The Summoner named Beastmaster, the first of the Demon Faction players to get within reach of Qin Ruo, had run out of luck despite being the second most powerful among the eight ambushers.
He owned an extremely rare Pet: it was a Storm Leopard, a Level 45 Boss monster which he had been lucky enough to find as loot on the very first day that the Pet system was introduced in the game. He had successfully adopted it right away.
In the hopes that it would help him do well in the Graveyard of the Gods, Beastmaster had resisted the urge to dive in right away. Instead, he spent two sleepless nights in a row training up his Pet elsewhere.
At the end of those two days, the Pet had reached Level 35!
With the Tier 4 Storm Leopard at Level 35, its combat ability was already rather substantial. Under a player's direct control, it completely surpassed the average Tier 4 player.