Chapter 576: Chapter 412: Running for Nothing
"I’ll be able to upgrade again once we get back. After these last few fights, I feel my constitution has improved a lot. It should be strong enough to withstand the energy from a Crystal Core now."
"Speaking of going back, we haven’t even been out that long, but I’m already eager to go back too."
"As if anyone doesn’t want to. Before we left, I even managed to snag a few slices of fried salted meat from Wuyue’s place. The taste... man, it was unbelievably good."
"Is it really that good? I heard that salted meat lasts for a long time, too."
"Hehe, why would I lie to you? That salted meat is delicious. And if you boil some noodles and put them in the broth..."
"SLURP~"
"Damn, now you’re making me hungry."
"When I get back, I’m going to go hunting and then learn how to make salted meat from Wuyue."
With his brother’s injuries much improved, Teng Kun’s mood was no longer gloomy. Hearing the other Beastman Warriors talk, he couldn’t help but think of the delicious salted meat he’d eaten before they left.
But looking at the group of single beasts around him, he felt a strange sense of superiority.
’All these single beasts will have to learn to make salted meat for themselves, but I have Qingcao. When I get back, I’ll find a chance to become her mate. Life is just awesome when you have a partner!’
Although the surrounding Beastman Warriors didn’t know what he was thinking, the cheap and smug expression on his face was incredibly grating.
They exchanged a look, and all mobbed him at once for a good thrashing.
Because they weren’t in a very safe place and were afraid of being discovered by Intermediate or High Rank Fierce Beasts, the beastmen were much more ’refined’ when they beat him up, aiming only for the fleshy parts.
Teng Kun clamped his mouth shut, swallowing the howls of pain that threatened to escape. ’These beasts are so shameless!’
Yuan Lang held a piece of Beast Skin, wiping down the bow in his hands. This was the only bow suitable for Beastman Warriors to use, so he cherished it greatly.
But...
Taking an arrow from the bamboo quiver beside him, he frowned slightly.
The bow wasn’t the problem, but to his surprise, the arrows he previously thought were excellent couldn’t even penetrate the hide of a High Rank Fierce Beast.
In other words, even though they had successfully crafted this bow, it could only be used against ordinary animals and Low-rank or Intermediate Fierce Beasts. They still had no way to deal with High Rank Fierce Beasts.
And he wasn’t naive enough to think that there wouldn’t be any High Rank Fierce Beasts in the winter’s Fierce Beast Tide.
So, the arrows needed to be improved. This inevitably made him think of the iron from his previous life.
But according to this body’s original memories and his own observations since, the Polar Forest didn’t seem to have any iron ore.
"Captain, what are you thinking about?"
Hurting all over from the beating, Teng Kun saw his captain sitting alone against the rock wall. He rubbed his backside and walked over.
’Those shameless bastards. They actually aimed for my ass. So dishonorable.’
Yuan Lang handed him the arrow. "These wooden arrows are powerful, but they aren’t very effective against High Rank Fierce Beasts, or even late-stage Intermediate ones."
"I was thinking, it would be great if we had iron here."
Teng Kun sat down, sucking in a sharp breath. "But we’ve kept an eye out while hunting. There’s no iron ore here at all."
Yuan Lang nodded. "For now, we can only use these arrows. We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it, if we ever find iron ore."
He frowned and touched his chest. For some reason, he’d been feeling a throbbing pain in his chest for a little while now. It was not a good feeling.
It gave him a very bad premonition.
Meanwhile, in the territory of the low-rank fierce beasts, it was hard to say whether Wu Yue and her companions were lucky or if it was some unavoidable twist of ’monkey-fate’ that led them right to the Shun Monkey Tribe.
When they spotted the one human and two beasts, the Shun Monkey Tribe, which had been lazily gnawing on fruit, instantly erupted.
"ROAR! ROAR!"
"AWOO-ROAR!"
One by one, they flipped over and sat up from their spots in caves, on the ground, or on tree trunks.
Seeing this, Wu Yue’s scalp went numb. She turned and bolted.
’Damn it, my luck is rotten to the core! The Extreme Cold Forest is huge, how did I manage to run into them?’
The Shun Yuan, having just sat up, were taken aback. They had only let out a couple of dry howls, and the human and two beasts in front of them had already vanished without a trace.
They looked at each other. "Awoo?"
A female. Should we chase her?
Another Shun Yuan scratched its chin. "Awoo-roar?"
She already ran off. Shouldn’t we at least pretend to give chase?
"Roar."
But I don’t feel the urge to chase. There weren’t any males with her.
"Awoo-awoo-roar."
Weren’t there two male beasts? We can make do with them.
"ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!"
Since when can you just ’make do’ with that?! Those two beasts were tiny. Down there, they’ve probably got nothing but a couple of little twigs. They can’t make cubs.
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