Fearsome Farmer - Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Intellect Was The Root of Life

In just ten minutes, Li Siwen felt that he had turned into a gluttonous behemoth.

The two pig hinds were about four hundred catties. After removing the pig skin and pig bones, the rest was still about three hundred and fifty catties. In the end, he ate two hundred catties of it in a frenzy.

After the pork entered his stomach, it felt as if a blazing fire immediately vaporized all of it, turning it into energy. This energy was then rapidly absorbed by all parts of the body.

He didn’t feel bloated at all.

Li Siwen was curious. By right, one Vitality Point should not trigger such a huge effect. Its value was clear and has already been determined.

Hence, there was only one possibility. This one Vitality Point added to Defense was a key to unlocking the genetic lock. However, what set off the huge energy change in his body was the accumulation of both the Health and Stamina attributes.

This would make sense and explain why unique attributes could cover for each other’s shortcomings.

Getting up from the ground, Li Siwen made a movement to stretch his body. He heard the bones all over his body crackling. The flow of power was like a flash flood, violent, fierce, and unrestrained!

“I’m—am I getting taller?”

Li Siwen kicked off the straw sandals on his feet and observed for a little while. He knew that he had grown at least three centimeters taller and his weight should also have nudged up. After all, the muscles on this body could not lie.

He hung the remaining wild boar on a branch on an enormous tree to dry it. Li Siwen took the mountain axe and went straight to the opposite side of the flooded valley. Despite the threatening cry from the three old wild boars, he didn’t hesitate and walked over murderously.

When he was about a hundred meters away, the three old wild boars charged towards Li Siwen with a roar. He also grabbed his mountain axe and launched a head-on charge. However, when the two sides were still more than 20 meters away, he suddenly turned around and detoured around the three old wild boars, then headed straight to the center of the wild boar family.

The three old wild boars were not as agile as Li Siwen, but their shrill cries were like alarms. In just a moment, under the leadership of the three old sows, a dozen young wild boars rushed over and tried to intercept them.

Li Siwen feinted and headed straight to the battlefield where he had the double kill earlier. He picked up the wild boar carcass that had no hind end and no head, spilling viscera all over the floor, then turned around and ran.

Now that he had 24 Strength, he could still move swiftly despite carrying more than a thousand catties of wild boar. The herd of wild boars chasing him were left far behind.

After a while, Li Siwen had crossed the flooded valley. He looked back at the old wild boars who had drawn back again and sneered internally. This time, the scent of the blood should be powerful enough and cover an area that was big enough.

He had deliberately run back and forth with the half carcass of the wild boar. His intention, of course, was to attract the attention of the beasts in the deep forest.

Yes, although Li Siwen claimed that this was a war, he knew very well that he could no longer pull the same trick again. This was obvious from the way the wild boars who were chasing him earlier kept 30 meters away from him.

Even if he increased his Defense to 4 points and his Strength to 24 points, would he dare face a herd of wild boars face on with his mountain axe?

He was not stupid.

In fact, the war was over.

In addition, there were secrets in the small valley that the wild boars were protecting. It might not be a good thing for Li Siwen.

Even if he really rushed in, what awaited him might be life-threatening.

So in this case, wouldn’t it be better for him to attract other beasts to take the brunt of the wild boar family’s attack, and for him to benefit from it?

He was fighting to survive, not to vent his anger.

Intellect was the root of life!

Li Siwen was ready to evacuate immediately if the wild boar family brought out some killing machine or if the scent of blood lured in the boorish Feudal Lord!

He had to be thorough.

Now that he had already gotten the most he could out of this location, it didn’t matter even if he had to move elsewhere and start all over again!

Returning to the tree house, Li Siwen immediately skinned the pig. He threw the pig bones aside, cut the pork into strips, and hung it up on branches to dry.

Then, he cut a large pile of wild anti-inflammatory herb, crushed it, and smeared himself with the very pungent broken leaves and sap to counter the stink of blood on his clothes.

He quickly rubbed some wood to get a spark, set up a fire, threw some rhizomes and leaves of anti-inflammatory herb into it. Then he hung the air-dried pork on it for roasting.

At the same time, he was still paying attention to the flooded valley on the opposite side. Once there was any development, he could respond in time, whether to retreat or take advantage of the situation.

After busying himself for about half an hour, the roar of wild boars came from the forest across the flooded valley, accompanied by the roars of other wild beasts.

However, Li Siwen didn’t move. What he was most afraid of now was the appearance of the boorish Feudal Lord. He was not a match for him. There was no way he could hold up against his full body of flames.

Fortunately, it seemed that this worst-case scenario would not come to be.

Two minutes later, the three old wild boars who were watching Li Siwen disappeared. The roaring in the dense forest continued. For a moment, he felt an urge to go over and look, but he managed to suppress it. Instead, he cleaned up the wooden house, set up some temporary defense measures, and seized the time to regain Stamina.

As for adding Agility, never!

Adding Spirit, never!

Without being absolutely sure that it would be safe, he would never let himself fall into a situation where he would lose his combat effectiveness.

This was not like adding to Defense. Even when he was stuffing himself in a frenzy, he retained his combat effectiveness.

The fight in the wild boar territory continued. About ten minutes later, Li Siwen suddenly felt his scalp go numb. He looked up and saw a ghostly black panther staring at him tens of meters away.

Li Siwen sneered and looked at it indifferently, but broke out in a cold sweat mentally.

After a long time, the black panther jumped past Li Siwen’s tree house, and went straight to flooded valley, joining in the fight against the wild boar family.

A few minutes later, another huge fanged tiger appeared silently from the forest to the south. It had a broken fang and a healed gash on its body. It looked very pathetic, but it still processed the bearing of a tiger. Li Siwen could only hold the mountain axe and be ready to fight (flee). After all, this was a being that was qualified to become the boorish Feudal Lord’s prey.

However, in the end, this tiger with broken fangs stared at Li Siwen for a while, then left. It joined the group fighting to the north. There was a lot of food there, so there was no need for it to fight here and take the rest of being seriously injured. No, a tragic win was as good as a failure. All beasts knew how terrible the consequences of failure and injury are.