Qin Feng followed the scent of blood toward its source.
Before long, he found the first source of the bloody smell: a woman's corpse.
His eyes lit up at the sight of the corpse.
This meant he could gain another new talent, and that the Fanged Wild Boar was nearby.
He immediately strode over to the corpse and began extracting...
A burst of white light shone!
[Endless Extraction successful! Gained 2 agility points!]
Uh...!
He had only gained 2 agility points.
Why hadn't he gotten a talent?
Qin Feng froze for a moment.
Then, after a little thought, he understood.
He probably already possessed the woman's talent, leaving it with no extraction value, so he had extracted attributes instead.
Of course, this was only Qin Feng's conjecture.
In fact, his conjecture was correct.
The woman's talent was F-rank Vision Enhancement, lower than Qin Feng's E-rank Vision Super Enhancement, so naturally it had no extraction value.
Qin Feng's Endless Extraction would instead randomly extract some of the woman's attributes.
Having figured this out, Qin Feng put away the woman's beginner's short blade and continued on.
Following the scent of blood, he soon found the second corpse, that of a middle-aged man.
He hurried over and continued extracting...
[Endless Extraction successful! Obtained F-rank talent-Sense of Smell Enhancement-for the second time!] [The two talents are automatically stacking and strengthening. Autonomous evolution in progress...] [Evolution failed... Your sense of smell talent remains at F-rank.]
Uh!
It had actually failed this time!
Sigh!
Qin Feng felt somewhat regretful.
Still, this sort of talent evolution was chance-based to begin with, so failure was normal.
He put away the beginner's short blade beside the corpse and continued searching for bodies.
Soon, he found the third corpse several dozen meters away.
It was a muscular man who had probably enjoyed working out while alive.
He performed another extraction...
[Endless Extraction successful! Obtained E-rank talent-Constitution Enhancement!]
Oh!
It worked!
Holy shit!
It was even the constitution talent he needed most!
Qin Feng was ecstatic.
Now, for strength, he had the D-rank talent-Strength Berserk.
For agility, he had the E-rank talent-Speed Enhancement.
For constitution, he had the E-rank talent-Constitution Enhancement.
For energy, he had E-rank Vision Super Enhancement and F-rank Sense of Smell Enhancement.
All four attributes now had talents, giving him balanced development with no more weaknesses.
This felt incredible!
Qin Feng was delighted.
Sure enough, extracting from human corpses yielded the greatest rewards!
Keep going!
He had to keep searching for corpses!
The Fanged Wild Boar had killed four people in total, and he had only found three corpses. There should still be one more.
The last one should be Liu Yunchang.
Qin Feng had some impression of Liu Yunchang.
He was a level 2 powerhouse who seemed to have awakened a D-rank talent as well.
The thought of a D-rank talent stirred his excitement again.
D-rank talents were relatively rare.
Only seventeen people in the entire beginner village had awakened D-rank talents.
Among them, Wang Qiang had died, and now Liu Yunchang had died too.
That left only fifteen people who had awakened D-rank talents.
As long as he could find Liu Yunchang's corpse, he could obtain Liu Yunchang's D-rank talent.
Then he alone would possess two D-rank talents.
At that thought, Qin Feng grew even more eager and searched even more actively.
A quarter of an hour later, he had searched the surrounding area, but found neither Liu Yunchang's corpse nor the Fanged Wild Boar.
Strange!
Why couldn't he find Liu Yunchang's corpse?
The four of them had clearly been killed together!
Logically, his corpse should have been near the other three.
"Huh! Over there..."
Just then, Qin Feng found a beginner's short blade in a patch of tangled grass.
Beside the beginner's short blade were some beast footprints and signs of a corpse being dragged.
Looking along the trail, he discovered that the grass had been flattened all the way along it, with a trail of blood left behind as well.
Clearly, these were the marks left when the Fanged Wild Boar dragged Liu Yunchang away.
Strange!
Why would the Fanged Wild Boar drag Liu Yunchang's corpse away?
Could it be planning to eat the corpse?
That thought made Qin Feng anxious.
After picking up the beginner's short blade, he hurried after the trail.
If the Fanged Wild Boar finished eating the corpse, he would lose his chance to obtain a D-rank talent...
And so, Qin Feng followed the trail.
A quarter of an hour later, he reached its end.
It was a slightly raised mound on the grassland.
From a distance, there was nothing unusual about it.
Only when he approached did he discover a cave entrance concealed beneath the mound.
The trail of blood ended right at the entrance.
Clearly, the Fanged Wild Boar had dragged Liu Yunchang's corpse into the cave.
Looks like this is the place.
Qin Feng muttered inwardly.
He walked up near the cave entrance and looked inside.
The interior was dark, pitch-black wherever he looked. He could see nothing clearly and had no idea how deep it went.
Just then, a breeze blew, carrying a faint rank stench and the smell of blood out of the cave, along with a dank, musty odor.
For some reason, standing at the entrance made Qin Feng's scalp prickle.
This cave actually gave him a sense of extreme danger.
Then he felt he was overthinking things.
This cave should be the Fanged Wild Boar's lair.
The Fanged Wild Boar was only a level 1 mutated beast. With his current strength, he could easily slay it.
With that thought, he held his breath and prepared to enter.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
Just then, strange hissing breaths sounded from inside the cave.
Rustle! Rustle! Rustle!
Then the ground shook, as though something were charging toward the entrance.
Startled, Qin Feng hurriedly retreated at full speed.
Whoosh!
A streak of red flashed, and an enormous monster rushed out of the cave.
Qin Feng focused his gaze. It was a giant python seven meters long.
It looked much like a Venomous Nine-Ringed Snake, but was a size larger, and had ten rings on its body instead of nine.
Strange!
Wasn't this cave supposed to be the Fanged Wild Boar's lair?
Why had a giant snake come out instead?
Eye of True Sight activated instantly...
[Beast]: Deadly Poison Ten-Ringed Snake (mutated) [Level]: 1 [Combat power assessment]: 5 stars [Traits]: savage, bloodthirsty, highly venomous. [Skill]: Spray Poison Mist [Drop rate]: 1 [Status]: Bewitched and controlled (combat power increased in this state)
Oh!
It was actually a mutated beast!
Holy shit!
Its combat power was five stars!
Qin Feng was both startled and delighted.
Mutated beasts could only be encountered by chance, not sought out.
For him, encountering a mutated beast meant great rewards.
In particular, a mutated beast's drop rate was ten times that of an ordinary beast.
Yet the Silverback Gray Wolf, also a level 1 mutated beast, had only been at the peak of four-star combat power.
Why did this Deadly Poison Ten-Ringed Snake have five-star combat power?
That was a whole minor tier higher!
Even more astonishingly, this giant snake had mastered a skill for spraying poison.
The Silverback Gray Wolf hadn't mastered any skills.
This showed that the giant snake was far stronger than the Silverback Gray Wolf.
At that thought, Qin Feng dared not be careless. He drew the Blood Wolf War Blade and faced off against the giant snake.
"Huh! This is..."
Just then, under the scrutiny of Eye of True Sight, he discovered that the giant snake had an additional status attribute.
[Status]: Bewitched and controlled (combat power increased in this state)
No wonder this giant snake's strength could reach five stars. It was in a peculiar state!
Who exactly was controlling it?
Puzzled and alarmed, Qin Feng examined the Deadly Poison Ten-Ringed Snake closely. Its eyes were blood-red, its expression dazed, and it did not look particularly aware...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
But before he could think further, three more beasts charged out of the cave.
They were a giant rabbit, a giant rat, and a huge boar, all with blood-red eyes and dazed expressions.
He hurriedly swept Eye of True Sight over the three beasts.
The next second, his expression shifted slightly.
Holy shit!
All three were mutated beasts: a level 1 mutated Saber-Toothed Rabbit, a level 1 mutated Black Rat, and a level 1 mutated Fanged Wild Boar.
They were all being controlled as well, and all had five-star combat power.
In an instant, the savage auras of the four mutated beasts joined together as they surrounded him.