In that brief span, Wang Qiang, who had seemed so powerful to everyone, had been killed.
And by the weakest kind of level 1 ferocious beast, at that.
Everyone was dumbfounded!
Surviving in this world was far harder than they had imagined.
Soon, a faint smell of blood drifted in from outside the village.
It was Wang Qiang's blood.
It reminded everyone that people really could die in this game.
Everyone felt afraid.
Just then, the Heavenly Dao's notifications rang out again.
[Reminder: Level 1 ferocious beasts have a combat power rating of 3 stars, level 2 ferocious beasts have 4 stars, level 3 beasts have 5 stars, and so on.] [Combat power ratings are determined by the four-dimensional stats and do not include innate abilities.] [Reminder: The beginner village has a protective barrier that prevents outside ferocious beasts from entering. Once the beginner protection period ends, however, they will be able to enter.]
Hearing these notifications, everyone truly panicked.
"Everyone, we can't just wait here to die! We have to kill monsters and level up, or we're dead!"
"Form teams! Everyone, team up! There's strength in numbers!"
"Exactly! Anyone who wants to team up, come over here. Show everyone your stats and innate abilities so we can coordinate!"
"That makes sense!"
Everyone voiced their agreement.
Soon, they began forming teams.
Liu Xuan, who possessed a C-rank talent, naturally became the most sought-after recruit.
The dozen or so people with D-rank talents were equally popular.
Qin Feng silently watched all this, unmoved.
Teaming up required revealing his stats and innate abilities, and he had no intention of doing that.
He did not want to expose his trump card.
Soon, the thousand or so people had formed roughly two hundred teams and set off in a great procession.
A quarter of an hour later, Qin Feng was the only person left in the square, and the sounds of fierce fighting rang out at the village entrance.
Soon, the fighting at the village entrance stopped.
The humans had strength in numbers after all, and they killed the ferocious beasts at the entrance.
A little while later, the clamor at the entrance faded as well.
Qin Feng knew those teams had gone far away.
It was time for him to act too.
With that thought, he took a deep breath and walked toward the village entrance, steel saber in hand.
After passing through the barrier, he could clearly see the scene outside the village.
Outside lay a stretch of grassland, with mountains, forests, and rivers in the distance.
Weeds and shrubs filled his view, some of the weeds over a meter tall, and everything had a primitive, untamed air.
A breeze blew past, carrying a thick smell of blood.
It seemed to remind him that this was a world full of slaughter, where he could lose his life at any moment.
He nervously gripped his saber's hilt and carefully surveyed his surroundings.
Only after sensing no danger nearby did he cautiously move forward.
Before long, he spotted a corpse. It was Wang Qiang's.
Wang Qiang's chest was caved in, and a beast's sharp claws had slashed open his belly, spilling his organs out. The scene was so bloody that it was hard to look at.
Qin Feng was horrified by the sight.
Still, he steeled himself and approached the corpse. Enduring the heavy smell of blood, he pressed one hand against Wang Qiang's body...
Hum!
A white glow shone from his palm...
[Endless Extraction successful! Obtained D-rank talent-Strength Berserk!]
Holy shit!
Strength Berserk!
Haha!
Qin Feng's face filled with wild delight.
This Endless Extraction is freaking amazing!
He had actually extracted Wang Qiang's innate ability.
He immediately checked his talent field.
[Talents]: Endless Extraction (SSS-rank), Strength Berserk (D-rank). [Strength Berserk: Strength talent. Triples strength!]
Sure enough, he had gained another innate ability.
His strength stat was 8 points. With Strength Berserk, he could match someone with a strength stat of 24.
That gave his physical strength an enormous boost!
"So this is how Endless Extraction works!"
Qin Feng was filled with anticipation for the future.
That said, Wang Qiang had not been weak. Unfortunately, his only strong point was his strength; his speed and defense were far inferior to the beast's. It was no surprise that he had been killed fighting it alone.
It seemed that if he wanted to grow stronger, he needed to develop evenly and have no weaknesses.
"Huh! That's..."
Just then, Qin Feng noticed another beast's corpse lying in the grass a dozen or so meters ahead.
He hurried over and discovered that it was a giant rabbit, a meter and a half long, with gray fur all over its body and two blood-red fangs.
It was probably the level 1 ferocious beast-the Bloodfang Rabbit-and the culprit that had killed Wang Qiang.
However, the humans who had come out afterward had mobbed it to death, hacking half its head to pieces.
Qin Feng paid that no mind. He quickly stepped forward and pressed a hand against the Bloodfang Rabbit...
Hum!
White light flashed!
A gentle stream of energy flowed from the Bloodfang Rabbit into his body.
He immediately felt warmth spread throughout his body, and his strength increased.
[Endless Extraction successful! Obtained 2 strength attribute points!]
This feels amazing!
I actually got 2 strength attribute points!
Now his strength stat had reached 10 points, finally matching the normal value for an adult.
However, he possessed a super strength-enhancing talent that tripled his strength, making him comparable to someone with a strength stat of 30.
Right, can I extract from these corpses more than once?
With a thought, he activated his talent again...
[Endless Extraction failed!] [Reminder: For targets below level 20, one successful extraction reaches the extraction limit.]
So that's how it works!
Qin Feng understood.
Keep going!
He needed to keep searching for new corpses!
Keep using Endless Extraction!
Right, those people who formed teams have all left. They must have hunted quite a few ferocious beasts along the way.
If he followed their routes, he should be able to find more corpses.
With that thought, Qin Feng quickly turned back, returned to Wang Qiang's corpse, and picked up the rusty beginner short saber.
Everyone had one of these beginner short sabers.
They all considered them temporary equipment, and no one valued them.
But in Qin Feng's hands, trash could become treasure.
With that thought, he ran his hand over the blade, and white light shone from his palm.
[Endless Extraction successful! You have completely extracted the rust and impurities from the beginner short saber. The beginner short saber has been upgraded to a fine steel saber.] [Fine steel saber: Attack +5, tier 1 item.]
Nice! Nice!
He had gained another piece of tier 1 equipment.
The feeling of reaping these rewards was wonderful!
With a saber in each hand, he surveyed his surroundings and found more than a dozen routes the others had taken.
He chose the route with the most footprints and followed it...
There was strength in numbers, which made killing ferocious beasts easier-and made it easier for him to find corpses.