Tie Xiong and the Wilderness Hunter, trait: Budget Audit (Silver Tier)

)[Hive Shelter: Did you see that? Yu Yuan killed Star-Lord!]

In a forest near Stag Shelter.

Tie Xiong saw the message light up on the Virtual Light Screen but did not reply. Carrying his homemade Spear, he walked toward a snow-white Deer King that stood three meters tall.

Thorn Vines bound the Deer King's legs. Their thorns had sunk deep into its flesh, leaving bloody holes.

As Tie Xiong approached, the Deer King's antlers glowed faintly. It tried to fight back.

But the next instant, the bone tip of Tie Xiong's Spear pierced its chest and heart.

The light gathering on its antlers vanished. Tie Xiong pulled out the Spear, and blood gushed from its heart, drenching him in scalding heat.

Then he opened his mouth and gulped down the blood.

[Ding! Critical Node triggered: Hunt 1,000 deer-type creatures (√), use no firearms (√), personally kill a deer-type Spiritual Creature (√), undergo a baptism in the heart's blood of a deer-type Spiritual Creature (√). Title Path upgrade requirements met.]

[Title acquired: Wilderness Hunter (Rare)]

[Achievement Unlocked: Call of the Wild]

[Achievement points gained: 1,500]

[Stag Shelter Rankings updated...]

[Current Hideout rank: 5,786 (↑976)]

As the system notifications sounded, Tie Xiong slowly opened his eyes. A pleasant sensation washed through him.

He looked at the surrounding wilderness again and felt an inexplicable sense of belonging, as though he had come home.

"The Third Stage of the title. Finally!"

"Too bad this title's potential is still too low. Otherwise, a Third Stage Title Path should have put me somewhere in the top four thousand."

Even Tie Xiong's stern face broke into a faint smile.

"Soon. Once I kill four more players, I can unlock the Godslayer Title Path. Then everything will fall into place."

He looked at the message Hive