20: Human attention!

"Come, come, let's work together to kill the enemy, and half the credit will be yours!"

With the Magic Cat's blessing, Xia Fan felt incredibly exhilarated, letting out several low roars to convey this meaning to it.

Now, he was temporarily a second-tier fierce beast. Facing this pack of wild wolves, he possessed absolute strength, seeing them as mere ants.

Moreover, to figure out the Magic Cat's specific abilities, Xia Fan no longer held back, charging forward like a brute, crashing through everything.

In the face of such absolute strength, the wolf pack that appeared had no power to resist!

With just one swipe of his claw, a first-tier giant wolf was crushed to pieces.

Even the Wolf King couldn't withstand two claw attacks and eventually met its end.

In an instant, the wolf pack was slaughtered by Xia Fan, leaving behind a messy scene of wild wolf carcasses all around.

During this time, Xia Fan made an even more important discovery.

After the Magic Cat detached from its combined state with him, he gently rubbed his head against it, a sound rumbling in his throat.

"Little fellow, you're truly amazing. I like you very much."

Xia Fan let out a low roar, conveying these thoughts to the Magic Cat.

During the battle just now, Xia Fan was surprised to find that the Magic Cat could not only enhance his strength but also provide him with a defensive shield.

With the defensive shield's blessing, even the Wolf King couldn't easily break through it.

And he was confident that as his and the Magic Cat's strength grew, this defensive shield would only become sturdier!

Not only that!

Besides the defensive shield, the Magic Cat could also heal his injuries. It could be said that with it, he carried a mobile spring.

The Magic Cat was simply an all-around support. How could he not be delighted?

After killing all the giant wolves, Xia Fan began to clear the battlefield.

He found all the wolves' ability crystals and then gave a few to the Magic Cat, who was overjoyed and held them tightly.

"This crystal can continue to enhance my strength."

At this moment, Xia Fan looked at the Wolf King's crystal in front of him, gazed at it for a moment, then swallowed it without hesitation.

As the Devour ability was activated, he quickly digested the power within the crystal.

A brand-new B-rank ability, Flame Control, was learned by him.

[Flame Control: Freely control the size and power of flames, capable of spitting out flames to incinerate all things!]

After a brief understanding of this ability's function, Xia Fan didn't delve deeper.

Because, for him, it was more suitable to build a good relationship with the Magic Cat now, so that he could improve his strength faster and achieve his grand goals.

"Roar—"

"Meow meow!"

A tiger and a cat communicated with each other through their respective sounds.

With this cooperation, Xia Fan knew that his relationship with the Magic Cat had become increasingly close, and he was overjoyed.

He looked at the Magic Cat, which was lying on him, completely relaxed and unguarded, and thought to himself, "It seems I have initially subdued the Magic Cat!"

"This is truly great!"

After a short rest, Xia Fan and the Magic Cat, this tiger and cat duo, continued deeper into the Great Wilderness Mountain Range.

Along the way, they continued to encounter many fierce beasts, some of which even Xia Fan found troublesome.

Fortunately, whenever this happened, the Magic Cat would actively merge with him, giving him absolute strength to crush the invading fierce beasts. Even if he was injured, he could immediately receive healing from the Magic Cat!

"This is amazing!"

After killing another fierce beast, Xia Fan couldn't help but let out an incredibly excited low roar.

These recent battles made him experience the various benefits of merging with the Magic Cat, and he was exhilarated!

Moreover, he also made an astonishing discovery—after he merged with the Magic Cat, a subtle connection seemed to form between them.

Although they still couldn't communicate verbally, they could easily understand each other's thoughts, as if their minds were connected.

"Little cat, let's go, keep moving forward!"

"Okay, Tiger Brother."

Just by simply expressing their thoughts, the tiger and the cat understood each other's intentions, making their interactions more harmonious.

Thus, in the time that followed, Xia Fan and the Magic Cat's journey was no longer monotonous, nor did they have to guess the meaning of each other's roars; their communication became much smoother.

"Tiger Brother, why do we always have to go deeper into the mountain range?"

"To become stronger, don't you want to?"

"Of course I do, but... can I always have crystals to eat?"

"Hahaha, of course..."

"..."

They chatted happily during their journey.

But what Xia Fan didn't notice was that above the Great Wilderness Mountain Range, several bird-like drones were flying in the sky, simultaneously recording the situation within the Great Wilderness Mountain Range... The Great Wilderness Mountain Range belongs to the Tianning City area.

At this moment, in a conference room in Tianning City, several military officers were watching the video footage transmitted by the drones.

"It's a golden fruit tree!"

"It looks incredibly valuable, a good find!"

An officer pointed to the golden fruit tree growing on the mountaintop deep within the Great Wilderness Mountain Range in the video and said excitedly, "Look quickly, there are several golden fruits hanging on that tree!"

"Could this be a heavenly treasure!?"

Another officer's excitement was also palpable; he wished he could immediately rush to that mountaintop deep in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range to see the golden fruit tree with his own eyes.

It was not without reason that they were excited.

The Tianning City military gathered here and dispatched drones to explore the Great Wilderness Mountain Range because, during this period, many people living in rural areas or in the wilderness, either by accident or out of gluttony, consumed heavenly treasures.

These people were quite lucky; after consuming the heavenly treasures, they awakened extraordinary powers.

Extraordinary powers comparable to fierce beasts!

Gradually, these evolved humans entered the military's field of vision. After some investigation, it was understood that all of this was due to the heavenly treasures.

Thus, the military began to closely monitor heavenly treasures across the country.

"That should be correct."

The leading officer nodded slightly.

Although he was excited, he was more patient than the others. He now asked, "How much battery life do the drones have left?"

"And I heard that flying fierce beasts have already appeared. Will they destroy our drones, mistaking them for prey?"

"Reporting, Chief!"

Immediately, an officer reported, "Before dispatching the drones, we disguised them. At least from a distance, they are no different from birds, just a little stiff in their movements."

"Furthermore, Chief said before that the Great Wilderness Mountain Range is our Tianning City's largest mountain range, so it naturally needs to be closely monitored. Therefore, we have not been negligent."

"Once the drone's battery life drops below fifty percent, we will immediately control it to return."