196: Liao Fan and Yan Xue are missing (Part 1)

With the assistance of Little Phoenix Zombie, Jiang Yuebai floated gracefully in the air, her long hair dancing lightly in the wind, her eyes clear and bright, and her long, flawless legs were of otherworldly beauty.

She whispered softly, "Bai Tian?"

However, the Bai Tian before her appeared exceptionally eerie, his body shrouded in red mist, his skin a strange red like a boiled lobster shell, and his breathing heavy and rapid.

Bai Tian seemed deaf to Jiang Yuebai's calls; he suddenly turned around, his eyes red as blood, his expression ferocious and terrifying.

Suddenly, he let out a low growl and lunged at Jiang Yuebai like a mad demon.

However, Jiang Yuebai reacted swiftly, easily evading his attack.

"Could he be under some kind of control?"

A hint of worry rose in Jiang Yuebai's heart; she quickly took out a scroll from her bag and used it on the lunging Bai Tian.

This was a Heart-Clearing Purification Talisman, which had the effect of dispelling control.

Surprisingly, however, when the light of the Heart-Clearing Purification Talisman fell on Bai Tian, it didn't have the slightest effect.

Just then, Jiang Yuebai was a fraction slow and was caught in a tight bear hug by Bai Tian.

The strong masculine aura emanating from Bai Tian made Jiang Yuebai's delicate body tremble.

She shouted angrily, "You bastard! Wake up! If you don't let go, I won't be polite!"

However, before she could finish, Jiang Yuebai suddenly stiffened because one of Bai Tian's hands had actually reached inside her leather armor.

"Ah!"

Jiang Yuebai cried out in surprise, her anger flaring, "You bastard!"

In her rage, she used a skillful technique to throw Bai Tian heavily over her shoulder.

With a loud "bang," Bai Tian was thrown more than six meters away.

However, the moment Bai Tian was thrown, a powerful force of Rebound struck.

But Jiang Yuebai's God-grade Undying instantly triggered a golden light, perfectly blocking the Rebound force.

Having had her chest groped by Bai Tian, Jiang Yuebai bit her red lips in fury, her face full of shame and indignation.

Meanwhile, Bai Tian, who had been thrown to the ground, seemed to feel no pain; he quickly scrambled up and lunged at Jiang Yuebai frantically once more.

By now, Jiang Yuebai understood that Bai Tian had lost his mind, and she couldn't actually bring herself to strike him heavily.

When it came to subduing Bai Tian, Jiang Yuebai had to deal cautiously with his 160-fold Rebound force, which left her frustrated and secretly clenching her teeth.

When Bai Tian launched another frantic attack, Jiang Yuebai quickly recalled Little Phoenix Zombie, and her tall, elegant figure instantly turned into nothingness, merging perfectly into the air and vanishing without a trace.

The irrational Bai Tian thus lunged at thin air, scurrying around like a headless fly.

An hour later, a notification tone sounded.

— "(Ding-dong)!"

"(Congratulations to player—[Brilliant] for destroying the yao guang node. Dungeon completion progress: 100%!)"

"(Reward: 10 High-grade Spirit Crystals. The current black hole will be erased in one minute.)"

When Bai Tian and Jiang Yuebai left the dungeon and returned to reality, Nine Extremes Thunder Lion and Vajra Demon Ape were already waiting with Ancestral Return Strange Horse and Little Dragon Zombie.

The faces of these two immortal pets were brimming with mischievous smiles as they stared slyly at the returning Bai Tian and Jiang Yuebai.

"What are you looking at, you two rascals?"

Jiang Yuebai glared at them, then rolled her eyes at Bai Tian before walking aside to try and contact Liao Fan and Liu Yanxue.

Meanwhile, Nine Extremes Thunder Lion and Vajra Demon Ape winked at Bai Tian and teased, "We were considerate enough, weren't we? We didn't disturb your 'good time'."

Bai Tian had kept his head lowered since returning. Hearing the two immortal pets' teasing, he couldn't help but snap, "Get lost! You're the ones having a 'good time', your whole family is having a 'good time'!"

In fact, Bai Tian had only regained consciousness a short while ago.

Although he had benefited greatly from absorbing part of the Monarch-level Yuan Yao's soul power, his consciousness had been in a state of chaos before that.

After he woke up, he received a video sent by Jiang Yuebai.

After watching the video, Bai Tian felt like he wanted to die.

Damn it!

In that period just now, he had actually... forget it, just thinking about it made Bai Tian want to dig a hole and hide. It was too embarrassing!

After Jiang Yuebai went invisible, she had recorded all the ridiculous things the delirious Bai Tian had done.

That was why Bai Tian had kept his head down after coming out.

He hadn't expected the two immortal pets to bring up exactly what he didn't want to talk about, so naturally, Bai Tian was in a foul mood.

Seeing Bai Tian so angry, Nine Extremes Thunder Lion and Vajra Demon Ape looked at each other and smiled like experienced elders, asking in unison, "Is it really that bad?"

"You spent a whole hour, yet things are still so inharmonious in your bedroom life?"

As the minute passed, the black hole gradually dissipated. The game equipment on Bai Tian and Jiang Yuebai also faded away, returning to their real-world attire.

Their pets and mounts also vanished from the spot.

At this moment, all functions within the game [Nine Heavens] were disabled.

Bai Tian turned to Jiang Yuebai and asked urgently, "Still haven't contacted those two?"

The surroundings had returned to tranquility, the blood mist had dissipated, and everything seemed back on track; even the military walkie-talkies were functional again.

Jiang Yuebai shook her head and tried again to contact Liao Fan and Liu Yanxue via the walkie-talkie: "Yan Xue, Liao Fan, can you hear me?"

She called out several times but still received no response.

An ominous premonition suddenly surged in Bai Tian's heart.

Seeing that she still couldn't reach them despite the walkie-talkies being restored, Jiang Yuebai quickly took out a specially-made electronic satellite watch from her left wrist.

This watch could connect to all of Great Xia's satellites, enabling precise global positioning.

She explained, "The walkie-talkies of the four of us are all equipped with locators. As long as they are still on Earth, no matter where they are, I can find their location through the satellites."

With that, Jiang Yuebai began operating the watch.

However, dozens of seconds later, a look of shock appeared on her exquisite, flawless face: "I can't find any trace of them in the entire Great Xia Region."

She took a deep breath and continued, "Or perhaps I should say, the two of them are no longer on Earth!"

Hearing this, Bai Tian's eyelid twitched as he exclaimed in disbelief, "This... how is that possible!"

Everyone had entered the blood mist almost at the same time, and now that the trouble was resolved, Liao Fan and Liu Yanxue had suddenly vanished.

All of Great Xia's satellites were unable to locate their walkie-talkies; it was simply unbelievable.

Bai Tian and Jiang Yuebai could no longer sit still; they quickly summoned their game equipment.

Although the black hole had disappeared and all in-game functions were disabled, the game strength and equipment they had gained through the Withdrawal Talismans could still be summoned at will.

At this moment, they had to find out the whereabouts of Liao Fan and Liu Yanxue as soon as possible and uncover this sudden mystery.