Astral Pet Store (WN)

Chapter 704: The General Assault Begins!

As the Void State demon beast started to flee, the other Beast Kings all realized what was going on and also ran in panic!

That human was too strong for them.

Could they possibly fight someone who killed one of them with one attack?

In the blink of an eye, two of the eight Beast Kings that surrounded Xue Yunzhen had been killed and the other six ran away. Su Ping flew past her quickly and said, "Take care of yourself."

He had already caught up to an Ocean State Beast King thousands of meters away by the time he finished his sentence.

Bang!

He slashed and disrupted the multiple skills that the Beast King unleashed after turning around. The energy it gathered was split up. Su Ping stepped on the beast as its blood splashed out and then moved on with the counterforce.

The corpse that he stomped upon was flung back against the beast tide, leaving a ravine hundreds of meters long!

Yet again the terrifying force stupefied Xue Yunzhen, just as she had gotten out of her stupor!

Not even a Void State Beast King was able to compare to Su Ping in terms of physical strength?

Boom! Boom!

Rushing and dodging, Su Ping chased the fleeing demon beasts. His speed was extremely appalling. He crossed hundreds of meters after each step, and his feet left pits dozens of meters deep on the ground like gigantic war hammers!

All the demon beasts within the range of the pits were killed without being able to dodge!

Su Ping was absolutely unstoppable as he went through the overwhelming tide of beasts, just like the God of Killing!

Whoever saw that scene ended up being too shocked to speak.

The people who were in the bases behind the defense line were both surprised and excited. The battle pet warriors who were preparing for battle even shed tears.

They were prepared to sacrifice themselves to protect the last line of defense and their families behind them!

But at this moment, they saw hope!

"Kill them all!"

Far away, Ye Wuxiu recovered from the shock caused by Su Ping's astonishing attack. With determination for battle bursting out of his eyes, he got rid of his tiredness and roared, charging to the left side with his battle pets!

Roar!!

His pets, influenced by Ye Wuxiu's emotions, roared furiously and were brutal as they fought back.

The Beast Kings surrounding Ye Wuxiu were still horrified by Su Ping's attack. Two of them were instantly wounded and thrown away when Ye Wuxiu attacked them; they crashed into another group of beasts.

The other Beast Kings were infuriated when they realized what was going on, but none of them dared to confront Ye Wuxiu who seemed to be raving mad.

It would take time even if they wanted to kill that human!

However, the 'monster' that was even more horrible was on a rampage as he was heading in their direction; their thoughts were all about retreating.

On the other hand, Jing Shen, too, roared and attacked without holding back. Soon, he forced the demon beasts back, and he approached Su Ping while he fought.

"I'm coming to help you!"

Far away, Xue Yunzhen rose to the sky and quickly flashed to stand with Jing Shen who was nearest to her.

The six Beast Kings around Jing Shen were scared after hearing the roar. They looked at each other and retreated simultaneously as if having reached a consensus!

Run!

The Void State Beast Kings simply flashed and escaped, but the Ocean State ones weren't so lucky; all of them cried bitterly when their fellows were gone.

Jing Shen wouldn't miss that opportunity for the world. He was a Void State Legend anyway, and he was like a raging ape while in the merged state. He smashed two Ocean State Behemoths to death with his giant stick in the blink of an eye!

When Jing Shen reunited with Xue Yunzhen, the latter looked at him and said with a smile, "You're not old at all. Your wounds are no heavier than mine!"

Jing Shen laughed and then thought of Su Ping. He looked for him, only to be appalled by what he saw.

Su Ping had already marched to the depths of the beast tide!

A river of blood a dozen kilometers long was left in his wake!

No other demon beasts dared to tread upon the broken bodies. As a result, the bloody path behind him was left empty!

Su Ping had killed as many demon beasts as they did while working together!

The higher ranking among the demon beasts that Su Ping executed were the Beast Kings. Five of their bodies could be found on the bloody path, and two of them had been Void State creatures!

"Is he really a Legendary warrior?" Jing Shen gasped and asked in shock.

Xue Yunzhen was just as shocked as he was. She said with a bitter smile, "Didn't they say that he was at the Fate State? Why do I feel like he's even stronger than our leader? The previous attack was really horrifying…"

Jing Shen nodded in agreement.

"Enough chit chat. Let's go there and help!"

"Okay, let's kill those sons of bi*ches!" Xue Yunzhen roared.

Jing Shen didn't know what to say when she behaved even manlier than him, but he was already used to it and simply flashed out.

Boom!

Su Ping mostly chased after the Beast Kings in the tide.

He simply ignored the other demon beasts and killed them by crashing or stepping on them, not even bothering to attack directly.

Very soon, Su Ping reached Ye Wuxiu; the Beast Kings around him had already run away.

As he looked at Ye Wuxiu, Su Ping paused for a moment and asked, "Can you endure some more?"

Ye Wuxiu was drenched with blood, and half of the blood came from himself. He had killed two of the five Void State demon beasts that surrounded him, but he was heavily wounded too. After all, those two demon beasts were extremely ferocious.

"Thanks!" Ye Wuxiu wiped the blood on his face after seeing Su Ping and put on a smile. "These are just minor injuries. I can still fight!"

"Okay."

Su Ping nodded and left him there. He quickly chased after the escaping Beast Kings.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He left giant pits in the beast tide as he gave chase. All the fleeing Ocean State Beast Kings were using their life saving skills. Some were carried by tornadoes, while others dug into the ground.

Su Ping didn't bother to chase those that went underground. Although he could chase them, that wasn't his forte, so his speed was limited.

As for the demon beasts that were running using other means, he simply flashed and chased each and every one of them.

Very soon, one Ocean State Beast King after another was killed by him; the previously intimidating beast tide was torn apart.

After Su Ping killed and drove away all the demon beasts, Xue Yunzhen, Ye Wuxiu and Jing Shen—three Void State Legends—went on a killing spree to annihilate the beast tide.

The demon beasts fell quickly in front of them as if they were weeds that were being mowed!

Everybody saw the horrifying combat ability of the three Legends when they weren't suppressed by the Beast Kings.

However, they were even more excited by Su Ping, who had managed to scared off all the Beast Kings that had surrounded the three Legends.

…

The beast tide was dealt with in merely fifteen minutes; there was blood and bodies over dozens of kilometers.

Su Ping returned from the hunt and gave a gigantic dragon head to the Inferno Dragon as a snack.

Xue Yunzhen, Ye Wuxiu and the others were all too stunned to talk when they saw the dragon head; it belonged to a peak Void State dragon that was the strongest in the tide!

It was even stronger than the three battle pets that Su Ping had sold them!

That was quite understandable. After all, those battle pets were the ones that Qin Duhuang and the others didn't pick. They were the weakest of the forty battle pets sold.

That dragon was exactly what gave Ye Wuxiu and his companions the biggest trouble. After all, while most of the beasts running in the tide were weak, they could unleash destructive damage when their ninth-rank skills resonated with the others while coordinated by a leader.

Whoosh!

Su Ping returned to meet them; his body was covered in blood, and the intimating vibe around him gave them a lot of pressure.

"Go back and treat yourselves," said Su Ping, who noticed that all of them were wounded.

Jing Shen said with troubling feelings, "Thank you for saving our lives, Boss Su."

"Thanks, Brother Su," Ye Wuxiu also said.

Su Ping waved his hands and replied, "We're comrades. No need to thank me. The beast tides aren't over yet. Go back and take some rest. There are more battles to come."

The two of them nodded solemnly.

"I'll be defending the east; heal yourselves for the moment. You can take over once again if anything happens in the north," Su Ping said to them.

It wasn't until that moment that they realized: Su Ping had been originally deployed to the north. Since he was there, did it mean that the north was left undefended?

"How-How are things in the north?" asked Xue Yunzhen anxiously.

Ye Wuxiu and Jing Shen also seemed nervous as they looked at him. If the north had been invaded by the beasts because Su Ping went there to help, they would certainly be to blame.

"I killed several beast waves in the north. No more beasts have shown up, so I had the time to stop by. But I think they'll arrive soon," said Su Ping.

Everybody was stumped when they understood what he implied.

No more beasts have shown up? Doesn't it mean that Su Ping killed the beasts faster than they could reach the shore?

All of them looked at Su Ping as if he were a monster. The Fate State combat ability was really horrifying!

"Go now," Su Ping urged them.

They woke up from their shock and bid Su Ping goodbye with mixed feelings.

Once they left, Su Ping went to see a Beast King that was as huge as a hill; he sat on the top of the creature to take a break.

Su Ping sat alone in the middle of an ocean of blood; he seemed rather lonely and heroic.

The reinforcements that came from the sky soon received the order to retreat. They were asked to leave the east side to Su Ping.

One person to defend an entire side…

One after the other, everybody made their escape.

Before they left, they couldn't help but look at the man who was alone in the mountain of corpses; there was no one else around, except for a dragon and a dog.

Very soon, everybody was gone, and Su Ping was left alone.

Only five minutes later, the Beast King's body under his feet started to tremble.

It was not that the body was turning into a zombie; that tremor had been caused by an earthquake.

Su Ping was going to cancel the fusion when he sensed the earthquake. His peaceful eyes became cold again as he stared at the end of the ocean of blood.

There, dust was rising, and a looming shadow was drawing close.

He took a deep breath and rose from the Beast King's body before he clenched his sword.

He grabbed the sword because he was afraid he might accidentally drop once he was exhausted in the coming battle.

He was quite worn out from the consecutive battles. Even though he had fought countless times in the cultivation sites and his stamina was quite good, he could replenish himself by dying, but not there.

He only had one life and limited stamina!

"Let's continue," said Su Ping in a low voice.

Both the Dark Dragon Hound and the Inferno Dragon rose from the ground and forgot their weariness; they were prepared for battle again.

They were not tireless, though; they were simply stubborn and insane enough to forget their weariness!

Boom~!

The earthquake was getting louder and louder. Su Ping had already seen the front end of the beast tide, and even some of the demon beasts inside.

"Kill them all!"

When he was several thousand meters from the beast tide, Su Ping went on a rampage and summoned his astral powers to charge at the creatures.

He was drowned in the beast tide the next moment.

The magnificent and unstoppable beast tide's momentum was instantly swallowed by Su Ping. Then, it was completely halted by the Inferno Dragon and the Dark Dragon Hound.

Another chaotic battle began!

…

The beast tide on the east was blocked.

When the Legendary warriors retreated—including Ye Wuxiu and the Titled Legions—there were no more incoming beasts on the east front, as if they would have already left.

The advisors in the command room focused their attention in the other directions.

The beast tides were moving on the north again and reinforcements were needed.

Ye Wuxiu, Xue Yunzhen and the others were in the middle of their treatment when Gu Siping summoned them. Without a word, they rushed out of the infirmary, donned their armor, and marched to the north!

Beasts approached the southern barricades when they went to aid the north side. A dozen Legends reinforced the south, one of them perishing in the process.

The rest of them were unable to finish off the beasts quickly, and as a result, more and more beasts were joining. It was harder and harder to block them. The battle became disadvantageous.

The south was soon in danger, and no more reinforcements could be sent!

Also, considering the situation in the south, it was hard to resist the beasts in the wilderness, no matter how many reinforcements were deployed.

The west was actually quite safe when the south sent the alarm. Qin Duhuang and Zhou Tianlin were defenders in that direction. They weren't large in number, but their defenses turned out to be quite effective.

Gu Siping had thought that the west would be in most need of reinforcements. After all, Qin Duhuang and Zhou Tianlin were new Legendary warriors with unremarkable combat ability. He didn't expect that they would have the power to defend the west for so long, which would save him a lot of trouble.

"The beast tide in the south has already merged with others, resulting in a level-10 one with a hundred Beast Kings!"

"It's pointless to resist such a beast tide."

"I think we should tell them to retreat. Lure the demon beasts into the ambushing area and kill them there!"

The advisors looked at the map. At that moment, the south had already become the demon beasts' point of breakthrough.

Gu Siping gloomily looked at the map and said, "Might as well swap the southern defenders with the eastern one. Let the guy on the east go to the south."

All the advisors were surprised by his statement; they looked askance at him.

Let the Legend on the east go there?

But he had already fought in the north for a long time to beat the beast tide over there, and he was holding the east so tightly that no beasts passed the barricades.

Now, he has to go to the south?

He would be exhausted even if he were a machine!

Noticing their expression, Gu Siping remarked casually, "As I said, he's a Fate State warrior, just like me. As long as there are no Fate State demon beasts in the tide, he can kill all of them with ease."

"Defending the north and the east is no big deal for a Fate State Legend. If there are no Fate State beasts hiding in the southern tide, he can finish them off by raising a hand. The power of a Fate State Legend is beyond your imagination!"

He spoke in a casual and confident voice.

What he said left the advisors surprised and suspicious.

Could a Fate State Legendary really that much stronger?

Gu Siping sneered upon noticing their expression. The answer was an obvious no.

Even if a Fate State expert were made of iron, he would eventually be exhausted!

However… Gu Siping simply wanted to send Su Ping there.

Aren't you proud? Don't you always challenge me? I'm giving you a chance to make great achievements!

Everybody is watching you! You'll be everybody's hero once you take care of the demon beasts in the south!

That is, provided that you can return alive!

He was the only Fate State warrior in the world. The other Legends couldn't see through his statement, as they didn't have a clear grasp on a Fate State warrior's combat ability.

If he said it was possible, then it should be; if Su Ping was unable to make it, that would be his own fault!

"Isn't it too…" An old advisor hesitated, as he felt that the arrangement wasn't really good.

Gu Siping was about to say something else, when a piece of emergency intelligence was delivered.

They were all appalled after hearing the intelligence report.

Fate State Beast Kings had emerged in the south!

Also, there was not one, but three of them!

The three Fate State Beast Kings had appeared behind the beast tide without hiding their aura. They couldn't have been detected if they had hidden it, but they didn't, so the surveillance equipment spotted them easily when the energy indicators went off the charts!

The advisors looked at each other in fright.

Gu Siping was just as stunned; he looked rather awful at the moment. He had just stated that there were no Fate State demon beasts, but then some arrived in the next instant, which made it hard for him to continue.

"Three Fate State demon beasts. They must be the real troops of the Deep Caves!" said a middle-aged advisor in a shivering voice.

The old advisor looked at Gu Siping and said, "Master, let the southern defenders retreat. I think it's time to end the siege battle and focus on the last defense battle."

Gu Siping was rather frustrated. He would have sent Su Ping there if there were no Fate State Beast Kings in the south. He knew that Su Ping had to be exhausted after fighting for such a long time; he would either die in the south or awkwardly sound the retreat!

In the first case, Gu Siping didn't care, even if Su Ping was sung over after he died; a dead man was of no threat to him.

In the second case, the heroic impression that Su Ping had left on everybody when he reinforced the east would inevitably collapse.

He didn't really care if his image collapsing would influence the bottom-level residents, who were too weak to be of any concern; he could easily send anyone with a title rank to wipe out an entire city!

"I think…"

Gu Siping considered for a moment; he was about to finish the sentence when another report was delivered.

All the advisors gasped when they heard the news; Gu Siping wore a solemn expression.

The west… Fate State Beast Kings had been spotted in the west too!

There were two of them!

They weren't even bothering to conceal their auras!

All the defenders on the formerly safe west side had to retreat when the Fate State Beast Kings appeared. After all, they were Legendary warriors, but none were at the Fate State.

"The demon beasts of the Deep Caves are getting serious…" mumbled the old advisor.

Gu Siping was quite grim. They would have to abort their defense plans once the Fate State beasts joined the battle. Those high ranking creatures could easily kill the Legendary warriors deployed in the wilderness.

"Master, please ask all Legendary warriors to come back immediately," said an advisor after realizing what had happened.

Gu Siping nodded and was about to issue the command, but then another piece of news arrived.

Unsurprisingly, Fate State beasts were also spotted in the north!

Someone looked at Gu Siping weirdly. Terrible news were repeatedly delivered right when Gu Siping was about to talk. Was that a coincidence?

"Order everybody to retreat behind the defense lines!" said Gu Siping quickly as he realized that he might be jinxed. He was relieved after saying that.

Five minutes later, there was news from the east that Fate State beasts had arrived.

All the Legendary warriors and the Titled Legions fighting outside the defense lines were shocked to hear the news; they immediately followed orders and retreated.

Qin Duhuang and Zhou Tianlin had been fighting on the west side. Their combat ability was enhanced by merging with their pets, and they could make use of their pets' Void State abilities thanks to the bond they shared; that was also helpful for them to understand the secrets of space.

"Fate State Beast Kings?"

Qin Duhuang was quite shocked when he received the message in the middle of the battle.

The beast tide in front of his eyes—where it was likely that Fate State beasts were lurking—became bloodcurdling. They would probably be unable to escape by the time they saw the enemy!

"Just run!" Qin Duhuang shouted at Zhou Tianlin, "There are Fate State beasts!"

He turned around and immediately fled.

Zhou Tianlin was stunned for a moment. Just like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, his scalding fighting spirit was cooled. He followed Qin Duhuang as they made their getaway.

In the north.

Both Xue Yunzhen and Ye Wuxiu received the message; their expressions changed as they ordered the Titled Legion to retreat!

…

In the east.

Su Ping received the messages and breathed softly. It seemed that the army of the Deep Caves was no longer able to wait; they launched a final attack.

The Fate State demon beasts were already there. It would be a real test.

Whether or not they could secure the place depended on their following performance.

"Let's go back to take some rest." Su Ping canceled the merged state and jumped to the Dark Dragon Hound's back. He recalled the Inferno Dragon and petted the hound's head.

The Dark Dragon Hound understood his intention and quickly returned to the defense line.

Close to twelve minutes later, Su Ping went back to the Longjiang Base City behind the defense line.

He staggered and nearly fell over when he jumped off from the hound to enter the shop.

He was able to keep it together on the battlefield because he had to stay wary of the Void State and even Fate State demon beasts that might ambush him. But he couldn't resist any longer now that he was in a safe area.

He was almost worn out from the ongoing battles.

"Brother!"

"You…"

Su Lingyue and Tang Ruyan ran to him from the back of the shop. They were both shocked to see Su Ping stagger and hurriedly gave him a hand.

Tang Ruyan saw the tiredness in his eyes and opened her lips, but she didn't say anything in the end.

She had seen how Su Ping reinforced the east. Judging from his exhaustion, it wasn't hard to imagine how many demon beasts he had killed!

Su Ping waved away their supporting hands; he still had the strength to walk on his own.

Su Ping saw Joanna in the shop and asked, "Do you have anything that can quickly restore my strength?"

In order to recover himself, he either had to seek Joanna's help or sit in a nursing pen.

The anima contained in the nursing pen was good to improve the pets' intelligence and power of understanding, as well as stimulate their talents; it could also help them restore their physical status. Food was not necessary when pets feasted on anima while in the Nursing pens.

Besides, wounds that weren't too serious would also be healed.

Because of its plentiful and useful functions, the nursing pens were very expensive.

However, the charges weren't exactly too high considering the usefulness of those features.

The upgraded nursing pens were even more effective than before. Su Ping could be fully reinvigorated after resting there for an hour.

But… this would take an hour!

While battling so intensely, he didn't even have time to heal his wounds, much less spend an hour in a nursing pen!

"There are items that you want, but they aren't suitable for you," said Joanna, frowning. "Some divine fruits can restore astral powers and remove fatigue, but only those in the Star State can use it. You'll probably explode if you consume them! After all, you are just a Titled warrior…"

She sounded rather helpless.

The Titled rank was too low a level!

Tang Ruyan and Su Lingyue were both shocked to hear what Joanna had said.

Titled?

Su Ping was just a Titled warrior?

How is this possible?

They were both astounded.

The video feed had previously shown how Su Ping had cut off a beast tide with a sword… And Joanna was telling them that he was only at the Titled level?

Su Ping had kept on claiming that he wasn't a Legendary warrior, but they only considered it a joke. After all, how could he be so strong if he weren't a Legend?

Which Titled warrior could kill Void State Beast Kings as if they were chickens?

Su Ping had even killed Fate State enemies. Could anyone else in the Titled level do that?

Su Ping's heart became heavy while they were momentarily stumped. There was nothing he could use?

While he pondered whether he should use the nursing pen, the system's voice echoed in his head. However, it wasn't a hint, but the usual mockery. "Aren't you stupid? You can resurrect infinitely in the cultivation sites. If you explode after eating the divine fruit, just resurrect yourself."

Su Ping was startled.

Damn right!

However, since he could be resurrected, he could do that immediately. Why on earth should he eat any divine fruits first?

Su Ping slapped his head, feeling that he was really being stupid.

The system's voice echoed again angrily. "What's the point of that? You'll be in exactly the same state as you entered the site. If you go there as tired as you are, you'll be just as lethargic after being resurrected, unless you restore yourself to your best state before your death and then resurrect yourself."

Su Ping found that the system was rather retarded. "Why on earth would I kill myself if I manage to restore myself to my best state?"

"Who knows? Maybe you'll like it."

"Damn!"

Having no time to mess with the system, Su Ping asked, "Then, why am I always resurrected in my best state when I'm killed when I go to a site? Shouldn't I be in a weak state before my death after my resurrection?"

"That's different. If you die in battle, you can be resurrected with a cost. Dying would be pointless if you kill yourself for no good reason."

Su Ping was rendered speechless. He didn't know it was that complicated.

However, he had no time to think. It was already good enough that he could restore his strength.

"I'll go there with you. You can prepare the divine fruit first," said Su Ping to Joanna.

Joanna: "?"

Seeing the firmness in Su Ping's eyes, she suddenly remembered his weird reviving ability.

Why on earth wouldn't the guy resurrect himself here?

She was puzzled. The only explanation she could think of was that he had restrictions in that place. Or maybe… is the guy simply coveting my treasures?

She glared at Su Ping when she thought of that possibility.

Su Ping: "?"

He was slightly confused but didn't bother asking due to the lack of time. He dragged Joanna into the pet room and closed the door; neither Tang Ruyan nor Su Lingyue could open it without his permission.