Chapter 116: Chapter 116: The Peerless Hero Riding on Colorful Clouds
"What’s wrong with you?" Jiang Che asked in confusion, walking over and pulling her up by the arm.
Flying Tiger only shook her head, staggering with difficulty to the table and pressing the alert button.
In an instant, the alarm blared throughout the entire villa.
Hearing the noise, she finally relaxed, slumping onto the sofa to the side.
In less than ten seconds, several fifth- or eighth-ranked experts rushed into Flying Tiger’s room.
They eyed Jiang Che warily; just now, they had watched Jiang Che enter Flying Tiger’s room, and then immediately heard the alarm go off.
They didn’t attack Jiang Che. Could it be that Miss wants to stage some kind of violation drama?
There were plenty of similar dramas in ancient times, where a man accidentally enters a woman’s boudoir—forced marriage or kidnapping?
"There’s an evil spirit! There’s an Illusion Technique!" Flying Tiger’s weak voice came from the sofa. Only then did everyone notice her frail state and quickly call for a doctor.
Nowadays, there are two kinds of doctors: ordinary doctors, and those who’ve acquired healing skills.
After all, obtaining special skills is hard enough; getting a healing type skill is even harder!
The latter are extremely rare. For Flying Tiger Group to have such a doctor shows just how formidable they are.
Flying Tiger slumped on the sofa. After pushing the alarm, she didn’t want to move at all, not even to lift her eyes, allowing the doctor to check her over.
Everyone’s expressions shifted; even without a doctor, they could see the collapse in Flying Tiger’s pupils—her whole spirit was on the verge of breaking down.
"She was indeed attacked by an Illusion Technique. The mental damage is severe and will require some time to recover," the doctor said, his expression changing slightly. None of them in the villa had sensed the evil spirit, but Flying Tiger had undeniably been attacked.
"Search the entire villa again—make sure the evil spirit isn’t still hiding inside!" the butler ordered coldly, starting to delegate the search.
They were utterly unaware that an evil spirit had slipped past everyone and attacked Flying Tiger.
"If it weren’t for my special item, I probably would’ve died in the illusion this time." Flying Tiger said with lingering fear, looking at the dull gray Jade Pendant in her palm, which now sported a long crack—this item had now become useless.
Her eyes darkened; this was a passive item that passively increased mental defense.
By rights, this equipment was passive and shouldn’t break.
But now, with this new crack, it was clear how ferocious the Illusion Technique attack must’ve been.
Tuantuan tugged at Jiang Che’s sleeve in silence; she certainly wasn’t going to admit she’d done this.
Xiong Jie glanced at Tuantuan, still disguised as a human child holding Jiang Che’s hand. He knew the attack on Flying Tiger was likely the work of this Little Demon.
But he wouldn’t say it—first, because Flying Tiger wasn’t dead.
And even if she was, it had nothing to do with him.
The one he pledged loyalty to wasn’t Flying Tiger.
Jiang Che didn’t care at all. He stepped aside and let the Flying Tiger Group’s experts search every corner of the room, attempting to find where the evil spirit had hidden itself.
Right now, they weren’t even sure whether the evil spirit had already escaped.
Tuantuan looked at these people, completely unconcerned that they might see through her disguise.
Her family had prepared her thoroughly this time. As long as no one physically searched her, they wouldn’t be able to discover her true identity.
And besides, she wasn’t stupid—she’d never let humans examine her body.
The room was big, but with so many people it still felt a bit crowded. Jiang Che kept making space for others.
Xiong Jie tilted his head, his heart about to leap out of his throat.
If Flying Tiger’s group discovered they’d been mingling with an evil spirit, the experts on scene would kill the evil spirit on the spot. He and Jiang Che would probably be caught and interrogated severely too.
He trusted his master’s strength, but when it came to the Little Demon—he wasn’t so optimistic.
He’d watched some livestream replays the last few days and realized that, back then, humans used an ordinary Dungeon item—a music box—to trap the Little Demon. So he knew the Little Demon wasn’t actually that strong.
The real strength belonged to his master, and to the Little Demon’s mother.
Looking at Jiang Che holding Tuantuan by the hand, he wore no worry at all, as if completely unafraid they’d be discovered.
The Little Demon showed no sign of fear either.
Xiong Jie felt a little annoyed. So after all that, was he the only one constantly worrying himself sick?!
Jiang Che saw Flying Tiger’s injuries, but never once suspected Tuantuan.
"Did anything happen during your outing this time?"
The butler brought a cup of tea. After Flying Tiger drank it, she finally started to recover a bit.
"No, but I did meet a friend. I plan to bring him with me into the next Dungeon." He pointed to Zhou Ang beside him.
Flying Tiger nodded—she wasn’t afraid of Jiang Che bringing people, only if he didn’t bring any.
As for Tuantuan at Jiang Che’s side, she merely glanced at her before looking away—probably just a kid they met today.
Jiang Che bringing people was a good thing. Flying Tiger’s group operated as a squad; having team members meant belonging.
As for training, the Flying Tiger Group least feared that. They’re not afraid to nurture talent.
As long as basic members were willing to enter Dungeons, they could churn out basic talents without much thought.
They could even guarantee a very high success rate.
That’s why she was so confident about clearing advanced Dungeons.
Flying Tiger wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that, apart from those top-level Dungeons, the lesser ones seemed to be getting weaker and weaker.
But judging from the livestreams, the audience was still terrified by them. She suspected it was just her own higher standards causing the illusion.
"Alright, I’ll arrange someone to teach him the basics. From now on, he’ll stick with our team," Flying Tiger nodded.
Zhou Ang looked at Flying Tiger in excitement—he hadn’t expected to succeed so easily.
He’d even have someone personally teach him the ropes.
Flying Tiger saw his excitement and offered reassurance, "If you study well, we’ll assign you to higher-quality Dungeons based on your abilities. That way, you’ll gain more starting experience, and your future path can go further."
Zhou Ang was dazed. He heard Flying Tiger talking about leveling up as if it was a regular thing. Was it always this easy?
At that moment, he realized the biggest difference between ordinary people and these folks.
Ordinary people struggled just to survive, while for them, entering Dungeons was something they could choose to avoid, and even had upgrade study plans?
"I’ll work hard and study," Zhou Ang clenched his fist.
After arranging people for Jiang Che’s side, Flying Tiger got up and, wobbling a little, walked over to Jiang Che.
"Thank you for saving me this time." There was a hint of shyness in her eyes. If before she’d thought of forming an alliance—some kind of marriage for strength—now she’d really developed feelings.
The moment Jiang Che burst into her room and pulled her from the illusion, it was the first time she truly felt—what it meant to have a hero dash in on rainbow clouds!