Hunting Outside

Hunting in the frigid Arctic required more than strength; more often than not, it depended on observation.

Besides the active large animals, there were also groups of small herbivores here.

The Arctic Hare was one of them.

Su Lin had originally planned to follow Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom out to hunt, but he soon gave up along the way.

Because he had discovered several nests of Arctic Hares.

Arctic Hares were also social animals.

Their numbers in the Arctic Circle were not particularly high, but neither were they scarce.

Right now, there were at least seven or eight Arctic Hares before Su Lin, nibbling at moss beneath the snow.

"Today, you'll be my meal."

Su Lin's eyes lit up as he looked at the group of Arctic Hares, some large and some small.

He knew this was likely a family of Arctic Hares that had come out to forage with their young.

Groups like this, with young in tow, were often the first targets of predators in the wild.

But he felt little sympathy.

After all, the survival of the fittest was the greatest law among wild animals.

"System, inspect their attributes."

With a thought from Su Lin, the attributes of several Arctic Hares in the distance appeared before him.

Species: Arctic Hare (Male).

Level: 3.

Vitality: 237.

Stamina: 28.

Strength: 8.

Defense: 12.

Speed: 53.

Species: Arctic Hare (Female).

Level: 2.

Vitality: 216.

Stamina: 16.

Strength: 5.

Defense: 9.

Speed: 47.

With a glance, Su Lin saw that the leading male Arctic Hare had the highest attributes among them, having reached Level 3.

Its speed had even reached a terrifying 53, while the other female Arctic Hares were also extremely fast.

It was clear that such high speed was why Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom had ignored them.

After all, in this icy wilderness, catching Arctic Hares that could run so quickly consumed far too much stamina.

Given Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom's size and numbers, even if they managed to catch a whole family of Arctic Hares, it probably would not fill their stomachs in the end, and might not even make up for the massive expenditure of stamina.

But none of that was a problem for Su Lin.

Su Lin was fast as well—faster than the leading Arctic Hare.

And physical strength was equivalent to stamina.

Stamina could be fully restored with a suitable amount of rest and a little food.

So even if he exhausted himself, catching just one Arctic Hare would make it worthwhile. Catching two or more would be a profit.

He acted at once. Su Lin slowly lowered himself to the ground and silently watched the Arctic Hares in the distance.

To catch the bandits, first catch their leader. He decided to capture the leading male Arctic Hare first.

Su Lin slowly moved forward.

The Arctic Hare group was clearly highly alert.

As if they had heard something, they raised their ears and looked around. The male Arctic Hare kept hopping and peering in Su Lin's direction.

This seemed to be an animal's most innate instinct toward danger.

Fortunately, Su Lin was well concealed. His body was naturally snow-white, and lying on the ground, he was almost Merged into the snow, making him difficult to spot.

He waited silently without moving.

The Arctic Hare group found nothing unusual and lowered their heads to continue eating moss.

Su Lin began inching forward again.

He paused for a while, shifted a little, paused again, then shifted a little more.

After quite some time, he finally reached a spot less than thirty meters from the Arctic Hare group.

There was a patch of brush here to conceal him. Otherwise, with the Arctic Hares' vigilance, they would have discovered him long ago.

Su Lin began to conceal his presence.

At a distance of thirty meters, given his speed and the male Arctic Hare's reaction time, it should be enough.

He planned to kill in one strike. Before the Arctic Hare group Could React, he would Hunt several more, saving himself the stamina needed to chase those that escaped.

Speed decided everything! Su Lin slowly took another step forward, arching his entire body into a coiled, ready-to-pounce stance.

Still as a maiden, swift as a hare.

But Su Lin was even faster than a fleeing hare! A streak of white like lightning shot toward the male Arctic Hare, which still had not noticed the danger and was keeping its head down to eat.

"Awoo!"

When he was ten meters away, the Arctic Hare noticed him.

Su Lin let out a long howl and accelerated again.

The male Arctic Hare began fleeing in blind panic.

But Su Lin had the advantage of surprise, and he was already faster than the Arctic Hare.

Over a mere ten meters, the Arctic Hare could not escape his hunting range at all.

Just as he was about to catch up, he suddenly leaped into the air, exposing his sharp Wolf Claws.

As he landed, he pounced, and his Wolf Claws struck the male Arctic Hare heavily across the neck.

A pounce containing 30 points of strength, combined with the boost from 60 points of speed.

Let alone a mere Arctic Hare—even an adult Arctic Wolf would be injured by it.

Thus, with a single strike, the leading male Arctic Hare's neck cracked with the sound of shattering bones. It collapsed onto the snow and began convulsing, blood flowing from its mouth and nose.

Su Lin had no time to admire the results of his attack. He immediately turned and pursued the remaining Arctic Hares.

The other Arctic Hares had already reacted and scattered in all directions.

But several young were too slow to escape.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest.

Su Lin had no Holy Mother thoughts. Even the young were pounced on directly, their spines shattered with One Claw.

Half an hour later.

"Awoo!"

The long howl of an Arctic Wolf, along with the scattered bloodstains and Arctic Hare corpses on the snow, showed that an unequal hunt had taken place here!

This time, the harvest was plentiful.

He had Hunt a full six Arctic Hares.

One male, one female, and four young.

After taking stock of his spoils, Su Lin, panting heavily and having used up more than half his stamina, came to the male Arctic Hare's corpse and sank his sharp Fangs into it.

"Ding! The host has consumed Arctic Hare and gained 1 Evolution Point."

Hearing the system notification beside his ear, Su Lin devoured the meat even more eagerly.

"Ding! The host has consumed Arctic Hare and gained 0.8 Evolution Points."

"Ding! The host has consumed Arctic Hare and gained 0.6 Evolution Points."

Consuming every kind of food could grant Evolution Points, but the most points were gained only when he first began eating it.

The more he ate, the fewer points he received.

Very soon, after consuming the male Arctic Hare and one young hare, the system notification had already dropped to 0.1.

"Awoo!"

Su Lin howled. After eating two Arctic Hares, he was nearly full.

He did not continue eating. After scanning the surroundings, he lowered his head, grabbed the Arctic Hare corpses in his jaws, and began heading toward the cave.

But what Su Lin did not know was that everything that had just happened had been witnessed by an explorer inside a distant Off-road Vehicle.

At this moment, Tiffany, a female explorer seated in the Off-road Vehicle and sipping freshly brewed black tea, looked at the snow-white Arctic Wolf through her binoculars and praised, "Tsk, tsk, tsk. Such a beautiful Arctic Wolf, all white from head to toe. And a lone wolf capable of hunting so many Arctic Hares—what impressive skill. Perhaps he'll become a true Arctic Wolf King in the future."

Of course, Tiffany was merely joking. She did not know which small wolf pack this Arctic Wolf belonged to.

Nor did she know that the Arctic Wolf before her was only a one-month-old cub.