The instant the white cat pounced on the Money Rat, Luo Fan acted.
He raised his hand, and a palm-sized bait appeared out of thin air in his palm. He tossed it toward the ground beside the Money Rat.
The white cat glimpsed the bait out of the corner of its eye, and its body abruptly stiffened. It forcibly swerved away from the Money Rat, landed on all fours, and lunged at the bait.
It snatched the bait in its mouth and swallowed it. Then its body rapidly turned grayish-white, becoming a stone statue frozen in its pouncing pose.
The Money Rat squeaked twice and scurried back, climbing up Luo Fan's trouser leg to crouch on his shoulder, its little claws clutching his collar tightly.
It was clearly scared out of its wits.
Only on Luo Fan's shoulder did the Money Rat feel safe!
Luo Fan ignored it.
He stared at the stone statue, silently counting the seconds.
Petrification Bait's control effect could last a few seconds against a Fierce Beast of the same tier.
But that white cat was Fourth Tier, and so was he. The effect would not last long.
Before the white cat recovered, he needed to figure out how to explain his presence at the City Lord's residence in the middle of the night.
"Little White!"
A shrill voice came from inside.
Sensing something, Ding Yuening rushed out of her room and immediately spotted the stone statue in the courtyard.
Her expression changed drastically. She hurried over and crouched before the white cat.
The stone coating on the white cat was fading. A few seconds later, it returned to normal, shook its fur, and meowed.
Ding Yuening picked it up and checked it over. Only after confirming it was unharmed did she breathe a sigh of