151: Chapter 151 Hit the Bullet

The Black Wild Boar was busy grinding its pair of sharp tusks against the large black rock in front of it as a precaution, while also taking the opportunity to have a comfortable back scratch. Suddenly, it noticed a moving dot on the yellow sandy ground in the distance. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a tiny piglet. This little piglet also had a pair of small sharp teeth; it looked rather cute, though its pinkish-white skin didn't look like that of a wild animal. It looked more like one of those stupid creatures raised by humans for meat.

The Black Wild Boar narrowed its eyes and took a look. Surprisingly, it saw a collar on the neck of this pinkish-white Sharp-toothed Piglet. It followed the rope attached to the collar and looked up, only to discover that the other end of the rope was held in the hand of a human!

Humans, and there were three of them!

Delicious food!

"Snort, snort..."

The Black Wild Boar let out an excited grunt. It lowered its head, sniffing the ground with its nose, while its hind hooves scraped the dirt backward, making noise and kicking up a cloud of yellow dust.

Seeing this, Hu Gualing hurriedly shouted, "Danger!"

Tang Yao and Xiao Niao were carefully observing the Black Wild Boar ahead. Without needing Hu Gualing's reminder, they knew the creature had noticed them. Seeing the way it lowered its head and scraped the earth—clearly a stance about to launch an attack—they were immediately flustered... but fortunately, they knew this was a game, so they weren't panicked to the point of being helpless.

Tang Yao was primarily worried about Sharp Tooth. The little thing was so small that it didn't even need the Black Wild Boar to specifically attack it; if it just grazed the boar during its Charge, it would be sent flying instantly. So, Tang Yao hurriedly tugged on the taming rope in her hand, pulling back Sharp Tooth, who wanted to run over to greet its relative. She then gripped her longsword tightly, ready for battle. Although the Black Wild Boar gave her a strong sense of oppression, Wu Song could fight a tiger with his bare hands, so how could she, Tang Yao, be afraid of dealing with a single wild boar while holding a steel longsword?

Even if she couldn't... well, the worst that could happen was Resurrection on the spot!

Thinking this, Tang Yao felt much more relaxed. She puffed out her chest, holding the longsword, and stepped forward to stand at the very front of the three.

As for Xiao Niao, there was no need for anyone to worry about him. As soon as he saw the boar's gaze shift from the rock to them, he had already jumped up from the ground. In the blink of an eye, he had dashed behind Hu Gualing and Tang Yao, taking up the back-row output position where a ranged shooter should be.

However, his bow and arrows were still in his backpack and hadn't been equipped yet. It was unclear if he wanted to secure a favorable output position or a favorable escape position, waiting to slip away if things went south.

As for Hu Gualing, his combat experience was the most extensive. Looking at the boar's movements and Aura, he knew without a doubt that the boar was about to launch a Charge at them. Although a wild boar is still a pig, under certain circumstances, its combat power is not inferior to fierce beasts like lions. This specific situation refers to, for example, a three- or four-hundred-pound wild boar with sharpened tusks standing on a hillside, launching a Charge from top to bottom. Even if a male lion were standing at the bottom of the hill, if it were hit by the boar, it would inevitably be sent flying, severely injured, or even killed instantly.

Although the boar in front of them was not on a hillside, it had undoubtedly just sharpened its tusks on the rock. Furthermore, as an elite wild boar with a prefix, the force contained in its Charge would likely not be any weaker than that of an ordinary wild boar.

Hu Gualing had no doubt that if hit by this boar, whoever among him, Tang Yao, and Xiao Niao took the attack would die on the spot!

Run or dodge?

The distance of several dozen zhang was not exactly close, but at the speed of a boar's Charge, it would only take a few seconds. Running away was impossible; instead, it would just leave their backs exposed for the boar to choose the angle to hit them.

As for dodging, the boar wasn't stupid. It lowered its head precisely to aim its eyes and tusks forward, adjusting its Charge route at any moment to ensure it could accurately hit the enemy with its tusks.

In other words, neither running nor dodging would be of any use now.

Just as Hu Gualing's brain entered a combat state and was spinning rapidly, the boar had already kicked up its hooves, raising a large cloud of yellow sand and dust, and was sprinting over. In the blink of an eye, it had covered several zhang. It seemed that this distance of several dozen zhang would indeed only take a few seconds of the boar's full-speed Charge.

Hu Gualing glanced at the back of Tang Yao, who was standing at the very front holding her sword. He had to admit that she was a very courageous girl. However, the combat prowess she displayed when she first faced the ordinary Wild Dog alone had already made it clear to Hu Gualing that she was indeed very lacking in combat experience.

Hu Gualing estimated that if the boar's target turned out to be Tang Yao, then despite her holding a sword now, she wouldn't even be able to make an effective counterattack later, let alone perform standard dodging or defensive maneuvers... With this thought, Hu Gualing's heart stirred. He clenched his fists, having already put on his steel knuckle duster, and stepped forward into the path of the boar's Charge.

From his "ranged output position," Xiao Niao witnessed Tang Yao standing fearlessly in front, sword in hand. He then saw Hu Gualing move, his tall figure stepping even further forward... Xiao Niao felt truly uneasy. His teammates were being so dependable; how could he think of running away!?

Xiao Niao gritted his teeth, suppressed the urge to run, took out his bow and arrows, equipped them, nocked an arrow, drew the string, and aimed the arrowhead at the Black Wild Boar charging toward them.

Because the boar was quite large, it was somewhat difficult to aim at when it was far away. However, as it launched its Charge and approached the three players rapidly, its figure magnified quickly in Xiao Niao's vision. Plus, the route it was taking was a straight line, so there was no need to aim much. From Xiao Niao's perspective, it was as if the boar was actively colliding with his arrowhead. If he didn't release the string and shoot now, the boar would likely be right in front of him, and there would be no chance to shoot.

Xiao Niao didn't have time to think more. Aiming at the face of the boar, which was charging rapidly and magnifying in his vision, he released the bowstring with a snap. A brief, sharp "whoosh" sound rang out and stopped abruptly—it was the sound of the wooden shaft steel arrow piercing the air as it left the string. However, because the boar was already so close, the wooden shaft steel arrow didn't fly far in the air before it collided with the oncoming boar, the sharp steel arrowhead hitting the boar's face dead center!