Chapter 19: Steelhide Wild Boar
This time, Luo Fan's target was County Town 0307.
He planned to first find some low-level beasts to practice his blade, while also getting familiar with the Wilderness Zone's environment.
And also getting used to the smell of blood.
So, he first arrived at the county town.
He walked along the old national highway.
Along the way, he occasionally saw some broken-down cars.
These cars were already covered in rust.
Many had some black, unidentified substances on them.
Some cars even had visible impact marks, with doors dented inward.
These marks didn't look like the result of a traffic accident.
They looked more like they had been hit by some kind of creature.
As Luo Fan observed the surroundings under the moonlight, his spiritual psychic power detected something.
Behind a car a little over two hundred meters ahead, a Shadowflower Snake was hiding.
In fact, it had evolved from the Cauliflower Snake before the Great Nirvana.
It was about two meters long, with a thickness like the mouth of a cup.
Luo Fan carefully sensed it, it was a high-level Beast Soldier Shadowflower Snake.
The Shadowflower Snake seemed to have smelled Luo Fan, staying behind the car without moving.
With a thought, Luo Fan sent a throwing knife flying from his backpack.
The next moment, a small throwing knife landed right in front of the Shadowflower Snake.
The snake immediately retreated at high speed.
In retreating, its body became fully visible from behind the car.
As a Beast Soldier-level snake, it had no idea who the knife belonged to.
Once it realized it had been exposed, it lunged straight toward Luo Fan.
In just a few seconds, it closed the two-hundred-meter distance and reached Luo Fan.
[Task: Slay the high-level Beast Soldier Shadowflower Snake, Reward: +1 constitution, +1 roasted snake meat]
This reward could only be described as better than nothing.
Luo Fan wanted to create a task to slay the Shadowflower Snake using the Ninefold Thunder Blade, but he couldn't set it up at all.
By now, the Shadowflower Snake was less than ten meters away from him.
Luo Fan drew his combat blade and slashed at the snake.
The blade cut the Shadowflower Snake cleanly in half, like slicing tofu.
After all, Luo Fan's strength was more than twice that of the Shadowflower Snake.
Being a Spiritual Psychic, his reaction speed was extremely fast.
A large amount of blood poured from the snake's body.
Even after being cut in half, the two segments of the Shadowflower Snake still struggled.
Luo Fan struck its head with another blow, finally ending its life completely.
Looking at the scene before him, his current state was fine.
He didn't feel the disgust that the martial artist forums had mentioned.
After all, his spiritual attributes were extremely high, giving him strong resistance against negative sensations.
"Sigh, even a high-level Beast Soldier isn't enough to give me a real challenge,"
Luo Fan thought in his mind.
Then, he continued moving forward.
After walking for quite a while, he finally arrived at County Town 0307.
Along the way, Luo Fan had killed quite a few monsters.
However, all of them were only at the Beast Soldier level.
So basically, all of them were one-shot kills for Luo Fan.
Upon arriving at the county town, he headed toward a residential complex.
He had already checked the information beforehand.
The complex consisted of several high-rise buildings.
He planned to find a top-floor apartment as a temporary residence.
At the same time, he could observe the situation in the county town.
Soon, he arrived at the complex.
At that moment, he noticed that the supermarket in the center of the complex was inhabited by a group of Steelhide Wild Boars.
Most of these Steelhide Wild Boars were at the Beast Soldier level.
Only the one in the very center was a low-level Beast General.
When Luo Fan sensed the situation with his spiritual psychic power, his eyes lit up.
His sparring partners had arrived!
[Task: Use Ninefold Thunder Blade Level 1 to kill the Beast General-level Steelhide Wild Boar, Reward: +1 proficiency in Ninefold Thunder Blade Level 1, +10 constitution]
[Task: Kill a group of Beast Soldier-level Steelhide Wild Boars, Reward: +3 constitution]
Without hesitation, he charged toward the supermarket in the center of the complex.
As he approached, several Beast Soldier-level Steelhide Wild Boars had already noticed him.
Upon spotting Luo Fan, they immediately charged at him without hesitation.
Facing the four Steelhide Wild Boars, Luo Fan easily dodged their attacks.
While brushing past them, he struck the head of one high-level Beast Soldier Steelhide Wild Boar.
However, Luo Fan noticed that the boar's movements were somewhat erratic, and a large amount of blood flowed from its head.
Yet, this Steelhide Wild Boar was still alive.
Previously, the high-level Beast Soldiers Luo Fan had encountered were all decapitated with a single strike.
But this Steelhide Wild Boar wasn't even killed, let alone beheaded.
Though it was on the verge of death.
However, this also showed just how thick the Steelhide Wild Boar's hide was.
Its defense was extremely strong.
"Hmph hmph!"
The three uninjured Steelhide Wild Boars, seeing their companion severely wounded, had bloodshot eyes.
After snorting a few times, they continued charging toward Luo Fan.
Meanwhile, the other Steelhide Wild Boars inside the supermarket had also heard the commotion.
Facing the three charging Steelhide Wild Boars,
Luo Fan didn't choose to decapitate this time.
He waited for the right moment, ran in front of one boar, and slid low.
As the boar charged past him, he thrust his combat blade at its jaw.
This was a relatively weak defensive point on the Steelhide Wild Boar.
"Puchi!"
A massive spray of blood erupted, covering Luo Fan.
The boar died instantly.
Luo Fan's blade had pierced its jaw straight through to its brain.
He quickly got back on his feet.
When he looked at the remaining two Steelhide Wild Boars, he realized there were now far more than just two.
All the Steelhide Wild Boars from the supermarket had come out.
Including the low-level Beast General Steelhide Wild Boar.
It now stood at the front, glaring at Luo Fan with blood-red eyes.
The next moment, over a dozen Steelhide Wild Boars charged at Luo Fan together.
Luo Fan ignored the blood covering him and plunged into the group of boars.
He didn't target the low-level Beast General yet, instead planning to first eliminate the other Beast Soldier-level Steelhide Wild Boars.
Then he would duel the remaining Beast General-level boar one-on-one.
Using the sheer number of boars, he weaved and maneuvered through the group.
Every attack from the wild boars seemed like it would hit.
Yet, not a single Steelhide Wild Boar managed to touch him.
Before each attack landed, he would adjust his body by a few degrees or move a few centimeters.
Time and again, he narrowly avoided every strike.
Though the situation seemed dangerous, Luo Fan's mind remained completely calm.
After all, his agility had long reached the Subtle-Level!
The Steelhide Wild Boars' greatest strength lay in their terrifyingly tough hides.
Beyond that, it was the raw power from their massive bodies.
Each Steelhide Wild Boar was like a small car.
Even on all fours, their height reached Luo Fan's mouth.
The strongest one, the low-level Beast General Steelhide Wild Boar, was even taller than Luo Fan.
It looked like an entire truck.
However, they also had weaknesses.
The greatest weakness of these Steelhide Wild Boars was their lack of agility.
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