"Humph..."
The Boar Beast saw Lin Li standing in place without moving and snorted. This time it took the initiative to step forward, slowly closing in on the opponent.
It wanted to put some pressure on the delicate-looking human in front of it, forcing the opponent to turn and run away.
As long as the opponent couldn't help turning to run and exposed their back, that would be the best moment for it to launch an attack.
The strategy of this combat-experienced Boar Beast was very good. If Lin Li hadn't listened to Hao Zhuang's warning, under the other's step-by-step pressure, Lin Li as a newcomer definitely wouldn't have been able to withstand the pressure and would have turned and run, exposing his back.
Yet now, no matter how the Boar Beast pressed forward step by step, Lin Li had no intention of turning and running away.
Damn it, since turning and running means death, then I'll fight it out with you! Who will ultimately seize the prize isn't certain yet!
Lin Li gritted his teeth, mobilized the Spiritual Energy within his body, and poured it into the Spirit Artifact Longsword in his hand, preparing to fight a battle to the death with the steadily approaching Boar Beast.
No, besides turning and running, I have other ways to save my life.
Lin Li, who was preparing to fight to the death with the Boar Beast, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and an important piece of information that he had automatically ignored due to panic surfaced in his mind.
Crap, I really am an idiot! A golden finger, I'm a man with a golden finger. If I want to avoid this Boar Beast right now, I can just hide directly in the Mysterious Small Island.
The Boar Beast, pressing step by step toward Lin Li, suddenly saw the delicate-looking human before its eyes unexpectedly reveal a relaxed smile on his face.
It sensed that the fear this delicate-looking human held toward it had completely vanished at this moment.
"Hahaha... With this kind of life-saving method, as long as I'm not killed instantly, what on earth am I afraid of!" Lin Li suddenly burst into loud laughter, causing the advancing Boar Beast to halt its steps.
"Humph..." The Boar Beast snorted in incomprehension. Seeing the delicate-looking human before it suddenly burst into laughter, it felt the opponent must have gone mad!
"Stop dawdling, come on already!" Free from any worries for the future, Lin Li extended his left hand and hooked his index finger at the Boar Beast.
Fine! Such human provocative behavior was clearly beyond the comprehension of the Boar Beast, so he would change his approach.
Seeing the Boar Beast standing in place and looking at him with the gaze of a fool, Lin Li immediately raised his right foot and kicked away a small stone at his feet.
"Whoosh..."
The small stone was kicked into the air, tracing a parabola through the sky before striking the Boar Beast right on the forehead.
"Humph..."
Although this small stone hitting its forehead caused it no damage, this behavior was a severe provocation, and the anger in the Boar Beast's heart flared up instantly.
Looking at the Boar Beast whose rage was soaring as it continuously pawed the ground with its front right foot, Lin Li chuckled, "Hehe, this kind of provocative method is still the most direct."
"Chirp, chirp..."
A flock of birds flew past from the sky. Seeing the single human and beast confronting each other by the mud pond, they immediately turned around, landed on a big tree not far from the battle site, and sat back waiting for this human and beast to erupt into combat.
"Humph..."
The Boar Beast, which had pawed the ground more than a dozen times in succession, let out a harsh snort, and then pale golden Spiritual Light surfaced on its body.
Free from worries for the future, Lin Li had originally looked relaxed, but when he saw the pale golden Spiritual Light surface on the Boar Beast, his expression instantly turned solemn.
Although with his current cultivation level he couldn't determine the specific standard of the Boar Beast's cultivation, upon seeing that the opponent was actually able to make pale golden Spiritual Light surface all over its body,
he figured that no matter how weak this Boar Beast was, it should at least possess the cultivation of the First-Order High Stage, and even stronger, it was extremely likely to possess the strength of the First-Order Peak just like himself.
Facing a fierce beast with strength similar to his own, if he still looked down upon the opponent, then he would be a complete megalomaniac, and being finished off by the beast would serve him right.
Lin Li, whose personality leaned toward being steady, never thought of himself as a megalomaniac. After seeing the Boar Beast mobilize its Spiritual Energy, he didn't give the opponent a chance to strike first, instead taking the initiative to charge forward and launch an attack against it.
This approach was correct. Once the plump and sturdy Boar Beast launched a charge, the small-limbed Lin Li definitely wouldn't be able to confront it head-on by then and could only choose to evade, completely falling into a disadvantaged position.
Seeing the delicate-looking human before it take the initiative to launch an attack against it, the Boar Beast couldn't help but feel a surge of astonishment in its heart.
After all, the opponent had been terrified of it just a moment ago, constantly retreating to look for an opportunity to escape, but now not only did he have no fear of her—or rather, it—instead taking the initiative to attack, which truly baffled it.
The distance between the two was only sixteen or seventeen meters, and Lin Li, having taken the initiative to attack, rushed right up in front of the Boar Beast before long.
He raised the Spirit Artifact Longsword blooming with pale golden Spiritual Light in his hand and thrust it toward the opponent's eyes.
Eyes were an extremely fragile part for any living creature. If pierced by the Spirit Artifact Longsword, the Boar Beast would inevitably suffer heavy injuries, and more seriously, might die on the spot.
"Humph..." Issuing a harsh snort, the Boar Beast dodged to the right.
"Damn, you've got such a sturdy body, how is your reaction time still so fast?" Lin Li shouted inwardly after missing his thrust with the sword.
Following that, he twisted his waist, kicked off the ground with his right foot, and continued to pounce toward the dodging Boar Beast.
"Humph..." Facing the once again pouncing Lin Li, the Boar Beast dodged once more.
This time the Boar Beast failed to evade Lin Li's accelerated leaping attack, and the Spirit Artifact Longsword carved a wound across the Boar Beast's rump, blood immediately welling out and causing the Boar Beast to emit a heaven-shaking howl of pain.
"Turns out you're nothing much after all! To think I was so afraid of you just now." Lin Li hadn't even enjoyed two seconds of happiness after landing a strike on the Boar Beast before he suffered a counterattack from the opponent.
The Boar Beast, whose rump had been carved with a wound by the Spirit Artifact Longsword, ceased its dodging movements right after emitting the heaven-shaking howl. Its thick and powerful front limbs braced against the ground, and then with a forceful push, it changed the direction of its body, violently crashing into Lin Li.
After its sharp tusks were covered with pale golden Spiritual Energy, they emitted a keen sharpness.
If he were poked by this, it would definitely pierce into his body and create two huge holes.
Lin Li hurriedly dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the Boar Beast's fierce counterattack, but just as the two of them brushed past each other, the Boar Beast's sturdy body suddenly twisted, and its injured rump struck Lin Li solidly.
"Bang."
Lin Li, weighing nearly a hundred and forty catties, was sent flying on the spot by such a collision from the plump and sturdy Boar Beast.
Falling to the ground, Lin Li quickly scrambled up. A sharp pain came from his left hand; the fall just now had probably scraped his palm open.
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