Taming beasts is not as good as taming yourself

"My choice was indeed right. This child, who survived the miracle of the Great One's descent, has successfully adapted to the Great One's power."

On the rooftop, a man dressed as a repairman was beaming with ecstasy. His public identity was that of a repairman, but he also had another identity: an outer member of the Advent Society.

Every peripheral member of the Advent Society who wants to become a full member needs to complete a task: finding an Adaptor.

Finding an adaptor is simple: get the target to drink a special drug, and the one who survives becomes the adaptor. While the method is simple, getting someone to drink a drug of unknown origin is quite difficult; of course, that's not all that remarkable.

There are many ways to get someone to drink the potion—deception, force, all sorts of methods. The real difficulty lies in the scarcity of suitable candidates. He has been here for many years and has yet to find a single suitable candidate.

In addition, as an outer member, he receives a limited number of potions each year, so he must make precise selections, choosing those with the best chance of becoming adaptees.

So he had been secretly investigating for years, and then Wu Xiao came into his sights. The reason was simple: the boy had experienced the miracle of the Great One when he was young, which made the man think that the other party was very likely to become an Adaptor.

With a target in mind, the man began to make arrangements in secret. Knowing that the young man was eager to become a beast tamer, he secretly spread the word that there were potions on the black market that could help people break through quickly.

After luring the target over, the man traded the potion he had in his hand with the other party, and then waited patiently. Now everything has come to a conclusion.

With this in mind, the man did not hesitate and, filled with the desire to become a formal member of the Advent Society, quickly chased after Wu Xiao in the direction he had left.

"Um?"

As Wu Xiao was heading to the station, he suddenly frowned. His martial arts senses told him that he was being followed.

He quickly reviewed his recent memories and found no record of making enemies. He checked his pockets and found only a few hundred yuan. He used to have quite a lot of money, but he had spent it all on buying medicine on the black market.

"black market!"

Wu Xiao suddenly realized that this was the only reason. However, several days had passed. The other party couldn't possibly be unaware of the potion. It would be used up even in a day, let alone several days. Wasn't it a bit too late to try and steal it now?

Unable to understand the other party's purpose, Wu Xiao glanced at a side path and turned to walk in. Since he didn't know the other party's intentions, he might as well just ask.

"We've been discovered!"

Wu Xiao's actions were immediately seen by the man following behind, and almost instantly the man knew that he had been discovered.

The man was somewhat taken aback. He was quite confident in his tracking skills, but now he had been discovered by a teenager.

Having been discovered, the man no longer hesitated and quickly rushed into the alley.

However, Wu Xiao was nowhere to be seen on the path. Of course, this did not mean that Wu Xiao had left, but that he had simply concealed his aura.

A martial artist's cultivation is essentially about self-control. Therefore, Wu Xiao can easily suppress his breathing, heartbeat, and other vital energies. Especially now that he has the extraordinary power of spiritual energy, Wu Xiao can control himself even more perfectly.

Hiding in the shadows, Wu Xiao watched the man approach and then suddenly struck. Regardless of the man's purpose in following him, he decided to capture him first.

"What?!"

Startled by the sudden attack, the man was terrified. He had indeed let his guard down when facing a boy who hadn't yet contracted a pet. However, as a beast tamer, he naturally had some strategies for dealing with this situation.

Without hesitation, the man quickly turned around, and his actions made Wu Xiao feel uneasy.

Just then, Wu Xiao's intuition began to warn him, pointing from behind the man, or more precisely, from the back of his clothes.

"Whoosh!"

As Wu Xiao's gaze swept towards the man's back, a dark shadow burst out from the man's clothes, rushing straight at Wu Xiao. Sensing the threat posed by the shadow, Wu Xiao quickly changed his target, rapidly enveloping his arm muscles with his mental energy, squeezing out all the power within them, and then throwing a punch to meet the shadow.

"bump!"

With a dull thud, Wu Xiao quickly retreated, dissipating the force of the collision.

At the same time, Wu Xiao also saw the true face of the black shadow he had just fought: a gray-black wolf cub about the size of a mongrel dog.

Name: Shadow Wolf Cub.

Grade: Common.

Attribute: Dark.

Level: 8.

Characteristics: Lurking.

Skills: Claw attack, bite.

Taking advantage of the gap in distance, Wu Xiao took out his encyclopedia and scanned the gray-black wolf cub. Immediately, information about the gray wolf cub appeared on the encyclopedia screen.

Of course, this is not the actual information of the gray wolf cub in front of us, but only the basic attributes of the Shadow Wolf cub recorded in the encyclopedia. Each pet will have different attributes depending on the direction of the Beastmaster's training.

Although the information was not precise, it at least gave Wu Xiao some understanding of the gray-black wolf cub in front of him.

"It's you!"

As the Shadow Wolf Cub forced Wu Xiao back, the outer members of the Descent Society finally realized that what had attacked him earlier was not some pet beast, but his target, the boy who had become an Adaptor.

At that moment, a sense of absurdity washed over the man. What did he see? A young boy had actually forced his pet beast, a level 8 pet beast, back with a single punch.

It's important to know that level 1-2 pets have the combat power of a normal adult, while level 3-4 pets are comparable to top human warriors.

A level 5 pet is already beyond the reach of humans. Therefore, if someone's combat power is only level 5, it is not a derogatory statement, but rather an indication that the other person is almost at the ceiling of human combat power.

As for level 8 pets, unless a fully armed squad takes action, it is absolutely impossible for an individual to defeat them.

But then a young man appeared and, with his own strength, forced his level 8 pet beast back, which was already somewhat superhuman.

"Phew~~"

Taking a deep breath, the man suppressed his shock. Wu Xiao's combat power made him abandon his previous idea of ​​deceiving him. In the man's view, if the other party could buy potions of unknown origin on the black market in order to become stronger, then he could use the reason of becoming stronger to deceive the other party.

But now he dared not have such thoughts. If he did not completely defeat the other party, the thought of having a non-human who could fight against an 8th-level pet beast accompany him was terrifying.

"Take him down!"

Looking at the shadow wolf cub standing in front of him, the man's confidence grew. Even if the target's strength was somewhat superhuman, it would definitely not be a match for the pet beast.

"Alright, let me test the strength of the pets in this world." Wu Xiao looked at the pounced Shadow Wolf cub, his eyes filled with fighting spirit. From his memories, Wu Xiao knew that the pets in this world were very powerful.

However, as a martial artist, Wu Xiao believed that he was not weak either, especially after he gained extraordinary power such as mental strength. Wu Xiao did need an opponent to test his skills.

Pets, as the mainstream combat force in this world, are clearly the best touchstone.