Beastmaster: I don’t want to be a breeder!

In between playing chess, a thunderous explosion echoed outside, shaking the glass as if it had entered overclocking mode. If this glass weren't specifically designed to withstand attacks from Gold-level beings, it would have shattered into shards.

People covered their ears, some even being stunned by the sound before they could react, blood flowing from their ears as their eardrums ruptured.

Fortunately, this was a world with extraordinary power, and ruptured eardrums could be healed.

It had somehow landed on the airship's balloon and evaded the escorting Overlord-level Beast Master.

The blue-black bird accelerated its dive, its massive body surprisingly agile. In the blink of an eye, it snatched Bei Dao Yu, a slender figure in the crowd, and immediately flew away, its movements swift and decisive.

"Bird, how dare you commit such violence!"

The Overlord-level Beast Master guarding the airship roared and instantly summoned his Thunder Bird.

The Overlord Thunder Bird unleashed a thunderous flash, the sky suddenly bright, drawing a rapid lightning arc in the air. The Overlord Thunder Bird spread its wings, creating a blue lightning wall.

The blue-black bird swept a wing, instantly stunning and subduing the Overlord Thunder Bird, which it had previously driven away, and then carried it away as well.

The Overlord Beast Master was momentarily stunned, then realized that the blue-black bird was a wolf in sheep's clothing; it was a King-level beast, and only a King-level pet could subdue his Overlord Thunder Bird in one move.

The Overlord Beast Masters stationed at the airport wanted to help, but they were frightened when they saw the Overlord Thunder Bird subdued and carried away in one exchange, hesitating for a few seconds.

In those few seconds, the blue-black bird had already flown far away.

A King-level expert stationed in Steel City on rotation heard the commotion and set out to pursue, but the airport was on the edge of Steel City, which caused a slight delay.

By the time the King-level expert arrived,

another thunderous explosion rang out.

The blue-black bird transformed into a dazzling purple lightning bolt and flew away.

The pursuing King-level expert only caught its exhaust fumes.

"Don't bother chasing with the Swift Lightning Fighter. Its talent is Swift Purple Lightning; we can't catch up with our speed."

The pursuing King-level expert shook his head helplessly.

Swift Purple Lightning, a purple epic talent, innately possessing a unique purple lightning that grants extreme speed.

The events unfolded in a flash of lightning. Li Cunxu hadn't even stood up from his chair when the blue-black bird had already escaped Steel City.

Only afterward did Li Cunxu learn about the events from others.

The police questioned everyone present, though there wasn't much to ask. The incident had happened in broad daylight, and the airport's surveillance had recorded the entire process, but they still asked as a matter of routine.

After questioning, they released everyone.

In the taxi, Li Cunxu rested one hand by the window, letting the wind blow, his eyes vacant as he pondered the blue-black bird's motives.

"It snatched Bei Dao Yu. Bei Dao Yu has a Little Thunder Bird. Could it be that the blue-black bird is a mutated Thunder Bird, and the Little Thunder Bird is its offspring? Did it come to take its offspring home?"

"No, if that were its true purpose, it shouldn't have created extra trouble by snatching the airship's escorting Overlord Thunder Bird."

"Could it be that it thought the Overlord Thunder Bird was imprisoned by humans and forced to work for them, and it wanted to rescue the Overlord Thunder Bird?"

Li Cunxu searched online for the Thunder Bird's habits and found that Thunder Birds weren't affectionate parents. On the contrary, they were very indifferent to their offspring, laying their eggs on thunderclouds and then ignoring them.

If the eggs fell from the thunderclouds, they would shatter. Some lucky ones would fall into rivers and survive, so every few years, lucky people would find Thunder Bird eggs.

"It doesn't love its offspring, so what does it want the Little Thunder Bird for?"

"Could its target be Bei Dao Yu? Could it be a pet sent by Bei Dao Yu's enemies? No way! It's an unowned King-level pet; it's unlikely someone could command it. Besides, it wouldn't need a King-level pet to deal with a small fry like Bei Dao Yu."

Li Cunxu was certain that the blue-black bird was an unowned pet because he had seen its stats panel. Although the level difference was too great to see the panel's contents, the fact that it displayed a panel meant it was an unowned pet.

If it were sent by enemies, dispatching a Lord-level pet would be more than enough. Sending a King-level pet would be too extravagant unless it was a money-is-no-object tycoon.

"It… wouldn't be planning to eat it, would it!"

The thought suddenly popped into Li Cunxu's head.

A bird that eats Thunder Birds… Li Cunxu remembered one that specialized in eating Thunder Birds. It was called the Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird, the version BOSS of Version 4.0.

"The blue-black bird is a Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird?"

"Come to think of it, there's a slight resemblance. The color scheme is the same, both blue and black, but the blue-black bird isn't as divinely handsome as the Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird."

《Godly Pet》updates its version once a year, and Version 4.0 was the fourth year of the game's launch.

"There are still four years until the Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird appears. Maybe the Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird evolves from the blue-black bird."

The Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird was terrifying. Its talent was Thunder-Devouring Demon Body (Golden Legend), capable of devouring various types of exotic lightning, refining and mastering them in a very short time.

When the Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird appeared, it had already mastered eighteen types of exotic lightning.

If it weren't for the game's plot weakening the Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird, a group of King-level experts crippling it, reducing its strength to Gold-level, and sealing half of its exotic lightning, the players wouldn't have been able to defeat it.

The Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird was terrifyingly strong, but the rewards for defeating it were also great.

First, the Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird would drop Thunder Seeds of eighteen types of exotic lightning. By refining the Thunder Seeds, pets could master exotic lightning.

Second, the Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird would drop the treasures [Lightning Refinement Pearl] and [Lightning Seeking Compass], no less valuable than Imperial Treasures.

The Lightning Refinement Pearl could negate Lightning-type damage below the King-level, accelerate the speed of refining exotic lightning, and protect pets from the backlash of exotic lightning during refinement.

Protecting against backlash was very important. Exotic energy was violent, especially exotic lightning and exotic flames, which were the most violent. Their backlash would start from the pet's weakest internal organs, so refining exotic energy was dangerous, and refining exotic lightning was the most dangerous of all.

The protection against exotic lightning backlash would allow pets to refine with confidence.

The Lightning Seeking Compass could sense exotic lightning appearing within a ten-kilometer radius.

Finally, the Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird would drop a Demon Bird Egg carrying the legendary talent Thunder-Devouring Demon Body.

Thinking of all the good things the Thunder-Devouring Demon Bird dropped, Li Cunxu's mouth watered.

So, he immediately ordered the driverless taxi to stop and went to a mechanical barbecue shop by the roadside to eat barbecue.

The barbecue grilled by the barbecue robots tasted pretty good, the meat evenly heated, but it lacked soul. Moreover, all the barbecue in Steel City was grilled to this standard, meaning that all the barbecue shops in Steel City tasted the same.