Chapter 453: Chapter 449: The Bunny is so Cute!

Gazing at the surreally blue rabbits around him, Bai Qi felt an inexplicable resistance in his heart.

Rabbits were supposed to be cute. How did they end up looking like this?

“Schuck, do you have any data on these rabbits?” Bai Qi asked, puzzled.

Bai Qi pondered for a moment but found no matches in his database of beasts he was familiar with.

“Blue-Haired Rabbit, 34% match; Ice Ear Rabbit, 47% match; Ice Clean Rabbit, 89% match,” Schuck replied promptly, concluding, “By observation, it seems that these rabbits are most likely a variation of the Ice Clean Rabbit.”

“Mutants?”

Bai Qi nodded slightly, but his doubts only increased.

The Ice Clean Rabbit, a high-grade elite creature, possesses a strong ice attribute talent. It is gentle and avoids fighting, making it a top choice for many young girls.

However, the aggressive, wolf-like appearance these rabbits displayed was anything but gentle.

These were not Ice Clean Rabbits—they were clearly Ice Demon Rabbits!

“Was there something uncommon in the sixth layer that caused their mutation?”

Bai Qi furrowed his eyebrows, saying, “Alpha, bring one of those rabbits here.”

A creepy sound echoed in the air.

(Boss, that might not be necessary.)

Alpha shook his head, shielding Bai Qi.

While Bai Qi was figuring out the reasons behind the rabbits’ mutation, they began to encircle him. The disturbing gnashing sound was getting louder in his ears as they held icy orbs in their hands.

“True, this isn’t the place to be conducting research.”

Seeing this, Bai Qi shrugged. The danger the Fire Rock Devil Tiger emphasized about the sixth layer must be related to these Ice Demon Rabbits.

The priority now was to deal with these Ice Demon Rabbits.

“There’s a large number of them. Alpha, Schuck, Jie Ta, you guys quickly clear them. Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, stay by my side, be ready for a sudden onslaught.”

Bai Qi quickly assigned tasks to his six pets and retreated, holding onto his herbs.

At Bai Qi’s command, Alpha charged ahead. The Sword of Retributive Karma left a dark red streak across the ice field. Every Ice Demon Rabbit it passed was sliced in half, unable to get up again.

It didn’t matter how the Ice Clean Rabbits had mutated, they were still ice-attribute and couldn’t withstand the Sword of Retributive Karma’s terrifyingly high temperature capable of burning souls.

On the other side, Schuck displayed its Mechanical Lord. The Diamond Strength transformed into artillery shells that accurately avoided Alpha, covering all the surrounding Ice Demon Rabbits.

Under the attack of Alpha and Schuck, the number of Ice Demon Rabbits instantly decreased, leaving Jie Ta who was about to use a skill somewhat at a loss.

Whirling noises echoed.

(It seems I’m a bit slow?)

Jie Ta scratched his head in confusion, just about to ask Bai Qi for new instructions, when new Ice Demon Rabbits began to emerge from under the ice.

Whirling noises continued.

(There are more bunnies!)

Jie Ta suddenly got excited. He took in a deep breath, puffed his cheeks out, and exhaled forcefully.

He whooshed out a blizzard which instantly froze all the Ice Demon Rabbits in its path. His efficiency was not any less than Alpha’s or Schuck’s.

Humming noises echoed.

(Master, how was my performance just now?)

“Very good. I’ll reward you with a whole day of ice cream.”

Bai Qi was anything but stingy with his praises, he gave Jie Ta a thumbs up.

Perhaps it was because he was the youngest or perhaps because of Jie Ta’s fragile mentality – now, Jie Ta served as a pet undoubtedly adored by everyone.

After all, no one wanted to randomly get struck by lightning.

Hearing Bai Qi’s promise, Jie Ta was overjoyed. He was just about to continue fighting when he noticed that the Ice Demon Rabbits that he had frozen were not only moving again but were also somewhat bigger than before.

“Did they absorb Jie Ta’s blizzard and grow bigger?”

Bai Qi was taken aback. Ice Clean Rabbits did not possess this ability. It must be something they gained after the mutation, right?

Seeing this, Bai Qi intended to switch Jie Ta out for the bugs that had the Power of the Great Sun to help. But he then noticed Jie Ta’s round eyes welled up, threatening to overflow with rivers of tears.

Humming noises continued.

(My, my ice cream is gone…)

Woof woof woof.

(Human, I have a bad feeling about this.)

“Um, me too.”

Bai Qi’s eye twitched in response, and he covertly wore Gamma like armor.

As expected, after a short period of brooding, Jie Ta burst into tears. The Ice Flowers floating cheek to cheek gradually melted into water droplets and seeped into Jie Ta, transforming him into a Water Spirit Child.

But Jie Ta’s crying remained relentless, more intense, and even steam began to rise from above his head.

“Is he going to morph into a Cloud Child?”

Bai Qi nodded faintly and then distanced himself from Jie Ta alongside his pets.

Jie Ta’s Cloud Child form was impossible to communicate with after all.

Indeed, in the perplexed gazes of a crowd of Ice Demon Rabbits, Jie Ta transformed into the Cloud Child form, blending into the heavy thunderclouds above. His massive eyes were filled with anger, and he roared furiously at the Ice Demon Rabbits below.

Snores!

（You owe me ice cream!）

As the thunder crackled, countless bolts of lightning descended from the sky, directly pulverizing the Ice Demon Rabbits below. Even some hiding beneath the ice were ruthlessly destroyed.

“Zee Zee… It feels like we just need to throw Jie Ta’s ice cream at the enemy in the future, and we won’t have to deal with the rest.”

Watching the explosive output from Jie Ta, Bai Qi marveled.

After being bound by a pact with Jie Ta for so long, Bai Qi had basically grasped the reason for Jie Ta’s three forms. It was that unique skill, Flame Soul.

Even though it didn’t show any specific combat capability, it was clear that the Flame Soul would take effect according to Jie Ta’s emotional fluctuations, thereby changing Jie Ta’s form.

Just don’t know if Jie Ta gets even angrier, will there be other forms?

“What about cancelling Jie Ta’s ice cream for a month to try?”

Bai Qi tilted his head, but he saw Beta looking at him with a fearful look.

Ah woo ah woo!

(Human, why are you suddenly so reckless?!)

Bai Qi shrugged his shoulders, looked around at the ongoing lightning and thunder, and said, “Rest assured, I was joking.”

With just one day’s ice cream gone like this, if Jie Ta were to lose a month’s worth of ice cream, he might even demolish Bai Qi’s secret realm, right?

Fortunately, Jie Ta’s current third-order energy value did not allow him to squander it for too long, and he soon returned to his Snow Doll form and fell from the sky.

Snores…

（My ice cream…）

Watching Jie Ta fall asleep from exhausting his energy, Bai Qi couldn’t help but laugh.

As expected from Gamma’s little brother, he’s also a foodie.

Gaara, Gaara.

（Boss, they’re back!）

Just then, Alpha suddenly went on alert again, and Bai Qi also noticed the abnormalities around him.

He saw the heads of Ice Demon Rabbits emerge again from beneath the ice, but they did not rush to attack. Instead, they huddled together and embraced each other.

A hug of love?

Bai Qi was a bit puzzled by the sight, then he saw those Ice Demon Rabbits begin to merge together, growing from the size of a normal rabbit to the height of a human

“Huh, why do I feel like I’ve seen this rabbit from DecaCold before.”

Bai Qi twitched his mouth and said, “Better finish them off quickly, to prevent them from further merging. Epsilon, you go help out too.”

The three pets nodded in unison and again plunged into the midst of the Ice Demon Rabbits, cutting them down like withering crops.

However, this time, whether burned by the Sword of Retributive Karma, suppressed by Diamond Strength, or roast by the Power of the Great Sun, these Ice Demon Rabbits did not completely vanish after death. Instead, they turned into blue specks of light suspended in the air.

Upon seeing this, Alpha immediately halted, and without waiting for Bai Qi’s instruction, switched to the Sword of Death and attacked the specks of light.

However, these specks of light seemed to have a life of their own, quickly flying to high altitude. Alpha wanted to pursue, but was blocked by countless Ice Demon Rabbits.

“It seems they can indeed continue to merge.”

Bai Qi saw the situation and frowned slightly, patting the Delta under him, who immediately understood and switched to dragon form, penetrating through the Void and arriving in front of the blue specks.

These blue specks moved exceptionally nimbly, dodging Delta as soon as they saw him appear.

But Delta obviously was not going to let them escape. The Disciple of the Void operated, directly distorted the void and transferred the blue specks back.

Upon sensing Delta’s threat, the Ice Demon Rabbits that had been blocking Alpha and the others at the bottom instantly switched targets. They rolled a huge snowball in their hands and threw it toward Delta in the sky.

However, the snowballs disappeared into the Void the moment they approached Delta. When they reappeared, they were above the heads of the Ice Demon Rabbits. The blue specks of light were also compressed into a spatial pocket under Delta’s control.

“Nicely done.”

Bai Qi nodded his approval. Although he hadn’t evolved to King-level yet, Delta, who possessed the transcendent skill Disciple of the Void, was in no way weaker than King level.

The strongest lord is within reach!

However, just then, the Ice Demon Rabbits below spontaneously disintegrated, transforming into blue specks of light that converged toward the spatial pocket in Delta’s hands at a speed that even Alpha couldn’t match.

“Delta, destroy the spatial pocket!”

Seeing this, Bai Qi immediately gave the order. He hadn’t felt much of a threat up until now, and everything didn’t seem to match the Fire Rock Saber Tiger’s—no, the Law Emperor’s vigilant attitude.

But looking at the current situation, perhaps what made the Fire Rock Saber Tiger—no, the Law Emperor—so cautious was these blue specks of light.

If they successfully merged, something formidable might appear.

Bloop bloop.

（Yes, master.）

Delta nodded, squeezed his claw hard, and the spatial pocket began to show signs of rupture.

Although he hadn’t mastered a specific skill, with the special bonus of Disciple of the Void, Delta could still use something similar to Space Fragmentation.

Crack crack crack…

Just then, the trend of the spatial pocket’s rupture suddenly stopped, as if something was stuck. Meanwhile, those blue specks of light took the opportunity to enter the spatial pocket and began to merge little by little.

In an instant, the blue light shone, and the spatial pocket was shattered directly virtually without any resistance.