150: Chapter 150 The Frozen Seven-Star Demon Spider

The box opened.

Inside lay a bank card and a pale gold badge, which shimmered with a faint aura of spiritual energy.

The "light of the city" badge.

The name wasn't particularly impressive, but the name was the least important thing about this item.

It had two functions.

1. Enjoy priority protection status;

2. Possess one cubic meter of storage space.

Therefore, Vice General Liu speaking up for Li Yu and standing on his side was in line with the first rule; it wasn't just out of personal stance, but also due to official and regulatory priority.

"Give it a try. Touch the badge and sense it carefully," Vice General Liu said.

Li Yu nodded, first putting away the bank card, then taking out the badge, examining it closely, and focusing his attention.

Immediately, he felt his Mental Energy gathering towards the badge, his consciousness seemingly pulled by something, entering inside the badge.

He "saw" a vast, white, irregular, square space, empty and devoid of anything inside.

Li Yu had a flash of inspiration; with a thought, the bank card in his hand appeared directly in the white space.

He tried a few more times and discovered that the consumption of Mental Energy was minimal.

"After the first use, the badge automatically binds to you. Unless the state reclaims it or the original owner dies, no one else can view the contents inside the badge," Vice General Liu explained.

Li Yu nodded and asked suddenly, "There's no surveillance inside the badge, right?"

"Huh?" Vice General Liu was slightly stunned.

"Just kidding," Li Yu grinned.

"That imagination..." Vice General Liu shook his head, smiling bitterly. "That's a first for me. The interior of the badge is an independent space, isolated from probing and signals; it's impossible for it to be viewed."

Upon hearing this, Li Yu finally felt relieved.

It was no wonder he was cautious; given the scarcity of S-rank evolution, if news of the evolution card were to leak, it would absolutely be a catastrophe for Li Yu.

Li Yu smiled apologetically at Vice General Liu and said, "I've troubled you to come all this way, Vice General. I should be hosting you properly, but since I have a client waiting for cultivation today, I can only trouble Supervisor Song to host you."

Upon hearing this, Vice General Liu laughed heartily. After he finished laughing, he said, "Then I certainly can't leave."

"Huh?" Li Yu was puzzled.

"If I leave, who are you going to cultivate for?" Vice General Liu retorted.

"You?" Li Yu was surprised.

Supervisor Song had also been laughing uproariously just a moment ago; seeing Li Yu's astonishment, he felt incredibly satisfied!

Who told him to call Li Yu 'Father Li' every day? Even if one calls their own father that often, one occasionally wants to rebel.

Supervisor Song explained, "Father Li, the Seven-Star Demon Spider being cultivated this morning is Vice General Liu's Beast. He filled out the application several days in advance and specifically sought me out."

Vice General Liu nodded.

Li Yu asked, "But... aren't the strong fighters from the City Defense Bureau usually cultivated by professors from the Research Institute?"

It was common knowledge that the Beast Taming Research Institute was the first choice for official Beast Tamer cultivation; they only pushed orders away when they were too busy or didn't want to receive them.

"It was actually Professor Li from the Research Institute who recommended that I come to you," Vice General Liu explained. "I showed Professor Li the example of the Sky-Shattering Fire Dragon, and he was amazed, stating that even he could not achieve such perfection. He suggested that I come to you for cultivation."

"Professor Li is being humble," Li Yu scratched his head.

"How about it? Do you dare to take it on? This is a Beast that is still somewhat weak. While the difficulty isn't as high as the Volcano Dragon, it's still not easy to accomplish," Vice General Liu asked with a smile, though his expression was a bit stiff and his tone revealed a hint of nervousness.

"There's no reason not to take business that comes to my door."

Li Yu smiled, turned, and entered the cultivation room, with Zhou Ya and Chen Qing following closely behind.

Supervisor Song extended an invitation to Vice General Liu, "Vice General Liu, let's go in too."

"Alright!"

Vice General Liu took a deep breath and walked with long strides into the cultivation room.

Entering the cultivation room and putting on his white coat, Li Yu seemed to have returned to his familiar battlefield, exuding confidence and composure.

It was as if, as long as he was in the cultivation room, he possessed endless means at his disposal.

Just in this instant, Vice General Liu nodded slightly.

Putting other things aside, this demeanor of a Breeder alone already surpassed some Senior Cultivators; truly, a great reputation is well-deserved.

Gurgle, gurgle...

The Golden Scale Bubble Fish was swimming near the ceiling and, suddenly seeing an old acquaintance like Vice General Liu, curiously swam closer and blew a few Bubbles.

In an instant, Vice General Liu was so terrified that he trembled all over, retreating rapidly, looking at the Bubble Fish with a fearful expression.

This huge reaction left everyone baffled.

"You... are afraid of the Bubble Fish?" Li Yu looked at Vice General Liu in astonishment.

He couldn't understand how a dignified Vice General of the City Defense Bureau, a powerhouse with Gold-level combat strength, could be afraid of an ornamental fish that didn't even reach Bronze level.

What, was he afraid of it blowing Bubbles all over his face?

Although Li Yu had seen the Bubble Fish's black-light Bubbles, he hadn't witnessed the battle on the city walls nor experienced the terror of the Blood Refining Monster, so naturally, he wouldn't understand what a terrifying existence the Bubbles blown by the Bubble Fish truly were.

Vice General Liu stared at the Bubble Fish, his mind filled with images of its Bubbles shattering the defenses of Blood Refining Monsters. He was too terrified to move, his empty left sleeve trembling slightly, fearing that he might accidentally come into contact with the Bubbles floating around him.

"It... I... you... help me..."

Vice General Liu couldn't even speak properly.

Li Yu was speechless and said, "Bubble, stop messing around, go play somewhere else."

Upon hearing this, the Golden Scale Bubble Fish flicked its tail gently and flew to a corner of the cultivation room, with the cluster of Bubbles following it towards the corner.

With the Bubbles gone, Vice General Liu wiped his sweat in relief.

Li Yu looked at him suspiciously, his eyes full of the questioning look of "Are you even capable, you weakling?"

To this, Vice General Liu couldn't refute, but Li Yu's calm demeanor only made him more convinced that this guy, who looked soft and weak, was actually the real hidden big boss.

As for the confusion, panic, and fear he showed when facing the Blood Refining Ruins.

Hah!

It was all an act!

It was all faked!

After the small interlude, Li Yu activated the space expansion technology in the incubation pod and asked Vice General Liu to summon the Seven-Star Demon Spider.

The massive Seven-Star Demon Spider, even after being scaled down proportionally, still had a volume three meters wide. Its pitch-black body and eight eyes looked quite creepy.

However, it was not in a good state.

Its spike-like fur hung limply, several of its legs were bent, its entire body was almost pressed against the ground, and its body was covered in many cracks, with green blood seeping out and sticking to its frozen skin.

It didn't move at all, and a faint chill covered the surroundings, crossing the incubation pod and spreading out; it was a truly icy coldness.

It was as if it had just been dug out of the Arctic.

Looking at his old companion's condition, Vice General Liu sighed and said, "After the blood toxin flared up, to prevent greater disaster, I had to lock it in the lowest level prison and freeze it with ice."

"Later, when your antidote was researched, I went to bring it out, but because it had been frozen for too long, it just couldn't recover."

"Even Professor Li said that the freezing time was too long, damaging the demon core, and it could no longer return to its original level."

Speaking of this, Vice General Liu's back, which had always been straight, hunched slightly, and guilt appeared in his eyes.

If they had a choice, who would be willing to treat their own Beast so cruelly?

But at that time, several Gold-level Beasts were rioting, and even with President Ming and the Guardian stepping in, it still wasn't enough. The Seven-Star Demon Spider's attacks were area-of-effect; if given the chance, even just a single attack could potentially destroy the population of a town or even a county.

Vice General Liu didn't dare to gamble.

There was no other way; he had to heartlessly freeze his Beast.

"Just do your best; don't have any psychological burden," Vice General Liu patted Li Yu's shoulder, his face filled with deep guilt towards his Beast. "Even if the result is failure, I will accept it."