Chapter 167 The Teleport Mage

Those red tentacles seemed to belong to some kind of monster. It seemed that Meros had been thrown to an unknown place. If they wanted to bring him back, they could only start with this teleport mage.

Teleportation magic was quite powerful, but players faced many restrictions when using it. It required a high learning level, and most teleportation spells required the user to be out of combat or to channel the spell, which could not be interrupted. Basically, it could only be used as a means of travel.

"There are strong people everywhere. Norios is really terrifying," Sylvia swallowed, looking nervous.

"Should we attack?" Volga the Second said solemnly, "This place is crowded. If a fight breaks out, the security team will intervene quickly. I can sense that his teleport mage is ready to activate at any time. He'll leave before we can move, and we absolutely can't follow him through the light gate. If he closes the gate halfway, we'll be cut in half."

Yi Xuan interjected, "Your companion is right, so quickly leave my…"

Before he could finish speaking, Han Xiao acted without another word. In the blink of an eye, he donned his mechanical suit and dashed out like a bolt of lightning.

"You really don't understand human speech. You still haven't given up on trying to ambush me? I saw through your plan long ago. You're all so crude!"

Yi Xuan was not flustered at all, a sneer on his face. He activated the teleportation magic that was already prepared, and a light gate instantly appeared behind him. He slipped into it in a flash.

At this moment, the mech warrior who wanted to ambush him was still some distance away. With his casting speed, he would be able to close the teleportation gate long before the opponent approached.

Just then!

A large hand suddenly appeared before his eyes, as if out of thin air. Before Yi Xuan could react, the large hand passed through the teleportation gate and grabbed his face.

The hand covered his eyes, and Yi Xuan couldn't see anything. In that instant, he finally panicked.

What was happening?!

The next moment, a surge of immense force came from the hand. Han Xiao, in his Void form, yanked Yi Xuan out of the teleportation gate!

Because his body had crossed the light gate again, Yi Xuan could only hastily stop the spell he had been preparing to close, otherwise he would have been cut in half!

Thus, the situation instantly reversed!

Mechanical force flashed, and the empty shell of the Void Dragon mech behind him split apart, turning into pieces that reattached to Han Xiao, who was currently holding Yi Xuan.

He threw Yi Xuan out with a violent jerk, sending him flying like a cannonball, smashing through an entire row of bookshelves. Torn paper flew everywhere, and wood splinters scattered!

Bang!!

Yi Xuan crashed into the wall, creating a gaping hole. He was bleeding from the head, and before he could recover from his dizziness, a heavy weight suddenly pressed down on him.

Han Xiao followed closely, appearing beside him in a flash. He pinned Yi Xuan's hands behind his back, pressing him down tightly with his knee. With his other hand, he pressed Yi Xuan's face into the ground, directly subduing him, unable to move!

A terrifying energy gathered on the mech's arm, as if it was about to erupt at any moment. At this moment, Han Xiao's teasing voice rang in Yi Xuan's ear:

"What did you say just now? Say it again."

Fresh blood trickled down from his forehead, wetting his hair. Yi Xuan's eyes were wide with shock, a deep sense of horror frozen in his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

He never expected that his unfailing life-saving method would fail!

Han Xiao had naturally used the racial talent [Void Shuttle].

In the almost static Void Vision, everyone's actions were stopped. No matter what escape methods Yi Xuan had, they were all meaningless. He easily approached this teleport mage and then canceled the Void Vision, returning to reality, directly crossing the distance and grabbing the opponent back. In the eyes of outsiders, Han Xiao had obviously appeared out of thin air in front of Yi Xuan.

"Y-you, how…"

Han Xiao increased the pressure on his hand and said coldly, "Release my companion. Don't play tricks, unless you want your brains to paint your bookstore."

"I-I surrender, don't misfire!" Yi Xuan hastily complied. With his life in someone else's hands, he didn't dare to mess around. A circle of teleportation light gates slowly appeared a few meters away.

…

Time returned to fifteen seconds earlier.

Buzz!

In a scarlet red sky, a light gate suddenly appeared. Countless scarlet red tentacles shot into the sky and poured into the light gate. The next moment, Meros was pulled in.

In a hurry, he used his arms to break open the tentacles that were wrapped around him, drew his ship-slaying blade from his back, and swung it around. All the tentacles were cut in two. However, his feet lost their footing, and he fell downwards, about thirty meters from the ground. The ground was brownish-red.

Bang!

Meros landed, making a muffled thud.

Looking up at the sky, the teleportation gate had disappeared.

"I actually fell into a trap. This is bad. I can't go back by myself." Meros looked dejected, annoyed. He looked around, "What is this place? What were those tentacles just now…"

Looking around, the nearby area was a flat red land with no creatures, only black, gloomy holes in the ground.

Meros' expression changed, and he suddenly jumped up.

Bang bang bang—

The next moment, a large number of tentacles burst out of the ground from the position where he was standing, as many as hundreds of them, heading straight for him. The sound of the wind howled, stirring up a terrifying wind pressure.

"These tentacles seem to all belong to one creature, hidden underground. Just how huge is this monster's body?!" Meros sweated on his forehead. Just as he was about to swing his blade again, a streak of red light suddenly appeared at the edge of his vision.

Whoosh—

This streak of red light instantly swept past all the tentacles. Hundreds of tentacles all stopped at the same time. At the location where the red light swept past, all the tentacles simultaneously had smooth and neat cuts. All of them were cut in two. The cut ends fell to the ground, while the bases of the tentacles all retracted into the ground.

The red light circled around and hovered in front of Meros, revealing its true form.

"It's you!" Meros looked surprised.

"Huh, I've seen you before." The other party obviously recognized Meros as well, with a surprised expression on his face.

Before he could ask any questions, a buzzing sound of magic rang in the sky, and a teleportation gate appeared again.

"Ha, it seems like the boss has already dealt with that teleport mage. He's really efficient."

Meros' eyes lit up, and he laughed heartily. He trusted Han Xiao very much. After being thrown here, he believed that Han Xiao would be able to bring him back quickly.

As expected, the teleport mage's tricks were vulnerable in front of the boss. He didn't even last a minute.

"Great, I can finally escape!" The other person also looked surprised.

…

In the bookstore, the teleportation gate was steadily open. Everyone stared intently at the light gate. Before long, Meros flew out. Not only him, but another person followed him out of the light gate.

"There's someone else inside!" Sylvia exclaimed, "Who are you?"

Han Xiao looked over in confusion, and was immediately stunned.

"Viscount?!"

This figure was none other than the captain of the Dragon Talon Island Guard, Viscount!

"Yo, long time no see." Viscount still had that skinny, wretched look, and waved in greeting.

"Why are you here?" Han Xiao asked in surprise, "And you came out of the teleportation gate?!"

Viscount coughed and pointed at Meros, "However he went in, that's how I went in."

The corner of Master Han's mouth twitched, and he suddenly understood.

So that was it. Besides himself, Ames had also sent Viscount to find her teacher. Then, Viscount was also tricked by the Dragon Emperor’s teacher. Finding Yi Xuan, he encountered the same problem as them. Viscount, who came from a large Star System bandit background, believed in force. So, it was natural that he was thrown to another place by this teleport mage.

What a small world. Han Xiao didn't expect to meet Viscount here, and asked, "When did you come?"

"A few days ago, not much earlier than you."

Viscount looked at Yi Xuan, who was being pressed down by Han Xiao, and his expression immediately turned angry. He walked over angrily, his wings suddenly unfolding behind him, the edges glowing with a bright red light, filled with killing intent, and shouted, "You dare to scheme against me! I'll kill you!"

The wings slashed down, and Han Xiao quickly reached out. With a clang, he grabbed Viscount's demon bat wings, steady as a rock.

"Don't be impulsive. You can't kill people casually in Norios. We still need to get clues about the Dragon Emperor’s teacher from his mouth."

"…Okay." Viscount felt that it made sense, so he retracted his wings and stepped back. Suddenly, he realized something was wrong. His expression changed, and he turned his head abruptly, looking at Han Xiao's back with suspicion.

With his B+ grade strength, how could Han Xiao have caught his attack so easily?

When he first met Black Star, he definitely didn't have this kind of power!

Regardless of the secretly shocked Viscount, Han Xiao shouted at Yi Xuan, "Tell me, where did you teleport my target to?"

Yi Xuan said in a trembling voice, "I… I don't know."

"Hoh, you have guts, you have spirit. It seems you're really not afraid of death!" Meros cracked his knuckles, making a crackling sound, with a look of eagerness, "I haven't settled the score with you yet."

"N-no, that's not it, you've misunderstood." Yi Xuan said with a mournful face, "I really don't know. He asked me to use a random teleportation gate. The coordinate range is the surface of Norios. Because the location is random, I don't know where he went."

Han Xiao frowned and turned to say, "Fording, help me out."

Fording nodded and walked forward, placing his finger on Yi Xuan's forehead. Psionic tentacles delved into Yi Xuan's brain, making the teleport mage repeat what he said again. Then Fording closed his eyes. After a while, he opened them and shook his head, "He's not lying. It's true. He really doesn't know the target's whereabouts."

Everyone looked at each other, their expressions somewhat dejected. They had originally thought that they had finally gained the upper hand this time, but the clues had been cut off again.

Sylvia bit her lip and said angrily, "I get it now. This is his plan. Even if we manage to force him to tell us the location, it'll still be fruitless. He deliberately used a random teleportation gate just to make our moods rise and fall, to make fun of us! I hate this person so much!"

Viscount waved his tail irritably, "Are we just going to have to steal the Crystal Fire Heart according to his request? Is that the only clue?"

Han Xiao frowned, and a glint suddenly flashed in his eyes. He hurriedly suppressed his smile, and said with a serious face, "I won't care about his request. Since that's the case, then let's not look for him. Anyway, this is enough to complete the mission."

"Are we giving up?" Meros bit his lip, feeling somewhat unwilling. He especially wanted to grab this Esper and beat him up badly!

"We don't need to be led by the nose by the target. Ames will be here soon. As long as we tell her this clue, our work will be considered complete."

Han Xiao stood up, clapped his hands, casually pulled out a tube of healing agent, threw it to Yi Xuan, turned around and left.

"You… you're just going to let it go like that?" Yi Xuan got up, his tone surprised. He thought he was going to suffer a beating.

Meros also chimed in, "Yeah, why not teach him a lesson? I suffered a great loss."

Han Xiao rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Give me a break. At least he didn't throw you into outer space. He didn't want to kill you, so that saved his life."

Then, Master Han turned around, looked at the mess on the ground, raised his eyebrows and said, "But I'm not going to pay for the repairs."

"I wasn't planning on asking you to." Yi Xuan smiled wryly. He had no intention of provoking Han Xiao again. The other party had some kind of teleportation ability, and his teleportation spell couldn't escape him no matter how fast it was. He was only skilled in teleportation spells, and knew almost nothing about attacking magic. His core ability was useless, so what was the point of fighting? He just wanted to wait for this group of people to leave as soon as possible and never see them again.

…

A group of people left this bizarre bookstore, with an extra Viscount in the team. This guy felt that it was better to find a colleague to partner with than to act alone.

On the way, Viscount pulled Han Xiao aside, his tone somewhat apprehensive.

"Are we really not going to care about the target anymore? Won't Ames be angry…"

"There's no need. The target must still be on Norios. When Ames arrives, it won't take her a minute to search the entire planet with her abilities. So, there's no need for us to rush to find him. As long as the Dragon Emperor arrives, he'll have nowhere to hide."

Han Xiao deliberately spoke softly, as if he didn't want others to hear.