Chapter 20: Crisis Emerges

The Jade Dew Fungus was quite delicate. Chu Mu had to be very careful when digging it up. If the roots or stem were damaged, its value would be completely lost, and all of today’s hard work would be wasted.

Little Mo Xie was quite fast. With a few swipes of its claws, it located the bud inside the Hundred-Eye Palm and extracted its Soul Core.

In the Plant Realm, Soul Cores were like crystalline amber objects, only about the size of an adult’s thumb. Most Soul Pet Soul Cores were very tiny, but they contained a great amount of energy.

For now, Chu Mu only allowed Mo Xie to eat Beast Attribute Soul Cores and Spirit Attribute Soul Cores. He tried to avoid letting it eat other types of Soul Cores.

In fact, a Soul Pet eating a Soul Core not of its own attribute didn’t have much effect on itself. But if it only ate Soul Cores similar to its own attribute from start to finish, it would definitely undergo some changes gradually.

Holding the Hundred-Eye Palm’s Soul Core in its mouth, Little Mo Xie stood obediently to the side, watching Chu Mu, waiting for him to dig up the delicious Jade Dew Fungus.

“Don’t look so greedy. This thing is definitely for you to eat. But we need to find the Sky Blue Grass first. Combining them together before you eat it will be very beneficial for you,” Chu Mu said, stroking Mo Xie’s small head.

Mo Xie narrowed its eyes, enjoying Chu Mu’s stroking very much, making soft whimpering sounds in its small mouth…

“Let’s go. You must be hungry too. Let’s go find a Bestial Type Soul Pet for food.” Chu Mu carefully stored the Jade Dew Fungus, stood up, and glanced deeper into the Thick Forest.

Mo Xie nodded, but then jumped into Chu Mu’s arms in a very coquettish way, wanting to be carried…

Chu Mu felt a bit helpless. “Right now you’re still in your first stage form, I can carry you. But when you reach higher stage forms later…”

“Shasha shasha~!”

While Chu Mu was speaking, the Little Green Worm on his shoulder made a slight sound.

“What is it? Is there something?” Chu Mu immediately put Mo Xie down and asked quietly.

“Shasha shasha~!” The Little Green Worm only responded with a soft sound, its eyes fixed on the area in front of Chu Mu.

“If I had learned the language of hibernation, I could understand what you’re saying.” Chu Mu said.

The information the Little Green Worm gave Chu Mu wasn’t a dangerous signal, but a reminder, just telling Chu Mu that there was something ahead.

Chu Mu was planning to move forward anyway, so he took Mo Xie and walked deeper into the Thick Forest.

After walking for a few minutes, Chu Mu understood why the Little Green Worm had made a sound. About a hundred meters ahead of Chu Mu was Ma Zhi, one of the three people he had encountered not long ago.

Beside Ma Zhi was another young man. Chu Mu didn’t have much impression of that young man and didn’t know his name.

“This is too much. They actually made us stand guard here, saying it’s to prevent Soul Pets and other people from causing trouble. It’s clearly because they’re afraid we might suddenly take action!” Ma Zhi said indignantly.

“What can we do? His Fang Wolf is so strong. Even if we combine all our Soul Pets, we’re not his match. Of course all the benefits go to him alone,” said the young man next to him.

“Sigh, you know the situation. There are only five days left until our life-or-death moment. Unless Zhou Shengmo really helps us severely injure people from other circles and tries to keep the ten slots for our own people like he said before, we’ll still end up dead in the end,” Ma Zhi said.

“What do you mean?” the young man beside him quickly caught on, lowering his voice.

“I didn’t say anything, don’t think too much. I’d rather take my chances in the match than fight Zhou Shengmo. He’s even fiercer than those Stewards!” Ma Zhi said immediately.

“Yeah, this guy, he kills without hesitation. If I wasn’t so weak myself and needed him to survive, I wouldn’t obey his every word either.”

Chu Mu, hiding not far away, heard their entire conversation. He sank into deep thought once again.

Life and death on the island were extremely critical. In the beginning, most people chose to act independently, looking for high-level Soul Pets.

But inevitably, some people had poorer strength and luck, failing to obtain a satisfactory Soul Pet. Then, during the taming process, they fell behind others.

Therefore, even before the life-or-death duels arrived, many knew they were doomed. So these people naturally chose to join and attach themselves to the camp of a particularly strong Soul Pet Tamer. Perhaps that gave them a sliver of hope!

“After this, even fewer people will be Zhou Shengmo’s match. He has already reached the Seventh Thought, and he’s getting that third Soul Pet…” Ma Zhi muttered to himself.

“Yeah, many people probably still don’t know he can already have a third Soul Pet. And this one is also a Ninth Tier Soul Pet. If he really subdues it…”

After hearing these words, Chu Mu’s face immediately darkened several shades! Zhou Shengmo actually had a third Soul Pet? And he was currently subduing a Ninth Tier Soul Pet!

Everyone on the island’s first Soul Pet was a Green Nightmare Devil. The second Soul Pet was the one about to participate in combat.

Almost no one could have a third Soul Pet. To have a third Soul Pet, the Soul Pet Tamer’s own Soul Power must reach the level of High Thought.

A Soul Pet Tamer’s cultivation was divided into Nine Thoughts. The first three were Low Thought, the middle three were Mid Thought, and the last three were High Thought.

Low Thought only allowed using the first Soul Pact. Mid Thought allowed having a second Soul Pact. High Thought allowed having a third Soul Pact.

On Nightmare Devil Island, all Soul Pet Tamers were only at the Mid Thought level. But Zhou Shengmo had now reached High Thought! His Soul Power was enough for him to have a third Soul Pet!

Having one more combat Soul Pet was of great significance, even though they couldn’t be summoned at the same time!

“The Soul Pet they are currently attacking must also be a high-level Ninth Tier Soul Pet. If Zhou Shengmo gets this high-level Ninth Tier Soul Pet…” Chu Mu quickly realized the arrival of the crisis.

Chu Mu was certain that if Zhou Shengmo encountered him in combat, he would definitely try to kill him. Now that Zhou Shengmo was about to get a third Soul Pet, even with Chu Mu’s strong grasp of the battle situation, he absolutely couldn’t be this guy’s match!

“No. I must stop them,” Chu Mu’s expression grew colder.

“I’ll start with these two.”

Ma Zhi and that young man’s Soul Pets were right beside them. Ambushing them would be very difficult. But since they said they were guarding the outside, they were probably some distance from Zhou Shengmo and the others. Even if a fight broke out here, they probably wouldn’t notice, or perhaps wouldn’t have the mind to pay attention, because dealing with a Ninth Tier Soul Pet wasn’t easy.

Chu Mu stepped out directly, walking towards the two’s position with Mo Xie, his eyes indifferent.