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Just as Gu Yi had observed through his consciousness via the orb of light, the area connected to the new world by the Myriad Worlds Gate was a forest.

Gu Yi only felt his vision blur before he appeared in a mountain forest.

Towering trees rose all around him, blocking out most of the sunlight. Only scattered flecks of light fell upon the ground.

Crisp birdcalls and insect chirps occasionally drifted from the dense foliage, indicating that this was not an especially dangerous place.

Even so, Gu Yi did not lower his guard. He immediately hid himself in a nearby thicket, watching every movement around him and remaining ready to use the cross-world function to return to Douluo Continent at any moment.

He also took several herbs from his clothes, squeezed out their sap, and evenly smeared it over several parts of his body to conceal his scent.

This was experience Gu Yi had gained from years of gathering herbs. One always had to be careful in the wilderness.

Although Douluo Continent was practically at the bottom rung of fantasy worlds, it was still a fantasy world, home to extraordinary creatures such as soul beasts.

The wilderness of Douluo Continent was still quite dangerous.

Gu Yi's parents in this life had died while gathering herbs after encountering a savage beast with soul beast bloodline.

Therefore, every time Gu Yi went into the mountains to gather herbs, he was careful—then even more careful.

The new world was unknown. It might be a fantasy or magical world with extraordinary creatures similar to soul beasts, or it might be an ordinary world.

No amount of caution was excessive.

The facts proved that Gu Yi's caution was not misplaced.

Gu Yi cautiously explored the surrounding forest for less than a quarter of an hour.

Suddenly, the vegetation not far away began to shake, startling bursts of birdsong.

Seeing this, Gu Yi hurriedly slipped into a nearby thicket and completely concealed himself.

The dense brush ahead parted, and a massive black wild boar nearly half a zhang tall burst out. Two tusks as long as an adult's arms protruded from its mouth, and its sharp tusks continuously gouged at the ground, digging up plant roots beneath the soil.

"Damn it!" Gu Yi's expression changed at once when he saw the boar. He lay motionless in the grass, not daring to move.

What rotten luck for his first outing.

Pigs on Earth had noses three times more sensitive than dogs.

Not to mention this wild boar before him. It was taller than an adult and more than a zhang long, a complete tank of flesh and muscle. Its sense of smell was probably even more terrifying.

Although Gu Yi had smeared tree sap over himself, its scent would not last long.

And judging from the boar's behavior, it was clearly looking for food nearby and would likely stay for quite a while.

Once the sap on Gu Yi's body dried up, his original scent would spread out.

Given the boar's ferocity, if it truly discovered his trail,

the only thing Gu Yi could do was spend source power and return to Douluo Continent.

As the saying went, first boars, then bears, then tigers.

In the mountains and forests, a wild boar was no less threatening to humans than a bear or tiger.

And this boar was a mutated version at that! It was no weaker than a low-level soul beast from Douluo Continent!

Although Gu Yi had undergone martial soul awakening, possessed Innate Full Soul Power, and had command of a certain degree of extraordinary power,

he was still too young. He was only six years old, and even weaker in combat than an ordinary adult. There was no way he could deal with this boar.

After all, Gu Yi was not Tang San. He had not trained since childhood or mastered numerous Tang Sect Secret Techniques, allowing him to take on a Man-eating Demon Spider more than four hundred years old by himself.

"Could my first exploration of a new world really end like this?"

Gu Yi was somewhat unwilling to accept it.

His time in this world had been too short, and he had not obtained much information.

He had not even figured out the situation in the surrounding forest, much less found any intelligent life to inquire about this world's circumstances.

The only thing he could determine was that this was not an ordinary world. It was most likely a world of extraordinary power.

After all, this boar was clearly not something that could exist in an ordinary world. It was not much weaker than a soul beast from Douluo Continent.

But that did not help Gu Yi much. The boar was not human.

If Gu Yi returned to Douluo Continent now, he would have wasted ten points of source power for nothing.

Moreover, if this boar was still active nearby next time,

Gu Yi would still be unable to explore the new world. He would only remain trapped in this forest, wasting more time and source power.

And if he wanted to deal with the boar, Gu Yi would at least have to wait until he obtained his first soul ring, officially became a Soul Master, and gained a soul skill.

Conservatively speaking, that would take at least three months.

—Only after Nuoding Academy opened could he obtain a Soul Hunting Order and ask a teacher to help him hunt soul beasts.

But if he obtained his soul ring that way, let alone reaching the optimal limit of four hundred and twenty-three years for his first soul ring, he might not even be able to absorb a hundred-year soul ring.

After all, the academy's teachers would at most help him hunt a ten-year soul beast.

A hundred-year soul beast was already no weaker than a Soul Grandmaster above level twenty.

Most of Nuoding Academy's teachers were Soul Grand Masters. Only a few people, such as the dean and the director, were Soul Elders.

They would not risk their lives to help Gu Yi, someone they barely knew, hunt a hundred-year soul beast.

In the original story, even the son of Nuoding City's lord had a ten-year soul ring as his first soul ring.

If that happened, the potential of Gu Yi's first martial soul would be greatly affected.

How could Gu Yi be willing to accept that?

This new world was most likely a world of cultivation.

If Gu Yi could obtain this world's cultivation method within these three months and strengthen himself,

then, like Tang San, he could make his first soul ring as close as possible to the optimal limit of four hundred and twenty-three years.

Perhaps he could even... break the limit!!

Gu Yi's expression shifted uncertainly as he continuously thought of ways to escape his predicament.

At the same time, the foraging boar drew closer and closer to the patch of grass where Gu Yi was hiding.

Suddenly, the boar stopped. Its dark snout let out a series of snorts, as though it had caught a scent.

"Not good! It found me!"

Gu Yi, who had been watching the boar closely, immediately noticed the abnormality. Through the dense foliage, his eyes met the boar's.

Snort, snort~~

The boar immediately grew agitated. Its four hooves moved, and it charged toward the thicket.

Gu Yi's scalp went numb at the sight, and his face turned deathly pale.

The boar was enormous, weighing five or six thousand jin, comparable to a sedan from Earth in his previous life.

If it hit him, even a tree as thick as a bucket would snap.

A six-year-old child like Gu Yi could never withstand it.

In his desperation, Gu Yi hurriedly used his consciousness to connect with the Myriad Worlds Gate in his mind, preparing to return to Douluo Continent immediately.

Whoosh~

But at that moment, a wooden arrow shot over Gu Yi's head and struck the charging boar directly in its left eye.

"Roaaar!" The boar let out a miserable howl that echoed through the forest. Its body, which had been charging toward Gu Yi, abruptly veered aside, bypassing his position and slamming into a tree on the other side.

Crack!

The tree, as thick as a bowl, crashed to the ground.

Gu Yi, who had been about to return to Douluo Continent, was startled by the sight before delight filled his heart.

"There are people in the forest! He's hunting this boar!"

Gu Yi was overjoyed. He suppressed the urge to return to Douluo Continent and looked around.

On a large tree thirty or forty meters behind and to Gu Yi's left stood an Old Hunter dressed in rough clothes and holding a longbow.

It was obvious that he had been the one to shoot the arrow at the boar and save Gu Yi.

"Perhaps I don't need to rush back this time." Gu Yi's eyes flickered, but his hands did not stop moving. He climbed up a nearby tree, one he could barely wrap both arms around, as quickly as he could.

An injured beast was the most dangerous kind. It would madly attack every living thing around it.

If Gu Yi was any slower, he would be in danger once the one-eyed boar went berserk.

Now that there was someone else present, Gu Yi could not easily use the Myriad Worlds Gate to return to Douluo Continent. Of course, if his life was truly in danger, he would still return.

Besides, Gu Yi wanted to obtain information about this world from the Old Hunter.

Sure enough, just as Gu Yi climbed five meters up the tree, the injured boar rammed into it madly.

The tree shook violently, and Gu Yi hurriedly wrapped his arms and legs around the trunk, holding on for dear life.

But this was not a long-term solution. Given the boar's size, the tree would not hold up for long before falling.

Seeing Gu Yi in danger again, the Old Hunter quickly nocked his bow and fired. He unleashed Three-Star Linked Shots, firing three arrows in one breath.

The Old Hunter's archery was superb. Every arrow struck true, each embedding three inches into the boar's body.

The intense pain provoked the boar.

The Old Hunter's attack successfully drew the boar's attention.

The massive boar truly was the ruler of this forest. Its hide was thick and its flesh tough. Despite being struck by so many arrows, including one in the eye, it remained vigorous, showing no sign of dying.

Brutality, rage, and hatred filled its remaining eye as it turned and charged toward the Old Hunter.

The tree the Old Hunter stood on was not thick, only as wide as a basketball. After the boar slammed into it fiercely, a crack immediately appeared in the trunk with a sharp snap.

Standing atop the tree, the Old Hunter remained calm, showing no concern for the threat posed by the boar.