When Li Qian heard the familiar voice, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.
He was all too familiar with that voice.
It was none other than Elder Li Sukuai from the Zhonghai City Transmission Center.
As the voice rang out, a figure suddenly materialized.
The moment Li Sukuai appeared, his gaze fixed on a certain person.
Seeing this, Elder Liao shivered and couldn’t help but curse inwardly. ’Damn it!’
Although he didn’t recognize Li Sukuai, it was clear from his entrance alone that this man was absolutely no match for him.
Instantly, the thought of retreating crossed his mind.
He was extremely unwilling, knowing that if he retreated now, he would lose any chance at the Talent Blood Essence for good.
But he knew even better that if he forced himself to stay, he would very likely lose his life right here.
"This isn’t over, brat. We’ll meet again."
Elder Liao was a decisive man.
Once he made his decision, he wasted no more time and acted immediately.
With that, he suddenly pulled out an object that looked like a Command Token.
He crushed the Command Token in an instant.
Immediately after, a strange white light abruptly appeared and enveloped his body.
Within that strange white light, Li Qian could clearly see that old dog Elder Liao’s body was becoming increasingly illusory.
"Not good, he’s trying to escape!"
Seeing this, Li Qian grew anxious and immediately shouted a warning.
Hearing this, Li Sukuai gave a faint smile, a scornful expression appearing on his face.
"Using a Void Transmission Talisman in front of me... I wonder who gave you the guts."
His mocking voice faded.
Then, under Li Qian’s expectant gaze, a massive butterfly-like Pet Beast suddenly materialized.
It was the Phantom Deep Space Butterfly, which he had met once before.
The Phantom Deep Space Butterfly appeared suddenly, then gently flapped its wings.
With a flap of its wings, a silvery ribbon of light shot out faster than lightning.
The ribbon of light passed through Elder Liao’s glowing white form.
Li Qian was slightly stunned by this, because the extraordinary-looking silvery ribbon didn’t seem to have done any damage to the man.
"HAHAHA..." Seeing this, Elder Liao couldn’t help but laugh wildly.
"So it was all show and no go!"
Elder Liao laughed without restraint, but his laughter didn’t last long, coming to an abrupt halt.
He had finally noticed something was wrong.
The white light that had been enveloping his body was gradually dimming.
This left him dumbfounded.
His single-use Void Transmission Talisman had actually been interrupted by the man who had just appeared.
This was the first time he had ever encountered such a situation.
The horror in his heart reached its peak.
Unable to teleport away, he was now a fish on the chopping block.
Seeing Elder Liao’s laughter die, Li Sukuai’s lips curved into a faint smile.
"Go on, keep laughing. Why did you stop?"
Hearing this, Elder Liao’s legs trembled, his voice quivering. "Sir... if I said... this was all... a misunderstanding... would you believe me?"
He managed to force a smile onto his face, but it looked uglier than crying.
"PFFT!"
Li Qian couldn’t help but snort with laughter. "Old dog, weren’t you acting all high and mighty just now? Why don’t you keep it up?"
Li Qian’s words made Elder Liao’s face turn terrifyingly grim.
Without the slightest hesitation, he issued a command in his mind.
The next moment, four Pet Beasts, including the Demon Child that had been blasted into the wall by the shockwave, all charged forward recklessly.
They abandoned the opponents they had been dealing with and attacked Li Qian in unison.
As for Sun Ruirui, she had Jinfeng at her side, a Pet Beast with Emperor Level Racial Potential whose strength had already reached the Dominator Level. It was impossible to break through her defenses in a short amount of time.
So, Elder Liao aimed directly for Li Qian.
In his view, if he could just take the cultivation genius Li Qian hostage, it would make the newly appeared mysterious expert hesitate to act, giving him a chance to survive.
That was Elder Liao’s plan, but as it turned out, it was all just wishful thinking.
The Phantom Deep Space Butterfly’s sapphire-like eyes suddenly shifted. Then, a faint silver light simultaneously erupted from Elder Liao’s four Pet Beasts: the Cyan Woodpecker, the Demon Child, the Dark Night Dog, and the Highly Poisonous Frog.
Right after, under Li Qian’s astonished gaze, the four beasts, completely enveloped in silver light, were lifted uncontrollably into the air.
Their cries were a chaotic mix of WHIMPERS, SQUAWKS, BARKS, and CROAKS. The four Pet Beasts, controlled by the Phantom Deep Space Butterfly, rose helplessly into the air. Once they reached a certain height, they plummeted down like meteors.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The four beasts crashed to the ground, instantly setting off four terrifying explosions.
The dust kicked up in that instant abruptly obscured the view of the area.
PFFT!
The very moment the explosions occurred, Elder Liao violently spat out a mouthful of crimson blood.
His aura visibly weakened.
Seeing this, Li Qian roughly deduced that the last attack must have inflicted extremely severe injuries on the four beasts.
They had likely lost their ability to fight, or were even in a near-death state; otherwise, there was no way the contractual backlash would be this severe.
After dealing with Elder Liao and his four Pet Beasts in a single blow and confirming he was now a toothless tiger posing no threat, Li Sukuai said directly, "Little guy, I’ll leave this to you."
With that, he left behind a parting sentence and vanished with a flicker. "I’m going to check on the other location."
CRACK... CRACK... Seeing this, Li Qian clenched his fists, a cruel arc forming on his lips.
"Such a perfect chance to beat a drowning dog! How could I let it pass? Get him! Beat the hell out of him!"
As his voice fell, he charged straight out...
Immediately after...
Fists the size of sandbags rained down relentlessly.
A moment later, Li Sukuai returned. He looked at Elder Liao, who was beaten almost beyond recognition, and clicked his tongue.
Seeing Li Sukuai return, Li Qian immediately asked, "Elder Li, how are things on the other side?"
Li Sukuai said with some regret, "I was a little too late. The big one over there realized something was wrong and escaped in a desperate struggle."
Then, he added, "But it took a direct hit from me, so it’s definitely not lightly injured. That thing can’t be in good shape."
Finally, his gaze fell entirely on Sun Ruirui. "Right, this young lady’s condition... doesn’t look very good..."
He couldn’t help but frown as he said this.
He could see what was wrong with the young lady, but he wasn’t an Array Master, so he was completely unable to solve the problem.