Its mountain-like body plummeted, creating a huge splash.

If not now, when?

Mingxi quickly hugged Golden Yuanbao and shouted, "The ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) wind is strong! Let's go!"

The escape was difficult.

Fortunately, the outcome was good.

The person and the beast finally stopped only after flying out of Sweet Duck's territory.

Even if the Earthfire Spider King still wanted to pursue them, it would first encounter that group of Sweet Ducks.

Even if the Sweet Ducks weren't enough for it to instantly kill, they could at least divert its attention.

As for whether the Sweet Ducks would become Sweet Roasted Ducks, that was no longer something Mingxi needed to consider.

The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, was inherently the rule of survival in the secret realm.

Mingxi had Golden Yuanbao stop on an ancient cypress tree that required three people to embrace.

Enter the Time Realm.

Golden Yuanbao was now exhausted of energy and in poor condition, so it needed a good rest.

Anyway, thanks to Golden Yuanbao's tireless plucking of duck feathers, there was plenty of bonus time now.

885 minutes and 44 seconds.

Feel free to splurge.

Sincere thanks to the Sweet Ducks for their selfless dedication.

This time, she planned to give Second Baby ten days of incubation time in one go.

This way, Second Baby's incubation progress would reach 93.75%.

At the latest tomorrow night, Second Baby would hatch.

This secret realm was too dangerous; the sooner Second Baby was born, the more security she would have.

"Master, you'd best take Thunder Demon Bird for a physical data check. Its energy value seems to have reached the level cap."

Mingxi had just come out of the bathroom when Guangguang's words hit her.

What?

Golden Yuanbao's energy value reached the level cap?

When did this happen? Why didn't she know again?

Facts proved that Guangguang's judgment was correct.

Mingxi held the test report, dumbfounded.

"Thunder Demon Bird"

"Beast Age: 210 days"

"Level: Intermediate (Evolved for 81 days)"

"Gender: Male"

"Attributes: Flight, Thunder and Lightning"

"Energy Peak: 10000"

"Average Energy: 10000"

"Talent: S+"

"Characteristic One: Thunderclap"

"..."

"Skills: Chasing Wind (Minor Accomplishment 28%); Claw Strike (Beginner 80%); Golden Feather Whirlwind (Minor Accomplishment 4%); Light Expulsion (Beginner 79%); Wing Slash (Minor Accomplishment 3%); Lightning Ball (Beginner 76%); Thunder Bird (Beginner 29%); Thunder Radiation (Beginner 1%); Thunderstorm (Minor Accomplishment 7%)"

Golden Yuanbao's energy peak and average energy had both reached the level cap!

What on earth was going on?

Mingxi recalled the experiences of the past half-day and could only think of one possibility.

The zhuangdan fruit!

Golden Yuanbao had 'won the jackpot' just now; one of the zhuangdan fruits it ate permanently increased its energy value.

Before entering the secret realm, Golden Yuanbao's original average energy had already exceeded 7000 points. Adding the 3000 from the zhuangdan fruit, its energy value would indeed be full, wouldn't it?

Once a Transcendent creature's energy value reached the level cap, it could not continue to increase unless it evolved.

"Hehe, Golden Yuanbao, look, your luck is actually quite good."

She calculated that, including the consumption from 'playing' with the Sweet Ducks, Golden Yuanbao had eaten a total of 35 zhuangdan fruits just now.

A 2.9% probability is not low in the 'lottery world'.

Calculated this way, the price of zhuangdan fruit is actually a bit low.

700,000 was a lot for her, but for most Beast Tamers, it shouldn't be much.

Could it be that there were too many zhuangdan fruits in circulation, and the market was saturated?

She didn't know that although zhuangdan fruit was indeed not expensive in the energy fruit market, it didn't mean it was common.

The reason its price wasn't high was ultimately because the taste of zhuangdan fruit was too much of a test for Transcendent creatures' taste buds and intestines.

Few pet beasts were willing to eat it, let alone continuously eat as many as 35.

Golden Yuanbao was a true warrior.

"Thunder?"

Golden Yuanbao actually no longer cared about its luck.

Its Beast Tamer was right; strength was the absolute truth.

Knowing that its energy value had reached the cap, could it evolve now?

It knew there were instruments in the Time Realm that could make it evolve directly.

Mingxi shook her head.

"Wait a bit longer, no rush. I still want to get the ghost thunder flower before letting you evolve."

The evolution capsule in the Time Realm could forcibly help Golden Yuanbao evolve, but Guangguang also said that forced evolution might affect Golden Yuanbao's talent.

So, unless absolutely necessary, she would not let Golden Yuanbao evolve without the ghost thunder flower.

"Thunder."

Golden Yuanbao also heard about its evolution conditions. Of course, it didn't want its talent to be affected, but wasn't the ghost thunder flower very rare?

Its Beast Tamer was so poor and had no means to buy it.

Moreover, the current situation was special; they were deeply in an unknown secret realm.

With its current strength, it couldn't guarantee it could protect her.

So, after thinking about it, it still decided to evolve.

Although Golden Yuanbao didn't explicitly say so, Mingxi could roughly guess its thoughts.

Although Golden Yuanbao was deep in thought, its sense of responsibility was very strong.

She firmly refused again:

"No! I know what you're thinking. This secret realm is indeed very dangerous, and we might encounter Transcendent creatures as powerful as that Earthfire Spider King at any time, but we haven't reached a dead end yet. There's no need for you to sacrifice."

She stroked its slightly scorched feathers and gently comforted it, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You're already very strong. Let's not be too hasty."

"And because of your efforts, Second Baby will be able to hatch soon. When that happens, it can also help."

Even if Second Baby is just an early-stage pet beast after hatching, an egg can still contend with a stone, and a baby beast might also become a helper.

Seeing her firm attitude, Golden Yuanbao slightly lowered its tail feathers.

"Thunder."

Alright, then I'll wait a bit longer.

Its Beast Tamer was right; it was already very strong and shouldn't be so impatient.

Back in the outside world, the surroundings hadn't changed.

The Earthfire Spider King had most likely given up on pursuing them.

Mingxi checked the time; it was already past 3 PM without her realizing it, and their first night in the secret realm was about to arrive.

They needed to find a suitable place to camp quickly.

Once night fell, who knew what else would happen?

Actually, the riverbank where that group of Sweet Ducks resided was an excellent camping spot, high in elevation and close to a water source.

The problem was that it was too close to the Earthfire Spider King. It would be terrible if that big spider had characteristics or skills like enhanced smell.

So, Mingxi could only have Golden Yuanbao carry her to fly further upstream along the big river.

The further upstream they went, the lower the air temperature became.

It felt like a rapid transition from cool summer to late autumn, but her constant temperature clothing was effective, so she didn't feel much.

During this time, they encountered a group of Resentment-Horned Crocodiles and a group of Ice Lump Turtles fighting in the river!

The two sides fought fiercely, darkening the sky and obscuring the sun, and the water surface was stained a dazzling and eerie pink by the blood they shed.