My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome

Chapter 79: Chapter 78: City of the Dead (1/2)

“Clang!”

The sewer manhole cover had been pushed aside, flipping over several times before hitting the ground with a thunderous crash.

Then a small head poked out from the sewer, its little eyes darting around energetically, scanning the surroundings before turning back and calling out twice, then leaping out first.

The sewer exit was rather hidden, located in an alley connected to a commercial street.

Shao Zifeng had barely steadied himself when a smell of burning mixed with a strong stench of blood hit his nostrils, causing him to frown. He thought it was a scent he had picked up on his person and didn’t pay much attention to it.

Glancing down at himself, he realized his clothing was beyond salvage, stained with blood mixed with mud dried by Qiuqiu, emitting an indescribable foul odor, altogether quite overwhelming.

With the situation being urgent, he could not afford to care about it; what was most important was to seek help from the Abnormal Administration Bureau. He didn’t know how many were still alive in the sewers, but figured he should try to save anyone he could.

Turning the corner of the alley exit, Shao Zifeng’s eyes widened abruptly, his mind going blank as he incredulously observed the decaying streetscape.

This was a small commercial street, but the scene before him resembled a dead city.

The old shopfronts were adorned with various signs, while the once-clear glass windows were now covered in cracks and bloodstains, beneath them lay a thick layer of shattered glass.

Inside the shops, flames flickered, and rolling smoke filled the entire street.

The concrete street was pockmarked and uneven, with dark dried bloodstains exuding a strong, iron-like odor. Several mutilated bodies lay chaotically in pools of blood, their dying nerves twitching with torn flesh.

The bloody sight was glaring.

Shao Zifeng felt a sudden chill, an unreal sensation of vertigo, his hands trembling involuntarily.

What in the world had happened, why had Su City turned into this?

“Ying ying~”

Qiuqiu glanced at the street, not noticing anything amiss.

It then looked up at Shao Zifeng, who seemed about to collapse, and stood on its hind legs to embrace his thigh, its gaze filled with worry.

“Right, the phone… the phone,” Shao Zifeng said frantically as he took out his cellphone, his hands shaking as he dialed a number etched into his memory: “I’m sorry, the number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable. Sorry…”

Shao Zifeng was completely stunned, his pupils dilated as the cold mechanical voice echoed in his ears.

His hand fell limp, the phone slipping from his grasp while he stood there, his face devoid of color.

Still no signal.

How could there still be no signal after leaving the sewers?

He wondered about his mother, if she was safe or if something had happened to her.

His mind was a tangled mess, with all sorts of worst-case scenarios haunting him.

“Ying~”

Qiuqiu watched Shao Zifeng, silent and motionless, feeling anxious. It was about to offer some comforting words when it suddenly turned its head towards something else.

Its gaze was icy, with a flicker of fire in its eyes, warily staring at a bridal shop ahead.

“Bang!” The glass window of the bridal shop exploded outward as a blood-covered figure was hurled out, crashing heavily onto the ground, coughing up blood profusely.

Qiuqiu grew more alert, moving forward cautiously, positioning itself protectively behind Shao Zifeng. @@novelbin@@

“Ssss~”

Accompanied by a familiar and unpleasant hiss, a black-haired spider leg kicked away the remaining glass, poking its head out from the shattered window.

Its blood-red gaze locked onto the coughing figure with a hideous sneer, the newly evolved creature in desperate need of a substantial blood meal to replenish its energy, angered by the resistance it faced, flinging the man away.

The loss of so much blood pained it just to think about.

Suddenly, the Blood-sucking Tarantula froze mid-leap, slowly turning its head, its eight eyes filled with murderous bloodlust, focusing on Shao Zifeng.

Fresh food!

“Ssss!!”

“Roar!”

This ugly brute dared to roar at it, and without hesitation, Qiuqiu roared back.

Shao Zifeng, jolted out of his stupor by the twin roars, came back to his senses and saw the Blood-sucking Tarantula, galloping furiously toward him on its eight long legs, a surge of nameless rage flooding his heart.

Damn thing, it was you again!

All his unease and worry for his mother were now transformed into a blazing anger.

“Qiuqiu, conserve your energy, don’t use skills that consume a lot,” he instructed.

The situation was unclear, and it was unknown how many more Blood-sucking Tarantulas there might be, so he decided to be cautious.

“Roar!”

Feeling Shao Zifeng’s intent, Qiuqiu responded with a roar, its body suddenly bursting into a blazing flame. It dug its claws into the ground, pushed off with its hind legs, and instantly transformed into a streak of crimson flame, trailing a long fiery tail.

The Blood-sucking Tarantula, seeing the rapidly approaching ball of fire, had a flash of wariness in its eyes. Its front limbs rubbed against each other, gleaming with an intimidating cold light, and stabbed toward the ball of fire.

“Qiuqiu, dodge!”

Qiuqiu agilely dodged the Blood-sucking Tarantula’s ambush, rushed beneath it, swung around with a tail whip, and fiercely struck its abdomen.

A charred mark was left on the spider’s belly, and the attached fire element continuously eroded its wound.

“Hiss!”

The Blood-sucking Tarantula’s abdomen was struck with such force that it arched up high, nearly flipping over, and the continuous burning filled its spider eyes with blood-red substance.

Before it could react, another enormous force came from below. The Blood-sucking Tarantula was whipped off its eight legs and slammed heavily onto the ground littered with broken stones.

“Elemental Spirit, Wood Thorn,” Shao Zifeng said, his gaze like a torch as he watched the Blood-sucking Tarantula with its eight legs in the air, struggling to stand up.

“Heehee~”

The Elemental Spirit giggled as it flew up into the air, waved its tiny hand, and the ground trembled. Stones danced about, and a thick Wood Thorn burst from underneath, piercing the Blood-sucking Tarantula’s swollen abdomen, splattering green liquid everywhere.

“Hiss!!”

The Blood-sucking Tarantula, in pain, shook its eight slender legs at the Wood Thorn, seemingly trying to pull it out.

Seeing this, Qiuqiu leaped up and targeted the Blood-sucking Tarantula’s mouth with its tail, knocking several sharp teeth flying.

The Elemental Spirit frowned slightly in dissatisfaction, the luster flowing through its jade-like, large eyes. It waved its little hand again, and the wood elemental energy gathered above the Blood-sucking Tarantula’s head.

The Blood-sucking Tarantula felt the elemental fluctuations above its head and showed a look of terror, its struggle for survival becoming even more intense.

Then…

Then a thin and small Wood Thorn appeared in mid-air, vastly different in size and thickness from the previous thorns released.

Shao Zifeng and Qiuqiu looked toward the Elemental Spirit holding out its tiny hand in mid-air, their faces showing a hint of surprise.

So thin.

Even the Blood-sucking Tarantula, upon seeing the Wood Thorn suspended above its head, breathed a sigh of relief.

Tsk, so thin, it definitely won’t stir my big cauldron.

Thinking this, the Blood-sucking Tarantula gave up struggling, even opened its mouth apparatus, provocatively looking at the Elemental Spirit.

As if to say, come on.

Stir my big cauldron.

At first, the Elemental Spirit seemed a little embarrassed, then somewhat annoyed. It glared hatefully at the Blood-sucking Tarantula, its little face turning completely… green.

It pressed down with its short hand, and the thin Wood Thorn, with a sound breaking the air, instantly stabbed into the Blood-sucking Tarantula’s head. Before the Blood-sucking Tarantula could react, the Elemental Spirit clasped its hands together, and the green light in its crystal clear eyes shone brightly.

“Hiss” (fourth tone)

“Boom!”

A muffled explosion.

The Blood-sucking Tarantula’s head showed several cracks, then suddenly burst open.

Shreds of flesh mixed with green liquid splattered everywhere, and its eight spider legs first stretched rigidly, then fell limply into a heap, motionless.

The Elemental Spirit nodded in satisfaction, sporting a pleased expression, its two big eyes curved into crescents.

It turned to pounce on Shao Zifeng, seeking praise, but mid-way its form suddenly became unstable and more transparent.

Shao Zifeng’s heart skipped a beat and he quickly stepped forward to catch it with the small deer. The Elemental Spirit, touching the small deer, dissolved like melting snow, vanishing instantly.

“Very impressive, rest well,” Shao Zifeng said softly, stroking the small deer’s body.

Having dealt with the Blood-sucking Tarantula, some of the anger in Shao Zifeng’s heart dissipated. He prepared to think carefully about his own situation and how to ensure his mother’s safety.

He took an energy potion out of his backpack and handed it to Qiuqiu. Just as Shao Zifeng was about to pick up his phone, he suddenly noticed the phone trembled.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

A series of explosion sounds followed.

All the glass in the stores along the entire street burst, sending shards flying everywhere.

Blood-sucking Tarantulas hissed as they crawled out of the display windows.

Shao Zifeng’s face changed drastically as he bellowed, “Qiuqiu, run!!”