Chapter 77: Chapter 77: LV1 Lord Template Pet!
Zi Liyuan had no idea that the captain of the Night Stab Fifth Team was completely unaware of his tracking.
This Night Stab captain, having received orders from his superiors through special means, pulled out a compass-like item and started fumbling in a certain direction towards the central area.
Zi Liyuan, who was hanging far behind, frowned but still followed. His Vulture Skeletons were spread out even more now, yet the losses had increased significantly, so he had to constantly replenish their numbers.
"There are plenty of monsters in the sky, and there's even a Hero BOSS on patrol. It feels like there's a Lord Boss presiding over the central city area."
After losing dozens of Vulture Skeletons, with BOSSes being the cause of many of their deaths, he couldn't help but suspect.
Moreover, the intelligence level of the central area's BOSSes had become very high, and their autonomy was also very strong; they were able to organize minions to mob the candidates, and if they couldn't overcome someone, they even knew to combine several BOSSes to attack the target together.
The target he was tracking could use invisibility and had an item that enhanced the stealth effect, managing to cross various monster groups unnoticed as if walking on flat ground.
But Zi Liyuan couldn't do the same, so he had to clear his way through, which made many BOSSes target him.
However, after he effortlessly killed a dozen or so rare BOSSes, these BOSSes learned to be smart and didn't confront him directly anymore. Instead, they hid in the dark, commanding their minions to drain his energy and secretly contacted other BOSSes wanting to bring in a group of BOSSes together to ambush him in one fell swoop.
With the Corpse Explosion Technique, a godly skill for clearing the field, and a Spatial Backpack filled with a plethora of BOSS corpses as materials, he wasn't worried about getting mobbed at all; on the contrary, he was somewhat looking forward to his enemies approaching him.
As for the delivery of points, he was open to anyone.
Unfortunately, until he followed all the way and saw someone he didn't expect, those BOSSes hadn't made their move yet.
It was a park where Zi Liyuan tracked the Night Stab Fifth Team captain. When he arrived, another candidate, who carried a pet beast, blocked his path.
The Night Stab Fifth Team captain, initially in a state of invisibility, was abruptly stomped to the ground by the other, causing a wide-ranging earthquake that shook him out of stealth, thus revealing his figure.
"No wonder I smelled a nauseating odor; it turns out a filthy sewer rat was following me. Tell me, which organization do you belong to?"
The candidate with a large pet panda on his back had kicked the Night Stab captain to reveal him. In the next instant, he appeared in front of the captain and with a swift, precise, and ruthless roundhouse kick, knocked him to the ground, then stepped on his head before starting to interrogate him.
"How could this be? Why can you sense my presence?"
Flipped over in a flash, with his head underfoot, the Night Stab captain was baffled.
"Tainted with the smell of the Evil God, I smelled the stench from hundreds of meters away. You idiot are just unaware of it. Now tell me, which organization are you from, and why are you following me? What are your intentions?"
The young man, standing on the head of the Night Stab captain, had somehow drawn a long spear and with his usual expression, pierced the captain's palm with it, nailing it to the ground.
"Thinking of running away? When you fall into my hands, you don't get a say."
"Slap"
"Ow, you stinky Tuanzi, you hit me on the head again. If you knock me senseless, no one will want to care for you anymore!"
The big panda perched on the young man's back didn't hesitate to smack his head again, although this time, the paw was much gentler.
"Hmph, this national treasure has strength, looks, and can even act cute for people to pet, loads of people would want to adopt me. If it weren't for you having a bit of talent, I couldn't be bothered to let you be my mount! It was clearly me who smelled that stink, yet you dare steal my credit, I'll pluck you naked!"
The giant panda covered the boy's head, swinging its paws left and right, even yanking out several strands of his hair.
"Stop, stop, stop, I was wrong, no more, you're gonna pluck me bald, and if you do, I'll shave all your fur off too!"
The boy was livid, getting into a fight with the giant panda on his back; meanwhile, the captain of the Night Stalkers at their feet wanted to die right then and there, especially after all his skills had been sealed, leaving him speechless and choked up.
What the hell is this? He didn't even know who this kid serving as a mount for his pet panda was, why would he track him?
Dangling behind, Zi Liyuan was also in pain, especially seeing the boy stomp repeatedly on the captain of the Night Stalkers' head, causing several hundred points of damage to bounce off the captain's head continuously.
For a moment, he hesitated, wondering whether to intervene and stop the boy from unwittingly kicking him out of the martial trial instance.
At the same time, Zi Liyuan noticed the young panda cub on the boy's back, a LV1 Lord template that could speak human language and was extremely smart!
He was familiar with pets, which could be bonded with through special contracts with wild monsters or monsters from certain special instances, thus becoming partners.
Contracts varied as well, including slavery contracts, equal contracts, and life-and-death contracts.
With a slavery contract, one could fully control the enslaved pet, which would fight to the death and could never exceed the level of its master.
An equal contract meant the master and pet had an equal relationship with few restrictions, the pet's level wasn't suppressed, and in the event of the pet's death, it could be revived at a great cost and using substantial resources.
A life-and-death contract linked the lives of the master and pet, sharing their fortunes and misfortunes, with their levels always equal, and many other wonderful changes.
It was clear that this boy and the giant panda had an equal contract, but what puzzled him was why the panda was still at LV1.
"Stop it! I don't even know you, nor am I tracking you, just let me go!"
Seeing his health bar halved by the boy's stomping, the night stalker captain, struggling against the dizziness, mustered his strength and roared.
"What? You dare not recognize me? That makes you even more deserving of a beating!"
The boy paused for an instant, then glared at the Evil God's lackey under his feet. He pulled out something resembling a button, dragged the captain of the Night Stalkers by his head, brutally grabbing his hair and yanking him up, forcefully stuffed the object into his mouth, and then punched him in the stomach to make him swallow it.
"Hmph, once you get out of the martial trial instance, just squat in jail obediently!"
A punch, sparkling with blinding light, landed on the nose of the night stalker captain, making his entire face distort and deform in an instant.
The next moment, his body flew out like a cannonball, and as he hit the boundary wall, a ring of light emanated from his body and he disappeared from the martial trial instance.
"Friend following behind, won't you come out for a meetup?"
Rubbing his knuckles, the boy's gaze seemed to penetrate hundreds of meters of space, directly looking toward Zi Liyuan's location.