Astral Pet Store (WN)

A cruel battle burst out in the dense forest.

Forty kilometers away—a dozen contestants were standing on a giant tree like silent black crows; all of them looked cold and indifferent.

A young man was seated on one of the branches; golden wheels glittered in his eyes. He yelled, "They're here!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Everybody around him spread out and disappeared from the woods, except for two and the young man with glittering eyes.

Boom!

A daunting sword aura suddenly dashed out of the fourth space which was aimed at them.

One among the trio roared, and beast features appeared on his body as he merged with his pet. Once the merging was done, he unleashed an extraordinary burst of force and shattered the sword aura with his hammer.

"You're asking to be killed!"

After a roar, Sword Maniac stepped out of the fourth space; his shining eyes were filled with brutality. The wings of a devil had grown out of his body, further accelerating his movement. He slashed with his sword again and tore open the fifth space with dozens of black sword auras.

The faces of the trio showed changes of expressions; they didn't expect that one of the newcomers would be that strong.

But… It's not good enough!

"Humph!" The young man who had golden wheels in his eyes stood up, then moved forward after giving a snort. He punched; the golden light in his palm brutally shattered the sword aura. The trees nearby were also corroded and destroyed.

"Freeze!"

The young man chanted and then flashed to clash with Sword Maniac; he was about to land a slap…

His hand carried a frightening storm, giving out a power that made it feel like a moving star; the surrounding trees were bent and cracked. Sword Maniac narrowed his eyes and changed his expression, not expecting his opponent to be that frightening; that attack was almost as powerful as Su Jin'er's Grand Phoenix Deity Destroying Fist!

He roared and launched the ultimate skills he knew; the laws of desolation flew out like black dragons, which were about to cut the golden hand apart.

However, that hand seemed to be invulnerable, as it easily extinguished the sword aura. Sword Maniac had no doubt that his skull would explode if he was hit!

Exactly at this moment, an even colder voice was heard. "You're asking to be killed!"

Air collapsed right before Sword Maniac, then a man appeared out of nowhere. He grabbed the golden fist and then pulled it close, making the young man with golden wheels in his eyes lose balance.

Bang!

He was kicked right in the chest while he was off-balance and surprised, almost vomiting his internal organs. He was flung back, knocking out dozens of trees. He even tore through to the tertiary space for a while, then squeezed out of it. He didn't stop until after he broke another dozen trees.

Even though he had only stayed for one second in the tertiary space, he had actually slipped, moving to a place thousands of kilometers away.

Su Ping then retracted his leg. He coldly glanced at the other two survivors, approaching them like an eagle with scorching airwaves, then he punched them.

Bang! Bang!

They recovered from their shock and roared as they tried to resist. However, Su Ping's punches were too powerful, surrounded by a hundred laws. The two men were horrified when he unleashed seventy percent of his strength, feeling as if they were witnessing the destruction of the world.

Right when they were about to be hit—they suddenly vanished.

At the same time, Su Ping heard two elimination notifications in his head; he knew they had been defeated and relocated.

Su Ping didn't linger. He looked around and instantly roared at Sword Maniac, "This is an ambush! Let's go!"

Sword Maniac's mouth was still wide open when he saw Su Ping finish off two opponents that were as strong as him. He sobered up once he heard what Su Ping said; he quickly flashed away.

Hum!

Suddenly, an array that looked like a giant web rose from all directions and blocked the fifth space; it was about to suppress Su Ping and capture him alive!

"Path of the Divine Sword!"

Su Ping suddenly extended his fingers and unleashed an invisible sword aura that was a combination of the laws he had attained. The sword aura hummed, and latent power had already torn space open. He slashed with the sword aura, which penetrated the web and reduced it into a fine mist after an ear splitting explosion.

"How is it possible?"

"What kind of monster is he?"

In the forest—the dozen people who had dispersed earlier were trembling and vomiting blood. Even the strongest among them were also pale, having suffered serious internal wounds.

They were appalled to see the man in the forest. What kind of human-shaped monster is that?

They had already assessed their numbers and attacked so they could lure them into launching a counterattack. However, the trap they had set up in advance was torn apart by one person?

The young man had also kicked away their leader the moment he showed up. It was horrifying!

They were fully aware that the man who had been kicked away ranked second in their galaxy!

"Ahhhhhhh…!"

Suddenly, furious roars came from the forest and rose to the sky, then increased in volume as the source seemed to be approaching; they belonged to the young man who had been kicked away.

He was no longer as casual as before; his neat hair was unkempt, mixed with broken branches and leaves. There was moss and mud on his back too; he couldn't have looked more awkward.

His eyes were fuming with fury. He was now merged with his pet, looking like a burning furnace that illuminated the sky within an area of several thousand square kilometers.

Su Ping turned back and looked at him; he remained calm and unsurprised even though the man was getting closer with an aggressive momentum.

Boom~!

The young man didn't flash through the fifth space; instead, he chose to move at the highest speed he could go in the secondary space. All the trees along the way were bent down, clearing a path for him in the forest. A deep pit was also left on the ground; his hands became as sharp as the claws of an eagle.

He suddenly made a snatching motion. An ancient and complex secret technique surrounded his claws, which seemed powerful enough to shatter the void.

Su Ping coldly punched back. There was a bam when the fist and the claws collided, causing a massive explosion and making the soil roll back. In the meantime, Su Ping had raised his other fist to throw another punch. They exchanged hundreds of dazzling clashes in a mere moment.

The fierce battle attracted people on both sides, but none of them dared to join the fray. Each group was watching nervously, fearing that their supporter would fall.

"There's such a genius in another galaxy? How horrifying!"

"This world is too big. I didn't believe it when my father told me, but now I finally saw it with my own eyes."

"I thought that no more than five people could defeat me. After the selection battles, I realized that there were no more than ten. Now I find that there are tens and even hundreds of them!"

The geniuses on both sides were shocked. They were all rare geniuses, yet they were awed by the two monsters, who were on the same level as themselves.

Bang!!

Su Ping's eyes glittered coldly all of a sudden, and his fist moved faster as he used his talent skill to accelerate it. He punched the man right on the chin, before he extended his hands and pulled the man back by the shoulders, smashing the back of his head.

It happened so fast that nobody saw a thing; they only saw that the man fighting against Su Ping's fell straight down, leaving a pit that had a radius of thousands of meters.

Su Ping descended from the sky and the ground trembled again. Once the smoke was gone, everybody's jaws almost hit the ground when they saw what was down there.

The ghastly powerful young man was lying on the ground and struggling to rise, but Su Ping had stepped on his head, making it impossible for him to move.

He had been completely crushed!

Sword Maniac, Fang Hanxue and the others were relieved and astonished. The battle between Su Ping and Su Jin'er had already been an eye-opener for them, but then a closer observation of his abilities became even more shocking; he was far stronger than them.

On the other side—the faces of the dozen strangers were pale. They didn't expect that the second strongest of their galaxy would fail; he would have taken first place back then, if the current champion hadn't been so talented. He had also been touted as a potential Ascendant!

And yet, this potential future Ascendant had been stepped on and was unable to get up!

Su Ping suddenly raised his head at the center of the pit and glanced at the strangers coldly. "Whoever dares to go will be killed!" Nobody doubted what he said.

Sword Maniac and the others snapped back from their shock; their eyes turned sharp as they gazed at those people like ferocious tigers.

"You!"

The young man's eyes became bloodshot; he had never been humiliated like this in his entire life; he gritted his teeth and squeezed the mud into powder. He tried to get back to his feet, but Su Ping's foot was like a mountain—he was completely unable to stand up!

He felt that Su Ping had already locked on his vitals and would instantly kill him if he dared to unleash his strength!

He had never been humiliated like that!

Fury, frustration, madness, sadness, regret, and many other emotions filled his heart. Shock was prevalent; he had been ranked second in his galaxy, being really close to winning that last battle. Still, he had been crushed there. He wondered which galaxy had brought forth such a monster!

Su Ping looked down at the man underneath his foot. Ignoring the latter's fury and regret, Su Ping pointed his finger and sent a stream of sword aura into his heart. He then said, "I'll kill you with a single thought if you dare to resist. There might not be enough time for you to be relocated!"

The young man narrowed his eyes and roared with overwhelming fury, "What do you want?"

Su Ping stepped on his face again and said, "Stop looking at me like that and explore the way for me; whether or not you survive till the end depends on your luck."

"In your dreams! Might as well kill me right now!" said the young man with a snarl; he couldn't stomach the humiliation. I'm an unparalleled talent, and yet I'm being forced to slave away as a scout?

"Is that so? Just go to hell then!"

Su Ping narrowed his eyes and was about to take action—

The young man's pupils constricted, as he felt that Su Ping was being serious. He quickly said, "H-Hold on a second! My master is Yue Luo; he won't spare you if you kill me!"

"You think you're the only one who has a master?" Su Ping sneered.

The young man was stunned by his answer, and could only reply with silence. A genius as horrifying as Su Ping would definitely have a powerful organization behind his back. His face contorted when he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, fine! I admit defeat!"

Su Ping snorted and kicked him away, before he said indifferently, "You and your group are now my slaves. It's now your job to fight and scout for us!"

The young man stood and gnashed his teeth, but he didn't dare to resist.

The others looked at each other in bewilderment, too shocked to talk; they felt that Su Ping was going overboard. A future Ascendant State expert had been humiliated like that… How brutal!

Someone then noticed Su Ping's appearance and could only utter, "He hasn't even merged with his pet yet…"

The young man was also stunned when he heard the exclamation. He turned around and stared at Su Ping, only to find that the man's eyes were dark and bottomless.

"This guy…" The young man's heart went cold; he didn't know what to say.

Su Ping, however, simply ignored them; he only needed to watch over the young man. Then he said, "Let's go and keep looking for the others!"

There were already twenty members in Su Ping's group by the time they suppressed those people, which was already a sizable force. He didn't want to simply sit and wait any longer; he intended to take action and finish the contest as soon as possible, so that he could return to his store and train in the cultivation sites.

Su Ping felt that he probably needed to get stronger in order to make it to the top ten or the championship in the finals, judging from the geniuses he had encountered.

Everybody marched on under Su Ping's command.

Fang Hanxue and Shirley were at the rear; they were looking at the invincible leader of their galaxy with awe.

Time flew.

Su Ping and his group continued their way in the forest. He went to look for fellow participants from the same galaxy whenever the badge became hot. In the next couple of hours he went through seven battles and met four geniuses from his galaxy; one of them was the Thousand Leaves Holy Lady who was among the strongest.

The team marched on even more openly; after all, only a hundred contestants would get to stay, and the others would be eliminated sooner or later. Su Ping didn't hold back any longer—he decided to search for the formidable enemies who were still alone, so that he could make the best use of the team.