Zhou Yue had absolute trust in Zhong Yi.
Whether it was his character or his skills.
So asking Zhong Yi for help? Not a chance. That would never happen.
What if the Hunting Wolf ate him and leveled up? That would be a disaster, right?
Looking at the level 15 giant Hunting Wolf, Zhou Yue, who was only level 12, gulped and felt a bit of pressure.
If this were a fantasy realm like "Naraka Bladepoint" or "Abyssal Action," Zhou Yue might not have been so panicked.
But "Palworld" was different.
Fighting mainly relied on your Pals; the player character's own damage was barely worth mentioning.
Although Pals were obedient, in battle, they mostly followed their instincts, leaving a lot to chance.
"Firefluff Fox..."
Zhou Yue pressed the Pal Sphere in his hand and summoned his strongest fighter, the Firefluff Fox.
"I'm counting on you! Go for it!!"
...
Five minutes later.
"My Firefluff Fox..."
"It's dead!!"
A wail erupted in the team channel.
As the secret area boss, aside from the giant Hunting Wolf, there were also three ordinary Hunting Wolves.
Even though Zhou Yue tried his best to share the damage for the Firefluff Fox, the Fox still couldn't hold its own.
Pals under the Great Demon buff had much higher stats than normal, dealing considerable damage, so Zhou Yue had to retreat.
"Junior Mu, can you come? This Hunting Wolf is pretty fierce!"
Zhou Yue quickly sent a message through the team voice channel to ask Mu Yawen for help.
"I'm a bit far from you... hehe, this tree is so pretty, it's got nice fruits on it!"
Mu Yawen was at the top of a slope, looking in surprise at a dead tree ahead.
Hanging from the tree's branches were three fruits of different colors.
"A [Dragon Skill Fruit: Dragon Breath]? Haha! I'm gonna learn magic too~~"
Mu Yawen laughed loudly and took a big bite out of the pink skill fruit.
"Ow, that's disgusting... Why isn't it working!!!"
"Junior Mu, could it be that this is meant for Pals to eat..."
Zhong Yi reluctantly joined the conversation.
Although he had never encountered skill fruits before, from the description, it was clearly an item for Pals.
"Old Zhong, can you come?"
Zhou Yue, having forgotten his earlier resolve, quickly asked.
"No way. I've finally almost reached the teleport point. If I go help you now, wouldn't it all be for nothing?"
Seeing Zhou Yue struggle made Zhong Yi feel a little smug inside.
"But, I can teach you a trick to beat that Hunting Wolf."
"What trick?"
Zhou Yue's eyes lit up as he pressed for an answer.
In the fantasy realm, Zhong Yi's combat intelligence was just as highly trusted as his combat skills.
"Haven't you noticed? When you recall your Pal using the Pal Sphere, your Pal is invincible... and it happens instantly."
A crooked smile appeared on Zhong Yi's face as he spoke.
"Pals have a big motion when using key skills. If you time it right and recall the Pal right then, you waste that attack... Master this trick, and you'll definitely catch that Hunting Wolf!"
"Whoa! Awesome!!"
By the time Zhong Yi was halfway through, Zhou Yue couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
When it came to executing and understanding tactics, Zhou Yue was equally top-notch; he immediately realized the feasibility of what Zhong Yi was describing.
"I'm going to try it right now!"
...
...
Soon after.
"Hahaha! Gotta hand it to Old Zhong... Who said Pals have no room for skill? There is so much skill involved!!"
Seeing the Hunting Wolf gasping its last breath with just a sliver of health left, Zhou Yue recalled his Qiwanwan.
After getting used to this fighting style, Zhou Yue found all the elements of the Pal world increasingly captivating.
The Hunting Wolf was now at low health. The next step was to catch it with a Pal Sphere.
"Oh? A big, low-health Hunting Wolf?? Hey, big bro, want me to help you!!"
Zhou Qiaoling appeared out of nowhere, smelling the low-health Great Demon, shamelessly asking with a grin.
"Pfft! This is when you show up? No way!"
Zhou Yue replied with extreme disdain, then aimed a Pal Sphere at the Hunting Wolf's head.
The struggle didn't last a second; the Hunting Wolf broke out of the Pal Sphere arrogantly.
He threw another.
It escaped again.
Another throw.
Another escape.
...
After throwing eleven in a row, Zhou Yue was gritting his teeth in anger. "What the hell... Eleven Pal Spheres and I can't catch it??"
"No way, catching it while it's low-health shouldn't be that hard, right?"
Zhong Yi's voice chimed in unexpectedly, and Zhou Yue suddenly realized.
"Dammit! Zhong... Did you just jinx me and say I would definitely catch it??"
"??? How the hell is that jinxing you???"
"Pfft!! Give me back my Pal Spheres!!!"
...
...
Ten minutes later, at the base below the initial platform.
"Hehe, another big baby~~"
Zhou Qiaoling finally got what she wanted: that Great Demon Hunting Wolf.
Now tamed, the Hunting Wolf had clear eyes and rubbed Zhou Qiaoling's face affectionately with its tail.
"Damn it... I need to make more Pal Spheres! And I need to level up to 14 fast to unlock the green ones..."
Zhou Yue clenched his fist resentfully.
It couldn't be helped.
This time, he was truly betting his entire fortune.
He tossed twelve Pal Spheres, but still couldn't catch the Hunting Wolf that had just a sliver of health left.
In the end, he had no choice but to let Zhou Qiaoling, who was nearby, snatch the opportunity.
"You! Make me Pal Spheres! Grind them hard! No breaks!!"
Zhou Yue pointed at the Mischief Cat, which was hunched over the workbench with its head down, and began applying pressure.
"No way! Let the cat come help me craft the saddle... This Hunting Wolf is rideable!!"
Zhou Qiaoling said excitedly, looking at the newly unlocked skill. She quickly grabbed the Mischief Cat's little paw and dragged it to the Pal Equipment Crafting Table.
"Saddle? How did you get that?"
Zhong Yi, who had been out exploring the map, asked out of curiosity.
"It's those black skill points that weren't showing... They unlock when you catch a Pal! Once the Hunting Wolf's saddle is made, you can ride on it!"
Thrilled by her discovery, Zhou Qiaoling broke from her usual behavior and joined the Mischief Cat in frantically crafting the saddle.
Soon, the saddle was finished, and she fulfilled her wish to ride on the Hunting Wolf's back.
An average-sized Hunting Wolf wasn't much bigger than the player, making it feel a bit like Lü Bu riding a dog.
But this one was a large Hunting Wolf caught from the secret realm; it was much bigger, and riding it looked incredibly majestic.
"Hahaha~~ No more walking myself~~"
Zhou Qiaoling, perched proudly on the Hunting Wolf's back, kept circling Zhou Yue with a smug look.
"Damn it!! This was supposed to be my life...!!"
Zhou Yue lamented in pain, then started pressuring the Mischief Cat again.
"You!! Get back to making Pal Spheres!"
"Make fifty... no, make a hundred!!!"
...
...
With a large Hunting Wolf and a Firefluff Fox boasting ridiculous stats, Zhou Qiaoling was now a fighting powerhouse.
The entire beginner area was hers to explore.
Creatures like Ye Nini, Qiwanwan, and Mian Youyou—
She kicked them all on sight.
Zhou Qiaoling even got so cocky that she didn't bother throwing Pal Spheres to catch these low-level Pals; instead, she just killed them for experience and materials.
"Go, Firefluff Fox! Flame Shot!!"
Zhou Qiaoling commanded the Firefluff Fox, wreaking havoc on the plains below the outpost.
She fought wherever she went, and her experience skyrocketed.
By now, she'd even switched the Firefluff Fox's combat mode to aggressive attack.
Whenever a Pal appeared in its field of view, the Firefluff Fox would charge in to attack without needing her command.
"My good big boy~~ Just bite whoever you don't like, hahahaha~~"
Zhou Qiaoling was extremely pleased with herself.
She looked up at the World Tree in the distance.
According to Zhong Yi's theory, the Pals here were still very basic; the closer you got to the World Tree, the more advanced and powerful the Pals would become.
But right now, Zhou Qiaoling didn't really want to go to the outside world, because playing the "living tyrant" in the beginner village felt pretty great.
"Sss—!"
Just then, the Firefluff Fox behind her suddenly hissed.
"What's up, what's up? Hissing at who? If you don't like someone, just go—"
Zhou Qiaoling turned around at the sound, just in time to see a massive green creature charging furiously toward her.
With every step, the ground trembled.
Her brain instantly froze.
It wasn't until the Firefluff Fox shot another fireball at the Forest Mammoth, producing a [-1] damage prompt, that Zhou Qiaoling snapped out of it.
"NO! WAY!!!"
[Forest Mammoth has killed Smart Little Zhou!]
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
