Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 1627 - 1438: Fire Pond Rescue (Two in One)_2

Su Ran quickly swam over, scanning the surroundings with a vigilant look. He felt that this fire pool concealed dangers, because he had heard from Wan’er before that there lived a Fire Spirit.

"Huh? You can talk? I thought we had to play dumb in this fire pool."

Youtong suddenly felt a lot more relieved and asked anxiously while diving deeper, "Brother Overturning Water, do you think this Snow Rat is already dead? Why does it lie there without moving at all?"

"Don’t worry, it can’t die. If it died, it would have been refreshed by the system. It must be in a sealed state. We need to hurry up and break the seal—I have two more minutes."

Three minutes was too little. Su Ran found it quite troublesome. Without the state of Blazing Fire Divine Curse, he couldn’t last long in the fire pool before turning to ash...

"Then hurry up. I can’t save it by myself."

Youtong also felt the urgency of time, quickly diving to the bottom of the pool. Upon a closer look, indeed it was sealed by talismans, immovable even if pulled, nearly bringing her to tears in frustration.

"This might be a special mission. The usual ways won’t break this seal. Take out the sheepskin scroll you got; it should be effective."

Su Ran was rather speechless at Youtong’s clumsiness. This was a seal, and it would be strange if one could simply pull it apart. To solve the current problem, only the mission item would do.

Strangely, the Fire Spirit was still not appearing, which was somewhat abnormal. But this was what Su Ran hoped for. With so little time left, if they encountered the Fire Spirit as well, it might as well be time to give up.

"But... if I take out the sheepskin scroll, won’t it just get burned by the fire? Without the scroll, I won’t be able to have the Snow Rat recognize me as its master!"

Where would Youtong dare to heed Su Ran’s suggestion? The scroll being a mere paper, it would be weird if it didn’t burn upon encountering fire!

"Then what’s your plan?"

Su Ran was counting down internally, seventy seconds remaining. If Youtong hesitated any further, he would have to give up and leave.

"Perhaps there’s a control mechanism for the seal nearby. Right, Brother Overturning Water?"

Youtong circled around the Snow Rat, trying to find that supposed mechanism. Unfortunately, she had no such luck.

"Let’s not mention whether you can find the mechanism or not, but if you attract the Fire Spirit, you know the consequences. I advise you not to rely on that futile luck. While it’s still safe, quickly hand the sheepskin scroll to the Snow Rat boss. If that doesn’t work, then there’s nothing that can be done," said Su Ran as he glanced at the time, adding immediately, "Little Yue, the decision is yours. I don’t have enough time left, just be careful yourself."

After saying that, he quickly swam towards the surface. This was a matter of life and death—no room for the slightest negligence!

Youtong knew this clearly, so she didn’t try to keep Su Ran any longer. She stood next to the Snow Rat, biting her lip with a complex expression in her eyes. It wasn’t hard to see how conflicted she was feeling.

"Oh whatever, if it comes to it, I’ll just give up on this pet!"

Youtong anxiously glanced around, and not seeing any Fire Spirit, realized there was no one left to help her. Panic filled her heart as she didn’t have much time left either. If she kept delaying, failure was certain!

The most important aspect was that she had only one Fire Avoidance Talisman, and no second chance. With no other choice, she reluctantly took Su Ran’s advice and brought out the sheepskin scroll with immense reluctance.

Suddenly.

The moment the sheepskin scroll encountered the flames, it burned fiercely. In mere seconds, the scroll completely disappeared from her hands.

"No!!!!"

A profound despair filled Youtong’s heart; she couldn’t believe what was happening before her eyes. The hard-earned mission item was just ruined like that.

Thus, even if she managed to save the Snow Rat from the fire pool, it was impossible to make it her pet...

For a moment, Youtong’s world lost its color, and even the surrounding flames turned to a dull grey. One could only imagine how terrible she felt.

But at that moment, an unexpected event occurred.

The sheepskin scroll, which should have turned to ash, turned into a beam of white light that surged directly into the body of the Snow Rat. Then, a white luminescent film appeared on its surface, and the sealing power began to weaken gradually. The light flickered constantly, suggesting that the seal would be completely gone soon.

This white light was very conspicuous in the flames. Youtong’s hope was reignited, and she was ecstatic beyond words. She felt as if surrounded by immense happiness, never expecting the sheepskin scroll to be key to solving the puzzle. It turned out that listening to Brother Overturning Water was indeed the right choice!

The so-called escape from desperation, isn’t this exactly what it means?

"Patter."

A crisp sound came from the Snow Rat, the seal was completely lifted, and the Snow Rat struggled to stand up from beneath the fire pool. However, it looked somewhat listless at the moment, fiercely resisting the damage caused by the flames, its gaze fixated on Youtong, conveying mysterious mental fluctuations.

"Snow Rat, come here, I’ll take you out!"

Youtong joyfully pounced on the Snow Rat, intending to take it out of the fire pool, but it was too large to be moved.

Just then, a system notification sounded in her mind, and seeing that it was a pet ownership prompt, Youtong excitedly agreed repeatedly, and the Snow Rat turned into a beam of light, diving into Youtong’s virtual pet space, vanishing from the fire pool.

...

"Brother Overturning Water, why didn’t Youtong come with you?"

Seeing Su Ran emerge alone from the fire pool, Big Smoky Ghost sensed something bad and asked anxiously, "Did the Snow Rat acknowledge its owner?"

"Looks doubtful."

Su Ran wore a grave expression and recounted his experiences in the fire pool without holding back, especially the seal on the Snow Rat, which caused the trio to frown.

"Now we’re in trouble. How could we break the seal in just a few short minutes? This is clearly the system messing with us, not wanting Youtong to get the dark gold pet!"

Big Smoky Ghost, frustrated, swung the iron rod in his hand, self-reproaching for not being able to help Youtong, and angrily said, "It’s all that damned Mudman’s fault. If it hadn’t sealed the Snow Rat in this fire pool, Youtong would never have had to take such a big risk. It’s infuriating!"

"Big Smoky Ghost, this should be part of the story setup, nothing to do with the golden Mudman. Just like Tang Sanzang must endure the eighty-one tribulations to obtain the true scriptures, this is a trial Youtong can’t avoid."

The Creamy Youth seemed to have seen through the essence of the situation and continued to persuade, "For this dungeon to produce a dark gold pet, it’s my first encounter. The probability is even lower than winning a first prize, we can’t easily obtain it. Now, all we can do is wait and see if Youtong can survive this ordeal."

"But..."

Big Smoky Ghost knew this was the case, but felt an inexplicable sense of suffocation. If it weren’t for the fear of the fiery pool being too scalding, he would have jumped in long ago.

"Big Smoky Ghost, there’s no need to be so hard on yourself. Youtong is a lucky person; she won’t be overwhelmed by this minor setback. Let’s wait patiently."

Gu Yue stepped forward to console, "Besides, even if she fails, it’s no big deal. If she dies, she can be resurrected. It’s not a life-and-death separation, right?"

"Hmph, it’s not like I’m being dramatic, I just don’t want my wife to suffer so much. If it weren’t for the mission not allowing it, I would have taken on this task for her a long time ago!"

"Wow, now you’re calling her your wife. You two haven’t even registered for marriage yet, isn’t it embarrassing to be shouting that out?"

Gu Yue said sourly, full of envy.

"What’s there to be embarrassed about? It’s modern times, such a title is very normal. You’re quite conservative for someone so rare, Little Yue, I’m not trying to be mean, but hurry up and find a man to solve your singleness. Don’t always be envious of others."

"Who is envious of you? Watch your words!"

Gu Yue quickly conceded and walked aside, unwilling to converse with Big Smoky Ghost any longer.

Just then, a burst of sparks sprayed out from the surface of the fire pool, scattering in all directions. Youtong burst out halfway from the fire pool, swiftly swam to the shore, and gasped for air, shouting, "Quick, pull me up, the Fire Spirits are coming!"

"What?"

Su Ran uttered a darn, the thing he was worried about finally happened. So, Youtong was forced out by the Fire Spirits, meaning the Snow Rat probably hadn’t managed to break the seal yet!

What a pity for that dark gold pet!

With the help of the four, Youtong narrowly escaped the pursuit of the Fire Spirits. They didn’t engage in a life-and-death struggle with these Fire Spirits but instead got far away from the fire pool. It’s only then that they stopped and surrounded Youtong.

Without waiting for Youtong’s health to fully recover, Big Smoky Ghost couldn’t help but ask, "Youtong, how did it go with the pet?"

"Guess!"