My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 618 - 617: Purgatory Explosion

Chapter 618: Chapter 617: Purgatory Explosion

The exaggerated metallic wings tore through the night sky like blades, trailing white vapor streams and emitting a shrill whistle.

As the Iron-eating Demon Beast approached rapidly, Shao Zifeng cursed under his breath and prepared to have Qiuqiu gain more altitude.

But just then, the seemingly unstoppable momentum of the Iron-eating Demon Beast suddenly slowed down. Its altitude gradually decreased, resembling a powerless airplane gliding through the air on its wings and inertia alone.

Shao Zifeng quickly figured it out; the Iron-eating Demon Beast wasn’t flying. It was using a method somewhat similar to the earlier combination of Qiuqiu and Yaya, using the control over steel to create metallic wings and then relying on its explosive power to simulate flight.

Unfortunately, it couldn’t use floating stones in mid-air to accelerate like Yaya, so it quickly entered the gliding phase.

With this discovery, Shao Zifeng felt much more at ease, his golden-red vertical pupils dancing with flames, "Qiuqiu, get ready for Purgatory Explosion."

"Roar!"

Qiuqiu’s wings shook, and the lively fire elements flowed between the Scale Armor like magma, as several dark red energy balls fused and compressed into one another.

Shao Zifeng, seated astride Qiuqiu’s neck, followed the gliding trajectory of the Iron-eating Demon Beast with his gaze, silently making calculations.

Hiss—

The Iron-eating Demon Beast had fallen below 20 meters in altitude, as its massive body collided with one building after another. The sharp metallic wings sliced through the edifices, causing both sides to collapse like felled trees.

At that moment, Shao Zifeng’s eyes flared with intense flames, "Purgatory Explosion!"

Qiuqiu’s golden-red vertical pupils contracted, and it abruptly closed its huge mouth. The energy ball, already compressed to its limit, shot through the air as if released from its bonds.

Whoosh!

The basketball-sized dark red energy ball smashed into a crossroads, and the next instant, trees and streetlamps on both sides of the road snapped, the Iron-eating Demon Beast with bent limbs fell towards the crossroads nestled between several high-rises. It landed right above the Purgatory Explosion.

Just as its claw sheathed in black-red Armor Defense touched the ground, the solid cement surface was depressed by the impact, and a dense web of cracks rapidly spread outward. Dark red magma flowed between the cracks.

Confused, the Iron-eating Demon Beast turned its head to look at the ground, just as frenzied flames suddenly burst from the fissures. Its purple-red eyes reflected the crimson blaze.

Boom!

Blinding firelight exploded violently, and the broken trees nearby instantly turned to ash. The cement ground undulated like waves, vehicles a bit farther away were lifted by the blast, and trees shuddered as they were uprooted and hurled against more distant buildings.

Billowing smoke mixed with firelight shot straight into the sky, erupting a second time to form a gigantic mushroom cloud in the night sky dozens of meters high, while a dull roar spread throughout the entire imperial city.

BoBo Mountain near the First Military District of the suburbs of the imperial city was crowded with people. Compared to others who stayed and watched live broadcasts in other areas, the citizens witnessing this battle firsthand had a more intense visual impact. They looked at the huge mushroom cloud under the night sky with different expressions. Still, most were heavy-hearted, for after all, this was their home.

Ma Jiaming hugged his weakened wife, looking towards the direction lit by the firelight and clicking his tongue in amazement, "Goodness, this is even more exciting than an apocalyptic movie. If I..."

As he spoke, a surge of passion rose in Ma Jiaming’s chest, "A true man should be like this."

Suddenly, he felt his wife trembling slightly in his arms; his thin chest grew wet with a warm liquid. With a puzzled look, he lowered his head to the woman whose shoulders kept heaving, "What are you crying for?"

"Sob sob sob." The middle-aged woman choked through her tears, "Our... our home is gone."

"Heh, I thought it was something big," Ma Jiaming said nonchalantly," You women are so emotional. As long as we are alive, we can work together to rebuild our beautiful home..."

"Wait a second." Ma Jiaming suddenly felt something was amiss, looking in the direction of the mushroom cloud his face changed, "Damn, is that our residential area that just blew up?"

The woman in his arms cried out with a "waah".

"Wuu~"

Atop a commercial building far from the battlefield, Qiuqiu issued a somewhat anxious cry.

After being separated from Shao Zifeng, its world had returned to deathly silence, devoid of any sound or light, able to only sense the strong energy fluctuations in the distance; but this only made it more worried about Shao Zifeng’s safety.

It wanted to follow the energy fluctuations, but was restrained by a vine wrapped around its tail by the deer.

"Yuu~" The deer turned its head to glance at Lingling, its lively eyes seeming to tell a story.

"Hmph." Lingling crossed her arms and tipped her delicate chin up slightly, "Although that ugly lizard is currently... just a tiny bit stronger than me, there will come a day, sooner or later, when I will be stronger than it, and at that time..."

Under Lingling’s black veil, a cold smile flashed along with a red light.

"I will kill you all, and the Duke will be mine alone."

Smack!

A vine lashed on its little head, and Lingling held her head with both hands, glaring angrily at the deer, "Aaah, even you bully me."

"Yuu~"

The deer gave it a sidelong glance, then turned its attention back towards the direction of the explosion.

"Hmph hmph." Seeing that the deer ignored her, Lingling grumbled resentfully while grinding her small tiger teeth, "Stupid deer, take advantage of me all you want for now, but one day I will sever our Symbiosis, and then you will all be stepping stones for me to monopolize the Duke...Ohohoho~"

Lingling’s dainty fan flitted rapidly, covering her little face as she let out the classic villainous chuckle in three parts.

Suddenly, her movements halted, and she looked up towards the explosion, the black veil beneath her little round cap fluttering slightly in the night wind.

The red gleam beneath her black veil shone with a cold, sharp intent to kill as a rust-covered Tang sword appeared in her tender little hand, and then her figure vanished from the spot with a flash.

Hu hu~

The hot, restless breeze rose continuously, fluttering Shao Zifeng’s hair; he sat on Qiuqiu’s back, staring intently at the ruins below.

The once bustling crossroads, surrounded by tall buildings, had completely turned into a surging sea of fire, with the roaring flames spreading outward propelled by the night wind, filling the air with an acrid burnt stench.

Although the Iron-eating Demon Beast had just withstood a close-range Purgatory Explosion, particularly to the weakest part of its Armor Defense, its belly, Shao Zifeng couldn’t be sure whether Qiuqiu had managed to inflict any damage on it, given that the Iron-eating Demon Beast had already been a ninth-tier Mutant Creature.

Not only was its power much greater than Qiuqiu’s, but both were also undergoing regressive evolution. The advantage Qiuqiu had over ordinary Mutant Creatures was non-existent before the Iron-eating Demon Beast.

Just as Shao Zifeng and Qiuqiu’s entire attention was fixed below, a very strange shadow appeared in the night sky behind them. It crouched mid-air with long limbs like a spider, its body equally thin and small—a monster that seemed to have its arms and legs stretched out without end.

The monster lifted its head, its cold, hollow gaze locked onto Shao Zifeng, raised a long, pitch-black arm, and silently stabbed towards his back.

(PS: Today is Women’s Day. I ordered a cake to celebrate the holiday with my mother, so I’ll just post this one Chapter. Thanks to "Dark Shining Ultraman" for the 5000 reward, and "Cold Solitude and Love" for the 2100 reward.)