Chapter 65: Chapter 64: Luo Xiang Truly Did Not Deceive
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“Beta, have you found that rune yet?”
Woof, woof!
(Almost, almost, stop rushing me.)
Husky’s eyes darted around the Rune Puppet, lighting up when he saw a symbol that was akin to a balloon. He summoned four cannons and bombarded the Rune Puppet. Once he ascertained that the puppet had utterly lost its capacity to move, he pounced on it and struck the rune with his paw.
Squeak, rattle…
Once Husky smacked the rune, the struggling Rune Puppet stiffened, the runes on its body winking out one by one until it finally ceased all movement.
Upon seeing that the Rune Puppet has shut down, Bai Qi turned to the workshop on his side. Once he confirmed no new puppets had been dispatched, he started cheering excitedly.
Sure enough, as long as the Rune Puppet was not destroyed, the workshop won’t release new ones.
No wonder Alpha was fightng tirelessly before. All you needed was to turn these puppets off.
No wonder Luo Xiang took special pains to teach me runes. Knowledge is truly the ultimate source of power.
Luo Xiang didn’t lie to me!
“Alpha, target the rune that Beta discovered earlier. Just don’t attack the core; everything else is fair game.”
Bai Qi relayed Husky’s discoveries to Alpha. Alpha instantly revised his combat approach, splitting the filial sword he held into two Frozen Daggers. He began to swiftly dart around within the Rune Puppet.
Cleared of the greatsword’s restrictions, Alpha’s attack frequency increased markedly, and hardly any Rune Puppets could keep moving in his wake.
They were either totally shut down or corrupted to the point that only a Puppet Core remained.
“Tsk, indeed, it’s a Speed Variation. These daggers are his main weapon.”
Watching Alpha reap widely among the Rune Puppet legion, Bai Qi could not but lament:
“Looking at this, is my Double Swords Berserker hopeless?”
Under the Lamentation Tower.
The fifth floor’s rune was fully lit at last, and the runes of the sixth floor began to flash slowly.
Somebody had passed the fifth floor!
Upon seeing the scene, President Qin’s eyes sparkled. His thoughts immediately flew to Bai Qiucha, who recently entered.
As expected of Legend’s son — his strength was truly superior — he cleared the fifth floor in a short time.
Considering this, the Secret Realm Tower will ultimately end up in the hands of the Beast Master Association.
JJust then, Bai Qiucha emerged at the entrance, closely followed by Li Xusheng.
Both seemed drained, and Li Xusheng was heavily wounded, bearing no visible trace of the blood dripping from his wounds.
Seeing Bai Qiucha emerge, President Qin immediately asked with a broad smile, “Qiucha, have you cleared the fifth floor?”
Bai Qiucha nodded, saying, “Barely managed to clear it. However, the Skeleton Dragon was used up too much. I can’t pass the sixth floor.”
“You’ve done well already. Defeating fifty Rune Puppets at once is certainly challenging.”
Hearing Bai Qiucha’s brief account, President Qin didn’t withhold his praise.
“Xusheng, have you activated your second talent?”
Yi Yu shot a glance at the wounds on Li Xusheng’s body, his expression instantly turning cold.
“Those puppets are troublesome. Without activating my second talent, I wouldn’t have had enough stamina.”
Yi Yu nodded, his face once again lighting up with a cheery smile, he said, “Alright, remember to write a report to me when you get back.”
Li Xusheng remained silent, nodding his head without saying anything else. He glanced at Bai Qiucha, who was also busily recovering his energy nearby, and planned to rest himself.
“Hey, if the two of you are out, who’s in the sixth floor now? Bai Qi?”
After chatting with Bai Qiucha for a while, President Qin suddenly noticed that the rune for the sixth floor was still flashing. He paused in surprise, and Bai Qiucha and Li Xusheng stopped their rest to look towards the entrance.
The obsidian doors of the Tower of Gratitude had the sixth rune constantly flickering. The frequency of the flickering kept increasing until it finally stabilized.
The sixth floor, they passed it too?!
Bai Qiucha and Li Xusheng exchanged a glance. They simultaneously gave up on their rest and dashed towards the entrance, but they were stopped by President Qin and Yi Yu respectively.
“Let’s first see what’s happening, no hurry.”
President Qin watched the rapidly flashing seventh rune, his face full of disbelief replaced by a bright smile.
He actually managed to pass the sixth floor before two genius third stage Beast Masters. He truly did not make a mistake about this kid.
He must take this little guy to the headquarters, those old guys will be so jealous.
“The seventh floor is passed too.”
As President Qin was thinking about the next steps, Bai Qiucha suddenly spoke. Regardless of President Qin’s objections, he dashed towards the Tower of Gratitude.
The same scene was also playing out with the Thirteenth Bureau. However, Li Xusheng was unable to convince Yi Yu and had to reluctantly stay put.
Watching Bai Qiucha’s rapidly retreating figure, President Qin shook his head helplessly, then looked towards the Tower of Gratitude’s entrance with a puzzled expression.
Just how did Bai Qi manage to go through the fifth, sixth and seventh floors so quickly?
The seventh floor of the Tower of Gratitude.
Bai Qi, seeing Alpha and Beta showing clear signs of fatigue, halted their progress. After taking a few bites of Angel Fruit, he put his twin pets into the Beast Control Space and activated the Evolution Egg.
This wasn’t a last-minute attempt for a breakthrough; he was just using the Evolution Egg to help his twin pets recover their energy value.
Even though they had figured out the trick to pass the challenge, the fifty Type II and Type III enemies of the sixth and seventh floors depleted quite a bit of energy from his pets. In their current state, they definitely wouldn’t be able to pass the eighth floor.
While the pets were evolving, Bai Qi began to inspect the rewards from passing the fifth, sixth, and seventh floors first.
The reward for passing the fifth floor was a piece of Red Flame Iron covered in runes, the reward for the sixth was a brand new puppet core, and the reward for the seventh was a carving knife made entirely of black crystal.
It looked almost as if they were asking him to craft his own puppet.
Bai Qi played with the carving knife for a bit before drawing out a blank piece of Red Flame Iron, ready to start carving in the same way as the piece from the fifth floor.
Despite Bai Qi’s several attempts, he couldn’t leave any trace on the Red Flame Iron, and he finally gave up, frustrated.
“This thing, it’s definitely not a task for ordinary humans.”
Bai Qi packed the carving knife, watched the still silent Bronze Eggs in Beast Control Space, and chewed up the entire Angel Fruit in record time.
The powerful energy instantly filled up Bai Qi’s physical strength and spirit power. The remaining energy wasn’t wasted; instead, it surged into the Evolution Egg, accelerating the evolution process of his twin pets.
Eating supplements during peak physical condition could speed up the evolution. This was a pattern that Bai Qi recently discovered.
Although there was no need to waste resources in normal times, it was quite handy in times like this.
Soon, the two Bronze Eggs hatched, and the reinvigorated Alpha and Husky were summoned out by Bai Qi again.
“Let’s depart and see what the eighth floor looks like..”