Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 688 Mutation [First Update]

Under Su Ping's watchful eye, the four of them reluctantly listed the pet food they needed to buy. Upon hearing this, Su Ping realized that only two of the items were available in his shop.

The pet food in his shop is sourced randomly from the breeding world, without specific categorization or purchasing, unlike other pet shops that go to artificial breeding bases to make targeted purchases. They buy a variety of popular pets of each type, from low-level to high-level, which is the basic requirement for running a pet shop.

Hearing that Su Ping only had two options, the four titled individuals were somewhat surprised, but remembering the ferocious beast from earlier, they refrained from asking further questions.

Although they were there to do business... Su Ping was very polite... but for some reason, they always felt like someone had a knife to their throats.

"This is Rhombus Flame Dragon Grass. Your battle pet is a ninth-tier Flame Scale Three-Clawed Dragon. It can eat this too. One piece costs 185 million star coins." Su Ping handed the item over.

"185 million Star Coins?"

The group stared in surprise, their eyes wide. A single serving of pet food was actually so expensive?

If we eat a few more bites, wouldn't that amount to tens of millions?

Although they are at the Title Realm and have considerable wealth, spending millions is a bit exaggerated. After all, this is just a pet food, and they are eating too extravagantly!

The middle-aged man in the lead gritted his teeth slightly and said, "Should I swipe my card here?"

"Need not."

Su Ping said, "As I just said, today's spending under ten million will be free."

The middle-aged man said repeatedly, "How could I possibly accept that? I should still pay."

"Alright then." Su Ping nodded, no longer refusing.

Middle-aged man: "..."

I was just being modest, afraid you'd underestimate me!

You really agreed right away?

Suppressing his frustration, the middle-aged man cheerfully pulled out his card, swiped it to pay, but inwardly he was cursing.

After paying by card, he took the glass jar from Su Ping. As soon as he held it in his hand, he realized that the jar was scalding hot, and the heat seemed to be emanating from the small, bright red, diamond-shaped grass inside the jar.

How can a blade of grass contain such amazing heat?

He was somewhat surprised and looked him up and down.

"These are Thunder Pattern Fruits, suitable for Thunder-type battle pets. There are only two left, each worth 150 million Star Coins. Take them all if you want." Su Ping took another small bottle from behind the counter, containing two cherry-sized purple fruits with raised veins on their surface, twisting and turning, resembling a coiled dragon upon closer inspection.

"Well……"

The old man next to him opened his mouth slightly. These two little things actually cost three million?

This is outrageous!

Seeing that the middle-aged man next to him had already accepted it, he hesitated for a moment and then also chose to accept it... Consider it money to avoid trouble.

"Is there anything else you need?" Su Ping asked.

All four shook their heads in unison, "No, no."

Even if I had it, I wouldn't dare say. Just kidding. If pet food can be this expensive, what other things would be priced exorbitantly?

After packing their things, the group hurriedly said goodbye and left the store.

When they stepped out the door, the four of them felt like they had seen the light of day again. This Longjiang store... was really shady!

Without lingering, the group hurriedly left along the street, and soon switched to flying, taking off directly into the air and flying back to the Upper City where they had been settled.

"Two fruits cost me 300 million! Damn! I thought we made money pretty quickly, but it turns out they make money even faster. Is this the true face of Longjiang?"

"This isn't Heilongjiang, it's practically HLJ!"

"That makes sense..."

Flying high in the sky, all of them were still shaken.

"Seriously, that battle pet was actually real, a Void Realm cultivator! My god, what does that even mean?"

"I'm starting to wonder if we were just under some kind of hallucinogenic spell. A shop that even has Void Realm battle pets—even if they're its prized possessions—is still incredibly extravagant. Could there be a legend behind this shop?"

"I've heard that among the five major families in Longjiang, the patriarch of the Qin family has become a legend. Could it be that they're behind this shop?"

"Luckily, we weren't reckless. If we had really messed things up and gone head-to-head with a legend, we would have been dead for sure!"

At this point, the group looked at each other, all sighing. They never expected that going out in the middle of the night to find food for their battle pets would almost turn them into someone else's food!

This shop in Longjiang is a total rip-off!

……

After seeing off the four customers, Su Ping's gaze fell on Tang Ruyan.

"Hey, hehe... I know I was wrong..."

Tang Ruyan gave an awkward laugh, but obediently lowered her head to admit her mistake.

"What did I do wrong?" Su Ping's voice was utterly indifferent, revealing neither joy nor anger.

"I shouldn't have teased them, I shouldn't have shown off..." Tang Ruyan answered quickly, then secretly glanced at Su Ping.

Seeing her like this, Su Ping was amused and couldn't get angry. He snorted coldly and said, "Good that you know. I don't care if you're the head of the Tang family now, but you need to remember that here you're just an employee looking after the shop for me. Serving customers is your duty. Unless a customer offends you first, you must not deliberately tease or harass them, understand?"

"Mmm..."

Tang Ruyan nodded her head like a chick pecking at rice, being incredibly obedient.

Su Ping was somewhat speechless, and said irritably, "Stop acting innocent. Today you almost disgraced the store and damaged its reputation. Tell me, how should you be punished?"

"Punish me however you want..." Tang Ruyan said softly, a blush suddenly rising on her cheeks.

"Then I'll punish you by making you clean toilets for a month," Su Ping said indifferently.

Tang Ruyan looked up in surprise, then immediately said pitifully, "Cleaning the toilet is too wasteful, isn't it? I can warm your bed and serve you tea and water, how about that?"

"Serving me tea and water is what you should do," Su Ping said indifferently. "I'm busy cultivating, so I don't need a bed to sleep."

"..."

"If there are no objections, then it's decided."

"No, I object. Can we choose something else?"

"Since you've agreed, let's start counting from today. You'll be in charge of cleaning the toilets in the store this month," Su Ping said, while simultaneously communicating with the system in his mind that the toilet area in the store no longer needed cleaning.

The system readily agreed: "That's fine!"

"you……"

Tang Ruyan was dumbfounded. Seeing Su Ping turn and leave on his own, she was so angry that she clenched her fists, wanting to crush something, but there was only air in her palms.

……

Meanwhile, the four titled individuals returned to their lodgings. One of them, looking at the bottles and jars in the hands of the middle-aged and elderly men, chuckled mockingly, "Would you like to try some of this million-dollar ration?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man and the old man who were leading the group exchanged a glance. The old man snorted coldly. He was ruthless and didn't say much. A vortex appeared behind him, from which dense lightning emerged. Then, a ninth-order lightning-horned pegasus beast stepped out.

"eat."

The old man unscrewed the bottle and tossed out two Thunder-Patterned Fruits. The Thunderhorn Pegasus's eyes lit up, and it quickly inhaled and swallowed them.

These two raspberries, about the size of grapes, weren't even enough to fill a tooth gap.

But after eating it, the Thunderhorn Pegasus became quite excited, its scale-covered hooves pounding the ground, and soon after, intense lightning suddenly burst forth from its body.

"Um?"

The account holders were all stunned for a moment, while the other three quickly stepped back to avoid being hurt.

The old man stood there, looking at his battle pet mount in surprise and doubt. What was going on?

The next moment, he saw the lightning on the Thunderhorn Pegasus's body expand rapidly, and its whole body was enveloped in white lightning. After a few minutes, the constantly flashing lightning gradually contracted, swept and gathered from behind, and gradually gathered on the sharp lightning horn on its head. Under the gathering of lightning, the lightning horn slowly became thicker and sharper!

"You've grown up?" The old man's eyes widened, his face full of astonishment.

His Thunderhorn Pegasus Beast has a ninth-tier upper-level bloodline. It has only just reached the ninth tier. Unexpectedly, it has grown in such a short time. Looking at the thunder patterns on its thunder horn, it has changed from three to six, which is clearly a symbol of the ninth-tier middle level!

As the lightning on the Thunderhorn disappeared, the Thunderhorn Pegasus calmed down, but it was clearly very happy, rubbing its head against the old man's neck, making the old man dazed.

The three people not far away were stunned and somewhat bewildered.

It grew after eating just two fruits! That's too weird!

Soon, the other two looked at the middle-aged man beside them. The middle-aged man also realized what was happening, looking at the rhombus-shaped Flame Dragon Grass in his hand with a mixture of surprise and a hint of anticipation in his eyes. Could it really be...?

Soon, he summoned his Flame Scale Three-Clawed Dragon, a dragon beast with the ultimate ninth-tier bloodline. However, it ranked after 20th in the dragon beast hierarchy. The Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast, which was also at the peak of the ninth-tier limit, was ranked third and could force it to submit simply by suppressing its dragon might.

However, even though it ranks outside the top twenties, it is still an extremely powerful battle pet with the same cultivation level, capable of easily taking on two or even three demonic beasts at once.

"Give."

The middle-aged man opened the jar and immediately felt a wave of heat rush out, which made him both startled and excited.

He used his star power to pick up the rhombus-shaped Flame Dragon Grass and handed it to the Flame Scale Three-Clawed Dragon.

Upon seeing the rhombus-shaped Flame Dragon Grass, the Flame Scale Three-Clawed Dragon's previously lazy eyes instantly narrowed, staring intently at it. Before the middle-aged man could send his star power, it swallowed it whole.

The crimson grass looked like a vegetable leaf in front of the gaping maw.

Sensing the excitement and joy of his battle pet, the middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and a red glow of excitement appeared on his face. His Flame Scale Three-Clawed Dragon was already at the middle level of the ninth rank. If it grew further, it would be at the upper level of the ninth rank. With such combat power, it could basically protect itself unless it encountered a king-level monster!

A few minutes later, the Flamescale Three-Clawed Dragon suddenly let out a low roar, the sound of which reverberated and startled everyone resting in the nearby area.

The next moment, the scales on the Flamescale Three-Clawed Dragon's body trembled rapidly, and its wings flapped incessantly, as if it were in extreme pain. The huge dragon body lost control in the pain, swaying left and right, and was about to fall at any moment.

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment. He felt pain and burning sensations coming from the other person's mind and suddenly felt a little panicked. Could it be that he ate the wrong thing?

He was extremely anxious, but seeing his battle pet struggling, he was powerless to do anything but continuously synchronize his star power with it.

The Flamescale Three-Clawed Dragon, instead of being affected by his stellar energy, suffered even more and let out a mournful roar.

The next moment, the dragon scales on its body cracked inch by inch, and cracks and melting marks appeared on its wings. As it shook, the cracked dragon scales were shaken off and fell to the ground like dark and ugly burnt orange peel. Its body was in so much pain that it collapsed and lay on the ground, with cracking sounds from its bones like popping beans.

"Damn it, how could this happen!"

The middle-aged man stared at his suffering battle pet, scratching his head, feeling like he was going crazy. Could he really kill his own battle pet with his own hands?

Roar!

The next moment, a mutated, hoarse dragon roar suddenly rang out.

This dragon roar was somewhat similar to the previous dragon cry, but also different, more ferocious, cruel, and tyrannical!

And this dragon's roar was actually emitted by the Flame-Scaled Three-Clawed Dragon lying on the ground.

Under the astonished gaze of the middle-aged man, the dragon wings on the back of the Flame Scale Three-Clawed Dragon split open, and new dragon wings, even larger and with sharp barbs, unfurled from within. New dragon scales also grew beneath the shed scales, the new scales as red as blood, radiating a powerful dragon might.

"This, this is..."

"It seems to have mutated..." The two titled people next to him were stunned.

At this moment, the Flamescale Three-Clawed Dragon was radiating a dragon's might several times stronger than before, causing people to feel apprehensive.

The painful roars disappeared, and the Flame Scale Three-Clawed Dragon rose again amidst the flames, as if reborn from the ashes. But this time, it exuded a restrained yet ferocious aura, like a dragon king in flames.

"This appearance isn't in the encyclopedia; it really is a mutation..."

"What a terrifying aura! I've only ever felt this kind of dragon might from the top ten dragon beasts."

"This, this is what caused by that pet food?" The old man next to him also came over, looking dumbfounded.

He thought that his Thunderhorn Pegasus Beast was able to grow up, which was already a stroke of luck. However, this middle-aged man's battle pet mutated directly after eating the pet food he bought from Su Ping!

The middle-aged man also came to his senses at this moment, feeling the familiar sensation in the connection of consciousness, and confirmed that the strange yet familiar terrifying dragon beast in front of him was indeed his Flame Scale Three-Clawed Dragon.

"What's going on?"

"Is someone having a private fight?"

At this moment, several figures flew over from a distance. They were all officials living nearby who had come after hearing the commotion.

Hearing the rushing wind, the middle-aged man reacted, his expression changed slightly, and he quickly put away his mutated Flame Scale Three-Clawed Dragon, but his heart was filled with burning excitement.

If one time could be considered an accident, then two times must have a reason.

The pet food sold in that store has such terrifying effects; it's simply unbelievable!

No wonder it's known as the number one pet store in Heilongjiang!

Thinking of the many bottles and jars of pet food behind Su Ping's counter, the middle-aged man became excited and immediately turned to leave.

"Brothers, what's going on?"

Many people rushed over and blocked their way.

An elderly man with a full head of silver hair, wearing a pair of emerald green earrings, stepped out from the crowd. He had a refined air about him and smiled, saying, "Oh, it's you. What was that commotion about in the middle of the night?"

Upon seeing the old man, the middle-aged man's expression changed slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he could only briefly explain the situation.

(End of this chapter)