A figure shot out of the woods like lightning and reached Hua Qiang in the blink of an eye.
Hua Qiang only felt a blur before his eyes. Before he could make out what it looked like, the figure flashed away and vanished without a trace.
The roasted rabbit on the grill beside him had also disappeared.
It had been too fast—so fast that he had not even had time to react.
What was that thing?
Cold sweat broke out across Hua Qiang's forehead. If that thing's target just now had not been the rabbit meat, but him instead—
Wouldn't he have been injured? He might even have lost his life!
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Staying alive came first!
Hua Qiang summoned the Void Panel and added all 15,660 Slaughter Points to his Blood Qi.
His Blood Qi immediately soared to 2490.6.
A powerful aura erupted from his body.
The aura shook the surrounding air without cease, even forming a small whirlwind that made the grass and trees around him rustle.
As he clenched both fists, the joints in his hands crackled. Great strength surged into his palms.
He felt that he could now punch a giant elephant to death!
This was the Martial Ancestor Realm?!
He had actually crossed into the Martial Ancestor Realm in a single step, skipping over the realm of Grand Martial Master.
His body was now brimming with explosive power.
Once this power erupted, it could destroy every obstacle standing in his way.
Hua Qiang felt that the force in his fists had reached at least twenty thousand kilograms. That was nearly ten times his former combat strength!
The surge in his strength also swelled his confidence.
He refused to believe that, if that thing appeared again, he would still fail to catch its shadow and let it make him feel threatened.
Hua Qiang looked at his information in the Void Panel:
Name: Hua Qiang Age: 18 Talent: Slaughter (Hidden, Activated) Realm: Low-Level Martial Ancestor Blood Qi: 2490.6 Cultivation Arts: Brute Ox Strength (Perfected), Myriad Life Arts (Perfected) Combat Skills: Decisive Strike (Perfected), Frenzied Saber Slash (Perfected), Prediction (Perfected), Black Tortoise Shield (Perfected), Moon Embrace Saber (Perfected) Martial Weapon: Golden Crow Great Saber Slaughter Points: 0
Looking at this information, Hua Qiang nodded in satisfaction. Especially those two words, Martial Ancestor—they practically blinded his eyes.
He could not stop himself from grinning.
As he was now, he could be considered an expert even in Modu Base.
Mo Wuqiong, the president of the Martial Arts Association, was only in the Martial Ancestor Realm, and he was a peak existence within the base.
Only one or two people in the military could suppress him.
After steadying his emotions, Hua Qiang swept his gaze around.
He wanted to find that figure from earlier and see exactly what it was.
It had actually dared to snatch food right under his nose, leaving him unable to react and even making him feel a trace of fear.
He felt that a stain had appeared on his life!
A hundred meters away from Hua Qiang stood a large tree.
At that moment, an animal as large as an adult wolfhound crouched on one of its branches.
It looked somewhat like a squirrel, but it was far more vicious than one!
It was snow-white all over, with faint blue electric arcs curling around its body.
Lightning Ferret!
This was a Level 4 Exotic Beast, equivalent to a human Martial Artist in the Martial Ancestor Realm.
No wonder it had been able to snatch food right under Hua Qiang's nose, catching him completely off guard and preventing him from even seeing its figure clearly.
One had to know that Hua Qiang had only been an Intermediate Martial Master before.
After finishing that fragrant piece of roasted rabbit, the Lightning Ferret smacked its lips, still wanting more.
It was not full.
Then, its sapphire-like eyes turned toward Hua Qiang, who stood a hundred meters away looking somewhat like an idiot.
The Lightning Ferret was a little suspicious. Had its actions just now turned this human stupid?
Why was he standing there grinning like a fool?
He could not be that petty, could he? It had only stolen one piece of rabbit meat, and the rabbit meat had not even been complete.
Damn it, the rabbit had four legs, yet the meatiest parts were all gone!
This human had no sense of decency!
He had eaten all the best parts and left this chicken-rib scrap for it.
The Lightning Ferret touched its chin, its eyes flickering for a moment.
It decided to make this human get it some more of this delicious food.
Judging from that wooden rack, this human knew how to cook, and his skill was quite superb.
If it caught him and raised him in captivity, making him prepare such delicious food every day in the future, wouldn't that be wonderful?
Better to act than merely be tempted!
The Lightning Ferret flashed and darted out of the woods.
Hua Qiang was searching his surroundings when he sensed another figure charging toward him like a bolt of lightning.
White lightning!
He turned to look. This time, he no longer felt that same terror as before.
A Level 4 Exotic Beast—the Lightning Ferret.
The thought instantly surfaced in Hua Qiang's mind, along with all the relevant information about Lightning Ferrets.
His eyes suddenly lit up, sharp light flickering within them.
This Lightning Ferret was incredibly fast and possessed lightning-based paralysis attributes. Its attacks were powerful and caught people unprepared.
It was something that gave many Martial Artists headaches, even making them tremble at the mere mention of it!
If he could catch it and form a contract with it, then have it stay by his sister Ye Bingxue's side, he would no longer need to worry about Ye Bingxue's safety when she went out to train.
With a Lightning Ferret in the Martial Ancestor Realm by her side, what was there to worry about?
Once this thought appeared, it became like a prairie fire, burning ever more fiercely and impossible to stop.
Hua Qiang fixed his gaze on the figure shooting toward him.
Although the Lightning Ferret was fast, in Hua Qiang's eyes, it was only a little faster than ordinary animals.
That was because he had already reached the Martial Ancestor Realm. The Lightning Ferret no longer held any advantage over him.
The Lightning Ferret was also puzzled. Why did it feel as though its movements had been locked onto by the human before it?
Could he actually see it clearly?
Though this Lightning Ferret had gained a trace of intelligence, it was still an animal. How clever could it possibly be?
It had its doubts, but its movements did not stop. In the blink of an eye, it was less than a dozen meters away from Hua Qiang.
Hua Qiang moved, lunging forward and appearing like a ghost directly in the Lightning Ferret's path. He slapped its head with one palm.
Thud!
The Lightning Ferret seemed to have had its pause button pressed. Its body came to an abrupt stop, then it crashed to the ground.
The fall was rather heavy, leaving the Lightning Ferret baring its teeth in pain, its face utterly dumbfounded.
What was going on?
It had actually been hit by him!
How was that possible?
Earlier, it had taken food right under his nose, and he had not possessed even the slightest ability to react.
Yet this time, he had actually managed to hit it.
Had the other party just stumbled into dog shit by blind luck?
The Lightning Ferret rolled to its feet, swayed its body, and retreated more than ten meters away from Hua Qiang. Then it adjusted its posture and charged again.
Missing with one strike and fleeing a thousand miles away was for assassins. It was not for a Lightning Ferret.
It wanted to capture this man, raise him in captivity, and make him its cook.
However, what greeted it was another slap.
This one hit even harder, leaving it dizzy and disoriented.
Just as it tried to climb back up again, a large hand seized it by the neck...
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