"Xiaoruan, take care of them."

The cold wind swept through, freezing each parasitized pet beast into an icicle.

The Wisdom Mushroom King, who was controlling the parasitic pet beasts from behind the scenes, was so frightened that it shivered in the corner. That group of pet beasts was already its strongest method, yet they couldn't withstand even a single move.

Li Cunxu searched for the Wisdom Mushroom King, but it was hidden too well, and after searching for a long time, he found nothing.

"Wisdom Mushroom King, where are you?"

Li Cunxu shouted loudly, but received no response.

Looking at the silent forest, Li Cunxu couldn't help but suspect that the Wisdom Mushroom King might have already escaped.

"I guess it ran away. Let's chase it."

Li Cunxu left.

But the Wisdom Mushroom King didn't come out; instead, it trembled even more violently.

"Humans are such evil and cunning creatures."

"Intentionally passing along information of his departure to the mice hidden underground that I've parasitized, actually planning to return and catch me off guard after I've left."

The Wisdom Mushroom King was initially very pleased to hear Li Cunxu leaving the Mushroom Forest to chase it, thinking it had escaped the crisis. But its predictive danger ability was triggered again, allowing it to see a future fragment where Li Cunxu circled back and captured it.

Sure enough, not long after, Li Cunxu made a surprise return to the Mushroom Forest.

Li Cunxu murmured to himself, "It seems the Wisdom Mushroom King is truly not here."

In the dense leaves of a tree, a caterpillar with small green mushrooms listened clearly to what Li Cunxu said.

Li Cunxu continued, "First, let's explore the island's situation, and then return here to settle in the Mushroom Forest."

Little White Spider asked in puzzlement, "Didn't the Wisdom Mushroom King already leave? Why settle here?"

"Of course, to wait for the prey to come to us. In case the Wisdom Mushroom King that ran away comes back under the cover of darkness, we'll be able to catch it."

Li Cunxu left again.

This time, the Wisdom Mushroom King believed that Li Cunxu really left and wouldn't suddenly circle back because its predictive danger ability wasn't triggered.

The Wisdom Mushroom King picked up a fork, got up, and prepared to leave, knowing if it stayed in the Mushroom Forest, it would eventually be discovered.

Walking out of the underground cave and leaving the Mushroom Forest, the Wisdom Mushroom King planned to live on the beach where Li Cunxu first landed, playing a trick by hiding in plain sight.

If discovered by Li Cunxu, it would build a raft and escape the island by sea.

The Wisdom Mushroom King couldn't be away from soil for long, but it could lay a layer of soil on the raft.

Just as it walked out of the Mushroom Forest, it heard a caw.

The joy of escaping to freedom on the Wisdom Mushroom King's face instantly froze.

It was the call of a crow, and the indigenous people of Bengma Island didn't have crows. Recently, a crow had arrived on the island, which was Li Cunxu's pet beast.

The Wisdom Mushroom King stiffly turned its head and saw a majestic crow on a treetop staring at it with red eyes.

Oh no, it's Li Cunxu's pet beast, Dark Path Crow.

What's wrong with my predictive danger ability? It didn't even warn me.

The Wisdom Mushroom King looked around in panic, not seeing Li Cunxu but noticing the Dark Path Crow shooting a noisy feather arrow into the sky.

A Sonic Feather Arrow, wind-type, Silver skill, fires an arrow that makes a loud noise.

Its attack damage is low, mainly used to disturb opponents' ears or serve as a signal flare in the wild.

Oh no, it's signaling for Li Cunxu to come over.

This Dark Path Crow was the only bird here.

The Wisdom Mushroom King's combat instincts were really terrible. If it were another Gold-level pet beast, it would have killed the Dark Path Crow as soon as it moved to shoot something into the sky.

However, killing it would be futile.

At the moment the Dark Path Crow died, Li Cunxu would sense it through the Beast Taming Contract.

If the Dark Path Crow died, Li Cunxu would know the direction of the Wisdom Mushroom King.

The Wisdom Mushroom King quickly fled, but the Dark Path Crow relentlessly pursued.

Under normal circumstances, the jumping speed of the Wisdom Mushroom King would be faster than the flying speed of the Dark Path Crow, but this wasn't a normal situation. The Wisdom Mushroom King had to dodge the trees in the forest while the Dark Path Crow could fly straight in the sky.

The Wisdom Mushroom King looked at its three-pronged fork, then glanced at the flying Dark Path Crow above the trees, its expression flashing with determination.

One stab, and it could kill this annoying Dark Path Crow.

Just as the Wisdom Mushroom King was about to throw its trident, it realized that if it killed this crow, Li Cunxu would become relentless towards it, so it was afraid to throw the fork.

On one hand, it was due to Li Cunxu's intimidating presence.

On the other hand, it was wary of the Dark Path Crow, which seemed a bit strange in its eyes since its talent didn't predict it was being watched.

The Wisdom Mushroom King leaped onto the beach and stopped moving.

No more road ahead, besides it couldn't stay away from the earth for more than five minutes as it needed to root into the soil to absorb nutrients.

The predictive danger talent triggered, causing a massive loss of Spiritual Energy.

Activating the predictive danger talent was not without cost, the cost being a significant amount of Spiritual Energy.

The Wisdom Mushroom King saw an image of itself being cornered by Li Cunxu on this beach.

The Wisdom Mushroom King was so frustrated it wanted to curse, thinking what's the use of predicting now, it couldn't even run.

A few minutes later, Li Cunxu arrived, his feet on a water ball, with the Dark Path Crow perching on his right shoulder.

Why not perch on his head or left shoulder?

Because there was already someone there.

Xiaoruan was above his head, while Big Sister Little White Spider was on his left.

Li Cunxu asked curiously, "Why didn't you run away?"

Out of breath, the Wisdom Mushroom King bent over and waved a hand, saying, "Can't run anymore."

Li Cunxu looked at the Wisdom Mushroom King, exhausted like a dog, and understood suddenly.

Wood-type pet beasts with well-developed root systems can't be away from soil for long; it seemed the Wisdom Mushroom King was precisely this type.

The Wisdom Mushroom King looked up at the levitating Li Cunxu in confusion, asking, "How did you block my predictive danger ability?"

Of course, it was because the Dark Path Crow, with its time affinity, sensed someone probing its future timeline, so it blocked the predictive danger's time sense.

This also led to the Wisdom Mushroom King's predictive danger becoming ineffective.

Predictive danger is a time-related talent.

Li Cunxu didn't answer; answering and explaining to the enemy was something only villains did.

"Xiaoruan, go."

Xiaoruan jumped down but didn't make a move yet.

The Wisdom Mushroom King raised a dirty white cloth.

"I wave a white flag, I surrender. Don't hit me."

Xiaoruan didn't know whether to strike, but didn't stop its actions.

The Wisdom Mushroom King wasn't its Beast Master, so it didn't listen to it.

Li Cunxu looked puzzled, unable to figure out why the Wisdom Mushroom King surrendered without a fight.

Generally speaking, pet beasts with a predictive danger talent tend to be more timid.

And usually, pet beasts with parasitic abilities tend to be more insidious.

So Li Cunxu wasn't sure if the Wisdom Mushroom King's surrender was genuine.

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