Global Beast Mastery: Only I Can See the Hints - Chapter 684 684: Recognizing the Gap Between Both Sides
In the underground area of Serpent’s Eye Lake Oasis, Anke was locked in a fierce struggle with two giant Sandworms.
Using his own strength, he had already severely injured one Sandworm, but the other one was still causing him serious trouble.
“Maybe it’s time I call upon my mystical beast to fight,” Anke thought, his mind wavering.
He had originally planned to summon his mystical beast only when he fought Charles. But now, the situation had become dire enough that he needed the mystical beast’s help.
At that moment, the rock wall not far away suddenly burst open.
Charles stepped out of the cracked wall.
As soon as Anke saw Charles, he realized he was in deep trouble.
Without hesitation, he summoned his mystical beast, the Rainbow Serpent.
As the Rainbow Serpent appeared, glowing with a brilliant rainbow light, it immediately launched a mental attack on Charles.
The Rainbow Serpent, a spiritual-type mystical beast, not only had the ability to bring its master into dreams, but it could also unleash powerful mental shocks on enemies.
Normally, the Rainbow Serpent’s mental attack wouldn’t affect Charles much.
But at this moment, Charles wasn’t prepared for a fight.
Though he had some defenses, they didn’t include protection against mental attacks.
In an instant, Charles’s mind was filled with a chaotic noise.
The noise caused a sharp headache and temporarily knocked him unconscious.
Seizing this opportunity, Anke summoned his other two mystical beasts.
These two were Arbiter Spirit and Luminous Worm.
Both were high-level mystical beasts specially provided by Everett and designed to counter Charles.
As soon as the Arbiter Spirit was summoned, it transformed into a book glowing with golden light. Countless words quickly appeared on its pages.
All these words were related to Charles.
As the words formed, numerous magic circles rapidly appeared around Charles’s body.
These magic circles were created by the Arbiter Spirit to launch an attack on Charles.
At the same time, the Luminous Worm emitted a blinding light.
This intense light wiped out all shadows in the battlefield, rendering any of Mousie’s skills useless.
Anke’s actions were swift and seamless.
He didn’t give Charles any time to react.
So, Anke was sure that his actions would deal a heavy blow to Charles!
The magic circle triggered a violent explosion, with Charles at the center of it.
A thick cloud of smoke rose, and when the smoke cleared, Charles had disappeared.
Anke was slightly taken aback.
“Could it be that I’ve already wiped out Charles? Looks like he’s not as strong as I thought. Harbor is such a waste. As a Sixth-Rank Beast Master, he couldn’t even handle Charles.”
Anke muttered to himself as he cautiously surveyed the area.
He had never thought much of Harbor.
In his eyes, Harbor had only been at the Ancient Academy for a long time—he wasn’t really a person of much talent.
Not only had Charles vanished, but the two Sandworms that had been fighting Anke were also gone.
The entire area fell into an eerie silence.
This made Anke even more alert.
He felt that the situation was far from as simple as he had imagined.
A few breaths later, a loud, screeching sound of metal scraping came from not far away.
Suddenly, a massive mystical beast came crashing down from above Anke.
This beast glowed with a metallic shine. It was none other than the Twin-Winged Savage Gold-Eater Beast.
Under the cover of the Arbiter Spirit, Anke narrowly avoided the attack.
Regaining his footing, he immediately performed the signature move of the Ancient Academy.
“Another fool from the Ancient Academy!”
A moment later, Charles’s voice came from nearby.
Anke looked toward the sound and saw Charles standing there, a look of disdain on his face.
Charles was completely unharmed.
Anke’s attack had been effortlessly dodged by Charles.
Charles hadn’t revealed himself earlier because they hadn’t yet figured out Anke’s true identity.
Before Anke used the signature move of the Ancient Academy, Charles had even considered the possibility that Anke might be a Beast Master from the Stellar Empire.
“Don’t get too cocky! I’m going to show you the true power of the Ancient Academy’s genius!”
Anke shouted loudly.
He did this both to rally himself and to try to throw Charles off with his words.
Charles sneered.
“I already know exactly how strong your so-called Ancient Academy geniuses are. Harbor is already the best you have to offer.”
At this, Charles’s expression suddenly turned cold.
“As for you, you’re not even worthy of being called a genius. Your strength is far weaker than Harbor’s, and you’re far too arrogant!”
Charles’s words were a blow to Anke’s pride, and he couldn’t accept them.
Anke instinctively prepared to retort.
However, before he could say anything, Charles suddenly vanished.
As Anke puzzled over his disappearance, a shadow rapidly spread beneath his feet.
In an instant, powerful dark energy surged into his body.
Anke felt like his body was being torn apart by the force of the dark power.
He let out a pained cry, but at the same time, he quickly took action and recalled the Luminous Worm.
The Luminous Worm flew to Anke’s side and immediately released a powerful burst of light energy.
With the help of the immense light power, Anke managed to suppress the dark energy within his body. The pain, though still present, wasn’t as intense as before.
But he didn’t let his guard down.
He knew that the attack just now was only the first round from Charles.
Charles would soon launch his second attack.
His suspicion proved to be right.
As the light energy suppressed the dark power, the shadow beneath his feet quickly faded.
Mousie jumped out from the shadow, its Dark Demigod form materializing in the air in an instant.
The massive Dark Demigod swung its weapon, formed from the dark energy, and attacked Anke.
Anke didn’t dare to fight back head-on.
He had realized that there was a significant gap in strength between him and Charles.
Right now, the only thing Anke could do was run.
Without hesitation, he threw the Luminous Worm towards the Dark Demigod.
The blinding light blocked the Dark Demigod, giving Anke the chance to turn and flee.
He ran as fast as he could.
As he ran, he dared not look back, because he could always feel Charles not far behind, closely pursuing him.
“Is that all you’ve got? Weren’t you going to show me the power of the Ancient Academy geniuses? Why are you running after just one round of fighting?”
Charles’s mocking voice came from behind.
This only made Anke more certain that Charles was right on his tail.
He didn’t respond to Charles’s taunts.
At this point, Anke was close to the exit of the underground area.
If he could reach the Atacama Desert, Charles would likely stop chasing him.
After less than fifteen minutes of intense pursuit, Anke finally saw the light from the exit ahead.
A wave of relief and joy filled his heart as he neared his escape.
At that moment, the exit was suddenly sealed off by a powerful force.
Anke also felt the temperature behind him dropping rapidly.
Charles had commanded his mystical beast to freeze the entire underground area, effectively preventing Anke from escaping.
“You can’t escape now!”
Charles’s voice came from behind, filling Anke with intense fear.
At this point, Anke, desperate to escape, no longer cared about the consequences.
Without hesitation, he threw the Arbiter Spirit behind him.
At the same time, he issued a new command to the Arbiter Spirit.
“Use all your power to block the enemy! Even if you’re destroyed, don’t retreat!”
Although the Arbiter Spirit was a mystical beast given to him by Everett, specifically to counter Charles, Anke couldn’t afford to worry about that now.
As long as he could escape Charles’s pursuit, Anke was willing to sacrifice any of his mystical beasts.
The Arbiter Spirit successfully blocked Charles’s path.
As one of the two mystical beasts Everett had carefully chosen for him, the Arbiter Spirit was indeed able to greatly counter Charles.
This forced Charles to stop ignoring the Arbiter Spirit and turned his focus back to it, preventing him from continuing his chase of Anke.
Taking advantage of this moment, Anke finally escaped the underground area.
Once he confirmed he was safe, a genuine smile spread across Anke’s face.
After such a close call, he finally realized just how big the gap between him and Charles really was.
He now understood why Harbor had failed to eliminate Charles quickly.
“Looks like your plan didn’t go as smoothly as you thought.”
Anke suddenly heard Harbor’s voice not far away.
He could tell from Harbor’s tone that there was mockery in it, but now that he understood the huge gap between him and Charles, he didn’t feel the need to respond in kind.
Anke knew that if he was going to complete the task Everett had given him, he had to work together with Harbor and the other allies.
Besides, he had underestimated Harbor before, so he could accept the mockery now.
