Starting With Contract Pets

Chapter 221: Ice Phoenix’s Departure

Su Bai and Purple Jade, as well as his three roommates, walked on the ice sheet.

In the cold wind, they were a little disappointed with the situation here.

“Sigh. It seems like only Su Bai and Lu Shuang can use the materials we’ve obtained,” Liu Yong sighed and said.

“Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on in the abyss. Anyway, there’s a high probability that no materials with other attributes are outside. It’s too difficult for us, and neither of us has ice pets.” Feng Ming spread his hands and sighed.

They had set out from the gathering place and explored for more than ten kilometers. Most of the materials they found along the way had ice attributes, and other properties were almost nonexistent.

To these two who did not have ice pets, there was not much fun in exploring this place.

“Don’t worry. The ice attribute materials can be sold for money. When we go under the seal layer, there must be other materials to be found. There’s no doubt about that,” Lu Shuang said with a smile.

There were many kinds of spiritual plants and other materials produced in the Heavenly Abyss space crack. The reason Su Bai and the others could not find them was that they had come from the ice ball. There were a lot of treasures with other attributes in the edge zone and under the seal layer.

However, those things were more difficult to obtain.

They must go under the ice sheet.

“Sigh. Let’s keep walking around. We’ll find more materials and sell them for more money. These years, professional Pet Tamers seem to be glamorized, but in fact, we don’t have much money in our hands.

“We’re all worried about money for pet food. If I don’t make more money, my pet won’t have medicinal cakes next month.” Feng Ming shook his head and sighed.

They walked for a few kilometers while talking. Their strength was at the monarch grade, and the monsters they encountered along the way rarely bothered them.

“Quack.” Ah Bai, be careful. We seem to have entered a dangerous place; I can feel a deep danger under the ground.

Suddenly, Ice Phoenix shrank behind him as it gave this warning through spirit transmission.

“Howl!” I can feel it, too! The cub also nodded.

Su Bai quickly tapped into their shared perception and sensed that there was a deep source of danger underground not far ahead—it was the kind that hit his heart directly.

Seeing him stop, the other three obviously noticed that something was wrong and stopped slowly.

“Let me check the situation,” Lu Shuang whispered and turned on his phone.

“The Electromagnetic Satellite Monster doesn’t have any exploration here. There are two cases that can explain this: Either it’s a mistake or the Electromagnetic Satellite Monster that entered this place is dead, so the news hasn’t been transmitted.” Not long after, Lu Shuang relayed this.

They had also seen this information through their mobile phones.

“It must be the second type. Electromagnetic Satellite Monsters don’t run away casually. They scatter outward according to instructions. This situation shows that it’s unusual.” Liu Yong shook his head.

“Then should we go in?” Feng Ming asked.

“Of course, it’s hard to find such a special place. We must explore it no matter what, or else we would have come out here in vain,” Lu Shuang said.

“I also want to continue exploring. There may be some special treasures here. This is the Heavenly Abyss, after all. There are bound to be treasures here,” Liu Yong said.

“How about you, Su Bai? What do you think?” Feng Ming hesitated and then asked.

“Of course, I want to go in and see.” Su Bai walked in without hesitation.

The others also followed suit.

Not far away, many crystal flowers appeared on the ground. Some of them were ice blue, blood red, and amethyst, all looking gorgeous and colorful.

They seemed to have come to a crystal world.

“They’re good materials. Let’s come back and dig them all. They can be used as spirit crystals.” Lu Shuang let out his Ice Ghost and continued exploring.

This Ice Ghost was very unique and was difficult to kill with a normal attack.

“Haven’t you discovered it? The magnetic field disorder in this place is extremely serious, and the strength of the magnetic field is also very high.”

Feng Ming took out a compass and said, only to see that the needle of the compass was in a state of crazy rotation and could not stop at all.

Su Bai had actually discovered this phenomenon long ago but had not yet found the cause.

There were many situations in which superstrong magnetic fields could be generated. Even though he had a golden finger, he could not be sure.

“Look! Isn’t that an Electromagnetic Satellite Monster’s corpse in front?” Liu Yong suddenly shouted at this time.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw a silver-white Electromagnetic Satellite Monster with a diameter of two meters on the ground. It had long lost its breath of life.

After several rounds of trials, Su Bai and the others discovered that this place was not dangerous.

“How did this guy die?” asked Feng Ming solemnly.

“If it were killed by the field strength and magnetic field, you’d better not release metal and electric pets,” Su Bai narrowed his eyes and said.

At this time, Lu Shuang received news of Ice Ghost’s exploration and turned to look at everyone. “Guess what is in front?”

“What? Don’t scare me; I’m too timid.” Feng Ming widened his eyes.

“It’s a bit unexpected, but it’s reasonable.” Lu Shuang nodded and continued speaking. “There’s a small space crack in front, but no monsters are coming out. It looks like an abandoned space crack, but things don’t seem right.”

“I see. We can go and take a look. The magnetic field’s strength is good, and it can be avoided by opening an isolation shield,” Liu Yong said.

The others were silent for a while and also chose to move forward. Since they were already here, it was impossible to leave without even looking at the space crack.

They moved forward cautiously, but surprisingly no accidents happened. They walked to the space crack safely.

This space crack was not permanent. It looked like glass that had cracked on one side and got embedded on the icy surface of the cave wall. Except for a thirty-meter gap in the middle, the space crack was surrounded by sharp shards with uneven heights.

Although nothing out of the ordinary was visible to the naked eye, through the perception of his pets, Su Bai could clearly perceive that this was a temporary and slowly shrinking space crack.

“Are we going in?” Lu Shuang began to hesitate at this moment.

Feng Ming and Liu Yong also looked at Su Bai, obviously wanting him to make a decision.

“Everyone should make their decisions. I’ll go in first.” He told the others before jumping in with Ice Phoenix and Purple Jade.

They disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The other three gritted their teeth and finally decided to go exploring inside. If there was any danger, they could just escape.

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“Quack...” Ah Bai, I don’t want to go ahead; it’s too dangerous...

Ice Phoenix hid behind Su Bai, but it was kicked and thrown forward by him.

Ack, no!

Don’t...

In the end, it succumbed and walked forward with a shrunken head.

“Go to the place you perceive. Rest assured that I won’t let you die.” He comforted it as he shook his head. This phoenix was still too afraid. According to his observations, it was unlikely that this place would be particularly dangerous.

However, it was hard to say whether there were any treasures in this place or not. It just so happened that he was separated from the other three after coming in, giving him a good time to hunt for treasures alone.

Under his urging, the phoenix finally crept forward.

There were some holes in the ground, leading to other caves. Su Bai did not choose to drill these d*mn caves but, instead, let the phoenix directly break the ice.

“Hiss!”

As the ice wall was broken open, a huge cave appeared, followed by a bunch of strange bugs.

There were all kinds of these insects, and they looked weird. They all rushed toward Su Bai with hideous voices and sharp claws.

Upon closer inspection, these insects were made of ice and various strange metals.

As they rushed over, they all emitted electromagnetic and laser rays. These rays were terrifying and seemed to have some pollution ability.

“Quack!” Ah Bai, let’s run away! These monsters have a replacement function. The phoenix shrank back and seemed not to care about his safety at all.

He glanced at it and narrowed his eyes slightly. “Are you sure you want to run away again? No matter what danger you encounter, you just run back without a single care; can you solve it by yourself?”

The phoenix paused for a while and then ran away without looking back.

“Ice Phoenix, you probably don’t deserve the words ‘cautious’ and ‘brave’. You’re just a monster with severe paranoia. If you leave, don’t come back.

“I declare that you’re free, and when my contract book is promoted to a point where I can voluntarily terminate your contract with me, I’ll terminate our connection directly,” he looked at Ice Phoenix, which was running away, and said in a deep voice.

When the terrifying insect monsters and their attacks were approaching Su Bai, infinite flames soared in the sky, which turned them into ashes.

The dino looked at its owner and lightly blew at his claws.

This fire-attribute pet did not bother with Ice Phoenix. The former was unhappy with the latter, especially after seeing it flee.

Purple Jade remained on Su Bai’s shoulder, while Blood Dragon stayed on his wrist. Neither of them stopped Ice Phoenix. In their opinion, it was no longer their partner.

Fleeing in the face of danger, without regard for their master, meant that it was not worthy of his nurturing to the present level.

“Let’s move.” He released Mewling Fox and motioned for it to lead the way.

“Roar!” Ah Bai, I’ll protect you!

The dino patted its chest and protected him on the left side, while Mewling Fox guarded him on the right.

Ice Phoenix stopped and turned to look at his figure, silent for a long time.

In the end, it resolutely turned around and left.

“Roar!”

A giant golden bear, bursting with infinite electric light, rushed over. It was a high-level commander with a terrifying aura.

The dino glanced at it and burst out with Lava Purgatory all over its body. It unleashed Jet Flames as it rushed over.

As the flames disappeared, the monster turned into a puddle of golden water on the ground, spreading into a thin layer.

Su Bai stepped on it and continued to move forward. He encountered many monsters along the way but kept moving forward as if walking on the ground.

“Onom!”

Blue Sea Kraken opened its mouth and swallowed all the surrounding monster corpses, including a lot of ice.

Su Bai had forgotten about the kraken for a while and only released it now to swallow the monsters.

After walking a few steps, he stopped.

Below him was a huge underground space, and in the center of the space was a silver-white metal ball, which was suspended in the air and was only about one meter in diameter.

Electric light flashed on this metal ball. It could be seen that the strong magnetic field was being emitted by it.

Around it, a large group of special monsters, combined with various special metals and ice, floated in the air. They felt the breath of him and rushed over.

He narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, “Kill them all, including the silver-white metal ball in the middle. They’re afraid of fire.”

“Roar!” I’ll destroy you! Little Tyrant roared and flung blighted fireballs at the monsters, engulfing them in a boundless sea of fire. These monsters made of ice and metal soon died, and their bodies evaporated and melted, leaving nothing behind.

Only the silver-white metal ball at the center was left. It could not hold on in the sea of fire. It lost its mobility and could not move easily at that moment, too.

“I surrender; I’m willing to admit defeat!”

In desperation, it let out a spiritual voice.

He ignored it and let Little Tyrant continue burning this monster.

This guy was actually a mutated Electromagnetic Satellite Monster. It could generate a strong magnetic field when it was passive, which could be transmitted along electromagnetic waves.

This was the legendary magical skill that could hit people along the network cable.

Now, it was an existence that could be slaughtered because it had just swallowed a special monster. Hence, it was temporarily unable to move and release its skills and could only create these special monsters to protect itself.

At this time, the monsters were all killed, and it had only a dead end.

Su Bai was indifferent to its cry for help, and it eventually disappeared in flames, leaving behind a palm-size, silver-white metal core.

He put it away. This thing could be used to make a special Electromagnetic Satellite Monster, which was a good thing.

Seeing that Su Bai had taken away the good stuff, Pipi Kraken opened its mouth and swallowed everything else. It would not refuse those who offered themselves to it and was even prepared to swallow the whole planet.

“Onom!”

Suddenly, a spiritual vortex appeared around the kraken’s body, and it directly broke through to a mid-level warlord.

Moreover, its body also underwent partial evolution. The blue horn on top of its head became an ice-like white horn.

It could even emit ice rays.

“Onom!”

Blue Sea Kraken turned its head and looked at Su Bai, batting its eyes, seemingly asking him for credit.

“You want to swallow everything here?” He stared at it with wide eyes.

The kraken nodded quickly.

“Impossible, but you can casually swallow some here.”

He rolled his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Pipi Kraken opened its big mouth and gnawed at the surroundings. Dozens of squares of the ice layer disappeared.

“Let’s go back.”

After allowing the kraken to swallow the space for a while, Su Bai put it away and then put the pets on the ground.

This time, the gains were not good enough. He had only obtained a special electromagnetic core and nothing else.

Because of this, he even lacked a divine pet, the Ice Phoenix.

However, he did not regret this. He really did not feel wasteful to part with an Ice Phoenix that was reluctant to fight and only knew how to escape.

Raising it was a waste of his medicinal cakes and potions.

In fact, the Ice Phoenix probably did not like to follow him. From his perspective, he felt that it had already left in a direction away from him.

It was obvious that it did not miss him, either.