Chapter 39

“This new batch of demon beasts includes only wild beasts of good quality. Feel free to take a closer look,” Wang Li said with a sweet smile.

“I know they’re wild beasts. I could tell from the Ocean Peng I bought previously.

“That Ocean Peng egg was really of good quality. It hasn’t even hatched yet, but there are already mini whirlwinds gathered around the egg. That is really impressive. Tsk tsk…”

The grandiose man gave Wang Li’s chest a quick glance. He probably meant the level of impressiveness was almost the same as hers.

He smacked his lips in a lustful manner, seemingly thinking back on something. He then paused for a while before saying, “As for your new demon beasts, I think I’ll just forget it… This stage two demon beast is priced at 200 thousand. I am a little tight on money, and I really can’t afford it.”

The man looked at Wang Li’s amorous face and felt bad to be too straightforward with his words. What he meant was: I can just buy a stage three demon beast at that price. Do you think I’m a fool? I’m not buying it even if you’re pretty.

The grandiose man was in charge of procurement for a team of adventurers. His job was to find demon beasts for the team. Therefore, he clearly knew the prices at which different demon beasts should be sold at.

It was impossible for him to be tricked.

The wild beasts that Wang Li mentioned were wild in comparison to the tamed demon beasts in this field.

Demon beasts were hard to come by. Cao Yan could capture demon beasts so easily and accurately because he had Eggy, an excellent helper that could spin webs.

Actually, capturing demon beasts was an arduous task. Some big corporations would try to breed certain demon beast species to meet the market’s demands. That was why most of the shops would sell tamed demon beasts. However, these tamed demon beasts could never be compared to their wild counterparts. Hence, the price gap between the two would be considerable.

However, the grandiose man considered himself an expert in this field. He was adamant about not buying the demon beasts from Cao Yan, thinking that he must have raised the price on purpose to make more money.

When he saw the demon ball that was tagged to contain a potential stage-five demon beast, he was slightly taken aback. Nonetheless, he still could not give in to the price. He glanced at Wang Li and hesitated for a while before deciding to leave.

“I’m afraid you weren’t able to tell the hidden uniqueness of our demon beasts,” Cao Yan said just before the man left.

“I can’t tell? Hah, that’s right. The hidden uniqueness is whoever buys it is a rich fool.”

The man looked askance at Cao Yan. He had a completely different attitude compared to when he was talking to Wang Li.

The little sparrow’s face flushed red. Could he have overheard her saying that he was a rich fool?

“These demon beasts are priced a stage higher because they are worth their weight in gold. Why don’t you buy one and give it a try?” Cao Yan said calmly.

“No, you sell demon beasts; of course you will only say good things about them.”

The man scoffed and looked at Cao Yan with a don’t-think-I-know-nothing look. He pointed at a demon ball on display. “This contains a stage-one demon hound, yet you’re selling it for 130 thousand. This price is considered not cheap, even for a stage-two demon beast.

“Don’t tell me the hidden uniqueness is that this actually isn’t a stage-one but a stage-two demon hound.”

Cao Yan did not bother explaining. He picked up the demon ball that the man was pointing at and then picked up another demon ball from the shop. He touched a symbol on each of them, and the two demon balls opened up.

One of the demon balls exerted a strong spatial suction power and sucked the demon beast from the other demon ball in.

Now, the two demon beasts were in one demon ball.

The grandiose man was stunned.

Demon beasts were extremely territorial. Once they were inside a demon ball, they would treat it as their home. If another demon beast stepped foot in their territory, it would be considered an invasion, and the two demon beasts would definitely fight it out till the end.

This person must be crazy to make his demon beasts fight.

Cao Yan pulled out a tool that was like a magnifying glass and passed it to the man to let him observe the demon ball’s interior.

The grandiose man also wanted to take a look at what would happen. He snatched the tool from Cao Yun, placed it on top of the demon ball, and peeked inside.

Inside was the invading demon beast. It was a Windblade Wolf, an iconic stage-two demon beast. Its strengths were in creating and manipulating wind blades, as evident from its name. It was very nimble and aggressive.

The other demon beast was the stage-one demon hound that the man had mentioned.

The two demon beasts were of similar species, size, and appearance. The only difference was that one of them was a stage-two beast while the other was stage-one.

The man was full of doubts. He guessed that Cao Yan must have a motive for putting the two demon beasts together.

The inside of the demon ball was filled with a thin layer of fog.

When the stage-two Windblade Wolf dashed in, the stage-one demon hound, which was sleeping in the demon ball, suddenly sensed its arrival and stood up. It arched its back and bared its fangs.

The Windblade Wolf looked at the demon hound proudly, its eyes full of contempt. It did not even think of the stage-one demon hound as its opponent, but rather, its prey.

The battle happened just as expected.

The Windblade Wolf started attacking by spitting out a wind blade, which cut through the air.

Next, something happened that made the man’s jaw drop. Right at the start of the battle, not only was the stage-one demon hound not at a disadvantage, but it even gained the upper hand because the Windblade Wolf was too complacent.

The two quickly started battling ferociously, as though they were about to tear each other apart.

The demon hound was not weaker than the Windblade Wolf in terms of agility, speed, and accuracy in its attack, so it was difficult to tell which one of them would win.

A stage-two beast and a stage-one beast were on par with each other?

What was going on?

The Green Jungle demon beast rank was an unwavering system created over a long period. It was almost impossible to overthrow it. Otherwise, the stage ranking system would be useless.

However, the truth was, the stage-one demon hound was comparable to the Windblade Wolf, even gaining the upper hand a little.

The man was stunned. He had never seen something like this before.

He suddenly understood why Cao Yan had set the price so high for this stage-one demon hound. This demon hound was good enough to challenge another demon beast that was beyond its stage.

At the same time, the grandiose man realized the demon hound’s value.

A pet trainer usually could only be bound to a demon beast of their level.

If all of Cao Yan’s demon beasts had the ability to jump stages, it would mean a pet trainer with stage-one mental and spiritual capacity could own a demon pet with stage-two combat prowess.

To put it in simpler terms, buying demon beasts from Cao Yan’s shop would mean that a stage-one pet trainer could be equipped with a stage-two demon pet trainer’s combat ability.

That would imply an inestimable cost saved in terms of manpower and training.

The man could instantly be sure that the stage-one demon pet trainers in his team could be considered stage-two pet trainers once they commanded a demon pet that had combat abilities beyond its stage.

It would also increase the entire team’s fighting ability.

The man was shocked. He watched Cao Yan pull the Windblade Wolf, which was still engaged in a fierce fight with the demon hound, and put it back into the other demon ball. He then said decisively, “If all your demon beasts have the combat ability beyond stage-one, I’ll take them all.”

Cao Yan said calmly, “I’m sorry. There’s a limit of one demon beast per customer.”

This was the mission requirement. It would be too easy if Cao Yan sold all the demon beasts at the mission price. The fake system would never ignore such a loophole.

The grandiose man said anxiously, “I’m willing to pay more.”

Now, it was Cao Yan’s turn to reject him. “I’m afraid that would not do either.”