Taming beasts is not as good as taming yourself

"Meow! Meow~~"

Upon receiving Wu Xiao's praise, the little fox's eyes lit up. Immediately, the little fox confidently declared that once it became stronger, it would be able to protect Wu Xiao.

"Alright, alright, I'll rely on you to protect me from now on." Wu Xiao smiled and stuffed the little fox back into his pocket. After glancing around to make sure there were no other valuable clues, he turned and left.

With the parasitic spores triggered, Wu Xiao knew that the mastermind behind the energy-boosting powder incident was already known, so he needed to speed things up.

Before Wu Xiao could hide behind the scenes, he needed to uncover some clues. As long as these clues were related to the Advent Society, they would be able to summon the iron fist of the Security Bureau.

With the iron fist crashing down, the Advent Society will be too busy to defend itself, giving Wu Xiao, a nobody on the Advent Society's list, more breathing room.

"Woof!"

Wu Xiao hadn't gone far when he heard a deep bark from afar. The bark carried a sense of being told to back down, and it was a mental skill, similar to the intimidation he had experienced with the green worm.

"It's a roar!"

Almost instantly, Wu Xiao guessed the name of the skill. It seemed that Zhu Jiayin's pet beast possessed this skill, which meant that Zhu Jiayin was in trouble.

After thinking it over, Wu Xiao decided to go and check. Although Zhang Li, a mid-level beast tamer, was in charge of this mission, and the other members would be rescued if they encountered danger, it would be difficult to pass the mission score if Zhang Li took action. Although the group was acting separately, the mission score was calculated by team.

Eliminating one person during the mission will lower the evaluation level by one grade. Moreover, Wu Xiao needs to find clues about the Advent Society as soon as possible. If someone can help, the progress will definitely be much faster.

His spiritual energy flowed to his legs, and then Wu Xiao lightly leaped onto a nearby rooftop, heading towards the source of the sound.

Without needing to navigate the winding paths, Wu Xiao quickly arrived at his destination and saw Zhu Jiayin trapped in a trap net, along with the small white dog blocking her way. It was Zhu Jiayin's pet, the tracking dog, Xiaobai.

On the other side of Xiaobai were three gang members dressed in brightly colored clothes. These three gang members were much stronger than the rooster-headed guy Wu Xiao had encountered before.

The reason is that all three gang members have a level 5 Emerald Green Worm with them. There's a world of difference between a level 4 and a level 5 Emerald Green Worm, because a level 5 Emerald Green Worm can learn a unique skill: Spitting Silk.

Only by mastering the skill of spinning silk can the green caterpillar spin a cocoon and evolve into a hard-shelled pupa. When the hard-shelled pupa reaches level 10, it can enter the next stage of metamorphosis into a butterfly.

The metamorphosis of a butterfly is like gambling; no one knows what kind of butterfly will emerge from its cocoon. This uncertainty surrounding the butterfly's emergence gave rise to the trade of butterfly gambling.

There are people who specialize in catching large numbers of green caterpillars from the wild, cultivating them into hard-shelled pupae, and then selling them to people who want to gamble on butterflies.

The level 4 Xiaobai remained undefeated against three level 5 Green Worms, demonstrating its strength, considering it was of ordinary + quality. Although Zhu Jiayin was trapped, it did not affect her command.

The combat power a pet can unleash depends heavily on the Beastmaster's command, and the ability to freely command a pet is vastly different depending on whether it has a contract or not.

With a contract, commands can be transmitted to the pet immediately. Without a contract, commands can only be given through words and gestures. Such commands can be seen by both the pet and the opponent, giving the opponent time to react.

Those three gang members were clearly not formal beast tamers. A proper beast tamer would not become a petty thug; even if they were to become a thug, they would be a high-ranking member.

After observing for a moment, Wu Xiao realized that these three brightly dressed thugs probably couldn't handle Zhu Jiayin. After all, Zhu Jiayin was an elite among this year's new recruits in the Public Security Bureau. If she were to be taken down by a few thugs who weren't even beast tamers, it would be too easy for them.

Of course, it seems difficult for Zhu Jiayin to take down these three thugs, since Xiaobai is ultimately a tracking dog, not a fighting pet.

If it were Ren Yuan or Lu Xu, this battle would probably have ended long ago.

However, now that Wu Xiao has arrived, the battle should end. With limited time, Wu Xiao leaped into the arena and slapped one of the colorful thugs.

"not good!"

Faced with Wu Xiao's sudden attack, the thug was shocked and hurriedly called for his pet beast. However, he was too slow to speak, and before he could finish speaking, Wu Xiao's slap landed, and the thug immediately fell asleep.

Then, Wu Xiao kicked the charging green worm away. The level 5 green worm was stronger than the previous level 4 one, but for Wu Xiao, the difference was not significant.

"Who do you think you are?!"

From the moment Wu Xiao appeared until one of the thugs fell asleep peacefully, only a moment passed. After all this was over, the other two thugs finally reacted, staring in horror at Wu Xiao who had barged in.

Then, one of the two emerald worms spat out white silk threads to entangle Wu Xiao, while the other shrank its body and used its ramming skill to attack Wu Xiao.

"Be careful!"

Seeing Wu Xiao surrounded and attacked, Zhu Jiayin quickly reminded him.

Wu Xiao's response was quite simple: he dodged the silk threads by turning to the side, and then used his palm as a blade to slash at the charging green worm. Having achieved minor success in skin refining, Wu Xiao was not afraid to go head-to-head with a level 5 pet beast.

"Bang!"

"Sizzle!"

The palm strike struck the green worm, producing a sharp hissing sound, after which the green worm collapsed limply.

"My pet beast!"

A thug stared at the limp Green Worm, his voice filled with shock and anger. In this 13th district, this Level 5 Green Worm was his livelihood; it was thanks to it that he had risen from a low-level thug to his current status as a high-level enforcer. Now that his painstakingly cultivated Level 5 Green Worm was gone, his future was uncertain.

"Walk!"

The thug with the pet beast no longer dared to make a move. He chose to retreat without hesitation. The person in front of him was simply a monster. He could kill a level 5 pet beast directly.

"Bang! Bang!"

Just as the two thugs took a few steps, a dark figure suddenly rushed out and knocked them flying, embedding them deeply into the wall. Given the situation, it was clear that the two were not going to survive.

"A bunch of useless trash!"

A figure emerged from the shadows ahead; it was a man wearing a mask and sunglasses. At that moment, the dark figure that had knocked the two thugs away returned to the masked man's side.

The dark shadow was a large rat as tall as a child, but unlike ordinary rats, this large rat had exceptionally strong legs.

Name: Jerboa.

Grade: Common.

Attribute: Fighting.

Level: 12.

Characteristics: Elastic muscle.

Skills: High-speed movement, flying kick.

When Wu Xiao took out the encyclopedia and scanned it at the rat, information about the rat appeared in the encyclopedia, along with a wanted poster.