“Really?”
Su Ping’s eyes were sparkling.
He had not gone through any teaching in the academy and was utterly ignorant of the augmentation skills.
He was clearly unqualified as a battle pet warrior.
Fan Yujing helped Su Ping open the Warehouse for Benefit Redemption on the screen. A whole variety of items were displayed on the list.
There were different categories of weapons, cultivation methods, treasures, pets, etc.
“Dragon Scale Armor can fend off a physical attack from low to middle-level Astral Pets and greatly reduce the harm inflicted by advanced pets…”
“‘Magical Ape Physical Exercise’: when achieving great mastery, you will be able to dodge bullets, act with agility and have abilities that can compare to an eight-rank Astral Pet…”
“Rippled Ice Fruit: this fruit can help enhance the skill strength of a pet of the water family by two fold.”
“Blue Dragon Hatchling: aptitude still unrated. 50,000 credits required for redemption.”
…
Su Ping’s eyes were confused by the large variety of items. In the cultivation method category, apart from the augmentation skills, there were other skills for physical exercise that battle pet warriors needed, and methods for using various types of weapons.
“I can select whatever I want, right?” Su Ping asked Fan Yujing.
Noticing the looks in Su Ping’s eyes, Fan Yujing had a bad feeling. He produced a forced smile and said, “Brother Su, I cannot afford the high-value items. I can give you whatever you want among the low or middle-value items.”
“Sure.”
Su Ping didn’t make things difficult for Fan Yujing. He chose the four basic skills from the first to the sixth rank which were sold at a cheap price.
“Is that all?” Fan Yujing was surprised to see that Su Ping didn’t want anything else. He had thought that Su Ping would select many low and middle-value items which were coveted by the explorers. They could never have enough consumables.
Fan Yujing thought about it and picked a middle-level armor for Su Ping, one that could fend off attacks from most of the fifth rank pets. The armor could offer some protection.
After the credits were paid, the machine spat out a receipt.
Fan Yujing told Fan Xiaoyu and Su Ping to wait there while he went to the warehouse to pick up the items.
A few minutes later, Fan Yujing came back carrying a black armor in his hand.
“Here are the cultivation methods.” Fan Yujing gave Su Ping a small mobile HDD.
Su Ping took it and put it in his pocket, so he could send the mobile HDD to the storage space.
“Here’s your armor.” Fan Yujing gave Su Ping the armor; afterward, all of them went back to the one-story building.
After they left the base, Fan Ganglie, Li Ying and Fan Yujing summoned their pets.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three enormous beasts came out from cracks connecting to their contract spaces. They were middle-level Astral Pets, Rock Japalura.
Once Rock Japaluras came of age, they would become fifth-rank Astral Pets. Among all the fifth-rank Astral Pets, Rock Japaluras would not stand out in combat. However, they were useful as steeds to save them from walking and could even climb up steep rocks and cliffs.
The three of them hopped onto the Rock Japaluras’ backs. Su Ping had no riding pet. So, Fan Yujing shouted, “Brother Su, come with me.”
Su Ping didn’t turn down the kind offer. He picked up the Little Skeleton next to his feet, concentrated astral powers on his legs, and hopped onto the back of that Rock Japalura.
Having sensed a strange presence, the Rock Japalura was a bit agitated. It flicked out its long and thin tongue to show its reluctance.
Fan Yujing patted the Rock Japalura and comforted it for a while to calm it down.
“Let’s go.”
Fan Ganglie grabbed the reins and took the lead to head out.
Fan Yujing and Li Ying followed him closely.
They pressed forward at full speed under the night sky.
Once they were unable to see the base behind them, Li Ying mobilized his astral power and opened up the pet space again to call out a flying pet.
That was a bird less than half a meter tall. As soon as the bird came out, it spread its wings and darted into the night sky; it moved at such a fast speed that the bird disappeared within a blink.
A moment later, Li Ying said all of a sudden, “Five kilometers that way, there’s a small pack of beasts.”
Fan Ganglie gave an instruction without hesitation, “Go around them!”
The Rock Japaluras climbed the hills on the side. On the steep hill, Su Ping had to grab Fan Yujing’s shoulders to keep himself from falling.
Half an hour later.
Su Ping began to see some light on the horizon.
He saw a cluster of fire on a plain, a crowd had gathered over there.
As they moved closer, Su Ping could tell that it was a temporary campsite. Seven to eight meters above the campsite was a vertical crack that was shaped like an eye with a length of over twenty meters and a width of seven to eight meters. Inside the crack was a spinning, twisted space.
“That’s the space fracture?” Su Ping was surprised. It was the first time that he had seen one.
Soon, they rode the Rock Japaluras to the campsite. At the gate, the three of them called the Rock Japaluras back to the pet space and then presented their explorer’s chips to enter the campsite.
“Fan?”
When they entered the base, someone greeted them.
Fan Ganglie stood there and cast a glance at the person who called his name. A lean young man with a black dagger hanging on his belt stepped over.
Under the glare of the bonfire by the gate, a long scar on the young man’s cheek was made visible. The scar was somewhat ferocious and added a gloomy nature to that handsome face.
“Sorry to have kept you waiting.” Fan Ganglie smiled as he saw the young man and then he introduced him to Fan Yujing and Li Ying, “This is the lead fighter in the Black Wolf team, Lin Mokong, an advanced battle pet warrior!”
“Advanced battle pet warrior?” Fan Yujing and Li Ying were stunned. They introduced themselves as well and said, “Nice to meet you.”
“I’ve seen your files.” Lin Mokong nodded to them slightly and cast his eyes on Su Ping on the side. “And this is?”
Fan Ganglie answered at once, “This is a helping hand Xiao Fan has solicited, Brother Su Ping.”
Lin Mokong sized Su Ping up and down and asked, “Brother Su, were you an explorer before?”
“No,” Su Ping replied.
Lin Mokong frowned. He had already noticed this from his observation. Su Ping was in too good a shape. There were no scars on him. He didn’t appear to be a senior explorer.
Besides, the armor Su Ping was wearing was too ordinary. Lin Mokong could tell at once that while this was a middle-level armor, it was a cheap one. Rarely any explorers would wear this type of armor in the Class B unclaimed territory.
Fan Ganglie could tell that Lin Mokong was unhappy. So, the former explained hurriedly, “This is an urgent matter. Brother Su is not an explorer but his abilities are up to standard.”
Lin Mokong glared at Fan Ganglie. The coldness in his eyes was evident. “Just up to standard? If that were okay, then anyone could be an explorer!”
That being said, there was no going back. Lin Mokong’s opposition would not bear any meaning at the moment. He just cautioned them, “Listen to my instructions when we go in. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being merciless!”
“Don’t worry about that,” Fan Ganglie promised at once. After all, he was the one who brought Su Ping there. He had to make sure Su Ping behaved.
“Let’s go,” Lin Mokong said and headed toward the space fracture.
Fan Ganglie turned around, gathered the team, and followed after Lin Mokong.
Fan Yujing was embarrassed by what had happened. He comforted Su Ping, “Brother Su, all explorers are like this, outspoken. Don’t mind it.”
“No problem.” Su Ping nodded.
Of course, he wouldn’t mind because he was seeing Lin Mokong in the same way.