Astral Pet Store Chapter 492

Su Ping’s words pulled Senior Yan back to reality. He darted a look at the private room. North King was standing there, nodding to him.

North King had given his permission. They weren’t going to hold Su Ping accountable?

Though surprised, Senior Yan did approach Su Ping. Senior Yan was full of mixed feelings as he stared at the young man that had stunned all. At first he had thought that Su Ping was just a kid being mischievous. Still, at this point, Su Ping had proven himself. A Fate Challenger!

It had been such a long time since they had a Fate Challenger.

Not even some of the other famous titled battle pet warriors, such as Venerable the Blade, had earned that honor.

It was several hundred years in the past when the world welcomed its last Fate Challenger!

Back then, that Fate Challenger had been the most prominent titled battle pet warrior. Soon after, he reached the legendary rank. However, he died an unfortunate death when he was serving at the Deep Caves. That had been a sad day for humankind.

I am announcing the winner of this year’s Supremacy League. That is you, Fate Challenger Su!”

Senior Yan was very respectful when he talked to Su Ping. He also looked around as he announced the results; the titled battle pet warriors didn’t seem very pleased with that result but no one opposed it.

No one dared to confront the Fate Challenger.

There was no objection. Senior Yan said to Su Ping, “Fate Challenger Su, I am sorry about before. Please forgive me! “You are the champion. The Free Trade Organization will present you with the prizes,

beast king and the legendary skill book are still being delivered and it will be a couple of days before they can arrive. Please understand, sir, that we usually don’t proclaim the champion on the first day. So...” Senior Yan looked at Su Ping gingerly. The way he spoke to Su Ping was completely different from before.

For always, Fate Challengers were more perspicuous than the other titled battle pet warriors. The former was viewed as a group

warriors but stood out from those at the titled rank!

Even some legendary battle pet warriors would treat Fate Challengers with respect. After all, once Fate Challengers grew to be legendary battle pet warriors themselves, they would be the most formidable.

“It’s okay,” Su Ping answered. For starters, he wasn’t that interested in the beast king and the

Stone now. You can have the other two items delivered to my residence. I don’t have time to come back here again.” Senior Yan was glad that Su Ping didn’t have a problem with that. All of a sudden, Senior Yan realized this heartless Fate Challenger Su was not a difficult person to interact with as they were having a normal conversation. “Yes, of course. We will give you the Talent Stone right away. Please have a seat and wait for a moment,” Senior Yan said with a smile.

Su Ping nodded. He remembered that North King told him to go and find him. He had to go given the fact that the North King was a legendary battle pet warrior. Su Ping kept his Dark Dragon Hound and the Inferno Dragon, then he flew over.

The titled battle pet warriors gazed as Su Ping left for North King’s private room.

Inside the private room.

Whoosh!

The North King shook his head and heaved a sigh when Su Ping came in. After Su Ping landed, the North King cast a seal so that no one could see or hear them.

“Fate Challenger Su, do you know why the prizes are different this year?” The North King heaved another sigh. Su Ping raised his eyebrows. From the previous conversation and the appearance of that legendary battle pet warrior from the Qin family, Su Ping had already thought up a

legendary battle pet warriors in hiding, right?” The North King produced a forced smile. “Do you know why we are doing that?” “Is it about the Deep Caves?”

“Indeed!”

The North King sighed again. “Recently, the beasts in the Deep Caves are getting agitated. Some legendary battle pet warriors serving there have passed away. We are in dire need of more people on board. I placed a bait and finally we lured one out, yet he ended up being killed by you. I am really pissed right now!” Su Ping didn’t seem to be bothered. But the North King was being a bit narrow-minded, to be still obsessed about that. “Since you have already lost several legendary battle pet warriors at the Deep Caves, what is one less to the tally? Besides, that one wasn’t so strong, to begin with. He wouldn’t be of much use to you,” Su Ping pointed out. The North King smiled a bitter smile. “Indeed, that old man of the Qin family was not outstanding among legendary battle pet warriors and he merely had one beast king. But that was because he had been trying to hide himself, not daring to come out and search for beast kings. He couldn’t communicate with other legendary battle pet warriors, either. He just worked behind closed doors.

legendary battle pet warrior, we would have given him more beast kings and provided him with some skill books for free after he joined the Tower. Soon, he would have been even better than he was today, at least progress by two times. By then, he would have contributed to the Deep Caves.” “Oh.”

North King: “...What do you mean by Oh?” “Oh’ means I heard you,” Su Ping said, “But what does it have to do with me? Whether he could serve at the Deep Caves and the fact that

things. So you’re saying I should have forgiven him just because he could guard the Deep Caves? I’ve already told you that I’ll kill twice as many beasts as he could have when I become a legendary battle pet warrior so I can compensate for your loss!” The North King’s face turned ashen. “I fully understand that you have such abilities. I can even say that you’re just as good as an average legendary battle pet warrior already, and you are qualified to serve at the Deep Caves given your strength. We would have recruited you already if it weren’t for the rules. But rules are rules. You’re a promising young man but you

“Also, I suspect there are more hidden legendary battle pet warriors here. “However, because of you, the old man from the Qin family simply could not sit still. You

other legendary battle pet warriors must have lost their courage to come out. My trip here

a wild goose chase. Do you have any idea what kind of emergency we are in right now? You are sabotaging our mission!” Su Ping didn’t comment on it because he didn’t think he had done anything wrong. “Your plan is your plan. I didn’t know anything about it. It’s not like I was doing anything on purpose. The Supremacy League was established to pick out the champion below the legendary rank. For one thing, my rank is not over the limit, and for another, my fight was not against any rules. I killed a legendary battle pet warrior, sure, but his participation was against the rules. My fight with him shouldn’t be counted as part of the Supremacy League.” “No matter how you look at it, you cannot accuse me of any wrongdoing. The only fault you can find with me is the bad coincidence. I might have worked with you if you had told me

hometown is currently under attack by a beast wave. If you’re willing to have the Tower dispatch a legendary battle pet warrior to help us out, I’m willing to sit here quietly and go through the entire process of the competition,” Su Ping added.

The North King was so furious he had been rendered speechless.

He was aware that his luck wasn’t in on that day. He couldn’t have anticipated the appearance of someone like Su Ping.

Theoretically speaking, a titled battle pet warrior like Su Ping should have become famous worldwide and yet he had never heard of such a man. That had been the first time he had heard of the name and met the person.

“The Tower doesn’t have many legendary battle pet warriors. We don’t have a spare hand to support your hometown.” The North King shook his head. “Guarding the Deep Caves is the most important thing or else all of human society will be doomed together.” Su Ping pulled a long face. “I’m not a great man and I don’t care about human society.

will go back and save my hometown. Since the people in my hometown cannot count on any legendary battle pet warriors, I will protect them!”

The North King gazed at Su Ping for a moment. Eventually, he shook his head. “You’re still at the titled rank, so I don’t want to reveal too many things to you. Good luck. You will have to shoulder the responsibility of protecting the entire human society when you reach the legendary rank one day. I won’t waste any more of your time now that your hometown is

the average beast kings. I won’t alert the Tower for that.”

Su Ping sneered with disdain. “I don’t know if there is anything that I’ll have to do. For me, what I must do is protect my close ones and take care of my parents. I am grateful to them. That is what I must, have to, and will do! As for anything else... there’s nothing else I’m obliged to do!”

The North King eyed Su Ping coldly, but eventually gave up. He waved his hand, opened the seal, and told Su Ping to go. Su Ping was the wrong audience. They could not understand each other; talking to him was a pure waste of time.

Also, he was aware that few people would be concerned about the fate of the whole world. Take that old man of the Qin family as an example. He had already reached the legendary battle pet warrior rank; he could have joined the Tower where he would have better treatment, and he would join a team where people could support each other. He could have progressed. Still, just because he was afraid of serving at the Deep Caves, he chose to prolong his sorry life!

He had felt better off staying as a vulnerable, insignificant legendary battle pet warrior! As far as the North King could tell, Su Ping was just like that.

However, he couldn’t have forced Su Ping to do anything since he had not reached the legendary rank yet.

It was true that Su Ping was no weaker than a legendary battle pet warrior, but the fact remained that he was not one. It would be against the rules if he were to shoulder responsibilities meant for legendary battle pet warriors.

Otherwise, even the titled battle pet warriors would hide their strengths in the future.

It was a silly move to destroy future potential

Besides, they had not reached a point where people under the legendary rank should go and help guard the Deep Caves. Of course, at that

end.

“He’s too young after all.”

North King frowned. But that was the only comment he could come up with. He knew what it felt like when one had to take care of both parents and relatives.

Albeit that feeling had become so faint he had almost forgotten about it. His parents had passed away. In this world, he no longer had a “family.” For the old legendary battle pet warriors, mankind was their only family!

Back to the stage.

Senior Yan darted a glance at the private room, only to see that the North King was frowning, which was a scary sight for him. He didn’t know what the conversation entailed but it had clearly not been a pleasant one.

The titled battle pet warriors gazed at Su Ping curiously, wondering what he had talked about

“Fate Challenger Su, this is the Talent Stone.”

Senior Yan went over and handed a black wooden box to Su Ping.

Su Ping opened it. There was a greyish rock inside, as big as an infant’s fist with a faint hue surrounding it.

Talent Stone.

Su Ping closed the box. He told himself that Senior Yan wouldn’t have tricked him at this point. After all, the Talent Stone was a prize for every year. He could ask any past champion and he would know if the one he got was real.

“Okay.”

Since he finally had the Talent Stone, he could not postpone his return any longer. What Qin Shuhai had said filled him with anxiety.

“Come over here!”

Crocodile through the Slave Contract.

A dozen blocks away, in the lake, the huge shadow hiding under the water suddenly opened its eyes. That was a pair of eyes that could instill pure dread. The next second, the tranquil waters suddenly arched its surface as a beast broke free. The Swamp War Crocodile had sensed the calling of its master; it turned in that direction. The beast got out of the water, forming a massive stone bridge underneath its feet. The bridge lifted the crocodile into the air, carrying it across the lake and the streets.

The arched bridge in the sky was casting a large shadow onto the ground.

The battle pet warriors that were wandering on the streets saw the shadow. Out of curiosity,

speechless.

Inside the stadium.

Su Ping held the Talent Stone and stood on the stage quietly. Senior Yan stood next to him, reverent and respectful. He was just wondering why Su Ping had not left yet.

He remembered Su Ping said he was in a hurry. Why would he merely stand there, absent-minded?

The onlookers were wondering that as well. It seemed that Su Ping was waiting for something

All of a sudden, people heard a loud noise and something horrifying was approaching. That thing was not hiding its energy at all. In the private room, the North King was still upset about his plan having been sabotaged. Suddenly, he felt something. He looked up to the sky through the shattered glass ceiling of

A behemoth was approaching, riding on a stone bridge! “Fate Challenger Su...” Senior Yan worked up the courage and tried to ask Su Ping.

Right then, Senior Yan heard a noise that was like an airplane taking off right next to his ears.

Surprised, Senior Yan turned over.

The titled battle pet warriors next to the stage turned to look as well.

The ceiling of the stadium had already been broken. A huge shadow was cast inside. The overwhelming energy crashed what had remained of the ceiling.

Amid everyone’s gazes, that behemoth landed on the stage at the center of the stadium.

The stadium shook as if an earthquake had hit.

Those seated in the chairs were thrown upward.

The cracked walls of the stadium could no longer stand another strike. They broke like eggshells and tons of rubble were falling. Luckily, most people at the stadium were battle pet warriors. They built up astral shields so that the falling stones would not hurt them.

Dust stirred up and blurred people’s vision.

By the stage, the titled battle pet warriors had also built up astral shields. Some with quicker reactions had unleashed astral powers to blow away the dust.

As the dust settled, the behemoth showed itself, which astounded everyone speechless. There was a beast that took up half of the stage crawling on the ground. It was as if the beast had been cast of molten iron, full of domineering power, and exuding a reckless breath.

Beast king!

That was a beast king!

For a moment, people were unsure if their eyes were playing tricks on them because Su Ping, who had been standing on the stage for a while without moving, was at the moment standing on the head of the beast king.

The beast king was Su Ping’s ride?

How inconceivable.

Some titled battle pet warriors were lucky enough to have a beast king for themselves, but their beast kings were nothing like this one. If Su Ping’s beast king was a wild one, then their beast kings were domesticated. The ones with beast king pets could more directly sense the violence of the creature standing on the stage.

Inside the private room, the North King was also taken aback.

This beast king...

His heart skipped a beat. Being a legendary battle pet warrior, he also had beast king pets and he had encountered many beast kings. As such, he understood beast kings better than

not the usual kind, and it seemed that... this beast king was not from the Blue Planet!

Even he felt a bit suffocated.

“That guy... He didn’t use the beast king in the battle. If he had, that old man of the Qin family would have probably been eaten up...” North King exclaimed to himself. He was surprised to find that Su Ping had not demonstrated his full strength yet.

He had a beast king waiting outside!

The North King didn’t know if Su Ping had tamed the beast king himself or if someone had helped him capture it. Either way, it made

“I cannot believe we have ignored such a horrifying guy. There must be a legendary

the intelligence guys at the Tower should review their recent work!” the North King said to himself.

On the stage.

The stage had caved in as the Swamp War Crocodile came down from the sky. The walls collapsed. People could even see the streets and buildings outside. Su Ping didn’t care how stunned people were. He shouted to where the titled battle pet warriors were gathered. “Brother Qin, aren’t you coming back with me?”

Qin Shuhai was in a complete daze.

He knew that Su Ping had ridden a beast king to get there, but he could have never foreseen that his beast king would make such a stunning debut, falling from the sky! He had thought that Su Ping was riding on the dragon hound which was as good as a beast

beast king. Su Ping’s words startled Qin Shuhai. He was choked up with emotions as he felt the gazes landing on him. How thrilling this was.

“Coming!” he shouted at once.

He immediately flew up to the stage. He was hovering in the air above the beast king’s head. While looking into that fierce pair of eyes, Qin Shuhai was afraid to land. “Come here,” Su Ping said. Qin Shuhai took a deep breath and summoned up the courage to approach Su Ping.

The Swamp War Crocodile moaned and shook its head unhappily when Qin Shuhai’s feet landed.

“Move it,” Su Ping said.

Rumble~!

The ground shook as a stone pillar emerged, raising the Swamp War Crocodile into the sky. The stone pillar extended horizontally above people’s heads as it protruded outside the venue.

In an instant, the Swamp War Crocodile, as well as Su Ping and Qin Shuhai, had vanished into the horizon.

Left behind them was the stone pillar inside the stadium.

The stadium was in a complete mess. The onlookers eyed each other in speechless astonishment. The Supremacy League had ended in such a dramatic way.

The championship was taken away.

Who would be in the mood to... fi