Enemy Attack

Without a doubt, once the skill's progress reached one hundred percent, the System Panel's effect would awaken a new talent in him, fundamentally strengthening him.

These three options each altered one aspect: strength, speed, or constitution.

Wu Tian did not hesitate for long. He first eliminated Sharp Claws.

Of the three options, although Sharp Claws could enhance his attack power, it was the least important for hunting.

Of the two remaining choices, Agility could be said to be crucial.

There were too many dangers deep in the jungle, and most of them were impossible to resist. At a critical moment, the speed at which one escaped was what mattered most.

As long as he was fast enough, whether hunting or fleeing, he could seize the initiative.

The third option, Regeneration, was also extremely useful. Whether it was increased stamina or faster recovery from injuries, both were excellent traits.

Especially under the System Panel's influence, talents could also be upgraded. Wu Tian could even imagine that if Regeneration reached a higher stage, it might very well grant an absurd ability like regrowing severed limbs.

By contrast, a talent like Agility could often be replaced by other means later on, such as skills that increased speed.

Between these two options, Agility could improve his ability to survive right now, while Regeneration had excellent prospects for the future.

Wu Tian also felt extremely conflicted, but in the end, he still chose Agility.

"Staying alive is what matters most. Once you're injured in the jungle, it usually means death. The enemy won't give you time to recover."

"Besides, the Hear the Wind skill will soon reach perfection as well. By then, I'll be able to obtain a related talent."

Wu Tian could clearly feel that the Hear the Wind skill did more than allow him to detect dangerous information carried on the wind. When running, it also let him sense the wind and thereby increase his speed.

"With Hear the Wind and Agility combined, my speed will surpass that of most vicious birds and beasts in the jungle. As long as I don't run into those spirits, I'll be able to come and go freely throughout the mountains."

"Choose Agility!"

As Wu Tian made his choice, he immediately felt a warm current surging through his body. In the short span of a few breaths, it spread into every corner of his body.

"Whine!"

A suppressed whimper escaped his mouth. This was not pain, but a comfort like soaking in a hot spring.

Before long, the warm current vanished.

Yet Wu Tian discovered that his body seemed to have grown lighter, to the point that he even had the illusion he was about to float away.

"Looks like I made the right choice!"

Wu Tian rose from the ground. With the slightest movement, he shot far away. Compared with before, his speed had nearly doubled.

Wu Tian opened his System Panel.

Name: Wu Tian

Age: 2

Bloodline: Southern Border White Dog

Talents: Poison Devouring 52% (Elementary) Agility 1% (Elementary)

Skills: Hunting 100%, Hear the Wind 98%

His Hunting skill had already reached perfection, and he had even unearthed his own talent from it. It could not be improved any further for now.

The Hear the Wind skill was also close to one hundred percent. When it reached that point, he would be able to obtain another new talent.

"Perfecting a skill allows me to obtain a talent, while a talent can significantly increase my own strength."

"Next, aside from excavating the power of my talents, the most important thing is to obtain new skills."

Wu Tian had not spent this time in the Hunting Team for nothing. No one in the stockade guarded against a white dog. He had even sneaked into the Chieftain's Bamboo building several times.

"The stockade has inherited a saber technique called Snake Slaying Saber. It's also the saber technique everyone in the Hunting Team knows, and Guxiong Mu has cultivated it to an extremely profound level."

"Besides that, the Chieftain also knows three Gu Arts: Insect Expelling Gu, Water Purifying Gu, and Poison Devouring Gu."

"As for Guxiong Mu's Jade Centipede Gu, he obtained it by chance. The stockade doesn't possess the complete Gu Arts needed to refine a Jade Centipede Gu."

Wu Tian calculated, The Chieftain may have other trump cards hidden up his sleeve, but unless it's a matter of life and death, I'm afraid it'll be difficult for me to see them.

"As for the Jade Centipede Gu, its poison is terrifying. Earlier, a weasel that was close to becoming a spirit ambushed the Hunting Team, only for Guxiong Mu to release the Jade Centipede and poison it to death alive."

"But because of that intense poison, the prey can no longer be eaten after being hunted."

"So during ordinary hunts, unless absolutely necessary, Guxiong Mu won't casually release the Jade Centipede Gu."

The toxicity of the Jade Centipede Gu made even Wu Tian shudder. Even with the Poison Devouring talent, he still did not dare approach it.

"During this time, I've secretly learned the Snake Slaying Saber technique, but I'm a canine, after all. I'm still worlds apart from someone wielding a long saber."

"The Snake Slaying Saber technique has sixteen forms, but there are seven I simply can't use. The other nine, however, can be imitated with claws. Combined with the accompanying Breathing Technique, I can barely imitate a Nine Forms of Snake Slaying suited to me."

Wu Tian had been practicing the Nine Forms of Snake Slaying during this period and trying to fuse them into his own hunting techniques. But clearly, this was extremely difficult and complicated. Until now, the System Panel had not changed at all.

"But it's almost there. I feel I'll soon be able to enter the beginner level with the Nine Forms of Snake Slaying. The most important part of this saber technique is the Breathing Technique, which mobilizes the strength within the body and coordinates it with the saber forms."

"My breathing is different from a human's, after all, which is why it has taken me so long."

As Wu Tian was pondering, he suddenly heard Silver Frost let out a roar.

Silver Frost's roar was extremely tense. Wu Tian sprang to his feet as well, scattering with the adult white dogs around him.

"Woof! Woof! Woof!"

"Woof! Woof! Woof!"

The barking soon resounded throughout the entire jungle.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Suddenly, more than a dozen short spears shot out from deep within the jungle, stabbing viciously toward the howling white dogs.

Two white dogs failed to dodge in time. The sharp short spears pierced straight through their bodies, pinning them dead to the ground as blood immediately spread across the earth.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Damn it, who is it?"

Seeing two white dogs die, the people in the Hunting Team instantly flew into a rage. Everyone drew their waist sabers, while some nocked arrows and drew their bows, staring toward the direction from which the short spears had flown.

Wu Tian was also furious. He had been immersed in awakening his talent and had let down his guard. One short spear had grazed his body before stabbing into the ground.

If not for the Agility talent greatly increasing his reaction speed, that short spear would probably have torn his body apart.

The thought left him shaken with fear!

"Woof! Woof! Woof!"

He stared fixedly into the depths of the jungle, both ears standing erect as he listened to the information carried on the wind.

Yet very soon, his fur bristled all over, because the information carried on the wind made him sense danger.

Before long, a booming laugh came from deep within the jungle.

"Guxiong Mu, you people from White Dog Stockade have some nerve, don't you? You actually dared to appear in the hunting grounds of our Crimson Blood Stockade."

"Have you grown tired of living?"