My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 625 - 624: I Give Back Your Power to You

Chapter 625: Chapter 624: I Give Back Your Power to You

In a building’s corner of the imperial capital, the Moon Howling Dog squatted on the rooftop, sadly looking in the direction where the Iron-eating Demon Beast resided.

Next to it, there sat a loli dressed in a white puffy dress with a white tulle round cap, who, despite having an attire similar to Hei Lingling’s, was without a hint of vivacity. She sat there staring into the distance, like a soulless doll.

After a long while, she suddenly turned her head to look at the large dog beside her, "Beibei?" (Why?)

The Moon Howling Dog lowered its head to look at Beibei, its eerie green eyes reflecting the full moon, with a light green rune on its forehead, "Woof?" (Do you dislike it?)

Beibei lowered her head to look at her small legs wrapped in white tights under her puffy skirt, then after a long pause shook her head, "Beibei... Bei." (I don’t know what dislike is, it’s just... it’s just...)

What they discussed was the Iron-eating Demon Beast. Beibei didn’t dislike it, but whenever she saw it, she would unconsciously lapse into that state; she didn’t know how else to describe it.

Seeing Beibei troubled, the Moon Howling Dog gently placed its paw on her small head, "Owww?" (Then do you like your master?)

"Bei..." (I don’t know...)

The image of Shao Zifeng surfaced in her mind. Beibei’s mouth curved up, but soon returned to a blank expression, "Beibei." (What is liking someone?)

Indeed, this was a question that had always troubled Beibei. Perhaps due to an accident before she was born, it was as if she was missing something important. Although a voice in her heart told her to listen to Shao Zifeng, and she tried her best to obey, most of the time she didn’t know how to interact with him or her companions, so she always appeared dazed and foolish.

The Moon Howling Dog looked at Beibei, its paw gently rubbing her hat.

In response to the Moon Howling Dog’s touch, Beibei, like a doll, merely lowered her head without any reaction.

"Woo woo woo~" (Liking, ah, if your master suddenly disappeared and you could never see him again, what would you do?)

Beibei’s little hand unconsciously tightened around her skirt, her lips pressed tightly together, and after a long while she finally spoke softly, "Beibei." (I would go find him.)

The Moon Howling Dog’s ethereal eyes softened as it gently murmured, "Oww~" (That is liking.)

"Roar!"

At that moment, a painful howl of the Iron-eating Demon Beast came from the distance, which, after a muffled bang, was completely silenced.

The Moon Howling Dog suddenly stood up, looking sorrowfully in that direction and letting out a long howl, while at the same time a dragon’s roar was heard from another direction.

Beibei looked on blankly not quite understanding why they suddenly became so sad.

Suddenly, the Moon Howling Dog crouched low, its back bristled, baring its teeth toward the direction where Shao Zifeng and the others were, "Owww—" (Your master is in danger, do you want to come with me?)

"Beibei?" (Danger, will he disappear?)

The Moon Howling Dog looked silently at her and slowly nodded.

Beibei began to grow nervous, her mouth murmuring a few times.

"Beibei." (I need to go find him!)

...

’Entangle’ hovered in mid-air, its scarlet eyes rapidly shifting around.

"Hehehe, your ’decay’ is still so weak, it hardly takes any effort to disperse it."

"I’ve told you not to laugh like that, it disgusts me to hear it."

"Stop arguing. Let’s discuss whose power we should take first..."

At this moment, the street below was a picture of devastation, pockmarked with several obvious sinkholes amid the collapsed buildings, a spiderweb of cracks crisscrossing all around. Qiuqiu lay at the bottom of one of these sinkholes, its wings limply drooping. Not far from it, the figures of Lingling and the fawn emerged, though their current states were also quite terrible, some parts of them appeared semi-transparent.

Its red eyes swept over Shao Zifeng and the others, and beneath a veil of black fog, a crimson tongue extended, licking its cheek, "’Annihilation,’ ’Decay,’ and this kid’s ’Source of Power,’ I really can’t wait any longer."

"’Annihilation,’ get back my ’Annihilation’ first. When I do, I will reduce this whole city to ash, hahaha!"

"No, no, no, you must retrieve my ’Decay’ first. Only the process of ’Decay’ is the most wonderful thing in this world!"

"Stop arguing!! Where is my ’Catastrophe’ ahhh!!!"

At that moment, Hei Lingling’s voice suddenly turned wildly irritable, "Annoying, all of you stop arguing! Get the ’Source of Power’ back first."

Having said that, with a wave of its hand, Shao Zifeng, wrapped in black fog, was suspended in midair, and Hei Lingling slowly extended its right hand to press on his forehead.

Qiuqiu and the fawn’s bodies were bound at the bottom of the pit, their eyes a sheet of crimson. They wanted to stop all of this, but no matter how hard they struggled, they couldn’t even twitch, nor could they make a sound. They could only look on helplessly with wide eyes as Hei Lingling made its move!

Lingling’s pupils constricted sharply as it stared fixedly at Hei Lingling, as if to etch its image into its mind.

Hum!

"Ah!!"

As a strange fluctuation erupted, black smoke from Hei Lingling’s palm penetrated Shao Zifeng’s nose and mouth. His hair crazily danced around as he opened his eyes and screamed in agony, his face distorted.

"Not this one... nor this one..."

Hei Lingling kept muttering to itself, Shao Zifeng’s hollow eyes changing colors—now a golden red ablaze with flames, now a crystalline ice blue—fluctuating between different hues, but still unable to find the ’Source of Power’ it was searching for.

"Damn it! Damn it, where the hell is it hidden!"

"Kill him, just kill him, I’m so fed up with this search!"

"My ’Catastrophe’ ah!!"

As time ticked by, Hei Lingling gradually lost its patience, and the black fog in its hand erupted once again.

Lingling watched Shao Zifeng in midair, its pupils dilating, its eyes gradually taken over by a bloody hue.

Crack!

A fine crack appeared on its finger, revealing a glimmer of starry particles from within, and the sound of incessant cracking echoed as dense fractures spread across its whole hand.

The fawn, which had a symbiotic relationship with it, was the first to detect its anomaly, bearing the same agony.

As more and more cracks appeared, the tiny particles from the breaks began to converge, floating in the air.

"Huh?"

Led by the scent of blood, Hei Lingling suddenly turned its head toward Lingling and, with a crimson tongue, licked its lips in a frenzy and said, "’Decay,’ I can smell the scent of decay."

Lingling’s body was now covered in cracks up to its neck, the fractures revealing starlight, like a finely crafted porcelain. It struggled to lift its leg and step into the void, with each step causing ash-colored fragments to float down from its body.

"Let him go... your power... I’ll give it... back to you!"

(PS: I know some people might say I’m torturing the protagonist, but this is an important step in Lingling’s metamorphosis, forgive me please!)