046 Prepare

Little Skeleton wanted to fight the pig, but the pig didn't want to pay any attention to it.

This entire time it just stayed in Dudu's arms and wouldn't come down for anything, and even if Dudu put it down, it would just lie on the ground and pretend to be dead.

Since it wasn't sure it could beat Little Skeleton, it absolutely refused to fight it.

While the pig didn't want to fight, the bird was eager to go.

From the bird to its owner, they all felt their previous loss was due to carelessness.

So they all wanted to try again.

If they wanted to fight again, so be it. Compared to the pig, Little Skeleton was more obedient.

Even though it wasn't really keen on fighting the bird, if Lu Wu told it to fight, it would fight!

So, very soon, Little Skeleton and the Frozen Bird's second battle began.

This time, the Frozen Bird learned its lesson. It flew up into the sky to keep a distance from the start, as Little Skeleton had no means of long-range attacks. Once the bird was in the sky, it was basically invincible.

That was the advantage of a flying species summoned beast.

Naturally, there were limitations in formal competitions with restrictions on flying height and duration, ensuring flying species summoned beasts couldn't exploit loopholes.

However, there weren't any such restrictions in Lu Wu's setup.

But that didn't mean the Frozen Bird could do whatever it wanted.

The bird also had no long-range attacks, so while Little Skeleton couldn't hit it in the sky, it couldn't hit Little Skeleton either.

Hao Zhijian clearly didn't intend to use such an underhanded strategy against Lu Wu. Under his command, the Frozen Bird circled around Little Skeleton, and he seized the opportunity to make his bird launch a combination attack.

"Dive, Tear"

Combining these two skills was Hao Zhijian's killing move. This combination was extremely fast and powerful.

This time, both the Frozen Bird and Hao Zhijian were determined to succeed.

In the end, as the attack came down, Little Skeleton performed an optimized "Dodge," nimbly evading the attack. Turning around, it struck down with a stick, and once again the bird was knocked cleanly to the ground.

The first failure could be attributed to a lack of preparation on Hao Zhijian's side.

But this second defeat left them with no excuses.

Little Skeleton's agile movements and precise strike greatly amazed Hao Zhijian.

At that moment, Hao Zhijian's eyes lit up, his gaze towards Little Skeleton and Lu Wu full of heat.

Clearly, Hao Zhijian was coveting something.

Of course, it wasn't Little Skeleton or Lu Wu he was after.

To him, Little Skeleton was nothing more than a worthless summoned beast.

And Lu Wu?

He was just a lucky guy. If Lu Wu hadn't met Li Kai, Hao Zhijian was sure Lu Wu would be nothing in front of him!

Naturally, what Hao Zhijian thought and how he chose to show it were two different matters.

It must be said, setbacks really could sharpen a person's temperament.

A week ago, when Hao Zhijian had just joined the elite class, he carried himself with an air of superiority.

After being crushed by Dudu and kicked out of the elite class by Ye Qingxue, Hao Zhijian had restrained his arrogance.

At this point, he was even willing to flatter Lu Wu, whom he looked down on, to get closer to Li Kai.

Of course, Lu Wu had a general idea of what Hao Zhijian was thinking.

After all, Hao Zhijian was still young, and many of his emotions were not fully concealed.

So, Lu Wu could read his inner thoughts through some subconscious micro-expressions and had an idea of why Hao Zhijian was approaching him and how he viewed him, but Lu Wu didn't mind.

After all, his intentions in getting close to Hao Zhijian weren't pure either.

Just as Hao Zhijian needed a powerful backer, Lu Wu needed a money jar; everyone got what they needed!

Furthermore, since this guy believed Li Kai was Lu Wu's powerful backer, Lu Wu decided to make it a reality.

On one hand, it was a form of self-protection since Lu Wu hadn't properly secured his certification yet.

On the other hand, explaining things would be troublesome and unnecessary.

And it had nothing to do with Lu Wu wanting to play the fool and take advantage of people.

Additionally, Lu Wu wasn't planning to rush to have this fat sheep slaughtered by Li Kai. Hurrying was no good.

There were many things he hadn't prepared yet.

He needed to wait until he was ready before slaughtering this fat sheep.

So, after thrashing Hao Zhijian twice and ensuring he joined his team, Lu Wu found an excuse to reject Hao Zhijian's request to meet Li Kai and sent him away.

Then, Lu Wu took Dudu to Li Kai, pushed aside the eager-to-join Dudu, and pulled Li Chun into the workshop for a long conversation.

Half an hour later, they emerged from the hot workshop, sweat-drenched. Li Kai then made a call to Li Chun.

Using the excuse of protecting Lu Wu's privacy and providing a better growth environment, he emphasized the importance of keeping Lu Wu's secret.

Li Kai had already emphasized this once before, and this reiteration made Li Chun realize how seriously Li Kai took the matter, so he solemnly vowed to keep Lu Wu's secret.

After securing the secret and settling things with Li Kai, Lu Wu started preparing for something else.

Since he and Hao Zhijian were mutually exploiting each other, Lu Wu wouldn't hesitate to bite him hard.

To take a big bite out of him, Lu Wu needed bait that would make Hao Zhijian willingly spend money. And that bait was on Hao Zhijian himself, or rather on the Frozen Bird.

Yes, Lu Wu planned to exploit a skill that the Frozen Bird had awakened but hadn't mastered.

Given Lu Wu's current level, creating a whole new skill-training program for a summoned beast might be difficult, but helping a beast master an already awakened but unmastered skill wasn't too hard.

Lu Wu only took one night to come up with a preliminary plan, set the bait, and patiently waited for the prey to take the bait.

Lu Wu was patient, but Hao Zhijian wasn't.

In the blink of an eye, they had been teamed up for three days.

During those three days, Lu Wu did nothing productive apart from calling Hao Zhijian over for a daily beating, let alone meeting Li Kai.

After three days of this, Hao Zhijian finally got anxious and seriously demanded that Lu Wu take him to meet Li Kai, saying he had something important for Master Li.

Thus, the bait was set, the knife was sharpened, and the prey was eager.

With everything ready, Lu Wu decided not to tease him any longer and reluctantly agreed to take him to meet Master Li Kai!

At the same time, he led the prey into a carefully prepared trap…

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