Earning Money as Fast as a Printing Press
Li Jing wasted no time. The commotion from the fight could attract monsters nearby.
Using a method he had learned on the Warrior Forum at Limit Home,
he stripped the valuable core materials from the Junior Beast General Level Bloodthirsty Tank as quickly as he could: its scales, skull, tusks, joint cartilage, tendons, and more.
He packed them into a specially made, large-capacity tactical backpack and hurried away from the scene of trouble.
As the second-ranked monster among swine-type monsters, the Bloodthirsty Tank commanded a high price among monsters of the same level.
Li Jing had collected all the materials from the one he had killed, and its strength was not merely at the threshold of the Junior Beast General Level.
By his estimate, they should fetch around 18 million Huaxia Currency at the HR Alliance.
From this one outing alone, a battle lasting less than a few minutes had earned Li Jing enough for two ten-pulls.
A warrior's ability to earn money was terrifying indeed.
As for the fifteen Advanced Beast Soldier Level Unicorn Boars and Ironfur Wild Boars, he simply left them there.
Their materials were worth only a little over 100,000 in total, so there was no need to waste precious backpack space on them.
Not long after Li Jing left, monsters drawn by the sounds of battle and the smell of blood occupied the open-air food stall that had served as the Bloodthirsty Tank's lair.
They feasted on the Unicorn Boars, Ironfur Wild Boars, and the Bloodthirsty Tank's corpse left behind.
Monsters were not a united front either. Aside from their shared hostility toward human warriors, they spent even more time slaughtering one another.
Every year, more monsters died fighting and preying on one another than were killed by human warriors.
It was fortunate that the monsters were not a united front, and that the two great powerhouses, Hong and Thunder God, held them in check.
Otherwise, Earthlings would likely have been wiped out by the endless monsters before Luo Feng could rise to prominence.
Li Jing returned with his haul to the rooftop of his temporary refuge.
Rather than rushing to find his next target, he closed his eyes slightly and carefully recalled the battle.
When I was dodging the Beast Soldier Level monsters' encirclement, my movement technique still wasn't refined enough. I wasted some strength for nothing on two occasions!
When I killed the Bloodthirsty Tank, I didn't handle the details properly enough.
Although he had struck its weak point in one blow, he had held nothing in reserve when he attacked.
If he had only gravely wounded it instead of killing it in one blow, the Bloodthirsty Tank's dying counterattack would not have threatened Li Jing, but it would still have exposed his shortcomings.
It was one thing if his opponent was weaker than him, but if they were his equal or even stronger, pinning all his hopes on killing them in one blow was clearly unwise.
If it failed, Li Jing would be at a disadvantage.
I'm still paying the price for having too little combat experience. I need to fix that!
After reviewing the battle in his mind, Li Jing silently warned himself.
Once he had fully absorbed the experience from the fight, Li Jing took out his binoculars and continued searching for a suitable target.
Having confirmed his strength in his battle with the Bloodthirsty Tank, Li Jing was much bolder this time.
His targets were no longer limited to ordinary Junior Beast Generals with few subordinates. He also included Intermediate Beast Generals commanding fewer than a hundred monsters.
That change alone gave him a much wider selection of targets.
Soon, an Intermediate Beast General Level Tiger Mastiff with a pack of just over thirty monsters under its command came into Li Jing's sights.
*An Intermediate Beast General Level Tiger Mastiff, with a Junior Beast General Level Tiger Mastiff and over thirty Advanced Beast Soldier Level canine monsters under its command.
In County Town No. 156, that makes it a local overlord. It'll be a bit of a challenge, but it shouldn't be much of a problem!
There aren't that many monsters in total. If I can't beat them, I won't be tied down by the pack and can still escape in one piece.*
Li Jing rubbed his chin and decided to try hunting it.
Although he had only just entered the Intermediate War General level, his movement and blade techniques combined were enough to let him exchange blows with an Advanced Beast General Level monster, and he also carried a full set of series 6 equipment.
This pack of monsters led by an Intermediate Beast General Tiger Mastiff could not stop him!
Of course, more importantly, the Intermediate Beast General Tiger Mastiff's pack could bring Li Jing far greater profits than the Junior Beast General Bloodthirsty Tank from before.
As one of the higher-ranked canine monsters, the Tiger Mastiff's materials fetched a good price.
A Junior Beast General Level Tiger Mastiff's materials, if collected intact, could fetch 20 million Huaxia Currency.
An Intermediate Beast General Level Tiger Mastiff's materials could fetch between 38 and 45 million Huaxia Currency.
Soon, Li Jing's figure vanished from the rooftop like a ghost.
When he appeared on the rooftop again with his blade in hand more than twenty minutes later,
his backpack contained the core materials from two Beast General Level Tiger Mastiffs, including their fangs, pelts, claw bones, and tendons.
Over the next few hours, Li Jing struck again and again, killing another five Junior Beast Generals.
The density of monsters within two kilometers of the residential complex where he was staying had perceptibly decreased.
Some monsters that sensed danger in the area even fled to other parts of County Town No. 156.
Although County Town No. 156 had been known for farming, forestry, and animal husbandry before the Great Nirvana,
and its density of Beast General Level monsters was much higher than that of ordinary county towns after the Great Nirvana, that did not mean Beast General Level monsters were as common as cabbages.
Eight Beast Generals had been killed in the same area in a single day, enough to put the other monsters there on alert.
Seeking benefits and avoiding harm was an instinctive response for living creatures, let alone Beast General Level monsters, whose intelligence had made great strides beyond that of Beast Soldiers, putting them on par with human children.
After finishing his hunt, Li Jing did not return to the rooftop. Instead, he rested in an apartment on the fifth floor.
Although the rooftop offered a broad view, it had no cover overhead and made an easy target for flying monsters. It was only suitable as a temporary refuge.
Warriors in the Wilderness Zone all chose to rest in apartments on the middle or lower floors of residential buildings.
After all, the corridors in residential buildings were narrow, keeping large monsters out, and if an emergency arose, they could jump straight out of the building to escape.
With a warrior's physique, as long as they absorbed the impact properly, a jump from a middle or lower floor would not injure them.
After a day of hunting, the density of Beast General Level monsters in this area has plummeted, and the rest have fled to other areas.
Tomorrow, it's time to move somewhere else!
He moved furniture against the door and drew the curtains.
Li Jing unleashed his blade force to clear a dust-free space to rest, thinking to himself.
In the last few hours before sunset, he had hunted down only one Junior Beast General Level monster.
His efficiency had dropped sharply, so it was time to move elsewhere.
After all, Beast General Level monsters were not leeks that would grow back as soon as one crop was cut.
After filling his stomach with energy bars and Nutrient Solution, Li Jing used Ninefold Hunyuan, the guidance method that came with the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, together with the Five Hearts Facing Heaven Method to absorb cosmic energy for his daily cultivation.
After several fierce battles during the day, his body's cells were in a state of hunger. Cultivating now would yield twice the results with half the effort!
Granted, Li Jing could also grow stronger through the Card Draw System, but drawing cards and cultivating on his own did not conflict.
If he did not cultivate, wouldn't the aptitude, comprehension, and other talents he had improved through card draws go to waste?
Hard work plus a cheat was the right way to approach Swallowed Star!
While Li Jing cultivated, Zhang Jian, captain of the Bloodthirsty Squad, had already waited a day in Yangzhou City and once again dialed Li Jing's communicator number.