Chapter 29: Chapter 29- Hunting ground
Kyle walked out of the tent and on to the vast grassland. In front of him was a forest that looked normal from outside, but it was one that didn't have a name. It was a forest area known to have low-level mobs. After the anomaly that has happened with beasts getting a power-up, it was now very rare to see any adventurers here.
Kyle, on the other hand, was too strong to deal with level 0 beats, he was eager to try the level 1 beasts to see what they were.
He already felt that beasts were impatient and were waiting from inside the forest for Kyle to step in. As the green grassland was a forbidden zone, they didn't dare to attack him straight away, but once Kyle got in, there would be a slaughter with no turning back.
Kyle adjusted his bearing, picking up the wolf fang in one hand and one decent quality sword from the village in the other. He cracked his knuckles and with qi fully circulating and powering up inside of his body, he rushed into the forest.
Kyle right now couldn't see any beasts, but he knew that they were there. Every animal when born started with a normal body, as long as an animal was eating rich in qi and spiritual essence food, it would upgrade to level 0, from there the animal could go as far as cultivating with its body's qi to reach higher levels. Kyle so far only dealt with normal animals, and a couple of level 0 beasts, that is why he couldn't wait to see what would level 1 beasts drop and how much energy they had.
As soon as Kyle crossed the border of the forest, an eagle from the closest tree pounced at him. The eagle was huge, with a wingspan of at least 2 metres. It was fully brown in colour with some grey feathers. Its claws also had a metallic lustre. This signalled that it was better to avoid them at all costs. Kyle did not panic as he was expecting this. He swiftly dodged to the side and used the man-made sword to slash at the edge. The sword was much longer than the wolf fang dagger and would be easier to hit with, a moving target.
The sword did not break as Kyle anticipated, it slashed through the air, making a slash sound and cut right through the eagle, separating the body in half.
Considering that Kyle could barely survive the level 0 beasts before, this eagle now was like a practice dummy to Kyle.
'This is great! EXP, come to me!' Kyle started absorbing the energy that the eagle had; the energy was, to say the least too small for Kyle. He didn't feel anything. The dantian and qi didn't react in the slightest. 'Considering that I just absorbed two level 3 beasts, this is not surprising. I will have to make up for it with quantity!' Kyle rushed further into the forest. He was meeting many different types of animals, all of them seemed normal, but had some different attributes that separated them from normal beasts and ranked them in the level 0 category.
Finally, after slaughtering everything in sight and being in the forest for an hour, Kyle met level 1 beasts. Three rabbits were on the green plane, eating something. Even though Kyle has been ignoring small enemies because he felt that it was too unfair, these rabbits had red eyes and a grey cross on their foreheads. As they heard Kyle rushing past them, they turned their heads at him and screamed.
The fight was 3 on 1, and these rabbits clearly knew what they were doing. After all, they were eating a wolf when Kyle interrupted them. Their movements were swift, and Kyle was barely able to keep track of 2 rabbits at the same time. The third rabbit has fully disappeared from his view, to only appear from behind. All 3 of the rabbits rushed at Kyle. 'They have encircled me, this is going to be a really tough fight,' Kyle didn't like dealing with multiple enemies, he didn't have enough battle experience just yet for this.
Kyle rolled to the side and was about to retaliate as stabbing pain came from the back of his left leg ankle a large deep scratch was on that area, and a rabbit was about to dive deeper into Kyle's flesh. The pain was extreme. Kyle has not been hurt too much ever since he came into this world. Now though one rabbit has already dealt a deep wound, and two more rabbits were about to attack.
Kyle's circulating qi straight away rushed to the wound to help heal and close it up. 'I didn't want to use any of the techniques and try to deal with all of this with my own physical strength, but in the situation such as this it seems that I have no choice.' Kyle clicked his tongue, and azure qi rushed to his hand. 5 points of light appeared on his palm. Kyle jumped into the air and aimed the palm onto two rabbits that were standing close to each other, then he bent his finger, releasing the Wave of Conviction. The rabbits that were about to pounce at him were now both pierced by the white and yellow straight beam that disappeared just as fast as it came. Kyle lost at least 2% of his qi reservoir by using this technique every time. If he had to use the Wave of Conviction for every fight with level 1 beast, he would be overwhelmed very quickly.
The last rabbits, seeing fresh blood gushing from the other two rabbits, went made and with a shriek jumped at Kyle. Now it was a 1 on 1 battle, Kyle gripped his wolf fang and easily deflected rabbits strike and sliced it open.
Now the fight was over. Kyle was panting. His breathing was fast, and his heart rate was at least at 180 beets per minute. 'This was too close… And again, what is up with bunnies and rabbits in this world?' Kyle's leg was still hurting, but clearly, azure qi was busy repairing any damage and was quickly closing up the wound. Kyle started, as usual, absorbing energy.
'Level 1 beasts surely have much better energy than level 0. I will recover the qi I used up and also grow my strength.' He could feel the power increasing and the qi in his meridians becoming thicker.
With this, Kyle knew that his tactic against multiple enemies would be to use the Wave of Conviction and try to get into a favourable position as soon as possible.
Also, Kyle was trying to utilise the lighting step when he was moving around the forest. Even though he could not utilise the skill even to the first limit, as he didn't have lighting affinity, he still practised the footwork and imitated the final move. This absurd footwork already boosted his speed considerably in both outside and inside the battle.
There were many level 0 beasts that seemed very scared of any movement, and Kyle had even to chase them around. This was completely different from what he experienced in other forests. The most likely explanation was because of the level 1 and level 2 enemies, normal beasts couldn't run havoc and had to be much more careful, this allowed Kyle to focus at more powerful beasts and get better energy.
The slaughter continued…
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Chapter 30: Chapter 30 - The Great Toad
Kyle understood that forests were all different from each other. The forests all were in the positioned in the northern side of the continent. That is why the animals in the forests were more savage and much more tough in a direct confrontation, just like the animals of the earth's north.
If as an example, Kyle was in the southern regions, he would have had to deal with spiders, snakes and much more dangerous and cunning beasts. Those that relied on cheap trick and trickery to get their enemy down. This to a person who didn't know all possible dangers, was the same as death. That is why Kyle was glad to be fighting wolfs and boars instead of spiders and pythons.
As Kyle went deeper into the forest, the enemies started to become stronger and stronger. This was, in particular, true for the appearance of the beasts. At first, the beasts looked exactly the same as the beasts on earth, but very quickly, some of the features started changing drastically.
The wolf would have an additional claw hidden under the fur of its leg. A boar would have a horn that it would use to pierce in the direct attack. A fox that had spiked knives on the tail to instantly kill anything that came close.
After countless fights and absorptions, it was finally night time, and Kyle retreated into the tent to rest. On his way back he has marked one of the trees with a cross so that he knew how far he went the very next day and to try to go further.
This carried on for at least a week, and now Kyle was fully versed with the idea of meeting a level 1 beast. On the 3rd day, Kyle was unlucky enough to meet a huge toad the size of 3 metres. It was sitting on the island in the middle of the pond and looking into the forest. Kyle didn't want to fight it just yet, but seeing a level 2 beast really opened up his eyes to the world.
After 7 days of exploring, Kyle sorted through some of the items and decided to go into the forest to where he saw the toad. If he understood correctly, every beast of high level would claim a particular area and become the ruler of that area, that is why it was nearly impossible to find multiple high levelled enemies at the same time. That, of course, was great news for Kyle. But the beast could claim a territory for a reason.
As an example, the toad had a natural advantage near water, and he was most likely faster in moving in a swampy area than others. That is why he was able to take control of the pond area.
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The next morning Kyle ignored most of the beasts that attacked him and rushed straight through the forest to the pond area. The Lightning Step has improved drastically for Kyle and channelling qi, together with particular stepping pattern, allowed Kyle to boost his speed by at least 50%.
Kyle arrived at the pond after an hour and saw the toad, sitting there just like before, not moving even a little bit.
Kyle got ready with the wolf fang in one hand and a new sword that he got from killing a peak level 1 boar. It was a combination of its bones and some of the claws of other animals that he had in the storage space.
He adjusted his breathing. The qi circulation inside of his body, reaching the maximum he rushed towards the toad.
The water was not deep, but it was full of dirt and sand mixed together into a quicksand, pulling Kyle down very fast. If Kyle didn't have a Lighting Step technique, he would have been pulled down already. Even though Kyle was slowed down, he was still very fast. He wanted to use this opportunity before the Toad spotted him as he was attacking from it's back. Kyle stopped for a second and with a pullback threw one of the swords, that he bought from the village, with unbelievable strength at the toad.
When it was just about to reach and slice its back, the toad jumped up and neatly evaded the sword. The toad now turned towards Kyle and was looking at him with its big eyes. It was looking with a gaze that said 'Why did a mosquito want to bite me?'
Now Kyle stopped and had to think of ways to approach this. Even though the toad was around 15 metres from him, his Wave of Conviction couldn't reach the toad just yet. Also, he didn't know the toad's attack pattern and skills.
Kyle had 2 choices now, run away or rush straight ahead. Running away was not an option as this was a tempering event for Kyle, where he wanted to learn. While rushing straight ahead was not Kyle's style of fighting, but he couldn't see there anything else that he could do. He also couldn't stay still because of the quicksands that below the ponds water.
He rushed straight ahead, and with qi in his hand, he shot the Wave of Conviction. If it landed, it would have pierced straight through the toad's skin, but the toad was fast. Too fast, in fact, for Kyle. Kyle only started to get experience in battles. That is why some of the skills were still very much lacking.
The White line spread for 2 metres, and the toad easily evaded it at this distance and retaliated with its tongue. This was what Kyle was afraid of.
Toads were very well known to use the tongue as weapons and many games that Kyle played, had toads that could poison as well. As Kyle couldn't evade the attack, he prayed that it is not poisonous.
The tongue struck Kyle on the stomach, and it felt as if a hammer was used to strike at full force. The tongue was red in colour but was as strong as steel. Kyle flew for 10 metres before dropping to the water. Kyle quickly stood up and spit a coughed up blood ball. His insides were damaged by this, but not too much, Kyle could still fight.
The toad in all of this time still stayed on the island and looked at this as if some performance was happening in front of it to relax and enjoy.
Kyle was getting mad, 'I have to increase my range somehow. I am still unable to use more than 5 spots on my palm to increase the range or the power of the Wave of Conviction. Suddenly Kyle remembered about a remark that he heard. The Wave of Conviction can be used through the weapon to achieve a different shape, length and power levels of the wave. With this thought in Kyle's mind, he gripped the sword in one hand and started channelling the qi through it.
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