The Long-Awaited Harvest

"Whoosh..."

In the ensuing battle, Lin Li dodged the charges of the Boar Beast, which was covered in a layer of earth armor, while occasionally throwing small fireballs at it.

"That's about enough, I can make my move now." After struggling for four or five minutes, Lin Li felt his opportunity had arrived.

"Hmph..." The Boar Beast, letting out a mocking snort, felt a strong sense of crisis descend upon it as it failed another charge and prepared to turn around.

"A pig is still a pig. No matter how smart it is, can it be smarter than me? You looked down on me before, and today I'll show you why the flowers are so red."

Lin Li shouted inwardly as he sidestepped the charge of the earth-armored Boar Beast.

Then, he exerted force in his lower limbs, instantly increasing his running speed by a large margin, and quickly rushed behind the earth-armored Boar Beast.

He mobilized the psionic energy within his body, and the Spirit Artifact Longsword in his hand instantly bloomed with a faint golden spiritual light.

The incredibly sharp Spirit Artifact Longsword's sharpness was greatly enhanced the moment Lin Li infused it with psionic energy.

Although the Boar Beast used its awakened ability to cover its entire body with thick earth armor, there was one spot it hadn't reinforced its defense.

Furthermore, Lin Li's intermittent, ineffective attacks with small fireballs had greatly lowered the Boar Beast's vigilance, leaving a spot without reinforced defense. After a tremor, its defense became even weaker.

"Pfft."

With a surge of power from Lin Li's right hand, the Spirit Artifact Longsword, glowing with faint golden spiritual light, pierced the rear of the earth-armored Boar Beast without hesitation.

"Hmph..."

The Boar Beast, its rear breached, let out a piercing howl. Such a miserable cry could make the listener grieve and the hearer weep.

Even Lin Li, who had used this move, couldn't help but soften for a moment upon hearing the Boar Beast's agonizing howl.

Of course, it was only for a moment; after softening, it immediately hardened again.

After all, this was a beast! The previous moment, it had intended to kill him!

He twisted the wrist of his right hand gripping the Spirit Artifact Longsword, and the sword, now lodged in the Boar Beast's body, immediately began to twist, causing severe damage to its internal organs.

Such damage was certainly fatal. The Boar Beast leaped forward in a final burst of energy, dragging the Spirit Artifact Longsword out of its body.

Seeing the Boar Beast break free from his Spirit Artifact Longsword, Lin Li didn't press forward to attack it.

Because he knew that his "rear entry" move had already dealt a fatal blow, and it wouldn't be long before this ferocious Boar Beast died.

"So dirty."

He looked down at the Spirit Artifact Longsword in his hand, only to see the blade covered in a pile of filth, making Lin Li feel a bit nauseous.

"Hmph..."

The Boar Beast, in its final moments after escaping the Spirit Artifact Longsword, suddenly lost the surge of energy it had mustered. Its limbs went weak, and its entire body crashed to the ground with a thud.

A large amount of blood flowed from the Boar Beast's rear, along with some filth.

Before long, this Boar Beast, with its First-Order Peak strength, died a humiliating death in Lin Li's hands.

Logically speaking, a Boar Beast at First-Order Peak, with its defensive capabilities greatly enhanced by its earth armor ability, should have been impossible for Lin Li to defeat with his current strength.

As the old saying goes, the arrogant often meet a bad end, and this saying could also be applied to this Boar Beast.

Seeing that the Boar Beast was finished, Lin Li's first action wasn't to finish it off, but to quickly walk towards the nearby stream.

"Splash, splash..."

Arriving at the stream, Lin Li quickly placed his Spirit Artifact Longsword, covered in filth, into the icy stream water to wash away all the filth on the blade.

After cleaning the Spirit Artifact Longsword, Lin Li turned around and walked towards where the dead Boar Beast lay.

"Whoosh."

Lin Li stopped about two meters away from the Boar Beast and casually threw a small fireball at its pig head.

"Bang."

The small fireball hit the Boar Beast's face, scorching its thick facial bristles.

Seeing that the Boar Beast showed no reaction, Lin Li nodded slightly before continuing forward.

Originally, the Boar Beast's body was covered in thick, hard earth armor. However, after the Boar Beast died and its ability lost its support, the thick, hard earth armor covering its body immediately shattered.

Bending down, Lin Li placed his hand on the Boar Beast's back.

With a thought, Lin Li and the Boar Beast disappeared simultaneously.

On the Mysterious Small Island, surrounded by white mist, two figures appeared out of thin air.

Lin Li looked at the miraculous Small Tree before him, and with a thought, information appeared in his mind.

"Ninety-nine percent."

After days of hard work, from dawn till dusk, the progress was finally about to reach one hundred percent.

Nourished by the flesh and blood of nearly a hundred beasts, the miraculous Small Tree had become even more vibrant. The newly grown lush green buds had all grown larger, and its sparse branches and leaves had become lush and verdant.

White mist emerged from the Boar Beast's body, and the Small Tree's crown shimmered with a faint golden spiritual light. Then, the white mist that emerged from the Boar Beast rapidly flew towards the Small Tree's crown.

In just a few breaths, the branches and leaves, shimmering with faint golden spiritual light, absorbed all the white mist that emerged from the Boar Beast.

The Boar Beast, which was originally two and a half meters long and one point two meters tall, possessing First-Order Peak strength, turned to ash, not even a single bone fragment remaining.

Lin Li was already accustomed to this scene. His gaze was fixed on the Azure Fruit growing on the Mysterious Small Tree.

"One hundred percent."

With a thought, the information that appeared in Lin Li's mind was one hundred percent.

As the Boar Beast's flesh and blood were absorbed by the Mysterious Small Tree, the progress had reached its peak.

After days of effort, the pigeon-egg-sized Azure Fruit had now become egg-sized. It was just one step away from full maturity.

When the one hundred percent information appeared in Lin Li's mind, in the next second, the Azure Fruit on the Mysterious Small Tree emitted a faint golden spiritual light.

The faint golden spiritual light emitted by the Azure Fruit lasted for a full three seconds before dissipating.

Seeing this, Lin Li understood. After so many days of hard work in the perilous wilderness, and after such a long wait, the Azure Fruit grown by the Mysterious Small Tree had finally matured.