(Adding more content for the Alliance Leader with Burning Legs)

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Half a month later, within the Twin Tree Realm.

The setting sun hung low in the west, casting a golden glow over the figures of three people and two deer, bathing their silhouettes in a dark golden hue.

The two Dust Spirit Deer strolled leisurely, taking slow steps as they ascended a small hill.

Ahead lay a natural cave, which had once been the dwelling of the Moonlit Bear, but was now empty.

Perhaps the remnants of the Bear Race's presence lingered within the cave, for even though the Moonlit Bear had long passed, no other demon beasts dared to settle here.

"We circled back again." Du Yu said softly, reaching out to gently stroke the snow-white antlers before him.

"Nai~" Xiaobai responded quietly, as the dazzling petals on the antlers glimmered with points of light, tracing the path of Du Yu's fingers.

"Indeed, we circled back again." Lin Shiwei said as she gazed at the natural cave, letting the deer roam freely.

Round and round, the trio found themselves back in Area One.

Half a month earlier, they had clashed with the Wolf Lake Dog clan and later discovered the Moonlit Bear's dwelling.

Li Mengnan sat behind Lin Shiwei, leaned forward, face buried against Lin Shiwei's back. Her muffled voice came through: "Finally, we can rest peacefully tonight."

Seeing his elder brother so exhausted, Du Yu couldn't help but chuckle.

This journey to complete the mission had indeed been tiring.

For a full half month, their tracks had covered the vast Demon Spirit Realm.

From the beginning, when the Dust Spirit Deer ran around searching for the Cold Beast, to the later comprehensive search, not giving up any area, the trio truly did all they could.

Lin Shiwei: "Get up, Mengnan, we're home."

Li Mengnan lifted her head, looked around, and then shifted forward while wrapping an arm around Lin Shiwei's waist.

Her chin rested on Lin Shiwei's shoulder, clearly reluctant to move: "We're not there yet."

Lin Shiwei rolled her eyes helplessly, thinking to herself, Lazy you!

As the Dust Spirit Deer stepped into the natural cave, the deer beneath Lin Shiwei quietly shattered and transformed into a gust of Wind Demon Breath, merging into the girl's Forehead Acupoint.

"Eh?" Li Mengnan found herself without a seat, instinctively clinging like a koala bear onto Lin Shiwei.

Lin Shiwei: "..."

"Ying~" Under the squeeze, Hu Xiaoyan struggled to poke her head out from Li Mengnan's collar and leaped out.

Du Yu dismounted at the cave entrance and said, "Come here, Xiaoyan, time to eat."

"Ying!"

The bear's cave wasn't small, yet it was straightforward, just an irregularly shaped round cave.

Li Mengnan casually found a spot against the wall and sat down, pulling out a bag of dried fruit from her pocket, opening it to take a look: "We're going to need to go out and restock soon."

Lin Shiwei also reached into her coat pocket, pulling out a wax paper bag, casually summoning the Rose Double Spirit, and tossed the little one right into the bag.

The Rose Double Spirit was a bit bewildered: "Hmm?"

But it didn't stay confused for long. When it realized that the bag was filled with dried fruit, its eyes lit up gleefully: "Wow~"

Li Mengnan, feeding the Wind Witch while she asked, "Does this mean our mission is complete?

We've circled around so many times, and there's no sign of the Cold Beast."

Upon hearing this, Lin Shiwei turned to look at Du Yu at the cave entrance.

Du Yu, who was quite busy, had a wisp of Fire Spiritual Qi floating from his left fingertip as he fed Xiaobai, while his right hand held dried fruit, feeding Hu Xiaoyan: "Want to go back?"

Li Mengnan: "Yeah, I feel like the Twin Tree Realm has returned to normal, so we can go back and see Master Qing to report the mission, right?"

Du Yu, observing Xiaobai inhaling the Spiritual Qi before him, nodded slightly: "That works, Xiaobai has already trained all of his demon skills to Glory Gold quality, making for a nice conclusion."

At the Mortal Level and Earth Level, Xiaobai learned a total of four demon skills.

They were: 1 Little Wind Blow, 2 Dust Fog Assault, 3 Wind Dance, and 4 Dust Mist Confusion.

Upon advancing to the Heavenly Level, the Dust Spirit Deer could learn a new demon skill: Dust Mist Sense.

With the demon skill, Dust Mist Confusion, Xiaobai could spread a mist, concealing itself within. Meanwhile, the demon skill, Dust Mist Sense, allowed Xiaobai to sense everything within the mist.

While enemies got lost in the fog, Xiaobai was able to discern their movements.

Such a demon skill was unquestionably strong!

Over the past half month, through the joint training of the master and pet, Xiaobai's strength had seen a qualitative improvement.

"What's wrong, Xiaoyan, not hungry?" Du Yu offered another piece of dried fruit to Xiaoyan's mouth, yet the indulgent Prince Yan didn't open her mouth this time.

She looked up at Bai Yujing, her golden-brown fox eyes filled with envy, and perhaps... a hint of jealousy.

Perceiving her feelings, Du Yu gently tapped Xiaoyan's nose to comfort her softly: "Don't worry, Xiaoyan.

We'll level up sooner or later, and then, I will also train your demon skills and help you learn celestial-level demon skills."

"Nai~" Bai Yujing lowered its deer head, gently nuzzling Xiaoyan's head with its nose.

The relationship between the fox and the deer was getting better and better. During the half month of battles, the two little creatures coordinated splendidly.

They were teammates, collaborators.

At the same time, they were both the master's war pets, hence, also competitors.

Whether contracted or not didn't matter; both the fox and the deer had their roots with Du Yu and were bound to him for life.

Du Yu felt quite fortunate; the dynamic between Xiaoyan and Xiaobai had shifted for the better, and the competition was positive... huh?

While pondering, Du Yu's expression suddenly froze.

Bai Yujing moved a few steps aside, curiously gazing at Xiaoyan below.

"Ying~" Hu Xiaoyan lifted her head high, her Fire Demon Breath surging fiercely, layers expanding outward.

Leveling up?

Du Yu was a bit surprised; he felt he was also close to leveling up, but it would still take two to three days.

Logically speaking, I should have been the first to advance, after all, I have a Shadow Gu Tower inside me constantly nourishing my body and mind.

Taking a step back, Little You Ying should have advanced before Xiaoyan!

Because Little You Ying spends more time soaking in the Acupoint Home, receiving nourishment from the Shadow Gu Tower.

Meanwhile, Xiaoyan is often pulled out to fight, with two beloveds serving her, and she occasionally sleeps on the big bed, not returning home all night...

Do Heterochromatic Demon Pets truly have such strong talent?

"Wow, is Xiaoyan about to advance?" Li Mengnan clutched the Wind Witch in one hand, forgetting to tear the dried fruit into strips and instead stuffed a whole piece into the Wind Witch's knitted little mouth.

Wind Witch: ○o○?

"Du Yu, Du Yu~"

"Huh?"

Little Fen Yang was a bit anxious: "Silly Du Yu~ Quick, bring Xiaoyan back; she's forcing an advancement and will run out of strength!"

"Oh, oh!" Du Yu reached out and embraced Xiaoyan, pressing his forehead against hers, bringing her into the Forehead Acupoint.

Xiaoyan transformed into strands of Fire Demon Breath, traveling down through the Forehead Acupoint straight to the Qi Sea Acupoint.

"Chirp~" In his mind, Du Yu seemed to hear Little Fen Yang's call.

A mysterious black-gold bird, spreading endless Fire Demon Breath, rushed along Du Yu's Ren Meridian, charging straight into the Qi Sea Acupoint.

"Gulp." Du Yu's throat convulsed slightly, not daring to move at all.

"Mmm~ mmm!"

Li Mengnan paused, feeling the struggle in her hand. She looked down and saw the Wind Witch's small mouth stuffed full of dried fruit.

"Ah." Li Mengnan's face turned red, apologizing repeatedly as she pulled out the dried fruit, "Sorry, sorry."

Wind Witch: @_@

Lin Shiwei frowned slightly, looking at Du Yu's stiff expression, feeling that something was off about this advancement?

Du Yu, being the First Disciple, whether human or pet, almost never encountered barriers when advancing, always storming through effortlessly. Why did it seem so difficult this time?

Lin Shiwei pulled out the Rose Double Spirit from her snack bag: "Use the Flower Vine and give him all the Fire Demon Breath."

"Mmm!" The Rose Double Spirit swiftly unfurled two vines, wrapping around Du Yu's body.

"Thank you, Little Fen Yang." Du Yu felt everything in his body, his heart full of gratitude.

The mysterious black-gold bird traveled back and forth between the Spirit Ruins Acupoint and Qi Sea Acupoint, carrying wave after wave of dense Fire Demon Breath, desperately pouring into the Qi Sea Acupoint, rushing to Xiaoyan's body.

"Xiaoyan is very strong-willed, hehe~ I like her!" Little Fen Yang didn't seem as tired as expected; she was smiling happily, "She must have been motivated by Xiaobai, right?"

Du Yu: "After all, Xiaobai has Master Qing as a big substitute trainer."

"Hmph~" Little Fen Yang was immediately displeased, pouring all the Fire Demon Breath into the Qi Sea Acupoint, "Xiaoyan also has me, and Sister Ta too!"

"Ah, right right right!"

Little Fen Yang: "She also has you. Bear with it a bit; you're going to be drained."

"Huh?" Before Du Yu could react, he felt the abundant Fire Demon Breath inside him quickly rushing to the Qi Sea Acupoint.

In just 1 to 2 seconds, Du Yu's hands and feet felt ice-cold!

From head to toe, only the Qi Sea Acupoint in the lower abdomen was burning fiercely, incredibly hot.

Little Fen Yang: "Burn, burn, burn, Xiaoyan~ Whoosh!"

Du Yu: "..."

Whoosh~

A ring of fire spread out from Du Yu's body, making it look as if Du Yu himself had advanced.

The Rose Double Spirit slowly withdrew the Flower Vine, curiously watching Du Yu.

Li Mengnan and Lin Shiwei also remained silent, not daring to disturb easily.

The next moment, a rich concentration of Fire Demon Breath gathered in front of Du Yu's forehead, a beautiful Fire Fox lightly descended, nesting in Du Yu's embrace.

Everyone's eyes lit up!

Three tails!

Celestial Level Demon Beast·Three-tailed Fire Fox!

Xiaoyan's size had grown slightly, from 30cm in body length to 40cm.

It didn't seem large, but her tail also extended to 40cm, and there were three of them, making her appear quite impressive overall!

"Purr~" Xiaoyan nestled in Du Yu's arms, her little paws clutching Du Yu's chest, looking up at her master.

Her golden-brown fox eyes carried a hint of guilt, her purring voice full of apology, as if aware that her actions had caused trouble for her master.

She separated her two hot tails, each lying in Du Yu's palms on the left and right, warming his hands.

The remaining tail reached up, lightly brushing Du Yu's chin: "Purr~"

Du Yu felt completely empty, an indescribable weakness and exhaustion, a terribly unpleasant feeling!

Yet he didn't show it, instead smiling down at her, brushing her tail tip with his nose: "It's fine, it's fine, as long as you successfully advanced."

"Buzz!" Suddenly, the ground shook!

A section of earth and mud slid down from the cave ceiling.

Lin Shiwei was about to congratulate them, but the words stopped at her lips.

"An earthquake?" Li Mengnan supported herself against the wall, feeling a bit panicked, such a tremor was obviously not caused by Xiaoyan's advancement!

"Buzz!!!"

Amidst everyone's astonishment, the ground trembled three times in succession!

Lin Shiwei's thoughts raced, as if she thought of something, and wondered, "Could it be the Twin Trees?"

Du Yu's heart sank, hoping not...

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