"Careful," Shi Jin warned Chitong at just the right moment — though no warning was needed. Chitong, with its super-vision, was already flying swiftly through the sky, using its extraordinary reflexes to try to evade the wave cannons that ceaselessly chased it.

"This isn't a simple wave cannon."

"It's a combo skill."

Yet, as Huang Qi and Qin Mingzhi swallowed hard, a sudden change occurred.

Closing in on the bird-spirit Chitong, these wave cannons had no intention of striking directly; instead they collided with one another, and then, like a tsunami, the power of water waves swept out in every direction — an enormous range that locked down the nimble Chitong outright.

At that, with a "boom," orange flames burst out all around Chitong in a sky-filling blaze, trying to make a last resistance; but the impact of these water waves was far stronger than its power, and in an instant it devoured the flames, turned into a tsunami that swept Chitong's whole body up, while a red psychic wave invaded its body!

"A high-tier mental skill, Mind Control — this is a combo of water wave cannon and mind control; as long as the attack touches the enemy, it can seize control of their mind," Huang Qi and the others thought gravely at the sight.

Just as they thought, the moment the water touched the bird spirit, the psychic waves invaded its body in an instant; a trace of red flashed across the little bird spirit's pupils, its mind was seized, and it became the Demon Starfish's puppet.

However, just when the two thought Shi Jin and Chitong were done for, a great roar suddenly came from the battlefield — from the Demon Starfish.

"ROAR!!"

The two looked over in surprise, and saw the Demon Starfish, still holding its psychic shield, locked in a stalemate with that Light Flame Sword — no, to be precise, with the sword's true body, the sword spirit.

"So this is the real body," Xiao Qin said, and the bird spirit in the sky gradually dissipated.

The bird spirit, mind-controlled and having successfully drawn the fire of the super-tier skill, was instantly abandoned by Shi Jin, because it was itself Chitong's clone; the moment the sword spirit was condensed, the relationship between the bird spirit and the sword spirit's true body had been switched.

Kacha!!!

At this moment, Chitong, having successfully closed in on the enemy's true body, though weaker in power, was doing its utmost to unleash a stronger attack.

It swept up Solar Flame and burned its soul power; the crossed sword formed of the Soul Sword and the Solar Flame Sword, wreathed in intense intimidating waves, slashed out directly.

Rumble rumble!

The gray sword pressure, carrying a scorching breath, cut down; the psychic shield the Demon Starfish had made shattered in an instant, and the astonishing sword light was about to strike the Demon Starfish's body.

"Wave cannon," Xiao Qin said, unhurried, and in an instant made the Demon Starfish understand its tamer's tactical intent.

It immediately gathered a huge blue water wave in its mouth to block.

The wave cannon condensed before the Demon Starfish and served directly as a second shield, taking the sword light's slash; as Xiao Qin had expected, the sword light detonated the wave cannon outright, and the energy blast that swept out again instantly blew both Chitong and the Demon Starfish away!!

The astonishing explosion dealt severe damage to Chitong and the Demon Starfish at once!!

"Crazy woman," Shi Jin muttered, the corner of his mouth twitching, seeing that a young girl actually favored a trade-blow-for-blow tactic.

Huang Qi, Qin Mingzhi, and the others also realized once again just how fierce this Brigadier General was.

But not far away, Shiyi and Ginseng Baby gave a thumbs-up.

Unfortunately, though, this move was useless against them, Shi Ying's pet beasts — these days, who didn't have a recovery skill?

"Mii!!"

The massive explosion blew Chitong away in an instant, but it did not matter much; amid the smoke, as Chitong flew backward, wrapped in the Flame of Regeneration, its injuries and stamina recovered at an extremely rapid pace.

It hurt, certainly, but nothing serious — after all, it was the attacker, and the core of the explosion was closer to the Demon Starfish!

"Aaa!!!" Opposite Chitong, the Demon Starfish, blasted full of cracks, let out a great scream of agony; but seeing Chitong unharmed, it cut the scream short at once, put on a displeased expression, and the broken parts of its body regenerated swiftly, restored in a blink, so that in a moment no injury could be seen.

A super-tier skill: Cellular Rapid Growth!

"Chirp!!!" At this sight, Chitong, in bird-spirit form, spread its wings in the sky and watched the Demon Starfish opposite with a solemn gaze.

Meanwhile, Xiao Qin folded her arms and also wore a serious expression. "Your strength really is great."

After this brief exchange, Chitong and the Demon Starfish were still locked in a standoff, making Huang Qi and the others swallow hard.

Both sides were so strong — and Brigadier General Xiao Qin was indeed worthy of being General Xiao's daughter and the sister of the Legend Xiao Shuang; this whole family was monstrous. And this level of strength was still the result after their former ace had died in a mission?

Then how strong must Brigadier General Xiao, who commanded the ace battle pet, be?

"Enhancement talents really are a headache," Shi Cen chuckled, scratching his head.

"A beast tamer without an enhancement talent is at too great a disadvantage in battle."

Even though Crimson Eye's skills were all max level, giving it an extremely high energy utilization rate, it was still at a disadvantage.

Xiao Qin nodded and said, "That's true."

"You two, can you hurry it up? Whatever moves you have, just use them already." At this point, the Gem Cat could not wait any longer and urged them on in agony.

Woooo woo, the gem is going to be beaten to the punch by some other little kitty.

"..." Seeing the Gem Cat say this, Xiao Qin was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Since that's the case."

"Next, we're going all out," Xiao Qin said. "Demon Starfish, Frenzy."

Although this sword spirit was already very powerful, it was still somewhat inferior to her enhanced Demon Starfish. In their normal state, they definitely would not be a match for it, but talent was part of strength too, so why not use it?

"Aaaah!!!"

The moment Xiao Qin spoke, the blood-red gleam in the Demon Starfish's eyes deepened even further, a black vortex appearing in its pupils. In an instant, its entire body radiated a wildness ten times more intense than before, like a ferocious beast unleashed from its cage.

Splash, splash.

At the same time, its hands and feet were rapidly wrapped in red water ripples shaped like boxing gloves.

"Hah~" The aura of the demonic was now fully displayed upon the Demon Starfish's body.

Seeing this, Shi Ling said they could not keep underestimating their opponents, or Crimson Eye alone would definitely be in trouble.

"Then let's call the warm-up over."

"It's time I did my part for this battle too."

The moment Shi Jin finished speaking, the opposing Xiao Qin let out an "Hm?"

Huang Qi and Qin Mingzhi were both stunned as well.

"Crimson Eye, Possession."

Soon, Shi Ying's voice rang out, causing all three of them to change expression at once. They had nearly forgotten about that.

Possession?

Could this monstrously powerful undead actually possess a Possession skill?

Although many undead had mastered Possession, some undead races did not; it was not a race-bound skill.

Crimson Eye was already this strong, and Xiao Qin had assumed all of its abilities were invested in its own individual power. Now she was being told that such a powerful undead could also merge with its beast tamer?