Chapter 38 (1/2)

Chapter 38: Chapter 038 – Seven Colored Crystal

The morning light shone. Zhang Che slowly opened his eyes after a night of deep sleep. He crawled up on his feet in the tent, still showing his happiness from yesterday’s gains.

He parted the sheets and walked out of the tent, his subdued beasts guarding the tent dutifully. A cool breeze blew, bringing with it the scent of the plants nearby. Zhang Che couldn’t help but close his eyes and take a deep breath.

Suddenly, the sharp cry of a falcon rang out from above, scaring Zhang Che into quickly raising his head to take a look. In the skies above the valley, he saw a bird with a shockingly huge wingspan flying back from the distance, landing on a nest at the summit of the mountain.

Zhang Che saw clearly that the horrifying bird was gripping tightly onto a strong, bull-like animal prey with its huge talons, yet it didn’t seem to affect its speed in the least.

Although they were too far apart and Zhang Che was unable to see the bird’s attributes, his instincts told him that this fellow’s level was definitely not low.

“What the heck, I was actually neighbors with a powerful bird for a night…”

Thinking of that, Zhang Che’s back was nearly drenched with a layer of cold sweat.

Fortunately, that horrifying bird didn’t notice him, or perhaps didn’t even bother to pay any attention to him. Otherwise, his life would have come to an end here.

However, Zhang Che felt relieved immediately afterwards.

Would a fierce tiger treat an ant as its prey?

In the eyes of that horrifying bird on the summit, he was probably no more than an insignificant ant.

Even though he knew that the bird wouldn’t threaten his life, Zhang Che became vigilant in his heart. Before his strength had grown to a sufficient level, it was best not to venture deep into the beast world casually.

What if, on a certain day, some powerful beast decided to set its eyes on him, wanting to taste something different for once?

Zhang Che couldn’t afford to shoulder the consequences for that.

After doing a simple wash-up by the stream, Zhang Che took out a compressed biscuit and started eating it resentfully.

The taste of it was still acceptable initially, but if it was eaten every day, only those who went through the experience would know how bland it would get.

“I really envy the original inhabitants in the beast world, being able to eat fresh meat all the time. It’d be great if the exotic beasts we humans killed would leave a corpse behind as well.”

In the beast world, unlike humans and their subdued beasts, a corpse would be left behind when exotic beasts killed one another. Otherwise, it couldn’t be that most of the exotic beasts, which were carnivorous, had to survive on grass, could it?

However, exotic beasts didn’t have the habit of wasting food. They wouldn’t kill just for the sake of killing. That was why not many people had the chance to clean up after them, tasting the delicacies of the beast world.

On the other hand, some powerful beastmasters could make use of their strength to snatch the prey of exotic beasts away from them, supplementing their lack of food.

This was also why some powerful beastmasters could venture deep into the beast world. With only the little bit of food they brought in with them, it was impossible to stay for long.

After finishing his simple breakfast, Zhang Che packed his tent away and set his eyes on the pond before him once more.

Since yesterday night, Zhang Che had been thinking of one question.

Why would there be the word ‘Mutated’ in the Mutated Puffersword’s name? And why was its level only at 4, yet its entire population was gold-quality?

Zhang Che felt that this was unusual.

Perhaps, all of this was caused by some external factor?

However, Zhang Che was unable to confirm whether the Mutated Pufferswords in the pond were all killed, and he didn’t dare to enter the water thoughtlessly to investigate.