My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome-Chapter 677 - 44 Return (Two in One)

"Beep, student card."

After swiping their cards, a few schoolchildren with backpacks ran onto the bus with a spring in their step, quickly found seats since the bus was not crowded, and huddled together, whispering something.

"Beep, E-grade Combat Training Master card."

"Welcome aboard the No. 11 automated fare collection bus. The next stop is Wa Emperor Memorial Park. Please prepare to disembark if this is your destination."

"The vehicle is starting, please sit tight and hold on."

Hearing the consecutive announcements, the schoolchildren paused briefly and turned their gazes collectively toward the youth who had just boarded.

"Wow, an E-grade Combat Training Master!"

"That’s nothing special, just the most common substitute Combat Training Master. My brother is already a D-grade Combat Training Master, and he is ranked within the top 5000 of D-grade."

"Yeah, yeah, we know you have a D-grade Combat Training Master brother. So how’s that Ice Claw Dragon of his? I’ve heard that ancient pet beasts often have little issues."

"It seems... it seems like it might be evolving, but I’m not sure."

"I’m so jealous of your brother for having a dragon-type pet beast, and an ancient one at that. Speaking of which, in two months we’ll also get to breed our initial pet beasts. Are you guys ready?"

"My mom said our family didn’t prepare one for me this time; she told me to go claim one from the officials. I hope I get lucky and adopt one with high potential."

"No way, the officials’ pet beasts are either mice or cats and dogs. Why didn’t your family go to a Mutant Creatures Breeding Center to choose for you?"

The boy who had spoken looked troubled: "I..."

"Alright, alright, the initial pet beast is just for us to get used to things; it doesn’t matter whether they’re good or bad," another girl interrupted, smiling as she looked around at her classmates. "Let’s talk about the latest update for Pet Beast Chronicles instead."

The girl seated beside her exclaimed dramatically: "Don’t even talk about it, you lucky dog!"

The girl referred to as a lucky dog looked disappointed: "Not at all, I had really bad luck this time."

Hearing this, several children pricked up their ears, since witnessing the downfall of a lucky dog was a joyous occasion.

"Sigh," the girl sighed. "I missed out on the Nine-colored Deer in this update pool..."

Upon hearing this, the others exchanged glances, trying unsuccessfully to keep their mouths from curving up into wide grins. Seeing their reaction, the corners of the girl’s mouth slightly turned up: "I missed it and got the collector’s edition pet beast ’Starlight Queen’, hahaha!"

The boy opposite her swallowed: "Star... Starlight Queen? The collector’s edition pet beast that the ’digamammam’ big shot, the mania for collecting every creature, couldn’t get even after spending a hundred thousand on it?"

"The Duke’s pet beast card!!!"

"Ah, I’m going to kill you, you lucky dog!!!"

"Let me see, ’Starlight Queen’ is my favorite!"

The schoolchildren laughed and messed around together, while other passengers on the bus did not get upset but instead looked on with amusement at the children’s antics.

"’Starlight Queen,’ my pet beast card?" Shao Zifeng’s expression was a bit odd.

And what the heck was Pet Beast Chronicles?

He took out his phone and typed in ’Pet Beast Chronicles’, and soon enough, Shao Zifeng’s face showed a look of realization.

It turned out that Pet Beast Chronicles was an instant combat mobile game launched by the ’Pioneer’ platform, which included all top Combat Training Masters and pet beasts within the Daxia region, as well as the deeply loathed yet irresistible card drawing system.

The game’s apparent intention was to further ingrain Combat Training Masters in people’s hearts, inspiring more students to pursue the path of a professional Combat Training Master.

With that thought in mind, Shao Zifeng opened the ’Pioneer’ platform and clicked to enter the game.

"Honorable S01 ’Duke,’ welcome to ’Pet Beast Chronicles.’ Since this is your first time entering the game, I will guide you through the operat..."

Skip.

"Respected S01 ’Duke’ Your Excellency, since it is you who is logging in, would you like to hide your identity infor..."

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Shao Zifeng directly pressed skip regardless of anything and finally entered the game lobby. Inside the lobby were ’Battle’ and ’Adventure,’ two conspicuous icons. He directly chose Battle.

He quickly scanned the room and saw several initial characters in the preparation lobby. Aside from the ’Martial God’ Lu Lu, whom he had met once before, the other characters were all unfamiliar to him.

After a brief moment of thought, Shao Zifeng decided to give ’Martial God’ a try.

"Xiaohong, let me quickly try out ’Starlight Queen’."

"Right, right, I want to see the Starlight Queen’s ultimate move!"

"But I’m really bad at this..."

"No problem, look, among the people nearby there’s an E-rank newbie account. Challenge him!"

"Well... okay then."

At that moment, the conversation of the few children in front of him caught Shao Zifeng’s attention. The next second, a prompt popped up on his game interface.

"A challenge from a B-ranked Combat Training Master ’One Meter Two of Long Legs,’ would you like to accept?"

Shao Zifeng looked up at the few children, then nodded his head.

After a brief loading screen, the ’Martial God’ controlled by Shao Zifeng appeared in the middle of a grassland. He swiped on his phone, getting used to the controls, and quietly waited for the countdown to end.

Boom!

The red V and the blue S collided with each other, creating a cool special effect of lightning and sparks.

Then, the phone screen suddenly went dark. A blue starlight streaked across the sky, turning into countless shooting stars falling to the earth.

Within the starlight, a tall, crown-wearing lady emerged, clad in gorgeous attire, slowly opening her eyes as a chilly voice came through the phone, "I am the Master of the Stars!"

Hiss~

Shao Zifeng’s hand shook, he awkwardly dug his toes into the ground, this wasn’t like Lingling at all.

No, wait, from a ’try-hard’ perspective, it did resemble her a little.

"Ah, sister’s entrance animation is so cool, love it, love it!"

"Wish I had a ’Starlight Queen’!"

"I’m different, I want to see the Duke’s Starlight Queen with my own eyes."

"Heh, dream on, Duke is the most mysterious one among the S-rank pioneers."

"Stop talking, it’s starting!"

"Say, doesn’t this person’s ID seem a bit familiar..."

"Duke, huh? I’ve seen plenty posing as Duke by adding special symbols to their ID."

The gameplay of ’Pet Beast Chronicles’ was incredibly monotonous, and the degree of freedom in controls was limited. The only highlights were the character models and skill effects meant to dazzle, but they completely failed to attract Shao Zifeng. In the end, he had the ’Martial God’s’ Frozen Soil Giant Deer kneel during an extremely cringeworthy line, "Submit to me, accept the punishment from the Master of the Stars..."

Game over.

"Yay! We won!!"

Amidst the cheers of the children, Shao Zifeng silently put away his phone.

He turned his head to look at the swiftly passing streetscape outside the bus window. The changes during the days he’d been away were indeed significant—not just in terms of infrastructure but also in the widespread popularity of Combat Training Masters.

A few years ago, Combat Training Masters were still a small, covert group trying to make a living in the shadows.

"Ding~ Wa Emperor Memorial Park has arrived, passengers needing to alight please prepare to disembark."

Shao Zifeng stood up silently, and, the moment the bus doors opened, dozens of men clad in black combat gear sprinted towards him; they stood in two straight rows and respectfully said, "Welcome, Your Grace."

Swish, swish, swish!

The bus fell silent in an instant. Gazes converged upon Shao Zifeng.

There was astonishment, confusion, and even more disbelief.

Veins throbbed on Shao Zifeng’s forehead. He glared at a familiar figure among the men in black and gritted his teeth, "Cang! Hai! Yuan!"

The two locked eyes for a moment. Everyone on the bus, and those outside, dared not even breathe. The driver wiped the sweat from his brow, having recognized the group outside the bus as the capital’s special force, "Enforcers."

After a few moments, Shao Zifeng suddenly laughed, spreading his arms, "Old Cang, long time no see."

"Haha!" The two hugged briefly. Cang Haiyuan said with a mischievous punch to Shao Zifeng’s chest, "Ouch, I forgot that Duke His Excellency was incognito today. Look at this mess I’ve caused. Won’t you give me a good beating, Your Grace?"

Shao Zifeng gave him a glare, "You still ask!"

At this time, a little boy’s face turned red as he shouted from inside the bus, "Enforcers, it’s the Enforcers, wow, it really is the Duke!"

A girl named Xiao Hong hurriedly checked her challenge records, and as she saw the name, she was completely dumbfounded.

Boom!

The carriage erupted into uproar. Everyone scrambled to press against the glass—not that they didn’t want to get out, but the Enforcers had already surrounded the door.

"Hey, hey, Xiao Ying, I saw the Duke! It’s him, your favorite Duke; hurry over to Wa Emperor Memorial Park!"

"Duke, Your Grace, look at me!!"

"Duke, I’m from the ’Feng Feng Male Mama Group’!"

As he listened to the childish voice of a young girl declaring she was from the Male Mama Group, the corners of Shao Zifeng’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch. He glared at Cang Haiyuan, who seemed to be enjoying the show, "Are we going or not? If we’re not, I’m leaving first."

Cang Haiyuan seemed to relish Shao Zifeng’s embarrassment. He teased, "Hey, hey, hey, Your Grace, why don’t you greet everyone?"

Shao Zifeng: ...

Cang Haiyuan cleared his throat lightly, "Just say hello. It’s what the higher-ups want; we’ll talk details later."

Shao Zifeng reluctantly took off the cap from his head, turned around, and waved somewhat stiffly, "Hello everyone, I am Shao... Your Grace."

Ah!

Shao Zifeng roared inwardly. He was used to the codename, but saying it out loud himself was excruciatingly awkward.

However, the crowd lapped it up, especially the schoolchildren. They frantically snapped photos of Shao Zifeng with their phones and screamed, "Ah!! The Duke is so handsome!"

Shao Zifeng glanced at Cang Haiyuan, squeezing out through gritted teeth, "Can we go now?"

Cang Haiyuan’s face turned red as he struggled to contain his laughter. He cleared his throat and shouted, "Alright, alright, fall in, no, escort His Grace into the park."

"Yes!"

The dozens of Enforcers moved swiftly, surrounding Shao Zifeng in the middle and heading toward the park entrance.

After the group quickly entered the park gates, Cang Haiyuan couldn’t hold back any longer.

"Hahaha, hello everyone, I am the Duk... fuck!!"

Cang Haiyuan, who was learning to speak from Shao Zifeng, suddenly stepped back a few times, as if someone was choking him. He looked somewhat terrified.

Boom!

Powerful elemental fluctuations erupted from Shao Zifeng’s body, his pupils shrank into golden red vertical slits, a few phantom dragon scales appeared at the corners of his eyes, and crimson flames crazily danced around his body. Eventually, they all converged behind him, forming sweepingly large fiery dragon wings that fluttered with tiny embers.

Snap!

The hair tie holding back Shao Zifeng’s hair broke, and his dark red hair swayed like flickering flames. He twisted his neck with an ill intent and looked toward Cang Haiyuan, "Amusing, is it?"

Cang Haiyuan waved his hands repeatedly, "Not amusing at all! Old Shao, we have been through life and death together. Those few times you exploded..."

Phooey! Phooey!

Cang Haiyuan, looking at Shao Zifeng’s increasingly dangerous gaze, felt like crying but had no tears and suddenly, as if he had thought of something, "Aren’t you guys always challenging each other? Come and practice with the Duke!"

The executives looked at each other and shook their heads repeatedly, "Respect! Respect! We respect you the most!"

Shao Zifeng turned his head to the executives, "Could you please leave us alone for a while?"

"Of course, of course." The executives nodded rapidly like pecking chickens and then quickly ran to the nearby woods.

One of them suddenly stopped while passing Cang Haiyuan, who immediately brightened up, looking at him expectantly, "Little Liu, I haven’t treated you poorly in normal times, have I?"

Little Liu nodded seriously and then turned to Shao Zifeng, "Your Grace, we leave our boss to you, please... be gentle."

He patted Cang Haiyuan’s shoulder with a sigh, "Boss, this is all I can do for you."

After saying that, he ran quickly toward the woods, "Guys, who has brought sunflower seeds, peanuts, mineral water? Share some with me!!"

Cang Haiyuan’s mouth twitched, and he sincerely looked at Shao Zifeng, "I think we..."

Boom!

"Ah!!!!"

Screams kept rising, and the sound of gasping came from the small woods.

Dozens of executives crouched behind the bushes watched the inhuman single combat taking place not far away.

"Geez, the Duke is really going hard."

"The boss’s ice element reaction is completely ineffective; it probably hurts even more when it vaporizes into steam, right?"

"It’s a pity His Grace only aims for the waist, back, and buttocks. Why not the face?" As he spoke, he watched the video on his mobile phone, "Thank goodness I sneakily brought my phone before performing official duties; otherwise, no one would believe this!"

"How can you guys be like this? Hasn’t the boss been good to us?" another person, filled with sorrow, grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from his tactical pocket, "In such a scene, I’m profoundly saddened that I cannot take action myself. Brothers, let us drink with seeds instead of wine and have one for the road."

"Here’s to that!"

Then, a series of spitting sounds echoed from behind the bushes.

After a while, Shao Zifeng, looking refreshed, patted Cang Haiyuan on the shoulder, "You’ve worked hard."

Hiss~

Cang Haiyuan inhaled sharply and stepped back a few steps with a twisted expression. Damn hard work, why don’t you try it?

Unfortunately, he dared not voice this, fearing another beating from this violent maniac.

Shao Zifeng glanced at him, "That’s enough. Can you now tell me what today’s performance was all about?"

At these words, Cang Haiyuan’s expression became a bit resigned, and moving his shoulders, he began, "You haven’t shown yourself for a long time, and some people are getting restless. There are some things that the higher-ups can’t directly interfere with, so I thought I could use your influence to intimidate those people."

Shao Zifeng, rubbing his forehead with a hint of a headache, knew there was no good news.

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