Astral Pet Store

oom!

Something exploded on the other side of the lava pool.
Precisely speaking, the explosion came straight from where Nie Chenkong disappeared into.

People were already on edge since they didn’t know what kind of traps were hidden in this place.
They all jumped at the sudden sound.

“Crap.
We gotta help the captain!” Ye Chenshan said first.
He couldn’t afford to lose his Nie Chengkong because he meant a lot to him.

Guo Yuelin looked at Old Mo and Chen.
“Quick, let’s go together.”

Chen scowled as he struggled to make a decision.
Something told him that escaping was the best choice, but his conscience wouldn’t let him abandon the team so soon.

He ordered his Earthen Dragon to provide assistance.
The dragon slammed a claw at the floor and created a giant stone pillar that connected the two banks of the pool like a bridge.

Ye Chenshan rushed across the bridge first, while Su Ping followed him.

“Captain!” Ye Chenshan called as loudly as he could, but didn’t get any response.
The cave went back to complete silence after the previous explosion, and it only stressed everyone out.

Ye Chenshan wanted to go to Nie Chengkong’s rescue as soon as he could, though his sanity got the better of him.
He patiently waited for the others to reach him, before sending his pet away to scout ahead.
They saw the depth of the second cave glowing slightly.
It was a faint, blue light that was enough to help them see their surroundings.
“Captain?” Ye Chenshan called again while slowly entering the cave.
After moving across the entrance, they saw that the light source was a blue tree growing at the center of the wide cave.
All the tree leaves were pulsing with a gentle, blue hue, accompanied by a single blue fruit amidst the leaves that looked rather lovely.
Su Ping immediately confirmed that the fruit was an Astral Spirit Fruit.
During his dragon scale land exploration, this tree used to be located at a dangerous spot beside the lava pool.

Oh crap.
Su Ping suddenly had a bad feeling.
The tree cannot move by itself.
Either the Flame Blood Dragon carried it here, or

“Captain!” Guo Yuelin called and began rushing to one side of the cave, where Nie Chenkong had collapsed on the floor.
He had a large puncture on his chest that was bleeding like mad.
“No, come back!” Su Ping called the woman.
As an experienced settler, Guo Yuelin heeded the alert without a second thought.
She managed to stop in her tracks immediately and took a step back.

She wasn’t fast enough.
Countless spikes abruptly emerged from the walls and the ceiling, almost instantly piercing her body all over, including her head.

Her body twitched for a few seconds before completely stopping.

Ye Chenshan and Luo Guxue gasped in despair as they saw their friend and teammate die in the blink of an eye.
Meanwhile, Old Mo and Chen quickly asked their pets to protect them.

Similarly, Su Ping summoned Little Skeleton, the Purple Python and the Dark Dragon Hound to shield him.
As for the Inferno Dragon, it was too big to freely move around in this cave.

“Something’s here…” Old Mo’s face went pale as he communicated with his Terrestrial Tracker.
“It’s—it’s all around us.”

He heard the sound of blood flowing.
Everywhere.
Inside the walls.
He also noticed that Nie Chengkong was still breathing.
Just barely.
Nie Chengkong would undoubtedly die in a few minutes if first-aid wasn’t provided.

“What—what-what’s that??” Luo Guxue suddenly pointed at some place with a horrified look.

People saw a large crater just in front of the blue tree.
Large, and deep.
Using the bright light provided by the Holy Flame Bird, people could only see the tip of what was buried down there.

They tried to focus and looked further down below; they all froze in place due to the ghastly sight.
Including Su Ping, who never expected to see such a thing.

Bodies.

There were countless dragon corpses.
Not the typical dragons, but the slim-bodied “Jiaolong” kind that had died young, telling from the little buds on their heads that had yet to grow into horns.

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