SWNOVELXO Chapter 4: Two Disappointment.
In the distance, not far away from the Boar's location, an enormous snake head with a size of almost half a meter suddenly pokes out from the shrouds of the thick bushes.
Its forked crimson tongue flicked viciously outside its mouth, followed by its vertical slit-shaped pupil that roamed around the place, only to be focused on the cold boar in the next second.
Hisss~ Hisss!
Grunt!
In an instant, upon sighting each other—sizing each other up and down to see if the other party entered the category of being prey—the two beasts immediately release a loud warning sound: their bodies seem to release an invisible bloody aura that mutually wants to intimidate each other to back off.
Unfortunately, a beast, specifically at the lower rank, lacks intelligence; hence, after a few seconds of standoff, the boar could no longer contain its bloody nature as it immediately rushed toward the location of the snake.
While it was dashing with astonishing speed, its tusks released a faint glow of silver, making its crescent moon tusk appear sharper than before.
Growl!
...
"F*ck my luck! I hope they will not find me up here."
Looking at the two beasts below, fighting fiercely and exchanging blows, Naib's eyes then began to flicker with a bizarre aura, activating the talent bestowed by the system as their information was soon reflected in his mind.
[ Silver Boar
Realm: Mid-Stage of the Mortal Realm
Bloodline: Average (high)
Talent: Cold Mist (Normal), Sharpen Tusk (Uncommon), Cold Absorption (Elite).
Life Span: 3.1/30
...
Overall Potential: 9.8
Luck: 8
Intellect: 8
Physical Potential: 17
Talent: 16
Destiny: 10
...
Ding!
[ Swamp Corrupted Snake
Realm: Mid-Stage of the Mortal Realm
Bloodline: Average (mid)
Talent: Grappling (Normal), Poisonous Fang (Uncommon), Stealth (Elite).
Life Span: 4.2/35
...
Overall Potential: 12.2
Luck: 10
Intellect: 8
Physical Potential: 15
Talent: 16
Destiny: 12
...
"What the... F*ck!"
Seeing their bare information laid in front of his eyes, Naib's first impression is to curse inwardly. Despite their bloodline reaching an average-high, their overall potential actually fell short compared to the caterpillar he had just seen earlier, making him instantly doubt the system's authenticity.
However, after checking the two beasts' information a couple of times, the information in front of him never changed, giving him no choice but to believe the overall potential of the two.
"Tsk, I never thought that a mere caterpillar is much better than you two..."
Nevertheless, after thinking about it throughout, Naib noticed that he could actually see the grade of the skills that the two beasts had, while the grade of the molting skill of the caterpillar was censored, meaning that the caterpillar's molting skill might be much higher than the two beasts' skills! Hence, causing the caterpillar's overall potential to be higher than theirs.
...
Boom!
While Naib's mind was wandering, the two beasts below already engaged in a bloody fight.
The enormous snake, upon seeing the fast-approaching boar whose tusks could be seen releasing a metallic yet cold glow, making its instinct scream to it to evade, hurriedly sprang into action.
In an instant, its whole body, which was hiding beyond the thick bushes, quickly unfolded in the eyes of the two, revealing a 10-meter-long physique covered in green scales that could perfectly camouflage itself in the greenery.
Without further ado, after flicking its forked tongue in anger, the snake slithered around the encompassing land, causing the approaching boar to miss the head of the snake by meters, causing it to only hit the lower part of the snake's body!
Creating deep wounds where the white tender flesh and the twitching muscles could be seen.
Hissss!!!
Feeling the intense pain and chilling-cold aura that drilled toward its bones (an innate ability of the boar, "Cold Absorption," that fuses perfectly to its being, making its attacks carry a cold invading aura), the snake can't help but twist in agony.
Its huge body began thrashing around unpredictably, hitting the nearby boar, causing it to topple before directly falling toward the ground in disarray.
Hiss!
Seeing this...
While the boar was on the ground, struggling to stand up, the snake, which was filled with pain and murderous intent, suddenly opened its mouth, revealing a pair of purple fangs before directly biting the rear of the boar in a crude way, successfully inflicting its venom toward the enemy's body!
Sure enough, in an instant, after a single bite from it, the location where the snake embedded its fangs visibly began to swell, making the boar release a loud groaning sound that echoed far.
Fortunately, due to the boar's cold aspects, whereas its body was extremely cold, the coursing of the venom through its system slowed down, making their effects still minimal.
However, despite that, if they continue battling, the boar would surely die.
...
Boom!
Thud!!
Soon, amidst Naib's fear and uncertainty, not even moving a bit above the cover of thick branches of the tree, afraid that creating a single noise would attract the two, the sound of consecutive thuds eventually entered his ears.
Below, the body of the boar and snake lay upon the disheveled land, cold and about to die. Their bodies were covered in various wounds, as they both stared at each other with hatred and regret.
Huff~
"How dangerous! Even though this body of mine already could harness star force, I'm still at the early stage without any combat ability; facing any one of them would surely kill me.
"Fortunately, they hadn't found me; instead, they fought each other until they could barely breathe."
However, surprisingly, the two were actually on par with each other despite the differences in their potential. Why is that?
Regretfully, due to his limited knowledge right now, despite having guesses, Naib could only shake his head.
Touching his stomach, which had been aching for some time, Naib then skillfully climbed down the tree where he was hiding.
Then, with a somewhat rusty sword in his hand, he carefully approached the two beasts.
"Based on the knowledge of my predecessor, some beasts have a congealed stone on their head; gaining one of those and using it could somewhat enhance the speed of cultivation.
"Moreover, the nutrition of beast meat could somewhat enhance physical strength."