187: Chapter 187 King Kong: My Turn to Pretend!

The bound savage watched as An Ke led a group of animals away.

They disappeared into the mist.

The corners of his mouth curled up; what a naive fellow.

If it were him, he definitely wouldn't let any enemy go.

What if the other party retaliated?

The savage looked at Jingang in front of him.

At this moment, Jingang was preening its feathers, completely unafraid of the savage.

The savage's eyes narrowed.

Should he kill this bird once it untied him?

However, after thinking seriously for a while...

The savage eventually abandoned that idea.

This strange bird before him was too bizarre, possessing surprisingly great strength.

He didn't even know what it had eaten to grow like that.

The savage admitted that without a weapon, he couldn't defeat Jingang.

Moreover, he was injured.

When the Bees first stung him, it didn't feel too painful.

But now, a burning pain had begun to set in.

It was all over his body.

Fortunately, for thick-skinned savages like them...

It wasn't too big of a problem; he could endure it.

The savage remembered the direction An Ke's group had left in—it was toward the east.

Heh!

So even sorcery can't distinguish truth from falsehood.

That direction leads toward death.

A cold light flashed through the savage's eyes for a fleeting moment.

Then, he looked at Jingang.

"Little Bird, your master has gone far away."

"Isn't it time to untie me?"

Jingang, who was cleaning its feathers, looked up.

Because An Ke used Natural Affinity, it was able to communicate with the savage.

Therefore, Jingang could now understand what the savage was saying.

This was also why different animals around An Ke could communicate with each other.

Jingang looked up and said to the savage:

"Yo! What a coincidence!"

"We meet again."

Savage: "?"

...

An Ke's group continued eastward.

Although there was a high probability that the savage Tribe had hunted the panda...

With the other side still having 70 people, An Ke didn't plan to attack the savage Tribe.

That would be pure suicide.

Next, he would follow the original plan and keep heading east.

Then he would leave this Bamboo Forest.

He would reunite with the Old Crocodile Couple, the Giant Python, and the Cow Mother and Daughter.

It had been a while since they last met, and he missed them dearly.

After walking a good distance, An Ke stopped.

Just then, Jingang flapped its wings and caught up.

Despite the thick fog, for a creature with the heaven-defying positioning of Telepathy...

Catching up to An Ke was no problem.

"Except for Master..."

"Your grandpa is back!"

As soon as Jingang arrived, it started talking wildly.

Tiger Mom and Leopard Mom, the two big cats, glared at Jingang.

What was this fellow saying?

Jingang looked completely indifferent.

If you're unhappy, let's duel; who's afraid of whom?

On An Ke's shoulder, Three Hairs heard this and said:

"My grandpa, this Little Mouse's grandpa~ accidentally dug to the bottom of a lake and drowned."

Jingang landed on An Ke's shoulder and said crossly, "I'm your new grandpa."

"Finished your business?" An Ke asked.

"Finished showing off," Jingang said while preening its feathers.

An Ke rubbed his head, speechless.

Sometimes he really wanted to chop this bird.

Suppressing the inexplicable urge, An Ke and Jingang began to clear a patch of open ground.

Because of the thick fog, the sky had already dimmed before evening.

It wasn't suitable to continue traveling.

Perfectly timed, An Ke planned to use the all-purpose upgrade card.

So they would set up Camp here today.

The Camp appeared on the open ground.

The animals happily walked into the Camp one after another.

Every time they saw the Camp, it felt like returning home after being away.

The Little Wild Leopard continued to invite the Little Tiger to play house.

The Little Tiger immediately shook its head in refusal; it wasn't playing that anymore.

On the monkeys' side, the Female Monkeys habitually walked into the "kitchen" to prepare tonight's dinner.

Three Hairs lay on An Ke's head and began to sleep soundly.

An Ke leaned against the wall.

He began his attempt.

He planned to see if the all-purpose upgrade card could upgrade Natural Affinity.

Unfortunately, the result was that it couldn't.

The all-purpose upgrade card rewarded by the National Fortune Game couldn't be used on Natural Affinity.

An Ke was somewhat helpless.

In that case, he could only wait for Natural Affinity to upgrade on its own.

An Ke looked at the system.

[Natural Affinity Current Level: 4.]

Current Experience: 46.9%.

Estimated upgrade in 6.9 days.]

An Ke was pleasantly surprised; it was much faster than expected.

Next was An Ke's Proficiency.

[Strength Proficiency: Level 5.]

[Endurance Proficiency: Level 6.]

[Speed Proficiency: Level 4.]

[Combat Proficiency: Level 5.]

...]

The Proficiency list was densely packed.

Endless, simply endless.

Fortunately, Proficiency could be collapsed, so he didn't have to worry about it taking up the system panel.

Of course! It could also be left uncollapsed.

With just a thought, he could browse the next attribute panel column.

After collapsing Proficiency, An Ke continued to browse the next column.

[Jingang (Parrot), current added attribute: Strength +200.]

Next animal to be endowed:

Three Hairs (Hamster), Hardness +500.

Time until attribute endowment: 2.6 days.]

An Ke was incredibly expectant.

His Iron Axe was already blunt.

Due to equipment limitations, the hardness of the iron wasn't high enough.

Continuing to make new Iron Axes was meaningless.

When the time came, he would just use Three Hairs as a weapon.

Three Hairs, with a hardness of 500, would be much stronger than an Iron Axe.

Use him as a hammer.

On his head, the soundly sleeping Three Hairs suddenly shuddered.

He woke up instantly.

He looked aggrieved: "Master, Master, this Little Mouse had a nightmare~~"

An Ke quickly stroked Three Hairs' head.

Under his soothing, the Hamster fell back into a deep sleep.

An Ke then continued.

This time, he had to choose an ability to upgrade.

After Spider Sense upgraded, it would allow him to foresee an enemy's attack 3 seconds in advance.

Sharp! Absolutely sharp!

Foreseeing an attack 3 seconds into the future was completely different from sensing an enemy's attack path.

The former was far more terrifying.

This meant that any strike against An Ke could be known by him in advance, allowing him to take action.

For example, if an enemy shot an arrow at An Ke.

Three seconds before the arrow arrived, An Ke would already know its final trajectory.

He could move in advance to avoid it.

Close combat went without saying.

Foreseeing 3 seconds ahead allowed him to play with any creature in the palm of his hand.

To be honest, An Ke wanted to upgrade Spider Sense immediately.

But he still forcibly restrained himself to look at the effect of the next ability after upgrading.

After Double Jump upgraded...

After the second jump, he could hover in the air for three seconds.

"Qinggong?"

An Ke's eyes lit up again.

Being able to hover in the air for three seconds after a Double Jump...

This was a heaven-defying divine skill!

Now, An Ke was in a dilemma.

He didn't know which one to choose.

Whether it was Spider Sense or Double Jump...

Both could bring him a massive boost.

"There's also Portable Space..." Let's take a look first.

An Ke planned to check Portable Space.

And then make the final decision.

After Portable Space upgraded...

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