Chapter 48: reckless advance

Even wearing iron armor, Xu Xin did not dare to directly confront the wild boar's charge. Fortunately, there were many trees around, and Xu Xin quickly hid behind a thick poplar tree.

The robust black-haired wild boar brushed past the poplar tree where he was hiding, its tusks leaving a deep mark on the tree with a "zizz" sound, making Xu Xin's eyes widen.

This was a bit too strong!

He had almost forgotten that the beasts in this world were much stronger than those in his previous world!

The wild boar that had charged past ran quite far before stabilizing its body. It turned back and charged towards Xu Xin again without hesitation!

"This wild boar is truly crazy!" Xu Xin cursed inwardly.

However, at this point, the wild boar was closer to him, so it couldn't build up its charging speed, staying within Xu Xin's operable range.

He gripped the stone spear tightly, and just as the wild boar was about to crash into him, he suddenly dodged to the side and thrust his stone spear!

The wild boar rushed past him fiercely, and the stone spear left a deep, bloody gash on its body.

Although it was a stone spear, it was still a blue-grade weapon, and its sharpness was undoubtedly beyond question.

The black-haired wild boar let out a scream of pain, but the pain from the wound and the smell of blood didn't make it retreat. Instead, its eyes turned red, and it charged at Xu Xin again in a frenzy!

Xu Xin repeated his previous tactic, hiding behind a tree again, and as the wild boar brushed past, he thrust his spear once more!

Due to the wild boar's high-speed movement, Xu Xin couldn't stab deep, but he left another bloody gash on the wild boar's body.

"Ying!" Suddenly, Coco jumped down from Xu Xin's shoulder, landing right on the back of the passing black-haired wild boar.

"Coco!" Xu Xin's expression changed, as he didn't want his precious little panda to get hurt.

At this moment, Coco was clinging to the wild boar's head, its sharp claws, which it had never used in front of Xu Xin before, digging deep into the wild boar's scalp, its mouth biting firmly onto the wild boar's ear.

The black-haired wild boar howled in pain, letting out a pig-slaughter-like shriek, shaking its head frantically and charging towards a nearby tree.

By this time, Xu Xin had already rushed over with his stone spear tightly gripped, and seeing the situation, he shouted in alarm: "Coco, get down quickly!"

Just as the wild boar was about to crash into the tree, Coco nimbly jumped off its back and ran to Xu Xin's side in a few bounds.

"Bang!" The black-haired wild boar slammed hard into the thick poplar tree. The tree shook violently, shedding a shower of leaves, while the wild boar staggered on the spot, dazed from the impact.

"Good chance!" Xu Xin charged forward with his stone spear, thrusting fiercely at the wild boar's body!

"Puchi!" The stone spear pierced straight in. The pain-stricken wild boar let out a shrill scream, its body struggling and jumping frantically. Xu Xin, caught off guard, was gored by the wild boar's tusks, causing a sharp scraping sound on his iron armor.

Xu Xin quickly pulled back the stone spear, pig blood splashing everywhere, splattering all over Xu Xin's iron armor.

He aimed at the wild boar's head and stabbed with all his might!

The sharp stone spear struck the wild boar's eye perfectly, penetrating into its head without any resistance!

The wild boar's shrieks stopped abruptly. It stood still for two seconds before its two-hundred-kilogram body crashed to the ground, twitching slightly.

Still not feeling safe, Xu Xin stabbed the wild boar's brain a few more times. After making sure it was truly dead, he sat down on the ground with relief.

He patted Coco's head beside him and smiled, "Little one, you're quite impressive!"

"Ying!" Coco raised its little head in a human-like manner.

Xu Xin gave it an orange, and Coco immediately hugged the orange and started eating happily.

"Ah, if only I had a weapon like a crossbow, it wouldn't have been so troublesome," Xu Xin said, looking at the spot on his iron armor where the wild boar's tusk had scraped. There was only a faint scratch there.

"The blue-quality iron armor is indeed strong!"

Taking out his boning knife,

Xu Xin began to dissect the wild boar carcass on the ground. The boning knife (blue) still had that smooth feel when dissecting the wild boar. Soon, the materials from the wild boar's body were extracted.

[Obtained complete wild boar hide (green)*1, wild boar meat (green)*180kg, wild boar tendon (green)*1, wild boar bone (green)*1]

Wild boar tendon! It's beast tendon!

[Wild boar tendon (green): A type of beast tendon, a raw material for crafting certain weapons. Can also be eaten if cooked properly.]

Seeing the beast tendon, Xu Xin's eyebrows immediately raised.

"Only one tendon, huh? This beast tendon should be prioritized for self-armament. I'll make a crossbow when I get back!" Thinking that his dream of long-range output was about to come true, Xu Xin couldn't help but smile.

"Should I go back to make one first and then come back?" This thought flashed through Xu Xin's mind but was immediately rejected.

"No, it would take nearly two hours round trip, too time-consuming. Never mind, the stone spear is enough."

Xu Xin turned his head to look into the cave, where his much-desired salt mine might be.

"Ying ying ying!" Coco suddenly let out urgent calls.

"What's wrong?" Xu Xin turned back to look and was immediately shocked.

In the depths of the hills, as far as he could see, he saw a herd of black-haired wild boars charging towards them.

Without a word, he put the spear into his backpack, chose the thickest poplar tree, grabbed the trunk, and started climbing up. At the same time, he said to Coco, "Come up, Coco, climb the tree!"

"Ying!"

Climbing trees was effortless for Coco. By the time Xu Xin was halfway up, Coco was already on a branch, tilting its little head to look at him, as if saying, "Why are you so slow?"

Although Xu Xin grew up in the city, boys will be boys, and he had done his fair share of climbing trees and walls when he was young. Though a bit rusty from years of not doing it, he still managed to climb up.

The herd of pigs soon arrived at the land under the tree. They must have been attracted by the screams of the wild boar from earlier.

The herd of black-haired wild boars occasionally made "grunt grunt" sounds, more wild and penetrating than domestic pigs.

Sitting in the dense tree crown, Xu Xin didn't dare to move, because even the slightest movement of his iron armor would make a crisp sound.

He hoped the wild boar herd wouldn't discover him.

However, things didn't go as he wished.

There was still a whiff of blood in the air, and Xu Xin himself was splattered with pig blood. Even he could smell the blood on himself, let alone the wild boars with their sense of smell keener than dogs.

A group of pigs had already surrounded this thick poplar tree. After a few pig calls, several wild boars charged towards the poplar tree where Xu Xin was.

"Bang!"

Several strong black-haired wild boars began ramming the tree!

Sitting on the tree, Xu Xin could feel the branches shaking. He quickly hugged the trunk, and his iron armor made a crisp metallic sound.

This made the wild boars below even more frenzied. They started ramming one after another, and some were digging at the soil around the tree roots, seemingly trying to gnaw at the roots to uproot the tree.

"Damn it, they won't really be able to uproot this tree, will they? Good thing I chose the thickest and tallest one."

Xu Xin looked around. In this hilly area, the trees were not as dense as in the jungle where he was before. The gaps between trees were quite large, making it nearly impossible for him to jump from one tree to another.

There was no choice but to pray that the pigs below wouldn't really uproot the tree.

Coco, lying on the branch, seemed to have no sense of crisis at all. Instead, it curiously looked down, occasionally letting out "ying ying" calls at the pigs below.

It could easily escape by jumping from one thin branch to another tree, so the wild boars below seemed like they were putting on a show in its eyes.