Chapter 311 - 289: New Pet! Scared Witless

Chapter 311: Chapter 289: New Pet! Scared Witless

The Beast King paid no attention to the box that had appeared in Lu Feng’s hands. He spurred on the Mutated Giant Lion King beneath him, closing in on Lu Feng in an instant.

At that very moment, Lu Feng threw the box. It burst open in the air, and a dense shower of syringes spilled out.

The moment he saw the syringes, the Beast King’s expression changed. A look of disbelief, even terror, flashed across his face, and he was so startled he fell from the back of the Mutated Giant Lion King.

The Mutated Giant Lion King, however, swiped a paw at Lu Feng. It passed right through him—unfortunately, it was only an afterimage that slowly dissipated.

Countless syringes rained down, landing all around the Beast King.

Lu Feng had activated his second-tier speed ability, appearing on the other side.

Seeing the Beast King fall, a look of delight appeared on his face. Another box materialized in his hand. He tossed it up, and another shower of countless syringes rained down.

He repeated this action, taking out box after box of syringes from his backpack space and scattering them.

In an instant, the area around the Beast King was completely covered in syringes.

An entire patch of ground, littered with syringes!

The Beast King stared at the dense carpet of syringes around him, a look of pure terror on his face. He clutched his head and shouted in a panic, "Syr... syringes... Why are there so many syringes...?"

The scene made everyone instinctively freeze.

Especially the remaining three members of the Beastman Race. They couldn’t believe their eyes. Why was the Beast King sitting amidst the syringes, trembling uncontrollably?

What in the world was going on?

ROAR!~

Even the Mutated Giant Lion King was confused, letting out a roar at him.

Then, it charged viciously toward Lu Feng.

It knew this human had to be the cause. ’Taking care of him is definitely the right move.’

Lu Feng flicked his hand instinctively, and an energy barrier materialized, trapping the Mutated Giant Lion King inside.

But this time, the energy barrier didn’t hold the Mutated Giant Lion King.

The moment it slammed into the barrier, the Mutated Giant Lion King was stopped, but the barrier itself shattered from the impact.

This was a testament to the sheer power of this Mutated Giant Lion King.

Lu Feng didn’t hesitate. The steel blade appeared in his hand. Activating his second-tier speed ability, he rushed toward the Beast King and brought his blade down in a vicious slash.

He ignored the Giant Lion King, seemingly intending to finish off the Beast King first.

’So the game developers and officials weren’t lying to me after all.’

’The great Beast King who terrified the City East Alliance has such a weakness? How could I possibly let him recover?’

ROAR!~

At the same time, the enraged roar of the Mutated Giant Lion King echoed from behind Lu Feng.

Its sharp claws swiped viciously at Lu Feng, trying to rescue the Beast King.

Who would have expected that at that exact moment, Lu Feng would suddenly turn and slash? His steel blade struck the Mutated Giant Lion King with perfect accuracy, leaving a gash so deep the bone was visible.

Blood splattered.

The Mutated Giant Lion King let out a blood-curdling howl and its entire body crashed heavily to the ground.

In the same instant, Lu Feng waved his hand again, and another energy barrier enveloped the Mutated Giant Lion King.

’In such a heavily injured state, I doubt this lion can break through my energy barrier again.’

Evidently, his initial target was never the Beast King. It was to bait the Mutated Giant Lion King into a rescue attempt, then use the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on this Lion King.

Who knows why the Beastman Race’s reproductive barriers changed, allowing them to screw their own Mutant Beasts and even have children with them?

Therefore, the relationship between these Beastmen and their Companion Beasts could be described as lovers or even married couples.

’It’s disgusting just thinking about it.’

But it was precisely because of this that the Lion King fell for Lu Feng’s scheme.

Lu Feng was confident that in this game-like world, no one understood the Beast King or the Beastman Race better than he did.

Lu Feng vanished again. With the speed of his second-tier ability, he reappeared in front of the Lion King in an instant, a laser rifle and a laser pistol now in his hands. He took aim at the Lion King and opened fire relentlessly.

The Mutated Giant Lion King clearly sensed the threat. It rose in anger and tried to dodge, but this time when it slammed into the energy barrier, it failed to break through as expected.

Just like that, beam after beam of laser fire struck the Giant Lion King’s body, searing bowl-sized wounds through its flesh.

The Mutated Giant Lion King let out a final whimper and collapsed, unwilling to accept its fate.

As it fell, its eyes were still fixed on the Beast King, a look of reluctance to part in them.

’This...’

Lu Feng, however, was looking at the Mutated Giant Lion King’s corpse in surprise. A ball of light was floating above it.

’It dropped something again.’

’Looks like another egg.’

After his experience with Jinwen, he knew exactly what it was. Without hesitation, he stored the egg in his backpack space.

[This is a special Mutated Giant Lion King Pet Egg. After use, you can summon a Mutated Giant Lion King cub. Nurture it well, and it can become the king of all beasts!]

Seeing the item description, Lu Feng chose to use it immediately.

The next moment, another prompt appeared.

[Mutated Giant Lion King cub summoning successful. Binding complete!]

[Please name your Mutated Giant Lion King cub...]

Xiaoshi!

Lu Feng gave his new pet a simple and direct name.

[Congratulations on successfully naming your pet!]

The next moment, a lion cub appeared at Lu Feng’s feet. It also had red fur, but in its cub state, it just looked adorably goofy.

Seeing this, Lu Feng took out his steel blade again, plunged it into the dead Mutated Giant Lion King’s head, and pried out a Crystal Core, which rolled to Xiaoshi’s feet.

Xiaoshi immediately pounced on the Crystal Core and crunched it in its mouth. Right after, Lu Feng received another prompt:

[Pet Xiaoshi’s abilities are being enhanced...]

Soon, Xiaoshi let out an excited yelp and trotted over to Lu Feng’s leg, rubbing against it happily.

The bond between a pet and its master didn’t require much cultivation. After all, it was bound to him; it could never betray its master.

Lu Feng looked at Xiaoshi’s stats, a broad smile spreading across his face:

Xiaoshi: Mutated Giant Lion King

Strength: 31

Agility: 25

Stamina: 32

Skill: Intimidate (When stronger than or equal in strength to a target, can intimidate Mutant Beasts of the same type and suppress Mutant Beasts of different types.)

Clearly, after absorbing the Crystal Core of the Mutated Giant Lion King, Xiaoshi was now even stronger than Jinwen, and it had an Intimidate skill.

MEOW!~

Jinwen, the little leopard, seemed to have noticed Xiaoshi and hurriedly ran to Lu Feng’s side.

Xiaoshi had clearly noticed it too and let out a high-pitched, childish roar in its direction.

Jinwen immediately flinched, stopping in its tracks, too scared to get closer. It then scurried over to Lu Feng’s other side.

Seeing this, Xiaoshi shot it a fierce glare.

Jinwen quickly started rubbing against Lu Feng’s other leg, even tugging on his pant cuff.

When Lu Feng looked down at it, it immediately pointed a paw at Xiaoshi and meowed insistently!

It seemed to be tattling.

Lu Feng glanced at Xiaoshi, only to see the cub looking up at him with an innocent and adorable expression.

This made Jinwen’s eyes widen slightly as it stared at the newcomer.

Lu Feng, however, turned his attention back to the Beast King and slowly walked over.

"You... How did you know...?" the Beast King asked, his face a mask of terror as he stared at Lu Feng.

This was the one thing he was most unwilling to face. He was the great Beast King, immensely powerful, destined to destroy the City East Alliance, yet he was afraid of syringes.

He had tried to confront and overcome this problem.

But he truly couldn’t control the deep-seated fear within him.

So, he had always hidden it well. No one knew about it.

’Why does this man know now?’

’How could he possibly know?’

"You’re not the Beast King anymore, and you never will be again. So, it would be better for you to just die," Lu Feng said, raising his steel blade and pointing its tip at the Beast King.

A desolate expression spread across the Beast King’s face. He looked toward the three remaining members of the Beastman Race.

At this moment, the three Beastmen looked at him not with their usual respect, but with a mixture of confusion, doubt, resentment, and even hatred...

They never imagined that the Beast King who had boasted about destroying the East Suburb Fortress would be defeated so easily, without even a fight.

’Isn’t this the same as leading us here to be slaughtered?’

The Beast King felt their gazes, and his heart grew even more sorrowful. He suddenly lunged forward, throwing himself onto the steel blade in Lu Feng’s hand.

The steel blade pierced his heart, and his breath ceased completely.

[Congratulations! You have killed the Beastman Race’s Beast King and received 50,000 EXP!]

The amount of EXP proved that the Beast King deserved his death. It was also the highest amount of experience he had ever received.

It was just a shame that the Beast King, a major boss, hadn’t dropped any loot.

’But then again,’ Lu Feng thought, ’in the game, the Beast King and the Mutated Giant Lion King were probably considered a single unit. It’s not like he dropped nothing; he did drop a pet.’

’Besides, with the Beast King dead, the Beastman Race should fall apart. This probably fits with the lore, where without their king, the Beastman Race can only degenerate into bandits and brigands.’

Then, Lu Feng turned his gaze to the three remaining Beastmen.

This made the three Beastmen’s faces change.

They just now realized that the ability users from the East Suburb Fortress had surrounded them.

Individually, they could easily slaughter these ability users. After all, they could control a Mutated Beast King, and with its power, they were no match for ordinary ability users.

But surrounded by so many ability users swarming them at once, they would be in big trouble.

The crucial thing was, the person in the strange Mecha could definitely harm, or even kill, them.

And that ability user who controlled fire elements—the flames they conjured were terrifyingly powerful.

But the most critical part was the man who killed the Beast King. He was the real threat!

Lu Feng stared at the three and sneered, "Only one of you three gets to live. As for who that is, you decide!"

The meaning behind his words was obvious.

He wanted them to kill each other, leaving only one survivor.

And Lu Feng did indeed plan to let one go. The reason was simple: he needed the Beastman Race to know who killed their Beast King, and to know the strength of his Qingfeng Base.

That way, when those Beastmen became bandits and brigands, they wouldn’t dare to come near the East Suburb Fortress.

One of the Beastmen saw through Lu Feng’s intentions and shouted, "You want us to kill each other? Impossible! We won’t fall for your... urgh..."

Before he could finish, a sharp pain erupted in his chest. A razor-sharp claw had pierced through it.

It was another Beastman.

His eyes widened in shock and utter disbelief.

At the same time, the Mutant Beast beneath him cried out in pain as it was ambushed, its neck bitten.

The ambushed Beastman let out a furious, defiant roar and grabbed the arm that had pierced his chest.

The Mutated Beast King beneath him also bit down hard on the leg of the attacker’s Mutated Beast King.

For a moment, the two sides were locked in a struggle.

At this moment, the third Beastman didn’t hesitate. He struck the ambusher’s neck, while his own Mutated Beast King bit down hard on the neck of the other Mutated Beast King.

In the blink of an eye, both the ambushed and the ambusher had fallen to the ground.

A textbook case of the oriole stalking from behind!

The last remaining Beastman looked at Lu Feng warily, clearly unsure if Lu Feng had been telling the truth.

"You can get lost now," Lu Feng snorted.

The Beastman didn’t hesitate for a second, hastily mounting his Mutated Beast King and fleeing in a sorry state.

On the Qingfeng Base side, everyone erupted in excitement. Annihilating so many Mutant Beasts at once was an absolute, resounding victory!

"ROAR!"

"MEOW!"

Just then, the two little ones, Xiaoshi and Jinwen, had each gone to one of the two dead Mutated Beast King corpses and were pointing at their heads.

Their meaning was obvious: the Crystal Cores of the Mutated Beast Kings inside their heads were attracting them.

Seeing this, Lu Feng didn’t forget to give an order to Lin Jiao. "Go and dig out the Crystal Cores from all two hundred or so of those Mutant Beasts!"

"Yes, Boss!" Lin Jiao’s eyes lit up as she too remembered the corpses.

The East Suburb Fortress was taking in more and more survivors, which meant they were consuming not only food, but also energy. The various factories and the power supply system in particular all needed energy.

These 200-plus Crystal Cores would immediately make their base’s energy supply incredibly abundant.

After Lin Jiao left with her people, Lu Feng also walked over to one of the Mutated Beast King corpses, dug the Crystal Core out of its head, and handed it to the waiting Xiaoshi.

Xiaoshi swallowed it in one gulp, and Lu Feng received a system prompt:

[Congratulations, your pet Xiaoshi’s abilities have been enhanced...]