My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 496 - 495: It Doesn’t Matter if a Pet Beast Can’t Count, Right?

Chapter 496: Chapter 495: It Doesn’t Matter if a Pet Beast Can’t Count, Right?

"Bump... bump~"

In the corridor, Healing Lulu scurried along with her short little legs, running blindly ahead without choosing her path.

From time to time she looked back, as the lights on the ceiling behind her burst one by one, with darkness continuously spreading forth like the gaping maw of an abyss ready to devour everything.

Whoosh!

A faint sound of slicing air rose as a thorny vine shot out from the darkness, snaking around Healing Lulu’s small, short leg like a serpent.

Crash!

Healing Lulu fell heavily to the floor, and she quickly turned over, propping herself up with her short arms and shuffling backwards.

The thorns on the vine left behind deep cuts as she moved, oozing a thick dark green liquid, which left a long trail on the sleek floor.

Bang!

Another light exploded, as the darkness reached right up to Healing Lulu.

The surroundings fell into a deathly silence once again, and she watched the deep, dark corridor, her crimson eyes flickering with fear, her body shaking violently like a sieve, while the thick leaves atop her head rustled with the movement.

Clack.

At that moment, clear footsteps emerged from the darkness, followed by the hair-raising sound of metal scraping.

Clack, clack!

The footsteps drew nearer, and Healing Lulu could no longer endure the mental torment. She struggled fiercely in pain, the flesh on her small legs ripped apart by the thorn’s brutal grasp.

Thump!

The footsteps and scraping noises stopped, and Healing Lulu, with her body stiff, turned around, shaking even more intensely.

Not far behind her, the silhouette of a small figure was faintly visible in the darkness, with only their black round-toed leather shoes exposed under the light.

"Your playtime is over~"

The soft, girlish voice echoed down the corridor, and then the small figure lifted a long knife higher than herself, its red gleam twinkling with excitement in the darkness, "So, you should accept your punishment nicely."

"Bump—"

Healing Lulu’s crimson eyes showed a look of despair as the glow of the blade, accompanied by the sound of the air being sliced, flashed and vanished under the light.

Healing Lulu’s body stopped trembling, a thin line appearing in the middle of its green body, from which beads of liquid emerged. The line grew larger, thick dark green liquid spraying everywhere, and finally, her body violently split in two and crashed to the floor.

The dark green liquid slowly flowed across the floor, spreading along the cracks, as Lingling withdrew the Tang sword from the ground, lifting her little skirt to avoid the approaching liquid.

It stood in the shadows, quietly watching the body on the floor, stretching out two pale little hands and counting off her chubby fingers.

"1, 2, 4..."

"That’s not right, after 2 it is..."

"What comes after 2 again?"

Lingling counted laboriously for a while, scratched her head in annoyance, and began to count off on her fingers again, this time more seriously.

"1, 2, 3...3..."

The little one grew increasingly impatient as she counted, the black veil beneath her little round hat beginning to quiver slightly.

Rustle.

At that moment, a dark shadow flitted across the end of the corridor.

Lingling, on the verge of eruption, stopped her movements and tilted her little head to look at the wall on that side, the black veil that hid the top half of her face fluttering without wind.

Crack!

The white wall at the end of the corridor suddenly cracked open, black-grey vines, thick as pythons, broke through the wall, intertwining and blocking the rooms on either side.

Boom!

The door exploded, and another Healing Lulu slowly retreated out of the room, her forehead up against several sharp vines.

When it reached the middle of the corridor, the vines on the wall stirred and wrapped around its short limbs.

"Bump——"

Healing Lulu, lifted by the vines, let out a sharp cry, her crimson eyes brimming with terror.

Lingling pulled the Tang sword from the ground, dragging its tip along the floor as she walked toward it.

Boom, boom, boom!

The overhead lights kept bursting, and the paint on the walls turned yellow and flaked off. Lingling seemed to be completely shrouded in a dark aura.

Standing in front of a nest made of vines, Lingling pointed the tip of her knife at Healing Lulu, "Little cutie, can you tell sister what number comes after 3?"

"Bu bu... bu bu."

The terrified Healing Lulu shook her head vigorously, and the leaves on her head clapped against each other with a snap.

The eyes behind Lingling’s veil silently watched her, and the corridor once again fell quiet.

After a moment, a sweet smile appeared on her lips.

"So, as a pet beast, it’s pretty normal not to be able to count, right?"

"Duke wouldn’t dislike Lingling because of this, would he?"

She seemed to be asking Healing Lulu, and at the same time, she seemed to be muttering to herself.

"Bu bu~"

Healing Lulu didn’t understand what she was saying, only feeling that the aura emanating from Lingling filled her with an inherent fear.

It should have been a very kind aura, but why did it feel like she was facing a natural predator?

Seeing her so compliant, Lingling happily retracted her knife and gently tapped Healing Lulu’s forehead with her other hand.

"Such a good child."

"As a reward..."

The black veil fluttered, and a flash of red light twinkled.

The next moment, Healing Lulu’s crimson eyes suddenly froze, her pupils gradually losing their luster.

Lingling slowly withdrew her hand, muttering as she turned to leave.

"That should be the last one, huh... What was the number after 3 again?"

"So annoying."

Her figure slowly merged into the darkness, and the thorny vines creeping on the walls began to slowly dissipate. Dead grey elemental particles entwined together, slithering like snakes towards Healing Lulu’s body.

Under the infusion of this energy, her body slowly began to swell, as if mice were scurrying beneath her skin.

Bang!

When Healing Lulu’s body swelled to the limit, countless Wood Thorns burst forth from within, splattering the walls with dark green fluid. The densely packed Wood Thorns slowly vanished, leaving behind a ground littered with chunks of flesh.

Sizzling.

The last overhead light went out, plunging the entire corridor into absolute darkness.

"Hum hum hum hum~ La la~"

In the pitch-black corridor, Lingling skipped back with her hands behind her back, just like a cute little girl.

She hummed a tune she made up herself, apparently in a particularly good mood, having already forgotten the fear of being dominated by counting within 3.

Suddenly, Lingling slowed her pace.

A pair of crimson eyes lit up in the darkness.

"Hee hee~ Are all of you here to keep me company too?" Lingling asked seemingly innocently.

But the only response she got was heavy panting.

In the dark, the crimson eyes held both wariness and Madness.

"Yo—"

Suddenly, one of them let out a cry as it rapidly gathered Elemental Energy in its mouth.

The frenzied energy surged, and an Energy Bullet wrapped in purple-black particles dragged a long trail, crossing at high speed towards Lingling!

Lingling’s expression changed, and she grabbed her knife with both hands to block in front of her.

Boom!

Ferocious energy swept through the area, turning the decaying walls into ash with the shockwave.

Lingling’s figure was engulfed by the blast of energy.

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