Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 171 The Third Favorite

"Is this area number 92?"

Old Mo and Luo Guxue quickly took in their surroundings. When they saw the desolation and scorched earth, they immediately realized the harshness of the environment. Monsters that survive in such extreme environments are usually extremely ferocious and tyrannical.

"Everyone be careful."

Nie Chengkong's expression was solemn. He quickly gave instructions and assigned tasks, saying, "Zhou Jinglai is in charge of scouting the airspace, Yue Lin is in charge of scouting the ground, and the rest of you are on alert. Elder Mo, I heard that you have a Fire Sleeping Sound Beast that can detect all sounds within a radius of thirty miles. I wonder if you can summon it to avoid any oversights in our scouting."

Old Mo's eyes flashed as he glanced at him, then nodded and said, "That's only natural."

After saying that, he raised his hand and pulled, summoning a vortex that appeared out of thin air. A pet beast the size of a cheetah leaped out from it, its four paws treading on flames that seemed to burn endlessly, as if they were the fur on its paws.

Its upper body resembles that of a tapir, with an elephant's trunk and rabbit ears. Its entire body is covered in black spots, resembling swirling patterns or eyeballs.

This Earthfire Sleeping Sound Beast is a dual-type Earth and Fire pet, and it is an extremely rare scouting pet. Although its combat ability is average, its scouting ability is extremely strong. It is good at distinguishing sounds and can understand things dozens of miles away.

Luo Guxue, Ye Chenshan, and the others were somewhat surprised. They did not expect that Elder Mo would have such a rare reconnaissance pet. The role of this pet in the wasteland was no less than that of an ordinary dragon beast!

Dragon beasts are powerful combat pets, but when pioneering new areas, support-type pets are more important. After all, no matter how strong you are, if you directly charge into the lair of a king beast, you will die.

After the Earthfire Sleeping Beast appeared, it immediately burrowed into the ground at Old Mo's command, and also buried the pit it had dug into.

With the Earthfire Sleeping Beast scouting, not only did Nie Chengkong breathe a sigh of relief, but the tense bodies of the others also relaxed a little.

At this moment, Zhou Jing and Guo Yuelin also released their respective scouting pets.

One is the Hundred-Eyed Eagle, a high-level pet beast. It is relatively rare, but not particularly uncommon. You can still see a few in most top-tier teams. Its combat strength is average, and most of them are timid by nature, but their eyesight is extremely strong. When they are adults, they can look down at ants on the ground from 10,000 meters in the air.

The Hundred-Eyed Eagle is small in size. Although it is named Hundred-Eyed, it does not have a hundred pairs of eyes; it only has four.

Guo Yuelin summoned the Earthquake Beast, a relatively common high-level Rock-type pet with average combat and scouting abilities, making it a mediocre creature.

After all three summoned their pets to scout the surroundings, Nie Chengkong pulled out a map from his backpack, looked around, and quickly determined their location, saying, "Our place is on the edge of this region. The safe route around here is... southeast."

After Su Ping retrieved the relevant information about this Dragon Scale Region from his mind, he couldn't help but glance at Nie Chengkong upon hearing his words. He frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed his brows and looked at the map in Nie Chengkong's hand.

He had explored this region thoroughly, and even without this map, he knew the environment. Looking at the map now, he found that the information on it was quite similar to the information he had found in the Dragon Scale region; no wonder he had felt a sense of familiarity when he first saw it.

"So, the treasures here are the same as those in Dragonscale Land..." Su Ping's eyes flickered slightly, and his heart suddenly felt a surge of excitement.

Among the many dragon-scaled lands he explored, he encountered some extremely powerful treasures. Unfortunately, the treasures he obtained in the inheritance area were all illusionary items and could not be taken out of the cultivation area.

But here... you can take it out!

Thinking of this, Su Ping suddenly felt a surge of heat in his heart. He even wanted to leave the group immediately and abandon the treasures of this place.

After all, among the many Dragon Scale Lands, the treasures within this particular Dragon Scale Land, while not bad, are not the best!

"Now that we know the route, let's set off!"

Su Ping said, feeling a sense of urgency. He wanted to explore this area as soon as possible so that he could fulfill Ye Chenshan's request and then explore other Dragon Scale Lands on his own.

Leaving the team now would seem suspicious and would violate his previous promise. Moreover, if it led to the annihilation of these people here, Su Ping would feel guilty.

Old Mo and the burly man surnamed Chen shared the same idea: to get on the road as soon as possible. However, when Su Ping said this, they found it rather unpleasant to hear, as if someone who knew nothing was giving orders.

Nie Chengkong nodded. "Everyone, please summon your battle pets first, otherwise I'm afraid we won't have time to deal with any danger we encounter."

"Um."

Ye Chenshan nodded. Since they had already entered the territory to explore, they naturally had to summon their pets to be on guard at all times. Moreover, combat pets were not just good at fighting. If a monster suddenly attacked them, they might be able to react before they could and block the attack for them.

Mo Lao and the others naturally had no objections, and each summoned their own battle pets.

Seeing this, Su Ping thought for a moment and then summoned the Dark Dragon Hound.

The little skeleton was his primary battle pet.

The Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast is a secondary pet.

This was his second pet. As for his third pet, it would naturally be the final Purple-Green Python.

In fact, the Purple-Green Python's aptitude is not bad, but it has only been hatched for a short time, while the Dark Dragon Hound evolved from an adult Moon Chaser Hound and grows faster.

The reason Su Ping didn't summon the little skeleton directly was because he knew that this area was still outside the core area and there was no need to send out the little skeleton and the Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast.

Moreover, the appearance of the Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast would cause too much commotion. Although it strangely learned the ability to conceal its aura, which most dragon beasts could not master, its enormous size would still cause the earth to shake when it moved, enough to alarm some slumbering ferocious beasts.

The creature summoned by Luo Guxue beside her was the Holy Flame Bird, an eighth-tier high-level bloodline pet. It had been injured in the battle against the Demon Beast, but had now fully recovered and its strength had even improved, reaching the middle level of the eighth tier.

If they encounter that demonic beast again, they might be able to cover Luo Guxue's escape.

Ye Chenshan also summoned his battle pet, which was the first time Su Ping had seen his battle pet. It was a ninth-tier bloodline Grayscale Lizard Beast, a sub-dragon species, a rock-type pet, and was now at the middle of the eighth tier. Although it was an adult, it had not yet reached the peak of adulthood at the ninth tier.

In this team, Zhou Jing and Guo Yuelin were mainly responsible for reconnaissance and would provide support in battle if necessary, while Ye Chenshan was responsible for defense, Luo Guxue was responsible for group attacks, and Nie Chengkong was the strongest combat force. His pet beast was also a ninth-tier demon beast of the demon type, a powerful combat pet, eight meters tall, with a jet-black body, like a Buddha who had fallen into demonic possession, with slightly protruding bumps all over its head, but each bump was a tightly closed sharp mouth.

This demon beast is extremely powerful, ferocious and violent. It can even ignore the pressure of dragon beasts and is extremely bloodthirsty!

Moreover, this is a humanoid battle pet that can teach combat skills. This demon beast is holding a long staff that Nie Chengkong spent a lot of money to forge. It is more than ten meters long, and it is clear that the combat skills mastered by this demon beast are staff techniques.

The combat pets summoned by Elder Mo and the burly man surnamed Chen were also ninth-tier bloodline pets. After all, they themselves were already eighth-tier, and ordinary eighth-tier pets could only serve as their secondary pets.

Old Mo is a ninth-tier demon-type scythe guardian, also a humanoid battle pet. He is nearly ten meters tall, with curved blades growing on his arms and his body covered in hideous bumps. Upon closer inspection, you can see that they are tentacles huddled on his body, containing deadly poison.

The burly man surnamed Chen possessed a ninth-tier dragon beast named Earth Dragon, a lower-tier dragon beast among ninth-tier dragon beasts. It was already an adult and at its peak, making it one of the strongest ninth-tier defensive pet beasts.

Once the battle pets are summoned, the difference in everyone's strength becomes immediately apparent.

Everyone thought that Zhou Jing and Guo Yuelin were the weakest in the team, since they were mainly responsible for reconnaissance and not the main combat force. However, the result was unexpected. The weakest was actually the outside helper they had brought in, Su Ping.

Dark Dragon Dog...

This is a sixth-tier demonic bloodline pet. Although it is one of the strongest demonic types, it is still only a sixth-tier bloodline. Some kings of the Dark Dragonhound race may have combat power comparable to the seventh tier, but even a seventh-tier pet is completely insignificant here.

When Elder Mo and the man surnamed Chen saw Su Ping's Dark Dragon Hound, they were both stunned. They then looked at Nie Chengkong and thought, "Are you sure the person you invited isn't just joking around?"

Seeing the two men's questioning gazes, Nie Chengkong felt somewhat embarrassed. However, having heard Luo Guxue and Ye Chenshan mention Su Ping, he asked doubtfully, "Brother Su, isn't this your strongest battle pet? I heard you have a special undead-type skeleton?"

Su Ping nodded, "This is my secondary pet. I will summon it when we encounter danger. I summon it because it has developed an ability to sense smell, which allows it to detect dangers in advance. In addition, it is sufficient for combat under normal circumstances."

Nie Chengkong was speechless.

Zhou Jing frowned and said, "Boss Su, this is no joke. As for the investigation, we are enough."

Guo Yuelin nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right, and we also have Elder Mo's Earthfire Sleeping Beast. We can detect even a mosquito flying by."

Su Ping frowned slightly. To be honest, he wasn't too confident or optimistic about their three inferior pets. Although they seemed to have detected the area and airspace, their pets' detection abilities were average, and some demonic beasts with special camouflage abilities might not be able to detect them.

And his Dark Dragon Hound, for some reason, happened to undergo olfactory evolution during the breeding process, and comprehended a ninth-level reconnaissance ability, which just filled a part of the gap.

Moreover, when he later explored and opened up the Dragonscale Land on his own, the Dark Dragon Hound's role in the party was reconnaissance; basically, very little could be kept from it.

Seeing the atmosphere becoming somewhat tense, Luo Guxue quickly said, "Everyone, I think that since Instructor Su is using this Dark Dragon Hound, he must have his reasons. Besides, with so many combat pets around, even if we encounter a danger that we can't detect, we can react in time. Instructor Su can then summon his main combat pets in time."

Having witnessed Su Ping's skills at the academy, she had the most confidence in him.

When Luo Guxue spoke up, Nie Chengkong frowned. Although he wanted to say something more, he felt that if he continued, the atmosphere would become tense. The exploration hadn't even started yet, and the team's atmosphere was already like this, which would be extremely detrimental to what was to come.

"Forget it, let's leave it at that." Nie Chengkong was unwilling to say anything more, but sighed in his heart. The goodwill he had towards Su Ping before had completely vanished.

Ye Chenshan also sighed, shook his head and said nothing. After all, Su Ping was his savior.

Old Mo snorted coldly and said, "You can tolerate him, but my Earthfire Sleeping Sound Beast is basically immune to encountering any undetectable demonic beasts, unless they are king beasts. If there are king beasts here, we can forget about surviving."

Nie Chengkong noticed his displeasure and offered a few words of sympathy with a forced smile.

Luo Guxue realized she had spoken out of turn and apologized as well.

Su Ping hadn't expected that his efforts to prioritize the overall situation and fill the gaps in the reconnaissance would cause so much trouble. Seeing Luo Guxue speak up for him and apologize, his face darkened. Just as he was about to lash out, his expression suddenly changed, and he frowned, saying, "A demonic beast is approaching."

"Um?"

Everyone was taken aback by his words.

But when they realized that it was Su Ping who was speaking, everyone except Luo Guxue instantly relaxed from their instinctive defensive state.

(End of this chapter)