Qin Feng cleaned up the scene and prepared to leave.
Just then, a huge black shadow flew through the air.
He looked up and saw that it was a giant black bird.
Its outstretched wings spanned three meters, and it had a head like an owl's.
Its golden, slit pupils reflected a deadly chill.
It was a level 6 ferocious beast-a Dark Night Owl!
Qin Feng's eyes lit up with barely concealed delight.
There were four types of level 6 ferocious beasts. Only the Dark Night Owl had two extractions remaining; he had reached the extraction limit for the other three.
He hadn't expected another one to fly over now.
Whoosh!
The Dark Night Owl circled overhead.
It looked at the beast corpses strewn across the ground, fear showing in its eyes.
The smell of blood had drawn it here.
But it hadn't expected this mountain ravine to look like purgatory, littered with beast corpses.
The Dark Night Owl's gaze settled on Qin Feng, wariness appearing in its golden eyes.
Although this human was only level 5, he felt extremely terrifying to it, making it afraid to approach.
Yet the beast corpses covering the ground were deeply tempting.
Dark Night Owls loved meat, especially the meat of ferocious beasts.
Swish!
Suddenly, it turned into a streak of black light and dove toward the beast corpse farthest from Qin Feng.
Swish!
Its sharp claws hooked down, and its wings beat.
The Dark Night Owl snatched up the corpse and flew away, keeping well clear of Qin Feng.
In the blink of an eye, it had flown dozens of meters away and was already high in the air.
It was about to escape into the distance.
Whoosh!
Just then, a cold gleam tore across the sky like a white rainbow piercing the sun and shot straight through the Dark Night Owl's body.
Squelch!
Blood sprayed!
The Dark Night Owl let out several agonized cries, then tumbled out of the air.
Seeing it about to escape, Qin Feng had thought quickly and hurled his steel saber, bringing it down.
Thud!
The Dark Night Owl slammed into the ground, twitched a few times, and stopped moving.
[Successfully killed a level 6 Dark Night Owl. Gained +220 energy.]
A streak of white light flew into Qin Feng's body.
Warmth spread throughout his body...
In just this short time, his leveling progress had reached level 5 (2790/3000). He only needed to kill one more level 6 ferocious beast to level up.
Delighted, Qin Feng hurried forward to extract, gaining another 2 points of energy.
What a great start!
It put him in an excellent mood.
He had only just been about to set out when a ferocious beast delivered itself to his doorstep. That was lucky indeed.
He tidied up the battlefield and left...
Before long, he encountered a level 6 ferocious beast in a valley-a Sharp-Clawed Giant Ape.
Qin Feng stepped forward and killed it with a single slash.
[Successfully killed a level 6 Sharp-Clawed Giant Ape. Gained +220 energy.] [Your level has risen to level 6!] [Your strength has increased by 10 points!] [Your agility has increased by 10 points!] [Your constitution has increased by 10 points!] [Your energy has increased by 10 points!] [You have gained 5 free attribute points!]
He had finally reached level 6!
Qin Feng was overjoyed.
However, he didn't linger there for long.
After briefly cleaning up the scene, he disappeared into the night and continued hunting monsters...
Time flew by!
Half an hour later, he entered the level 7 ferocious beast area.
Along the way, he had hunted two more level 6 ferocious beasts, one of which was a Dark Night Owl.
With that, he had finished with the level 6 ferocious beasts, reaching the extraction limit for all of them.
An hour later, he entered the level 8 ferocious beast area, having slain two level 7 ferocious beasts along the way.
Another hour later, he entered the level 9 ferocious beast area, having slain one level 8 ferocious beast along the way.
Yet another hour passed, and he arrived at the boundary between the level 9 and level 10 areas.
Along the way, he had killed another level 9 ferocious beast.
"I'm almost at the level 10 ferocious beast area!"
Qin Feng gazed into the distance.
The mountain forest was silent and deserted, and darkness surrounded him.
A night breeze brushed his face, gently stirring his cloak.
Seeing that his destination was close, Qin Feng felt a little excited.
Before he knew it, he had been traveling for nearly four hours.
It was already the latter half of the night.
In another hour or two, it would probably be dawn.
[Notice: Lei Jue has exchanged three level 4 ferocious beast corpses for your tier 1 Fine Steel Saber.]
Oh!
Another gain.
Qin Feng was delighted.
During these four hours of travel, Liu Xuan, Long Shan, and Yu Wen had each traded for a Fine Steel Saber.
That had earned him nine level 4 ferocious beast corpses.
Now Lei Jue had also made an exchange, bringing him another three level 4 ferocious beast corpses.
That made twelve level 4 ferocious beast corpses in total.
Qin Feng took out the twelve beast corpses and began extracting...
A short while later, he finished extracting from nine corpses, gaining another 24 attribute points and feeling secretly pleased.
"That's almost it for level 4 ferocious beasts, too. Just one more Lightning Marten, and I'll have reached the limit for all of them."
Qin Feng muttered to himself.
There were four types of level 4 ferocious beasts, and he had only extracted from Lightning Martens twice.
With one more extraction, he would reach the limit for every level 4 ferocious beast and no longer need to collect them.
With that thought, he entered the chat channel.
The chat channel was relatively quiet now, not as lively as before.
Many level 1 players couldn't keep going and had returned to their beginner wooden huts to sleep.
Sleeping inside a beginner wooden hut was absolutely safe under the Heavenly Dao's protection.
At the same time, beginner wooden huts doubled the recovery speed of stamina and energy.
Those still fighting now were mostly powerful players at level 2 or above.
In short, even with roast meat and hot tea to help, level 1 players couldn't endure such intense hunting and had to rest.
However, after fighting for so long, nearly two hundred people had reached level 2 or above.
The chat channel was still somewhat active.
Seeing this, Qin Feng posted a few messages.
Qin Feng: "From now on, I'll only buy Lightning Martens among level 4 ferocious beast corpses. I'm no longer buying the others. I'll continue buying level 5 ferocious beast corpses as usual!"
Qin Feng: "Also, I'm buying beginner daggers and all kinds of tier 1 spirit herbs and spirit fruits long-term."
These messages caused an uproar in the chat channel.
"Seriously? Big Boss Qin Feng, I worked so hard to collect level 4 ferocious beast corpses and finally managed to get one, but now you don't need them?"
"Boohoo! Boss Qin Feng, you're progressing way too fast. You always catch us off guard!"
"Sigh! Getting one of Boss Qin Feng's tier 1 weapons really isn't easy!"
"Yeah! I've got a level 4 ferocious beast corpse, but unfortunately, it's not the one Big Boss Qin Feng wants."
Just then, Liu Yuan's avatar flashed.
Liu Yuan: "Big Boss Qin Feng, I have a Lightning Marten corpse. Also, are you buying level 2 mutated ferocious beast corpses?"
Qin Feng: "Yes!"
Liu Yuan: "Then can I trade the Lightning Marten corpse, a level 2 mutated ferocious beast corpse, and my beginner dagger for a Fine Steel Saber?"
Qin Feng: "Sure!"
Liu Yuan: "Great! Big Boss Qin Feng, come to the trading channel."
Qin Feng was delighted as well.
Soon, the two entered the trading channel and completed the trade.
Afterward, Qin Feng took out the two corpses and finished extracting, gaining another 5 attribute points.
Another nice gain!
With that, he had reached the limit for all level 4 ferocious beasts and no longer needed to bother collecting them.
At the same time, his latest stats appeared in his mind.
[Level]: Level 6 (1960/8000) [Heavenly vocation]: Level 1 Judge (10/100) [Reputation]: 10 (Beginner elite) [Strength]: 173+7 (Strength Berserk, D-rank) [Agility]: 179 (Speed Berserk, D-rank) [Constitution]: 181 (Constitution Enhancement, E-rank, poison resistance +100) [Energy]: 188 (Mind Enhancement, D-rank; Vision Super Enhancement, E-rank; Sense of Smell Enhancement, F-rank) [Elemental talent]: Flame Manipulation (D-rank) [Bloodline talent]: E-rank Bloodline Enhancement (dragon blood) [Innate talent]: Endless Extraction (SSS-rank) [Skills]: Eye of True Sight (tier 1), Beast Taming Technique (tier 3) [Combat power assessment]: 17-star limit [Free attribute points]: 5
His combat power had reached the 17-star limit!
Qin Feng was ecstatic!
Before he knew it, his combat power had soared to such a formidable level.
It felt incredible!
At this moment, he felt utterly refreshed!
With such strength, hunting level 10 ferocious beasts would be no problem.
And the level 10 ferocious beast area was right before him.
With that thought, Qin Feng slung his long saber across his back and hurried toward the level 10 area ahead...