Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 204 The Return Journey

Xie Yuexuan's pupils contracted, and she hurriedly raised her star shield. At the same time, she waved her hand and released streams of star power, which wrapped around the jungle lizard like chains, trying to restrain it.

But just as her Star Power Chains wrapped around the Poison Lizard's body, they were snapped by its demonic scales. A mouthful of thick, dark green venom suddenly gushed from the Poison Lizard's mouth, instantly eroding the brilliant Star Shield and creating a hole in it.

It’s over.

Xie Yuexuan stared at the venom rushing towards her, despair in her eyes.

Just then—

Bang!

Suddenly, a violent impact rang out, and the ground beneath Xie Yuexuan's feet shook violently.

Before she could react, her vision blurred, and she felt as if she had been thrown aside by something, falling dozens of meters away. When she regained her senses and saw the scene before her, she was stunned and opened her mouth wide.

This is... a Hellfire Candle Dragon Beast?!

She could hardly believe her eyes.

I actually found myself here, a top-tier dragon beast that is extremely rare and precious?!

Roar! !

The deafening roar of the dragon pulled Xie Yuexuan back to reality. She immediately saw the previously aggressive jungle lizard trembling under the powerful dragon's roar, its emerald green scales swaying slightly as if it were shaking.

The next moment, the jungle lizard turned and ran, its body instantly changing color to blend into the surrounding weeds and environment. In the blink of an eye, it burrowed into the grass and disappeared.

The Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast did not give chase, but instead turned to look at Xie Yuexuan.

Xie Yuexuan, still in shock and before she could even catch her breath, froze when she saw the Hellfire Candle Dragon Beast turn around. She had just escaped the lizard's mouth and was now in the dragon's mouth.

She felt a deep sadness.

Without strength, you're just food in this secret realm.

Compared to this Hellfire Candle Dragon Beast, she would rather the little jungle poisonous lizard that had escaped earlier came back.

However, the thought that she would not escape death even if she faced the jungle venomous lizard made her choke up. But she quickly calmed down. As the saying goes, death can be as light as a feather or as heavy as Tarzan. Rather than dying in the mouth of an ordinary eighth-level demon beast, it would be better to die in the mouth of the famous Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast. That's called... dying a worthy death.

bah bah bah.

Xie Yuexuan stopped her wild thoughts. While feeling despair, she also smiled bitterly. She was about to die, and she could still think of such nonsense. She was quite an oddball.

She had prepared herself for death, but then she suddenly realized that the Hellfire Dragon Beast had no intention of attacking her; it simply stood there quietly, watching her.

That look... it didn't seem like he was looking at food, but rather like he was looking at something strange...?

"When are you ready to sit down next to me?" a calm voice sounded from behind.

Xie Yuexuan was startled and turned around to look, only to find a huge snake coiled up behind her. On the top of the snake's head sat a figure who was very young, so young that she almost doubted her own eyes.

In this secret realm, such youthful faces around twenty years old are extremely rare. Most of them belong to the young masters of large families. However, even though these young masters are already quite mature, around twenty-four or twenty-five years old, this face looks like it belongs to someone under twenty, still a teenager.

"You are...human?" Xie Yuexuan quickly got up from the ground and looked at the boy nervously.

In the desolate wilderness, seeing a boy sitting atop a giant snake's head always gives one a strange feeling.

Su Ping looked down at himself. "Don't I look human?"

"Yes, it does," Xie Yuexuan quickly replied.

Su Ping raised an eyebrow slightly, too lazy to pursue the matter further, and said, "With strength like yours, you dare to come to this secret realm? Do you think natural death is too slow?"

Xie Yuexuan was speechless. Why did this person seem to have such a sharp tongue?

In any case, encountering a human companion here is quite fortunate. At this moment, she suddenly remembered the Hellfire Candle Dragon Beast behind her, and was jolted awake. She hurriedly said, "Let's go quickly, that Hellfire Candle Dragon Beast is not easy to deal with."

"You mean it?" Su Ping had already beckoned, and the Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast leaped up and landed in front of the Purple-Green Python, squatting at its head and making a coquettish sound. He reached out and stroked its huge head, patting it gently as a sign of reward.

Then, he opened the pet space and put it in.

Xie Yuexuan stared blankly at the scene, blinking her eyes.

What's going on?

This Hellfire Candle Dragon Beast... is it his pet?!

Xie Yuexuan's mind went blank for a moment, unable to react. It wasn't until she saw Su Ping turn to leave that she snapped out of it and quickly chased after him, asking, "Is this Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast your pet?"

Su Ping gave her a strange look. "Isn't it obvious enough?"

Xie Yuexuan was speechless. It was quite obvious that, apart from the owner of the pet, who else could put a demon beast into the pet space?

She realized she had asked a stupid question, and while speechless, she couldn't help but sized up Su Ping. So young, yet he had a Hellfire Candle Dragon Beast as his pet. What kind of illustrious background must he have?

Moreover, she discovered that Su Ping was alone and did not have a team.

For someone to dare to venture into this secret realm alone, the family behind that person must be incredibly audacious!

Aren't you afraid that such a person will perish here?

Curious, she didn't ask directly. Having finally found such a powerful ally, she didn't want to offend anyone. Instead, she asked, "Can I come with you?"

Without turning his head, Su Ping said, "I'm leaving the secret realm."

"Really? I'm leaving the secret realm too." Xie Yuexuan said with great joy, not expecting that it would be on her way.

"Then go ahead and leave. I didn't stop you," Su Ping said.

Xie Yuexuan was speechless. How low must someone's emotional intelligence be to not understand her meaning? However, she didn't dare to be angry and cautiously said, "Can you take me with you? I'll keep quiet the whole way."

Su Ping glanced at her, thought for a moment, and since he had rescued her on the spur of the moment, it would be strange to just leave her here. So he said, "Alright, come on up. But let's make it clear, if we encounter any powerful monsters, I might abandon you. Be prepared."

Xie Yuexuan smiled bitterly. Although she knew it was true, it was rare to hear it said so bluntly. And if this really happened, would it be useful to prepare mentally? She could only accept her fate.

Without saying much, she obediently nodded, put away her rock-patterned turtle, and jumped onto the snake's body.

The purplish-blue python tilted its head slightly and glanced at Su Ping, a hint of ferocity in its eyes. After receiving reassurance from Su Ping's thoughts, it stuck out its tongue and turned to continue its journey.

Xie Yuexuan climbed up the snake's back and sat down next to Su Ping, exchanging pleasantries with him: "My benefactor, may I ask how to address you?"

"Su Ping".

Xie Yuexuan said "Oh," remembered the name, and quickly went through it in her mind. She found that there was no family with the surname Su in Longjiang Base City, and guessed that Su Ping was probably from another base city.

"My benefactor, you look very young."

"Isn't he still handsome?"

"……Yes."

That concludes the discussion.

At this moment, the Purple-Green Python swam forward rapidly, and Xie Yuexuan had no choice but to use her Star Power to firmly attach her body to the snake's body, while simultaneously raising her Star Shield to block the oncoming strong wind.

She glanced at Su Ping a few more times, feeling that there was something strange about this young man. He didn't have the cold and sharp aura of a young master from a powerful family who kept people at arm's length. He was rather peaceful. But when she looked into Su Ping's eyes, she felt a strange palpitation, as if her heart was being slashed by a knife. But upon closer inspection, she found that Su Ping's eyes were not sharp, but rather very calm.

Calm as deep as an abyss.

She avoided looking at Su Ping's face for too long, lest he notice and it seem impolite. She turned her head and looked around, quickly noticing a dark dragon dog in front of the purple-green python. Curious, she asked, "My benefactor, is this also your pet beast?"

"Um."

"If I'm not mistaken... this is a Dark Dragon Hound, isn't it?"

"Um."

"Hmm, is this... a medium-blooded Dark Dragon Hound?"

"Um."

"...My benefactor, isn't this a bit too risky?"

Seeing that Su Ping remained unmoved and completely failed to grasp her implied meaning, Xie Yuexuan had no choice but to be more explicit. She whispered, "Don't you have that Hellfire Candle Dragon Beast? Why don't you let it guard you?"

"This is enough for now," Su Ping said.

"Enough...enough?" Xie Yuexuan didn't quite understand what Su Ping meant. What did he mean by enough?

Seeing Su Ping's indifferent expression, she wanted to ask a few more questions, but she was afraid of displeasing Su Ping. After all, Su Ping was not only her benefactor, but his strength was also unfathomable to her. The previous Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast alone was enough to easily defeat her. Right now, she still had to rely on Su Ping to escape danger and leave this secret realm.

The two sat in silence.

The Dark Dragon Hound led the way, avoiding the territories of some ninth-tier demonic beasts, and headed straight for the edge of this dragon-scaled land.

They encountered several eighth-tier demonic beasts along the way. Before the Purple-Green Python could make a move, the Dark Dragon Hound roared and repelled it, allowing them to proceed unimpeded.

When Xie Yuexuan saw the Dark Dragon Hound easily intimidate several eighth-tier demonic beasts, she was shocked and incredulous. A pet with medium bloodline could actually scare away a high-level eighth-tier demonic beast.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed it was real.

At this moment, she gradually began to understand what Su Ping meant by saying "enough."

This is no ordinary pet, but a top-quality Dark Dragon Dog, bred to an extremely terrifying degree!

Her understanding of Su Ping's combat strength has improved significantly. Including the adult Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast from before, she felt that Su Ping's combat strength was at least comparable to a mid-level ninth-tier demon beast!

To possess such terrifying combat power at such a young age is an extremely rare talent!

She remembered Su Ping's name even more firmly in her heart.

Two hours later, they finally reached the edge of the Dragonscale Land.

Seeing the teleportation node, Xie Yuexuan finally relaxed, her heart pounding with relief. She smiled and said to Su Ping, "My benefactor, could you leave me your contact number so I can repay you in the future?"

"Beat me up?"

"It's to repay..."

"How can I repay you?"

"Well, as long as it's within the scope of my best work, I'm willing to do it."

"Will you pay?"

"Huh?"

(End of this chapter)