Chapter 392: Chapter 392
"On guard! On guard!"
Xiao Wang shouted hurriedly, grabbing Xu Jinghong and Xi Pingzhe while huddling in the middle of Yan Shuiyue and Sun Jiao, warily eyeing the surroundings.
Xi Pingzhe quickly summoned his own Contracted Beast, and Sun Jiao and the others also released their Contracted Beasts one by one.
Sun Jiao’s B-level Contracted Beast was a pure white Fire Dog Beast, Leng Yuntian’s B-level Contracted Beast was a black-and-white Ice-tiger Beast, Jiang Bao’s B-level Contracted Beast was a Green Crane, while Yan Shuiyue’s A-level Contracted Beast was an Ice Crystal Antelope.
They watched their surroundings vigilantly, and the Ice Crystal Antelope scanned the vicinity, its diamond-like shiny horns making a slight "ding" sound. Immediately, Yan Shuiyue frowned and said, "There’s no A-level Magical Beast nearby."
No A-level Magical Beast? Then how could someone have disappeared?
"Let’s go down and take a look." Yan Shuiyue stepped towards the spot where Qian Qi and Sheng Qing had disappeared. Upon reaching the place where they had just stood, she first looked around, and, finding nothing unusual, squatted down.
"Huh?" Seeing something, Yan Shuiyue instinctively moved her foot, and with just an uttered syllable, she vanished from the spot!
The Ice Crystal Antelope immediately let out a shrill cry, "Contractor!"
"Shuiyue?!" Leng Yuntian exclaimed, reaching out but catching nothing, causing him to step back suddenly as he caught sight of a black, sharp point.
"An instance?!" The others also exclaimed, retreating quickly in fear of being pulled into the instance and unable to get out. Leng Yuntian tightly furrowed his brows, hesitated a few times, then turned to Sun Jiao and Jiang Bao, "What should we do? Shuiyue is likely trapped in the instance!"
"What level instance is it?" Xiao Wang asked, his voice trembling.
"I don’t know, we can’t touch it," Leng Yuntian said with a frown. "Even if we took tools to dig, if the tool accidentally touched the instance entrance, we would be sucked in."
If it was a low-level instance, it would be fine, but if it was a B-level instance or even an A-level instance...
"But! Qian, Brother Dog, and Sheng Qing are in there!" Xiao Wang said anxiously, and he turned on his Light Brain, "I’ll first contact Sikong Wang, send a location for him to send people over..."
Leng Yuntian paced back and forth in frustration, "Damn Qian Dafang, running around like that! Made Shuiyue fall into the instance!"
"Why are you blaming my master!" Xi Pingzhe’s hair stood on end upon hearing Leng Yuntian’s complaint, angrily retorting, "Why don’t you say it was Yan Shuiyue herself who, knowing there might be danger, was so careless!" ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novelꜰire.net
"You!" Leng Yuntian turned and looked at Xi Pingzhe, speechless, "Who do you think you are? A mere C-level Beastmaster—"
"Don’t talk to me!" Xi Pingzhe immediately covered his ears, forcibly cutting off Leng Yuntian’s voice.
Leng Yuntian: ... How is he just as annoying as his master!
The Ice Crystal Antelope, worried about Yan Shuiyue’s safety, directly squeezed past the surrounding people and leaped into the instance.
"Wuhu, we’re doomed." Sun Jiao spread her small hands, "The only A-level is also in the instance now."
Now, on the scene, only three B-level Beastmasters and three not-yet-graduated rookies were left.
Xi Pingzhe swung his small hand, snorting coldly, "The only C-level Beastmaster also went into the instance!"
With that, he directly followed the Ice Crystal Antelope, stepping into the instance.
Rather than staying beside Sun Jiao and the others, Xi Pingzhe preferred being with his master and Sister Sheng Qing; he absolutely could not let himself leave them behind.
Xu Jinghong and Xiao Wang glanced at each other. They were not familiar with the trio of Sun Jiao, and in this Magic Beast-ridden Qing City, relying on the protection of the three was less appealing than entering the instance to find Qian Qi.
With a slight nod, Xiao Wang said, "The two of us also want to enter the instance."
Sun Jiao slightly rubbed her forehead, sincerely said, "Great, the last two rookies are also going into the instance."
"Why don’t we go in as well?" Jiang Bao suggested, "If it’s a B-level instance, we should be able to handle it. After all, Qian Dafang can find the boss location, which can save us a lot of trouble, right?"
He continued to analyze, "We might not be so unlucky to encounter an A-level instance; maybe it’s just a small C-level instance or something."
Sun Jiao thought it made sense and turned to Leng Yuntian, "Are we going in? If we all go in, there will only be you left alone."
Leng Yuntian’s eye twitched slightly, "You guys are really crazy."
Though he called them crazy, Leng Yuntian still followed everyone into the instance. After all, he didn’t want to be left alone outside, and wouldn’t it be absurd if everyone else went in except him?
What if Shuiyue thought he was a coward?
Thus, Xiao Wang left the Light Brain as a location marker and the group, together with their Contracted Beasts, stepped into the instance entrance.
After they left, a White Extreme Rat suddenly emerged from the ground. It caught sight of the shiny silver Light Brain, its eyes lighting up slightly, before picking it up and quickly tunneling away from the spot.
Xiao Wang and the others fell into the instance, landing on solid ground, not high sky or deep sea.
Just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they were met with Qian Qi’s panicked face.
Even Sheng Qing, who usually showed no emotion, and Yan Shuiyue, who was always so calm, had slight, worried frowns on their faces.
"Master, Sister Sheng Qing, what’s wrong!" Xi Pingzhe’s eyes widened, sensing that something was amiss.
What could possibly make someone as powerful as Qian Qi so flustered, and cause the usually reserved Sheng Qing to show such concern?
In front of them, Qian Qi took a deep breath, looking serious, "Disciples, brace yourselves mentally; this instance... is an S-level instance!"
The air fell silent. At that moment, everyone thought they were hearing things.
How could it be? How could it be S-level? Not B-level, not A-level, but S-level?!
The white dog plush in Sun Jiao’s hand dropped with a "thud," and she screamed, "An S-level instance?!"
Xiao Wang also began to tremble, "S, S-level... doesn’t that mean we’re... completely doomed?!"
Leng Yuntian went rigid on the spot, Jiang Bao stood in stunned silence, Xu Jinghong pinched the rivets on her ear, shocked and unable to accept or process this information.
Xi Pingzhe swallowed slightly, holding onto a sliver of hope, "Master... You’re not lying to us, right? Is it really an S-level instance?"
Qian Qi sighed deeply, placing a hand on Xi Pingzhe’s shoulder, speaking earnestly, "Of course, I’m lying to you."
"It’s really an S-level! We’re doomed... huh?" Xi Pingzhe trembled all over, realizing, after a moment, that he was covered in cold sweat. He looked at Qian Qi in confusion, stammering, "Lying, lying to us?"
Next to him, Yan Shuiyue coughed lightly, and upon a closer look, it wasn’t hard to see she was holding back laughter.
Sheng Qing also slightly turned her face away, her shoulders shaking.
Xi Pingzhe’s hair began trembling furiously, not from fear but from anger, "Master! How can you deceive me ! You know how scared I was! I thought I was going to die!"
Qian Qi patted his shoulder again, comforting, "Don’t be scared, ha. It’s indeed not an S-level instance, but rather an A-level instance."
She looked at everyone with a kindly expression, "I was afraid if I told you right away that it’s an A-level instance, you wouldn’t be able to handle it. So I scared you a little first. Now, don’t you feel like an A-level instance isn’t so scary anymore~?"
Xi Pingzhe, Sun Jiao, and the others: ...
Oh almighty God, merciful heavens, she makes so much sense!
For a moment, they really felt that an A-level instance wasn’t that scary anymore!
At least in an A-level instance, there’s a chance of survival, whereas in an S-level instance, there’s absolutely no chance of surviving!