the stone slab, and the Masked Wandering Spirit by the passage entrance were all asleep.

And third, where did the staff in the secret room go?

It stands to reason that there are monitors inside, and she and Fang Fang Sisi breaking in should have been seen immediately. But so far, not a single staff member has appeared.

Qiao Sang and Fang Fang Sisi walked toward the direction they came from.

Just then, the ambient light that originally illuminated the waterway flickered, and a pet beast that was entirely purple, with three sharp horns on its head and a pair of blood-red eyes, appeared out of thin air in front of them.

At the same time, the monitoring cameras for the first stage room and the second stage room in the monitoring room restored their images.

……

Hanggang City.

Public Security Bureau.

Quite a few people were reporting work progress in front of an office desk.

"Captain Liu, Target No. 10 appeared at No. 99 Tongshang Road."

"Captain Liu, Target No. 6 has been captured under the Qianshan Bridge."

"Captain Liu, No. 27 Kuantun Road reported that their child suddenly ate ten bowls of rice in one night. We suspect Target No. 12 is there."

"Captain Liu, No. 231 Qinshe Road reported that their customers couldn't summon their pet beasts back, and the staff inside couldn't be contacted either. We suspect Target No. 2 has entered inside."

The man who had been looking down at the file documents raised his head and asked: "Is Target No. 2 the Dreamless Doll?"

"Yes, Captain Liu."

"Do the people from the patrol team know?" The man asked.

"Already contacted the people from the patrol team."

The man lowered his head and flipped through the documents, saying: "Among the pet beasts that came out of the secret room crack this time, the most dangerous ones, besides the Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada, are the Dreamless Dolls. Call more people to go over."

"Okay, Captain Liu."

"Wait." The man suddenly shouted. He didn't flip through the files in his hand anymore, but looked at the person reporting, his expression grave: "When the Dreamless Doll came out, Luo Qian Song from the guard team fought with it and didn't find that it had the ability to make people unable to summon pet beasts back."

"So what's inside is probably not Target No. 2, the Dreamless Doll, but Target No. 1, the Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada. I'll go with you."

……

Secret Room.

Sewer.

Fang Fang Sisi swallowed her saliva looking at the pet beast in front of her, turned her head, touched Qiao Sang's arm, and said softly: "This isn't an NPC in the secret room. It looks like it doesn't have good intentions. How about it? Can you beat it?"

Qiao Sang glanced at her and said: "Dreamless Doll, high-level Ghost-type pet beast. You want to try beating it for me to see?"

Fang Fang Sisi smiled awkwardly and said: "Actually, it doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't have good intentions. Maybe it was sent in by people outside to check the situation."

Qiao Sang asked: "You've been here for a few days, do you know anyone who has contracted a Dreamless Doll?"

Fang Fang Sisi shook her head in despair.

Qiao Sang sighed helplessly. This is bad luck. It seems the strange events discovered in the secret room should be the work of the Dreamless Doll in front of them.

"Black-Mud!"

Just then, the Black-Black Mud stepped forward and shouted at the Dreamless Doll.

Just when Qiao Sang thought the Dreamless Doll would at least communicate, she saw its already red eyes glow with red light. The next second, the Black-Black Mud closed its eyes.

It fell down.

Qiao Sang: "!!!"

It doesn't talk if it can move—completely different from the pet beasts she has seen! Before Like Ya Bao fought in the past, it would at least pose to its opponent and give a threatening smile or something.

The Dreamless Doll started moving without any warning or reason.

"Little Treasure-Hunting, sneak attack! Like Ya Bao! Frontal attack!" Qiao Sang decided decisively.

Fang Fang Sisi stood dazed on the spot, scared silly. How did they suddenly start fighting!

In the past, when she watched pet beasts fight, it was either a small fight or on a competition field. Where had she seen a scene where they started fighting without knowing what the origin of the opponent was?

"Get behind me." Qiao Sang pulled Fang Fang Sisi behind her.

Fang Fang Sisi and the Cotton-Joint Worm looked at Qiao Sang's back with teary eyes. This damn sense of security!

The first to implement Qiao Sang's instruction was the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost.

It hid its figure immediately. After the Dreamless Doll's red eyeballs turned, it suddenly extended its right claw, condensed a black shadow ball, and blasted it toward the right front.

"Xun!"

The Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost saw the shadow ball that was only 0.01 centimeters away from it, its pupils shrank, and it forgot to dodge for a moment.

Just as the shadow ball was about to hit the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost, it suddenly disappeared on the spot.

"Dream."

The Dreamless Doll was stunned and turned to look at the pale-faced human in front of it.

Qiao Sang only felt her heart beating wildly. That's right, Ghost-type pet beasts can see their own kind that are invisible.

Just a little bit, just a little bit more and the shadow ball would have hit the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost. If it were hit by a high-level pet beast's shadow ball, the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost would probably faint directly.

Fortunately, she was quick-eyed and fast-handed, summoning the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost back to the Beast Taming Codex.

In the final analysis, the Dreamless Doll's reaction speed far exceeded that of the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost.

Qiao Sang looked at Like Ya Bao, who was standing on the side with its hair exploded, staring fixedly at the Dreamless Doll. Although the confrontation just now was only a few seconds long, according to Like Ya Bao's usual attack speed, it shouldn't have not attacked until now.

Sure enough, was it still affected by the Ghost-type pet beast...

Qiao Sang formed seals with both hands and summoned the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost again.

"Xun!"

The Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost no longer had a playful face.

"Dream."

Just then, the Dreamless Doll's eyes suddenly glowed red again, and the target was Qiao Sang.

"Holy crap! This is a wild Ghost-type pet beast!" Fang Fang Sisi screamed from behind.

Judging whether a pet beast is wild depends on whether it will actively attack humans for no reason. If it does, it is most likely a wild pet beast.

Qiao Sang was subconsciously attracted by those red eyes.

But her line of sight was suddenly blocked by a red and white figure.

Qiao Sang's expression changed drastically, and she shouted: "Like Ya Bao, close your eyes!"

Three seconds later, Like Ya Bao didn't fall down.

Qiao Sang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ya!"

After experiencing the incident where its own Beast Tamer was almost attacked, Like Ya Bao opened its eyes again and no longer had any fear of the Ghost-type pet beast in front of it; all it had was anger.

It raised its head slightly, and a crimson energy ball was slowly gathering.

The Dreamless Doll was stunned when it saw this, as if it had thought of something, and its eyes glowed red again.

The difference was that this time, a beam of light mixed with multiple colors shot out from its eyes and headed straight toward Like Ya Bao, which was still condensing the energy ball.

"Dodge quickly!" Qiao Sang's eyelids jumped, and she shouted.

Having no choice, Like Ya Bao interrupted the condensation of the energy ball and flashed to the side.

The light fell on Like Ya Bao's original position and didn't cause any damage to the ground.

Qiao Sang's expression was grave. This is the Confuse Ray that only Ghost-type pet beasts can use, which can cause confusion to the opponent. If it fell on Like Ya Bao, it would probably not only interrupt the skill but also put it in a state of confusion itself.

"Use clones to surround it."

Hearing her own Beast Tamer's words, the energy in Like Ya Bao's body moved, and adding its main body, 16 Flame-Listening Dogs surrounded the Dreamless Doll.

The next second, the 16 Flame-Listening Dogs simultaneously sprayed crimson flames the size of basketballs from their mouths.

The Ember skill, which had reached the peak of profound meaning, burned fiercely as if it had been given life.

"Dream."

The Dreamless Doll looked around at the fireballs shooting from all directions, its heart skipped a beat, and it felt a crisis.

Just as it wanted to move, an invisible force paused its movement for a second.

"Boom!!!"

16 fireballs wrapped in huge energy were fired in the same direction, colliding and making a deafening loud noise, covering up the Dreamless Doll's scream.

The impact of the bursting fire waves instantly swept through the entire sewer.

Qiao Sang squinted her eyes, stung by the fire waves in front of her.

"Did it succeed?" Fang Fang Sisi's trembling voice sounded from behind.

Qiao Sang pursed her lips and didn't answer.

"Xun." The blue light on the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost's body dissipated.

Although it only used Psychic to control it for a moment.

But after all, it was two levels lower than the Dreamless Doll, and the energy difference was huge, so the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost still felt very strenuous.

A purple figure mixed with black slowly emerged from the smoke produced by the flame collision.

The Dreamless Doll didn't fall down. It was panting, but Like Ya Bao didn't give it a chance to rest. Several Embers that had been practiced to the peak of profound meaning sprayed toward it again.

"Xun!"

Just then, the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost suddenly looked behind its own Beast Tamer and widened its eyes, subconsciously Teleporting over.

Qiao Sang's mouth was dry, as if she had realized something.

She turned her head stiffly and looked up. What she saw was a cicada-type pet beast with transparent wings, a gray body, and three squinting eyes on its head, as well as the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost.

"Xun!"

The next second, the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost screamed and fell from mid-air.

Qiao Sang reached out to catch it, and when she looked, the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost had already fainted. She looked up again and found that this pet beast was also looking at herself, and a black energy ball was already condensing in its mouth.

She recognized this pet beast.

Three-Eyed Ghost Cicada, high-level pet beast, is a Ghost-type transcendent creature that likes to absorb life energy. ===== CHAPTER 164 =====