Taming beasts is not as good as taming yourself

"Wu Xiao!"

Seeing Wu Xiao being knocked away, Zhu Jiayin was shocked. Everything had happened too fast. By the time Zhu Jiayin reacted, Wu Xiao had already been knocked away.

Not only Zhu Jiayin was caught off guard, but also a slender hunting dog in the distance, which was another pet sent by Zhang Li.

"Old buddy, something's happened."

Seeing Wu Xiao being knocked away, the slender hunting dog quickly reported to Zhang Li through the contract. Although it had tried its best to get there, it was still a little too late.

Being head-on hit by a level 12 pet is definitely a dangerous situation.

"What?!"

Upon hearing his pet's report, Zhang Li's expression turned extremely grim. Although unexpected events could occur regardless of the mission's level, Zhang Li clearly did not want to encounter such an incident while leading the team.

"It seems the gangs in Block 13 need to be thoroughly cleaned up." Zhang Li's eyes flashed with a fierce light. Not only did Wu Xiao encounter an accident, but Ren Yuan and Lu Xu also encountered an accident.

Fortunately, he intervened in time, and Ren Yuan and Lu Xu only suffered minor injuries. Of course, their pets were slightly more seriously injured, but the pets were strong and recovered quickly.

What was originally a low-risk investigation mission has turned into this situation, which is obviously problematic. It's unclear whether the energy powder hides a deeper secret, or whether these young guys uncovered other secrets of the local gang during their investigation, forcing them to kill to silence witnesses.

Of course, it's no longer important to consider the reasons now. With his team of new recruits injured or killed, Zhang Li was already filled with murderous intent. "Partner, let's do it! Take down the murderer, dead or alive!"

"good!"

Sensing the overwhelming killing intent of its beast tamer, the hound was also aroused, but just as it was about to make its move, it suddenly stopped.

"Old buddy, there's something new."

The hound's gaze swept over the wall that Wu Xiao had smashed down. Accompanied by the sparse sound of falling rubble, Wu Xiao dusted himself off and walked out.

"Wu Xiao, are you alright?" Zhu Jiayin's eyes widened when she saw Wu Xiao appear. Her grief quickly turned into shock. After taking that fierce attack, Wu Xiao was completely unharmed.

"certainly!"

Wu Xiao nodded. Having achieved minor success in skin refining, his basic defensive strength was already quite high. In addition, as a martial artist, Wu Xiao naturally knew many techniques for deflecting force. The reason he was knocked so far away was precisely because Wu Xiao constantly deflected the force. If he had taken the hit head-on, he would not have been knocked so far away.

Simply choosing to tough it out would put too much strain on the body and is completely unnecessary.

However, the biggest factor in being knocked away was that his body couldn't keep up with the jerboa's attack. Although his consciousness had detected the attack, his body couldn't react in time; otherwise, Wu Xiao wouldn't have let the jerboa hit him.

The reason why his body couldn't react was not because Wu Xiao's cultivation was insufficient. Wu Xiao's cultivation has always focused on balance. If his consciousness can detect the enemy's attack, then his body should also have the corresponding reaction ability.

The reason he couldn't react this time was because his body was restrained.

"Oh, is it a life-saving item?" Liu Jing looked at Wu Xiao, who had stood up again, and immediately thought of those life-saving items.

However, if a life-saving item can save you once, how will you deal with the second attack?

Under Liu Jing's gaze, Wu Xiao rolled up his sleeves, revealing a ring on his arm. Upon seeing the ring, Liu Jing subconsciously assumed it was the life-saving tool the boy had just used. Now that the tool had been triggered, it was obviously useless, and he wanted to remove it.

Those who shared the same idea included Zhu Jiayin, who was standing nearby, and the hunting dog in the distance. Of course, Zhang Li, who had received the news from the hunting dog, also had the same thought.

"Snap!"

Wu Xiao pinched the ring on his arm, and with a crisp snap, the ring came loose and fell off. Then Wu Xiao rolled up the clothes on his other arm and the cuffs of his trousers. Soon, Wu Xiao had removed all four rings from his arms and legs.

"No, this isn't a life-saving item, it's a weighted ring!" Liu Jing sensed something was wrong when he saw the second ring from a distance. When Wu Xiao removed all four rings, Liu Jing finally realized that this wasn't a life-saving item at all, it was a weighted ring.

These were weighted training rings specifically designed for strength-type pets. But what he saw now was that these weighted rings were actually on a human boy. The boy's fight had been conducted entirely under the restraint of these weighted rings.

"monster!"

After a long silence, Liu Jing finally uttered two words: "Fighting with weighted rings is something even a pet beast would consider elite. But for a human to do that would be nothing short of monster."

"Phew~~"

With the weight ring removed, Wu Xiao immediately felt a sense of relief throughout his body.

"Then, let's begin the second round." Wu Xiao's gaze swept over Liu Jing in front of him; he was still preparing to capture the man and interrogate him thoroughly.

"Heh, does he really think he's invincible?" Liu Jing took a deep breath. The strength that the young man in front of him displayed was indeed a bit terrifying, but that was measured by human standards. However, it wasn't too outrageous among pet beasts.

At least Liu Jing was quite confident in his jerky, because his pet hadn't yet shown its full strength.

"Use high-speed movement to charge your elastic muscles, then unleash a flying kick." Liu Jing gave his pet beast the command through the contract, and this time he used the jerboa's full power.

"squeak!"

Upon receiving the command, the jerboa transformed into a black shadow once more, charging towards Wu Xiao. Along the way, the jerboa's legs began to radiate high temperatures, as the jerboa used its high-speed movement to charge its elastic muscles, enabling it to unleash even greater power.

"Whoosh!"

The black shadow formed by the jerking mouse suddenly leaped high into the air when it was still some distance away from Wu Xiao, and then kicked Wu Xiao down with its leg, which was radiating high temperature.

Wu Xiao watched all this quietly, his eyes gleaming as he took in every move the jerky made. Then, his surging mental energy flowed to his legs.

"tread!"

Wu Xiao took a step forward and immediately shifted several body lengths, directly avoiding the incredibly powerful kick from the jerky. It has to be said that this combination move was indeed incredibly powerful; it even kicked a deep crater in the ground. If it had landed squarely on him, Wu Xiao wouldn't have been able to take it unscathed.

However, such a direct attack is virtually impossible to hit Wu Xiao unless it is faster than his reaction time.

In a martial artist's battle, every move is full of variations, making it impossible to defend against. While pets, under the command of their tamers, fight with more structure and their skills demonstrate excellent control over their power.

However, in front of Wu Xiao, a martial artist, it was still too rigid, with no variation in its moves. It could be said that once Wu Xiao removed the constraints of the weight ring and its basic attributes met the requirements, the jumping mouse had no chance of winning.

"Then, try my flying kick."

After dodging the jerboa's powerful flying kick, Wu Xiao also kicked out, sending the jerboa, which had exhausted its old strength and had not yet generated new strength, flying into the air.

Then, Wu Xiao lightly stepped forward, using his light-footed skill, the Soaring Dragon Step, to catch up with the kicked-away jumping mouse.