Taming beasts is not as good as taming yourself

"Crushing Fist!"

Approaching the kicked-away jerky, Wu Xiao channeled his surging mental energy into his arm. With the improvement of his mental energy, Wu Xiao, who could previously only squeeze power from his arm, could now cover his arm, and even the muscles of his shoulder and back with more mental energy.

Almost all the muscles that could be used in this Bengquan (Crushing Fist) were enveloped by Wu Xiao's mental power. Then, streams of power were squeezed out from these muscles and finally gathered in Wu Xiao's fist.

"boom!"

With a punch, the jumping mouse in mid-air was blasted into the ground at a 90° angle, kicking up a cloud of dust and debris.

Despite suffering such a severe blow, the jerboa still did not lose its fighting ability. Its level 12 gave it a physique far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

"Phew~~"

Taking a deep breath, Wu Xiao channeled his mental energy into his right leg and leaped up just like the jerky before. In mid-air, Wu Xiao spun around, and then his right leg lashed out like a whip at the jerky that had been slammed into the ground.

"boom!"

Another booming sound followed, this time even louder than before. The reason was simple: with more muscles in the legs, more power could be squeezed out. Coupled with the acceleration of the fall, this whip kick was naturally more powerful than the previous collapsing fist.

"squeak!!"

This kick completely broke through the jerboa's last line of defense, causing it to scream in agony and lose its fighting ability.

"Still not dead?"

Seeing this, Wu Xiao frowned and delivered another blow. This time, the jumping rat didn't even have a scream, and of course, it was also dead.

With his pet dying, Liu Jing, as a beast tamer, naturally suffered a backlash, which was exactly what Wu Xiao needed so that he could interrogate him with peace of mind.

Liu Jing clutched his forehead, the mental backlash from his pet's death causing him a splitting headache. He had no time to grieve for his pet's death; when he saw the boy who had killed his pet walking towards him, Liu Jing felt only terror.

"You, you stay away!"

The intense fear changed Liu Jing's tone of voice, demonstrating just how horrifying Wu Xiao's act of killing a level 12 pet beast with his bare hands was, enough to shatter the psychological defenses of a wanted beast tamer like Liu Jing.

"Tell me, you know what I want to know." Wu Xiao stood in front of Liu Jing, his tone calm. At this moment, he no longer needed to use any intimidation tactics; the slain pet beast was the best deterrent.

"Yes, yes!"

Hearing that there was still a chance of survival, Liu Jing seemed to have grasped at a last straw and blurted out everything he knew.

"Hey buddy, what's wrong on your end?"

Outside Block 13, Zhang Li sensed the intense emotional fluctuations of his pet beast through the contract, and his heart skipped a beat. This must be some kind of accident.

"It's alright, it's all over, old buddy." The hound only recovered from the shock of Wu Xiao killing a level 12 pet after hearing Zhang Li's inquiry.

"What do you mean it's over, little sausage? You need to explain yourself clearly." Hearing his pet's nonsensical words, Zhang Li became a little anxious and called out his pet's nickname.

"Don't call me dachshund, I'm just a little skinny," the hound bared its teeth. After complaining, the hound also told Zhang Li what had just happened.

"What, little...buddy, are you serious?" Zhang Li was completely stunned when he heard that Wu Xiao had solo killed a level 12 jerky.

He had seen people defeat level 5 pets in a one-on-one fight, which was the ceiling of human combat power. He had also seen beast tamers defeat pets of higher levels, but this was not due to the beast tamer's own power, but rather the power obtained from the pet by using beast tamer skills.

However, Wu Xiao killed a level 12 pet beast entirely on his own, which has already broken through the ceiling of human combat power.

Such people probably only existed in ancient times, when the Beast Tamer system was not yet complete and human ancestors mainly focused on cultivating their physical strength. However, even in ancient times, humans who could kill level 12 pet beasts were extremely rare.

After the initial shock, Zhang Li felt a pang of regret. While it was commendable that Wu Xiao had broken through the ceiling of human combat power, the path he was on was still far too difficult.

Human strength has its limits. Wu Xiao broke through the combat power limit of ordinary people and reached the level of the ancient human ancestors, but there is basically no way to go further.

Contracting a pet and using its power to break through this limit is easy. A beast tamer skill that shares power can make a weak beast tamer incredibly strong.

However, considering that Wu Xiao's spiritual talent was mediocre and he could not achieve anything as a beast tamer, then embarking on the ancient path of cultivation was also a way out.

Furthermore, Wu Xiao's current solo kill of a level 12 pet is already an extremely remarkable achievement.

"Hey buddy, keep an eye on things. We'll meet up after I'm done here." Composing himself, Zhang Li turned his attention to Ren Yuan and Lu Xu.

Zhang Li had previously used the owl to save the two, but the culprit who had harmed them had not yet been apprehended. This culprit was also a wanted beast tamer who fled immediately after realizing something was wrong.

Zhang Li did not immediately take action to arrest the people. Instead, he had the owl follow them silently. He wanted to see what secrets were hidden behind this. As for Ren Yuan and Lu Xu, Zhang Li naturally came to meet them personally.

This also means that the investigation mission has ended. The attack on Wu Xiao and others has brought about a major change in the mission. Zhang Li is naturally preparing to terminate the mission and re-evaluate it.

Wu Xiao was aware of this, so he needed to speed things up and find clues about the Descent Society. Otherwise, ending the mission like this would not be good news for Wu Xiao.

Only by disrupting the Advent Society's plans and keeping them preoccupied with other matters, preventing them from checking the Adaptor's records, can Wu Xiao gain more time.

"You really don't know who made this energy-boosting powder?" Wu Xiao stared at Liu Jing. Just as Wu Xiao had expected, the other party did not trigger the parasitic spores when talking about the energy-boosting powder, but the other party did not know any more information about the energy-boosting powder.

They had just received an urgent mission from the gang to find people who had been contaminated with special spore powder, which was invisible to the naked eye and could only be detected with the help of special sunglasses.

Upon learning that the other person wasn't wearing sunglasses to show off, Wu Xiao immediately took them from her. Then, through the sunglasses, Wu Xiao saw tiny fluorescent lights on Zhu Jiayin's body.

"Zhu, do you know where this glow comes from?" Wu Xiao asked Zhu Jiayin, who was somewhat dazed, wanting to know the origin of the glow on her.

"Ah, oh, yes, that's how it is..."

Upon hearing Wu Xiao's question, Zhu Jiayin suddenly came to her senses. The fact that Wu Xiao had single-handedly killed a level 12 pet beast had truly shocked her.