Chapter 289

Inside the Zhenbao Pavilion of Changwu City, numerous outstanding ferocious beast eggs, precious pet-rearing resources, and rare celestial treasures were gathered.

With such profitable business, employee benefits were naturally no less than excellent.

Every year, countless civilians and pet-tamers sought to join the Zhenbao Pavilion.

To join the Zhenbao Pavilion, civilians had to pass strict examinations, and pet-tamers had to undergo rigorous combat trials.

This filled every civilian and pet-tamer who joined the Zhenbao Pavilion with pride.

They had undergone rigorous training, and though they always wore polite smiles for customers,

deep inside, they still felt their level was different from that of most customers!

Their horizons were different!

A young, beautiful sales clerk chattered on to a customer: "If you want to buy ferocious beast eggs, come to our Zhenbao Pavilion—we have countless rare pet beasts…"

At that moment, all customers and staff on the first floor of the Zhenbao Pavilion heard a flood of rapid footsteps.

The footsteps were heavy and oppressive.

Like an army approaching.

Soon, through windows and doors, they saw countless military pet-tamers appear.

They summoned ferocious beasts, surrounding the entire Zhenbao Pavilion.

Checkpoints were set up; the surrounding blocks were sealed off, and all residents near the Zhenbao Pavilion were urgently evacuated!

Not a single evacuated person dared to object.

Everyone in the Zhenbao Pavilion sensed something was wrong!

Customers on the second floor looked out the windows and saw the members of the Emergency Response Team, their dark cannon muzzles, and their legs trembled!

"How did the Emergency Response Team members get here?"

"Are the city defense troops setting up energy-crystal cannons? Are they going to level this place?"

"Is there a fugitive inside the Zhenbao Pavilion?"

"…"

Everyone in the Zhenbao Pavilion—whether staff or customers—was utterly panicked.

At the entrance of the Zhenbao Pavilion, a Platinum-level pet-tamer emerged with five Gold-level Zhenbao Pavilion pet-tamers.

The Platinum-level pet-tamer, confident in his strength and boldness, stepped forward and asked: "This is the Zhenbao Pavilion. Why are you sealing it off?"

Shen Yan, in charge of the entrance area, spoke with a harsh tone: "Step back! Step back! Don't come out! Return inside the Zhenbao Pavilion! Immediately!"

"This is unreasonable!"

Shen Yan shouted: "I'm telling you—step back, step back immediately, return inside the Zhenbao Pavilion! This is an order!"

The Platinum-level pet-tamer took a large step forward, reaching the edge of the checkpoint.

Before him stood a row of Emergency Response Team members.

He argued: "What order? We're not your military! Why do you command me?"

As he spoke, his aura surged.

The full aura of a Platinum-level ferocious beast erupted.

It forced nearby ordinary Emergency Response Team members to retreat several meters.

Shen Yan's face darkened; flames burst from his hands as he charged straight at the Platinum-level pet-tamer.

Instantly, a wall of earth rose before the Platinum-level pet-tamer.

He realized something was wrong.

But at that moment, a pair of massive hands pierced through the earth wall and seized his shoulders.

Flames erupted over the Platinum-level pet-tamer of the Zhenbao Pavilion.

Amidst a horrific scream, the Platinum-level pet-tamer turned into a charred corpse within moments.

The air filled with the scent of roasted meat.

"I said—listen to the order. Do you understand now?"

The five Gold-level pet-tamers who had followed the Platinum-level pet-tamer panicked, urinating and defecating in fear as they bolted into the Zhenbao Pavilion.

Shen Yan, seeing this, sneered, dropped the charred corpse, and stepped back beyond the checkpoint.

"These people are trash—speak nicely, they don't listen; only after killing a few do they finally understand!"

Members of the Tenth Squad chuckled awkwardly.

Inside the Zhenbao Pavilion, everyone stared in terror at the charred corpse at the entrance; no one dared step out past that door again.

A Platinum-level pet-tamer—killed on the spot, with no mercy shown.

Everyone knew how serious this was.

The entire Zhenbao Pavilion leadership was now alarmed.

To display its power, the Zhenbao Pavilion was built tall and imposing, taller than the Changwu City military headquarters.

So that all pet-tamers could see its sign from afar!

Liu Long, owner of the Changwu City Zhenbao Pavilion, stood at the window, gazing down at nearly five hundred Gold-level pet-tamers, over ten thousand armed city guard troops, and ten energy-crystal cannons aimed at the Zhenbao Pavilion building—and knew the situation was dire.