Su Ping only asked them to play virtual beast fights because he didn't want them to get bored.
Virtual beast fights in that place were no different from playing games with friends in Su Ping's previous life. It was a form of entertainment for battle pet warriors and a way to hone their skills.
Su Ping felt that the service was definitely good enough to ask his employees to play games with the customers.
As it happened, his shop had just been upgraded, and a new virtual pet arena was added. The customers could compete with their battle pets in the virtual world.
In that place, they could scan and import the data of their battle pets so that they could see the shortcomings of their battle pets. They could also pick some official battle pets with the same attributes and practice their commanding skills and secret techniques. It was a perfect "harmless development".
Mia was stunned for a moment after hearing what Su Ping said. She then remembered the battle she was about to face. She nodded and said, "Okay. Do you have a connection port?"
"Yes, I do."
Su Ping instantly extended his hand and invited them to the lobby of the virtual pet arena.
The lobby was connected to the main hall of the shop through a passage that led to the sales hall. However, there were no battle pets in the sales hall at the moment. All the battle pets that Su Ping had captured earlier had been sold out. His shop had almost run out of resources during the battle; he only had some pet food left.
Su Ping took them to the lobby of the virtual battle arena. There were many virtual machines there, all of which were helmet-type.
"Tang, play with them in the virtual arena. It's also a good chance for you to practice," Su Ping said to Tang Ruyan who was following him.
Tang Ruyan was stunned. "But I don't understand what they're talking about."
"I didn't ask you to practice with your mouth." Su Ping said angrily, "I'll sign you up for a language class when I'm free. You can go and learn more."
Tang Ruyan looked at Mia and Layne and asked cautiously, "They seem to be … legendary, right?"
Su Ping nodded. Both Mia and Layne were at the Ocean State, which he had sensed the moment they entered the shop. However, he had seen so many Ocean State Legends that he wasn't surprised at all; he was no different from a titled battle pet warrior.
Besides, Legendary battle pet warriors shouldn't be important figures in the Federation.
"Don't worry. You can lower your cultivation level in the virtual dojo. At most, I'll get her to adjust her cultivation level to the same as yours," Su Ping comforted.
Tang Ruyan was no longer afraid. She wouldn't admit defeat if they were at the same rank.
Of course, Su Ping was an exception.
"It's pretty high-end."
Layne slightly raised his eyebrow when he saw the equipment. He was well-informed enough to tell that this place was full of high-end virtual equipment.
Mia also noticed it, and her eyes flickered. From this, it could be seen that Su Ping had invested a lot in this shop.
She was getting more and more curious as to why a shop that had been built at such a high cost was being used for gambling.
"You can stay here and play," Su Ping said. All of a sudden, he felt like he was talking to kids.
Mia noticed it too. She slightly raised her eyebrows and glanced at Su Ping, but didn't say anything. She then looked at Tang Ruyan who was next to Su Ping and said, "Her cultivation is a bit weak, but it's fine. I'll lower my cultivation level."
"Okay," Su Ping agreed and said to Tang Ruyan, "Go ahead."
Tang Ruyan didn't understand what Mia said, but when she saw the latter's indifferent eyes, her intuition told her that she was being despised.
How dare you!
She was infuriated, but she didn't show it on her face. She was going to vent her anger in the "competition" later!
Su Ping helped them set up the equipment. He was relieved to see that both of them had entered the virtual arena. Ignoring Layne, he asked Zhong Lingtong to keep an eye on them and then left for the pet room.
The pet room was several times larger than before. The Little Skeleton and the Inferno Dragon were resting in advanced nursing pens.
"Are you going to train?" Joanna's eyes glittered when she saw Su Ping walk out of one of the advanced nursing pens. She was eager to see her subordinates.
Su Ping shook his head and said, "Let's go somewhere else. You can stay in the shop."
Joanna was instantly disappointed. She snorted and sat back down.
Su Ping opened the pet warehouse and saw that there was a pet in it. It was the Ocean Emperor.
She had revealed her original appearance at the moment. She was a pure-blooded Frosty Lunar Scale Dragon in the warehouse. It was a dragon with a Star State bloodline!
However, the empress had clearly failed to activate the power deep inside her bloodline, just like the Curse-Winged Beast who had become the Lord of the Abyss. The latter had activated the demonic blood in his bloodline in the cruel environment of the Abyss, allowing his bloodline to completely erupt. However, the empress was still missing a breath.
Not everyone with a Star State bloodline could grow to reach the Star State.
Environment and resources were indispensable. Just like a fierce tiger, if it was starved every day, it might not even reach adulthood. Even if it managed to grow up, it would still be a sick tiger, a weak tiger. It might not even be able to defeat a dog. It would have no courage or strength.
In an environment like Blue Star, the empress of seas was stunted except for her body …
Su Ping didn't kill her when he suppressed her in front of the shop. Instead, he defeated her and took her to the pet warehouse. Su Ping hadn't figured out what to do with her yet.
Su Ping would benefit the most if he sold her, but Su Ping felt that it would be too easy for her if he sold her just like that.
Su Ping shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He had to finish the quest first.
He summoned the Little Skeleton and the Dark Dragon Hound and asked the Inferno Dragon and the Purple Python to stay. Su Ping communicated with the system telepathically, "Enter the Frigid Dragon Prison."
That was a middle-level cultivation site, so the ticket wasn't expensive. Su Ping could afford it with his current wealth. He could even die a hundred thousand times in there.
Very soon, the energy was deducted, and a vortex appeared in front of Su Ping.
Whoosh!
Su Ping stepped in directly.
The familiar feeling of dizziness came back. When Su Ping opened his eyes again, he saw a vast snow-white area. The biting cold made Su Ping's pores shrink. He felt that the coldness was biting his bones.
"The temperature is at least negative two hundred degrees …"
Su Ping took a deep breath. He felt that the coldness in his chest turned into ice blades that pierced into his lungs.
Fortunately, he was able to adapt to the cold with his current physique and his high resistance to low temperatures.
Su Ping looked around, only to see nothing but snow and frost. The entire world was white. Sharp peaks protruded from the ground. They were called peaks, but they were actually covered by ice and snow, like protruding, sharp longswords. It was a ghastly sight.
The astral power density is similar to that of the planet where the store is located …
Su Ping sensed the astral power around him. It was more than ten times denser than on the Blue Star, but not as dense as the Demigod Burial. After all, the Demigod Burial was an advanced cultivation site and a world of gods.
There was not much time left. Su Ping didn't waste any more time and began to search around.
Soon, he sensed the presence of a dragon hidden in the thick snow.
His senses were quite keen at the moment. Wild beasts below the Star State could hardly hide themselves from him, unless he wasn't careful enough.
He merged with the Little Skeleton and the Dark Dragon Hound. His energy was almost bursting out. He stepped forward and appeared dozens of kilometers away. It wasn't a flash, but a space jump!
It was a spatial skill that was more advanced than the flash. Su Ping was able to perform it effortlessly.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Su Ping kept jumping and appeared hundreds of kilometers away in the blink of an eye. He would travel to the limit of his senses every time. His senses were like a giant scanner that was exploring the area.
"Huh? What a strong aura of a dragon … "
Su Ping suddenly sensed the aura of a ferocious dragon below a snowy mountain; it was multiple times stronger than the Lord of the Deep Caves he had encountered earlier.
He gathered astral power in his eyes and looked over. He saw a gigantic dragon covered in crimson scales tied up by black chains that pierced through its body and chained it to the bottom of the snowy mountain.
The other end of the chain was connected to the snowy peak. The snowy peak was like a giant sword piercing through the sky, piercing the dragon beast's chest and nailing it to the ground.
Su Ping's expression changed. It was definitely a horrifying Star State dragon!
What was even weirder was that the dragon was emitting a scorching aura in the frigid world. It was a dragon of the fire class!
Who suppressed this dragon? Why is it imprisoned here? Su Ping couldn't help but ask.
It was too shocking. A horrifying Star State dragon had been pinned to the ground, unable to move at all!
"This cultivation site was specially built by a certain powerful warrior. It's a prison." The system's voice appeared in Su Ping's head. "The Lava Scale Dragons offended an expert above the Star State and have been suppressed here for all eternity. Even their descendants will be locked here for generations. Maybe they'll go extinct after thousands of years."
Su Ping was shocked.
Suppressed for all eternity because they offended an expert?
Is that the authority of the world of experts?
Su Ping glanced at it but didn't waste any more time. He continued his search for the Heaven Frost Crystal Fruits.
On his way, Su Ping saw a lot of Star State dragons that had been suppressed under snowy mountains and were bound by chains. One of them even had a couple of snowy mountains on its body. Su Ping felt pressured just by looking at it; it was much stronger than regular Star State dragons.
Su Ping didn't expect that the cultivation site was really a Draconic Prison, just like its name suggested.
Time flew.
Su Ping traveled through space again and again. Apart from the suppressed dragons, he also saw some unchained dragons wandering around. He didn't fight them this time; he simply avoided them as much as he could. Time was of the essence.
He could only stay inside for a quarter of an hour in the outside world, which was only a little more than two hours.
An hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Ping finally found the Heaven Frost Crystal Fruit.
With the system's guidance, Su Ping recognized the fruit even though he had never seen it before.
Apart from the Heaven Frost Crystal Fruit, Su Ping also found some other pet food along the way, but he didn't recognize any of them. He felt that they were as good as the Heaven Frost Crystal Fruit.
Done and done!
Su Ping didn't linger; he simply returned to the shop.
Only five minutes had passed outside.
Su Ping placed the Little Skeleton and the Dark Dragon Hound in the nursing pens, then opened the door of the pet room and walked out.
Su Ping found that Tang Ruyan and Mia were still fighting in the virtual battle arena. Both of them were wearing virtual helmets and their eyes were closed. However, Tang Ruyan's eyebrows were furrowed, while Mia, on the other hand, was as calm as ever.
Layne was also in front of a device next to them, wearing a helmet. There was no telling what he was doing.
Su Ping coughed and went to Tang Ruyan's device. He pressed the notification button, which would notify her that someone was calling her from the outside world.
Tang Ruyan soon opened her eyes angrily. She took off her helmet and put it on the rack angrily, before she rolled her eyes at Su Ping.
Su Ping: "???"
On the other hand, Mia had also taken off her helmet, and so had Layne.
Su Ping noticed that Layne had probably been watching the battle.
"Did Miss Mia win?" Judging from Tang Ruyan's expression, Su Ping had guessed the result. He was surprised. He had thrown Tang Ruyan into a cultivation site and tortured her … Well, he had trained her. She should have had abundant battle experience. How could she have lost?
"Your employee is not bad. She only lost to me eight times in five minutes. It's a shame that she's only a clerk." Mia stood up casually.
Su Ping: "…"
So, she's from the Versailles Planet!
However …
She lost eight times in five minutes?
Su Ping couldn't help but turn around and look at Tang Ruyan. Are you fighting with your toes?
Tang Ruyan was even more infuriated by Su Ping's gaze. She was already angry that she had been defeated by Su Ping, not to mention that she had lost to a woman!
A woman could lose to anyone, but she was not willing to lose to another woman!
"What are you looking at? You were the one who asked me to fight!" Tang Ruyan said grumpily. She vented her anger on Su Ping. What frustrated her the most was that she had lost but she couldn't come up with an excuse!
Her opponent had lowered his level, but the result was the same.
He had chosen the same pets.
In the end, she was defeated. She was easily defeated!
She couldn't change anything, no matter how hard she tried. The best she could do was to surprise her opponent.
She felt that she had been crushed!
Apart from Su Ping, who else had humiliated her like that?
Su Ping didn't blame Tang Ruyan for venting her anger after seeing how frustrated she was. It seemed that some battle pet warriors in the Federation were indeed extraordinary. Just like Nie Huofeng had said, the Ocean State legendary warriors in the Federation could have killed those in the Void State on the Blue Star Planet.
Tang Ruyan, on the other hand, had been trained, but it was still difficult for her to fight someone of a higher rank.
She hadn't practiced enough after all!
He shook his head and said to Mia, "Miss Mia, if you haven't enjoyed yourself enough, do you want me to hire another employee?"
Mia raised her eyebrows and said casually, "That won't be necessary. Your employee isn't bad. Like I said, she only lost eight times in five minutes against me. That's very rare!"
She wasn't bragging; she meant it.
After all, who was she?
Other battle pet warriors would be lucky if they could last thirty seconds against her. However, Tang Ruyan had lasted one minute against her for the first time!
She had been trying to observe her because she wasn't familiar with her, but it was still enough to surprise her.
It had to be noted that Tang Ruyan was just an employee in a random shop on the street!
It was such a waste of her talent to be a shop assistant!
"Since you're back, you must've found the Heaven Frost Crystal Fruit I asked for, right?" Mia raised her wrist. She was wearing an extremely exquisite dark-red lady's watch. Only those in the upper class would be able to understand the value of this watch. Apart from money, one would also need to have an extraordinary background to purchase it.
She looked at the time. Only seven minutes had passed. Mia raised her eyebrows in surprise.
After all, the gamble wasn't a big deal for her. However, wasn't it too hasty for someone like Su Ping to meet her so easily after mortgaging his own shop?
…
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