Chapter 44: Chapter 42: Unexpected Support

Previously, Liu Changfeng had said he’d sent out a call for reinforcements, so Li Qian knew that help would arrive soon.

He had assumed it would be someone from the Lingshui City Public Security Bureau, like Zhou Weiping, whom he had met once before.

But to his surprise, someone arrived before the reinforcements from the Public Security Bureau.

And this person was none other than Gao Yaxin, the very person he had consulted before.

’Isn’t she an Intermediate Breeder?’

’Is she a Combat-type Beast Master, too?’

At that moment, a white fox stood beside her.

The white fox was much larger than a normal fox, nearly the size of a young calf.

Between its brows was a strange, vertical red marking.

It made the white fox look even more otherworldly.

This white fox was the very "Illusory Demon Fox" Gao Yaxin had just mentioned.

Li Qian had heard his teacher, Lv Xinmin, speak about this type of Pet Beast, the Illusory Demon Fox, in his Pet Beast knowledge class.

It was an extremely rare Pet Beast.

Its attribute was also the rather uncommon Spiritual Element.

The "Mind Control" attack it had just unleashed was a Mental Skill, and its target was none other than the Big-beaked Kite that had been facing off against Li Qian.

Once hit by the Illusory Demon Fox’s Mind Control, the Tier Eight Elite Big-beaked Kite fell from the sky like a log, plummeting straight down.

BANG!

The Big-beaked Kite landed squarely on the dam, not far from Li Qian.

Li Qian instinctively glanced over and saw that the Big-beaked Kite’s eyes were spinning in circles.

"Hiss..."

Seeing this, Li Qian couldn’t help but gasp in shock.

A single, simple "Mind Control" skill had instantly taken out a Tier Eight Elite Big-beaked Kite.

That Spiritual Element Illusory Demon Fox had to be at least Commander Level.

Gao Yaxin’s strength was far beyond his expectations.

"Sister Gao!"

Once he came to his senses, Li Qian didn’t know what else to say and just called out to her instinctively.

"Divine Speed!"

Gao Yaxin gave the command to her Illusory Demon Fox, which transformed into an afterimage and charged toward the cultist and his Gale Wolf.

Seeing the Illusory Demon Fox rush to support Qizai and the others, Li Qian felt a great sense of relief.

"Little junior, you really know how to surprise me!"

Gao Yaxin paid no mind to her Illusory Demon Fox, which had already rushed off to support Qizai and the Fire Mastiff. Instead, she walked briskly toward Li Qian, saying, "A Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon... I never thought you’d be the one to figure out its evolution."

"It’s true what they say, you can’t judge a book by its cover!"

"It looks like Lingshui City is about to have a new breeding genius!"

With Qizai battling the Gale Wolf, the truth was self-evident.

Li Qian had no intention of hiding it either.

"Well, I just got lucky and managed to figure it out by chance," he said modestly.

Gao Yaxin walked right up to Li Qian, her bright eyes scanning him up and down as if he were under a searchlight.

It was as if she was trying to see just how this guy could be such a prodigy!

But her efforts were destined to be in vain. Li Qian wasn’t a prodigy at all; he just had a cheat system.

"Lucky? No. There’s no such thing as luck when it comes to Pet Beast breeding."

"Countless Breeders across the entire Dongxia Federation have studied the Koi Carp. Why are you the only one who got lucky?"

"Besides, luck is a component of strength."

At this, the wavy-haired woman added to herself, "Tsk, tsk, tsk... I wonder what expressions the folks at the Lingshui City Breeder Association will have when they hear this news!"

Li Qian gave an awkward smile. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"Sister Gao, please don’t make fun of me."

Gao Yaxin shook her head.

"I’m not making fun of you."

"By discovering the evolution path from Koi Carp to Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon, even as a high school student, you have a high chance of skipping the apprentice and junior stages to become an Intermediate Breeder directly."

"The only pity is that you’re just a high school student. If you were a graduate from our Jiangnan Beast Taming University’s breeding program, you might have been able to use this achievement to become an Advanced Breeder in one fell swoop!"

Hearing this, Li Qian couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement.

However, he quickly suppressed the feeling.

’An Advanced Breeder is nothing,’ he thought. ’I’m going to become a Cultivation Master, or even a Cultivation Grandmaster, in the future.’

"Sister Gao, let’s talk about this later."

Interrupting Gao Yaxin’s half-joking words, Li Qian steered the conversation back on track. "The most important thing right now is to make sure this guy doesn’t get away."

"This guy is a cultist from the Black Divine Teachings. A moment ago, he launched a surprise attack, targeting me and the Sparrow-tailed Fish."

Gao Yaxin smiled, a captivating expression on her face. "Don’t worry. He’s not going anywhere."

Just as the two of them were talking,

with Qizai providing support with Gale Slash, the Fire Mastiff blocking its path with Explosive Sparks, and the Illusory Demon Fox launching a Strong Attack with an Energy Ball, the three beasts coordinated perfectly. They sent the Gale Wolf flying, and it crashed heavily to the ground.

The Gale Wolf staggered, trying to get back on its feet, but Qizai unleashed another Gale Slash, knocking it unconscious.

Li Qian guessed that the Gale Wolf never expected to be defeated by a mere Tier Nine Pet Beast. It must have been a truly frustrating loss.

"You..."

With his Gale Wolf out of commission and his Violent Salamander tied up by Liu Changfeng, the Black Divine Teachings cultist was now a sitting duck. His eyes were bloodshot as he snarled, his voice fierce but his bravado thin.

"The Divine Teachings won’t let you get away with this!"

Gao Yaxin walked over at a leisurely pace. "I don’t know if the Divine Teachings will let us get away with this, but I know that right now, I’m not letting you get away!"

With that, she abruptly waved her hand, commanding the Illusory Demon Fox to unleash an "Illusion Wave."

The Illusion Wave struck the Black Divine Teachings cultist with perfect accuracy. His eyes rolled back in his head, and he collapsed, stiff as a board.

Gao Yaxin hadn’t killed him, merely knocked him unconscious.

Afterward, he would be handed over to the Public Security Bureau to see if they could dig up any intelligence.

Though the chances of that were slim.

As soon as the battle here concluded, the Fire Mastiff, concerned for its master, eagerly rushed toward the other battlefield.

With the Fire Mastiff joining the fray, creating a two-on-one situation, he believed the battle over there would also end quickly.

Because of this, Li Qian didn’t immediately rush over to help.

Gao Yaxin glanced at the unconscious cultist and suddenly spoke, her voice leisurely. "You know, for some time now, I’ve actually been noticing traces of cultist activity within Lingshui City."

Li Qian nodded.

The information about his mother, Han Yuqing, had come from Gao Yaxin, so Li Qian wasn’t the least bit surprised that she knew about it.

However, her next words made his pupils contract. "I suspect they might be looking for something."

"Do you know what it is they’re looking for?"

A smile played on Gao Yaxin’s lips as she looked at Li Qian, a profound and knowing look in her eyes.