Taming beasts is not as good as taming yourself

The appearance of the hunting dogs made the middle-aged man in the yard look even uglier. He had previously thought that Wu Xiao, the young man, was not a big problem.

However, with the appearance of level 28 hunting dogs, this is no small problem. At this level, only elite security officers of the Public Security Bureau likely possess canine pets, and to raise a pet to level 28, the person must be at least a mid-level Beastmaster.

He wasn't afraid of a mid-level beast tamer; he was worried that the underground experiments would be affected.

"It seems we have no choice but to keep them all here." At this stage of the plan, abandoning it was impossible, but to avoid jeopardizing the plan, the only option was to keep everyone who discovered this place here. After making the decision, the middle-aged man didn't act immediately; he was still waiting for one person.

"I never imagined that such a small block as Block 13 would harbor such a master as yourself. What is your purpose in spreading this energizing powder?" Zhang Li's figure appeared outside the courtyard. After his pet hunting dog discovered the situation here, it naturally reported to Zhang Li immediately.

Knowing the seriousness of the situation, Zhang Li made arrangements for Ren Yuan, Lu Xu, and Zhu Jiayin, and then rushed over immediately.

After seeing the Dream Mushroom confronting his pet beast, Zhang Li's expression became serious. Although the Dream Mushroom was not as high-level as his hunting dog, it was of elite quality and its combat power was definitely not weaker than his hunting dog.

"Naturally, it's to give the people here some spiritual pleasure," the middle-aged man said calmly. As he spoke, the Dream Mushroom, which was confronting the hunting dog, began to spray out a large amount of fungal powder, covering the entire courtyard.

"snort!"

Having anticipated this, Zhang Li snorted and quickly retreated. At the same time, he commanded his hounds to attack. The Dream Mushroom's Dream Powder had a hallucinogenic effect, but it would take some time for it to take effect on a level 28 hound. If they could defeat it within that time, they could break the deadlock.

Unfortunately, Zhang Li's hunting dog was a high-speed, high-attack assassin-type pet, whose burst damage was absolutely top-notch.

"Awoo!"

Just as Zhang Li had predicted, the hound used its high-speed movement to quickly reach the Dream Mushroom, its mouth conjuring a row of illusory sharp teeth as it bit down on the Dream Mushroom's plump body.

That is the hound's most powerful crushing ability.

"puff!"

Without any hindrance, the hound bit off a large chunk of mushroom flesh from the Dream Mushroom, causing it to scream in pain. Then, more spores were scattered into the air.

"Dude, one more shot!"

Zhang Li continued to issue commands. Plant-type pets have relatively strong vitality, and the previous attack could not cause fatal damage to them.

"Woof!"

Upon receiving the command, the hound launched another attack, but this time the attack missed. It wasn't that the Dream Mushroom dodged it; rather, the hound simply didn't hit its target.

"wrong."

Upon seeing this, Zhang Li immediately realized something was wrong. His pet beast had unknowingly accumulated a large amount of Dream Powder in its body, along with hypnotic powder and poison powder.

It was the influence of these things that caused the hounds' attack to miss, and only for such a short time...

"I see!"

Zhang Li let out a breath. He had already understood the reason. It was the attack just now. The hunting dog bit off the flesh of the Dream Mushroom, which contained a large amount of Dream Mushroom powder. A large amount of the powder went into the hunting dog's mouth.

But so what? He has more than just the hound as a partner. Since the hound's accuracy has dropped, he can just give it another aiming device.

As Zhang Li spoke, an owl appeared in the sky. Then, the owl's eyes glowed with an eerie light, piercing through the spore powder that enveloped the courtyard and revealing the battle situation inside.

"Is this what battles between beast tamers are like?" On the roof of a house outside the courtyard, Wu Xiao watched the battle unfold before him, feeling as if his eyes had been opened to a whole new world.

Wu Xiao sensed that Senior Zhang had already used his full strength, while the Beastmaster of the Illusionary Dream Mushroom seemed very calm, suggesting he still had trump cards up his sleeve. However, the other party didn't seem inclined to use them, instead choosing to outlast Senior Zhang and stall for time. What was he holding back?

The cave in the courtyard where the mushrooms had left also intrigued Wu Xiao. He wondered if the clues he needed about the Advent Society might be inside there.

"Let's go take a look!"

After a moment's hesitation, Wu Xiao quickly made a decision to explore the cave. With Senior Zhang currently holding the other party back, if he didn't act now, he would miss his chance.

If they can't attract the iron fist of the security bureau and make the arrival of the government too busy to take care of itself, then Wu Xiao himself will be the one who has to take care of himself.

His mental energy flowed to his legs, and then Wu Xiao lightly leaped back onto the courtyard wall, stepping into the coverage area of ​​the Dream Powder. In an instant, countless illusions appeared before his eyes; this was the hallucinogenic effect of the Dream Powder.

"snort!"

Seeing this, Wu Xiao snorted coldly, activated his visualization technique, and the next moment a majestic lava giant appeared, its scorching aura burning away all the illusions before him.

Wu Xiao dared to barge into the courtyard filled with Dream Powder. The hidden effect of this visualization technique was his confidence. The aura of the Lava Giant could burn the spirit and soul. Illusionary attacks that also affected the spirit could be directly broken by simply using the visualization technique to burn them.

Meanwhile, the burning pain can also break hypnotic skills. However, visualizing techniques cannot resist skills that cause continuous damage, such as poison powder. Getting hit by the poison powder of a level 23 elite pet is definitely a significant problem.

Fortunately, the poison powder from the Dream Mushroom was only scattered towards the hunting dogs, and there was no poison powder anywhere else. Dream Mushroom Powder is a natural characteristic of the Dream Mushroom, which can be released in large quantities, while Hypnotic Powder and Poison Powder are skills mastered by the Dream Mushroom, which require the Dream Mushroom to consume its power to use.

When facing an enemy, the Dream Mushroom would not randomly scatter hypnotic powder and poison powder, doing something that would waste its strength.

Ignoring the effects of the Dream Powder, Wu Xiao concealed his aura and sneaked into the courtyard. Taking advantage of the moment when the middle-aged beast tamer's attention was diverted, he made his way towards the cave.

"What is this kid doing?!"

Using the owl's vision from the sky, Zhang Li quickly spotted the furtive Wu Xiao. Upon seeing this, Zhang Li was extremely anxious. For beast tamers of their level to break into a battle, Wu Xiao was practically courting death.

Despite his anxiety, Zhang Li couldn't voice his warning, lest he be discovered by the enemy's beast tamer, which would be the real danger. Instead, Zhang Li needed to change his fighting style, drawing the enemy's attention as much as possible to reduce the chances of them discovering Wu Xiao.

"You're a true senior, your teamwork is excellent."

As soon as Zhang Li made a move to provide cover, Wu Xiao immediately noticed it. Wu Xiao was overjoyed, as this greatly facilitated his infiltration into the cave.

Wu Xiao quickly reached the edge of the cave, but he stopped his infiltration because his martial arts intuition told him that there was something very dangerous in the cave.

Besides, what made Wu Xiao stop was the middle-aged beast tamer staring at him from the other side of the cave.