The extremely sharp Cyan Lotus Sword Blade struck the Mutated White Jade Golem, leaving only a shallow scratch. Without looking closely, it was hard to notice.

"What a monstrous defense," Li Cunxu exclaimed in shock.

Xiaoruan unleashed all sorts of attacks on the Mutated White Jade Golem, but it just took them all, as if the attacks were just tickling it.

Now, Li Cunxu understood why so many people tried to take down a Mutated White Jade Golem but failed.

This creature's defense was too strong.

"Dark Crow, Death Crow Curse."

The Dark Crow flew above the Mutated White Jade Golem, dropping a few feathers. The Mutated White Jade Golem paid no attention to the feathers, letting them touch it. However, it seemed to dislike anything flying over its head, and it turned to attack the Dark Crow.

It picked up a large boulder and launched a Burning Jade Fist.

The Burning Jade Fist, an attribute martial skill of the Lord level, deals a highly damaging punch while causing some self-harm and significantly increasing its own strength.

The Burning Jade Fist struck the large boulder, instantly shattering it. The fragments scattered like a shotgun blast, shooting into the sky.

The Dark Crow's right wing was injured and returned to Li Cunxu's shoulder.

The Mutated White Jade Golem also suffered backlash from the Burning Jade Fist, causing its steady stride to falter.

Xiaoruan's full-force attacks couldn't make the Mutated White Jade Golem stagger, but the Burning Jade Fist did. It seemed that Xiaoruan's attack damage wasn't as high as the backlash from the Burning Jade Fist.

In fact, that seemed to be the case.

"Caw~ (The Death Crow Curse has been activated, but the opponent's curse resistance is high. It will take a long, long time to turn it into a crow.)"

Xiaobai Spider asked, "How long is a long time?"

The Dark Crow replied, "Caw~ (Over a year.)"

"That's too long, let me handle it."

Xiaobai Spider's bronze clone mimicked into a sword snake, shooting forward fiercely. Its sharp fangs bit into the Mutated White Jade Golem, but the fangs shattered against its hard body. However, it also inflicted the Sacred Poison, leaving a purple mark on the Mutated White Jade Golem's jade arm.

The Mutated White Jade Golem seemed to sense the slight discomfort from the Death Crow Curse and Sacred Poison and roared loudly, the sound deafening.

A ring of pure white light burst from the Mutated White Jade Golem.

The Death Crow Curse and Sacred Poison were instantly dispelled.

Xiaobai Spider exclaimed, "What skill is this? It even dispelled the Sacred Poison. My Sacred Poison is supposed to be incurable."

Li Cunxu was surprised, "What is going on with this Mutated White Jade Golem? It can use Jingyu Sacred Land."

"What is Jingyu Sacred Land?" Xiaobai Spider asked.

"A sacred-type field skill. When the field is activated, the user purifies all negative states on themselves, including curses, poisons... and similar negative states. In the field, all spiritual energy resistances increase."

The Mutated White Jade Golem originally had the talent [Magic Resistance Skin (Blue)], making it highly resistant to spiritual energy attacks. Xiaoruan's spiritual energy attacks did little damage, and now with Jingyu Sacred Land activated, it would do even less damage.

Now, only physical attacks would be effective against the Mutated White Jade Golem.

But in Li Cunxu's pet lineup, there was no pet specializing in physical attacks.

"How does it know a sacred-type skill? Was it fed a skill seed by someone else? Or did it comprehend it on its own?"

Li Cunxu leaned towards the latter. Sacred-type skills were expensive, and sacred-type field skills even more so. No one would be foolish enough to feed such a precious sacred-type field skill seed to a wild White Jade Golem.

But it wasn't entirely impossible. What if someone really was that foolish, or really that extravagant, using sacred skill seeds as fodder?

If it were the latter, the Mutated White Jade Golem would be formidable.

To comprehend a sacred-type skill on its own, especially a rare field skill, meant this Mutated White Jade Golem had the potential to become a sacred beast.

This Mutated White Jade Golem piqued Li Cunxu's interest, so he examined its panel.

[Pet Beast]: White Jade Golem (Mutated)

[Attribute]: Earth

[Level]: Bronze Level 9

[Talent]: Magic Resistance Skin

[State]: Healthy

[Skills]: Jade Devour Healing, Jade Devour Recovery, Burning Jade Fist, Jingyu Sacred Land, Golden Threaded Jade Robe, Jade Spear...

[Potential]: Mid-level King (Potential Decaying)

[Description]: A White Jade Golem evolved from a strange jade, having undergone a slight mutation.

Seeing the potential bar, Li Cunxu couldn't help but express his heartache.

"A treasure lost in the sea!"

Mid-level king potential, and this after a significant loss, meaning that if its potential hadn't decayed, who knows how high it might have been.

Even with its current potential, taking the Mutated White Jade Golem out would have many kings competing for it.

King Beastmasters also lack pet beasts with king-level potential. In people's minds, every pet of a King Beastmaster should be king-level, but that's a stereotype. In reality, many King Beastmasters have only one king-level pet.

Breaking through to king is difficult, and King Beastmasters often allocate resources to prioritize the cultivation of the pet with the best potential for ascending to king. It ascends first, then uses its king-level strength to gain massive resources to help its companions ascend later.

Concontract the Mutated White Jade Golem?

This thought flashed through Li Cunxu's mind.

And then, he dismissed it.

The Mutated White Jade Golem's potential indeed made it suitable for a contract. Feeding it resources to enhance its potential might not only preserve its potential but even elevate it.

Why did Li Cunxu dismiss the idea?

White Jade Golems have extremely stubborn personalities, like rocks in a latrine—both foul and hard.

Contracting one midway means you'd spend a lifetime trying to tame it and make it obedient.

White Jade Golems must be raised from birth, nurtured by your side, to be reared with unwavering loyalty.

Yet, despite their stubborn nature, taking a Mutated White Jade Golem out still makes kings scramble for it.

As stated, pet beasts with king potential are exceedingly rare.

As for the loyalty issue with the Mutated White Jade Golem, the Forgetful Meng Po Soup could resolve it. With one bowl, all its memory would be erased.

With no memory, the consciousness of a Mutated White Jade Golem wouldn't be different from that of a newborn, allowing a quick bond to form, making the Mutated White Jade Golem completely loyal and obedient.

However, this approach holds a hidden risk.

If the Mutated White Jade Golem's strength breaks through to a certain level, erased memories might resurface, or certain natural treasures might jog its memory.

A Mutated White Jade Golem recalling its memories could result in three possibilities.

Firstly, it could become extremely furious at being enslaved and seek revenge; a vengeful, stubborn White Jade Golem would fight to the death.

It's your contracted pet beast, bound by contract.

Killing it or not is a dilemma.

Killing it means losing a contract slot and suffering a spirit backlash.

Not killing it would be impossible as it would want to kill you; you can't just sit back and take it.

As for imprisoning it, if a White Jade Golem sees no hope for revenge, it could opt for mutual destruction by suiciding.

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