My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 674 - 41

Chapter 674: Chapter 41

Dark clouds shrouded the sky above Christchurch City, streets veiled in a hazy mist, with cars twisted like rope and other metal objects crushed under the water’s pressure. A deep trench carved into three sections ran through the middle of the street, filled with numerous remnants of limbs and ending in a spiraling pit.

The middle-aged man who had narrowly escaped death sat on the ground gasping for air, his head splitting from the backlash of his pet’s death. Not far from him in a puddle floated a torso, the eyes of the corpse wide open and features contorted, as if it had experienced tremendous fear before death.

Looking at the body, the middle-aged man endured his headache and propped himself up with his hands, wanting nothing more than to quickly flee this place. As long as he was alive, he could make a comeback.

Just then, he felt a cold chill on his neck. When he turned his eyes down, he saw a bright, straight blade pressed tightly against his throat. The sharp edge made his hair stand on end, and he froze in place, not daring to move.

"Lift your head," a calm voice came from above, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

The middle-aged man slowly raised his head, first seeing a pair of worn leather military boots, then, looking up, the hem of a cloak bulged slightly, barely revealing the black hilt of a knife.

His mouth twitched slightly, "Duke... Your Excellency, I didn’t expect to see you here. I think there may be some slight misunderstanding between us..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shao Zifeng’s knife pressed down, and the crimson blood swiftly formed into crystalline Ice Flowers. The middle-aged man immediately shut up, the fear in his heart stopping him from saying another word.

"Misunderstanding?" Shao Zifeng revealed a mocking smile, playing with the Five-Colored Jade hanging from his knife, "Tell me, what dealings do you have with the Holy Origin Society?"

He had seen the Pioneers mingling with the Holy Origin Society when he arrived to save Diana and hadn’t thought much of it when he intervened. Although he could roughly guess that the arrival of the Holy Origin Society was related to himself, what puzzled him was why the Pioneers were also against him.

The middle-aged man’s body shivered, his lips pressed tightly shut, saying nothing.

The atmosphere suddenly became silent. Seeing this, Shao Zifeng didn’t ask any further questions. Why the Pioneers and Holy Origin Society were together wasn’t that important to him; if the man didn’t want to speak, killing him was just as well.

"Yo~"

At that moment, the figure of a small deer emerged from the mist, with the weakened Beibei riding on its back, and illusory vines supporting the semi-conscious Diana.

Diana’s body emitted intermittent, strange fluctuations. Her eyes were empty as she stared at the sky, muttering words like "sister" repeatedly.

Shao Zifeng looked at the small deer with confusion, "Little deer, what’s this?"

"Yo~"

The small deer brought Diana closer to him, then pointed with its vines to another collapsed pit away from the spiral pit, where a mangled mass of flesh and blood lay.

Shao Zifeng frowned, feeling an uncomfortable sensation, while in the corner of his eye, blue light points whirled, and a pale blue screen slowly unfolded.

[Name]: Human (Diana Sigrid)

[Growth]: Growth phase

[Status]: On the brink of Death, Awakening Interrupted

[Strength]: Unknown

[Phylum]: Chordata

[Class]: Mammalia

[Order]: Primates

[Family]: Hominidae

[Attribute]: None

[Potential]: Unknown

[Talent]: Demon Apostle: As long as it is you, even a demon doesn’t matter. Through strong emotional bonds, one can sign a contract with an uncontrolled mutant creature or with the infected, demonic, or spectral attributes, and grow together with the contracted creature; and as an apostle, can heal, strengthen, and soothe the signed creature. (Note: if a contract with a creature is not signed within ten minutes of awakening this talent, the awakener will die.)

[Skills]: Bedtime Story (Healing class), Sister, I’m Scared (Enhancement class), Cookies for You (Soothing class)

[Innate Skill]: Demon Contract (0/1)

[Evolution Pathway]: Ape Class→Primitive Human Class→Homo Sapiens Class→Superhuman Species (tentatively named)→Modern Human Class

[Bonding Reaction]: None

[Description]: Diana Sigrid and her older sister, Anna Sigrid, were born into a wealthy family. After their parents were killed due to the chaos caused by the Holy Origin Society, the sisters were left to rely on each other. Years of hiding and fleeing had made her extremely fearful of strangers and deeply dependent on her sister, until she watched her sister transform into a monster before her eyes...

Seeing this, Shao Zifeng’s hand, holding the knife, suddenly trembled. He seemed to understand something and hurriedly turned his head to look at the mass of flesh in the collapsed pit.

[Name]: Demon Anna (Anna Sigrid)

[Growth]: Growth Period

[Condition]: Dying, Awakening Interrupted

[Strength]: Unknown

[Phylum]: Chordata

[Class]: Mammalia

[Order]: Primates

[Family]: Hominidae

[Attribute]: Fire

[Potential]: A

[Talent]: Fiery Flame Demon: Even if I fall into the abyss, I will protect you. Unleash the anger and evil thoughts within the heart to gain the ability to control the Demon Flame. The longer the Demon Flame burns, the stronger the strength becomes, and the human side will gradually be lost in the power.

[Skills]: Dancing, Cooking

[Innate Skill]: Demon Flame

[Evolution Pathway]: Ape Class→Primitive Human Class→Homo Sapiens Class→Superhuman Species (tentatively named)→Modern Human Class

[Bonding Reaction]: None

[Description]: Since their parents’ death, Anna Sigrid considered her younger sister, Diana Sigrid, as her motivation to keep living. But she was just too tired, until one day she obtained an ’Awakening Potion.’ It should have turned her into a monster after losing control of the potion, but it was her sister who made her awaken the ’God-given talent’ amidst her loss of control.

Looking at the sisters’ information, Shao Zifeng’s fingers gripping the whale bone turned faintly white, and piecing together what he had seen earlier, he could roughly guess what these people had done.

Thinking back to their encounter a few days ago, the girl who had been full of hope in life had now turned into this, filled his heart with rage.

Although it’s true that injecting the ’Awakening Potion’ had a high risk of losing control, that was still Anna’s own choice, and Shao Zifeng had also given her advice.

But what enraged Shao Zifeng was the shadow of the ’Pioneer’ in the matter; Anna had been forced into injecting the potion, which changed the nature of the act.

Shao Zifeng took a deep breath, "Little Deer, take Diana to Anna. Watch their injuries closely."

"Yo," Little Deer gave Shao Zifeng a deep look, carrying Diana toward the bloodied and indistinct form of Anna.

After Little Deer left, Shao Zifeng suppressed the fury in his heart and looked down at the man lying on the ground. The middle-aged man instinctively felt that the atmosphere was a bit ominous, but he thought that Shao Zifeng had spared him because he could still be useful. So, he quickly pondered how he could save his life.

At that moment, Shao Zifeng suddenly asked, "Where are you from in Daxia?"

The middle-aged man was startled and hastily replied, "The Central Plains Region, I am from the Central Plains Region."

Shao Zifeng asked again, "Have you injected the ’Awakening Potion’?"

"Awakening Potion?"

The middle-aged man was somewhat puzzled, he had originally thought that Shao Zifeng kept him around for ulterior motives, such as some wealth and materials he had collected over the years, but now he couldn’t fathom what Shao Zifeng was thinking.

"Hmm?" Shao Zifeng looked at him discontentedly.

The middle-aged man shivered, "I did it, I injected it two years ago, just wasn’t lucky enough to awaken the ’Divine Power Bestowed by Heaven’, that’s why I became a pioneer..."

"Ah!"

Shao Zifeng pressed down the edge of his knife a fraction more, the middle-aged man’s body tensed, his fingers tightly clutching the floor, feeling the icy blade, his face twisted immensely.

Suddenly, Shao Zifeng withdrew the knife, the middle-aged man looked at him blankly, and after confirming that he wouldn’t kill him, he collapsed to the ground, gasping for air.

Shao Zifeng watched him quietly, "It’s clear you are very disappointed you couldn’t awaken the ’Divine Power Bestowed by Heaven’. I think I can give you another chance, would you like to accept it?"

"Another chance," the middle-aged man repeated the words, full of doubt, but staying alive was more important than anything to him right now, "I’m willing, Your Grace, I’m willing to do anything."

"Very good," Shao Zifeng nodded in satisfaction, he reached out to grab the man’s collar and dragged him towards Anna.

"Your Grace."

"Shut up!"

...

Splash!

The middle-aged man fell seated into the sticky blood water, and several flashes of cold light later, each of his limbs bore a gruesome knife wound.

His limbs twitching, the blood that flowed out fused with Anna’s blood and flesh, he could feel that gooey slimy liquid continuously eroding his wound, an unpleasant stench filling his nostrils, his body temperature rapidly diminishing.

He now understood what Shao Zifeng meant by giving him another chance, but the man wasn’t panicked at all, since there had never been a case of loss of control among the people of the Great Xia.

Just to survive, he already put on a scared expression, "Your Grace... I don’t want to die... please spare me this once."

Shao Zifeng stood at the edge of the sunken pit, looking down imperiously at the middle-aged man, "Stop pretending, do you think because of your Great Xia bloodline you won’t lose control."

"What..."

The middle-aged man’s expression froze, then he saw Shao Zifeng untie the Five-Colored Jade from his knife pendant, the fiery flames flickering in his eyes beneath the hood.

"The person you have spent your life protecting and who, through your sanctuary, commits evil deeds against the weak and even collaborates with the enemy," Shao Zifeng held the Five-Colored Jade, emanating a faint glow, slowly levitating, "Since they don’t cherish it, I will take it back on your behalf."

Hum!

As soon as the words fell, the Five-Colored Jade shot straight toward the middle-aged man’s forehead, paused briefly, then flew back to Shao Zifeng’s hand.

The man felt a chill pass through him and then throbbing pain from each wound, "Ah!!! What have you done to me! Ah!!"

Shao Zifeng remained silent, coldly observing the man thrashing in agony.

Intense pain kept spreading, the man raised his hands only to horrifically discover bulging, ugly veins on his otherwise normal arms, rapidly swelling, with muscles, bones, and even skin transmitting the tearing agony.

"Impossible... This can’t be happening, there has never been a case of loss of control among the Great Xia people..." he suddenly looked up and roared in rage, "Why... what have you done to me!!"

"Ah!!!!"

"Your Grace... I was wrong, spare me..."

"Spare me, I will change, I am willing to give you everything, please spare me!"

"Your Grace! Even if I lose control, I will be the first to kill you!"

"Ah!!"

The man’s limbs became extremely oversized, his skin sprouted ugly pustules, and his clothes were ripped apart by his bulging muscles. Dark blue skin rapidly spread upwards, his eyes turned blood-red, and his bared teeth secreted copious amounts of thick saliva.

His consciousness grew increasingly blurry as he alternated between begging and threatening Shao Zifeng.

"Duke... save me."

Seeing that it was about time, Shao Zifeng drew out his whalebone blade: "Deer, pull him up."

"Eey~"

The Deer’s eyes swirled with green light as several vines wrapped around the man’s body and hauled him up.

Whoosh!

At the same time, Shao Zifeng twisted the blade in his hand and slashed at the man’s limbs.

"Ahh!!"

The man’s thick limbs fell into the pit one after another, and he screamed in agony as he lay back, with the Deer’s vines glowing green, rapidly stopping his bleeding and healing his wounds.

Under the Deer’s healing, the man slowly regained consciousness. He looked down at his now-bare limbs, filled with an intense hatred for Shao Zifeng while simultaneously fearing him deeply.

He licked his cracked lips and offered a sycophantic smile: "Duke, I..."

"No talking." Shao Zifeng gave him a friendly smile: "We have only just begun."

After speaking, he flicked his wrist and made a cut on the man’s lower half: "Deer, throw it down."

Splash!

A big splash of viscous water scattered everywhere, and the man’s miserable screams echoed in the air.

"Duke, you’ll not die a good death!!!"

...

Looking at the deceased middle-aged man, Shao Zifeng did not feel much relief, because he knew this was not an isolated case. As the Great Xia grew stronger, parasites also began infesting the great tree. Unless they could establish large-scale teleportation arrays across the whole world, the Great Xia would also be out of reach.

"Eey~"

The Deer gently nudged Shao Zifeng with its head, looking at him worriedly.

Shao Zifeng spoke softly, "I’m fine. How are they?"

The Deer nodded, indicating they were fine.

Above the collapsed pit, numerous vines enveloped the Anna sisters, and bright red liquid flowed from the cracks, dropping into the pit.

Dark red light filtered through the gaps, and the vine cocoon bore a complex pattern etched with what seemed like a powerful heart beating within.

Gradually, the heart’s beating became faster and faster, and the vine cocoon also undulated rapidly.

Crack!

The outer vines shattered, and all other vines began to show fine cracks while deep flames squeezed through the gaps.

"Roar!"

With a roar, the vine cocoon exploded violently, burning all the broken wood fragments to ash in mid-air.

Wood chips scattered everywhere, and when the pieces had settled, a figure emerged...