Taming beasts is not as good as taming yourself

"Very good, you're very good!"

The middle-aged beast tamer who emerged from the ruins had murderous intent in his eyes. If he hadn't mastered the damage sharing skill to save his life, he would have been crippled or killed by that attack.

Even though he had other life-saving items on him, Wu Xiao's attack was too fast and too unexpected. The mental intimidation that he thought would work was ineffective.

By the time he realized something was wrong and tried to find another way to deal with it, it was already too late. At that time, his only option was to use damage sharing to transfer the damage he received to his main pet in the cave.

The reason why it's the main pet hidden in the cave instead of the Dream Mushroom is simple: the Dream Mushroom is currently in battle, and if it were to suddenly transfer a wave of damage, the battle would be over.

It's important to understand that this damage, which is distributed among the pets, is absolutely true damage, ignoring the pet's own defense, traits, and skills. The pet taking the damage can only rely on its own health bar to withstand it.

In the battle between the Dream Mushroom and the Hound, its health bar has probably been significantly depleted. If another wave of attacks comes, it might just die instantly.

Therefore, the damage can only be transferred to the main pet inside the cave. At this moment, through the contract, the middle-aged beast tamer already knew that the previous attack had injured his main pet. Fortunately, his pet had a high health bar, so this injury wouldn't affect its combat power. But if it were to be hit a few more times, things would be different.

"Phew~~"

Letting out a long breath, the middle-aged beast tamer no longer hesitated and summoned his master pet from the cave. The boy in front of him was a bit strange; his combat power was so strong that it was outrageous and he was completely unlike a human.

I wonder if it has contracted some rare possessing pet. These kinds of pets can attach themselves to the beast tamer, allowing the beast tamer to gain the pet's power.

If one only gains superhuman strength through a rare possessing beast, the threat wouldn't be that great. But this young man not only possesses superhuman strength, but also rich combat experience. His attacks just now all demonstrated his shrewdness.

Faced with such an enemy, the middle-aged beast tamer's only option was to let his master pet take action; he would never directly confront such an opponent again.

"They're here!"

After the middle-aged beast tamer gave commands to the beasts in the cave, Wu Xiao's gaze immediately fell on the cave entrance. The dangerous aura he had sensed earlier was now rapidly surging towards the entrance.

"rustle!"

As the dangerous aura drew ever closer, the sound of sand and gravel rubbing together grew clearer. Then, under Wu Xiao's gaze, a giant, earth-yellow python covered in rock-like scales emerged. The python quickly approached the middle-aged beast tamer, coiling itself around him to protect him.

"That's a boa constrictor!"

Wu Xiao stared at the coiled, earthen-yellow giant python. Although the encyclopedia wasn't with him at the moment, Wu Xiao had been at the police station for several months, and besides cultivating, he would also look up information about pets. He had seen information about this earth python before.

Name: Boar.

Grade: Elite.

Attribute: Earth.

Level: 25~29.

Characteristics: Earth affinity/Mud body.

Skills: Earth Spikes, Dig, Steel Tail.

Without the precise identification of a police atlas, Wu Xiao could only make a rough judgment on the level based on the information he saw and his own perception.

What could make him feel threatened was that this boa constrictor was definitely level 25 or higher, possibly even level 29. As for whether it could reach level 30, that was highly unlikely. Level 30 is the evolution level of a boa constrictor; a level 30 boa constrictor would no longer be a boa constrictor but a large rock python with both earth and rock types.

In terms of traits, the Boa constrictor generally has two types: Earth Affinity, which allows it to accelerate energy recovery when fighting on the ground; and Mud Body, a defensive ability that allows it to cover itself in mud, significantly reducing the damage it takes.

At this moment, the earth python had not activated its special properties, so Wu Xiao had no way of knowing.

As for skills, that's even harder to guess, because beast tamers can train their pets to learn various skills. However, earth spikes, digging, and steel tails are skills that the earth python is born with.

"Let's end this boring game then."

After summoning his pet, the middle-aged beast tamer, who had been uneasy about Wu Xiao's formidable combat prowess, finally calmed down. Pets are a beast tamer's greatest asset.

As soon as the middle-aged beast tamer finished speaking, Wu Xiao felt a sudden alarm. Without hesitation, Wu Xiao quickly retreated. Just as Wu Xiao retreated, a spike of earth emerged from the spot where he had just been standing.

"snort!"

Seeing that Wu Xiao had dodged the attack, the middle-aged beast tamer snorted coldly and then commanded his pets to give chase.

"boom!"

Just as Wu Xiao landed on the roof of a house, another spike appeared and tore the house apart. Wu Xiao had no choice but to dodge again.

But the earth spikes did not stop attacking; they continued to relentlessly pursue Wu Xiao.

In just a few breaths, the nearby buildings were almost completely destroyed, demonstrating the destructive power of high-level pets.

As the boa attacked with its earth spikes, it also closed in on Wu Xiao. When the distance was reduced to a certain limit, the boa's tail suddenly gleamed with a metallic sheen.

Then, the boa constrictor's metallic tail lashed out at Wu Xiao with a piercing shriek that tore through the air.

With spiked earth blocking his path and steel tails chasing from behind, the situation instantly became precarious. Wu Xiao was helpless in the face of this. He had fought enemies with knives and swords, as well as those with pistols and grenades.

However, the kind of attack where a soil spike suddenly appears out of nowhere was something he had never encountered before. Dealing with it relied entirely on a martial artist's perception of danger. Generally speaking, this kind of perception does not occur every time. It was only after Wu Xiao possessed the extraordinary power of mental strength that this perception became more acute.

Even so, relying on his sense of danger to avoid the earth spikes that might appear from the ground at any time requires Wu Xiao to concentrate his mental energy to a high degree.

With all his energy focused on sensing the earth spikes that might appear underground at any moment, his perception of other attacks was naturally much weaker. By the time Wu Xiao noticed the metallic snake tail sweeping towards him, the situation was already extremely critical.

"Phew~~"

Despite being in a perilous situation, Wu Xiao remained calm. Panic wouldn't solve anything. Since the crisis was brought about by extraordinary power, Wu Xiao could only deal with it using extraordinary power.

Wu Xiao's extraordinary power is naturally mental power, but ordinary mental power is obviously unable to make up for the huge attribute gap with this earth python.

"Then let's try this one."

Wu Xiao probed his consciousness into his sea of ​​consciousness, and then extracted a wisp of spiritual energy radiating a scorching aura from the condensed spiritual energy cluster.