CHAPTER 57: CHAPTER 57: THE BEAR FEIGNING THE CAT’S MIGHT

One second, two seconds, three seconds!

Under the giant stone, Wang Wu smoothly entered Level 8 Passive Concealment.

At this moment, on the other side of the giant stone, all unfriendly, dangerous gazes that made his hair stand on end disappeared. This is how powerful Level 8 Passive Concealment is.

But on this side of the giant stone, there were still about twenty to thirty dangerous gazes closely following him, firmly locking onto him.

That’s right, as long as they keep watching him, even if he turns into a painting, he won’t be able to escape. Passive Concealment can’t solve this problem.

If it weren’t for the critical moment of Purple Gold Three Minutes, Wang Wu would have been dismembered by now.

Truly exhilarating!

Quickly replaying the plan in his mind, he became more determined in his thinking. That’s right, it’s impossible to establish a foothold and survive here, so he could only borrow.

After waiting another two seconds, he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a small pebble. Curling it with his tongue, he spat it forcefully, and the pebble flew a few meters away through the grass, causing a patch of wild grass to sway incessantly.

Seizing the opportunity, Wang Wu swiftly sidestepped about two meters, circumvented the giant stone, and with a few leaps and sprints, charged up over ten meters, hiding behind another slightly smaller giant stone. Upon reaching this location, he immediately re-entered the Passive Concealment state.

This time, the dangerous, peering gazes reduced significantly.

Because here, the wild grass grew quite lushly. Not only was there this year’s wild grass, but also last year’s dried grass, sporadic shrubs, and a massive expanse of shrubs further away. It was an excellently suitable environment for hiding.

Anyone would instantly think of hiding in such an environment.

However, this was still not enough.

His plan was lacking one crucial element.

In the next moment, Wang Wu suddenly stood up, and rose to face off with the big mountain cat!

At that moment, even Wang Wu felt his scalp tingle with fear, but despite this, he still bared his teeth in a provocative gesture.

Then he swiftly moved to the blind spot of the stone, where the mountain cat could not see.

Indeed, he was taunting.

Rather than having the other tribes’ little demons join forces in a comprehensive manhunt, it was better to create some animosity, driving the other tribes’ little demons away.

In ancient times, the fox would rely on the tiger’s power, now the bear relies on the cat’s!

Of course, he was also taking a gamble.

Not on whether that mountain cat was an impulsive and irritable creature.

Because before the end of the Purple Gold Three Minutes and before the reduction of the golden particles, that mountain cat would definitely not be foolish enough to rush down to pursue him.

Any little demon spun out here wouldn’t be so emotional.

What he was truly betting on was whether his Level 8 Passive Concealment, combined with the newly mastered Passive Plant Affinity, could be seen through by the big mountain cat!

This was the crux that decided everything.

At this moment, with only a moment left before the end of the Purple Gold Three Minutes, Wang Wu bolted, charging through the grass, and dashed into the shrubbery. At this moment, all the little demons could see his tracks, except for the big mountain cat, because the angle from the rock blocked its view.

All of this was meticulously calculated by Wang Wu.

As for the gazes of many little demons that could follow him from every angle and find him no matter where he stopped, so what?

Ever since Wang Wu taunted that big mountain cat, everything changed.

He would only become that big mountain cat’s exclusive prey; other little demons wouldn’t dare approach, nor would they want to.

This was the effect Wang Wu needed.

In just over ten seconds, Wang Wu dashed twenty-five meters across the shrubbery but did not exit it. Instead, he ran in a circle, spat, and swiftly retraced his original path, leaving that patch of shrubbery, and once again reached the underside of that rock.

Then, amid the attention of at least thirty-nine scrutinizing gazes, he brazenly crouched down here.

But as long as that big mountain cat didn’t see him, it was enough.

Due to the angle, the mountain cat simply couldn’t see the series of provocative moves Wang Wu made. It could only confirm that Wang Wu was hiding in this area, but couldn’t pinpoint an exact spot.

The most likely hiding place was within that patch of shrubbery; this was from the mountain cat’s perspective.

Once three seconds passed, Wang Wu swiftly entered the Level 8 Passive Concealment state. Most of the vague and clear peering gazes disappeared, leaving only the thirty-nine gazes in this direction, still accurately locking onto him.

But the owners of these gazes were all on another slope of the North Mountain Root, on the shady slope, at least a hundred to two hundred meters away from here, or in the trees dozens of meters high.

Wang Wu dared bet, their relationship with the big mountain cat wasn’t that good.

Soon, the golden particles in the sunlight suddenly decreased, marking the end of the Purple Gold Three Minutes. In the next second, he heard a howl, and a shadow flashed by. The big mountain cat, like a gust of wind, leaped from the large stone a hundred meters away, directly jumping onto the rock Wang Wu was using to obscure his figure!

What speed!

A distance of over a hundred meters in less than three seconds?

It even stirred up a gust of wind on the slope, causing many little demons to immediately hide in fear, not daring to move or promptly leaving.

Nobody wanted to be in bad luck.

But at this moment, the big mountain cat appeared a bit puzzled. Where was the food that dared to provoke it?

The smell was still there; you can’t run away.

With a swoosh, it leapt lightly off the rock, searching through the grass, then headed straight for the shrubs. This was its hunting ground; it knew every corner and every prey’s psychology here.

Especially since the scent was quite strong here.

For a moment, the hillside fell silent, even the birds didn’t want to linger here.

In the shrubbery, the big mountain cat approached silently, still able to catch a faint scent. There was no mistake, though the scent couldn’t precisely lock onto the target, but as long as that food dared to show up again, it wouldn’t escape. This was its confidence.

However, just moments later, the big mountain cat lifted its head in confusion because it had followed the scent in a circle and even licked, tasted the most intense spot.

Wait, something seemed off.

It felt a bit anxious, no, irate.

Because the scent wasn’t linear, it would disperse all around over time, without a main line or branches.

Just like now, within such a short time, the food’s scent had spread throughout the entire circular area, continuously diffusing outwards.

In the coming time, these scents wouldn’t vanish, but where was the food?

The big mountain cat started realizing that it had likely been toyed with. That damned food might not be here anymore.

Maybe it was all a conspiracy?

After meticulously scanning the entire shrubbery again, the big mountain cat decided not to waste more time. No matter what, as long as you dare to show up again, I’ll be sure to eat you.

Swishing its tail, it decisively left. Such a trivial issue wasn’t worth its time.

And the place it headed to was the opposite shady slope. As it passed, the little demons scattered and fled, including those who had been harbored ill intentions towards Wang Wu.

Truly deserving of a respectful burial, those allies.

As the big mountain cat charged up the shady slope, Wang Wu immediately acted, leaping to the other side of the rock and hiding beside a clump of shrubs.

This maneuver was swift, directly isolating most of the malicious gazes, including those noisy and ill-intentioned gray magpies in the sky.

As for the big mountain cat, because of its back facing Wang Wu and the straight-line distance now exceeding two hundred meters, it was completely oblivious.

Perhaps it would still have some faint, vague sensation.

Indeed, it quickly turned back in doubt, its fierce gaze sweeping over the entire sunny slope, but doing this only scared the other little demons stiff, with no other gains.

Wang Wu had already re-entered the Level 8 Concealment state.

His plan was a success.