As soon as Shu Qingqing and the others climbed out, they saw Lai Tan confronting Ao Cang. After a moment of surprise, they quickly waved to him.
Ao Cang unleashed the superpowers of his water-type followers, using the pool water to form a water-shaped protective shield around them. Then, he used his divine power to utter a voice that only Shang Duojin and the others could hear.
"Quickly, ambush Lai Tan from behind, aim for his legs!"
The leitmann is an octopus, and its most vulnerable part is its several tentacles.
Shu Qingqing and the others were carried by the water balloon to a safe place on the ground. After listening to what Ao Cang said, they quickly launched an attack on Lai Tan.
Lai Tan had forgotten that Shu Qingqing's familiar beast hadn't appeared yet, and never expected that they could break free of the water plants and come out of the water cave under the waterfall.
Caught off guard, his legs were attacked simultaneously by the fire and wood-type familiars' psychic powers. He swayed for a moment and vomited a mouthful of blood.
Turning his head, he realized that Shu Qingqing and the others had escaped. After a moment of stunned silence, he instinctively wanted to attack them.
But with Ao Cang still around, it's impossible for him to succeed.
The two started fighting again, but the situation had largely reversed compared to before.
Lai Tan was injured and was somewhat unable to cope with Ao Cang's attacks.
If this continues, he will only suffer losses.
He could only flee in a sorry state after delivering the final blow to Ao Cang out of resentment.
Shu Qingqing and Shang Duojin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and were led away from the pool area by Ao Cang, returning to the shore to search for Qiao Mei.
But to my surprise, Qiao Mei wasn't there waiting. The place was empty, and I don't know where she went.
The fact that neither the reverse scale nor the dragon blood that Ao Cang left for Qiao Mei showed any reaction indicates that she was not fatally attacked.
Even so, Ao Cang was still uneasy. While using his quantum brain bracelet to make a quantum brain call to her, he did not forget to contact her with his divine power.
At the same time.
When Qiao Mei woke up, she found herself in a dilapidated wooden hut deep in the jungle.
Standing in front of her was Qiao Yingying, whom she hadn't seen in a long time.
Compared to when she last met Qiao Yingying, the sinister aura in her gray eyes was even stronger.
Upon discovering she was awake, he crouched down, looked at her bound body with ropes, and smiled with narrowed eyes, "Didn't expect to fall into my hands, did you?"
Qiao Mei's last memory was of a black mist that appeared before her eyes.
Looking back now, I guess that was the death energy that Qiao Yingying got from Lai Tan.
She suppressed her unease and asked Qiao Yingying what she wanted to do.
"Our feud originated back in the Awakening Hall, but you were the one who plotted against me first, leaving me no choice but to retaliate. If you keep harping on this matter, Qiao Yingying, aren't you being a bit too petty?"
Qiao Mei really didn't understand why Qiao Yingying kept bothering her with her things.
She knew she was the female protagonist in the book and had been trying her best to avoid meeting her.
But she still relentlessly sought her out, and even plotted against her on several occasions, which greatly troubled and puzzled her.
"Tsk, of course it's not just because of this, but there's no need to explain it to you so clearly now. I was wondering why you seemed like a different person after that day at the Awakening Hall. Turns out it really was."
Qiao Mei's heart tightened. Pretending not to understand Qiao Yingying's meaning, she stared at her and replied, "I don't know what you're talking about. I am Qiao Mei, and always have been."
"Is that so?" Qiao Yingying stood up, looking nonchalant. "Whether it is or not is not up to you to decide; this thing decides."
She took out a stone that was entirely dark green and slowly approached Qiao Mei.
The closer the stone got, the stronger the dizziness in Qiao Mei's brain became.
But she wasn't afraid, because she had been brought here by that thing, and she believed that it would handle everything.
But when the stone was right in front of her, she watched as Qiao Yingying crushed it with her bare hands, the powder falling onto her face and instantly being absorbed by her skin.
She felt as if her soul had been ripped from her body, and that thing hadn't appeared.
In situations where there is no immediate threat to life, neither Ao Cang's reverse scale nor dragon blood can be effective.
When Qiao Mei tried to struggle and hurt herself to stimulate them to take effect, her body was already too weak to muster any strength.
As her consciousness gradually faded, she seemed to hear Ao Cang calling her anxiously.
But she was no longer able to respond to him.
He could only watch as Qiao Yingying's distorted, smug face went completely unconscious.
...
"Are you sure Qiaoqiao is here? I haven't seen anyone for ages."
Shu Qingqing used a wooden stick to break the weeds blocking her way. Just as she was about to ask another question, she saw Qiao Mei's figure appear in front of a dilapidated wooden house.
She looked very confused, staring down at her hands and clothes.
"Qiaoqiao?" Shu Qingqing dropped the wooden stick in her hand and raised her voice, "Qiaoqiao, we're here!!"
Shu Qingqing rushed over like a cannonball, and then tried to reach out to hug Qiao Mei, but Qiao Mei frowned and dodged her, staring at her with a very unfamiliar look and asking, "Who are you?"
"?" Shu Qingqing was stunned. She took a few steps forward and explained, "I'm Shu Qingqing, your best friend, Qiao Qiao. You're not kidding me, are you?"
"Shu Qingqing? Best friend?" Qiao Mei frowned even more, as if recalling in her mind whether this matter actually happened.
No matter what she thought, her memories remained stuck on the time when her Familiar Stone was stolen and she failed to awaken, about to be sent to a garbage planet.
There is absolutely no memory of Shu Qingqing.
Shang Duojin and Ao Cang have arrived at the location now.
When Shang Duojin noticed that Qiao Mei was looking at them with a strange and wary gaze, his heart skipped a beat, and he voiced his guess: "Sister Qiao, you haven't lost your memory, have you?!"
"Amnesia? Really? Qiaoqiao, don't scare me!"
Unlike Shang Duojin and Shu Qingqing, who surrounded Qiao Mei asking her all sorts of questions, Ao Cang stared intently at her face and sniffed her scent.
But it's gone.
The faint rose scent that used to stir his mind was gone. Not only that, her soul seemed to have changed, making her seem like a complete stranger to him.
The face was still the same face, the body was still the same body, yet he had a strong feeling that the person in front of him was not Qiao Mei.
Just then, I heard a series of noises coming from behind me.
Turning my head, I saw Xu Heyu and Zuo Chenxing coming over.
The moment Qiao Mei saw Xu Heyu, her eyes lit up, and she pounced on him like a butterfly: "Xu Heyu!!"
The sudden softness that snuggled into her arms left Xu Heyu bewildered. She instinctively looked at Ao Cang, who was staring at them with an unclear gaze, wondering what was going on.
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