Chapter 1815: Chapter 775: Pangolin

They say pangolins are timid, and Wang Tao certainly witnessed that this time.

It might be a Level 4 mutant beast, but as soon as it saw the Golden Eagle, it ran. The Golden Eagle is also just Level 4, and yet it didn’t even have the courage to face it. This truly broadened Wang Tao’s horizons.

And I must say, this mutant pangolin runs quite fast. It transformed into a ball and rolled freely through the forest, making it hard for the Golden Eagle to catch up for quite a while.

Upon seeing this, Wang Tao stepped firmly on the Golden Eagle, launching off it like a cannonball towards the mutant pangolin.

He wasn’t familiar with this area, and if he really let this pangolin escape, all the effort would have been in vain, so he decided to handle it personally.

Wang Tao’s long-distance flying isn’t as good as the Golden Eagle’s, but his short-distance bursts are much stronger, allowing him to catch up to the pangolin in an instant.

The pangolin, though curled up, could sense changes in its external environment. Upon sensing the aura of Wang Tao, it was so frightened that it shuddered, rolling even faster.

If its escape upon seeing the Golden Eagle was a strategic retreat for safety, thinking it had a fifty-fifty chance against the Golden Eagle, then its escape upon seeing Wang Tao was out of genuine fear of death! Because the Level 5 aura emanating from Wang Tao made it realize it had no chance of victory!

But it definitely couldn’t outrun Wang Tao, and it was embarrassingly kicked by Wang Tao straight towards the Golden Eagle. The Golden Eagle grabbed the pangolin with its steel-like claws and flew upward. If it were to drop from high altitude, even at Level 4, the pangolin would surely die!

The pangolin obviously sensed its impending fate and finally stopped being a ball, thrashing wildly to escape the Golden Eagle’s claws. Falling from this height might only injure it, which it could accept.

After all, the pangolin was also a Level 4 Lord, the same grade as the Golden Eagle, so it couldn’t be completely suppressed by it. Just as it was about to break free, Wang Tao arrived.

The Level 5 terrifying aura descended upon the pangolin, causing it to freeze with despair filling its heart. It knew it was doomed this time, just waiting for the Golden Eagle to release it…

But just then, a voice it could understand suddenly sounded in its mind.

“Submit, or die.”

The pangolin’s small eyes widened instantly, then it looked towards the man hovering beside it. This human could actually communicate with it!

Though it didn’t know how this human managed to do it, the pangolin nodded frantically, indicating its willingness to submit.

“See, it would’ve been better if you had submitted earlier!”

Wang Tao grinned at the pangolin. This pangolin seemed intelligent enough to communicate.

The pangolin felt aggrieved because this person hadn’t asked it before!

Wang Tao instructed the Golden Eagle to land. After a moment, the pangolin finally set foot on familiar ground again. Instinctively, it wanted to curl into a ball and continue fleeing, but reason prevailed. After all, it had just agreed to submit to that terrifying Level 5 human, and it was sure if it ran now, that human would definitely kill it!

“Good!”

Seeing the pangolin trembling but not fleeing in his presence, Wang Tao nodded contentedly, then reviewed the mutant pangolin’s attributes.

[HP: 200000/200000]

[Mana: 200000/200000]

[Grade: Level 4 – Lord]

[Awakening: Earthwalker]

[Earthwalker: When underground, all basic attributes are comprehensively enhanced]

The size of this mutant pangolin wasn’t small, about as big as a calf, but its HP wasn’t high. Its Awakening could enhance its attributes comprehensively, but it had to be underground, which posed certain limitations… Overall, its combat power was rather ordinary.

Wang Tao was curious as to why it didn’t dig underground when it was escaping earlier. Surely it had the ability to burrow, and if it had gone underground, Wang Tao might not have been able to catch it.

After a round of communication, Wang Tao finally understood the reason. It wasn’t that it didn’t want to, but it couldn’t. Its digging speed wasn’t fast, and before being caught, it couldn’t dig very deep, so it had to run first.

As long as it ran a sufficient distance and then started digging, if it could succeed before the Golden Eagle arrived, it could have truly escaped this time, but unfortunately, there was still Wang Tao…

“Let me see you dig a hole.”

Under Wang Tao’s command, the pangolin immediately started digging at the ground with its front claws.

“Huh? Not slow, actually!”

Wang Tao initially thought its digging speed was genuinely very slow, but after observing, he realized it was slow only relatively speaking. Compared to the Golden Eagle’s flying speed, its digging speed indeed paled, but compared to an ordinary third-stage mutant beast, its digging might be faster than their running speed.

Of course, this was partly due to the loose soil here, but regardless, its digging speed already delighted Wang Tao.

“From now on, follow me, and I will provide food, shelter, and safety. Your task is to help me dig holes.”

Wang Tao patted the pangolin’s head as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, the pangolin was puzzled. To it, digging was just an ordinary ability, like running for other animals. This Level 5 human captured it just to make it dig? This seems too simple…

The pangolin expressed its doubts to Wang Tao, and Wang Tao merely chuckled.

“The places I need you to dig may not be easy and might be quite deep. While it might not seem difficult for you, it certainly won’t be easy… I’ll take you to see, and you’ll understand.”