With only thirty yuan left to his name, Lin Li thought of how today was the day to pay the electricity bill. The bill was nearly two hundred yuan, and in his current situation, he simply couldn't afford it.
If he failed to earn any money today, he might come home to find the power cut off.
Now that a Rabbit Exotic Beast had suddenly appeared right in front of him, his eyes immediately lit up as he stared at it.
In Lin Li's eyes, the Rabbit Exotic Beast before him had already turned into a stack of banknotes that could move on its own.
Being stared at by Lin Li, the Rabbit Exotic Beast couldn't help shivering. It had never experienced such a greedy gaze before.
Thus, it instinctively turned around and fled at once, no longer even bothering to drink water.
"Don't run. I won't hurt you..."
When Lin Li saw the Rabbit Exotic Beast fleeing, he immediately grew anxious. He hurriedly snatched up the Spirit Artifact Longsword leaning against the large tree and chased after the fleeing Rabbit Exotic Beast while shouting.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."
The lush vegetation swayed violently. The Rabbit Exotic Beast, scared witless by Lin Li's greedy gaze, fled in blind panic.
"Don't run. I mean you no harm."
The "kind" shouting from behind made the Rabbit Exotic Beast's heart tremble incessantly. As a pale golden Spiritual Light blossomed in its eyes, its fleeing speed suddenly increased by a small margin.
"Damn it, why is this Rabbit Exotic Beast running so fast?" Lin Li had already been chasing for two or three minutes, yet he still hadn't caught up. He was utterly astonished.
One had to know that the six Rabbit Exotic Beasts he had killed before had been less than half as fast as the one fleeing ahead of him.
Lin Li had no idea that the Rabbit Exotic Beast he was chasing had awakened a speed-based ability. With the ability's enhancement, it ran considerably faster than its kin.
"My electricity bill—I'm not letting you get away..." Lin Li, now completely penniless, shouted inwardly.
Although he hadn't awakened a speed-based ability, the pressure of poverty had unlocked his running potential, and his speed in pursuit of the Rabbit Exotic Beast suddenly increased by quite a bit.
The First-Order Mid Stage Rabbit Exotic Beast had a speed-based ability to boost it, but unfortunately, it was facing an enemy with First-Order Peak strength who had been driven to desperation by poverty.
The distance between them rapidly shrank, and the Rabbit Exotic Beast, fleeing for its life, was filled with despair.
In this situation, it already knew that death was unavoidable. Since the human behind it wanted to kill it, then after it died, it wouldn't let him have an easy time either.
Having decided to get revenge on that hateful human before its death, the Rabbit Exotic Beast suddenly halted mid-stride and changed the direction in which it was fleeing.
Seeing the Rabbit Exotic Beast slow down because it had changed direction, Lin Li, who had been hot on its heels, was immediately overjoyed.
"Splash..."
A huge, plump Boar Beast rolled about in a murky mud pool. Every time it flipped its body, large amounts of muddy water splashed onto the bank.
After grunting comfortably a few times, the slightly hungry Boar Beast stopped rolling, stood up, and climbed out of the mud pit onto the bank.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."
A sudden rustling came from the grass not far away, and the Boar Beast, which had been preparing to forage, stopped in its tracks.
The next second, two figures—one small and one large—leaped out of the messy grass in succession.
"Pfft."
Having finally caught up with the Rabbit Exotic Beast, Lin Li decisively thrust out the Spirit Artifact Longsword in his hand, just as he had with the Rabbit Exotic Beasts he had killed earlier.
The Spirit Artifact Longsword, glowing with pale golden Spiritual Light, stabbed accurately, steadily, and ruthlessly into the Rabbit Exotic Beast's little head.
"Thud."
The Rabbit Exotic Beast, killed by Lin Li in a single thrust, crashed heavily beside the mud pit. Its fairly large body hit the ground and kicked up a cloud of dust.
"Haha... Now I can pay the electricity bill and buy food." Lin Li had stabbed the Rabbit Exotic Beast to death with one sword. Looking at its body twitching from time to time, his face was filled with a delighted smile.
"Snort..."
A familiar snort sounded beside Lin Li's ear. Still wearing a smile, Lin Li turned to look toward the front right.
When he saw the creature that had made the snorting sound, the happy smile on his face instantly froze, then quickly vanished.
It was a ferocious wild boar measuring 1.8 meters in length and 1.2 meters in height. Hard, sparse bristles grew along its back, its coat was a deep brown, and two sharp tusks jutted from its mouth.
"Holy crap... That's one enormous Boar Beast. If it gores me, my skinny arms and legs won't be able to take it."
The joy of killing the Rabbit Exotic Beast vanished completely at that moment. After everything had gone smoothly for Lin Li since morning, tension rose in his heart once more.
The Boar Beast was an omnivore and ate anything, meat or plants alike. It glanced at the already-dead Rabbit Exotic Beast, then looked at the tender-skinned human before it, thinking that both lunch and dinner were taken care of today.
"Snort..."
A pig's snort brimming with delight reached Lin Li's ears. At that moment, he finally experienced the state of mind the Rabbit Exotic Beast he had killed had been in not long before.
"Damn it, the way this Boar Beast is looking at me... It's planning to treat me as food!"
His palms kept sweating from nervousness. Lin Li gripped the Spirit Artifact Longsword tightly and slowly backed away.
Although the Rabbit Exotic Beast he had killed was not far from him, he very much wanted to take its corpse and leave... After all, that was his electricity money and food money!
However, the terrifying, plump Boar Beast before him had unknown strength. If he rashly went to retrieve the Rabbit Exotic Beast's corpse, he might very well find himself trapped in extreme danger.
"Snort..."
The First-Order Peak Boar Beast saw the tender-skinned human before it cowering before its imposing form. It couldn't help giving a smug snort, then stepped forward toward him.
That dead Rabbit Exotic Beast wouldn't be enough to fill it. It couldn't let the tender-skinned human in front of it escape.
"This guy... It doesn't plan on letting me leave."
Lin Li's heart pounded wildly. He saw that every time he took a step back, the Boar Beast not far away took a step closer. Its actions made its decision clear.
Turn around and run. If I turn around and run now, my speed should be enough to shake off this ferocious Boar Beast.
"When you encounter an exotic beast in the wild, you mustn't casually expose your back to it. Doing so could very well cost you your life."
Just as Lin Li was preparing to turn and flee, the warning of Hao Zhuang, the examiner from the Beast Hunter Guild, suddenly rang out in his mind, instantly dispelling his impulse to run.
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