“You’re so confused, Big Brother!”

"Sigh."

Osirio took one look, sighed, and pulled its head back.

It could tell—this was another male!

Its plan to raise it from childhood was ruined…

When it saw Qin Feng with a faint smile, it immediately said resentfully, "Human Assassin, you're still smiling?"

Qin Feng replied, "Male Hell Phoenixes have stronger combat power. Isn't it normal for me to smile?"

Osirio felt frustrated by its lack of ambition. "You're so confused! If this were a female, once she started self-reproduction, wouldn't there be a whole nest of them later? You could have as many as you wanted!"

Qin Feng: "…"

He found that what this silly dragon said made a lot of sense; he was actually speechless!

Quickly, Osirio composed itself.

Since it couldn't raise it as a companion, it would treat this one as a son!

Thus, Osirio looked at the little fellow and said persuasively, "Ahem. Kid, how about I be your daddy from now on?"

Originally, Little Grey Chicken was a bit scared.

But hearing Osirio's words, it immediately became exasperated. It jumped out to stand on Qin Feng's shoulder and said excitedly, "You're so confused, Big Brother! In our Hell Phoenix clan, we favor females over males to an extreme degree!"

"In our tribe, males have no status at all; they're all corporate slaves! Around one female phoenix, there are dozens or even hundreds of 'simps' protecting her!"

"Big Brother, in your Bone Sword Wyvern clan, a Dragon King can have dozens or hundreds of concubines. That is a true king!"

"I see that Big Brother is majestic and heroic, fully displaying the air of a king! I can't envy Big Brother enough, yet Big Brother actually wants to join our Hell Phoenix clan?"

???

Hearing this, Osirio's expression changed. "What? Is that true?"

"How could it be false? If you join our Hell Phoenix clan, you won't have any status at all. Your whole life would be over!"

Little Grey Chicken was incredibly excited. "Big Brother, I'll follow you from now on. Teach me how to become a king!"

Listening to the exchange between these two, a large question mark slowly appeared on Qin Feng's forehead.

This little fellow…

Seemed to be a problematic character as well?

"Good, good, good. Thanks, little brother. I almost fell into a pit."

Osirio felt a wave of lingering fear, then puffed out its chest. "Alright, little brother. If anyone bullies you in the future, just tell me. Let me tell you, back when I was still a BOSS…"

This guy started bragging.

He bragged all the way from slaughtering in all directions to having a harem of wives and concubines.

Coincidentally, the little phoenix yearned for it, listening with rapt fascination.

Qin Feng, with the little fellow on his shoulder, jumped onto Osirio's back. "Let's go. First, let's find a place to grind and raise Grey Chicken's level."

"Alright, sit tight. I'll show you what a real aircraft looks like!"

Osirio chuckled.

Its wings spread, and it instantly soared into the clouds!

The little fellow was originally very excited.

But the sudden supersonic speed caught it off guard. Its ball-like, fluffy body was instantly blown backward…

"…"

Qin Feng silently put it into the pet space.

Then he released it and held it in his hand to prevent it from being thrown off again.

Nearly twenty minutes later.

Qin Feng found a Level 30 monster grinding area. This was a Fierce Area with a hundred-fold lifespan flow rate—a scorched earth plain overgrown with withered trees.

Qin Feng had just insta-killed a group of monsters when Little Grey Chicken on his shoulder instantly leveled up from Level 1 to Level 7.

"Your Majesty! This subject has leveled up!"

Little Grey Chicken jumped up and down in excitement.

"That title… maybe you should change it?"

Qin Feng always felt it was a bit strange.

The little fellow was very confused. "Isn't the emperor among humans called Your Majesty?"

Qin Feng facepalmed.

What it said didn't seem wrong?

With Qin Feng's current strength, if someone said he was an emperor among humans, few would likely disagree…

It was just…

The role-playing vibe of this title was a bit too thick, wasn't it?

Qin Feng glanced at Grey Chicken's attribute panel.

"Oh? Rising from Level 1 to Level 7, it actually obtained two of my Class Passives? The probability is quite high."

They were 'Class Passive 1' and 'Class Passive 3'.

'Class Passive 1' was currently not very useful. Its effect was to double the duration of stealth and allow the use of stealth skills while in stealth…

For Grey Chicken, wanting to go into stealth would definitely rely on Qin Feng's Mythic 'Integrate into Darkness' skill.

Once this skill was used, it would be permanent stealth.

And 'Class Passive 3' was decent.

The effect was that attacks launched from outside the target's field of vision would have their damage increased to three times the original!

Since it was a combat pet, adding damage was naturally useful.

Half an hour later.

Grey Chicken's level reached Level 18.

It finally obtained Qin Feng's 'Class Passive 5' and 'Class Passive 4'!

The former was 'Shadow Arc,' which allowed Grey Chicken to delay the effects of damage, negative states, and the removal of stealth by 3 seconds.

The latter was Qin Feng's current core passive.

Under the stealth state, attacks would not break the stealth state!

And the last class advancement had added an effect, allowing attack special effects to also gain half of the Stealth Level!

A 'camper' phoenix was born!

"Halt! Why do you not kneel upon seeing the Emperor?"

With a childish, sharp shout, a humanoid zombie monster with four arms suddenly turned charred black. It was scorched directly by an invisible black flame!

"By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Beheading!"

Invisible phoenix wings carrying invisible flames instantly swept across the necks of a three-headed monster, cutting off all three heads.

"Grandson! Osirio says you're a big idiot!"

Relying on its stealth, the little fellow frantically spat fire at a Platinum BOSS. As a result, the BOSS used sound localization and slapped it away on the spot…

The little phoenix was having a blast.

Qin Feng observed it in secret.

Every 10 levels, this little phoenix would unlock a new skill. The ones unlocked at Level 10 and Level 20 were both attack skills with the 'Chaos' affix—one for high single-target damage and one for area-of-effect attacks.

The third skill would be unlocked at Level 30, so it had to wait for Qin Feng to reach Level 30 first.

Additionally, as its level increased, Grey Chicken's four-dimensional attributes were also skyrocketing.

It started with only a few dozen points, but by the time it reached Level 20, it already had six or seven hundred points. Including the 10% four-dimensional attributes from Qin Feng, this little fellow's total attributes had reached over a thousand!

"However, to let it grow out of its Infancy, it needs to stay in areas with high lifespan flow rates more often…"

Qin Feng knew that a pet's growth speed was related to the environment the owner was in.

If, under normal circumstances, it took 100 years for a Hell Phoenix to go from 'Infancy' to 'Growth Phase,' then in a Fierce Area with a hundred-fold lifespan flow, it would only take one year.

So, for a pet to grow quickly, one could consider areas with thousand-fold or even ten-thousand-fold flow rates.

In any case, as long as Qin Feng was in a stealth state, his lifespan flow rate would slow down by 90%…

Once the pet grew up, it would receive more attribute boosts from its owner.

For example, the current infant Grey Chicken could inherit 10% of Qin Feng's four-dimensional attributes.

By the Growth Phase, it could inherit 20%, and by the Mature Phase, the inherited attributes would be even higher!

This was the effect brought by the pet template.

At the same time, Qin Feng discovered…

Although this little fellow was quite mischievous, in the depths of its eyes, there seemed to be a kind of obsession similar to revenge.

"It probably has to do with its mother?"

Qin Feng thought for a moment.

That Double-headed Phoenix, Lutil, was an anomaly in the Hell Phoenix tribe and was ostracized. She must have suffered quite a bit.

This little fellow had inherited memories, so it likely harbored hatred toward its original tribe, though it hadn't explicitly shown it.

…

And on the very day the little phoenix hatched.

Haicheng Ruins.

The powerhouse of Hai City who had been trapped in 'Chaos' for a full two days, the 'Flame Elementalist' Yunjianyue, and her surviving subordinates finally woke up from their state of Chaos.

And when Yunjianyue learned what had happened over these two days, her mind suddenly went boom!