Chapter 13

Semi-datafication has many benefits, such as allowing him to intuitively understand his own strength.

Thinking about it this way, the methods to become stronger become much simpler. As long as he enhances his physical attributes while also improving his combat skills.

No matter how strong the attributes are, if they cannot be utilized in battle, they are meaningless.

Moreover, Su Xiao speculated that since he could be transported to the pirate world, he would certainly be transported to other worlds as well, where there would be plenty of opportunities to become stronger.

His current attributes are: Strength 7, Agility 7, Stamina 5, Intelligence 6, Charisma 3, and Luck, a pitiful 1.

Strength and speed attributes do not need explanation; their effects are very intuitive and closely related to his melee abilities.

Stamina represents the strength of one's vitality and resistance to damage, while Intelligence is related to magic, the exact function of which is not yet clear.

Charisma is even more puzzling. Does increasing Charisma make him more handsome?

Su Xiao shook his head. The Charisma attribute is probably not like that; it should be related to social or summoning skills.

As for the final Luck attribute, it should be a very important attribute, extremely powerful, but the difficulty of increasing it is likely to be very high.

Su Xiao is skilled with knives, and his future development may be related to Strength, Agility, and other attributes. He hasn't yet determined his development direction, as this is the first derivative world he is experiencing, and thinking about such issues is premature.

While Su Xiao was pondering, the sound of branches snapping came from the distant forest, and a massive beast was approaching.

It's here!

The one approaching was the master of Korpo Mountain, a gigantic tiger.

This giant tiger resembled an ordinary tiger in appearance but was much larger, standing over four meters tall and at least seven to eight meters long, even larger than an elephant on Earth. This creature was as big as a house.

The giant tiger's deep yellow fur was very textured, shiny, and reflected a faint glow in the bright sunlight.

Su Xiao hid in a large tree, closely watching the giant tiger below, even lowering his breathing.

Such a fierce beast could detect even the slightest sound, so Su Xiao was extremely cautious.

As the giant tiger approached the trap Su Xiao had set, its nose twitched, as if sensing danger, and it hesitated to approach the trap.

However, the few dried fruits on the trap had a fatal attraction for the giant tiger.

These dried fruits were bought by Su Xiao at a general store in the capital, called Mutenji.

Mutenji is a special dried fruit in the pirate world. In the real world, there is a plant with similar effects, catnip.

Although the master of Korpo Mountain is huge, it cannot overcome the instinct of feline animals and has no resistance to Mutenji, which is similar to catnip.

It's worth noting that catnip is known as "cat drugs" and has a fatal attraction for most feline animals.

Seeing the giant tiger's drooling gaze, Su Xiao knew his plan was very successful.

The giant tiger paced around the trap, very cautiously. It smelled a strange odor but did not feel any danger.

Finally, under the temptation of the Mutenji, the giant tiger gradually approached the center of the trap.

The giant tiger cautiously took a few steps forward and then stopped, turning its head to scan the surroundings.

Su Xiao's eyes twitched on the tree, silently sighing that the intelligence of animals in the pirate world is much higher than that of ordinary beasts.

From the giant tiger's behavior, it had at least the intelligence of a ten-year-old child, or even higher.

Time passed, and a long standoff began, a test of patience.

In the end, the master of Korpo Mountain could not resist the temptation of the Mutenji and pounced forward.

"Boom."

Dust rose as the master of Korpo Mountain scooped up all the Mutenji on the ground and began to chew.

The taste of Mutenji was not good, bitter and astringent, but the master of Korpo Mountain chewed with relish.

After chewing for a while, the master of Korpo Mountain began to react, changing from a lying position to a four-legged sprawl, rubbing its back on the grass.

The master of Korpo Mountain was rolling around.

When a house cat consumes a large amount of catnip, it reacts similarly, experiencing hallucinations and rolling around on the ground.

Although the master of Korpo Mountain looked fierce, it could not control this instinct. From the drooling mouth, it was clear that it was in a hallucinatory state.

The time was ripe. Su Xiao raised the flintlock gun in his hand and aimed at the ground beneath the giant tiger?

Yes, the ground. Even if he aimed the flintlock gun at the master of Korpo Mountain's eye and fired, the giant tiger would only be injured, not killed. And with his marksmanship, he could not guarantee hitting the giant tiger's eye.

In the soil beneath the giant tiger, Su Xiao had buried a large amount of explosives. Above the explosives, he had made some additional preparations, enough to give the giant tiger a hard time.

He extended his arm and pulled the trigger of the flintlock gun.

"Bang."

The sound of the gunshot echoed through the forest, breaking the tranquility and startling a large number of birds.

After being ignited by the gunpowder, a scorching bullet flew out of the barrel, pushing through the air and spinning into the soil, breaking a small green blade of grass.

The red-hot bullet first penetrated the surface soil and then entered the gunpowder barrels buried underground, instantly igniting the gunpowder with its high temperature.

The sudden gunshot made the master of Korpo Mountain, which was rolling on the ground, shudder and try to get up and run, but it was too late.

"Boom."

The explosion echoed through the forest, and all the animals within a kilometer radius shuddered and looked in the direction of the sound.

The more than ten gunpowder barrels buried underground were detonated in a chain reaction, merging into a single explosion.

The ground where the master of Korpo Mountain was standing splattered, spraying soil in all directions. In the splattered soil, some iron nails could be seen, which Su Xiao had placed on top of the gunpowder barrels to increase the explosive power.

The massive creature, weighing several tons, was lifted three meters high by the explosion's impact, and hundreds of iron nails were driven deep into its body by the explosion's force.

"Roar~"

A mournful tiger roar echoed, but the nightmare was not over.

Flames shot up, engulfing the master of Korpo Mountain in mid-air, and the smell of burning fur filled the air.

"Bang." The master of Korpo Mountain landed, and the thick smoke from the gunpowder explosion enveloped the giant tiger, accompanied by sizzling sounds.

Su Xiao stood on a distant tree, coldly observing everything, but his expression was not good.

It wasn't that his sympathy had been aroused; he had long since fed that to the dogs.

The reason for his bad expression was that the giant tiger was not dead, at least the Cycle Paradise had not given any indication.

The plan went smoothly, but the strength of the creatures in the pirate world was terrifying.

Jumping down from the tree, Su Xiao, bare-chested, drew the [Dragon Slash] from his waist and walked toward the smoke with the knife in one hand.

If it couldn't be killed by the explosion, then he would cut it to death. As long as there was a glimmer of hope for victory, he had the courage to fight. He was never afraid of battle.

In a certain sense, Su Xiao was a person who was enthusiastic about fighting.

The feeling of life and death during battle made him forget his hatred and past misfortunes, fully immersing himself in the fight until the enemy was slain.