Chapter 750 - 452: From Frugality to Luxury Is Easy; From Luxury to Frugality Is Hard

Chapter 750: Chapter 452: From Frugality to Luxury Is Easy; From Luxury to Frugality Is Hard

Dozens of kilometers away from the incident at the lumber mill.

In the treacherous wilderness, a young man in sunglasses and camouflage gear held a Spiritual Longsword, his eyes gleaming as he stared at a Second Order Middle Stage Mutant Beast.

To ripen the silvery-white Magical Little Fruit that had recently sprouted on his Magical Little Tree, Lin Li had ventured into the treacherous wilderness today, pushing dozens of kilometers into its depths without stopping.

The deeper one pushed into the wilderness, the easier it was to encounter powerful and ferocious Mutant Beasts.

For the typical Exotic Beast Hunter teams that hunted in the wilderness, safety was the top priority. They would choose a more prudent approach to finding prey and wouldn’t just charge deep into the wilds.

Behavior like Lin Li’s—so reckless and eager to hunt Mutant Beasts—was rarely seen among Exotic Beast Hunters.

Though most people entered the wilderness to hunt Mutant Beasts for money, they all understood one simple truth: you had to be alive to spend what you earned. No matter how confident you were in your own fighting ability, you couldn’t act recklessly in the wilderness.

You could never know when a terrifying Mutant Beast you couldn’t handle might suddenly appear. By then, it would be too late to even try to escape, leaving you with nothing but regret.

"Once you’re in the wilderness, never let the hunt for a Mutant Beast back you into a corner with no escape." This was a cardinal rule that veteran Exotic Beast Hunters repeatedly drilled into their rookies.

It had small eyes, and its body was covered in spines as sharp as needles. This was a gigantic Hedgehog Mutant Beast.

Its plump body was two meters long, with four stout legs ending in sharp, cold-glinting claws. It radiated the Spiritual Energy fluctuations of a Second Order Middle Stage.

The giant Hedgehog Mutant Beast stared at the human before it, completely bewildered. The man’s eyes were flickering with Spiritual Light, and his face was full of undisguised joy.

It had met humans before. The ones it encountered in the past would immediately take a defensive stance upon seeing it, their faces grave as they prepared for a hard fight.

But this human was completely different. The beast could clearly sense the man’s sheer delight. He was looking at it as if he had just stumbled upon some great fortune. It felt eerily similar to how the hedgehog itself felt when it found prey.

"The fourth one."

"Man, my luck has been pretty good this morning!"

"I’ve already run into four Second Order Mutant Beasts just this morning. If I keep it up this afternoon, I’ll definitely bag more prey than I did yesterday. That should give the Magical Little Fruit’s ripening a huge boost."

Lin Li stored his sunglasses away on the Mysterious Small Island. He grinned at the giant Hedgehog Mutant Beast and muttered to himself, his joy palpable.

Then, before the giant Hedgehog Mutant Beast could even let out an indignant roar, he seized the initiative and attacked, charging forward with his Spiritual Longsword in hand.

"ROAR...?"

The giant Hedgehog Mutant Beast was stunned. It never expected a human to actually initiate an attack. This was the first time it had ever seen such a maneuver.

A pale golden Spiritual Light bloomed in Lin Li’s palm, instantly forming a menacingly sharp Cyan Wind Blade.

WHOOSH.

As he charged forward, Lin Li flicked his left hand. The Cyan Wind Blade shot out, tearing through the air with a sharp whistle. In the blink of an eye, before the giant Hedgehog Mutant Beast could react, the attack struck it squarely.

SLICE...

The menacingly sharp Cyan Wind Blade was unbelievably keen. It struck the giant Hedgehog Mutant Beast’s fatty body and instantly carved a gash deep enough to reveal bone. Fresh blood sprayed from the wound.

"ROAR..."

A scream of pain had just escaped its mouth when the Spiritual Longsword, infused with Spiritual Energy, flashed before its eyes.

SQUELCH.

The Spiritual Longsword pierced its brain. The giant Hedgehog Mutant Beast, its mouth agape in a scream, suddenly went silent. The Spiritual Energy fluctuations from its body quickly faded.

The gap between the Second Order Middle Stage and the Second Order Peak was immense. What would have been an incredibly tough fight for an ordinary Exotic Beast Hunter—the giant Hedgehog Mutant Beast—was killed by Lin Li in a single exchange.

"Heh heh, that’s number four," Lin Li said with a grin, looking at the lifeless Mutant Beast. He then yanked his right arm back, pulling the Spiritual Longsword from the creature’s brain.

He bent down, touched the giant Hedgehog Mutant Beast’s corpse, and stored it on the Mysterious Small Island. Afterward, Lin Li began searching for a place to have lunch.

There were no rivers or streams near Lin Li’s current location, so he couldn’t camp by a water source for lunch.

He left the battle scene and walked for a little over a hundred meters, where the terrain suddenly opened up.

The dense, person-high grass and thorny bushes thinned out. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but open grassland.

Lin Li scanned his surroundings and decided to build a fire to cook under a large tree not far off.

A pile of items suddenly appeared beneath the large tree, which was laden with some kind of unknown wild fruit.

After taking his camping equipment out from the Mysterious Small Island, Lin Li set up a pot for cooking rice. He opened a bottle of mineral water, poured it into the pot, then added a few handfuls of rice. Next, he went to gather some dry branches nearby.

He could have used a Fireball to cook the rice, but rice cooked over a wood fire was more fragrant, so he opted not to.

The wilderness was lush with vegetation, so there was no shortage of dry branches. A quick search of the area yielded a large pile.