Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 540 The Promise of Cangming, the Aid of Hancheng

"Your Asura Slayer Sword is complete."

Looking at the space that Su Ping shattered with his sword, he said, "But this is only the initial stage. You still need to cultivate more. Also, the aura in your body just now was a bit peculiar. I seemed to sense a bit of divine aura."

Su Ping did not deny that the Golden Crow Divine Demon Body had just absorbed the blood of the Asura King, and most likely it was the aura that was revealed that was sensed by this mortal.

"Thank you," Su Ping said, clasping his hands in thanks.

Ming shook his head slightly and said, "The reason I agreed to teach you swordsmanship is because there haven't been any other life forms here for far too long, apart from those undead creatures. Your appearance is very strange. Now that I've taught you swordsmanship, I hope you can keep our promise."

Su Ping nodded, "I will do my best to find that goddess for you."

Ming looked at him, nodded slightly after a moment, then seemed to remember something, flipped his hand, and a sword box appeared in his palm.

"Now that you have mastered swordsmanship, I will give you a divine sword. This is the sword of a royal Asura. I have one myself. I do not practice dual swordsmanship, so this sword is for you," Ming said, tossing the sword box in his hand to Su Ping.

Su Ping was slightly taken aback, then quickly caught it.

It was extremely heavy, like a piece of cold iron weighing ten thousand pounds. The sword case was icy cold all over, as if it had been fished out of the ice.

Su Ping quickly caught the sword and opened the sword case.

Inside lay a long, dark sword blade, its back slightly curved in an arc. The entire blade was jet black, reflecting a cold, arcing light. Several scarlet gems were embedded in the hilt, making it quite conspicuous.

Su Ping gripped the hilt of the sword and immediately felt a suction force emanating from it, as if the sword was about to grow and coil around his palm.

This feeling is... eerie.

Su Ping was somewhat surprised, but he didn't let go; after all, he wasn't afraid of death here.

As Su Ping drew the sword, he channeled his power into it. Immediately, he saw the snow-white bandage on the blade seem to revive, wrapping around his hand and gradually turning red, binding him tightly so that he could grip the sword firmly and could not shake it off.

Furthermore, Su Ping felt a cold and evil aura surge into his body through his palm, seemingly searching for the energy within him and trying to devour it.

Su Ping tried to transmit some energy, but it was immediately swallowed up by this evil aura. The next moment, Su Ping saw a dense black light emerge on the blade in his palm, and the space around the rippling black light automatically split apart.

The mere manifestation of energy, the sharpening of the blade, caused space to shatter!

Su Ping was somewhat alarmed. This was definitely an extremely powerful divine sword, and it might even be a star-level treasure!

"Really for me?" Su Ping looked at Ming.

He was suddenly overwhelmed by the preciousness of the divine sword. After all, he had only known this man for about ten days and their relationship was not very deep. Moreover, the man had even taught him swordsmanship. He felt that the man was being treated too kindly.

"With this sword, your power is enough to threaten the Ghost General. If you combine it with your pet beast, hunting down the Ghost General will be a piece of cake. Only when you encounter a Star-level being will you be helpless. But in any case, at least it can ensure that you have first-class combat power under the stars."

"Ming said."

Su Ping looked at him.

"Remember our promise." Ming gazed deeply at him.

Su Ping understood his meaning and nodded, saying, "I will."

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For the next ten days, under Ming's guidance, Su Ping continued to cultivate his swordsmanship in this ancient city of Asura.

His swordsmanship improved rapidly, and in these ten days, he had more time to train his pets. During his spare time from his own training, he also trained all four of his customers' battle pets to have powerful skills, and all of them completed professional training, with their combat power exceeding ten.

Among them, the higher-level ones have reached a combat power of 15 points, comparable to the mid-level Vast Ocean Realm King Beast!

After returning, Su Ping found the remaining demonic pets and continued his training in the Shura Ancient City.

Time flies.

After the second batch of demon pets was fully trained, Su Ping knew that he would have to leave the Asura Ancient City for the time being.

He came to the execution platform and bid farewell to Ming.

Ming could tell that Su Ping was really going to leave, and he wasn't reluctant at all. On the contrary, he hoped that Su Ping would finish his cultivation as soon as possible and fulfill his promise to him.

The farewell was brief; he watched Su Ping leave.

As Su Ping's figure was swallowed by the vortex again and disappeared from sight, Ming slowly withdrew his gaze, a hint of sadness in his eyes, and murmured to himself, "The Cangming Pact, I hope you are still alive, I hope... you can find this place."

He reached out his hand; the skin on his palm was unusually pale, with faint signs of dryness and cracking.

"The lifespan of the Asura race is not endless..."

"Does the destiny my father spoke of... truly exist?"

His mutterings faded away, and the entire battle platform fell into a long silence. The entire Shura Ancient City also returned to its slumber, becoming lifeless and utterly still once again.

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Back in the shop, Su Ping released the demon pets he had trained and threw them back into the shop. Then he selected the categorized dragon pets and began to train them.

This time, he didn't go to the Purple Blood Dragon Abyss Realm, but chose another dragon realm.

After all, this trip is to train pets, not to fight. If the Starry Sky Dragon in the Purple Blood Dragon Abyss Realm senses him, it will definitely send out a Heavenly Fate Realm being to hunt him down, which would negate the effect of training these pets.

Moreover, he also said that the next time he went to the Purple Blood Dragon Abyss Realm would be to have the Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast suppress the Purple Blood Heavenly Dragon Clan, and now it is clearly not the right time.

Su Ping selected another medium-sized dragon breeding ground to continue his breeding journey.

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While Su Ping was busy training pet beasts day and night at the Little Rascal's shop, on the other side, at the Cold City base, war was raging.

Outside the Cold City base, some wind power plants, reclaimed land, and other facilities have been destroyed and submerged, and the area is teeming with monsters, like a vast ocean.

On the four high walls of the Cold City base, blood stained the walls red, like ink splashed by a brush, and countless corpses piled up below.

At this moment, the city is in dire need of emergency.

"Call for help from the north! Call for help from the north!"

"Sixteen ninth-tier demonic beasts are leading the charge from the north, and they're almost overwhelming us!"

"The east is in dire need of help! We need reinforcements from the east!"

"A royal beast has appeared in the east! It's a royal beast!!"

"There are two royal beasts to the east! Help! Help!"

"Why haven't there been any reinforcements? Has Cold City been abandoned?"

In the general command center of Hancheng, urgent telegrams for help came rapidly from all directions, the voices inside filled with anxiety and despair.

Outside the city, monsters roamed like a vast ocean, and the base was on the verge of collapse. Inside the base, however, no new troops or pet masters were joining the front lines, and the defensive forces were growing weaker and weaker, making it increasingly difficult to resist.

despair!

Especially in the east, when the figures of the two king beasts appeared in the beast tide, countless generals guarding the city, as well as the Xuan family guarding the east side of Hancheng, all fell into despair.

There was no news of a King Beast among the previously detected beast tides!

This beast was hidden among them and suddenly appeared!

They also did not receive any news from above that a legend would come to oversee the situation!

If a legendary figure were in charge, this news would certainly not be kept secret, after all, it is news that can boost morale, and it would be good enough if it wasn't fabricated out of thin air.

However, instead of news of a legendary figure overseeing the situation, they witnessed the appearance of a king beast. This cast a heavy shadow of despair over the hearts and faces of many soldiers who were struggling to resist the beast tide, including the generals in command.

Their Cold City was only a B-level base city, lacking the equipment and combat power to rival a King Beast. Although many powerful individuals from all sides had successively come to reinforce them, including some titled pet masters.

However, none of these matter in front of the King Beast!

Upon hearing the news of the King Beast from the east, the entire command center fell silent. Everyone who was busy dealing with emergencies in other areas stopped and stood there dumbfounded.

King Beast?

Everyone looked at each other, seeing the despair and frustration in each other's eyes.

Why?

Why?!

They've tried so hard, they've worked so desperately, so why did they still encounter this kind of thing?

This is Heaven's will to destroy Hancheng!

Some people looked up at the commander-in-chief, the lord of Hancheng.

The city lord's face was also pale, and his hand holding a manuscript was trembling. He knew that the battle report was correct, and he also knew that the Peak Tower he had requested had not sent reinforcements. The reason given seemed to be that the Peak Tower had also encountered an emergency, which meant that no legendary figure was available to provide reinforcements at the moment.

The city lord's mind was buzzing, and his vision was shaky.

For nearly a week since Hancheng faced the beast tide, he had been running around seeking help from all sides, asking everyone he could in his network for help. He had hardly closed his eyes during this time. Now, upon hearing such terrible news, he felt as if his vision was going black and he was about to faint.

Bang.

He slumped down, his eyes filled with sorrow.

But soon, as if remembering something, his sorrow vanished, replaced by a fierce glint in his eyes. He stood up and shouted, "Move all reserve forces and supplies to the east to provide full reinforcement! Also, send reserve battalions to evacuate the elderly, weak, women, and children from the base through the southern refuge passage!"

"If this beast is going to attack from the east, then we'll fight them from the east!"

The expressions of the others changed upon hearing his words.

One of the generals suddenly said sadly, "Lord, there are no more reserve forces to reinforce the front line. Now we only have the new recruits in the reserve battalion."

Another general said, "If we relocate, the previous refuge passage has been destroyed by monsters and needs to be reopened, but we are very likely to encounter monsters again. Lord, are we really going to relocate?"

They had this concern before they didn't decide to relocate.

The city lord's face paled slightly. All their reserve forces were gone? Does that mean Cold City is already at its wit's end?

Seeing the city lord's face aged instantly, as if all his energy and spirit had been drained away, everyone showed a look of sorrow. But just then, a piece of information came in.

"Urgent report from the east! Urgent report from the east!"

"A third king beast has appeared behind the beast tide, but this king beast seems to be heading for the other two king beasts, and they are already fighting each other!"

"This...this looks like a king-level beast that has come as reinforcements!"

"There's someone! There's someone on that king beast! It's reinforcements! It's reinforcements!!"

The voice was filled with immense excitement, even bordering on tears of joy—a joyful surprise from hell to heaven.

(End of this chapter)