New Partner

The brilliant, resplendent silver Star Map unfolded along with his outstretched hand.

"Rumble~~!"

With a deafening blast, the wall before him was reduced directly to powder, while the two Grey-Robed Men behind it were rendered unable to move.

One of them was struggling to hold up an umbrella-like shield. Countless streams of golden light hung downward in reverse from its edges, helping the Grey-Robed Man withstand the pressure from space.

The other had already been knocked unconscious by the trembling space.

"Hmph! So there's a rat here. Get him, little ones!" The Grey-Robed Man holding the umbrella saw Bai Mo and immediately understood where the attack had come from. His sinister voice issued an order to someone unseen.

"Shriek~~~!" Two savage cries rang out, and Bai Mo immediately sensed through space where the attack was coming from.

With a thought, he thrust his other hand heavily toward the two approaching Black Beast Demons.

"Scatter!"

Space congealed, becoming like an invisible tidal wave that crashed into the approaching Black Beast Demons with boundless force.

"Boom~~!"

The Black Beast Demons were merely ordinary Black Beast Demons. Naturally, they could not withstand his Mind Control. They were violently slapped away, smashing through the wall and continuing to fly outside.

Bai Mo ignored the Black Beast Demons and directed more psychic power into the Space Rhythm before him, clenching his hand hard at the Grey-Robed Man.

"Buzz~~~~~~~!"

An even more violent tremor of space immediately rang out.

Greater Space Power bore down upon the Grey-Robed Man's Defense Light Umbrella. In an instant, the Grey-Robed Man's Defense Light Umbrella shattered.

After a period of practice, Bai Mo had already mastered Space Rhythm proficiently. He had no intention of turning these two Gray-robed Clerics into dust.

He needed their heads to claim the bounty.

Thus, after breaking the Grey-Robed Man's Defense Mold, Bai Mo knocked him unconscious. Then, with a flash of silver light at his side, a translucent three-foot-long, hiltless sword appeared in the air.

With a flick of his finger, two swishes rang out as he sliced off the two Gray-robed Clerics' fine heads.

Without their masters, the two Black Beast Demons that had already climbed back up turned into pus amid miserable cries.

After storing the spoils in his space, Bai Mo asked Lingling through the communicator, "Lingling, it's done."

"Mm. My sister has already finished her fight. She captured one Gray-robed Cleric and one Black Robe alive."

"What about the other one?"

"We wanted to ask him a few things, but he took poison and killed himself. We couldn't stop him."

Bai Mo then headed back. Like a ghost, he rose vertically from the ground, then moved through the air while maintaining a single posture, like a puppet hanging from strings.

He arrived beside Lingling and Leng Qing, who were standing next to a car.

He landed safely.

"You have quite a lot of Magic Energy." A rare smile appeared on Leng Qing's face as she spoke softly.

Lingling curled her lip and gestured toward the children shouting about seeing a ghost. "He was just scaring children."

"I'll take you flying next time." Bai Mo smiled faintly as he checked his body for any discomfort.

Very good. The improvement had succeeded.

"No thanks. I don't want to trend on short-video apps."

Lingling waved the lit phone in her hand. A short video was playing on it, complete with creepy background music. It was clearly footage of Bai Mo entering the abandoned residence.

The title read: Guys, do you know what it means to encounter something supernatural in broad daylight?

Perhaps the title was not very good. Bai Mo noticed sharply that the video had very few views—only a few dozen or so.

Bai Mo was speechless. He seriously suspected that Lingling had posted the video.

The three got into the self-driving Magic Spirit Car and headed toward the Qingtian Hunter's Association.

Self-driving intelligent vehicles were also called Magic Spirit Cars. Since modern magical technology's navigation systems could not properly handle certain complicated road conditions, someone had thought of magic.

By using the soul techniques of the Mind Element and Curse Element to inject the souls of Demon Beasts with low-level intelligence that were loyal to humanity—

Such as Sky Eagles—into a vehicle's AI navigation system, the vehicle's processing capabilities could be greatly enhanced.

After recounting what he and Lingling had learned to Leng Qing, Bai Mo asked, "Sister Leng Qing, what do we do next?"

The mission to investigate the Swiftwind Wolves' unrest could basically be considered complete once they had captured these Black Vatican Gray-robed Clerics and Black Robes.

However, it had also uncovered the Blue Robe Deacon's plot in Qingyuan District, Tiandu. Although they had already more or less investigated this Blue Robe Deacon's plan and purpose—

Whether they should continue investigating and drag that Blue Robe Deacon out was the next question.

"I've already submitted the mission for settlement. We'll split the bounty equally," Leng Qing said calmly upon hearing Bai Mo's question.

"We've already alerted the enemy. The Blue Robe Deacon may hide even deeper, and his plan may no longer proceed. I'll report this matter. We'll see what the higher-ups arrange. The Black Vatican bounty will be given to you after the report is filed."

Bai Mo nodded lightly. "This matter should be over, then?"

"Not necessarily." Leng Qing shook her head and explained, "The Black Vatican is full of lunatics. There's nothing they wouldn't do."

Bai Mo frowned at that. Having read the original work, he naturally knew just how frenzied and inhuman the Black Vatican could be.

But that had only been separated by a layer of text, so it had never felt truly real.

Now that they had more or less figured out the unknown Blue Robe's plan, was he not thinking of keeping a low profile? Did he intend to launch things ahead of schedule?

With that thought, Bai Mo asked, "Could that Blue Robe provoke the Swiftwind Wolves into attacking the city early?"

"It's possible." Leng Qing glanced at him and nodded slightly.

"They aren't prepared enough. How would they provoke a pack of Swiftwind Wolves into attacking the city?" Lingling had been listening to them and immediately raised a crucial question.

Yet Bai Mo and Leng Qing could only shake their heads.

After returning to the Qingtian Hunter's Association, Leng Qing took some tea leaves from Old Man Bao's tea tin and brewed them. She poured Bai Mo a cup, then prepared to pour one for Lingling as well.

"I'm not drinking that. I want cola." Lingling raised a hand in refusal.

Leng Qing turned around and poured Lingling a glass of juice instead. Ignoring her puffed-up glare, she took out an advanced Hunter Badge and handed it to Bai Mo.

"Your probationary period is over. From now on, Lingling will be your partner."

Bai Mo accepted the badge. With a flip of his palm, the exquisite badge vanished.

He lowered his head and looked at Lingling, who was biting on her juice straw.

"What are you looking at? I'm a Hunter Master. You think I'm not good enough for you?"

Smiling slightly, Bai Mo handed over the tea in his hand and teased, "Tea for the boss. Please take care of me from now on, boss."

"Hmph! ╯^╰" Lingling snorted, somewhat displeased with this guy who treated her like a child. As for the tea?

She had seen it. Bai Mo had already drunk from it. To establish her authority, she asked in a mature, world-weary tone, "Still haven't chosen your Dimensional Summoning beast? If a young man's strength isn't up to par, it's hard for me to trust him with missions!"

"How could it be that easy to find one?" Bai Mo waved his hand. "I'm heading back. Message me if anything comes up."

With that, Bai Mo stood and headed outside.

He rented an electric scooter and rode toward home.

The evening glow spread across the road, while pedestrians hurried along as always.

Several pet dogs seemed to have lost their owners, dragging their leashes as they chased after two... people?!

Bai Mo's gaze sharpened. Looking carefully, he realized they were from his school.

At the same time, he saw clearly.

What pet dogs? They were clearly two abandoned strays!

He twisted the throttle and charged straight at the several fierce-looking stray dogs chasing ahead.

As he drew closer, Bai Mo saw the stray dogs that were about to catch the two classmates suddenly swell in size, their auras surging wildly.

Their bodies became extremely similar to Swiftwind Wolves, and a long wolf howl rang from their mouths.

"Awooooooo!"

Realizing something was wrong, Bai Mo jumped directly off the sluggish shared scooter and clenched his hand.

Crack!

He crushed the howling wolf-dog to death, then struck backhandedly, slamming the other mutated stray dog, which was about to open its mouth, into the ground.

"Are you two alright?"

Bai Mo looked at the two classmates who had turned around, only to discover that they were Mu Nujiao and Aitutu.

"How—"

"Awooooooo!"

Another long wolf howl interrupted Bai Mo before he could finish his question. He was a little puzzled. Hadn't he just killed those two strange stray dogs?

Bai Mo turned and looked around, unable to suppress his shock.

"Found out?!"

In a café by the roadside, a beautiful woman with a small red mole between her brows curled her lips into a smile. She spread open her palm, and a scarlet magical mark slowly emerged. An almost imperceptible glow gradually lit up.

If any dog dealers or dog food sellers had been here, they would have found this mark extremely familiar. It was precisely the magical mark they had planted over the past month at the request of a certain important person.

The woman took a sip of the coffee the waiter had just brought over, looked in the direction of Qingyuan District, and murmured inwardly:

Though it's a little rushed, launching it now will be enough. Once I finish this, I should be able to bid farewell to my trainee Blue Robe status.