Chapter 10

The one approaching did not walk in the open.

Instead, he used the cover of trees and rocks to get close to Ye Xing, already within a hundred meters.

However, none of this escaped Ye Xing’s eyes. The person also had a powerful bow, just like Ye Xing, a hunter who roamed the Green Cloud Mountains.

He scanned the powerful bow in the other’s hand, which, like his own iron composite bow, was a six-stone strong bow.

A six-stone strong bow requires 720 pounds of force to draw, and if used frequently, it would likely need over a thousand pounds of force. The person’s cultivation was at least at the third level of Martial Dao.

The person’s stealthy approach and suspicious behavior clearly indicated ill intentions, which Ye Xing found distasteful.

Ye Xing pretended to be looking into the distance, but in reality, he had the other’s every move scanned clearly.

The hunter stealthily approached to within fifty meters of Ye Xing and then hid behind a mound covered with flowers and grass.

He then took out a long black arrow with a green tip, drew his bow, and aimed it at Ye Xing.

Although Ye Xing had anticipated this, he was still furious!

After all, he was a soul from Earth, a society governed by law. Even if there were violent crimes, they were rare and hidden from the public eye.

Ye Xing had not experienced the bloody and brutal world of martial artists. This hunter, a complete stranger whom he had never even met, wanted to kill him in secret, which indeed made him furious!

Whoosh—

In that instant, a cold light burst from the flowers and grass behind the mound, shooting straight at Ye Xing’s throat.

This was a highly skilled hunter, aiming directly for the throat, clearly confident of his shot.

This arrow gave Ye Xing a harsh lesson: this was the Starry Continent, not Earth, with a completely different set of survival rules.

In the world of martial artists, life-and-death battles were extremely common, often over trivial reasons, or even no reason at all.

The speed of this arrow was so fast that it could pierce Ye Xing’s throat in half a blink, killing him with a single shot.

Unfortunately, the arrow, no matter how fast, was not faster than the well-prepared Ye Xing!

The moment the other shot the arrow, Ye Xing had already moved to the side and then reached out to grab it.

The speed of the arrow from a six-stone strong bow was too fast, and even with the Bone Explosion Fist, Ye Xing could not stop its forward momentum the moment he grabbed the arrow.

Ye Xing had to take two steps back to finally catch the arrow.

The arrowhead was green, just like the ones Ye Xing used to hunt beasts, containing sawtooth poison.

The hunter behind the mound was shocked. He had practiced archery for over twenty years and had never missed within a hundred steps. Today, a young boy had evaded his fatal shot.

If that was all, the hunter would have been surprised but not terrified. However, Ye Xing had caught the arrow with his hand, which deeply shocked him.

How could a human hand catch an arrow from a six-stone strong bow, which was so fast and powerful?

Even a true martial artist could not do that.

The hunter had originally intended to kill this unfamiliar young boy. As a seasoned hunter in the Green Cloud Mountains, he knew the boy must be searching for herbs, just like him. He wanted the herbs the boy had, and even if there were none, the bow and arrows would be a significant gain.

But now, he had met his match!

Even his proud archery skills, used in a surprise attack, had failed to harm the boy, and the arrow was caught by the boy’s hand. The hunter was terrified.

After a moment of shock, he rolled to the side and hid behind a thick tree, then quickly retreated, using the trees for cover.

Ye Xing, also a hunter with a bow, was clearly afraid that the other would shoot back. As a seasoned hunter, he knew how to use cover to avoid attacks from other hunters.

Ye Xing took out his iron composite bow, loaded the captured arrow, and, with his eyes in long-distance scanning mode, watched the other retreat behind the trees.

Although Ye Xing was still not fully adapted to the survival rules of the Starry Continent and had no intention of killing or robbing others, this did not mean others could bully him.

Ye Xing had his principles. Since the other had shot an arrow at him, he would return the favor, fair and square.

The hunter, using the trees for cover, ran for dozens of meters and hid behind a tree to look back. Seeing that Ye Xing had not pursued and that the distance was over a hundred meters, he felt relieved.

Using the trees for cover was slow, and the other could easily catch up. Now, with over a hundred meters of distance, it was beyond the effective range of a martial artist hunter. The hunter felt safe and no longer used the trees for cover, running at full speed.

Whoosh—

At that moment, Ye Xing drew his bow and shot. The black arrow instantly pierced the air, shooting toward the hunter running over a hundred meters away.

The hunter heard the sound of the arrow breaking through the air, his heart tightened, and he turned back to look, his eyes filled with terror.

Thud—

The black arrow instantly pierced his throat and continued to fly for several meters before embedding itself in a tree.

The hunter, with a pierced throat, died instantly, falling to the ground. His eyes showed both fear and disbelief.

He couldn’t understand how, from over a hundred meters away and while moving quickly, even a martial artist hunter might not have hit him, yet this young boy had shot him through the throat.

“You shot me an arrow, and I returned one. You couldn’t dodge it, so you deserved to die. Don’t blame others!”

Ye Xing said coldly, his expression calm as he walked to the hunter’s body over a hundred meters away.

On Earth, he had never killed anyone, not even fought. This was his first time taking a life, but he felt no tension, panic, or guilt.

Instead, he felt a sense of satisfaction. First, because the other had tried to kill him, and he had returned the favor. Second, the feeling of controlling life with a bow and arrow was exhilarating.

He felt like he was in a 'fantasy world,' where one person with a bow could kill a boss and roam the world, everything under his control.

He missed those good times in the fantasy world!

On the Starry Continent, he didn’t want to live a suppressed life like on Earth.

He wanted to control his own destiny, not be oppressed by the outside world, not be constrained by conventional norms, and not be influenced by others’ opinions.

He wanted to live freely and enjoy life, just like in the fantasy world. He wouldn’t initiate harm, but if anyone dared to offend him, his bow and arrows would give a fitting response.

Soon, Ye Xing reached the hunter’s body and searched his chest, finding a bundle. Inside were three herbs.

Two were relatively common, but one, the Imperial Blood Grass, was very precious, not inferior to the first herb he had found, the Polygonum multiflorum.

Imperial Blood Grass greatly replenished blood and qi, and its potent medicinal power was beneficial for both the Evergreen Art and the Bone Explosion Fist.

These three herbs were a small amount compared to what Ye Xing had gathered in the Green Cloud Mountains, but other hunters clearly couldn’t compare to Ye Xing, who had a super brain and eyes like a demon.

In addition, Ye Xing found some silver notes in the hunter’s chest. There weren’t many, only about 300 taels, which was a small amount for a hunter in the Green Cloud Mountains, not even as valuable as the bow and arrows.

In the Green Cloud Mountains, there was no use for silver notes, and the other clearly didn’t carry all his money.

Ye Xing dug a pit and buried the hunter, keeping the herbs.

As for the bow and arrows, Ye Xing took a few unused arrows and put them in his quiver, hiding the rest under a pile of dead branches and leaves, remembering the location to take them when he left the Green Cloud Mountains.

This attack was just a small incident in Ye Xing’s time in the Green Cloud Mountains. His journey continued as usual. Ordinary herbs had little effect on him, so he stored them, while precious herbs he consumed directly for cultivation, making rapid progress.

After a few more days, Ye Xing’s Bone Explosion Fist had reached 107 cracks. Even by the standards of the perfect Bone Explosion Fist, which could refine 206 bones, this was considered a high level.

By the standards of the ordinary Bone Explosion Fist, this was beyond the perfect level, far surpassing the perfect realm.

Refining 107 bones made the Bone Explosion Fist extremely powerful. Even a martial artist at the peak of the third level of Martial Dao, who had refined the ordinary Bone Explosion Fist to perfection, would not be a match for Ye Xing in strength.

Ye Xing’s martial cultivation had also made significant progress in the Green Cloud Mountains, reaching the peak of the second level of Martial Dao, just a step away from the third level.

One day, Ye Xing made a significant discovery.

He found a medium-grade herb—Crimson Blood Lingzhi.

A medium-grade herb was a valuable item even for true martial artists. This Crimson Blood Lingzhi was worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.

In the first ten days in the Green Cloud Mountains, Ye Xing had found many herbs, some worth over a thousand taels of silver, but this was the first medium-grade herb he had seen.

"In the past two days, the progress of the perfect Bone Explosion Fist has clearly slowed down. The potency of low-grade herbs is limited for the high-level perfect Bone Explosion Fist. This Crimson Blood Lingzhi will help me quickly reach the perfect level of the perfect Bone Explosion Fist."

Ye Xing looked at the Crimson Blood Lingzhi from a distance, feeling elated.

If he consumed the Crimson Blood Lingzhi, not only would the Bone Explosion Fist reach perfection, but his cultivation would also greatly improve.

Now at the peak of the second level of Martial Dao, further improvement would naturally lead to a breakthrough to the third level.

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