Red fox

Meanwhile, after struggling with itself for a full half hour, the owner of those fiery red eyes finally succumbed to curiosity and crept out of the dense woods.

"A red fox?"

Watching the red fox slowly approach from nearby, deeply wary all the while, Yu Ziyu felt a stir in his heart.

The red fox, also known as the common fox, was widely distributed, mainly across the Northern Hemisphere. It was a rather cunning wild animal that preferred to live alone.

It hunted at night, usually emerging after dark and hiding in its den to sleep during the day.

And now, it had probably been drawn over by the commotion Yu Ziyu had made. After all, red foxes had exceptionally keen hearing.

There was one thing worth mentioning here, though: this red fox seemed somewhat unusual.

Its body was larger, measuring well over a meter long.

An ordinary adult red fox was only around seventy centimeters in body length.

Moreover, compared with an ordinary red fox, its eyes were even stranger. They seemed to hold burning flames, dazzling to behold.

Tap, tap, tap...

Its four paws touched the ground, and the closer the red fox came, the more cautious it grew. Even its body drew taut as a bow.

Yet the fatal temptation drifting over from afar made it impossible to stop.

Yes, a fatal temptation.

A faint fragrance sent the blood in its body boiling.

Unable to escape the sway of its instincts in the end, the red fox inched toward the somewhat strange willow tree nearby.

However, what this red fox failed to notice was that something was already spreading toward it deep underground.

A moment later, as if sensing something, the red fox suddenly let out a piercing shriek,

"Gah..."

Its body leaped into the air that very instant.

Without that leap, nothing would have seemed amiss. But once it jumped, even Yu Ziyu's eyes widened.

A full four meters high, far beyond what an ordinary red fox could manage.

Unfortunately, however, against Yu Ziyu's long-prepared ambush, it was futile.

Crack!

With the sound of the earth tearing apart, a black root as thick as an arm extended upward.

A moment later, the root coiled, binding the red fox tightly amid its desperate, hoarse shrieks.

Faintly, a bloody mark appeared where it constricted the fox.

Too much force.

Yu Ziyu was momentarily taken aback, but paid it little mind.

Normally, whenever wild animals such as rabbits or green snakes came within ten meters of him, he would pierce them with lightning speed.

It was only because this red fox looked unusual that Yu Ziyu had refrained from killing it.

Otherwise, with his roots several times stronger than his branches, he could have crushed every bone in this red fox's body in an instant.

Leaving it no chance of survival.

"It really is beautiful."

The root curled around the red fox and slowly drew it closer, into the branches of his main body.

Through the visual perception among his treetops, Yu Ziyu could clearly see the red fox's ruby-like eyes, with a crystalline gleam flowing through them.

So beautiful,

Truly, so beautiful.

As though they did not belong to this world.

Just then, however, Yu Ziyu suddenly felt dazed, and his root slowly loosened.

This is bad.

With a jolt, Yu Ziyu realized something.

Sure enough,

Looking over, he saw that the red fox his root had tightly bound a moment ago had already landed on the ground.

At this moment, the red fox propped itself up, intending to dart away.

Unfortunately.

It was too close to Yu Ziyu.

Far too close.

Everything within a ten-meter radius was his domain.

And those were no empty words.

Whoosh...

With a rush of air, a green whip-like blur lashed toward the red fox.

Immediately afterward, before the red fox could react, another whistling sound came.

Had the red fox been able to speak at that moment, it would surely have burst into curses.

Yet even though it could not speak, a look of despair appeared on the red fox's face as it watched the branches rain down from the sky, blocking all her escape routes.

Faint cries of anguish even escaped it.

"Gah, gah..."

Red foxes did not have pleasant cries. Males generally went "goo, goo," while females went "gah, gah."

But at this moment, this red fox's cries carried a plaintive note that could not help but stir sorrow.

Bang, bang, bang...

Force surged, and rings of white air stopped a foot away from the red fox.

Staring blankly at the branches halted before her, the red fox froze for a moment.

Just then, however, a green branch slowly extended, swaying as it drew steadily closer to her.

Somewhat frightened, the red fox could not help taking half a step back.

But the branches suspended behind it, aimed at it like guns, prevented it from retreating another half step.

It froze.

Truly froze.

Even with some urge to resist, the red fox could not muster the courage.

Having fortunately developed a measure of intelligence, she was deeply aware of just how perilous this moment was.

One could even say that her life was already in someone else's hands.

And while this red fox was on high alert and terrified, the slowly approaching branch reached the top of her head and began gently stroking its fur with tender leaves.

Somewhat comfortable.

Feeling the softness through his branch, Yu Ziyu felt a slight stir in his heart.

This red fox's fur was not merely glossy to look at. To the touch, it was like a down jacket, warm and comfortable.

But now, looking at the red fox, which seemed resistant yet did not dare resist, Yu Ziyu suddenly smiled.

He had never intended to kill this red fox in the first place.

Now that he had witnessed its peculiarities firsthand, he was even less willing to do so.

Fortunately, this red fox was also clever and did not resist.

Otherwise, Yu Ziyu would not have minded whipping it half to death before studying it.

As for now?

He could try taming it.

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