Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 100 Rapid Cultivation (Thanks to 'Love Song Lu' for the Alliance Master Award)

The Crimson Hound thrashed about in the lava, emitting screams like a dog being killed.

What had evolved into a menacing, ferocious roar turned into a shrill, dog-like bark, filled with terror and pain.

Its crimson fur was instantly ignited by the lava, turning into raging flames. Its entire body burned into a ball of fire. After a short while, its voice weakened, and it turned into a charred corpse, which then slowly sank into the lava pool to continue to decompose.

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The three pets beside him stared in disbelief, instantly shrinking to the other side of the rock, trembling and looking at Su Ping with terror in their eyes.

They could sense that Su Ping was now their master, but this master was completely different from their previous one. Before, they were all pampered and carefully protected, but with Su Ping... someone was abusing their pets!

No, this is no longer abuse, it's murder!

The three pets trembled, their eyes pleading.

Su Ping used a contract to command a Purple Flame Cat to come over. This was a fast-attack type fire-type pet, extremely agile, with a sixth-tier bloodline, and currently at the fourth-tier strength.

The Purple Flame Cat stared at him with its purple eyes, but forced by the contract, it could only obey and slowly crawled to Su Ping's side.

Su Ping had been waiting impatiently for a long time. When it slowly crawled up to him, he kicked it without saying a word, sending it flying.

"Meow!"

The purple flame cat screamed, its fur standing on end.

Then... it transformed into a parabola and landed in the lava pool with a splash, creating several waves of heat. Soon, its fur was scorched, and its entire body was surrounded by flames. After a while, the screams stopped, and its charred body sank into the lava.

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Seeing this, the remaining two pets huddled together tightly, their fur standing on end, staring at Su Ping with wide, terrified eyes.

"Come here," Su Ping commanded again.

He was doing this for the good of these pets. How could they unleash their potential if they weren't tempered in life-or-death situations? In this nurturing plane, they could be resurrected after dying. But if they followed their masters to the battlefield or to the wasteland in the future, then dying there would be truly the end!

A flaming frog trembled as it slowly moved its claws toward Su Ping, as if cautiously probing the edge of life and death.

"Stop being so slow." Su Ping kicked it away in annoyance.

"Croak!!"

thump!

The Flame Frog followed suit, falling into the lava. It leaped frantically in terror, stomping the lava and creating sparks, but it couldn't jump more than a few times before its body was severely burned and it eventually sank to the bottom.

The remaining little fire lion was almost limp, yellow urine was overflowing from its body, and its eyes were filled with despair and fear.

Su Ping was too lazy to say anything more, so he rushed up and kicked the person away.

The little fire lion thrashed around in the lava for a few moments before quickly turning charred black.

"Resurrect on the spot." Su Ping made his choice.

The four pets quickly revived beside him. After reviving, the four pets were obviously a little confused, but before they could think, Su Ping's big foot swept over again, kicking them one by one into the lava pool.

The little fire lion made a loud noise when it fell, and the splashed lava landed on Su Ping. Su Ping thought it would be very hot, but he found that it was only a little hot, not hot enough to cause pain.

Su Ping was somewhat surprised. Suddenly, he thought of something, squatted down by the rock, and slowly reached out his finger to touch the lava below.

He was prepared to pull his hand away at any moment, but the instant he touched it, he found that it wasn't as hot as he had imagined; the temperature was perfectly acceptable to him.

"Is this because of the Golden Crow Divine Demon Body?" Su Ping was taken aback. He immediately thought of his Golden Crow Divine Demon Body, which had already completed the first stage and was considered a fifth-order battle body. The Golden Crow itself was a god and demon who loved flames. Although his Divine Demon Body had only been cultivated to the first level, its resistance to flames was already extremely high.

Su Ping immersed his entire palm in the flames, letting it soak in.

It's hot, but it feels good.

It's like soaking in a sauna or hot spring, only the water temperature is slightly higher than that of a hot spring.

"Hmm..." Su Ping immediately took off his clothes and put them into his storage space. Then he sat on the rock and dangled his feet in the lava below.

The scalding temperature made him feel comfortable all over; soaking his feet could relieve fatigue.

Moreover, while soaking his feet, Su Ping discovered that the rich fire element contained in the magma seemed to be slowly flowing into his body, being absorbed by him, and restoring his strength. It felt like... eating.

The Golden Crow God-Demon feeds on flames. Su Ping, who has cultivated the Golden Crow God-Demon Body to the first level, can barely extract energy from the flames. After being immersed in them for a long time, it can even have a tempering effect.

"Resurrect on the spot." At the same time, Su Ping continued to revive the four pets. The newly revived pets were stunned when they saw a naked man sitting next to them. When they saw Su Ping turn around, they were so frightened that they retreated one after another, extremely terrified.

Su Ping used a contract to command them to jump into the lava.

The pets hesitated. Although they would obey the power of the contract, it wasn't entirely against their will. Some vicious pets would even devour their masters.

Seeing that they wouldn't obey, Su Ping had no choice but to get up and manually throw them into the lava.

The Crimson Flame Hound bared its teeth and growled at Su Ping, trying to intimidate him and prevent him from coming closer.

Su Ping kicked out, and the Crimson Flame Hound, seemingly driven to desperation, opened its mouth and bit at his foot. Su Ping didn't dodge, letting it bite him, and continued to fling him into the lava.

The Crimson Flame Hound's sharp teeth failed to pierce Su Ping's foot. When it was forcefully thrown out, its mouth loosened, and its body flew straight out, quickly turning charred black again.

With Su Ping's current Golden Crow Divine Demon Body, he could completely crush these pets, which were at most fourth rank. He could withstand their attacks without being harmed. Moreover, these pets were all fire-type pets, and the Golden Crow could be considered a fire-type divine beast. They had no fighting power in front of him.

Under Su Ping's violent coercion, the four pets were endlessly caught in a cycle of life and death.

In just two hours, the pets had died hundreds of times. At first, they died every few seconds, but later it took longer. They were powerless to resist Su Ping and could only try to struggle when they fell into the lava. Moreover, their bodies seemed to have evolved some fire resistance, and they could struggle and thrash in the lava for a minute or two.

Su Ping's breeding method was simple and brutal, without any methods or communication; he simply forced them to face life and death.

Faced with life and death and immense suffering, even the most mediocre and lazy pets are forced to evolve and do everything they can to avoid tragedy.

Later, Su Ping jumped directly into the lava and lay swimming in it. While absorbing the energy of the flames, he revived the charred pet beast right next to him, so that it appeared in the lava pool without even a chance to catch its breath.

The four pets were already numb. They couldn't beat Su Ping in a fight, and begging for mercy was useless. Faced with Su Ping, a monster who was more like a fire-type pet than they were, they could only obediently try their best to fight against the lava.

Five hours later, the four pets were able to soak in the lava for seven or eight minutes. In those seven or eight minutes, they could swim to other rock fragments, and the lava environment could no longer kill them easily.

Seeing this, Su Ping led them away from this place and continued to explore other parts of this breeding ground.

In fact, he had already completed the normal training of these four pet animals.

The requirements for ordinary training are very simple: either increase your level and combat power by one small tier, which is 0.33 combat power, or learn a new skill.

These four pets, after repeatedly dying and being soaked in lava, not only increased their level and combat power by 0.1, but also learned a new skill, Flame Coat. This is equivalent to the lightning-type pet skill learned by the Thunder Rat, Lightning Coat, which is a medium-level pet skill.

If this skill is further upgraded, it will become the advanced pet skill, Flame Armor.

Of the four, the Crimson Flame Hound has the highest comprehension. In addition to its Flame Cloak, it has also mastered the Fire Dragon Roar, which is a mid-level pet skill.

They can stay in this breeding ground for 24 hours, and less than a third of the time has passed. Although they can leave now, it would be a waste. Su Ping took his four pets to explore everywhere. It would be even more worthwhile if they could find some fire-type pet food.

However, the breeding ground was extremely desolate. After wandering around many places, Su Ping couldn't find any food, but he did encounter some other fire-type pets, some low-level and some high-level.

In the blink of an eye, 24 hours had passed, and Su Ping returned to the store.

Of the thirty free deaths, Su Ping only used twelve. These twelve deaths were all due to encounters with high-level fire-type pets and three fire-type king beasts. He didn't bring Little Skeleton. With Little Skeleton's combat strength, there was nothing more it could improve in this kind of breeding ground. If it was lucky, it could at most increase its fire resistance, but the effect was weak. It was better to let it stay in the foster space and focus on converting the Skeleton King bloodline.

Back inside the store, Su Ping put on his clothes, placed the four pets into their boarding slots, and then called their owners to come and pick them up.

After finishing the phone call, Su Ping selected another batch of pets with similar attributes and chose another breeding ground to continue breeding them.

A day passed in the cultivation area, but only an hour passed in the store.

When Su Ping returned to the shop, it was an hour after the phone call. He put the several pets he had bred into the boarding spaces, opened the shop door, and saw a boy waiting at the door. The boy's eyes lit up when he saw Su Ping open the door. He had come here and found the shop closed, and thought something had happened and that Su Ping had run away.

Su Ping glanced around at him and asked, "Just you?" He should have notified four people.

The boy said sheepishly, "They saw you were closed, so they went to play at the petting zoo on the next street. They said they'd come back when you reopen. Should I call them over now?"

"Mm." Su Ping nodded.

As Zhang Baoxing took out his phone, he followed Su Ping into the store and hurriedly asked, "You said my Crimson Flame Hound is ready, is that true? But I just gave it to you this morning."

"It's already afternoon, is there a problem?" Su Ping asked.

Zhang Baoxing was stunned. What's the problem? This is a huge problem! You think you can breed a pet in just one afternoon? And you're saying that with such confidence? You didn't just feed it dog food, did you? That's not breeding it!

The Crimson Flame Hound he gave me was a mid-tier pet, costing 100,000. If it's returned in less than half a day, claiming it's been properly bred, isn't that blatant ripping off?

He was already quite nervous when he arrived. Seeing Su Ping's natural expression, he was speechless. However, he didn't argue with Su Ping. Instead, he called the other three people over first.

Soon, three more people arrived, all of them boys.

Once they arrived, Su Ping didn't bother to say anything more to them. He simply brought out the four pet beasts and handed them over.

"Boss, is this considered complete?" Looking at the unchanging pets, the four were furious, united in their anger. Meanwhile, the pets beside them, upon seeing them, were almost crying with excitement—finally, finally, they had found their masters!

The four teenagers, preoccupied with calculating their money, did not notice the unusual behavior of their pet beast. They only noticed that the beast seemed much more affectionate towards them than before, and assumed it was due to their temporary separation.

Su Ping didn't have time to argue with them. He directly used his mind to instruct the Crimson Flame Hound to unleash its Flame Cloak.

Although the temporary contract was gone, the Crimson Flame Hound was still somewhat afraid when Su Ping's thoughts entered its mind. It trembled as if a large hand had touched a sensitive area, and immediately activated its Flame Cloak to protect itself.

Su Ping then transmitted his thoughts to the other three, and immediately, a series of flapping sounds rang out. Each time, flames erupted from the pets' bodies, making them look incredibly fierce.

The four people who were about to denounce Su Ping were immediately dumbfounded.

"Fire, Flame Coat?" Zhang Baoxing was utterly astonished. His pet beast hadn't possessed this skill before; clearly, this was the effect of training at Su Ping's shop. But in less than a day, his pet beast had actually mastered a mid-level skill like Flame Coat?!

The other three were also dumbfounded; the scene completely shocked them.

Su Ping wanted the Crimson Flame Hound to use Fire Dragon Roar again, but the location was inconvenient, so he could only tell its master, "Your Crimson Flame Hound has high aptitude and has even mastered Fire Dragon Roar. You can find a battleground to test it out yourself later."

Zhang Baoxing's pupils dilated in astonishment. "Fire Dragon Roar? This, this..." Two more skills in just one day? And both are mid-level pet skills?!

He didn't doubt Su Ping's words. After all, it was already miraculous that he had managed to get four pets to master the Flame Cloak skill in such a short time. It far exceeded his expectations for raising them, so Su Ping had no reason to deceive him.

Upon hearing Su Ping's words, the three people beside him brightened up and immediately asked, "What about us?"

"Yes, what about us?"

Looking at their expectant eyes, Su Ping said calmly, "They were all raised in the same way. Your pets have low comprehension and haven't been able to learn anything else. However, their fire resistance has increased a lot. When facing other fire-type pets, ordinary low-level pet skills should not be able to hurt them."

The three were somewhat disappointed, but then became excited again. They were overjoyed to have comprehended the Flame Cloak, as it would greatly increase their self-preservation in battles against opponents of the same level. They also completely believed Su Ping's claim about fire resistance. Although they were a little disappointed not to have comprehended the Fire Dragon Roar, they could only blame their pets' low aptitude. For a moment, the three looked at the Crimson Flame Hound in front of Zhang Baoxing with a hint of envy in their eyes.

Zhang Baoxing then realized he had gotten a bargain. He was both excited and happy, and wished he could grab Su Ping's hand and give him a big gift. He excitedly said, "Boss, can I... can I train more? I'll pay more, I'll give you an extra 20,000 this time!"

Su Ping nodded. Although the extra 20,000 yuan thank-you fee couldn't be converted into energy, it was still good for his family to use, since the store hadn't made much money to supplement their household expenses.

"The same pet can only be trained once a day," the system notification stated.

Su Ping's lips twitched.

The system seemed to sense his resentment and said, "This is to prevent our store from becoming someone's exclusive breeding ground. Our store's goal is all the heavens and eternity, not any one person. Please broaden your horizons, host."

Su Ping could understand what it meant, but he disagreed with the last half of its statement. "You can say whatever you want, but why are you criticizing me? Am I wrong for earning energy? You forced me to do it!"

Too lazy to argue with the system, Su Ping said to Zhang Baoxing, "Once a day. If you want to cultivate, come back tomorrow."

Zhang Baoxing was taken aback and somewhat disappointed, but he understood. After all, such a prestigious pet shop must have some rules. He could come tomorrow if he wanted; with this level of training, he would want to come every day.

"Can we come too?" the other three asked quickly.

Su Ping said calmly, "Either is fine."

The group was pleasantly surprised.

After respectfully bidding farewell to Su Ping, the four of them left Su Ping's shop with their pets. Before leaving, they couldn't help but look back a few more times to remember the place. They thought to themselves, no wonder the Thunder Light Rat was so monstrous. There was a top-level breeding master hidden here. If it were them, they could do it too!

They were tempted by the professional training services mentioned in Su Ping's shop, but the cost of professional training was too high and difficult for them to afford; 100,000 yuan was already a considerable sum for them.

Their pets, as they walked out of the store, were almost crying with joy, wishing they could pull their owners along and run as fast as they could, far away from there.

After seeing the group off, Su Ping closed the roller shutter door and called the second group to come to the store to pick up their orders. At the end, he added that there was something going on at the store and the doors would be closed temporarily. He told them to wait at the entrance or nearby and not to go too far, as Su Ping didn't want to come out again and not be able to find them anywhere, and have to keep waiting for them.

Ignoring the astonished questions on the other end of the phone, Su Ping hung up and bought a few more temporary contracts. He then went into the pet room, selected the third batch of pets, and continued to enter the breeding plane.

Three batches were bred in succession, totaling twelve. Some of the pets in the latter two batches did not belong to the same category, but because their attributes were similar, Su Ping brought them together and chose a breeding ground with a comprehensive environment.

Each cultivation session takes a full day. Although only an hour has passed outside, Su Ping already feels exhausted and can't take it anymore. He can't help but hope that he can upgrade to a level two shop as soon as possible, which will have the shadow clone cultivation function.

During the training process, Su Ping himself also gained a lot, and his understanding of combat and knowledge of monsters increased considerably.

(End of this chapter)