Chapter 46: The Long-Awaited Harvest

*Swish...*

In the ensuing battle, Lin Li dodged the charges of the wild boar beast, which was encased in earthen armor, while occasionally tossing out small fireballs that struck its body.

"Almost there. I can make my move now." After entangling with the beast for four or five minutes, Lin Li felt his opportunity had arrived.

"Hmph..." The wild boar beast let out a mocking grunt. As it failed in another charge and prepared to turn around, it suddenly felt an intense sense of crisis descending upon it.

"A pig is just a pig. No matter how smart you are, how could you possibly be smarter than me? You looked down on me before; today, I'll show you why the flowers bloom so red."

After sidestepping the charge of the earthen-armored wild boar, Lin Li shouted inwardly.

Then, exerting force with his lower limbs, his running speed increased significantly in an instant, allowing him to quickly rush behind the beast.

Channeling the spiritual energy within his body, the spiritual longsword in his hand instantly erupted with a faint golden spiritual light.

Once infused with Lin Li's spiritual energy, the sharpness of the spiritual longsword was vastly enhanced in an instant.

Although the wild boar beast had used its awakened ability to coat its entire body in thick earthen armor, there was one position where it had not reinforced its defense.

Furthermore, Lin Li's intermittent use of small fireballs—which served as ineffective attacks—had greatly lowered the beast's vigilance. After a moment of trembling, the area it had failed to reinforce became even more vulnerable.

*Puchi.*

With a forceful thrust of his right hand, the spiritual longsword, glowing with faint golden light, drove relentlessly into the rear entrance of the thick-armored wild boar.

"Hrrrgh..."

Having its rear breached, the wild boar beast let out a piercing howl—a cry so miserable it could break the heart of any listener.

Even Lin Li, the one who had executed the move, couldn't help but feel a momentary pang of sympathy upon hearing the beast's agonizing wail.

Of course, it was only a momentary lapse; his resolve hardened again immediately.

After all, this was a beast! Just a second ago, it was trying to kill him!

With a twist of his right wrist, Lin Li wrenched the sword inside the boar's body, causing severe damage to its internal organs.

The damage was fatal. In a final surge of life, the wild boar beast lunged forward, and the spiritual longsword embedded in its body was instantly dragged out by its momentum.

Seeing the beast break free from his sword, Lin Li did not rush forward to continue the attack.

He knew that his "rear-entry" move had already dealt a fatal blow; it wouldn't be long before this ferocious wild boar would breathe its last.

"Disgusting."

Looking down at the spiritual longsword in his hand, he saw the blade was covered in filth, making him feel somewhat nauseated.

"Hmph..."

After breaking free from the sword, the boar's final surge of strength vanished. Its limbs went limp, and its entire body hit the ground with a heavy *thud*.

A large amount of blood flowed from the beast's rear, accompanied by various impurities.

Before long, this peak Tier-1 wild boar beast died a pathetic death at Lin Li's hands.

Logically speaking, a peak Tier-1 beast with the ability to create earthen armor should have been far beyond Lin Li's current strength to defeat.

As the old saying goes, most arrogant people meet a bad end; the same applied to this wild boar.

Seeing that the beast was finished, Lin Li's first instinct was not to deliver a finishing blow, but to walk quickly toward a nearby stream.

*Splash, swish...*

Reaching the stream, Lin Li hurriedly placed his filth-covered spiritual longsword into the cool water, washing away all the impurities from the blade.

Only after cleaning the sword did Lin Li turn around and walk back toward the carcass of the wild boar.

*Swish.*

Lin Li stopped two meters away from the beast and casually tossed a small fireball at its head.

*Bang.*

The fireball struck the boar's face, singeing its thick bristles.

Seeing no movement from the beast, Lin Li nodded slightly and continued forward.

The boar had originally been encased in thick, hard earthen armor, but now that it was dead and its ability no longer supported it, the armor immediately crumbled.

Squatting down, Lin Li reached out and pressed his hand against the boar's back.

With a single thought, both Lin Li and the wild boar vanished simultaneously.

***

On a mysterious small island surrounded by white mist, two figures appeared out of thin air.

Lin Li looked at the magical small tree before him. With a thought, a piece of information appeared in his mind.

"Ninety-nine percent."

After days of working from dawn till dusk, the progress was finally nearing one hundred percent.

Nourished by the flesh and blood of nearly a hundred beasts, the magical small tree had become increasingly vibrant. The newly grown emerald sprouts had all matured, and its once sparse leaves had become lush and verdant.

White mist rose from the body of the wild boar, and the canopy of the magical tree glowed with a faint golden spiritual light. Then, the white mist rising from the boar flew rapidly toward the tree's canopy.

In just a few breaths, the leaves glowing with golden light absorbed all the white mist from the boar.

The wild boar, which had originally been two and a half meters long and one and a second meters tall with peak Tier-1 strength, was instantly reduced to nothingness, leaving not even a fragment of bone behind.

Lin Li was long accustomed to this sight. His gaze was now fixed intently on the small green fruit growing on the magical tree.

"One hundred percent."

With a thought, the information appearing in Lin Li's mind was "one hundred percent."

As the boar's flesh and blood were absorbed, the progress reached its limit.

After so many days of effort, the pigeon-egg-sized green fruit had grown to the size of a chicken egg; it only needed one final push to reach full maturity.

The moment the "one hundred percent" information appeared in his mind, the green fruit on the tree erupted with a faint golden spiritual light.

It took a full three seconds for the golden light to dissipate.

Seeing this, Lin Li understood... after so many days of hard work in the perilous wilderness and such long anticipation, the green fruit of the magical tree had finally matured.

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(End of Chapter)