Rank 1 winged tiger was an evolved beast and Simon was a rank 2 Superhuman so it was easy for him to kill it.
So he was not in a hurry to hunt the winged tiger.
Activating his night vision skill Simon cautiously moved between trees and boulders.
Here really is no sunlight! A mysterious fog enveloped the whole fortest. Its really is creepy.
Simon thought inwardly as he looked above.
Suddenly he felt the boulder below his feet moving. His heart jumped in fright as he quickly took few steps back.
He saw the huge boulder moved and two ball of light appeared.
Fuck it blinked! Simon saw the two ball of light blinking twice and he understood instantly it was a pair of eyes.
[Warning!]
[Rank 3 Draconic turtle beast detected]
[Danger level: D]
System warning message appeared.
My luck is so bad huh? I encountered a draconic turtle right from the beginning.
The huge five meter tall draconic turtle roared and charged at Simon.
It's speed wasn't that great but every step it took the ground beneath it cracked.
Its huge body moved unhindered and flattened trees and boulders in its path.
Currently Simon excelled in speed so he kept dodging. He was thinking how to kill this giant beast.
He could sell its carcasses at a high price. Also the rank 3 energy stone inside its body ignited the greed in his heart.
Simon focused his gaze and pulled out the knife he had bought from the association.
He didn't dare to clash head on with the turtle. Its claws which was as big as half of a human body narrowly missed Simon.
Seeing that it couldn't kill Simon, a tiny animal, it became enraged even more.
'Roaar' It roared violently.
Simon felt his ears buzzing and his body froze. He couldn't moved at all.
[Host has been affected by skill 'Fear'.]
[Host can not move for 5 second.]
[Ding! Fear effect has been expelled by the system.]
[Host can move again.]
Everything happened within a split second and it was enough to decide the outcome of the battle.
The draconic turtles thick and sharp claws had already arrived infront of Simon.
I can't dodge it….
Simon crossed his both hands and tried to block it.
'Boom' sound echoed and he felt a violent force crashing on him.
Fresh blood splattered, his whole body flew out like a cannon ball and hit a nearby tree.
[Warning!]
[Health critical!]
Simon looked at his HP with wide eyes.
[HP: 9/50]
With just one hit, he lost 41 points of Health.
Simon checked his right hand which was crushed completely. Meat and bones were hanging as fresh blood kept gushing out.
His left hand was in a slightly better condition. But still a ghastly wound covered half of his arm.
Simon stood up slowly and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
For some strange reason i feel calm. Is this calmness in the face of death?
No I can't die! I have been given a second chance at life, this time i will stand out from the rest.
'Swoosh' Simon dashed forward again.
The draconic turtle was about to roar again and charge at him. Simon saw this and threw his knife into the air, he quickly picked up a fist size stone and aimed it directly at the turtle's eyes.
The turtle's roar became a whimper of pain.
A chance!
Simon picked up a few more stones and shoved them inside his pocket with one hand. His right arm was completely unusable.
His knife descended as he bit the knife's hilt with his teeth. With another fist size stone in hand Simon dashed toward the turtle.
After taking a hit in the eye, the turtle felt humiliated and charged forward madly.
It opened its huge mouth and 'Boom' was hit in the eye by another stone again.
Draconic turtles had strong defense with thick shell covering its body almost entirely.
Below the neck area there was a small gap and that was the weakness of draconic turtles. Simon knew this information before hand. So he was trying to find a chance. But because of its huge body, it was almost impossible to reach its neck area.
After a few round of being hit by stones, green blood started pouring out of the turtle's eyes.
The turtle suddenly stumbled and almost fell down.
Simon took the chance and threw out another stone. Now its weak spot was within his reach.
He mustered every bit of strength and shoved the sharp knife inside its body.
The turtle cried out in pain and tried to run away but Simon kept thrusting his knife inside violently.
With a loud thud sound, the draconic turtle's huge body fell on the ground.
Simon took a deep breath as his mind relaxed.
Series of system notifications rang out.
[Killed a Rank 3 Draconic turtle beast.]
[Exp gained 3000 Points.]
[Blank attribute gained 20.]
Simon ignored the notifications and pulled out a human head size energy stone from its body.
The energy stone gave off a mysterious aura.
'Devour'
Gray mist rose from his palm and covered the huge turtle completely.
Soon, not even ashes was left. Simon threw the energy stone inside his bag.
After devouring the beast his body started to heal at a visible rate. Within a few minute his body healed completely.
[Devoured a rank 3 Draconic turtle.]
[Ding! You gained a new skill 'Shock and Fear'.]
[Ding! You gained a new skill 'Turtle shell'.]
Simon called out System panel and checked his Stats.
[Host: Human level 2
Name: Simon
HP: 50/50
Attack: 29/???
Defense: 44/???
Strength: 41/50
Dexterity: 28/50
Agility: 45/50
Intelligence: 4/10
Qi: 5/10.
Skill: Devour. (No requirements.)
Skill: Shock and Fear.(Upon activation will consume 0.005% Qi per second.)
Skill: Turtle shell. (Upon activation will consume 0.03% Qi per second.)
Blank attributes: 21.]
Humm? I gained 5 qi points? So killing beasts will give qi points. And i have few blank attributes i should distribute it evenly.
New skills are not too bad as well. He he!
Simon knew that skills consumes qi energy and he felt glad that his newly gained skills Qi consumption rate was extremely low.
He calculated his gains and moved deeper into the forest.
His strength had increased by a lot so he wanted to hunt more beasts.
It's time to level up!
Simon felt excited again.