"My life essence really does have an extraordinary appeal to these animals."
Yu Ziyu swayed his branches, but did not let it drip down right away.
Just then, Gray Wolf, who was closest to the life essence and covered in wounds, could no longer resist the temptation before him.
He opened his jaws wide and lunged for another bite.
Smack!
A vicious lash sent Gray Wolf flying a meter before he could react, slamming him hard into the tree cage.
"Whimper..."
With a sound like a whimper, Gray Wolf tried to push himself up from the ground, only to stumble and go limp all over.
Meanwhile, scarlet blood flowed down from his wounds.
For a moment, the heavy stench of blood overwhelmed even the fragrance of the life essence.
"If I don't give it to you, you don't get to take it."
Regardless of whether Gray Wolf could hear him, Yu Ziyu spoke coldly.
"Mas...ter, aren't you being a little too harsh?"
Watching Gray Wolf lick his wounds nearby, looking utterly aggrieved, He Qing'er, who sat on a treetop with her little feet raised, finally could not help speaking up.
"Harsh?"
Yu Ziyu let out an involuntary laugh, his mood recovering somewhat. Then he swayed his branches again and explained:
"Mutated animals are wild and difficult to tame, especially wolves, which are the most defiant. If I'm not a little harsh..."
Before finishing his sentence, Yu Ziyu suddenly swept a branch through the air, producing a sound like a sonic boom.
A moment later,
With a bang, his branch split a huge rock clean in two, exposing a cut as smooth as a mirror.
"If I'm not harsh, there's only one end waiting for them."
With that, Yu Ziyu turned his attention back to Gray Wolf, who was whimpering softly nearby.
Still, it had to be said that after Yu Ziyu's training, this Gray Wolf had finally learned to "behave."
Even though he was starving and tempted by the life essence, he kept his head lowered without so much as a glance.
Of course, it was not that he would not look, but that he did not dare.
After all, lashes from Yu Ziyu's branches were no light matter.
It was entirely possible for a single lash to crack Gray Wolf's bones.
Chuckling a few times, Yu Ziyu teased him a little more.
Fortunately,
Gray Wolf did not disappoint him.
He really had learned to "behave."
"Good, as long as you behave."
Only then did Yu Ziyu guide the life essence down.
Drip.
As the life essence dripped down, every other animal stared wide-eyed, and a few of the impatient ones even started charging over.
But a moment later,
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
As roots and branches suddenly swept through the air, Wild Ox, who had already charged forward outside the tree cage, slammed to a halt, leaving a two- or three-meter skid mark on the ground.
Golden Monkey, who had long since run out of patience, even tumbled headfirst from a branch.
It seemed he had been given quite a fright too.
Animals were simple.
Even after developing intelligence, it was difficult for them to learn how to truly think right away without systematic training.
As they were now, they were like infants, like blank sheets of paper.
It was precisely because Yu Ziyu understood this that he felt confident he could tame them.
Still, confidence was one thing, but if they refused to learn after repeated lessons, Yu Ziyu would not mind killing either.
With that thought, one of Yu Ziyu's branches swept over Honey Badger, also known as the flat-headed fellow.
Whoosh, whoosh...
Whistling with sonic booms, the branch danced above Honey Badger.
"..."
Without a word, Honey Badger tucked his neck in and decisively withdrew into his hole.
Reckless he might be.
But Honey Badger was not stupid.
Besides, Honey Badger's recklessness stemmed from the structure of his eyes, which were somewhat like a goose's: large animals appeared scarcely different from his own size.
Thus, relying on his considerable defenses and his lack of fear of potent venom, Honey Badger naturally took recklessness to the extreme.
As the saying went, "Flat head, white hair, silver cape, I'm the fiercest on Africa's plains, spending my whole life at war..."
It described Honey Badger's reckless streak.
However, a species this reckless did not fare particularly well, nearly fighting itself into extinction.
This also bore out another saying: "Unafraid of death, so they keep getting killed."
Yet Honey Badger's customary "recklessness" seemed to be of little use in this era.
Eyes were certainly one way to observe an enemy, but the problem was that Honey Badger now had another way to sense enemies.
Spiritual energy perception-judging an enemy's strength by the concentration of spiritual energy.
Mutated animals all possessed this ability to some degree.
And now, in Honey Badger's perception, the spiritual energy concentration of the willow tree nearby was like a ball of flame, terrifying to the extreme.
As for himself, he was about a spark.
Such an enormous gap naturally made Honey Badger rather timid.
So, without thinking twice, the first thing Honey Badger did after being captured was run-run for his life.
This... really was not something he could afford to provoke.
He had no desire to end up like his parents, who had recklessly picked a fight with a monster, only to vanish completely in the blink of an eye, without even having time to make a sound.
(*^▽^*) Thank you all for your support. Thank you.
Also, about the two women, leaving Qing'er aside, I definitely won't let the other one become a deal-breaker.
With Qing'er's mental enhancement and their ability to share one body, it is effectively as though Qing'er has become that body's inner personality-and a much stronger inner personality at that. Doing something to the outward personality would be a breeze.
Next, I'll carefully sort out the plot, so please rest assured... the words "bleeding heart" are a long way from me, Crimson.
(Event period: June 12 to June 14)
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