Three years

Su Hao quickly approached the snow leopard again. The snow leopard, vigilant, arched its body, let out a roar at Su Hao, and launched a desperate pounce. If it couldn't deal with the opponent this time, the snow leopard planned to retreat.

It quickly closed in, stretching out its front paws, trying to knock the opponent down and then bite through the throat. But to its surprise, the little guy actually turned sideways and disappeared from its sight.

"Horizontal Slash!"

"Shua!"

A blade of light flashed from the snow leopard's neck to its back, leaving a narrow and long bloodstain.

The blood splashed onto the snow, staining a patch red. The snow leopard fell heavily to the ground. In its 悲鸣,it tried hard to turn its neck to lick the wound, but couldn't reach it.

Just moments later, it closed its eyes unwillingly and died.

At this time, Wu Yuntian walked up to Su Hao's side from the side. Looking at the snow leopard covered in wounds, he praised, "Well done, Xiangwu!"

Su Hao proudly flicked the short knife in his hand and said, "Hehe, just lucky."

But then Wu Yuntian said with a face full of regret, "It's a pity about this fine fur. I'm afraid it won't sell for much."

Seeing Su Hao's indifferent look, he added, "I originally wanted to exchange this fur for some money, and then scrape together some more to get you a more suitable knife. But now it seems impossible."

Su Hao immediately said, "Father, where else are there prey? I think there's still room for me to improve my combat skills!"

Wu Yuntian smiled and said, "Good, we'll go somewhere else tomorrow."

...

The next day, he faced a huge pheasant.

Su Hao didn't take it seriously. He had killed a leopard, so what about a chicken? But as a result, Su Hao was severely beaten by the pheasant and was finally saved by Wu Yuntian. So, he decided to get even with this pheasant.

This pheasant had sharp claws and a pointed beak, and could even fly into the air briefly. The most crucial thing was that this pheasant had an extremely fast reaction, making Su Hao's short - distance dodging method ineffective.

He was tormented by this pheasant for six days. Finally, he used a rope to make a noose to deal with it.

The next day, Wu Yuntian restricted his combat tools. He couldn't use tricks and could only use the short knife and armor. Nothing else was allowed. Under Su Hao's strong request, Wu Yuntian upgraded the armor for him to protect the vital parts of his body.

...

Then he encountered a small black - haired wild boar. In the wild boar's relentless charge, Su Hao understood what a bulldozer was and learned how to fully utilize the strength in his body to form a powerful impact. Finally, he narrowly won in a head - on collision with the wild boar. It took ten days, and he needed half a month to recover.

...

He met a grizzly bear with thick skin and tough flesh. His knife couldn't wound it, and his kicks had no effect. When facing this kind of high - attack and high - defense "tank", Su Hao learned the technique of attacking the same spot relentlessly. Finally, he gradually wore the grizzly bear down. It took two months.

...

Cunning jackals, agile leopard cats, nimble raptors, swift big snakes...

Wu Yuntian took Su Hao wandering in the mountains, sweeping through all the beasts suitable for Su Hao to practice on, going further and further.

Under the protection and guidance of Wu Yuntian, Su Hao broke through one level after another. Each time it took a different amount of time. His experience in fighting wild beasts became extremely rich, and he had a new understanding of the strength of his high - level ordinary martial artist realm.

As time passed, his height started to increase, his arms and legs became thicker, the muscle contours on his body became distinct, and the armor and long knife on him were constantly replaced.

...

Three years later, Su Hao was eight years old.

His height was nearly 1.5 meters. He had a tall and sturdy figure, and a shiny iron armor that made him look imposing. His childish face had grown more defined, with a trace of childish roundness still on his cheeks. His eyes were full of energy, and with his short - cropped hair, it could be seen that in a few years, he would surely be a handsome and heroic young man.

"Father, today's target is a blue - and - white striped tiger about five meters long, right?" Su Hao's voice was slightly more mature, with a youthful vitality in its loudness.

Wu Yuntian, with a little more crow's feet at the corners of his eyes compared to before, was surprised and said, "It is indeed a blue - striped tiger. But how do you know?"

"I saw it a long time ago." Su Hao chuckled.

Over the past few years, he had been constantly collecting information about various wild beasts, and his database was extremely rich. With just one glance, Xiaoguang could distinguish all kinds of species, big and small. No matter how well they were hidden, it was useless.

Xiaoguang's automatic search function was no longer the random commands given three years ago. He specifically rewrote the search program and established various databases, adding names at any time. Now it was equivalent to a special reconnaissance skill for Su Hao.

Things that were recorded could be recognized instantly. For things he hadn't seen before, as long as he named and recorded them, he could recognize them the next time he encountered them. After three years of collection, he had basically collected all the wild beasts around the Chashan Outpost.

This blue - striped tiger, Su Hao had encountered two years ago, but at that time, Wu Yuntian didn't let Su Hao deal with it.

"Since the target is it, there's no problem. Father, please wait here for a moment." With that, Su Hao lightly jumped off the big rock and rushed straight towards the blue - striped tiger.

Leaving Wu Yuntian looking around in place, feeling quite 郁闷. "Does this kid have eyes like an eagle? Where is the blue - striped tiger? Why can't I see it?"

Over the past three years, he had witnessed Su Hao's growth at an incredible speed and had become numb to it. He believed that in the future, no matter what incomprehensible things happened, he wouldn't be surprised.

If Su Hao three years ago was a high - level ordinary martial artist, then Su Hao now was a high - level ordinary martial artist far beyond the norm. So, he wasn't worried at all about Su Hao dealing with a fierce beast like the blue - striped tiger alone. Instead, he was worried that Su Hao would damage the blue - striped tiger's skin.

That's right, Su Hao still belonged to the category of high - level ordinary martial artists because he hadn't made the blood - qi in his body move to form new changes. However, his combat power had far exceeded the category of high - level ordinary martial artists. His combat power even exceeded that of mid - level elite martial artists.

For Wu Yuntian, this was an incredible thing. What he found most incomprehensible was the vigorous blood - qi on Su Hao. He had never seen it on anyone else, and in his opinion, this situation simply shouldn't exist.

It was as if one more bit of blood - qi on him would exceed the upper limit that his body could bear, and he could maintain this overflowing state at any time.

"What exactly is this 'Blood - qi Enhancement Wave' that Xiangwu mentioned?" Wu Yuntian had also studied it for three years, but still couldn't figure it out. He could only sigh that it was a matter of fate.

Looking at Su Hao's receding figure, he felt a bit proud and murmured, "不愧是我儿子."

Su Hao's steps were light as he shuttled through the forest, getting faster and faster, yet he could nimbly avoid various obstacles in the forest. When he was 50 meters away from the blue - striped tiger, the blue - striped tiger's ears twitched slightly, and it detected the movement of Su Hao's approach.

"Roar!"

A king - like roar resounded through the forest.

"嗷 ——" Su Hao also howled towards the sky, responding to the blue - striped tiger's roar.

The forest king, the blue - striped tiger, was provoked. It rushed towards Su Hao with imposing manner, as fast as the wind, and its movement was like thunder.

The two figures crossed each other in an instant.

"Peng!"

The huge body of the blue - striped tiger crashed to the ground, and it continued to knock down several branches as thick as an arm along the way due to inertia before finally coming to a stop. At this time, blood gushed out from under the huge tiger's head, forming a pool.

Just at the moment of crossing, Su Hao used the short knife in his hand to insert it straight into the blue - striped tiger's brain from its chin, and the blue - striped tiger died instantly.

"Done!" Su Hao sheathed his knife, patted his hands, then stepped forward to grab the blue - striped tiger's tail and dragged it away directly.