The Dust Spirit Deer had nowhere to hide, so Du Yu had even fewer options!

In terms of speed alone, even if you gave him two more legs, he still couldn't outrun the Dust Spirit Deer!

Du Yu glanced left and right, hurriedly ran a dozen meters to the right, and hid behind a tree.

But in the Dust Spirit Deer's eyes, Du Yu didn't even exist—its shadow swept by like the wind, disappearing in a flash.

"Xiaoyan, get ready." Du Yu pressed his back against the trunk, showing half his face as he sneakily observed.

The Ghost Firefly Fire Types drifted left and floated right, looking at its owner and the Little Fire Fox bracing themselves as if facing a great enemy—Ghost Firefly Fire Types was thoroughly puzzled.

One second, two seconds... three seconds!

Du Yu's eyes widened slightly. Off in the emerald-green grass, a long snake was speeding along.

No, at this speed it couldn't be called crawling—it had to be weaving!

Maybe it hadn't even tried to hide its form, but its body color exactly matched the grass—nature's own camouflage.

"Sss... sss..." Suddenly, the long snake in the grass came to a halt, as if it had spotted something, and seemed about to change hunting targets.

Du Yu quickly pulled his head back and muttered in a low voice, "Spark Splash, get ready."

"Abandon illusion, prepare for battle"—words once spoken by a great man from Du Yu's previous life's homeland.

In the grass, a head wobbled and rose up: "Sss!"

The snake wasn't even interested in a sneak attack and gave a direct warning hiss to attack.

Seeing the fireball gathering before Xiaoyan's face, Du Yu suddenly drew his bow and nocked an arrow, darting out from behind the tree!

With just one glance, he identified the opponent: Double-leaf Grass Snake!

Though called a "grass snake," its head's sides had two green leaf-like fan structures, creating an oval-shaped head.

At a glance, it looked like a type of cobra, and its entirely emerald green body and blood-red eyes were downright terrifying.

The Eye of Burning Sun met the blazing red snake pupils head-on, and Du Yu instantly called, "Spark Splash!"

"Awooo!" Hu Xiaoyan let out a fox's cry, spitting a sizable fireball straight at the Double-leaf Grass Snake.

The Double-leaf Grass Snake immediately ducked its head, moving freakishly fast, practically launching itself—a blink, and it vanished into the grass.

Du Yu's eyes sharpened!

He'd wanted to pull off a smooth little combo—no matter how the Double-leaf Grass Snake dodged, his arrow would pierce the fireball. But at that speed…

He didn't have time to shoot—panic, he grabbed the trunk and ducked behind the tree again.

"Ding! Ding!"

Two leaf-shaped energy bodies made of Wood Demon Breath spun at high speed, razor-sharp, slicing instantly into Du Yu's hiding tree.

The trunk was gouged with two deep grooves, wood chips flying.

Demon Skill· Double-leaf Flying Saber!

"It's circling, and it's really fast!" Little Fen Yang's voice suddenly rang out, "Go left."

Keeping pressed to the tree, Du Yu quickly shuffled to the left.

"Ding! Ding!"

Two more green leaf flying sabers made of Wood Demon Breath drove deep into the tree again.

Little Fen Yang: "So fast. Looks like the Cold Qi has invaded it completely—its physical stats have been boosted a lot. Maybe you shouldn't fight it?"

"Hmm..." Du Yu had killed a Peak Mortal Level before; roasted fish sure smelled great.

But he could beat Little Flying Fish thanks to home turf advantage, and especially because the Little Flying Fish clan's Demon Skill· Little Water Gun wasn't that strong.

But this was a whole different story.

If Xiaoyan could hit it, then it'd be fine—she definitely had the power to take down a Double-leaf Grass Snake.

But this snake was showing off insane speed stats; landing an attack was going to be anything but easy.

"Eh? Ghost Firefly!" Even in a crisis, Du Yu was racking his brain for a strategic retreat, when Little You Ying floating nearby suddenly darted out!

Du Yu's expression changed dramatically. He hurriedly yelled, "Ghost Firefly, get back!"

"Whoo, whoo~" Little You Ying had no intention of obeying, and didn't even realize the danger.

What really shocked Du Yu was: through their Contract, he noticed that Little You Ying wasn't just acting out of mischief.

Little You Ying wanted to break the deadlock for its owner, earn his praise?

Usually always a flame form, Little You Ying this time donned the Demon Breath Battle Robe—clearly, this was its true combat form!

"Swish~ swish~!" Two Double-leaf Flying Sabers flashed by in a blink!

The more beautiful the dream, the colder the reality.

The first flying leaf missed, brushing past Little You Ying's fireball body.

But the second flying leaf directly shattered Little You Ying's Demon Breath Battle Robe—and the spinning leaf even sheared off the top flame of the black fireball body!

Little You Ying got an on-the-spot haircut,

instantly scalped by the Double-leaf Grass Snake…

The spinning leaf even carried faint black fire streaks as it sailed into the distance.

"Oooh… ooo~" Under Wind Attribute's effect, Little You Ying's severed "flame hair" reformed itself.

Physical attacks couldn't hurt Ghost Firefly at all, but the Double-leaf Flying Saber, forged of Wood Demon Breath—especially the leaf that cut through the fireball—still managed to make Little You Ying break down crying.

"Oooh~ ooo~" The just-leapt-out Little You Ying immediately flew back, looking like a wailing baby, crying and rushing to its owner.

Du Yu's heart ached. No matter how mischievous this little one was, it was still his monster companion.

He quickly reached out to catch Little You Ying, but the dark fireball drifted through his palm and snuggled right into his arms.

"Next time, listen to your owner. I'll help you get revenge," Du Yu gently soothed.

"Hmm?" Little You Ying raised its little face, big eyes filled with wronged tears as it looked at Du Yu.

"Ding! Ding!" Two more flying leaves slammed into the tree. Seizing the moment, Du Yu leaped out, Silver Bow fully drawn!

Eye of Burning Sun· Hunting Moment!

Du Yu's eyes burned, the moment he entered "Hunting Moment," the entire world seemed to freeze.

The Double-leaf Grass Snake, still flinging out Flying Sabers, slowed right down.

The Silver Bow arched like a full moon, the Fire Arrow streaked like a meteor!

"Thunk!" The bowstring vibrated with wild force!

"Swish!" The Fire Arrow traced a gorgeous, dark-silver line of flame, zipping right through the two leaves to nail the Double-leaf Grass Snake square in its crimson eye.

"Sssss!!!" The Double-leaf Grass Snake let out a wailing screech, its Flying Sabers failed to gather!

Its body twisted and rolled—its Demon Breath Battle Robe hadn't torn, but cracks were splitting all over it.

Even scarier, the Silver Fire swept across, conquering the whole of the Double-leaf Grass Snake's body, with the Demon Breath Battle Robe splintering and breaking, crack after crack echoing out.

"Oooh." Little You Ying gaped, floating beside Du Yu's head, now looking at him with pure worship in its eyes.

Wow, my owner is amazing…

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