When Maodou appeared before Zheng Qing again, it had a jade talisman strapped to its back.
It was an octahedral jade talisman, densely inscribed with tiny spell formulas and Magic Script.
Zheng Qing took the jade talisman in hand. Clear light flowed across its surface, conveying a message that immediately informed the young wizard of its purpose and effects. It could identify demons and monsters, then form invisible shackles to lock down demonic aura and magic power.
With it, Zheng Qing no longer needed to keep his gun trained on Nikita at all times.
Of course, the jade talisman had another unspoken function. If Zheng Qing had truly fallen, the moment he took hold of it, the talisman would seal away all his abilities.
Seeing Zheng Qing pick up the talisman and hang it on Nikita, the Youzui Hunting Team's last lingering doubts vanished.
The Blue Giant deflated like a punctured balloon, hissing as it shrank from a colossal figure dozens of meters tall back into a chubby boy with pale blue skin. Xiao Xiao put away the turtle shell that had been perched atop his head, while Jiang Yu stuffed her spellbook back into her bag.
Only Zhang Jixin's gauntlets made little difference whether he wore them or not, so he did not take them off.
"How did you disappear from the group?"
This was the first thing Xiao Xiao said to Zheng Qing after the two teams met. "I remember clearly that when we passed through Osi Street, you were still on that mat... Then, less than five minutes later, you vanished."
Zheng Qing himself did not really understand how he had left the rattan mat and appeared deep within the Bewitching Forest. The only thing he could be certain of was that it had not been magic