Chapter 24: Return to the City
“Holy shit, a Purple Quality random combat skill chest!!!”
“Why the hell isn’t it using it itself!?” Seeing the purple treasure chest attached to the High-Tier Mechanical Species Crystal Arrow Turret, Lian Xing’s eyes almost popped out of her head, and she couldn’t help but curse.
A combat skill type selection chest, as the name suggested, allowed one to choose a specific combat skill type from all available options and then randomly receive a skill of that type. Although it was still random in nature, its greatest value lay in fulfilling the extremely specific evolution requirements of certain pet beasts…
Throwing, Sword, Dual Wield, Heavy, Combat, Support, Special Effect, Burst, Resistance, Comprehensive.
Any type or category could be chosen. It was a dream come true!
Suddenly, Lian Xing felt the urge to…use the restroom…
But, come to think of it…
Treasures of this level were usually opened immediately. Why would the Crystal Arrow Turret keep it until now?
Oh, it’s a Mechanical Species, that explains it… Recovering from her shock, Lian Xing quickly figured it out. A wild High-Tier Biological, Elemental, or Weapon Species pet beast, or even a Beast Tamer, wouldn’t hesitate to open the chest immediately.
But Viral and Mechanical Species were a different story.
Especially a High-Tier Mechanical Species. Without a master’s guidance, it might not even know what type of combat skill it needed, so it kept the chest until now.
However, the fact that it carried the chest with it meant it knew how valuable it was!
“Buzzzzzzzz——!!!”
The Crystal Arrow Turret, its eight wheels whirring, sped towards the Giant Moonlight Rabbit like a rocket. It charged forward, flashing ice-blue lights, like a police siren.
[Combat Skill: Overload Deployment (Purple) — Deploys a large number of single-use Mid-Tier Crystal Quivers around itself]
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!!”
In the next second, with flashes of white light, countless crystal spheres materialized on the Crystal Arrow Turret, quickly covering its entire body in dozens of layers. Then, all the Crystal Quivers aimed at the Giant Moonlight Rabbit, and the Crystal Arrow Turret itself began to glow brightly.
“Such power and firepower, worthy of a High-Tier…” Lian Xing looked up at the intensifying blue light, impressed.
This seemed to be her first time facing a High-Tier pet beast head-on since arriving in this world!
Meanwhile, facing the hundreds of Crystal Quivers on the Crystal Arrow Turret, the Giant Moonlight Rabbit showed no signs of backing down. It used its ears to crush the crystals on the cave walls, grinding them into fine, sharp shards with a crunching sound.
“…”
“…”
“Boom——!!!”
An explosion erupted.
Hundreds of Crystal Quivers surrounding the Crystal Arrow Turret detonated simultaneously, a torrential rain of ice shards raining down on Lian Xing and the Moonlight Rabbit. Shockwaves rippled through the air, shattering everything in their path.
Just as they were about to be engulfed by the icy wave, Lian Xing commanded, “Bunny, counterattack!!”
The Giant Moonlight Rabbit was already in a throwing stance, ready to retaliate. Lian Xing looked on with anticipation. She couldn’t wait to see if the Giant Moonlight Rabbit could block a High-Tier pet beast’s full-power attack with Sand Toss!
But in the next second…
Lian Xing’s starry eyes widened, and her expression turned strange.
“What’s going on?”
Suddenly, she and the Giant Moonlight Rabbit’s massive bodies began to blur, enveloped in a white light. Even the Crystal Arrow Turret seemed distorted in her vision.
“What, what’s happening…”
“Is this the main city’s forced teleportation function?”
“Wait, wait a minute!”
“I haven’t gotten my purple selection chest yet! Hey!!!!”
“Don’t teleport me!!!”
“Whoosh—”
Lian Xing and the Giant Moonlight Rabbit vanished in an instant.
The next second, the spot where they had stood was engulfed by a wave of crystal shards, the storm of icy projectiles tearing through the cave.
Soon, as the ice dust in the air settled…
The entire cave was in ruins, the ground covered in ice shards, leaving no space to stand.
“…”
“…”
The enemy had disappeared. Looking at the devastated cave, the emotionless Crystal Arrow Turret stopped moving. Its eight blue-flaming wheels extinguished, and the Crystal Quivers on its body dimmed and shattered.
And the precious purple combat skill chest remained securely placed on top of the turret.
Youlan Academy East Portal Area.
With flashes of white light, a dozen figures were teleported back one after another. Ye Zhuzhi, Chi Yan, Hei Lan, Tao Wan, Yin Huomei, and the other two team members were all present. Even a few solo players who had been training in Youxi Valley exchanged bewildered glances, completely unaware of what had happened.
“The wilderness’ forced protection mechanism has been activated…”
“What happened? Why didn’t the Captain and the others come back?”
“…”
“…”
Ye Zhuzhi and Chi Yan, core members of the first team, exchanged glances, their expressions grim.
Ye Zhuzhi was worried about her captain’s safety.
Chi Yan was afraid that her captain had already contracted the Legendary Rare Species. If so, she would have no chance of competing for first place.
As everyone stood in shock, the High-Tier Viral Species, Purple Smoke, the portal guardian, explained, “Don’t panic. There seems to be an energy fluctuation exceeding High-Tier. The wilderness will reopen once the academy investigates the source.”
“Until the cause is identified, the wilderness will remain closed.”
Hearing this, all the members of Hei Lan’s team looked at Ye Zhuzhi and Chi Yan in disbelief.
What were those first team members up to?
How could there be an energy fluctuation exceeding High-Tier…?
If they encountered a Commander-Tier pet beast, even the top-ranked Supernova wouldn’t last three seconds, right?
However, as everyone exchanged bewildered glances in the dead silence, a faint cry suddenly came from the side.
“Sob, sob, sob—”
“Sob, sob, sob, sob, sob~~~~”
A golden-haired girl in white suspender stockings lay on the ground, sobbing and covering her face with tears and snot streaming down her face. Her delicate face was flushed red, her nose so stuffed that she could barely breathe.
Gone. The purple treasure chest that was almost within her grasp…gone…
Lian Xing wanted to wail and roll around on the ground, but she forcibly suppressed her emotions, preventing herself from accidentally revealing the information about the purple treasure chest.
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