Chapter 17 Entering the Wilderness

Chapter 17 Entering the Wilderness [Second Update]

The Mo Family targeted Shadow and several other great families as the culprits, never expecting that the one who acted was actually a Martial Apprentice.

Thus, no matter how much the Mo Family investigated, it was in vain because they simply couldn't find anything.

Shadow is already dead; how could they find Shadow?

It could be said that as long as Ye Tian didn't intentionally reveal the Black Shadow Blade and Shadow Talent, it was impossible for the Mo Family to find him.

In the following days, Ye Tian practiced the Body Tempering Method every day, pretending to know nothing to temporarily lie low, while Lin Hai Base was in an uproar due to Mo Shao Bei's death.

The death of a Medium Cultivation Talent Genius made the Mo Family go completely insane, leading to conflicts with several families where many people died in secret. Finally, the disputes stopped under the intervention of the Lin Family, the strongest Family in Lin Hai Base.

As time passed and the Mo Family still couldn't find Shadow, they believed Shadow had fled Lin Hai Base and had to accept the loss, though the secret bounty on Shadow was not withdrawn.

As soon as Shadow showed his face, he would face the Mo Family's frantic revenge.

Ten days later, Lin Hai Base was peaceful, and Ye Tian prepared to leave Lin Hai Base to enter the vast Wilderness to hunt Vicious Beasts.

Only enough Vicious Beast blood would be sufficient for him to Cultivate to the Martial Artist level in a short time. Moreover, even after reaching the Martial Artist level, Vicious Beast blood would be needed as an aid to quickly improve his strength.

But once he entered the Wilderness, he wouldn't be back for a day or two, so he had to explain things to his sister.

Ye Tian made up a random excuse, saying the academy was taking a group of outstanding apprentices for closed Cultivation and wouldn't be back for a short time. His sister didn't understand and naturally believed him easily.

This time, Ye Tian brought two blades: one Black Shadow Blade to use when no one was around, and a newly bought Refined Iron Blade to use when people were present, along with some daily necessities.

With everything ready, Ye Tian walked towards the outside of the base.

East City Gate.

A group of soldiers was patrolling; these soldiers were basically Martial Apprentices, with only the squad leaders being Martial Artists.

After all, Martial Artists held high status and wouldn't be used to guard gates. In fact, the base had many Martial Apprentice soldiers; after all, if Vicious Beasts attacked the base, they wouldn't be able to stop them without enough manpower, so recruiting a large number of Martial Apprentice soldiers was necessary.

Being a soldier was also one of the most promising professions in Lin Hai Base, though the risk was also high. Every year, countless soldiers died at the hands of Vicious Beasts.

Ye Tian passed through the city gate and walked out. A soldier looked at Ye Tian's back and shook his head: "Another Martial Apprentice who wants to get rich overnight. Does he think the Wilderness is like inside the base? In less than a day, this kid is as good as dead!"

Clearly, he took Ye Tian for one of those Martial Apprentices who risked their lives for money.

In fact, there were many such Martial Apprentices. If they were lucky enough to find a Vicious Beast corpse in the Wilderness and bring it back, they wouldn't have to work hard for at least several years.

Under the lure of huge profits, many Martial Apprentices naturally took the risk.

…

The area within one or two kilometers outside the base was basically safe because any Vicious Beasts entering the base's vicinity would have been killed by Martial Artists long ago, unless a Beast Tide occurred.

To hunt Vicious Beasts, one had to go further away.

Ye Tian's destination was a habitat for Vicious Beasts—Xiaoqing Mountain.

It was said that a hundred years ago, Xiaoqing Mountain was just a small mountain range, but the Earth had expanded hundreds of times, and Xiaoqing Mountain had turned into a massive range. Within the mountains, ancient trees reached the sky, and Vicious Beasts were everywhere, effectively becoming a paradise for them.

"Rumor has it that there are Advanced Vicious Beasts in the depths of Xiaoqing Mountain, or even existences above Advanced Vicious Beasts. I wonder if it's true?"

Ye Tian thought to himself while traveling.

Advanced Vicious Beasts were terrifying existences that only Great Martial Warriors could deal with. Once encountered, even an Elite Martial Warrior would find it hard to escape.

Ye Tian's goal was naturally not the depths of Xiaoqing Mountain; he only planned to secretly hunt a few Vicious Beasts on the outskirts.

However, less than ten minutes after leaving the base and before reaching Xiaoqing Mountain, he encountered a Vicious Beast.

"Iron-Armored Bull!"

Ye Tian looked at the massive three-meter-long Iron-Armored Bull in front of him, his expression solemn.

The Iron-Armored Bull was not a novice Vicious Beast like the Spotted Snake; it was a true low-level Vicious Beast. Whether in strength or defense, it far surpassed the Spotted Snake. Even an ordinary Early Stage Martial Artist would be helpless against an Iron-Armored Bull.

Normally, it would take several Martial Artists working together to kill this Iron-Armored Bull.

Ye Tian held his Refined Iron Blade and activated his Speed Talent, striking the Iron-Armored Bull's neck with a Shadow Kill strike.

Bang!!!

The Refined Iron Blade felt as if it had struck steel. Only a white mark appeared on the Iron-Armored Bull's neck; it didn't even break the skin.

"The quality of this Refined Iron Blade is too poor, and my strength is only 800 jin; I simply can't break the Iron-Armored Bull's defense!" Ye Tian thought helplessly.

Immediately, he took out the Black Shadow Blade.

The Black Shadow Blade was much sharper than the Refined Iron Blade, at least capable of breaking the Iron-Armored Bull's defense. Since there was no one around, he wasn't afraid of exposing his identity.

"Kill!"

Ye Tian turned into a series of afterimages, launching attack after attack on the Iron-Armored Bull with incredible speed.

The Iron-Armored Bull intended to trample Ye Tian to death, but speed was its major flaw. It was much slower than Ye Tian and simply couldn't land an attack.

After a minute of countless attacks, the Iron-Armored Bull finally collapsed to the ground.

Collect Vicious Beast blood!

Ye Tian took out a water bottle and collected ten portions of Vicious Beast blood before stopping. As for the remaining blood, he didn't take it.

It wasn't that he didn't want to collect it, but he couldn't carry it.

However, he still cut off ten jin of Iron-Armored Bull meat. It was said that the quality of Iron-Armored Bull meat was good and the taste was excellent.

Continuing forward.

An hour later, Ye Tian arrived at Xiaoqing Mountain.

Along the way, he wasn't without danger. He encountered small beast groups several times and once met a very powerful Vicious Beast, sensing its powerful pressure from a distance.

Each time, he found a dark spot and entered his Shadow State just in time to escape with his life; otherwise, he would have died at the hands of Vicious Beasts long ago.

He truly realized the danger of the Wilderness. In the Wilderness, without a team acting together, the chance of a single person falling was over fifty percent. Even a hunting squad could be wiped out if they were unlucky.

This was with not many Vicious Beasts near the base. In further places, the number of Vicious Beasts was appallingly high and they were terrifyingly strong; even all the Martial Artists of Lin Hai Base going together would just be fodder.

Ye Tian had heard his parents mention before that Lin Hai Base was just in a remote corner with few resources nearby, so even powerful Vicious Beasts were unwilling to come here; otherwise, Lin Hai Base would have been destroyed long ago.

Upon arriving at Xiaoqing Mountain, Ye Tian was in no hurry to hunt Vicious Beasts.

He had already obtained ten portions of low-level Vicious Beast blood and planned to Cultivate for a few days before hunting more.

So, he searched around and finally found a hidden small cave to stay in for the time being.