Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 279 Artificial Bee Colony (First Update)

Seeing Su Lingyue's nervous appearance, Su Ping did not say anything to comfort her. If she couldn't even withstand this little bit of pressure, how would she be able to stand on her own in the future?

Luo Fengtian and the others next to Fei Yanbo seemed to already know the questions for the preliminary round. They were all calm and composed, without any nervousness or unease, and seemed confident that they would get their tickets.

Soon, with all the rules explained, the preliminary rounds officially began.

hum!

Suddenly, a buzzing sound came from the sky above the stadium.

Everyone looked up and saw a large group of dark shadows flying in from a distance. When they got closer, they realized that they were a swarm of phantom butterflies.

They are all adults, each Phantom Butterfly Bee is three feet long, equivalent to more than half the height of a person, and their wings are transparent. They vibrate at an extremely high frequency and can unleash wind blade skills, which are also the basic skills of the Phantom Butterfly Bee.

The previously bustling arena fell silent in an instant, with everyone looking up in disbelief at the scene.

The swarm of phantom butterflies flew past the airship where the host was located, but instead of attacking it, they went directly into the airspace above the arena's barrier.

Meanwhile, beneath the arena floor, several figures stood in several corners, adjusting the barrier devices. The semi-transparent azure barrier disappeared, and the swarm of phantom butterflies poured in.

Once the swarm of bees had all entered the area of ​​the arena's barrier, the barrier was activated again, completely enveloping the Phantom Butterfly swarm within it.

Three hundred fifth-tier Phantom Butterfly bees hovered above the barrier like a dark cloud, making the many participants in the arena shudder and get goosebumps.

The 3D rotating buzzing sound effect alone, which surrounded the scene, made many people tremble with fear and shudder.

"This preliminary round is insane!"

"They really are Phantom Butterfly Bees, three hundred of them, my goodness!"

"Could this lead to someone getting killed?!"

Many contestants' expressions changed, and they began to back out.

Su Lingyue felt a sense of fear when she saw such a large group of fifth-tier demonic beasts. Even a high-level battle pet master might not survive being surrounded by such a group of demonic beasts, let alone someone with only fourth-tier combat power.

However, the thought that she wouldn't be alone on the field below made her feel a little more at ease. After all, she had seen many powerful monsters while training in the wasteland, and her mental fortitude was many times stronger than that of students who had never left the base city.

"Hey, why are these Phantom Butterflies flying over so obediently? Are they being controlled by someone? Who is so powerful that they can control such a large swarm of Phantom Butterflies?" Su Lingyue turned her head and asked Su Ping curiously.

Hearing her address, Su Ping rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Who are you calling 'Hey'?"

Su Lingyue didn't expect him to care about how she addressed her. She pouted, but there was still a little bit of inexplicable joy in her heart. However, she looked completely indifferent and snorted, as if to say, "You called me 'this guy' before, so what if I call you 'hey' now?"

It's a tie, one to one, so it's even!

Hearing Su Lingyue's words, Fei Yanbo turned around, smiled slightly, and was about to answer her when he heard Su Ping say, "If you're so disrespectful again, I'll give you a good scolding. See that fattest one in the middle of the Phantom Butterfly swarm? That's the leader of these Phantom Butterflies. It's been tamed. Someone used the leader's command to lure the swarm here."

"leader?"

Su Lingyue was surprised and looked closely, only to see that it was full of phantom butterflies and bees, making people dizzy. How could she tell who the leader was?

However, since this guy said so, it's probably true. Only in this way can we explain why so many phantom butterflies and bees are being controlled by someone. Otherwise, even a titled expert couldn't possibly sign contracts with more than three hundred demonic beasts; they would have suffered a mental breakdown.

Before Fei Yanbo could finish speaking, Su Ping uttered the words. Fei Yanbo glanced at Su Ping, a bitter smile appearing on his lips. Su Ping was indeed a titled being; to be able to find the leader among so many phantom butterflies at a glance was quite terrifying.

As the phantom butterfly swarm entered the venue, the atmosphere became tense. The host then used a large screen next to the track to randomly select one thousand participants to enter and face the challenge.

Many people looked ashen-faced, feeling that this was not a test, but rather a random selection of a thousand lucky audience members to be killed!

All participants were assigned a number upon registration. Soon, countless numbers scrolled simultaneously on several large screens, with one or two numbers occasionally falling off. Each time a number fell off, the judges would announce it, asking the participant to enter and prepare.

In the blink of an eye, the thousand contestants were drawn.

They walked from the eight waiting areas to the competition area below and lined up in the waiting seats outside the competition area.

As a square entrance to the barrier below opened, and with shouts from the high-level battle pet masters guarding the edge of the barrier, numerous contestants entered the arena one after another, filling most of the vast arena.

Below are a thousand people, and above them are three hundred phantom butterflies and bees buzzing and circling.

As the barrier entrance closed, the host's impassioned voice from the airship resounded throughout the venue via giant speakers: "The selection competition begins!!"

hum!

hum!

As if receiving a command, the swarm of phantom butterflies hovering high in the sky paused briefly before suddenly swooping down, unleashing a barrage of poisonous stings—a dense rain of venomous needles—that rained down upon the land.

The contestants below are about to face their first test.

However, most participants quickly summoned their battle pets after entering the arena. Some were rock-type, raising rock shields; some were fire-type, breathing fire; and some were water-type, casting Frozen Wall to firmly protect their masters.

Among these battle pets, elemental battle pets are the most numerous.

Elemental pets are a huge category in themselves. Pets of each element are comparable to pets of a separate category. At this moment, various elemental skills are released, which can be described as "competing for beauty", and a dazzling elemental storm is generated on the field.

Under the first wave of venomous stings, two to three hundred people collapsed to the ground, their bodies paralyzed and unable to fight.

Besides its extremely strong paralyzing effect, the venomous tail needles also possess formidable penetrating power, making them difficult to withstand with ordinary low-level defensive skills.

If these people, whose bodies are paralyzed by the poisonous stings, do not receive treatment, the excessive paralysis will leave hidden injuries or even paralysis on one side of their bodies. However, when they are carried out after the test, they will be given a specially prepared antidote.

Roar!

Among the contestants, several beast roars suddenly erupted, and one of them summoned an eighth-tier bloodline earth dragon beast. This was a sub-dragon species, and although it was not a pure dragon beast, it still had some dragon beast blood.

Under the roar, the intimidation skill swept through, causing the number of phantom bees attacking that direction to decrease significantly, and they all turned to attack elsewhere.

The swarm of Phantom Butterflies had already stormed into the crowd, unleashing poisonous stings and wind blades. Some pet masters around the third tier were unlucky enough to be surrounded and attacked by several Phantom Butterflies, and were nearly killed instantly.

Su Ping could tell that these Phantom Butterfly Bees were artificially bred, not wild ones, and were not very ferocious. Otherwise, there would have been corpses strewn all over the place by now, since most of them were low-level battle pet masters.

Not long after, the first batch of contestants finished their test. Although the Phantom Butterfly Swarm showed mercy, only a few dozen contestants were still standing on the field after the test.

Some people managed to hold on by relying on their defensive pets, but they couldn't actively attack the Phantom Butterflies and snatch the selection certificates from them.

Some people had already obtained several selection certificates, and not a single Phantom Butterfly Bee dared to approach them. There were even a few Phantom Butterfly Bee corpses left on the ground. They were obviously extremely powerful contestants.

(End of this chapter)