Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 735 Hunting Mission (10,000-word update, please subscribe and vote)

Seeing a customer arrive, Su Ping put aside his worries. Tang Ruyan and Zhong Lingtong were still outside learning the Commonwealth language. He stepped forward to greet them and said, "Welcome! What can I do for you two?"

"Do you have any medicine here that can put lightning-type monsters into a deep sleep?" the brown-haired youth asked, his eyes scanning the surroundings of Su Ping's shop.

"..."

Su Ping's eyes were strange. "What do you want to do to the monster?"

"Are you looking to capture monsters? If so, our shop can rent powerful battle pets to assist you. Defeating the monsters directly will also put them to sleep..." Su Ping explained. In business, flexibility is key.

If there are no sleeping pills, are there no ways to induce sleep?

Wouldn't physical sedation have an even more amazing effect?

"As expected, there isn't one..." Another purple-haired youth shook his head, somewhat disappointed, and wanted to turn and leave.

The brown-haired youth, somewhat disappointed, was about to leave when he saw Su Ping's confident expression and suddenly, almost without thinking, asked, "Rent a pet? What level of pet can I rent?"

"That depends on what level of pet you need. If you want to capture a lightning-type monster with a cultivation level below the Heavenly Fate Realm, our shop can rent any pet you need," Su Ping said.

He did not report his cultivation level directly.

After all, Little Skeleton and Er Gou's cultivation levels were only at the ninth rank, while the two in front of him, Su Ping sensed, were already at the Vast Ocean Realm. If they heard that they could only rent ninth-rank battle pets, they would probably turn around and leave.

"They can handle anything below the Heavenly Fate Realm?"

Upon hearing this, the purple-haired youth who was about to leave the store stopped and turned to look at Su Ping with a hint of surprise.

The brown-haired youth was also stunned, and quickly asked, "You mean, you can rent battle pets at the Heavenly Fate Realm here?"

Renting and selling are two different things. Some pet shops can sell Heavenly Fate Realm battle pets, but they won't rent them out. After all, Heavenly Fate Realm battle pets are already considered top-tier battle pets and are often the shop's prized possessions. If they are rented out... and the pet dies due to improper command, then it would be a huge loss!

Even if they don't die in battle, some people will make the most of the rented battle pets, resulting in some serious hidden injuries or psychological problems after the rented battle pets are retrieved. These problems are not only difficult to treat, but some are also difficult to detect!

On the entire planet of Raya, the shops that can rent Celestial Realm level battle pets are almost all large inter-star chain stores, there are only a handful of them. Only high-level members and customers with excellent credit can rent them out, others can forget about it.

The two were surprised to find that such a high-level battle pet could be rented from a random little shop by the roadside.

"Not at the Heavenly Fate Realm, but capable of handling those below it," Su Ping said.

On this newly arrived planet, Raya, he was not yet familiar with the surroundings or the two customers. If he were to rent anything, he would only rent Little Skeleton or Two Dogs. With their survival abilities, they would have a chance to escape even if they encountered a Heavenly Fate Realm monster.

Especially the little skeleton, even under the attack of a Starry Sky Realm monster, it might not be easily killed.

After all, even if we encounter real danger and can't outrun the monsters, surely we can outrun these two in front of us?

As for them using contracts to coerce or force them to fight... that's simply not true. When Su Ping rents pets, he uses temporary contracts purchased from the system. These temporary contract talismans do not release contract fire. If a customer forces a pet rented from him to fight, the pet can retaliate without taking any damage!

"Not the Heavenly Fate Realm?"

Both men were taken aback by Su Ping's words, and the glimmer of excitement in their eyes vanished instantly. The purple-haired youth frowned and said, "The demonic beast we're looking to capture is the Vast Sky Thunder Dragon Beast, preferably at the late Void Realm stage. It's the strongest dragon beast born on our planet Leia. Are you sure your rented battle pet can handle it?"

"As long as you lure a single one, there shouldn't be any problems," Su Ping said with a smile.

Both of them were stunned, not expecting Su Ping to be so arrogant!

Is it okay to use just one?

Does that mean that in a one-on-one fight, his rented battle pet could completely defeat the Sky Thunder Dragon Beast?

"Is that so? We'd like to see what kind of pet it is." The purple-haired youth raised an eyebrow, somewhat displeased.

The Vast Sky Thunder Dragon Beast is a "specialty" pet beast of the planet Leia and the pride of the people of Leia. Hearing Su Ping's words, he was quite dissatisfied.

Upon hearing this, Su Ping immediately called the little skeleton out of the pet room.

Seeing the little skeleton stumble out, the two men in the hall were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other in bewilderment. The purple-haired youth couldn't help but ask, "The battle pet you mentioned, is it... this low-level skeleton?!"

He was somewhat annoyed, feeling that Su Ping had played a trick on him.

Su Ping was about to introduce them when he heard these questions. His expression turned slightly cold. He could accept others questioning him, but he would never allow anyone to question his battle pet, especially the little skeleton that fought alongside him.

"Don't underestimate it. It can easily take care of both of you by itself," Su Ping said coldly.

Upon hearing Su Ping's words, the purple-haired youth was immediately amused and said, "Is that so? I'd like to see what kind of skeleton can easily deal with the two of us. Even the Purple Bone Evil King Skeleton doesn't have that ability. You're not even a Purple Bone Evil King Skeleton, are you?"

"Is that so?"

Su Ping's eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of cold light flickering within them.

Whoosh!

The little skeleton, which had been swaying unsteadily just moments before, suddenly received Su Ping's thought. In an instant, it straightened up and entered battle mode. The aura it unleashed caused the temperature in the hall to plummet.

"Um?"

The brown-haired youth next to him was about to persuade his companion that there was no need to argue with the boss and that they should just leave, but before he could say anything, he suddenly saw the standing skeleton and was stunned. His pupils then contracted slightly as he felt an extremely strong and terrifying aura that made his scalp tingle!

Whoosh!

Bang bang bang!

A flash of white light appeared, and then the several star shields that had been hastily erected around the brown-haired man shattered instantly.

The next moment, a chilling finger touched the purple-haired youth's brow. The finger was snow-white, without flesh or blood, but with sharp, bony nails protruding from its tip.

Just as the purple-haired youth was about to continue his sarcasm, his expression suddenly froze, his eyes narrowed to their limit, and he stared in horror at the skeleton floating in front of him.

Especially when he met the flickering crimson flames in the skeleton's eye sockets, he felt as if his blood had frozen. From those flickering flames, he sensed endless violence, coldness, and killing intent!

"Boss, boss..." The young man with brown hair next to him felt a blur before his eyes. When he saw what was happening, his face turned slightly pale. He said to Su Ping, "It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding..."

Su Ping's eyes were indifferent as he told the little skeleton to stop.

Whoosh!

The little skeleton's figure flickered and appeared beside Su Ping. The scarlet flames in its eye sockets subsided and faded. It stood swaying, its skeleton seemingly very loose.

But at that moment, hearing the soft sound of bones touching, the two felt as if death itself was striking their temples, and they couldn't help but swallow.

"Do you still want to rent it?"

Su Ping's gaze was indifferent as he said to the two, "If you're going to rent it, let me tell you first: it's best not to use my pet for anything bad. In other words, treat it like your own pet. If you encounter a situation where you're certain to die and still let it fight, you'll only be the ones who suffer."

Upon hearing Su Ping's words, the two looked at each other in dismay. The small bloodstain on the purple-haired youth's forehead had already healed, but his face was still pale and his legs were trembling slightly.

The brown-haired youth beside him was already sweating. Seeing that the little skeleton had returned to normal, he breathed a slight sigh of relief and said to Su Ping, "Rent! Rent! We're willing to rent! But..."

He looked troubled and asked, "Boss, how much does it cost to rent out this battle pet?"

Su Ping immediately put the little skeleton up for rent in the system's rental section and saw the rental price below: 920 million star coins per hour.

Ten hours is 9200 million Star Coins.

Seeing the price, Su Ping felt somewhat helpless. It was about what he expected, nothing surprising. It wasn't expensive, but it wasn't cheap either. After all, it cost more than 200 million a day, and you really couldn't afford to rent it without some money.

If you rent it for a few more days, the cost would be enough to buy a Void Realm battle pet.

Even in other stores, a Void Realm battle pet would only cost a few billion star coins, unless it is a rare and exceptional top-tier battle pet that can fetch an astronomical price.

"920 million Star Coins per hour."

Su Ping quoted the price to the two men.

The two were taken aback, feeling that the price was half of what they had expected. They had thought that such a fighting force would start at least at 20 million.

After all, renting is more expensive than buying, so who would rent a battle pet unless it's urgently needed or under special circumstances?

"We've rented it," the brown-haired youth said immediately.

The purple-haired youth beside him remained silent, glancing at the little skeleton at Su Ping's feet with a hint of unease in his eyes.

"How long do you want to rent it?"

"Uh, renting it for one day should be enough." The brown-haired youth thought for a moment and confirmed with the purple-haired youth next to him.

The purple-haired youth nodded. "The boss has already made preparations over there. That should be enough. With such a strong battle pet, and with the boss's help, there's no need to prepare much more."

"OK."

Upon hearing their conversation, Su Ping didn't say anything. He simply sent a telepathic message to the little skeleton: if things went wrong, run. The first priority was to save his own life, and the second was to save the customers' lives.

The little skeleton nodded, indicating that it understood.

Su Ping was relatively at ease with the little skeleton. Although it looked dull, it was anything but stupid in battle.

Although there is a temporary contract that will make it have a certain degree of loyalty to the renting customer, the loyalty of the temporary contract is barely acceptable. It can only guarantee that the pet will not attack the other party. If the other party does something excessive, it can retaliate without having to bear the contract punishment.

"Thank you, boss." The brown-haired youth smiled when Su Ping agreed and quickly thanked him, saying, "We are explorers from the desolate planet. My name is Abbott, and this is Alger. We apologize for our rudeness earlier and hope you don't mind."

"fine."

Su Ping said, a hint of surprise in his eyes, as relevant information popped into his mind, which he had obtained during the previous map scan.

Planetary Explorers are a popular profession in the Federation, specializing in exploring desolate planets or pioneering primitive planets. They also take on missions to capture rare monsters. In short, they are a group of adventurers in the interstellar federation, and their presence can be seen everywhere.

"Sorry," said the purple-haired youth named Alger to Su Ping.

Seeing that there was no resentment on his face, Su Ping nodded slightly and accepted the apology.

"Take good care of it," Su Ping said.

Abbott glanced at the little skeleton at Su Ping's feet and nodded slightly. "We will."

Su Ping didn't say anything more. He completed the rental procedures with them, collected the money, took out the temporary contract talisman and handed it to Abbott, saying, "Infuse it with your star power and then stick it on its head."

"This seems a bit different from the lease-and-segregation contract locks we used before..." Abbott asked curiously, "Is it a new model from the Federation?"

Su Ping did not answer.

He didn't ask any more questions. Following Su Ping's instructions, he injected star power and completed the temporary contract with the little skeleton.

"Well……"

Abbott was stunned as soon as the contract was completed.

He stared wide-eyed at the little skeleton, his face filled with disbelief.

Alger's eyes narrowed, and he immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Abbott stood there stunned for a full three seconds before he reacted, looking at Su Ping in astonishment, and said, "Boss, its cultivation level... is only at the ninth level of Apprentice?"

"Huh?" Alger next to him was a little stunned, as if he hadn't heard clearly.

Su Ping nodded and said, "I hope you will treat me well."

Abbott was dumbfounded, muttering, "How is this possible? A ninth-level apprentice demon beast, just... just now..."

He was somewhat bewildered; they had just been so intimidated by a mere ninth-level apprentice demon beast that they were sweating profusely!

That's incredible!

Hearing his words, Alger was stunned and stared at the little skeleton as if he had seen a ghost. He had long sensed the little skeleton's cultivation level, but thought it was a disguise. At first, he thought the disguise was too strong, but after the little skeleton showed that terrifying power, he felt that the disguise was too weak.

And now... this is actually the true cultivation level of this skeleton species?!

He was almost instantly killed by a level 9 Apprentice Skeleton!?

Alger was a bit stunned. He was an experienced explorer of the desolate planet. To be able to enter this field, his combat power was definitely above average among those of the same level. Yet he was instantly killed by a battle pet with a lower cultivation level than himself. This was simply unbelievable!

Looking at the shocked faces of the two, Su Ping frowned slightly, becoming somewhat worried.

Little Skeleton is undoubtedly a top-tier divine pet under his care.

Although the system considers such a power boost to be only top-tier, others would consider it an absolute first-class pet!

These two wouldn't be up to any evil intentions, would they? Trying to break the contract and kidnap the little skeleton...?

Despite his thoughts, Su Ping glanced at the little skeleton and quickly noticed a faint red glow in the skeleton's eye sockets. In that instant, their minds aligned, and he immediately felt relieved.

Although there was a temporary contract covering it, his contractual connection with the little skeleton remained.

In other words, the little skeleton still knows who its true master is.

This is the difference between the Ancient Spirit Beast Contract and the Star Pet Contract; the Ancient Spirit Beast Contract is far more powerful.

"Remember to return it on time, otherwise you'll have to pay three times the rent as compensation if it's late," Su Ping instructed the two.

Hearing Su Ping's words, the two came to their senses and were immediately shocked. They had only rented the place for one day, and they were already in the process of renting it out. Every minute and every second cost them money!

"Boss, we're leaving now." The two quickly said goodbye to Su Ping.

Su Ping nodded.

Watching Abbott take the little skeleton into his pet space, Su Ping suddenly had a strange thought: what about the battle pets in Abbott's pet space...? Would the little skeleton bully them?

"I can still sense it... It's really powerful." Su Ping could vaguely sense the location of the little skeleton, which was right next to Abbott, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

After the two left, Su Ping thought of Hai Di, who was still locked up in his shop. He hadn't figured out how to punish her before, but now it seemed like he had a clue.

Once we've trained her, we'll keep her at the shop as a pet for rent.

Selling her directly would be too cheap for her if she happens to find a good owner.

Just as Su Ping was thinking this, the system's voice suddenly appeared in his mind:

"The host's store does not currently contain the best breed of pet beast on this planet. The host must capture the best breed of monster beast on this planet within 24 hours and tame it as a pet beast."

"Mission: Collect the best star pets in the business area."

"Task Description: The best bloodline pet in this business area has been detected as the 'Sky Thunder Dragon Beast'. Please make sure to capture a 'Sky Thunder Dragon Beast' with medium aptitude and add it to the store's pet encyclopedia."

"Task time limit: 24 hours."

"Quest Reward: One Pet Aptitude Book"

Su Ping was stunned.

Hunting the Sky Thunder Dragon Beast?

Isn't this the same thing those two people were going to do? Including Mia, who left the store earlier, it seems she came to Planet Raya also for this Sky Thunder Dragon Beast.

Wait, what is a "Pet Aptitude Book"? This is the first time I've heard of such a prize.

"A pet aptitude book can directly raise a pet's aptitude by one level!" The voice of the peeping maniac rang in Su Ping's mind just in time, speaking calmly.

Su Ping's eyes widened in disbelief.

Directly upgraded by one level in qualifications?

If someone has top-tier aptitude, can they still be upgraded? And if they get upgraded further, what level of aptitude would they need?!

"Above the top tier is the special tier!" the system said calmly. "Above the special tier is the Chaos Heavens Ranking of Talents. Those who can be listed on the list are already considered legendary geniuses who can leave their mark on the heavens."

Su Ping's pupils contracted slightly, and his breathing even paused for a moment.

The Ranking of Talents in the Chaotic Realms?

It goes without saying how difficult it is to get onto this list.

After all, even reaching the top tier in aptitude is already incredibly difficult!

Even a battle pet like Little Skeleton, with such an extreme range in combat power, is only rated as superior in the system's evaluation, let alone special grade... it's unimaginable!

As for entering the qualification rankings... that would absolutely make someone a super dazzling existence that leads an era!

After a moment of shock, Su Ping gradually regained his composure. Thinking about the requirements of the mission, he couldn't help but feel bitter again.

Capturing a wild, mid-tier Sky Thunder Dragon Beast? Isn't that incredibly difficult?!

It should be noted that even if he were to cultivate his battle pet's aptitude to a medium level, it would still take considerable effort.

Like Mia's previous battle pets, even the Greedy Nightmare Beast that she cherished, its aptitude was only average to low-grade. Although its cultivation was at the mid-stage of the Void Realm, its combat power was close to that of the Heavenly Fate Realm.

The other battle pets are almost all of inferior to upper grade, or inferior to middle grade.

Such praise is rare even on Earth!

However, even the battle pets that Namia, as a member of the Laifa family, has been professionally bred only have this kind of quality rating, let alone the monsters captured directly in the wild.

It has never been cultivated and is of medium quality naturally. Its rarity is extremely high!

"Don't just spout nonsense and give me tasks that I can't possibly complete..." Su Ping lamented to the system in his mind.

The system calmly replied, "This system will not give you tasks that are absolutely impossible to complete, unless... you don't try hard enough!"

"Is that so?"

Hearing this, Su Ping's eyes lit up. So the system detected that there was a wild, mid-level Sky Thunder Dragon Beast on this planet Rhea? If that's the case, then he would turn this planet Rhea upside down to find it!

Is it not ridiculous to think that something can be accomplished simply through hard work?

(End of this chapter)