Chapitre 30: Killing boars, killing humans
The Mid-Year Examination continued.
This outdoor hunting was the first time for most students. Thus, there was danger and the clan naturally had plans. Dozens of Rank 2 Gu Masters were concealed in the forests, controlling the safety of this entire examination. At the same time, some Rank 3 clan elders were staying nearby to anticipate sudden accidents.
The blazing sun slowly descended from the highest point in the sky, gradually nearing the north-east mountains.
The sunset glow ignited the clouds; it was the sun's last glow of passion.
As the last sunlight shone into the forest, another wild boar fell on the ground.
''Twenty six boars,' Chi Yan calculated in his heart, and then squatted down, skillfully carving out the wild boar's teeth.
Unlike other students, Chi Yan didn't carry a bag on his back. Instead he put her wild boar teeth into a pouch and then, once he gathered a dozen, he would activate a storage Gu and store them. With the amount of teeth that he got, it would be quite troublesome for him to carry them around by himself while also fighting.
After standing up, light green rings of wind appeared below Chi Yan's feet as he broke into a sprint.
With his dark outfit closely fitting to his athletic body and a crimson red half-ponytail dangling behind him, he looked like a warrior rushing through the woods onto a battlefield.
As Chi Yan dashed through the forest, he concentrated on Bookworm residing in his brain.
By drawing in connection with the Bookworm, Chi Yan easily saw the distribution of the wild boars in the surrounding area. Having especially practiced boar hunting these last three days and having studied the map, Chi Yan had already picked the best hunting location and decided on an optimal route. Twice he even encountered Fang Yuan hunting in the same area.
After confirming his current location, Chi Yan adjusted his course slightly.
He ran for a while and soon found his next target. He regulated his breathing and then without hesitation moved in for the kill, plunging forward.
As Chi Yan drew closer toward the wild boar, the boar turned its head toward him as it noticed him and snorted, aiming to drive the intruder away.
However, Chi Yan kept walking closer and it caused the boar to screech lowly once again as it dug against the earth with its front limbs, the hair on its back raised in agitation.
'Fire Pellet Gu!' Chi Yan called out in his heart. As he wantonly poured primeval essence into Fire Pellet Gu, a fireball the size of a small-medium sized apple formed atop his palm, nearly twice the size of when he used it at Rank 1 Initial Stage.
Finally when Chi Yan came closer than the wild boar's acceptable range, the wild boar's hooves dug the ground three times before spreading its muscular four limbs, lowered its head and dashed towards Chi Yan.
Chi Yan had the Jade Skin Gu. If he only wanted, he could simply use Jade Skin Gu to resist the wild boar's charge, and thanks to the magical laws of this world he wouldn't even be flung backwards by the boar's strength.
However, Chi Yan didn't want to waste his primeval essence and time on defending and instead went directly in for the kill.
As the boar charged straight at him, Chi Yan stood still with a focused expression. When the distance lowered to less than fifteen meters he abruptly pushed out his palm forward and sent the fireball in his hand aimed directly at the boar's forehead.
Shhhhh!
The burning fireball drew a straight line in the air as it shot out at the wild boar with speed faster than that of an arrow, producing a characteristic sound of brightly burning fire.
An animal like a wild boar would lack human wisdom, but it still had its instinct sharpened by the harsh living environment of this world. It attempted to dodge the fireball and changed its direction, but although it tried, it was useless. The fireball still struck the boar at the area of its ear, penetrating through the eye socket and the thick skull, directly melting a part of its brain.
Even if a wild boar was very fast, strong and ferocious, it had difficulties with changing directions once it began its charge.
Having received a fatal blow, the boar continued traveling forward for a few steps purely due to its moment. Chi Yan leisurely dodged the dead boar's sloppy charge by stepping sideways while the boar crashed down, burying itself into the earth.
Seeing the boar completely devoid of life, Chi Yan squatted down and collected two more boar tusks.
'Twenty seven boars,' Chi Yan counted.
He then stood up and continued searching for his next target, thinking calmly in his heart, 'I have a genuine Rank 1 peak stage cultivation and incredibly quick primeval essence recovery rate. Thanks to the amplification of my Extreme Physique the strength of my Fire Pellet Gu is doubled and with it I can easily one-shot a wild boar if I strike its head.'
'Before today I have already gone out to hunt in the wild a few times, so I have experience with killing boars, and I also have the map with the wild boar distribution stored in my bookworm, able to browse it at any time. I also possess a movement Gu and an endurance increasing Gu, along with my boy being strong and athletic. No one can be faster than me at hunting, not even Fang Yuan.'
At this moment Fang Yuan still had Rank 1 middle stage cultivation, his Aperture having the limit of 44%. Although he had the Liquor Worm and could condense his primeval essence into the upper stage, he required four times as much middle stage primeval essence to do that. In the end, he didn't have a genuine upper stage cultivation, so he was still severely limited by his primeval essence reserves and the power of his Moonlight Gu.
Chi Yan was clear of his obvious advantages over Fang Yuan.
Truth be told, with Rank 1 Peak stage primeval essence a Rank 1 Fire Pellet Gu by itself should severely struggle to penetrate a wild boar's thick skull and instantly kill it unless it accurately struck its eye socket.
The watching Gu Masters would surely have some doubts once they saw Chi Yan one-shot wild boars one after another with only Fire pellet Gu, and also his fire balls being much larger than usual, so that's why before the examination Chi Yan spread rumors that he was using an Enlarge Gu along with his Fire Pellet Gu.
And indeed, Chi Yan now had a Rank 1 Enlarge Gu in his Aperture, adding it to his arsenal. Though he only pretended to use it at this time.
In practice, apart from the obvious doubling of the fireball's size, the Enlarge Gu also increased the power and range of Fire Pellet Gu, not by two times, but significantly.
In other words, the Enlarge Gu was a more fancy and expensive Little Light Gu that was more versatile.
Another advantage for hunting that Chi Yan had to conceal was his rapid primeval essence recovery. Because of that he did not defend or play around, and instead efficiently killed his targets, sometimes taking short breaks.
While Gu Yue Mo Bei might require thirty minutes to kill a wild boar and Fang Yuan also had to kite around, with all of his advantages, Chi Yan rushed through the area like a specter and hunted like a predator, killing one boar and then directly rushing to find another prey.
The Rank 2 Gu Masters that secretly observed Chi Yan hunt could not believe that at this time Chi Yan only cultivated for a little less than six months.
But from Chi Yan's perspective he really wanted to show off during this competition, as it had little downsides but great potential gains, and it wasn't only the primeval stones that he could earn from exchanging the many wild boar tusks he acquiers.
Bang!
As Chi Yan was searching for his next prey, he suddenly heard an explosion. With the corner of his eyes he also noticed a flash of light.
Looking over in that direction, there were some sounds of fighting.
"I am Gu Yue Sou, lad, if you surrender now, my clan might still spare your life!" an elderly wise man spoke in a distance.
"Spare me, hmph, I'll kill you first!" a low voice filled with determination replied.
Chi Yan's heart thumped. 'That should be Wang Da. He must be trying to assassinate Fang Zheng! My luck is good, this is a great chance!'
Chi Yan quickly registered the situation and went that direction.
Not far away, the fight continued.
Wang Da moved quickly and dodged Gu Yue Sou's white spears formed from the old man's hair.
On his hands, his ten nails were half a palm long, purple and dark, fog-like poison circulating them.
"Die!" Wang Da was already crazy from battle, laughing maniacally as he rushed towards his target.
In his eyes, Fang Yuan's face was full of shock and panic.
Killing intent had overtaken Wang Da's brain, he could almost hear himself piercing Fang Yuan's skin, and his indignant last breath.
"You wish!"
Just when he was about to succeed, another person appeared, blocking Wang Da's way.
A new Gu Master rushed over from nearby!
'It's actually the Love Life Separation?' This middle-aged man was unmoved by Wang Da's crazy and ferocious demeanor.
Rock Skin Gu!
The middle-aged man activated his Gu, his naked arms immediately turned from yellow to gray-white color. At the same time both his arms expanded like balloons, forming a large and thick rock arm.
After a short exchange of moves, green wheels of wind formed around the middle-aged Gu Master rock arms and he sent Wang Da flying with his punch
Wang Da fell onto the ground in a mess, his chest feeling pain.
Puke.
He barely got up, but could not help but vomit blood.
'5% primeval essence left, I'm gonna die.' Wang Da checked his aperture, laughing bitterly. Seeing 'Fang Yuan' near him, he showed insane resolve on his face, 'Even if I die, you will join me!'
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
He ignored his injuries and rushed out.
"Block him!" The middle-aged Gu Master was a pure close-ranged fighter with no long range Gu, at once he could do nothing.
The old Gu Master had already arrived, his body's white hair turning into finger-sized spirals as they flew like nimble snakes, extending five to six meters and reaching from behind, piercing Wang Da's body, freezing him in place.
But Wang Da did not care, reaching out his hand regardless.
"Block it! Jade Skin Gu!" a new voice shouted out. It was Chi Yan who appeared at the scene.
"Die!!!" Wang Da screamed loudly, his ten fingernails extending to fifty centimeters long, draining his Aperture dry.
The close-range Gu Master chased after, and upon seeing this scene, his expression changed as he could no longer stop it.
Seeing that Wang Da was about to get his way, a bright blue jade light burst from the other side.
"Jade Skin Gu!" Under the pressure of life and death, Fang Zheng screamed out loudly.
Immediately, his skin was covered by a sturdy layer of jade skin.
'Trying to stop me with just rank 1 Gu, huh?!' Wang Da's fingers were like knife blades, stabbing at Fang Zheng.
Although the Love Life Separation did not have strong attacking ability, the Jade Skin Gu could not fully block his nails. The nails pierced through the defense layer and pricked Fang Zheng's forehead.
"Aaaahr!" The elderly Gu Master, seeing Fang Zheng about to die, shouted frantically and his eyes expanded. Even more snow white needles shot out and pierced Wang Da's body.
After that, the needles worked like snakes, first piercing his back to his chest, then circulating around his neck, arms and legs.
Meanwhile Chi Yan used Fire Pellet Gu and sent out a slender yet powerful fireball.
Shooo!
With a burning swoosh sound, the fireball accurately pierced through Wang Da's head from the side, going out the other side and flying for several more meters.
Boiling blood and brain matter poured from Wang Da's numerous wounds, immediately dying the white hair red. With his brain being pierced, Wang Da's arms and head dropped down and forward limply.
Wang Da died.
Fang Zheng stared at him, his body glowing with jade light. From start to end, he was in deep confusion and suspicion.
Under the thick death aura, he could not move an inch. His mind was blank as he only subconsciously activated the Jade Skin Gu thanks to someone's reminder.
Wang Da's nails pierced the jade skin and stabbed one centimeter in, but then his arms dropped.
He died abruptly. His face was full of ferocious killing intent as he died.
"It's… over?" Fang Zheng breathed roughly, his eyes losing focus and seemed rather hollow.
Then, a strong sense of dizziness overcame him.
Plop.
He fell on the ground. The poison already invaded his body.
Chi Yan rushed over to the scene. He saw that the two Rank 2 Gu Masters' faces were full of shock and panic.
"Junior, you are Gu Yue Chi Yan?" the elderly Gu Master asked warily when Chi Yan approached.
"That's right. Fang Zheng looks poisoned. Quickly, use this!" Chi Yan called out and pulled out a Gu worm from his Aperture, it was a green worm fossil.
"This is Clearing Heat Gu!" The two Gu Masters called out as they recognized the Gu, their expressions filling with astonishment.
"Quickly, lad, pass it to me!" the elderly Gu Master hurriedly replied as he extended his hand in a requesting gesture.
Chi Yan nodded and sent out Clearing Heat Go toward the elderly man, allowing him to use it.
The elderly Gu Master then rushed toward Fang Zheng and knelt down. He placed his palm on Fang Zheng's forehead and quickly used the Clearing Heat Gu to dissipate the poison.
The elderly Gu Master's eyes shone with hope - as long as they acted fast enough Fang Zheng could still make it! Although Love Life Separation was a top poison Gu at Rank 2, Clearing Heat Gu was also a rare rank 2 Gu and it specifically specialized in detoxifying poison.
"There is still a chance, what great luck!" The middle-aged Gu Master called out as he also came closer.
He then pulled out a Gu worm and shot it into the sky, causing a red signal flare to explode in air.
Chi Yan stood straight over Fang Zheng and calmly observed his pale face. In regards to whether Fang Zheng died or not - he strongly doubted that Heaven's Will would allow Fang Zheng to die even if he didn't interfere.
What was important was that now, after 'saving' Fang Zheng's life, Chi Yan might receive a really nice reward!
'It was worth it to hunt in this area…' Chi Yan thought to himself.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
stone