prynovel Chapter 10 Entering the Wilderness
Chapter 10 Entering the Wilderness
"Rumble..."
Hundreds of miles north of the Jiangnan base city, a train slowly drove along the tracks into a military base and finally came to a steady stop at the station.
Chen Yuan, fully armed, followed the crowd off the train. His gaze swept around and saw that there were people all around him, fully armed as well, roughly no less than a hundred.
The passengers on this train were all martial artists heading into the wilderness area. However, unlike Chen Yuan, most of them had formed teams beforehand. Not long after getting off the train, they gathered in twos and threes, quickly forming small groups and discussing their next action plans.
Chen Yuan naturally didn't have a team, nor did he plan to form one. Since he didn't need supplies or rest for the time being, he didn't even stay at the camp. After identifying the direction of the wilderness area, he left the crowd and headed out of the camp.
Chen Yuan's actions attracted the attention of most people, and soon a young man in military uniform called out to him.
"Sir—"
Chen Yuan had only taken a few steps when he was suddenly stopped by a clear voice. He turned around and saw a young man in a crisp military uniform jogging up to him.
"Are you planning to venture into the wilderness alone?" The young man in military uniform smiled with professional enthusiasm. "These days, there aren't many martial artists who dare to venture out alone. Need help contacting a temporary team? Just pay a 5% intermediary fee, and the safety factor will triple."
So he was a real estate agent. Chen Yuan shook his head and politely said, "Thank you, but it's not necessary."
The young man in military uniform wanted to say something more, but when his gaze swept over Chen Yuan's combat uniform, his pupils contracted slightly, and he immediately changed the subject: "I understand. I am a service personnel of the HR Alliance. If you have any spoils in the wilderness, you are welcome to sell them here. I will definitely give you a satisfactory price."
He then took out a business card and handed it to Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan took the card, glanced at it, and saw that it read "Zhou Jie, Manager of the North Military Region of the Jiangnan Base of the HP Alliance, specializing in the purchase of monster materials," along with introductions of team members and his phone number.
Chen Yuan put away the business card and nodded to the young man in military uniform: "I understand. I'll contact you if I find anything useful."
After saying that, he turned and left. This time, the young man in military uniform did not stop him. He stared at Chen Yuan's departing figure thoughtfully and muttered to himself, "Wearing a 7th-series combat uniform, could he be a war god or a high-ranking general? He's too young."
Regardless of Chen Yuan's strength, Zhou Jie, the young man in military uniform, chose to trust his intuition: even if he couldn't befriend Chen Yuan, he should at least not offend him.
Chen Yuan paid no attention to the thoughts of the young man in military uniform. After leaving the military region's encampment, he randomly chose a direction and began to move forward.
It was dusk, and as time passed, Chen Yuan ventured deeper and deeper into the wilderness. Gradually, the surrounding scenery became increasingly desolate, and monsters began to appear within his sight.
Soon, he encountered a monster, which, coincidentally, was the Iron-haired Wild Boar.
"What a coincidence, the first monster I encountered was you." Chen Yuan's eyes showed interest. He hadn't forgotten that when he first transmigrated, he suffered a great loss at the hands of the Iron-haired Wild Boar.
"Perfect timing, we'll have pork for dinner tonight."
Chen Yuan reached out and drew his Flowing Light Battle Sword, while beckoning his other hand to the Iron-Haired Wild Boar in front of him.
As the lowest-ranking H-class monster, the Iron-haired Wild Boar lacked intelligence. Upon seeing Chen Yuan's provocation, it immediately charged at him in anger.
Charging is the only attack method of the Iron-haired Wild Boar, and its power is considerable. Moreover, its running speed increases with the distance.
In the blink of an eye, the Iron-haired Wild Boar crossed dozens of meters and arrived in front of Chen Yuan.
However, in Chen Yuan's eyes, its movements were clumsy and slow.
Just as the wild boar was about to collide with him, Chen Yuan shifted his feet lightly and dodged the head-on collision with a flash. At the same time, his long sword pierced out like lightning, accurately penetrating the brain of the iron-haired wild boar.
Kill Points +1
The iron-haired wild boar's body maintained its forward momentum, and Chen Yuan smoothly withdrew his longsword, leaving a trail of blood.
He stood there, watching the body continue to rush forward for more than ten meters due to inertia, before finally crashing to the ground.
Chen Yuan walked to the spot where the Iron-haired Wild Boar had fallen and lowered his head slightly: "This is the Iron-haired Wild Boar that I can't forget? It feels much weaker than the one I remember."
Of course, Chen Yuan also knew that there was not much difference between individuals when it came to monsters like the Iron-haired Wild Boar.
However, the memories of his journey to this world were too vivid. The ferocity and oppressive feeling of that wild boar were magnified infinitely in his mind, almost becoming an obsession.
Now that Chen Yuan has witnessed the true strength of the Iron-haired Wild Boar, his obsession has vanished.
"As expected, I'm still too strong," Chen Yuan sighed. "This kind of enemy can't hone my swordsmanship. Let's go deeper."
Sheathing his sword, Chen Yuan paid no more attention to the corpse of the iron-haired wild boar on the ground and continued walking deeper into the wilderness.
As time passed, darkness fell completely, with only the bright moon shining down its cool light, tirelessly guiding his way. Chen Yuan continued on his journey, encountering more and more monsters, but none of them were a match for him.
The sword flashed, slicing through the darkness and cleaving a shadow cat that pounced from the shadows in two. Chen Yuan shook the blood off his sword and continued on his way.
This wasn't the first monster to try and ambush him. As night fell, predators in the wilderness came out in droves, and more and more monsters set their sights on Chen Yuan. But with his keen senses, these hidden dangers had nowhere to hide and could only become nourishment for him to hone his swordsmanship.
After traveling until midnight, Chen Yuan finally arrived at a county town. He stood outside the town and looked at the broken walls and ruins inside, which showed how dilapidated it was.
"As expected of a county town, the monsters here are clearly a level above those outside." Chen Yuan looked at the figures emerging from the dilapidated city. There were about seventeen or eighteen of them. The spots on their fur, their streamlined bodies, and their strong limbs all indicated that these monsters were tiger mastiffs.
The pack of tigers and mastiffs surrounded Chen Yuan, but did not attack immediately, seemingly wary of the aura emanating from him.
Along the way, Chen Yuan had killed dozens of monsters, and his body was covered in the blood of those monsters, which the tiger-mastiff dogs with their keen sense of smell could detect.
"A beginner-level beast soldiers, Tiger Mastiffs? There are eighteen in total. The three leading ones are obviously stronger and should have reached the intermediate level." Chen Yuan sighed inwardly. At the same time, he brought up the panel to check the proficiency of the Spirit Wind Sword Technique. He saw that the progress of the sword technique and the guiding technique had reached 99.99%, while the progress of the footwork was only 91.37%.
It seems that because these three secret techniques are essentially one, the lack of breakthrough in footwork has also affected the other two techniques, causing them to remain stuck at a bottleneck.
"If I didn't have a feeling that I was about to find the secret of the Spirit Wind Sword Technique, I would have used my kill points to optimize you long ago," Chen Yuan thought to himself as he looked at his remaining 87 kill points.
From the moment the progress of the guiding technique reached 99.99%, Chen Yuan had a premonition that when the Spirit Wind Sword Technique entered the 'proficient' level, that would be the time when it would truly reveal its power. This premonition became even stronger after the progress of the sword technique was also full.
Now, all that's missing is a breakthrough in footwork to unveil the secrets of the Spirit Wind Sword Technique, and the pack of tigers and mastiffs in front of him are the sparring partners Chen Yuan found to improve his footwork.