I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 220 - 218: Disappearance

Isn’t it true that what you fear will come to pass? The Tianyi team indeed came to intercept. However, their method of appearance was beyond everyone’s expectations; they actually teleported here.

Ye Qingting also saw the teleportation’s glow, and the Ice Wings instantly sprouted from his shoulder blades, soaring towards the race flag. After the training in this competition, Ye Qingting’s use of the Ice Wings had clearly become more proficient.

In the blink of an eye, almost at the same moment Li Xing and Ye Qingting rushed forward, the Tianyi team completed their teleportation, landing in front of the race flag. Chu Yunyi happened to make eye contact with Cui Tianxiao, and both saw surprise on each other’s faces.

Cui Tianxiao didn’t have time to ponder the meaning in Chu Yunyi’s expression, he reached out to grab the race flag. But to his astonishment, Chu Yunyi, like a gust of wind, almost synchronized with Cui Tianxiao, swept up the race flag in his hand.

Li Xing barely made it in time, seeing the race flag caught by Chu Yunyi, she couldn’t help but feel both anxious and angry, grabbing the hem of Chu Yunyi’s battle robe, trying to pull him out of the flag’s range.

Although Ye Qingting was the farthest away, thanks to the Ice Wings, he almost arrived at the same time as Li Xing.

Ye Qingting and Li Xing’s thoughts matched: they must stop Chu Yunyi from interfering with their team’s flag capture. Without thinking, they attacked, his palm coming down on Chu Yunyi’s shoulder.

In those mere tenths of a second, for Cui Tianxiao, Chu Yunyi, Li Xing, and Ye Qingting, time seemed infinitely prolonged. Cui Tianxiao and Chu Yunyi grabbed the race flag simultaneously, while Li Xing and Ye Qingting both made contact with Chu Yunyi.

With a "pop——" a loud bang, violent spatial fluctuations generated massive airflows, spreading in all directions. It felt like a tornado had swept over Lake Heart Island, instantly kicking up dust and debris.

When the dust settled, everyone was stunned to find that Chu Yunyi, Li Xing, Cui Tianxiao, and Ye Qingting had disappeared into thin air.

Everyone on the island stood frozen in place, unable to comprehend the situation.

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In the town square, at the moment Chu Yunyi and the others disappeared from the screen, Chu Baili’s face changed dramatically. He suddenly stood up from his seat, closing the distance to the center of the square in a step.

Sitting at the commentary table, Lin Zhian also stood up with a serious expression; something had gone wrong in the competition!

With a wave of Chu Baili’s robe sleeve, four gigantic spherical screens simultaneously sparked, the display becoming pixelated, then quickly going dark.

The host was dumbfounded, but before he could ask, Chu Baili’s deep voice resounded across the town square:

"Broadcast paused! Everyone, do not move from your spots! — The Second and Fourth Troops are to secure the site, no one is to leave without my permission, violators will be executed without mercy!"

This announcement caused the scene to erupt into chaos, waves of nervous panic engulfing everyone present.

Even though Gu Lei and Sun Qing didn’t know why Elder Chu issued such orders, obedience is a soldier’s duty. They immediately organized their troops to surround the entire square.

With a sweep of Chu Baili’s wide sleeves, the runes on the square’s ground lit up with dazzling golden light, and the Transmission Array was activated at its highest capacity.

"Officers ranked lieutenant and above from the First and Third Troops, come with me! Lin Zhian, Xu Tai, you come as well!"

"Yes—!"

It wasn’t until the troop of over a hundred people teleported into the Ruoye Desert that Luo Jun realized what was happening. Grabbing Zhou Song’s collar, she shook him vigorously, "Hey—! Old Zhou, you tell me, have Li Xing and the others been teleported? Where have they been teleported to?"

Zhou Song was shaken so hard that his glasses almost flew off, but he couldn’t overpower this Witch, so he firmly held onto Luo Jun’s hands, shouting:

"How would I know where they were teleported to? Maybe it was just a mishap by the event organizers, an extra Transmission Array got triggered. Let go—!"

Hearing this, Wen Dao said, "Teacher Luo, calm down! Elder Chu has taken Grand Rune Master Lin to the site, there should be results soon, let’s wait patiently."

Wen Dao’s face appeared calm, but his heart was in turmoil. Chu Baili’s behavior told him that this was definitely not just a misconfigured Transmission Array. He hoped those kids were safe and sound.

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Lake Heart Island.

Although the disappearance of Chu Yunyi and the others was puzzling, the race flag was right in front of them—to capture it would conclude the tournament and secure the ranks.

Compared to the points, the mysterious disappearance of Chu Yunyi and the others was less significant.

The first person to step forward was Pei Nan, but before he could approach, Qi Ming forced him back with a golden cone.

Nearly having his foot pierced by a three-foot-long golden cone, Pei Nan was angered and shouted, "Qi Ming, what are you doing! We agreed your team takes the flag first, then us, are you reneging on your promise?"

Qi Ming’s eyes turned a dark golden color, with Elemental Power surging in his palms. In the air, golden talisman patterns intertwined, countless half-inch golden rain cones appeared, their tips pointed at Pei Nan, vibrating at high frequency. At Qi Ming’s command, the Heavenly Golden Rain could pierce the opponent like sieves.

"I dare anyone to come forward!"

The Heavenly Golden Rain Formation was Qi Ming’s most formidable attack, one he rarely used, yet today he was truly on edge.

As an excellent talisman master, he could sense that the spatial disturbance earlier was definitely not typical for a short-distance random transmission array.

According to the competition rules, members of the same team had transmission linkage. But Chu Yunyi and Li Xing were not from the same team and were still teleported together. However, Chu Yunyi’s actual teammates were left behind. Isn’t that odd?

From this reasoning, what Li Xing and the others encountered was definitely not a random Transmission Array, and it very likely wasn’t one set up by the event organizers!

Among those watching the tournament were higher-level talisman masters more knowledgeable than him. If he noticed the anomaly, they surely did as well.

Qi Ming had read his great grandfather’s notes and knew that skilled talisman masters could use residual talismans from a Transmission Array to trace back and determine the array’s endpoint. But all this assumes no one disturbs the scene.

Qi Ming wasn’t sure where Li Xing and the others were teleported or whether they were in danger, but he was certain that finding them quickly was crucial.

Therefore, what he had to do now was just one thing: prevent anyone from approaching the incident site until those responsible arrived.

Seeing Qi Ming’s desperate stance, Pei Nan’s momentum weakened instantly, no longer trying to move forward. Song Shurun took the opportunity to mediate:

"Qi Ming, there’s no need for this. How about this, since Lin Yin and Li Xing’s match was interrupted by Tianyi, and no clear winner emerged, we’ll count it as a draw. I’ll take the flag with you, and our two teams will share second place. What do you say?"

Qi Ming inwardly cursed, clearly Lin Yin lost to Sister Xing, yet refused to admit it, and now dared to call it a draw, what nerve!

The Heavenly Golden Rain Formation showed no signs of dispersing. Countless Golden Rain Cones, under Qi Ming’s control, divided into three groups, each targeting one of the three teams present.

With a fierce expression, Qi Ming said, "Not acceptable, whoever moves, I attack!"