No Longer Afraid

Witnessing a Great Worm rushing towards him, Chen Sanshi deeply understood what it meant for a Fierce Tiger to descend from the mountain.

Chen Sanshi didn't panic; he calmly drew his bow and nocked an arrow.

Another arrow.

This time, he aimed for its most vulnerable spot: the eyes.

The charging Fierce Tiger was as fast as lightning, and coupled with its intimidating power, hitting a moving target's eye was akin to Hit the target a hundred paces away.

But Chen Sanshi was capable of Hit the target a hundred paces away.

"Roar--"

A heart-wrenching wail that shook his organs resounded as the arrow blinded the tiger's left eye.

"Whoosh--"

Then, the right eye.

Both of the Fierce Tiger's eyes were gone, and blood stained its white whiskers red.

What was terrifying was that despite suffering such pain, it didn't stop its charge. Relying on its last bit of vision, it leaped up and climbed the trees in a few bounds, determined to tear its attacker to shreds.

Tigers absolutely can climb trees.

Chen Sanshi was prepared. He jumped to an adjacent tree one step ahead, and at the same time, he turned and shot another arrow.

The struggle of a trapped beast is especially terrifying.

The Great Worm didn't seem dead yet, but it wouldn't last much longer.

All he had to do was stall; he couldn't be impatient.

The Fierce Tiger relied on its remaining hearing to judge the direction and leaped over as well.

Chen Sanshi switched trees and shot an arrow; the Great Worm was hit.

This cycle repeated several times.

No matter how fierce a tiger was, it was still just a beast. With several arrows in its body and blinded eyes, it quickly couldn't hold on any longer and fell from the tree dozens of meters high.

Having lost its ferocious "qi," the Great Worm could no longer bear the pain. It struggled wildly, waving its claws and teeth, spinning in place, its blood staining the mud, leaving trails of ravines.

It was over.

Chen Sanshi was about to finish the hunt when his ears twitched, hearing fast approaching footsteps.

The two Martial Arts School disciples from before appeared.

"Brother, I'll help you kill this beast."

Wei Xu said, drawing his sword and about to rush forward.

The Fierce Tiger was already on its last breath, just needing the final blow. Where did he need help?

He clearly wanted to take advantage of the situation and get a share.

"Scram!"

Chen Sanshi was a man of few words. In an instant, the Kaiyuan Bow had already fired an arrow.

A cool breeze blew across his neck, and Wei Xu froze in place, unable to move for a long time.

It wasn't until the bright red blood flowed down his neck into his clothes that he suddenly woke up.

A hair's breadth!

By a hair's breadth, his artery would have been pierced!

"Senior Brother..."

The Junior Brother next to him was also frightened.

Why was this person so ruthless?

They just wanted to join in the fun and get some silver. They never thought of hurting anyone. This guy... how could this guy shoot an arrow right away?!

Moreover, such a fast arrow!

They only saw the other party reach into the quiver at his waist, and the next second the arrow was already flying over.

Wei Xu covered the wound on his neck and retreated repeatedly, not daring to take half a step forward.

Fight back?

He wasn't blind.

That Great Worm was about to be killed; wouldn't he be able to kill him?

On the tree.

After Chen Sanshi intimidated them, he put away his bow and arrows, held the Reed Leaf Spear upside down with both hands, the veins on his arms bulging like small snakes wrapped around them. He aimed the spearhead at the tiger's head, jumped to the ground, and descended from the sky.

"Pfft--"

The sharp spearhead pierced through the tiger's head, pinning it to the ground. He knelt on one knee on the Fierce Tiger, feeling its qi rapidly weaken until it was completely still. Only then did he pull out the long spear covered in red and white matter.

Having dealt with the Great Worm, Chen Sanshi dragged over the roe deer from before and carried both prey on his shoulders.

Less than a thousand catties.

It's nothing to a martial artist proficient in Blood Refining.

Only now did Wei Xu come back to his senses.

They looked at the youth carrying the Fierce Tiger's corpse, constantly retreating to maintain distance, speaking somewhat stammeringly, "Who are you, sir, to be so overbearing!"

"Just a Squad Leader in the army."

Chen Sanshi was completely fearless.

Everything is decided by strength.

If these two dared to retaliate, they would be shot dead before they could even raise their hands.

In a word, if they can't withstand his arrows, it doesn't matter if their realm is higher than his.

Blood Refining martial artists do not have the characteristic of being physically resistant to blades.

What a load of crap!

Wei Xu had never seen a Squad Leader with such good Archery skills.

Moreover, his master had warned him that Xiang Tingchun was looking for trouble recently, and they should never provoke people from the army, otherwise no one would care if they died.

He and his Junior Brother tremblingly made way, afraid that the other party would shoot another arrow.

Chen Sanshi walked past them openly.

He was no longer afraid!

In the depths of this rich Second Mountain, he could not only come, but also make the people in the Martial Arts School bow their heads!

On this tiger hunt, the proficiency of both skills had been improved.

Tracking (Minor Accomplishment)
Progress: 55/1000

Skill: Archery (Minor Accomplishment)
Progress: (150/1000)

Archery was improving more and more slowly.

It has something to do with the bow.

The Two-stone bow that Chen Sanshi had specially obtained earlier had become light and floaty again after his martial arts improved.

"Looks like I need to change my bow and arrows again."

"For bows and arrows above Two-stone, you need to go to the blacksmith's workshop of the Thousand Household Office to order them yourself."

"Speaking of which, the bone hardness of this Great Worm is obviously beyond the scope of ordinary beasts, can it be used as part of the material for a new bow?"

"Thanks to Uncle Zhao Qiao, otherwise, in such a big mountain, I would have been exhausted to find the tiger's hiding place."

Crossing the stream.

Chen Sanshi returned to the south side of Second Mountain.

Zhao Qiao, Wu Da, and Zhuang Yi were all unexpectedly waiting here.

After all, it was a tiger hunt, and they were not at ease.

Another reason was that they were afraid that the youth would be targeted by the Martial Arts School disciples.

Even if an accident happened, they couldn't help, but they still wanted to wait.

To put it bluntly, if something really happened, at least someone would collect the body, so that it wouldn't be lost without a trace. This is also the reason why they Hunters stick together.

It seemed that they had overthought it.

"Brother Chen, you're really fierce!"

Zhuang Yi stared at the Great Worm's claws and fangs, he was a little scared even when it was dead, and he couldn't imagine how scary it would be alive.

The Hunting dog under his feet was even lying on its stomach, not daring to breathe loudly.

Wu Da's eyes were about to pop out: "Can someone who practices martial arts kill a tiger?"

"Shitou is really promising, not only can he kill tigers, but it seems that no one dares to make things difficult for him."

Zhao Qiao smiled and said, "Then let's go down the mountain quickly."

Chen Sanshi looked at the few people.

In comparison, their income seemed very bleak.

It was nothing more than pheasants and rabbits, and they hadn't caught any big game.

Chen Sanshi suddenly stopped, put the tiger and roe deer on the ground, and said, "Uncle Zhao, I can't move it, can you help me move it to the County Town, and follow the rules."

"Brother Chen, you can kill the Great Worm, you should be able to lift it, right?" Zhuang Yi said naively.

"Shut up!"

Zhao Qiao glared at him.

This simpleton, how can he not understand? Sanshi sees that they haven't gained much and wants to use the excuse of helping to carry things to give them some copper coins.

The group of four arrived at the County Town.

After appraisal, this Great Worm (Tiger) was indeed unusual. Although it couldn't be considered an Exotic Beast, it wasn't an ordinary Fierce Tiger either, so the price was relatively high.

The tiger weighed a total of seven hundred pounds and was worth a total of more than one hundred and fifty taels. However, Chen Sanshi kept the Tiger Heart, Tiger Gallbladder, Tiger Skin, Tiger Bone, plus fifty pounds of Tiger Meat for his own use, and finally received sixty-eight taels of silver.

The roe deer earned one tael.

"That's about enough resources for Minor Accomplishment in Blood Refining."