"A parasitic tree?"

Su Ran was completely baffled by the term, which he was hearing for the first time. Seeing the excitement on Banana’s face, it wasn’t hard to guess that the parasitic tree pet was of a high rank.

"Exactly! Overturning Water, hurry up and stop your pet. If this guardian tree spirit dies, then we can forget about getting the parasitic tree!"

Banana suddenly remembered the special qualities of the parasitic tree and urgently stopped Su Ran from continuing the attack.

"If we don’t kill it, how do you catch a pet?"

Su Ran was utterly confused. In this situation, surely Banana wasn’t going to climb the tree himself to catch it, right?

If that were the case, no amount of lives would be enough!

"No problem, as long as you draw the tree spirit’s hatred, I’ll handle the rest!"

Banana said with full confidence and then shot an arrow at the base of the parasitic tree.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow hit the junction point between the two with incredible precision, leading to a surprising turn of events.

The parasitic tree sapling, after being hit, actually uprooted itself and started fleeing towards the back.

"Geez, it’s so sentient!"

Su Ran had not expected that the sapling could change locations. Its level of discernment was so high, on par with ordinary beasts!

No wonder Banana was so excited—this pet was clearly of a different caliber than the previous saplings. Su Ran couldn’t help but feel happy for Banana; after all that effort, a top-tier baby had finally appeared! freewebnøvel.com

The process that followed was much simpler. Su Ran only needed to keep the Undead skeletons busy attracting the guardian tree spirit’s hatred, while Banana focused solely on attacking the parasitic tree. His control was perfect, and after a short while, the parasitic state was removed, and the tree turned to flee deeper into the forest.

"Where do you think you’re going!"

Banana shouted and threw out a Pet-catching Scroll, hitting the trunk of the parasitic tree with amazing accuracy.

In an instant.

The scroll shattered and transformed into a golden yellow light ring, which enveloped the sapling. The light ring suddenly constricted, trapping the parasitic tree so tightly that it couldn’t even move.

However.

Just as Banana thought he was about to succeed, the light from the ring began to fade. Under the fierce struggle of the parasitic tree, the light shattered, and the tree, gaining its freedom, darted into the depths of the forest, out of sight.

"Dammit, it actually failed!"

Banana slapped his thigh in frustration and complained, "Did the Elf Queen give me a fake Pet-catching Scroll?"

"Don’t blame others whenever something goes wrong. Pet-catching Scrolls come with a success rate; it’s just your luck that’s bad!"

Su Ran watched Banana with amusement and couldn’t help but remark how incredibly unlucky the guy was, encountering such a small chance of failure. He should just log off and buy a lottery ticket—maybe he could even win five bucks...

"Banana, do you have any more Pet-catching Scrolls?"

Su Ran had arrived in a rush and hadn’t prepared any Pet-catching Scrolls. With this turn of events, he couldn’t help Banana very much.

"I do. You can exchange for them with the Elf Queen, but they’re bound and cannot be traded. I exchanged for a total of five, just in case of failures. I didn’t expect to fail on the first try; it’s really not making me look good!"

Having an extraordinary pet escape like that, one could only imagine how awful Banana must have felt.

"It’s fine, the whole mountain is yours alone, take your time. I believe you can definitely catch a pet that pleases you," Su Ran said.

No sooner had Su Ran finished speaking than the guardian tree spirit collapsed on the ground. Let’s not even mention the lack of experience, this fellow didn’t even drop a bottle of healing potion, really a miser to the core.

But just then, a rustling of leaves came from the top of the tree, drawing the attention of both Su Ran and his companion.

"Big bro, do you think it’s spawning a baby?"

Banana’s eyes shone as he stared intently at the leaves above, whispering excitedly to Su Ran, "I really didn’t expect this, the system really dotes on me, just lost a pet and now it’s spawned another for me, haha, Pet Island really lives up to its name!"

"You must seize the chance, don’t fail again this time. I don’t have much time to help you look for it."

Taking advantage of his own abilities, Su Ran stepped into the air, quickly reaching the top of the tree. Parting the leaves, he wanted to see what pet had spawned. If it was another parasitic tree, that would be great.

However.

Before Su Ran’s gaze could find the target, a snowy-white hoof suddenly extended in, startling him so much that he nearly fell off the tree.

"Damn, Wu Qing sister, you drop in without a word and pull this stunt, you nearly scared the piss out of me!"

Startled by the hoof, Su Ran’s soul was halfway scared out of him. He emerged from the clump of leaves and indeed saw Xue Wuqing herself. Framed by her flying steed, her valiant figure was even more impressive.

"Overturning Water, what are you hiding down there for, sneaking around like that?"

Xue Wuqing retracted her flying horse back into the pet space and deftly stood on a branch, looking curiously down below and quietly asked, "Is Banana down there too?"

"What sneaking around? How come that sounds so unflattering? How can it work without Banana here? I’ve been busy for half a day trying to help him catch a pet with no results, talk about bad luck," Su Ran said irritably, noticing that Xue Wuqing was less icy than when they first met, and seemed more agreeable to the eye.

"That Banana, dared to give me a fake location, made me search hard for him, he won’t be let off lightly later!"

Xue Wuqing’s expression turned cold, and without saying much, she jumped down from the branch.

"Ah—" Su Ran felt something was amiss when he heard this, but by the time he reacted, Xue Wuqing had already jumped down.

"Well, Banana bro, good luck to you..."

It’s a known fact to rather offend a villain than a woman, and this holds true for a reason. But it didn’t quite apply to Su Ran, considering the number of women he has offended and yet he was still doing perfectly fine.

But Banana may not be so lucky, his fate probably wouldn’t be so great. With the intention to watch the excitement, Su Ran looked down just in time to see Banana jumping up and down, and what’s more, the guy was rather unscrupulously shouting, "It’s a misunderstanding! All of this was arranged by Overturning Water Bro, it’s not my fault! I was about to tell you, but I accidentally forgot..."

Damn!

Banana, the guy, actually betrayed his teammate, absolutely lacking in loyalty!

Su Ran swiftly withdrew his head back, adopting an ’it’s none of my business’ attitude. But before he even had time to think of a plan, he unexpectedly discovered the previously escaped parasitic tree, constantly hopping about on the treetop, probably looking for a worthy host to parasitize.

"Stop messing around and get up here, the parasitic tree has appeared again!"

With a significant discovery, Su Ran’s first choice was to share it. Although Banana had betrayed him, he couldn’t be disloyal, right?

Most importantly, Su Ran had enough of Pet Island and wanted to change locations to continue seeking fortune, maybe even get a super top-notch pet to replace the Ice-gold Jiao Dragon!

Of course, it was just a thought. Pets more powerful than the Ice-gold Jiao Dragon, how easy would they be to catch?