Chapter 1097

The fewer the magical beasts, the better, but once their numbers grew and they were housed in the partially enclosed sewer system of Beast Pen City, the foul smell naturally only grew thicker and heavier.

The staff of the magical beast shop led Lin Cheng's group to their magical beast supervisor and then left; all subsequent transactions would be handled entirely by the supervisor.

"Welcome, esteemed guests. May I ask what kind of magical beast you are looking to choose?" The pot-bellied supervisor squinted his money-grubbing eyes, bent his body in a bow, then looked at Lin Cheng, who stood at the head of the group, rubbing the whiskers at the corner of his mouth with his fingers, as if sizing up the people before him.

"Cat-type magical beasts. I wonder if you have any here. Our requirements are very high — combat ability plus appearance; missing either one is unacceptable." Lin Cheng, wearing sunglasses, said coolly as he played it cool. With the sunglasses blocking his eyes, the supervisor before him had no idea what he was thinking and naturally did not dare to act rashly.

And indeed, as Lin Cheng had thought, the squinting supervisor, after observing the others besides Lin Cheng, had roughly guessed their identities; they took their cues entirely from the one who spoke.

"Very well, esteemed guests. Our shop happens to have one that meets your requirements — a rare spirit cat from the northern Ice and Snow Empire, possessing the ability to control ice and snow. Its appearance is also very cute, and its combat ability is beyond doubt."

"Sounds good. Let's go take a look."

"It's just that the price…"

"Money is not the issue. The key is whether it suits our fancy, isn't it? Whether this particular spirit cat is good or not, we have to see it first to know, don't we? Supervisor~"

Lin Cheng merely laughed off the supervisor's hint. Did he look like someone who lacked money?

Lin Cheng's free and easy, indifferent smile also put the supervisor at ease. He led them inside, and after several turns, the temperature in the air clearly dropped, and visible white frost appeared on the ground.

Kalo in the group tightened the clothing on his body. He was only a child and did not possess cultivation, so he naturally could not withstand the low temperature.

The supervisor also began to explain.

"This area belongs to the ice-type magical beast zone. With so many ice-type magical beasts confined here, they also need a comfortable area. These beasts do have a bit of cunning to them."

Lin Cheng did not respond, only looking at the ice-type magical beast zone, where within iron cages of various sizes, numerous magical beasts with snow-white fur were confined — snow bears, snow elephants, snow leopards, snow foxes — seemingly everything one could want. Most were resting; a few unwilling magical beasts were still trying to bite the iron cages, but their once-formidable iron teeth were now useless.

Faced with cages made of special metal, these special metals would weaken their vitality and strength, making it impossible for them to escape the cages.

"We're here."

Soon, the supervisor brought them to the place.

The small iron cage before them was only about one cubic meter, but inside rested a cat with pale blue fur. Its small body lay on its side, its thick-furred tail covering its belly and limbs, leaving only a cute head exposed.

"This is that spirit cat. To capture it, my people paid no small price — quite a few died."

"Miss Qianhui, what do you think?" Lin Cheng asked Miss Qianhui for her opinion. He himself thought it was quite good.

Having seen the war pets before, this pale blue cat before him gave him a very peculiar feeling.

"Indeed, very nice." Miss Qianhui said, reaching out her hand to touch the iron cage.

"Don't touch the cage!"

A flash of alarm crossed the supervisor's eyes. He hurriedly stopped Miss Qianhui's outstretched hand, and only after seeing the hand withdrawn did he breathe a sigh of relief and explain.

"This spirit cat is different from ordinary ice-type magical beasts. It is a top-tier hunter among ice-type magical beasts. Look carefully at the white frost on this iron cage — isn't it all pale blue?"

"Yes, so what? This frost…"

Lin Cheng had not noticed before, but upon careful observation now, he indeed saw that this frost was different from ordinary white frost.

"This is one of the spirit cat's abilities — lethal frost! Once a warm human body touches it, the frost will stick to it. If it cannot be thawed in time with high temperature, the affected area will be severely frostbitten in mild cases, and the stuck area will permanently necrose. Moreover, if forcibly pulled, a layer of flesh and blood will be torn off — extremely terrifying."

"And this is still the ability displayed after the spirit cat has been weakened by the cage. Without the cage's restriction, the spirit cat needs only a single glance to rapidly drop a human's body temperature, freezing them to death alive. It is also one of the most dangerous magical beasts in my shop."

These words were indeed among the supervisor's heartfelt thoughts! Because of the danger of the spirit cat, this fellow had already been staying at his place for about three years, eating, drinking, and sleeping every day, and he couldn't even feed it too little, or it would lead a rebellion.

"It would make all the magical beasts in the ice-type magical beast zone exert their full effort to create frost. At that time, without thick equipment, humans simply could not move about in such ultra-low temperature environment."

"So powerful and cold?"

Miss Qianhui's eyes lit up — she seemed to have found the magical beast she had set her heart on.

"Then I'll take it!"

Unknown Fire was also no ordinary flame — it was the flame of fighting spirit, and would not be extinguished by ordinary ice and snow. And although her own fist techniques were exquisite and her movement techniques agile, she was being controlled; even if she had to show off, she had to be able to show it off.