12: Chapter 12 Search and the Wild Boar King

Hearing this loud noise, Wang An felt it was quite troublesome.

With one roar, the beasts fell silent; it already had a bit of the aura of a Beast King.

This was very likely a creature that had used a job-change stone, and very likely a giant boar at that.

Only this kind of creature is thick-skinned, fleshy, and moves in groups.

Even with the top-tier Compound Bow in Wang An's hands, it would be extremely difficult to kill it with one arrow.

Unless the arrow pierces through the eyeball and goes straight into the brain; attacking from other directions, unless hitting the heart, it wouldn't be a problem for it to take five or six arrows.

But in that time, it might have already charged right in front of him.

And its howling once injured might attract other boars.

Otherwise, why would there be the saying: "First boar, second tiger, third bear"?

For a normal person to hunt a wild boar weighing over a few hundred catties, they basically need to bring dozens of hunting dogs to surround and wear it down; ordinary hunters would just run if they saw this.

Fortunately, after practicing for so long, Wang An's physical attributes have grown to a terrifying level.

With a Spirit attribute around 1.7, Wang An's straight punch power has reached a terrifying 650kg.

He could probably snap a tree as thick as a wrist with a single punch, so he is quite physically powerful.

If he really had to go head-to-head with a wild boar, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage.

Upon returning, he needs to increase the draw weight of the Compound Bow; ordinary top-tier Compound Bows are gradually failing to keep up with Wang An's pace.

The sounds in the mountain forest had just quieted down for a moment.

They gradually started up again, but these creatures seemed to be avoiding something; they were careful and much quieter.

After things quieted down here, Wang An's main body withdrew most of his consciousness to Focus on cultivation.

On the second day in the mountains, he packed up his tent and prepared to head down into the valley to take a look; the sound from last night came exactly from that valley.

Wang An was bold due to his high skill level and wanted to take a look from afar to see if there was a chance.

As Wang An descended the mountain and neared the bottom, he saw two meteorite craters not far ahead.

Needless to say, these meteorites had already been used.

He continued along the edge of the mountain foot until he reached the middle of the valley.

A massive wild boar was rooting through the grass, eating grass roots.

This boar grew a pair of tusks several dozen centimeters long, its entire body was deep black, and the bristles on its back stood up like steel needles.

Its size was similar to an adult water buffalo; Wang An estimated it to be at least 800 catties, and it could already be considered a Boar King.

At the same time, when descending the mountain, Wang An also discovered other wild boars active in other places.

Wang An watched quietly; the Boar King's movement patterns revealed it was always circling a single point while looking for food, which was highly suspicious.

Having discovered this pattern, Wang An was somewhat delighted and kept changing locations, observing that center point from different angles.

Finally, he discovered that it also seemed to be a meteorite crater, only covered by the traces of the Boar King's presence.

The fact that this Boar King lingered around the meteorite crater without leaving made Wang An certain that it was very likely this job-change stone had not yet been used.

Other wild boars that approached to forage were all driven away by this Boar King.

"It's become a spirit!" Wang An sighed inwardly.

Discovering that this Boar King had not yet used this job-change stone made him somewhat happy; it had been so long without finding a single unused job-change stone, which had made him somewhat depressed.

He began to formulate a plan in his mind on how to kill this Boar King.

Rushing over to take it directly carried too many uncertainties.

If he rushed over and the boar guarded it stubbornly...

No, that would very likely happen; this boar had become a spirit.

Then he would be done for.

Therefore, searching for an opportunity for a one-hit kill on the Boar King was safer.

As time passed, the sun climbed to the zenith.

Today's weather was excellent, cloudless for ten thousand miles.

The temperature suddenly rose to twenty or thirty degrees, and the Boar King stopped foraging and returned to the meteorite crater to rest.

Wang An, who had been observing all morning, felt the opportunity had arrived; he put down his backpack with various supplies and traveled light.

He only brought his Compound Bow equipment and slowly crept over.

Because the Boar King's position was in a low area, Wang An approached slowly from a higher position, with an excellent line of sight.

He stopped at a distance of about 40 meters from the Boar King; this was the Boar King's sensory range that Wang An had determined through several tests.

Wang An picked up the Compound Bow, nocked an arrow, and slowly drew the bow; after completing the draw...

He activated the [Precision] skill and aimed at the Boar King's eye.

A mysterious feeling rose from his heart.

Following the skill's guidance, Wang An adopted the optimal attack stance and gently pulled the trigger of the release aid.

After a sharp, quick sound.

Without caring about the target's status, Wang An immediately continued to nock arrows.

Firing, he released three arrows in succession.

Only then did Wang An stop and begin to observe the target's condition.

At this moment, he saw that the Boar King had been struck in the eye by an arrow; it let out a heaven-shaking howl that echoed through the mountain forest! It also kept shaking its head.

The arrow that hit the eye might have damaged the Boar King's brain, causing its movements to become chaotic and aimless; gradually, it stopped making much sound.

Its body had also been hit by the other arrows, and one specially customized hunting arrowhead had struck the Boar King's artery.

Gushes of blood sprayed out from the grooves of the arrow.

If he hadn't hit the Boar King's eye, Wang An might have had to go head-to-head with the Boar King and the other boars rushing over from behind.

Seeing that the Boar King had lost its ability to move, Wang An immediately rushed over, took the job-change stone from inside the meteorite crater, and retreated immediately!

Before long, five or six wild boars heard the commotion and ran over, making a series of noises.

Ignoring all this, Wang An picked up his other supplies, returned to the mountain path, and continued downward.

In the journey that followed, Wang An saw from afar a severely poisoned weasel.

Its body was blue-black, and it was eaten by a Bamboo Viper hidden in the jungle; this Bamboo Viper was over a meter long.

It was completely emerald green, like top-tier jade.

If it weren't for the fact that Wang An's sensory ability was already extremely powerful, he almost wouldn't have discovered it.

He originally wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate this Bamboo Viper, but before he even got close, it sensed him and quickly escaped.

On the third and fourth days, Wang An basically finished exploring the meteorite impact points in the southeast direction; he found four usable job-change stones and five that had been used up.

On the 5th day, Wang An decided to head from the end of this southeastern branch towards the northern branch to search.

He immediately found two usable job-change stones.

Heading north, there were two paths, one to the left and one to the right; Wang An decided to take the route closer to the valley first.

In a small valley, he discovered some bloodstains and traces of human activity, some tattered tents, and supplies that hadn't been packed away in time.

And a few porcupine quills about half a meter long; seeing these traces of human activity.

Wang An remembered that the village chief had said earlier that an Exploration Team organized by a company had taken this northern path.

It was very likely them; looking at the length and hardness of these porcupine quills, they were not much less powerful than bows and arrows.

However, an Exploration Team like theirs couldn't possibly have failed to carry hunting weapons; attacking porcupines from a distance, a few people shooting arrows could easily pierce through this kind of animal that had no defensive capabilities.

From the distance between these porcupine quills and the campfire, it could be inferred that the damage was likely caused by them approaching this group of people at night.

Moreover, attacking under the cover of night, the porcupine quills might have attacked like arrows, which caused this group to flee in a panic.

Seeing this, Wang An knew there was no need to go any further; the route they had taken from the village should have already been explored.

With so many people, it was impossible for them not to have explored more thoroughly than Wang An alone; there wouldn't be anything left.

Finally, Wang An retreated to the fork in the road and explored the path on the right.

When he returned to the village, it was already the 8th day.