Seven Lù's childish voice turned anxious. "Master! Hurry and let A Wu do it!"
A Wu and A Yuan, sitting on Xia Chujian's shoulders, were staring blankly at the scene in the clearing before them.
Xia Chujian gave a light cough, turned off the internal communication system in her mecha helmet, and activated the External Communication System.
She said, "A Wu, are you familiar with this place?"
Teacup Dog A Wu's tiny black-bean eyes seemed to light up. "Elder Sister! There's so much Dragon Qi here!"
Xia Chujian said, "...Dragon Qi? You mean this black mist?"
A Wu's little dog head nodded heavily. "Mm!"
Then it suddenly let out a huge roar, a sound utterly disproportionate to its tiny body.
Next, the phantom of what looked like a Giant Lion appeared behind A Wu once more.
The phantom lunged forward.
All the black mist drifting near the oval spatial circle closest to it was sucked inside.
Through the faint yellow glow in her eyepiece, Xia Chujian could now see the phantom A Wu had summoned.
She also saw that the oval spatial circle nearest her had suddenly become clean.
The wisps of black mist surrounding it vanished at once, as if someone had cleared them away.
Xia Chujian's eyes lit up. "A Wu? Are you the one clearing away this black mist?"
A Wu replied in a muffled voice, "Elder Sister, it's A Wu!"
Then the giant lion phantom pounced toward the black mist near the next oval spatial circle.
Just after it devoured the black mist from two locations, a crisp pop came from the third oval spatial circle.
It sounded as though something had shattered.
Then came another crisp clatter, as if something had fallen to the ground.
Xia Chujian sent her mecha ascending and saw a scene