Chapter 275: The Tail of Maple Leaf Forest (1/10, Autumn Subscription)

Last night, 【Dan Poison】 accumulated wildly, skyrocketing all the way, burning his Yang Lifespan so painfully it nearly exploded.

So starting last night, Fang Yue hadn't dared to check how much Yang Lifespan he had left.

Now that the status had been lifted and the sky was bright, it was time to face the miserable Yang Lifespan problem head-on.

"Name: Yese Liming."

"Realm: Postnatal Second-Rate."

"Status: Healthy."

"HP: 400/400."

"Internal Force: 700/700."

"Control: 145.7 【Base: 165.7】 【Status/Buff: -20】."

"Disarm: 165.7 【Base: 185.7】 【Status/Buff: -20】."

"Comprehension: 1. 【Special Attribute】"

"Talent: Breath of Night 【Human Grade, Superior】."

"Skills: Analysis Pupil 【Human Grade, Inferior】, Starfire Blade Technique Lv. 1 【Postnatal Third-Rate】, Water Sky Blade Technique Lv. 1 【Crude Martial Arts】, Blazing Fire Heart Method 【Postnatal First-Rate / Fourth Layer】, Starfire Heart Method Lv. 3 【Postnatal Third-Rate / Max Level】."

"Yang Lifespan: 5 months, 7 days."

Damn!

His Yang Lifespan had been burned down to only 5 months!

And that was already counting the one-month Yang Lifespan reward from slaying the 【Strange Awareness】!

Fang Yue sighed. This Dan Poison thing really couldn't be underestimated—accumulated, it truly burned Yang Lifespan. On top of that, cultivating Heart Methods, Martial Techniques, and even using Martial Techniques all required Yang Lifespan to sustain them; this stuff was truly never enough, no matter how much you had.

As for attributes, killing the 【Strange Awareness】 had netted him 10 points of Control and 50 points of Disarm, and combined with the Yang Void Strange kills, his attribute gains had risen quite a bit.

But... why were there decimals?

Fang Yue flipped through the records, then discovered in frustration that when he killed Yang Void Strange later on, the rewarded attribute points were no longer 1 point for both attributes, but decimals like zero-point-something.

So the stronger I get, the less reward I get for killing Yang Void Strange.

Fang Yue sighed; his interest in Yang Void Strange was thoroughly gone.

Although their numbers were vast, the curses were troublesome too—who knows, kill enough and they might not even give 0.1 attribute rewards anymore!

Avoiding the Yang Void Strange as much as possible along the way, Fang Yue headed toward Maple Leaf Forest.

……

Maple Leaf Forest.

Maple Leaf Forest was famous for its maple trees. Maples stood thick here, and every autumn when the leaves fell, the scenery was breathtakingly beautiful.

In a sense, if this place weren't the wilderness and so dangerous, it would absolutely be a famous scenic area.

Sometimes, when a girl from Mo Cun wanted to make things difficult for a suitor, she would demand that the man go to Maple Leaf Forest alone during autumn to find a maple leaf before he could earn her favor.

Thus, Maple Leaf Forest was often called 【Courtship Forest】 by the people of Mo Cun.

Whether it was because 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】 also understood romance, every few years they would gather here, scrambling to compete for mates.

This year was no exception.

Powerful 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】 roamed Maple Leaf Forest in packs, refusing to disperse.

And because of the appearance of the Yang Void Strange colony, their activity range had become even denser.

Looking around, the entire Maple Leaf Forest was almost becoming their territory.

If the people of Mo Cun didn't know that once mating season passed, the 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】 would withdraw, they'd probably have a headache trying to hire someone to drive off these threatening 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】.

Strange hunting was only relatively speaking less threatening to humans. With so many gathered together, it was still a real headache.

"Roar!!"

Suddenly, a group of 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】 in the distance let out a great roar.

It turned out one had taken a fancy to a female 【Giant-Headed Blood Hound】 and was fighting a rival for mating rights.

But strangely... its rival was actually a human.

"Roar!! Gala guo! Mu daka!"

The human uttered words that sounded meaningless to normal people, wearing thick hunting clothes, carrying a Hunting Bow on his back, slightly crouching, baring his teeth as he faced off against the 【Giant-Headed Blood Hound】.

Beside the human, the highly anticipated adult female 【Giant-Headed Blood Hound】 was whimpering softly.

The surrounding 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】 scattered, actually following the 【Giant-Headed Blood Hound】 mating rules and clearing out space for their duel.

"Damn! Human-beast love! Brother Hai Ming's tastes are pretty wild!"

In the grass a short distance from this group of 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】, a group of people observed the scene ahead.

"Don't be ridiculous... he's only doing this to curry favor with Miss Weiba, otherwise why would he take such a risk?"

A young girl beside them, her hair done up in a bun, suddenly said sourly.

Seeing this, the others stopped talking, only sneaking glances at Weiba nearby, who frowned in thought, her mind clearly not on the scene before her.

That Hai Ming was a vagrant.

After entering Mo Cun, he resolved to learn hunting skills, and insisted on apprenticing under the Hunting Master.

At first everyone was baffled—what qualifications did a vagrant have to be taken as a disciple by the Hunting Master?

But the result left everyone stunned.

Mo Cun's strongest native Hunter—Liaodashi—actually took Hai Ming in.

And the reason was simple: Hai Ming had talent, extreme talent!

In just a few days, he had mastered seventy to eighty percent of the basic hunting skills that ordinary apprentices needed years to learn.

At the same time, Liaodashi was overjoyed as if gaining a son in old age, treating Hai Ming as his own—closer than a real son—making everyone else so jealous their eyes turned red.

And then... Hai Ming got cocky.

He actually wanted to pursue Liaodashi's granddaughter, the young girl who had just spoken in that sour tone — Liao Moran.

Moran — how noble she was. Among all of Liaodashi's apprentices, who hadn't pursued her? Yet without exception, every single one was rejected.

Hai Ming was overestimating himself, and the others were happy to watch the show. But in the end, this kid was so slick with his tongue that he actually managed to make Moran's heart flutter a little!

Just as the two of them were exchanging glances and about to make it official, a 【Giant-Headed Blood Hound】 suddenly appeared in the Maple Leaf Forest outside Mo Cun.

Through Liaodashi's explanation and that of the other senior apprentices, the rest learned that at this time every year, 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】 would gather here seeking mates — and it was also the best time for Hunters to hunt 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】.

Upon hearing this news, those refugee apprentices all lit up, excitedly muttering things no one could understand like "System event's here!" "The devs aren't just eating dry rice — catching pets, yay!" "Let's go, boy! I want the shiny gold Giant-Headed Blood Hound!"

In any case, from what they meant, they all wanted to go hunt 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】, completely unaware of how terrifying 【Giant-Headed Blood Hounds】 and the wilds truly were.

In the end, Liaodashi only brought Hai Ming, Liao Moran, and the other formidable apprentices who had followed him for many years, forming a hunting party and preparing to head for the Maple Leaf Forest.

It was at this very moment that Tail appeared.

She only went inside with Liaodashi to chat for a while, and Liaodashi respectfully saw her out.

The next day, the hunting party had one more person — Tail.

(End of chapter)