Chapter 5
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"Newbie quest completed. Host interface unlocked …"
"The pet store is officially open for business."
"[Currency Conversion] module established, [Chaos Spirit Pool for Incubation] established …"
"Newbie quest reward issued. Do you want to claim it now?"
The familiar sound of the system's prompt woke Su Ping up. His eyes glowed as soon as he heard the word "reward". He said without hesitation, "Yes!"
"The host has acquired the elementary 'Pet Identification Skill.'"
Pet Identification Skill?
Su Ping waited for a few seconds, but he didn't hear another prompt. He couldn't help but open his eyes wide.
That's it?
He worked himself to death and went through three hellish days of torture and all he got was a Pet Identification Skill book? And the elementary one?!
With the comprehensive Pet Illustration Handbook of the Federation, this Pet Identification Skill was of little value to Su Ping. It was a skill that couldn't be more trashy.
"The Pet Identification Skill issued by the system can identify billions of Astral Pets. Your Pet Illustration Handbook is not comparable to it."
The system replied coldly. Clearly, it was dissatisfied with Su Ping's resentment and complaints.
Su Ping was surprised.
Identify billions of Astral Pets?
As far as he could remember, even the most authoritative and comprehensive Pet Illustration Handbook of the Federation only had information on a few million Astral Pets, including many that had gone extinct.
Was this the legendary system's product that had to be the best?
Su Ping's resentment disappeared. This was different from the reward that could enhance his strength immediately, but it was still a valuable skill nonetheless.
Besides, if he were to enter ancient lands like the Thunder Cloud Realm again in the future, he could use this skill to identify those ancient Astral Pets. After all, most of those Astral Pets had gone extinct. There were few records of them in the Federation Illustration Handbook.
Having just acquired the skill, Su Ping was excited and eager to try it out. He looked around and suddenly remembered the Lightning Rat.
"Where is this little thing?"
Su Ping hurried to the pet room in the back. He saw that the Lightning Rat was sleeping soundly in one of the ancient stone fangs.
Clearly, the three days of hellish trials had worn the Lightning Rat out. Therefore, it fell asleep as soon as it returned to this familiar place.
Compared to three days ago, the Lightning Rat's appearance hadn't changed much. There were only a few strands of dark purple in the light purple fur, and the Lightning Rat's body had become thinner.
However, the gloomy aura of a ferocious beast faintly exuded from its body made the Moon Chaser Hound on the other side of the stone fangs array tremble uneasily.
Seeing that it was fine, Su Ping heaved a sigh of relief. Although the contract had been broken and they could no longer communicate and transmit their emotions, he was already somewhat reluctant to part with this little fellow after just three days of being together.
Unfortunately, it was someone else's Astral Pet. He had to return it.
"Do you want to use the pet identification skill?"
Just as Su Ping was sighing to himself, a notification suddenly popped up in his mind.
Appraise this little guy?
Su Ping paused for a moment and chose Yes.
Lightning Rat
Property: Pet of the thunder family
Level: Upper Position of Stage One
Combat power: 3.6
Aptitude: Below average
Abilities Mastered: Lightning Dash, Thunder Flash, Thunder Shadow Image, Thunder Slash, Thunder Cloak
Su Ping was stunned.
Thunder Flash?
He actually saw "Thunder Flash" in the list of abilities mastered!
Did the Lightning Rat really learn this advanced skill of the thunder family?!
Su Ping was shocked. In the following battles, he didn't see the Lightning Rat use "Thunder Flash" again. He thought he had seen it wrong. Little did he know that the Lightning Rat had really learned the skill!
A Lightning Rat of the lowest rank that could be found everywhere in the Federation had mastered "Thunder Flash", a skill that even seventh or eighth-rank advanced Astral Pets of the thunder family would find difficult to master. How shocking was this? People would think that he had lost his mind if he told others about it!
"This little guy … is worth more than before!"
Su Ping came back to his senses. His eyes glowed.
A Lightning Rat that had mastered "Thunder Flash" was more than a hundred times more valuable than its peers.
Not to mention that it had several other skills.
Apart from the Lightning Dash that was commonly mastered by Lightning Rats, "Thunder Slash" and "Thunder Shadow Image" were all essential skills for advanced Astral Pets.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that a Lightning Rat that had mastered so many powerful skills was a low-rank mythical beast.
But what was strange was that the Lightning Rat's aptitude was listed as "below average"?
"The aptitude evaluation is based on the data of all Lightning Rats from the beginning of the endless chaos to the present day. There is no need for the host to doubt it."
Having sensed the doubt in Su Ping's mind, the system explained calmly.
"All the Lightning Rats …"
Su Ping was speechless.
The number of Lightning Rats that were born in the Federation every year was already hard to calculate, not to mention that it had been counted since the chaotic times.
That being the case …
The fact that this Lightning Rat could be listed as below average in aptitude was already frighteningly powerful!
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Su Yanying raised her head slightly. She could already see the signboard of the small pet store at the end of the street — Pixie Pet Store.
The sun was shining brightly that day, but Su Yanying's mood was clouded. She was in a terrible mood.
She didn't know that she would be so unlucky. She had been forced into a corner during the preliminaries of the Pet Competition.
This was an annual event held by the academy. The strengths and weaknesses of the students would be displayed during the competition. Through the competition, she would be noticed by some Astral Pet Masters and receive better guidance from teachers. This would be a glorious resume for her when she joined an Astral Pet Team in the future!
However, in the three rounds in a row, she had encountered powerful opponents that were very popular. As a result, the battle pets that she had been taking care of with great care were all injured. They were no longer able to fight.
Stop at the preliminaries?
To her, this was something that she could never accept!
She had already asked her family to spend a lot of money to hire an advanced pet healer to heal one of her battle pets.
But one battle pet was not enough. It could only be used as a trump card.
She had to play the vanguard and sound out the enemy's trump card.
If it weren't for the fact that the academy forbade pets that had completed their contracts within a month from participating in the competition, she would have bought several more battle pets at the last minute, even though that would be a great burden on her mind and could even cause problems.
But at the moment, she had no other battle pets with her. The only one left was the Lightning Rat that she had been fostering outside.
An average Lightning Rat of the low rank.
Nothing special about it.
She had planned to give up on the Lightning Rat directly. After all, the Lightning Rat could no longer keep up with her. It would only be courting death when facing the opponents she had encountered.
Fortunately, she was soft-hearted and didn't terminate the contract right away. As a result, the Lightning Rat was the second battle pet that she had that could participate in the competition.
The Lightning Rat was weak, but it should be fine to serve as a stepping stone.
"Is the owner here?"
Su Yanying pushed the door open and entered the pet store. She casually looked around and found that the store was empty. It seemed that the owner had moved.
Was the store going to close down?
Su Yanying thought to herself, "Good thing I came in time."
"Is someone here?"
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