Chapter 1216: Do Pets Also Need Trials?

"Hey~"

Su Sheng picked up the phone.

"Log off now, captain." Xuan Yu Wu's voice came through.

"You're calling at this timing—did something happen?"

"Yes, at midnight last night, those mice moved."

Xuan Yu Wu said from his side.

Su Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly; it was midnight, still game time, and almost all Chasing Deer players were online.

"After the auction ended, almost all core members of the major guilds didn't leave Tianhai City, except for the two clubs already based there; the rest of the major guilds and some expert players were basically staying in various hotels."

"At midnight, 3 a. m., and 5 a. m., there were three waves of attacks, targeting a total of about eight guilds, including the Yan-Huang!"

Hearing Xuan Yu Wu's report, Su Sheng secretly felt alarmed—those mice really…

"Moreover, the three waves don't seem to be from the same force."

Xuan Yu Wu continued.

"Has anything happened?"

Su Sheng frowned.

"Although there's some chaos, it's fine—no game players have been injured or killed." The voice on Xuan Yu Wu's end of the phone sounded a bit low.

Su Sheng remained silent; no players being hurt meant that there were still casualties…

"You, you're not hurt, right?"

Su Sheng continued asking.

"Don't worry, our people are all fine, except… this war zone's…"

Xuan Yu Wu stopped there.

Su Sheng understood.

This Treasure Hall auction was set in Tianhai City, naturally handled by the personnel of this war zone for main security.

"Overall, it was also a pretty clean fight—mainly we pulled out a lot of nails."

Xuan Yu Wu added.

Xuan Yu Wu didn't go into detail, but gave a rough outline.

Lin Huan beside him took off his game headset, watched Su Sheng on the phone, and silently leaned into Su Sheng's embrace without asking further.

The casualties in this war zone occurred not only because of those hidden mice, but also due to some internal nails.

Even the deepest nail pulled out had been hidden for over twenty years.

Moreover, the key this time was that the plan was thorough; besides this war zone's brothers receiving tight, top‑level protection on the surface…

The other three war zones also did this, mobilizing personnel for a second layer of deployment; although the four sides knew about this group, the plans were kept secret.

That's why, when those nails struck, the situation was stabilized; if only this war zone's people were involved, tonight would surely have blown up.

After hanging up, Su Sheng's face grew somewhat grim, and he reached out to embrace Huan Jie in his arms.

Lin Huan didn't ask further; although Su Sheng wasn't on speakerphone, being so close she probably heard some of it.

Chasing Deer is truly a big deal, so it's no wonder those guys went to such lengths—mainly, this Treasure Hall auction was a great opportunity for them.

Of course, Huaxia here naturally won't just take hits without striking back, but that's not something Su Sheng needs to worry about now.

…

That day, Su Sheng and his group boarded a plane directly and returned to their home base.

When the plane landed, Su Sheng let out a breath; this auction trip was thus considered over, even though he didn't manage to snag that divine‑artifact long bow.

But it was still a gain.

…

Game time.

Go online!

Su Sheng appeared in Huangcheng.

Old routine—first clear a dungeon.

Before level 90, doing a daily dungeon was still quite the thing.

…

According to plan.

After finishing the dungeon, Su Sheng prepared to keep leveling.

But unfortunately, plans can't keep up with changes.

When the dungeon ended, the lion-like beast Su Sheng was sitting on suddenly glowed with a light.

Leveled up!

Level 80!

At the same time, the lion-like beast let out a roar!

Ding~

Congratulations, player—your pet lion-like beast has reached level 80.

Triggered pet trial:

Purify the dragon pearl.

Go, go to Dragon Abyss, obtain the dragon pearl, and purify it.

Reward: unknown

Punishment: Unknown

Pet level 80 still has a trial quest?!

Su Sheng looked at the system notification and couldn't help but stare in shock.

Moreover, this Dragon Abyss... looks like a dungeon.

What else can we do? Let's go.

After exiting the dungeon, he said a few words to the others, Su Sheng rubbed the lion-like beast's big head, then directly used the Return City Scroll.

Dragon Abyss is not in the Imperial City.

But rather in Qing Long Main City.

After arriving at Qing Long Main City via the teleport array, Su Sheng didn't linger and sprinted straight to the coordinates of Dragon Abyss.

However, after checking the quest coordinates, Su Sheng suddenly remembered something, silently turned back, entered the teleport array again, and went to the Universe guild headquarters via the teleport array; the Universe headquarters had also been upgraded to town level for a while.

Setting out from the Universe headquarters, after about twenty-odd minutes, he arrived at the quest location, Dragon Abyss.

But this is merely a level 70 training spot, with nothing around.

What the hell?

The coordinate point is a boulder.

To be precise, it's a dragon-shaped statue, but the statue is rather damaged, leaving only an outline; if not for the claws still visible, calling it a snake-shaped statue would not be an exaggeration.

However, around Qing Long Main City, such scene statues are not uncommon.

The closer to Qing Long Main City, the more such scene statues there are, and the better preserved they are.

Some stone statues on maps farther from Qing Long Main City are so damaged that they are merely a long stone pillar.

What the hell?

Su Sheng opened the quest description again, examined it carefully, confirmed the coordinate location—it was indeed here, no mistake.

What's going on?!

Su Sheng looked utterly bewildered.

Su Sheng commanded the lion-like beast to come before the statue; the stone carving was tall, looking ordinary and no different from the others.

After thinking, Su Sheng directly activated the lion-like beast's Wing Flap Skill.

After taking off, it gently landed on the statue.

Hum~

As the lion-like beast landed, the entire stone statue suddenly shuddered.

At the dragon's head, between the two horns, a portal suddenly opened.

"…" Su Sheng was speechless; it turns out he still had to fly up.

This truly is a quest tailor-made for the lion-like beast, right?

Who would have thought that this ordinary-looking statue, no different from other stone carvings, would actually have a dungeon entrance after flying up?

That's quite spiritual.

Su Sheng immediately had no hesitation, controlling the lion-like beast to walk up.

Ding~

Do you want to enter the trial dungeon?

Dragon Abyss.

Dragon Abyss:

Trial dungeon.

Limit: 1 person

Difficulty: Unknown

As expected, it's another solo trial dungeon.

Immediately, Su Sheng checked his supplies, found nothing lacking, and directly entered the dungeon.

Ding~

Entered dungeon: Dragon Abyss.

……