Hunting Wind Foxes

Green Mountain Forest.

Chen Feng stepped inside without a sound.

The blazing sun hung high.

Sunlight filtered through the dense leaves, bringing with it a searing heat. Chen Feng cautiously observed his surroundings, not daring to relax his guard in the slightest.

"F-Class Mutated Beast, Drill Bird."

Chen Feng's gaze swept over it as he carefully avoided it.

Although these mutated beasts posed no threat to him, Chen Feng had no interest in mutated beasts that offered no obvious benefit.

F-Class Mutated Beast, Sky Soaring Monkey.

F-Class Mutated Beast, Flying Pig.

Chen Feng ventured deeper and finally reached the Wind Foxes' gathering place.

From afar, Chen Feng could clearly see blue-white foxes roaming the mountain, seemingly hunting something. After a while, a shrill scream rang out.

Chen Feng's heart skipped a beat.

Wind Blades erupted in an instant.

A passing Flying Pig was torn limb from limb. The Wind Foxes, which looked cute and harmless, instantly revealed savage expressions and pounced madly upon it, tearing the Flying Pig into pieces. Their sharp claws extended, crimson blood dripping from their fingertips in a horrifying sight!

"Hiss—"

Chen Feng sucked in a cold breath.

So this was a mutated Wind Fox!

As these mutated beasts grew stronger, their instinct for slaughter also increased. Bloodthirsty by nature, no matter how docile they looked, they were terrifying creatures.

Whoosh!

Chen Feng carefully aimed at a lone Wind Fox.

The Wristband vibrated faintly as the already-equipped mutated beast detection chip began scanning.

Gene Attributes:

Strength: 15

Agility: 22

Constitution: 18

Spirit: 48

"Ding—"

"Based on a cross-comparison with your attrib**es, the results are as follows: Strength increases by 5 points, Agility increases by 12 points, Constitution increases by 8 points, Spirit decreases by 4 points. Fusion not recommended."

Chen Feng shook his head.

The other three attributes were one thing, but Spirit would actually decrease? That was his core attribute. It seemed this Wind Fox was not suitable as material for Gene Enhancement. Chen Feng lay prone in the bushes, using the Wristband's monitoring function to continuously observe the area.

Suddenly.

Chen Feng spotted a noticeably larger Wind Fox and instinctively scanned it.

Gene Attributes:

Strength: 55

Agility: 52

Constitution: 88

Spirit: 100

"Holy shit!"

Chen Feng was utterly shaken.

100 Spirit? Could it be the leader? If he killed it...

Chen Feng's eyes turned red.

But recalling the unknown danger Mu Yuan had mentioned, Chen Feng quickly calmed down again. This level of Wind Fox had Gene Attributes that far surpassed his own!

Something could very well go wrong!

Wind Fox Leader...

Chen Feng took out the Thunder Serpent Gene Reagent and stared greedily at the Wind Fox Leader's digitized stats for a long while before ultimately choosing to give up.

Mu Yuan's words had some effect after all.

At a time like this—

Being too greedy could get him killed!

"I'd better pick another one."

Chen Feng sighed and continued searching along the outskirts.

A suitable wind fox was not easy to find. Chen Feng knew his own strengths and weaknesses well. It took him a full hour before he finally locked onto a target on the periphery.

"All its attributes are four points higher than mine. After Gene Enhancement, it should gain two points."

Chen Feng was tempted.

This target would work.

Chen Feng quietly approached. However, when he was roughly ten meters away from the wind fox, its nose twitched slightly, and it abruptly looked toward Chen Feng's position.

Not good, it found me.

Chen Feng's heart skipped a beat.

He had focused too much on the wind fox's stats and strength, forgetting that its senses were also incredibly sharp.

Whoosh!

Noticing an unfamiliar presence, the wind fox instantly darted over. It was even a few points faster than Chen Feng, and three Wind Blades condensed before it almost in an instant.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Wind Blades tore through the air.

Chen Feng's heart pounded wildly. The hell, this was only a 5% chance?

Slash!

Chen Feng instinctively released a Wind Blade.

Only one appeared.

The azure radiance collided with the wind fox's Light Blade, but in just an instant, Chen Feng's Wind Blade shattered. At that very moment, the wind fox had already pounced, its three Wind Blades following close behind. Within mere seconds, it unleashed its formidable hunting ability.

"I can't drag this out."

Chen Feng took a deep breath.

This wind fox surpassed him in every aspect. Without using the Luck Aura, he had almost no chance at all.

Awoo—

The Wind Blades were already closing in.

Chen Feng inhaled deeply. At that moment, his Wind Blade finally erupted. One point of Luck Value was consumed, and terrifying power bloomed in an instant.

Ten shots in a row!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Blue light flashed.

With a cry, the wind fox lost consciousness.

Chen Feng swiftly took out the Gene Extractor he had prepared beforehand, extracted the wind fox's genes, and injected them into his own body.

Buzz!

Chen Feng felt a warm current flow into him.

The newly absorbed genes began merging with the genes in his body. His body grew slightly warm, and a light sheen of sweat appeared, but it did not affect him much. Chen Feng could feel his physical qualities strengthening across the board. By the time the Gene Enhancement was complete, his genetic attributes had already improved.

Gene Attributes:

Strength: 12

Agility: 12

Physique: 12

Spirit: 54

All four attributes had increased by two points. Finding a compatible wind fox had not been easy at all!

Rustle! Rustle!

Before Chen Feng could savor the feeling, he sensed all kinds of strange noises coming from around him. The faint smell of blood on the ground began spreading outward.

"Get out of here."

Chen Feng became alert and immediately left.

Less than a minute after he departed, more than a dozen Mutated Beasts appeared and fought over the wind fox's corpse, tearing it into pieces.

This was the world of mutated beasts!

If not for the assistance of the Luck Aura, Chen Feng might have been the one torn apart.

"Next."

Chen Feng's gaze roamed over the Wind Foxes in the distance, searching for his target.

One...

Two...

Three...

Chen Feng hunted silently.

These Wind Foxes were merely ordinary F-Class Mutated Beasts. Under the explosive force of Chen Feng's Infinite Wind Blade, they had no ability to resist at all. The only thing Chen Feng needed to watch out for was leaving immediately after finishing the job. He absolutely could not be discovered by other vicious beasts, or he would surely die without even a grave.

More than half a day passed, and Chen Feng's Spirit finally reached 62 points.

Four increases of 1 point, and three increases of 2 points!

It had not been easy.

In seven hours, he had only undergone Gene Enhancement seven times. On average, he could only find one suitable mutated beast per hour.

Chen Feng did the math. He had spent a total of 10 Luck Value, while another 3 points had been used when he was accidentally discovered by several mutated beasts he encountered and had to flee for his life.

"Ten Luck Value spent for only ten points of Spirit?"

Chen Feng calculated silently.

Even with the Luck Aura, it was this difficult for him. What about everyone else?

Gene Enhancement truly was fraught with danger.

"It's afternoon. I'll kill a few more, then head back."

Chen Feng murmured to himself.

Yet for some reason, all the Wind Foxes suddenly vanished.

Chen Feng searched for a while but found no Wind Foxes. Even when he ventured deeper toward the Wind Foxes' breeding grounds, he still did not spot a single one.

"Something's wrong."

Chen Feng felt a sense of impending danger.

Retreat!

Chen Feng immediately ran back, but at that moment—

Whoosh!

A chilling glint streaked past his scalp. Chen Feng narrowly dodged the attack. If his Agility had not improved today and increased his reaction speed, he would already be dead.

"What was that?"

Chen Feng instinctively glanced around, and his soul nearly left his body.

Wind Foxes had appeared all around him, densely packed as they surrounded him in the middle. They stared at him coldly, standing in neat formation. Not a single Wind Fox was running around.

"What's going on?"

Chen Feng sensed that something was off. Surrounded by Wind Foxes?

How could such low-level mutated beasts possess intelligence?!

As Chen Feng was still puzzled, the Wind Fox Leader appeared atop a hill. What was even more terrifying was that a young man was sitting on the Wind Fox Leader's back!

Using a Wind Fox as a mount?

Chen Feng's heart skipped a beat. Who was this person?!

Everyone, please don't leave meaningless comments like "first" or "second" in this chapter's comments, especially whoever posted five or six in a row... →_→ You don't even have Luck Value. How many years have you been single to type that fast...?