I Have a Golden Crow

However, this lynx lasted even less time than the last one.

The Twin Desolate Lynx had just appeared when its body flickered, then shattered into pieces.

”Don’t rush, impatience is your weakness.” Du Yu patted the big silver lynx on the head. ”Just like when we were fighting earlier, you were dying to get close to me, as if you couldn’t wait to pounce right over.

Think about how you finally succeeded?

You cast Desert Sandstorm, launched an Earth Cannon Heavy Strike, then looped around in a U-shape and finally charged right up to me.”

Listening to Du Yu’s gentle guidance, the big silver cat lowered her head a bit, glancing at the tiny human beside her.

Du Yu went on, ”Don’t worry about making the Twin Desolate Lynx act yet, and definitely don’t try to use any Demon Skill right away.

First, just put it together and make it stand there.”

The silver lynx silently watched Du Yu, feeling a little strange inside.

All this time, Du Yu had always been scolding her.

It was rare for his tone to sound so gentle.

”Big cat?” Du Yu looked up at her. With the Demon Soul always there, he noticed the silver lynx’s change in mood.

This emotion seemed a little complicated, huh?

”Meow.” The silver lynx quickly turned her head away, dodging Du Yu’s gaze.

Her long tail swept across the ground, sending up clouds of dust.

Du Yu explained, ”The teaching video just recommends doing it like this. In the dust, you and the Twin Desolate Lynx burst out together, and it’s hard for enemies to tell which is the real one.

But honestly, you don’t need the sandstorm—you can summon the lynx anyway.”

Listening to him, the silver lynx’s long tail just swept the ground even faster.

Du Yu: ”...”

Damn cat!

So stubborn, honestly!

Soon, an outline began to appear again in the swirling dust.

Now that Du Yu had more experience, he knew that with this big cat, you had to stroke her fur the right way.

He softened his voice even more: ”Yes, that’s it. Let’s make the Twin Desolate Lynx as refined as possible, sturdy too...”

Under the starry night, man and lynx painstakingly crafted the summoned creature.

From head to toe—even every single hair.

As time passed, the Twin Desolate Lynx wagged its tail for the first time, lifted its head for the first time.

It took its first step, dashed its first dash, until finally it was sprinting across the mountain peak, a streak of silver lightning...

”That’s it! Gallows Tail!” Du Yu shouted.

”Meow!” The Twin Desolate Lynx snapped its long tail, steel-hard, and smashed it down on the ground.

Aside from the Demon Skill·Twin Desolate Lynx, this doppelgänger could use all the Demon Skills of the original body.

At the moment, though, its Demon Skills weren’t as strong as the original’s—there was still room for improvement with more training.

In the distance, the Twin Desolate Lynx lashed its long tail. Meanwhile, right beside Du Yu, another long tail swept toward him.

Du Yu froze for a second, ”What are you doing?”

The silver lynx slowly lifted her long tail, wrapped it around Du Yu, and dangled him in front of her eyes: ”Our fight can continue now.”

Du Yu: ???

Pick up your bowl to eat, put it down and punch the chef?

Are wild divine beasts really impossible to tame?

While Du Yu was starting to doubt life, the lynx flicked her tail, tossing him more than ten meters away.

”Meow!”

”Meow!” One after the other, the two silver lynxes focused sharply on Du Yu, letting out shrill cries.

Du Yu: ”...”

In the next instant, two bolts of silver lightning streaked toward him!

The big cat was finally behaving.

She heeded Du Yu’s advice now, no longer rushing things.

This time, in their battle, neither the real lynx nor the Twin Desolate Lynx used any Demon Skills.

They attacked purely with their physical abilities, treating Du Yu like a little lab rat.

For a while, Du Yu was nocking and firing arrows desperately, completely overwhelmed.

His shooting speed could be fast, but the problem was, activating the Demon Arrow Array took time to charge!

An Orange Juice Arrow without the array’s boost was useless shooting at a Spirit Level·Peak Level battle robe on the big cat—might as well be tickling her!

Not to mention, there was no knockback effect to save his skin.

”Thud!” After just a few quick rounds, Du Yu was smacked flying with a single paw.

”Hissss...” He gasped, having taken a heavy blow to his weaker left side, tumbling over and over on the ground in a cloud of dust.

The silver lynx was actually going easy on him. Whether with her tail or massive claws, both could have unleashed terrifying Demon Skills.

But in truth, the slap to Du Yu’s left arm didn’t carry the Demon Skill·Earth Splitting Palm.

Even so, just her raw power was enough to shatter Du Yu’s Demon Breath Battle Robe!

”Bang!”

Du Yu’s sliding was abruptly halted as a massive paw pressed down on his chest, pinning him to the ground.

”Meow!” The silver lynx lowered her head, fluff-filled face looming huge, vertical pupils right in his face.

Behind his head, another huge beastly face appeared, nudging close to his ear: ”Meow!”

”You win, you win, you got me.”

Du Yu grimaced: the roars blasting his eardrums made his head buzz!

One silver lynx pinned Du Yu to the ground, eyes locked fiercely on his own.

The lynx behind his head paced back and forth, letting out low, unhappy growls.

Du Yu’s body flickered with a layer of Demon Soul, and then he heard her frustrated voice: ”You let me win.”

Du Yu: ”Huh?”

”You’re not the same as before, you’re not this weak!”

Du Yu almost laughed out of frustration: ”Before I was fighting one Spirit Level Peak, now I’ve got two coming for me!

Do you know how much higher the fight’s difficulty got?

This isn’t 1+1=2, you and the Twin Desolate Lynx are connected, you two...”

The silver lynx cut him off right away: ”So, I won.”

”Yeah, yeah, you won,” Du Yu said irritably.

”Hmph.” The silver lynx lifted her head with pride.

Having confirmed her victory and that she’d conquered this tiny human, she finally felt content inside!

Du Yu, meanwhile, was inwardly miserable, grumbling under his breath: ”You’re a Spirit Level Peak, you ought to beat me easily.

Now you need a helper just to take me down—can’t imagine what you’re so proud of...”

The silver lynx snapped her head down, letting out a sharp scream: ”Meow!”

”Alright, alright, you win, you win!” Du Yu flinched, scrambling to reply.

Suddenly, the silver lynx opened her mouth and bit onto Du Yu’s collar.

”Hey—” Du Yu panicked, wrapping his arms tightly around the furry big head.

The next second, the silver lynx whipped her tail and lashed it at the Twin Desolate Lynx.

A crisp ”smack”!

The Twin Desolate Lynx shattered from the blow!

Clamping Du Yu in her jaws, the silver lynx strode through the thick Earth Demon Breath, heading straight for the Sandstone Fruit Tree.

Along the way, the desert lynxes all lowered themselves, bowing their heads, slowly backing away.

Du Yu: ”What are you doing?”

Silver lynx: ”Losers don’t get to talk.”

Du Yu: ???

Little Fen Yang giggled gleefully: ”Heehee~ Poor Du Yu, you’re about to be used as a cushion~”

”Ah...” Du Yu finally remembered the agreement between them.

Little Fen Yang: ”Don’t be sad! The big cat’s Demon Skills—you taught her those!”

Still dazed, Du Yu was carried back to the den, getting plonked down beneath the Sandstone Fruit Tree.

Du Yu sat on the ground, back against the big tree, gazing up at the beast’s massive head. ”Uh, well, um, I...”

The silver lynx shot him a glance, then flopped down on her side, sprawling toward the tree.

Apparently finding the Demon Breath Battle Robe a bit stiff, she abruptly shoved her head against Du Yu, pressing him harder against the trunk and rubbing him insistently.

”Crack, crackle...”

”Wait, I’ll do it myself.” Du Yu quickly dispersed the Demon Breath Battle Robe. Only then did the crushing weight on his chest completely disappear.

”Good grief.” Half his body was buried in silver fluff, with only his head sticking out, chest squashed so hard he could barely breathe.

Damn,

I’m really just being used as a cushion by this queen.

The big cat’s head is seriously heavy.

”Are you going to sleep?”

”Loser, zip it.”

Teeth gritted at being squished, Du Yu managed to wriggle an arm free through the gap between the giant lynx and the tree, laying it on her fuzzy head.

Yeah... it felt pretty nice.

After all, it’s real fur~

Almost automatically, Du Yu scratched her on the head.

”Meow~”

Du Yu: ”...”

Silver lynx: ”...”

After a moment’s hesitation, Du Yu wrapped both arms around her big head, giving her a gentle, even scratch from front to back.

”Meow~” The silver lynx squinted her eyes, looking utterly content.

”Ha.” Du Yu curled his lips, thinking, And here I thought you could be tough.

In the end, you’re just a cat, after all.