Eve of Departure

Seemingly sensing danger instinctively, the massive giant tiger instantly rose.

"Pfft!"

In front, where the giant tiger had been lying, an arrow directly embedded itself into the ground, its tail feathers trembling violently.

"Roar!"

The giant tiger roared. Its considerable intelligence made it realize it had been attacked immediately, causing it to become enraged in an instant.

However, before its anger could subside.

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

"Whoosh, whoosh!!"

Four arrows broke through the air almost simultaneously.

The angles at which the arrows flew were extremely tricky. Three arrows directly sealed off any space for the giant tiger to dodge in front, back, left, or right.

The giant tiger instinctively dodged to the left.

The next moment.

The giant tiger felt a sudden pain in its left leg.

"Pfft!"

A clear sound of flesh being pierced arose. The arrow on the left side directly pierced into its left front leg. Crimson blood splattered, causing the giant tiger's body to stumble.

"Roar!"

The giant tiger's roar instantly became more mournful, and also more enraged.

Its huge tiger eyes instantly looked towards Chen Xuan a hundred meters away.

"Boom!"

Although its front leg was pierced, the giant tiger's massive body seemed completely unimpeded. Amidst the roar, it directly leaped up and instantly pounced towards Chen Xuan.

In the distance, the moment the giant tiger looked at him, Chen Xuan's body instinctively trembled, but his figure did not hesitate. He directly turned around and sprinted wildly behind him.

"Boom!"

"Rumble!"

A huge roar echoed behind him.

The distance seemed to be rapidly closing.

Cold sweat seeped from Chen Xuan's forehead, but his movements were extremely fluid.

While running, after every ten-odd meters, he would draw his bow, nock an arrow, and turn around.

Arrows whistled out.

Arrow after arrow was released.

His perfected archery skill made it so that at this moment, his arrows almost never missed their mark.

Even though the giant tiger dodged as much as possible, each arrow seemed to have its position calculated.

"Puff!"

"Puff puff!"

Arrow after arrow pierced in.

Crimson blood continuously splattered. To avoid damaging the Tiger Heart, Chen Xuan aimed these arrows at its limbs.

"Roar!"

With each arrow that pierced it, the giant tiger's frantic charge was finally affected.

At this moment, the distance between them was only a little over ten meters.

Chen Xuan didn't hesitate for a moment, instantly stopping.

He drew his bow and nocked an arrow.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow instantly shot from his hand. This time, the arrow went directly towards the giant tiger's head.

At this moment, because its four limbs were pierced by arrows, the giant tiger's massive body stopped in place.

It instinctively tried to open its mouth.

However.

"Puchi!"

An arrow instantly entered through its mouth, piercing its massive head in an instant.

"Boom!"

Its huge body fell to the ground, its flesh twitching slightly before becoming still.

The arrows piercing its limbs were not fatal, but this arrow that directly pierced its head naturally left no possibility of survival.

"Hoo!"

Looking at the giant tiger that had completely fallen to the ground, Chen Xuan couldn't help but let out a long breath of stale air, and slightly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Although this outcome was already expected, being chased by such a fierce tiger was no joke.

But thankfully, everything went as the system expected, and the hunt was completed.

Chen Xuan took a deep breath and then walked towards where the giant tiger lay.

Only when he got closer did he truly see the terror of this king of the jungle.

A body length exceeding four meters, strong and powerful limbs, a huge and ferocious tiger mouth, and although its eyes had lost their luster, one could still feel the unparalleled ferocity within them.

This guy, in my previous life, would probably have been the strongest beast.

Chen Xuan couldn't help but mutter to himself, his figure beginning to move.

First, he pulled out the arrows from the giant tiger, then covered the giant tiger with a cloth, and finally loaded it onto the cart.

After finishing this, he immediately went back to retrieve the arrows he had shot earlier, one by one. There was no other way; these Iron Feather Arrows were probably not cheap, and Chen Xuan had no intention of wasting them.

By the time he found the arrows, the sky had already begun to darken.

It was clearly starting to become evening.

Chen Xuan no longer hesitated, slowly dragging the noticeably heavier cart down the mountain.

Two hours later, as the sky completely darkened, Chen Xuan's figure finally appeared at the foot of the mountain.

Under the starlight, the entire Small River Village was extremely quiet.

Not even a single lamp was lit. In this chaotic world, oil also cost money, and villagers naturally saved where they could.

In the quiet mountain path.

Only the creaking sound of Chen Xuan dragging the cart echoed continuously.

"This thing is really heavy!"

At the foot of the mountain, Chen Xuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but sigh softly.

He hadn't expected this tiger to weigh close to five or six hundred catties. Even with his Skin Refining at great success, dragging such a heavy weight while moving on the mountain still made him feel somewhat strained.

It even took a little longer than originally expected, but fortunately, it was still within the system's safe time range.

Otherwise, Chen Xuan would have been a little panicked.

He looked at the Back Mountain. For some reason, Chen Xuan instinctively felt a sense of unease.

He no longer hesitated and quickly dragged his cart towards his home.

And just after Chen Xuan left.

In the shadows, a figure appeared.

"He's only coming back now!"

"What's on that cart? Why is it covered?"

Subconsciously, he looked again at the not-so-light tracks on the ground. The figure murmured softly, his expression filled with confusion.

He had originally been ordered by his master to stake out here in the Back Mountain.

But he had been staking out for a whole day, and night had fallen, yet Chen Xuan hadn't returned.

He had thought that kid Chen Xuan might have met with an accident.

But he hadn't expected that just as he was preparing to return, he saw Chen Xuan coming down the mountain, dragging something on a cart.

"Could that kid have really hunted a Tiger or Leopard!"

As if he had thought of something, the figure's eyes widened, muttering to himself with some shock.

His gaze couldn't help but look at the distant figure again.

He didn't dare to hesitate and quickly headed towards another location.

Although it hadn't been verified, it was clear that this information was enough for him to report to the master.

As for anything else, that had nothing to do with him.

Despite calling Chen Xuan "kid" repeatedly, he knew clearly that Chen Xuan could crush him as easily as an ant, and he didn't dare to act presumptuously.

Meanwhile, Chen Xuan, who had quickly left, stopped after moving a distance away. His gaze couldn't help but fall upon the figure rapidly moving away in the distance.

Although achieving Great Completion in Skin Refining couldn't enhance the five senses, Chen Xuan, possessing the Conceptual Ability, naturally knew the outcome of today through repeated settings.

However, before this, it was just cold text. Only at this moment, when he truly saw that hurried figure, could he completely confirm it.

"Third Master, why bother!"

He sighed softly and started moving again, a chill appearing in his heart.