My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome

Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Holy Origin Society (Requesting votes, collection, investment)

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Boom”

A massive explosion soundwave spread through the open night sky, with a rumbling echo sounding like a thunderclap, startling countless birds who chirped as they hovered under the moon.

“Wha… What happened?”

In the small square at the entrance of Qifeng Village, Guangtouqiang and the students of Class Four looked in shock at the place where the explosion originated.

“I told you, the Explorers are really on Wutong Mountain.” Sun Wen jumped up and said loudly, trying to prove he wasn’t lying. @@novelbin@@

“Sit down.” Guangtouqiang glared at him, stood up, and summoned the Giant Battle Bear, ready to go check out where the explosion came from. He was starting to get worried about this new student of his. If something happened to him… his bonus this year would be gone.

Pah, it’s not because of the bonus. Yeah, I’m a good teacher.

“Teacher… Teacher, there are a lot of mutant creatures.” A girl said trembling, looking in the direction of Wutong Mountain with fear in her eyes.

Lost in his fantasy, Guangtouqiang’s heart skipped a beat. Following the girl’s gaze, he saw pairs of glowing green eyes rapidly approaching in the darkness.

“Damn it! Everyone summon your beasts, prepare for battle. Bear, get to the front and use Mad Fist on the ground.” Guangtouqiang quickly gave orders without considering anything else.

“Roar~”

The Giant Battle Bear let out a long howl into the sky, stood on its hind legs, clenched its furry fists, a faint light glimmering on them as if a breeze was flowing, and slammed them into the ground.

“Boom boom boom~”

The speed of the bear’s punches got faster and faster, dirt and rocks flying everywhere, and a strong tremor coming from below. The ground in front of the Giant Battle Bear cracked, creating a buffer defense zone made of jagged rocks.

Although the students of Class Four were terrified, they still followed Guangtouqiang’s command and summoned their respective beasts.

Seeing that the Giant Battle Bear had completed the defense line, Guangtouqiang breathed a sigh of relief, but he glanced worriedly at Wutong Mountain, sighing inwardly, “I hope you are safe.”

…

“Cough cough!”

Shao Zifeng lay on the ground, coughing violently. The tearing pain made him a bit more conscious. Remembering the explosion just now, he felt a wave of fear. Although he was far from the explosion center, the shockwave still threw him into the air, and the rolling heatwave made him think he was about to be roasted alive.

Propping himself up with one hand, Shao Zifeng struggled to sit up against a peach tree, occasionally twitching from pain, distorting his handsome face.

After regaining some strength, he struggled to open the travel bag that had fallen beside him. The Elemental Egg was intact, wrapped in a towel. He breathed a sigh of relief, gently stroking it, “Luckily, you absorbed the leftover dust, or it would’ve been bad.”

He took out healing potions and bandages purchased from a platform and did a simple bandage on himself before looking around.

A scene of broken rubble met his eyes. Perhaps due to years of disrepair, the Taoist temple, once known for the phoenix legend, no longer existed. The original site was charred, with some remaining wooden beams burning silently.

The mountain peach forest around the Taoist temple looked pruned, with the dry branches broken by the explosion’s aftershock, leaving half-cut stumps all over the ground.

Shao Zifeng felt desolate. Though it was to survive, seeing the Taoist temple disappear still brought some sadness to his heart.

He tied the broken travel bag strap, hung it over his chest again, and held the peach tree, shakily standing up.

“Hiss.”

It hurt so much.

The injuries were severe this time. If it weren’t for the small broken knife blocking twice, he might not have made it today.

“Clatter~”

“Who’s there!”

Shao Zifeng, ignoring the pain, turned around and assumed a defensive stance, watching the bricks and tiles that made the noise.

In the moonlight, the burning wood crackled, and a heap of slightly raised broken bricks occasionally shed fragments of dirt and stones. Something seemed to be breaking out from underneath, tugging at Shao Zifeng’s tense nerves.

He decided to make the first move. Searching around, not far from him, he saw a shining blade half-buried in the soil. Staggering, he retrieved the blade, its wooden handle long turned to ash, leaving only a fine metal handle.

Holding the half vegetable knife gave him some comfort, and he slowly approached the pile of broken bricks and rubble that was making noise.

Carefully lifting a tile already consumed all of Shao Zifeng’s strength, the injury was too severe. He had to rest after moving a single fragment.

“Clatter~”

Just as he was about to continue lifting the bricks, a spider leg glistening coldly poked out from the gap. Shocked, he stepped back and swung the knife at the spider leg, but before the knife reached, the spider leg limply fell to the ground.

He hesitantly retracted the knife, took a few more steps back, and stared fixedly at the spot where the spider leg emerged.

“Clatter clatter~”

A broken spider was pushed up from underneath by something, flipping to the ground, followed by a person rolling down from the pile of bricks to Shao Zifeng’s feet.

The person lay there, almost completely naked, only a few scraps hanging on the body. The exposed skin was extensively burned, showing a mix of blood-red and charred black under the flesh.

His face was covered with peeling skin, one eyelid gone, exposing a dim eyeball without any cover to the air. His chest and abdomen lightly heaved, indicating he was still alive.

Shao Zifeng looked at the scene in front of him, feeling nauseous. He resisted the urge to vomit and stepped forward, pressing the knife against the person’s skinless neck.

“I… I don’t want… to die, spare… spare me, I can be… useful!”

Seeing Shao Zifeng, Pei Yong’s lusterless eyes burst with a strong will to survive. He raised a burned hand, trying to grab Shao Zifeng’s arm, but it limply fell again.

Shao Zifeng really wanted to chop him up, but he knew he couldn’t. The fierce explosion on Wutong Mountain should have been noticed by teachers or classmates. If he was blown up and died, that would be reasonable; it was self-defense.

However, if he killed Pei Yong with the knife, it could be considered excessive self-defense, bringing unnecessary trouble, which he preferred to avoid.

Despite understanding the reasoning, seeing his own injuries made Shao Zifeng lose calm, wishing to tear him into pieces.

“Holy Or… I’m… a secret agent of… Holy Origin Society, I… can be useful!”

Pei Yong, seeing Shao Zifeng’s changing expressions, grew more anxious and decided to disclose some information to prove his value.

Sighing softly, Shao Zifeng couldn’t finish him off and kept the knife against Pei Yong’s neck, expressionless, “Why did you want to kill me?”

“You… ruined… the ex…periment, had to die.” Pei Yong panted urgently, looking at Shao Zifeng with a pleading face, “Please… save… my wife! I will tell… everything!”

Seeing this man, who looked like rotten flesh, Shao Zifeng hesitated for a moment, then took out his phone, intending to call the Abnormal Administration Bureau. Just as he was about to dial, an image of someone with a cheerful smile flashed in his mind, and his hand shook, promptly hanging up.

Each time he thought of Little Li from the bureau, a sense of danger would prick his skin, making him uncomfortable.

Shao Zifeng quickly swiped his phone screen, then found another number, took a deep breath, and pressed the call button.

Ring…

“Hello”

…

“Director Luo, it’s me, Shao Zifeng.”