Beast Taming: Starting From Zero-Chapter 716: Her Heart Finally Died

Don't panic. Little Treasure can teleport... Qiao Sang quickly steadied her mindset.

“Ju-ju!”

But just then, a second, even more massive Giant Rock Nika lifted its head and let out a thunderous roar.

The ground trembled.

Already full of pits and cracks, the terrain suddenly exploded again, and one towering stone spike after another jutted up from below.

Each one soared five meters high, piercing out from the ground in large swaths, rapidly covering most of the area and quickly targeting Lubao’s position.

“Lu…”

Instinctively, Lubao dug her claws into the ground, chaotic thoughts flashing through her mind.

All along, she had always dodged attacks by melting into water or using Water Stream Jet.

But now, her beast master was on her back, if she used either of those, her own beast master would be injured.

“Lu!”

With that thought, Lubao’s expression turned resolute. Her tail suddenly surged with a powerful stream of water, attempting to attack instead of defend.

But in the next second, she saw Little Treasure jump in front of her.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure stopped using his psychic power. He raised both his claws, condensing thick white energy in them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

He swung his claws down again and again.

Slashing, sweeping horizontally, vertically, and diagonally.

The movements looked chaotic, but each one hid precision, each strike split the incoming rock spikes cleanly in two.

The attention of the two Giant Rock Nika beasts immediately focused entirely on Little Treasure.

“Lu…”

Lubao paused, silently letting the water on her tail fade away.

At that moment, a whirlwind about three meters wide and six meters tall suddenly formed behind them.

Sand and gravel roared, the wind howled.

A powerful cyclone surged from behind.

Lubao clawed the ground to stay stable.

But suddenly, she felt lighter on her back.

At the same time, the whirlwind dissipated.

Lubao froze, then sensed something and looked up.

She saw her beast master gripped in the claws of a bird-type pet beast, around six meters tall, dark blue in color, and with razor-sharp talons.

“LU!”

Lubao’s pupils shrank. Without thinking, she gathered water across her body and shot into the sky like a water pillar, eyes locked on the dark-blue bird.

“Kuang kuang.”

The dark-blue bird smirked disdainfully. Its beak opened, and blue-green energy began to build, then, in a flash, it blasted forward as a beam.

Boom!!!

The light beam was too fast, colliding directly with the water pillar.

In the huge explosion, Lubao fell from the air.

The stone spikes were still rapidly protruding from the ground.

As she was about to fall onto them, Little Treasure's eyes glowed blue as he slashed through rocks.

Lubao stopped mid-air, just 0.1 cm above a spike.

“Lu…”

Lubao struggled to open her eyes.

Through her blurry vision, she saw the two rock-covered pet beasts weren’t looking at her at all, as if she didn’t exist.

Lubao pushed through the pain and raised her head, seeing her beast master still trapped in the enemy’s talons.

All because of her mistake…

“Lu…”

Lubao’s eyes deepened. The gem on her forehead lit up, glowing blue over her body.

At the same time, water droplets from her tail slowly fell onto the spike below.

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High above, Qiao Sang faced downward, having witnessed the whole scene.

Another general-level pet beast… Qiao Sang’s heart grew heavier.

She couldn’t see exactly what kind of beast had grabbed her, but judging from how it repelled Lubao’s Water Stream Jet with one skill, it was clearly above the high-level.

Above High-level… but without instantly knocking Lubao out. So it must be General-level.

Is there a cluster of general-level beasts in this area? Or did Little Treasure accidentally teleport into a den of them…? Qiao Sang subconsciously analyzed the situation.

When the second Giant Rock Nika appeared, Little Treasure should’ve teleported immediately. But the chance had passed.

Spatial Shift worked best when the target was singular and far away. But now, she, Lubao, and Little Treasure were in three different spots.

Trying to move all of them at once would likely fail…

“LU!”

As Qiao Sang pondered, Lubao called out louder than before.

Her voice was full of spirit, as if uninjured.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure immediately responded, understood.

The next second, he vanished from his spot.

Without his psychic power holding her up, Lubao began to fall.

Just as she touched the spikes, she vanished.

“Ju-ju?”

The two Giant Rock Nikas looked at each other in confusion.

High above, Little Treasure appeared behind the dark-blue bird.

“Kuang kuang.”

The bird felt a chill on its back, sensing danger, and tried to turn.

But just as it flapped its wings, several shadowy black ribbons surged from behind, wrapping around its wings and talons.

The shadows that bound its claws suddenly tightened.

“Kuang kuang!”

The bird cried in pain and instinctively loosened its grip.

Ah, this must be what bungee jumping feels like… Frozen in ice, Qiao Sang plummeted from the sky.

A shadow split off suddenly and shot downward, wrapping around her.

With a quick tug, she heard a whoosh in her ear, and was suddenly beside Little Treasure.

“Xun xun…”

Seeing that his beast master was still intact inside the ice, Little Treasure let out a sigh of relief.

Heh… couldn't you just teleport me to you directly instead? Qiao Sang thought numbly.

Just then, countless stones seemed to defy gravity, flying into the air like they were being controlled.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure reacted quickly, yanking the shadows holding the bird backward.

The bird was pulled in front of Qiao Sang and Little Treasure.

Boom boom boom!

Rocks slammed onto the bird's body.

“Kuang kuang!”

The bird struggled and screamed, but no matter how it flailed, the black bindings held firm.

When the attack finally ended, the bird's head drooped, and its eyes slowly closed.

Little Treasure released the shadows.

The bird began to fall.

But after dropping ten or so meters, it suddenly trembled, reopened its eyes, and forced its wings to stabilize itself midair.

Suddenly, a jet of water shot up from below, crashing into it violently.

“Kuang kuang!”

The dark-blue bird finally shut its eyes and fainted completely.

Lubao is amazing! She even finished it off! Defeating a General-level beast above her own rank, this should earn a lot of points… Qiao Sang smiled inside.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure's voice rang out right then.

Qiao Sang’s attention returned to him.

And then, she saw the claw full of white light.

As if afraid of being interrupted again, this time Little Treasure struck fast and hard.

All Qiao Sang heard was a sharp crack.

Her heart finally died.