Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops-Chapter 169: A Curtain Call Like a Beaten Dog

Watching the scanning result flicker before his eyes, a hint of astonishment flashed in Qin Chuan’s eyes.

It’s her?

If he remembered correctly, this woman had been promoted to Elite Level alongside Ji Huai just a few days ago.

It was said that her time since breaking through to Official Level wasn’t long either, which didn’t match up with Traceless at all.

Therefore, Qin Chuan had never really doubted Oriel.

To his surprise, she was Traceless.

In an instant, Qin Chuan gained some insight into Oriel’s ruse.

"Woof!!!"

A bark rang out sharply from afar, the sound belonged to Water Flower.

In the recent battle with the monsters, Water Flower could have done more but didn’t; it was on Qin Chuan’s signal that part of its attention was kept on the unseen opponent lurking in the shadows.

At that moment, with the appearance of Oriel’s three Contracted Spiritual Beasts, it didn’t hesitate to activate its Blood Control Ability from a distance, causing them to stiffen temporarily while a massive tidal wave instantly surged toward the trio of beasts.

Star·Sky-Rolling Waterfall!

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Under her mask, Oriel’s mouth twitched slightly, realizing that because of the unexpected whiff, she had exposed not only herself but also failed to reduce her opponent’s numbers.

Wait, unexpected?

Ha, what a Prayer!

How could there be so many coincidences in this world!

Without another word, Oriel vanished from the spot with her three spiritual beasts.

Traceless Third Talent Effect, activate!

The Sky-Rolling Waterfall struck an empty space, and Oriel retreated safely.

A glint flickered in Qin Chuan’s eyes.

Sun Needle Third Talent, activate!

Target, Player [Oriel]!

A map instantly appeared before him, marking Oriel’s blip as much dimmer than normal, and it also displayed the words on it.

Unable to attack the enemy while they’re hidden?

Qin Chuan frowned, then relaxed after a few seconds.

Thankfully, that state didn’t last forever.

"Water Flower!"

"Woof!"

Water Flower, always ready, followed Qin Chuan’s command, affecting the Fusion Spiritual Beast once again with its Blood Control Ability and immediately controlled the Sky-Rolling Waterfall to spin rapidly like a grinding disc, hurtling powerfully towards Oriel’s current location.

Hiding in the shadows, Oriel’s face under the mask showed fear for the first time.

Looking at Luo’s eyes which seemed capable of seeing right through her, she, who had never imagined her Talent would be seen through since obtaining Traceless, felt her heart sinking continuously.

She instantly lifted her own stealth status only to re-enter it, relying on the split-second of being untargetable to dodge the terrifying strike, and Oriel turned head over heels without hesitation.

Run!

The farther, the better!

With unprecedented panic under her mask, Oriel re-entered her stealth state and without the slightest hesitation mounted her Spiritual Beast to make her escape from this place immediately.

Qin Chuan reluctantly shifted his gaze from the direction of Oriel and turned his head to look at Matsusaka Shigeki.

Although one of its claws had been severed, Matsusaka Shigeki’s Fusion Spiritual Beast not only possessed a Race Value far exceeding all other Spiritual Beasts present but also had a terrifying healing ability; the claw had already regrown.

Little Red had also joined the fight, but since the Skill’s effect was gradually exposed and it could no longer launch a surprise attack, they were slowly being overpowered in this six-on-one battle.

Seeing this, Qin Chuan shook his head slightly.

With Traceless gone, there was no point in keeping up pretenses anymore.

"Water Flower."

"Woof!!!"

Water Flower let out an odd howl as dazzling water lights surged around it, sweeping in all directions from its core in an instant. Ignoring the other five allied Spiritual Beasts, the water lights hit the Fusion Spiritual Beast, sending its massive body flying upon contact.

Star·Sky Water Clarity!

As Knockback took effect, the Fusion Spiritual Beast’s momentum plummeted dramatically, returning to how it was before Matsusaka Shigeki used the Third Talent of Ascension.

For the first time, a look of astonishment appeared on Matsusaka Shigeki’s face, which always bore a hypocritical smile.

Despite the Third Talent of Ascension not even close to ending, why...

Before he could react, Snow Cone, having revealed its form, already brought down its blade, cleaving the Fusion Spiritual Beast in two.

The massive body of the Fusion Spiritual Beast collapsed with a thud, turning into three heavily injured Elite Rank Spiritual Beasts.

As the other companions reaped their harvest, all of Matsusaka Shigeki’s Spiritual Beasts eventually met their deaths.

"You..." Watching Qin Chuan and Yue Li approach, Matsusaka Shigeki’s already pale-as-a-corpse face instantly showed a look of shock and anger. He turned his head to look around, issuing a beast-like roar, "How long are you planning to watch the show?!"

"You think you can take them on by yourself without me?!"

"You damn foolish woman! You..."

"Are you talking about Oriel?" Qin Chuan interrupted his roar, a hint of strangeness in his eyes, "Stop shouting, she’s been gone for a while now."

Matsusaka Shigeki’s madness came to an abrupt halt.

"Yare yare, I really do look like a defeated dog now." He dropped his arms weakly and let out a heh, of cold laughter, "Luo, what exactly is your Talent?"

"Would you satisfy my curiosity as a man about to die..."

Ptui—

The long sword pierced through Matsusaka Shigeki’s chest, solidifying the last trace of bewilderment on his face.

"You’re not really dying anyway, do you take me for a fool?"

Qin Chuan wore a look of disgust while Yue Li, beside him, couldn’t help but laugh with her hand over her mouth.

Watching Matsusaka Shigeki dissipate into points of light, Qin Chuan’s voice contained a touch of melancholy, "I wonder what the next player who obtains the Soul Fusion Talent will be like."

"Let’s just hope they don’t try to make enemies with us." Yue Li spoke softly and then looked at Qin Chuan, "Did you just use the Third Talent of Sun Needle to lock onto the owner of Traceless?"

Despite the chaos of the battle, she had noticed Qin Chuan easily catching Oriel, who had been hidden.

"Yes." Qin Chuan nodded, "I hadn’t expected this time, the Third Talent of Sun Needle would be used on Traceless."

Originally, according to his plan, if Yue Li were to obtain the Hall Crystal without needing the Third Talent of Sun Needle, he would have used this Talent to lock onto the missing Matsusaka Shigeki.

Yet before he could use it, Matsusaka Shigeki appeared at their doorstep, and the Sun Needle ended up being used on Traceless.

In terms of results, though, this was more advantageous.

"Are we going after Traceless?" Yue Li started laughing, "Your Talent really does counteract hers perfectly."

"Hmm..." Qin Chuan pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "No, we’re not going after her."

Seeing the puzzled look on the young girl’s face beside him, he smiled.

"If Oriel were to die, it would be much harder for us to locate the new Traceless."

"Who owns Traceless isn’t important."

"But we do need a Traceless that has been locked onto."