by Lazy Bird
In the end, in mere moments, all of that had dissolved into water.
“Wait, this is a little similar to the red monster that Zhao Da mutated into. I killed Zhao Da previously and did not gain Spirit Points either, only his corpse became ashes. Heck, Heavenly Workmanship Points!”
Li Siwen leaped out with a whoosh. Sure enough, he found a white crystal the size of a chicken egg outside of the tree house.
Associating it with the red crystal as big as an apricot kernel that Zhao Da became after his death, how could he be a stranger to how valuable this was.
But he still used tree branches to lift this white crystal and finally confirmed that this item was harmless using the four remarkable abilities of looking, listening, questioning and feeling.
However, he’d just put this white crystal in his hand and in merely three seconds, this white crystal with a net weight of at least thirty catties promptly dimmed. Finally, it became a normal stone weighing just a few hundred grams.
At this time, Li Siwen opened the Attribute Bar with a trembling heart and he saw that the small blue orb had actually yielded a ball of blue thick mist. Focusing on it, he almost jumped up in joy.
The stats labeled on it was too surprising; it was actually 53/15.
How did it suddenly break the upper limit?
Perhaps because luck brings wisdom, the first thing that Li Siwen thought of at heart was to upgrade. He was going to upgrade the volume of the small blue orb.
At once, the blue haze outside of the blue orb instantly became much dimmer and the stats label became 23/30. As expected, the upgrade succeeded, just that a one time upgrade expended 30 points of Heavenly Workmanship Point, it felt like he was suffering a loss for some reason.
But Li Siwen wasn’t the kind of insatiably avaricious, short-sighted, ill-bred person. He merely thumped his chest and stomped his feet and warmly greeted all 72 generations of that big snake’s ancestors.
One minute later, he regulated his emotions and a look of being in thought appeared on his face.
Now it had been proven that the frost spurted out by this black snake, and the flames released by the boorish Feudal Lord were all a certain power that did not belong to this world.
Zhao Da became a monster because he could not control the mutation of such power, even his soul was non-existent.
And though this big snake had controlled the frost, it similarly had no more soul.
Then, could he conclude that the boorish Fire, as well as everyone else who’d fused the fire amulet, had all lost their souls too? Only they did not realize it themselves.
Then where did their souls go?
Offered as sacrifice, or exchanged?
Mm, this was too complicated. He could not afford to get involved, could not afford to get involved.
chapter 46
It would have been another beautiful day if he wasn’t hungry.
Li Siwen jumped out of the treehouse full of energy, routinely checked the sky, then shook his head. There was a high probability that there would be no rain today.
Then, he looked up to the north of the flooded valley, the territory of the wild boar family. There, two old wild boars had been patrolling since the big snake died last night. Their small eyes revealed deep vigilance and caveat.
“So, I’m going vegetarian today!”
Li Siwen said righteously. To be more precise, if the wild boar family was the same as in the past and only sent one old wild boar to go after him, he would definitely get to eat wild boar meat today. However, there was no way he could go up against two old wild boars.
With his scrawny limbs, he wouldn’t even be able to take one blow.
The Iron Ring Black Snakes could not be found at the south bank of the flooded valley. Li Siwen wandered around most of the night before, killed 12,000 mosquitoes, and only caught three dessert rats. He was really sad.
Hence, Li Siwen was ready to take the initiative. He wanted to completely reverse this hunger situation.
He went on his usual routine to chop trees and fill up the green orb with Vitality Points. Then, he used vines to make a basket to carry on his back. He headed toward the vast river on the edge of the forest. There were few trees, plenty of sunlight, resulting in many types of plants.
Li Siwen observed as he walked. First, he found a green foxtail. If he remembered correctly, they could domesticate this as millet.
Although he wasn’t sure how to domesticate it, he had Vitality Points.
He carefully chose a clump of green foxtail, extracted some Vitality Points to ripen it quickly.
One should not underestimate vitality Points. In just a few moments, the clump of green foxtail that was originally only half a meter long grew to a height of nearly 1.5 meters. Its ears grew from 5 to 9. They already looked like millets.
Li Siwen happily harvested them and put them in his back basket. He would bring these seeds back to dry and select them, then plant them in the farmland. As long as the young seedlings emerge, he could continue to mature them with his Vitality Points. It was estimated that it would only take a few reproductions before he could eat them.
Just the thought of it filled up with anticipation.
Other than ripening green foxtail, Li Siwen intended to cultivate some vegetables. It didn’t have to be cabbage or the like, as long as they could be eaten.
Moving on, he would occasionally linger in front of a few weeds, even tasting them, especially those that look juicy with huge leaves. As long as it didn’t taste too bad, these weeds stood a chance to be domesticated into vegetables.
Li Siwen walked out seven or eight miles on the edge of the forest the entire morning, ripening seven edible wild vegetables, three small berries, one shrub fruit, and two weeds that could be domesticated as a staple food. He killed an agile rabbit, collected twelve bird eggs, caught two wild ducks, and touched seven little herrings in the shallow water of the river. It was a fruitful trip.
But when he got home, he was furious. His treehouse was violently broken into pieces, and the cultivated farmland was in a mess. It was as if dozens of wild boars held a party here.
Looking to the north of the flooded valley, the two old wild boars were still patrolling, their little eyes cunning and provocative.
“Damn! Since you want war, I’ll give you war!”
Li Siwen didn’t get consumed with anger. After quickly calming his mood, he first ate all the food slowly, then found out the anti-inflammatory herb and hemostatic herb that had been dried in the sun from the scattered treehouse. Other than the long knife, axe, and hoe he had with him, they were considered his most important asset. He had invested over 20 Vitality Points on it.
Li Siwen put the dried anti-inflammatory herb and hemostatic herb on a relatively flat stone and crushed them into powder. Then, he took out a water gourd that was previously dried out and put the powder in carefully. It was quite fruitful. The powder almost filled the water gourd that could hold two catties of water.
He placed the cover carefully and tied it to his body with a cloth strip. This thing could definitely save lives.
After that, he leisurely chopped some trees and accumulated his Vitality Points to 15.
Then, he sat in the fallen tree house and rested calmly.
One hour later, when his Stamina recovered, he extracted some Spirit Points and added it to his Spirit. After obtaining a super-brain effect, he immediately recalled all the details of the wild boar family’s territory. After all, he frequented that area. He had no use for such details usually, but as long as he added some Spirit, he could actively recall them.
More than ten minutes later, the expressionless Li Siwen let out a foul breath and immediately drew a map on the ground. Each point on the map was the location of each big tree.
“The south of the wild boar family’s territory is close to the flooded valley, the north is close to the vines, west to the river, and the east is unknown. They have a wide range of diet and eat everything. In addition, their ski
n is thick and rough. In terms of data, their Stamina is at least 50 and above. Hence, poisoning it with Iron Wolf Poison may not be effective.”
“There are 36 wild boars in the wild boar family. Among them, six old wild boars were all male. This is strange. There is no obvious leader. Every old wild boar seems to be a leader. What is this situation?”
“These old wild boars are powerful. They are two meters tall and weigh at least two thousand catties. Their bristles are like steel needles and they have rough and thick skin. It is impossible for my steel axe to cause a fatal blow. In addition, they run very fast. Under normal circumstances, they can run 100 meters in ten seconds. Occasionally, they can even do it in eight seconds. That’s quite nasty.”
Other than these old wild boars, there are three big wild boars or possibly old sows. They have 14 small wild boars that were just born this year, and 13 young wild boars, which should be born last year. Neither their combat effectiveness nor cunningness can be compared with those old wild boars.”
“So the problem now lies in the six old wild boars and how they can use joint tactics cleverly. Two old wild boars patrol together. There are no blind spots on the flat ground. Even if my Agility is 9, I can’t take them head-on. Even if I can dodge their frontal charge, my weapon is too light. Even if I can break their defense, it is definitely not fatal. I will be easily caught. If there is only a one-second delay, I will be dead. Their one-foot-long eversion fangs are no joke.”
Li Siwen quickly analyzed in his mind. At the same time, he memorized the locations of the big trees in the wild boar territory. This was very important. If he could remember it in advance, he could move quickly through his body’s spatial judgment without the need to activate his Spirit Vision. It was best not to show his cards so easily.
“This is a blind spot. Every time I go near this area, those old wild boars go mad. What are they hiding here? An old sow preparing for birth?”
Li Siwen was in the middle of the map. He was about one kilometer away from the flooded valley. It was a small valley with lush woods and a towering terrain. When he first looked for a place to settle down, he saw an old wild boar there and decisively avoided it.
“So I need a more powerful weapon, one that can cause a fatal blow to the old wild boar. In addition, I should increase my Defense to 4. This will not only improve my Defense but also unlock my Strength and Agility shortcomings.”
chapter 47
Since this was a war and not a hunt, it was not too much to be thorough in his preparation. Even if he was aggrieved, it should not distract him.
So in the afternoon, when more than 30 wild boars charged through the flooded valley like a cavalry, stepping repeatedly on Li Siwen’s farmland, digging and clawing, even demolishing his treehouse, Li Siwen just hid in the big tree that had a girth the size of five people holding hands. He did not waste any of his rest time.
He had extracted all the 15 Vitality Points from the green orb, increased his Health from 40 to 50, and his Stamina from 40 to 45. He had a hunch that the time to unlock the 4 Defense Points was coming. Of course, before that, he needed to prepare sufficient food.
In the evening, the wild boar family that had been wreaking havoc for the entire afternoon left triumphantly. The six old wild boars always maintained high vigilance, so Li Siwen had no chance of launching a sneak attack on them.
Li Siwen didn’t care about this, he just activated his woodcutting skill methodically and continued to cut trees until the green orb had accumulated 15 Vitality Points.
“Extract!”
“Add Stamina!”
He extracted 5 Vitality Points and added it to his Stamina. His Stamina finally reached 50 points. At this moment, he finally sensed that his defense was going to be unlocked.
He extracted another Vitality point and sure enough; the Defense attribute lit up, but his Health, Stamina, Strength, and Agility were all dimmed.
Li Siwen didn’t panic at all. He had prepared a wild anti-inflammatory herb to ripen it to avoid waste.
“Sure enough, both the upper limit of life and the upper limit of physical strength have their shortcomings. What are these shortcomings? In fact, it’s obvious.”
He contemplated calmly. The two attributes, Health and Stamina determined the upper limit of Defense, and the upper limit of Defense determined the upper limit of Strength and Agility.
So, the final deciding factor should be Spirit Development.
His Spirit was still grey and his Spirit Development was 40%. If he wanted to continue to unlock his Health and Stamina, he had to increase his Spirit Development percentage.
There were two possibilities.
The first was that he must have 100% Spirit Development before he can continue to add to his Health and Stamina.
The second was that when his Spirit Development reached 50%, he could add 10 points to his Health and Stamina, and so on.
Li Siwen was inclined to the second possibility. Whether he was right, he just had to test it out.
However, the treehouse had been destroyed. Under the predatory eyes of the wild boar family, he could no longer collect Spirit, which meant that he would be vulnerable for four or five hours.
“Should I gather enough food to add 4 Defense Points?”
In the darkness, Li Siwen’s expression was troubled. This was his original plan. If he could increase his Defense to 4 points, he would have a better chance of winning this battle with the wild boar family.
However, he had to consider the horrible hunger after adding Defense points. The last time he added 3 points of Defense, he not only ate more than a hundred catties of raw meat but also ate all the demonized wheat seeds. Although he somehow avoided a catastrophe, the horror of such a thing was undeniable.
Now, because his Stamina was 50 points, it would definitely require at least two hundred catties of raw meat.
Under the threat of the wild boar family, it would be difficult for him to get so much food at once. Even if he did, he wouldn’t be able to guarantee the quality.
“Forget it. It’s not possible to be 100% prepared. Furthermore, the behavior of those wild boars today is abnormal, as if deliberately irritating me, harassing me. There must be some hidden plot. Let’s fight then!”
Taking a deep breath, Li Siwen solemnly took out the stainless steel axe and removed its wooden handle before he placed the axe and the stainless steel long knife together.
Then, he extracted 10 Heavenly Workmanship Points at one go and concentrated his attention. In his mind, he focused on merging and strengthening the items.
Soon, the 10 Heavenly Workmanship Points became a blue curtain of light, enveloping the long knife and axe. Then, the blue curtain of light turned into countless tiny raindrops and fell. Among the blue raindrops, the axe had fused with the long knife. What was even more amazing was that there were two images on it. One was a machete, and the other was a mountain axe. The former had the number 8 under it, and the latter also had the number 8 under it.
Li Siwen instantly understood that it meant the number of Heavenly Workmanship points that were still required. What a bummer.
But he immediately chose the mountain axe and quickly extracted 8 Heavenly Workmanship Points and put them into it. A few seconds later, a dark mountain axe appeared in front of him.
He picked it up to gauge its weight. It was at least twenty catties. There was a hole for the wooden handle on the back of the axe which was about the same thickness as a goose egg.
The thickest part of the mountain axe was about ten centimeters. It gradually became thinner as it transitioned to the axe blade. Other than the sharp edge of the blade itself, the thinnest part was two centimeters thick, which meant it not only could people and pigs, it could also cut down trees.
In addition, the blade of this thick-backed mountain axe was dark blue. It was about 30 cm long, over ten centimeters longer than the previous logging axe, which meant that the center of gravity of the mountain axe was not as easy to grasp. I
f the swing strength was insufficient, the power could not be concentrated effectively and the hacking force would not be as effective as that of an ordinary logging axe.
But this was no problem for Li Siwen. He had enough Strength and could lock the center of gravity of the mountain axe with enough power. With the help of the mountain axe’s own weight to add to the damage, he could do explosive damage in the end.
This was practically tailored for the wild boar family opposite.
Next, Li Siwen found the big hammer that the snake hated from the fallen tree house and pared it down before using it as the axe handle of the mountain axe.
It was worth mentioning that the sharpness of this mountain axe was far beyond Li Siwen’s imagination. When he held the mountain axe and pushed it down, he felt like a carpenter holding a plane.
In the end, after experimenting more than a dozen times, Li Siwen determined the length of the axe handle was about 140 centimeters. This was determined according to the enemy, the wild boars, this time. This body which he had transmigrated to was only a little over 1.7 meters and could not handle an axe handle that was too long.
In fact, if his Strength was insufficient, and the quality of the wood was hard enough, the most suitable length for him should be between 100 centimeters and 120 centimeters.
But facing those old wild boars, a slightly longer axe handle was necessary.
Securing the axe handle firmly, after several reconfirmations and using it to chop a few trees, he had familiarized himself with its center of gravity, vibration amplitude, where to hold both hands, and the angle at which he should chop.
The old wild boar was not a tree and would not stay in place. Hence, it was necessary to create the most helpful attack opportunity to fight for a one-hit kill or at least a serious injury with one hack of the axe.
For this reason, Li Siwen had planned three one-hit-kill schemes and four frontal hacking schemes based on the terrain and the behavior of the old wild boar. Only then would he go up the tree to rest and wait for tomorrow’s battle.