Astral Pet Store Novel - Chapter 203

Chapter 203: Star Prism

Su Ping didn’t need to check the treasure since he had seen it many times inside the corresponding dragon scale land. Without tarrying any second, he ordered the Purple Python to dive underground again.

This handy skill was usually only available to rock-type Astral Pets. And yet, the python had somehow learned it while trying to survive during Su Ping’s deadly lessons.

The human-snakes rammed through the temple’s wall and returned; they checked the treasure’s position in both rage and fear. Their kind had been eternally tasked to protect the treasure. Should they fail their job, their souls would be condemned to suffer forever.

While they were distracted, Little Skeleton approached and successfully wounded one of them. But this didn’t prevent the human-snakes from hurrying back to the throne.

The Purple Python had already taken Su Ping to a safe distance outside the temple by then. He remotely ordered Little Skeleton and the Inferno Dragon to retreat. The human-snakes were too busy to care about Su Ping’s pets.

As soon as Little Skeleton and the Inferno Dragon were safe, Su Ping summoned them back inside the pet space. He couldn’t do this in the middle of a fight because that would put his spirit connection at risk.

With all of his pets secured, Su Ping told his python to head to the entrance of this sector by retracing the path they had used.

The enraged howling of the human-snakes was heard behind them, which was further dampened by the distance.

Su Ping waited until he was sure about their safety, then he took out the gem to examine it.

According to the identification skill he had purchased from the system, this gem was called the “Star Prism,” which was believed to be made from a special mineral found in outer space. It had only one property that was extremely valuable by itself—astral power enhancement. Like a magnifying tool, it could absorb astral power before sending it back out several times stronger, thanks to its mysterious structure and composition.

Su Ping used to use this item a lot inside the dragon scale land, during which the gem could boost his level to the seventh rank, three ranks higher than his current level. Unfortunately, he couldn’t actually take the gem back to reality back then.

He channeled some astral power through the Star Prism and aimed an energy bullet at a giant tree nearby, successfully digging a hole in the middle of its trunk.

“Nice. It’s the same thing.”

Finding the prism had concluded his exploration for this sector. Next, he would head into the other sectors to find as many treasures as he could before other settlers took them.

Xie Yuexuan weakly limped her way among some messy brambles while suppressing a large claw mark on her shoulder.

“Gods. I should have never come here…”

By submitting her recent “homework,” she didn’t just earn an A+ from her professor, but also gained a precious chance to enter the Mysterious Realm. She had thought it was a free ticket to a treasure vault, because the young master of the Qin Family was her team leader, combined with a titled warrior as their guard.

Everything was in order until they entered this “Sector 83.” By paying a great price, they had learned the hard way that titled warriors were not enough when going up against all the crazy monsters in this area.

Most enemies they ran into so far were of the ninth rank. In this place, the usual “dangerous enemies” they were expecting—average eighth-rank monsters—had become insignificant minions.

The first part of the journey was fine when their titled warrior and several ninth-rank Astral Pets could keep them safe just fine. However, everything went south as soon as they arrived at the estimated location of the secret treasure.

There, they stumbled into three ninth-rank monsters at the same time, one of which was even at the apex of the ninth rank.

None of their tricks worked against such a terrible foe. Their lower ninth-rank Astral Pets were like defenseless babies in front of an apex ninth-rank enemy. The team was utterly destroyed in a matter of seconds.

As the last straw—the titled battle pet warrior sadly told them that he wasn’t up for the job. The only thing they could do was to run for their lives.

Naturally, that titled warrior focused on protecting the young master, while “outsiders” in the team became cannon fodder.

Lucky for Xie Yuexuan, she did better when it came to outrunning her unfortunate friends with the help of her Wind Bird.

Her luck didn’t last very long, however. As soon as she escaped from the main battlefield, another upper eighth-rank monster appeared and almost killed her.

Even if she had gotten away in the end, she was as good as dead while she walked inside this strange forest with no one to help her.

Her team had gone pretty deep inside the forest while searching for the treasure, placing her at a great distance from the teleportation node. She could try walking back, though anything that found her on her way would easily finish her off.

Telling from how many monsters the team had seen earlier, she couldn’t put her hopes up.

Hiss!

As if to answer her jinxing thought, a glossy, green lizard that looked as big as a small truck bounced into her view.

It was an eighth-rank monster good at ambushing its prey. And that was what it tried to do at such a moment—spitting out a green cluster of poison mist at Xie Yuexuan’s general position.

Xie Yuexuan managed to hold her breath in time, but the poison still entered her blood through her eyes and skin, sending a numbing sensation into her body that almost knocked her out.

Desperate, she ordered her Earth Tortoise to use Earth Prison.

The ground beneath her shattered as several stone pillars shot up to create a blockade around her.

But the lizard was faster. With a swift move, it slid through the pillars and reached her.