Instantly, Chu Tian felt that his mind had never been so clear before. He realized that the psychic power he emitted could clearly see everything within a range of about fifty meters.
This skill made Chu Tian feel somewhat similar to the clairvoyance he had read about in novels from his previous life.
After copying the ability, Chu Tian prepared to kill this Iron Antler Spotted Deer. With his control over ice, he could disperse the arrow upon contact with the deer and then freeze it, making it easier for him to remove its intact hide.
The Iron Antler Spotted Deer, which had been grazing peacefully, seemed to sense danger and raised its head, looking around before darting into the depths of the forest.
"Darn it, I forgot about this Iron Antler Spotted Deer's psychic perception ability," Chu Tian sighed. He had just copied this creature's ability, but he had forgotten about it.
With a longbow in one hand, Chu Tian quickly pursued the direction in which the deer had fled.
Chu Tian chased for several minutes but eventually lost sight of the Iron Antler Spotted Deer, which was regrettable. After all, although it was just a herbivorous beast, it possessed strong attacking power. Its steel-like antlers could easily pierce through armor plating as thick as thirty millimeters, let alone the fragile human body.
Fortunately, these creatures usually didn't attack humans without provocation. They were more like neutral beasts.
However, there were still many people who liked to target these Iron Antler Spotted Deer, and Chu Tian was one of them.
As he spread his psychic perception, searching for the deer's whereabouts, he didn't find the fleeing deer. Instead, he stumbled upon and hunted down several E-level beasts, making a rich harvest in terms of materials.
At that moment, Chu Tian's psychic perception picked up an unusual presence. Without much thought, he followed the direction indicated by his psychic perception and was surprised to find a wolf with a scorpion tail feeding on the corpse of a mercenary.
The mercenary had clearly been poisoned, and his body had turned a strange shade of blue from the bites. Evidently, this poison was one of the creature's talents. However, Chu Tian wasn't fond of this kind of talent.
"Copy the talent 'Extreme Speed,'" Chu Tian made his choice directly, copying the Extreme Speed skill while ignoring the so-called poison.
After copying the skill, Chu Tian conjured his longbow and nocked a frigid arrow. He took aim at the Scorpion-Tailed Poison Wolf that was feeding.
At this moment, the poison wolf suddenly stopped its meal, lifted its head, and gazed in Chu Tian's direction. It lowered its body, swaying its scorpion tail, baring its teeth, and growling at Chu Tian.
Chu Tian pulled the longbow taut, released the bowstring, and the frigid arrow shot out. However, the wolf, with its Extreme Speed ability, easily dodged the attack, then lunged toward Chu Tian, swaying its scorpion tail.
But Chu Tian wasn't about to let the Scorpion-Tailed Poison Wolf attack him recklessly. He dodged swiftly, using Extreme Speed to easily avoid the wolf's attack. He shot another frigid arrow, but this time, his target wasn't the wolf itself, but the ground in front of it.
Upon contact, the ground rapidly froze, turning the area into a large ice surface. The poison wolf sensed the danger and attempted to escape, but Chu Tian wouldn't let it get away. In an instant, he created a wall of ice to block the wolf's path.
As the poison wolf hesitated for a moment, the ice walls rose around it, trapping the creature inside. Realizing its predicament, the wolf tried to leap over the ice walls, but Chu Tian, using his psychic power, instantly created another ice wall above the existing ones, sealing the Scorpion-Tailed Poison Wolf within.
"Hehe! You can't escape now," Chu Tian remarked with a grin.
Chu Tian muttered happily under his breath and swung his hand forcefully. Inside the ice wall, a rapidly extending blade-like structure made of ice swiftly beheaded the Scorpion-Tailed Poison Wolf.
The nearly transparent ice wall was instantly dyed in a large patch of blood-red. The frigid ice dissipated, and the head of the Scorpion-Tailed Poison Wolf rolled to the side.
[Detected decomposable materials, do you want to decompose?]
"Decompose."
[Ding - Decomposition successful, a slight increase in strength/speed obtained.]
[Ding - Obtained materials, automatically placed in the storage bag.]
After killing the Scorpion-Tailed Poison Wolf, Chu Tian glanced at the skinned and tail-less wolf corpse and the mercenary's corpse lying nearby, which had already been dead for some time. Chu Tian turned and left, continuing his search for the fleeing Iron Antler Spotted Deer.
After searching for nearly a kilometer through the forest, Chu Tian successfully found the Iron Antler Spotted Deer in a lush, grassy area.
This time, before the Iron Antler Spotted Deer could sense the danger, Chu Tian's frigid arrow was already in flight.
However, this naturally non-aggressive deer leaped to its feet and darted back into the forest as soon as the arrow was launched.
With his newfound D-level talent of Extreme Speed, Chu Tian wasn't about to let the Iron Antler Spotted Deer escape. He pursued it swiftly.
Utilizing his psychic perception, he continuously examined the terrain around him. Occasionally, he shot a fireball towards the fleeing deer to alter its path.
In the end, with Chu Tian's interference, the Iron Antler Spotted Deer was cornered at a cliff.
Watching the deer, which was desperately scraping its hooves, Chu Tian had already drawn his bowstring taut, and the frigid arrow radiated a chilling aura as it aimed at the deer's eyes.
Instinctively, the Iron Antler Spotted Deer, in a bid for survival, raised its hooves and charged towards Chu Tian with its head lowered and antlers raised, evidently trying to kill Chu Tian with its sturdy antlers before making its escape.
However, Chu Tian had no intention of letting the deer get away. The arrow was released, and just like when he killed the poison wolf, as soon as the arrow touched the ground, it rapidly expanded, instantly freezing the deer's limbs and hooves while it was still running.
The Iron Antler Spotted Deer, struggling to break free, emitted desperate cries from its mouth.
Chu Tian wasn't heartless. For a moment, a hint of tenderness stirred within him. However, when he thought of his parents' meager income, he activated his Frigid Ice talent and encased the deer in a layer of ice.
[Detected decomposable materials, do you want to decompose?]
"Decompose."