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  The jagged steel knife was like a bottomless pit. It required 6 Heavenly Workmanship Points to fix it. The only thing that comforted him was that the quality of the strengthened steel knife was better than the stainless steel axe.

  Li Siwen stabbed the long knife into the ground and sneered at the leopard. Then he turned around and found himself a tree. Come and try a sneak attack on me if you dare?

  “Boom!”

  The steel axe was driven by the force of 14 Strength and struck the trunk like a cannonball. Sawdust flew, and the tree trembled. The axe blade penetrated a full 15 centimeters, and it clamped the axe.

  Li Siwen wasted over ten seconds getting the axe out. He turned around to see the leopard staring at him intently. Its glare was full of disdain.

  Great, I’ve met my match.

  Li Siwen shook his head. He stopped pretending and began to properly chop trees. His Spirit Vision was at Level 2, he was not afraid of the leopard’s sneak attack.

  One axe after another, he chopped smoothly.

  This was the right way to chop trees. He must not dull his Strength. He first cut a large enough gap on one side, then cut on the other side, using the method of cutting the same gap to widen it.

  In less than a minute, the big tree as thick as a bucket crashed to the ground.

  Li Siwen ignored the leopard. Taking advantage of the active Spirit Points and secondary spirit force field, he chopped six big trees at one go, consumed 3 points of Stamina for 3 points of Vitality Points.

  Extract,

  Add Health to 13.

  En,

  Although he appeared calm, he was actually panicking.

  After all, he had never seen such a cunning and evil leopard.

  If he hadn’t tried to maintain his composure, he would have screamed till his voice went hoarse.

  “Help, get the recommendation ticket, and kill it! How can you bear to do this to such a cute creep like me!?”

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  The secondary spirit force field formed by the Level 2 Spirit Vision—

  Like the wallet at the end of the month, a salary card snatched away by a certain Tyrannosaurus, and the progress bar of Ice and Fire, it was gone, disappeared, and shattered.

  Li Siwen looked around gingerly. He had not noticed, but the leopard had disappeared. When he activated his Spirit Vision, it didn’t attack at all. It was as if it knew when he had activated his killer move, how long it lasted, and how long the cool-down time was.

  “Damn, how did I run into such a cunning creature? Is it a leopard or a fox?”

  Li Siwen was under a lot of pressure. He looked around anxiously with his axe in his hand. Occasionally, he would jerk his head back’ round. He created an atmosphere of a horror film all on his own.

  After a long time, the leopard still did not show itself. It seems that it had really retreated?

  “I don’t believe it. Strange creature, I’m not going to let you off today!”

  Li Siwen raised his axe, shouting fiercely while cringing inwardly. There was just a tiny tremble in his shout.

  Another few minutes passed. The forest was silent. Except for the wind, there was only the rustling of the leaves.

  Li Siwen’s expression slowly twisted. He felt that the axe was not enough to keep him safe, so he reached for the long knife. However, he did not see a vine under his feet and instantly fell face down into the ground.

  “Ah ah ah!”

  Li Siwen screamed in terror. He kicked indiscriminately and even dropped his axe. It was as if the God of Death had appeared.

  Sure enough, a violent wind blew from above. The leopard, which had hidden in the canopy of a big tree twenty meters away unknown to Li Siwen, leaped down. Its momentum was almost comparable to that of a tiger.

  Li Siwen was completely scared out of his wits. He could not look anymore terrified or despairing. He reached out, fumbling for something. Just as he got the long knife, the leopard changed its direction of attack while mid-leap with an amazing flick of its tail. In an instant, it was more than ten meters away. Then it turned its head and stared cautiously at Li Siwen.

  That penetrating gaze was like that of Li Siwen’s dean in junior high school.

  Li Siwen was really frightened. He really thought that he was bound to die. He could hardly catch his breath. His eyes widened, his mouth made some unintelligible noise, and there was a sound of water in his pants.

  It was two full seconds later before he screamed as if he were a sheltered young lady who had just seen a snake. Then, he threw the long knife away and reached for the axe, trembling. He had been scared out of his wits.

  At this moment, the leopard seemed to have finally determined that the target in front of it was no longer capable of any attack that could cause significant damage and was also on the verge of mental breakdown. Hence, it roared and charged as fast as lightning. This time, it was faster than the last two attacks.

  Li Siwen screamed in despair and sat down on the ground. However, the next moment, he suddenly forcibly activated his talent, Spirit Vision. Then, he sprung up like a spring and hacked with his axe—

  “Woosh!”

  The sound of air being cut was heard and then it faded out. Then, everything was quiet.

  The leopard which was several times more cunning than a fox fell to the ground. Its lower body had been hacked in half!

  Then, under the panicked and desperate gaze of the leopard, Li Siwen stepped forward expressionless and chopped off its head with an axe.

  “Impressed? I’m not only good at pretending, I’m also extraordinarily unscrupulous! Remember, the one who killed you is named Li Siwen, ‘Li’ as in Li Bai, and ‘Siwen’ as in ‘Si wen bai le1’.”

  Li Siwen sneered, dusted his pants, and opened the Attribute Bar casually.

  Name: Li Siwen

  Occupation: Farmer/Woodcutter

  Health: 13

  Stamina: 19 (10/19)

  Strength: 14

  Agility: 6

  Defense: 0

  Spirit: Grey (Development 20%)

  Talent: Spirit Vision Level 2 (It can be activated three times in six hours, one time for free, two times forced by consuming Spirit points.)

  Skill: Farming Level 3

  Skill: Woodcutting Level 1

  Green Orb (Vitality Point): 0/15

  Yellow Orb (Spirit Point): 15/15

  Yellow Orb (Heavenly Workmanship Point): 3/15

  —

  “This leopard is really something!”

  After checking the Spirit points he had obtained in the yellow orb, Li Siwen couldn’t help but praise the leopard.

  He had 13 Spirit points at the beginning. Earlier, he had forcibly activated Spirit Vision once, so 5 Spirit points had been consumed. However, the yellow orb was now full.

  Didn’t that mean that the leopard’s Spirit quality was even higher than that of an ordinary farmer?

  However, if you thought about it, this leopard could be used as a sacrifice to the statue, and the resources gotten in exchange could summon at least ten farmers. That made it completely reasonable.

  “Every part of this leopard is precious. It’s a pity that I’m not that statue, so it’s destined that most of its value will be wasted!”

  Thinking of this, Li Siwen immediately dug a hole on the spot to bury all the leopard’s internal organs, blood, and so on. Then, he took a long knife, cut the raw meat, and ate it.

  Things were different now. Previously, his Stamina was too low and his resistance to disease was weak. Hence, he didn’t even dare to eat the small fish and shrimp in the creek raw.

  Now that he had 19 Stamina, the benefits were obvious. As long as he didn’t consider the taste and psychological factors, he could eat this raw meat quite comfortably.

  Slowly, eating methodically for an entire hour, Li Siwen ate about half of the 100 catties of meat on the leopard. He cut the rest into strips, tied them with straw ropes, and hung them from the tree.

  The leopard pelt was
buried in the ground. He would process it when he had the time.

  As for the hideous leopard’s head, he cut a simple wooden spear and staked it not far away. It could serve as a scarecrow.

  After all, farming was king.

  Farmers who didn’t farm were being irresponsible thugs.

  Then, Li Siwen got ready to build a sturdy tree house for himself. This was the first step in setting up a home and it was very important.

  He had thought about this a few days ago. He didn’t have the carpenter spirit like Zhao Da did to help him, but he knew how to work around that.

  He didn’t know how to build a beautiful treehouse, but a sturdy treehouse was easy.

  First, he selected four trees that had trunks as big as two people holding hands at the right location. They formed a quadrilateral shape with sides of about 8 meters, 9 meters, 10 meters, and 7 meters.

  This would be the support of the treehouse.

  He removed all the weeds on the ground, then went to the nearby flooded valley and brought dozens of large rocks back, all weighing three to four hundred catties each. He could lift them, but it consumed a lot of Stamina. Fortunately for him, he just had a full meal and didn’t have to worry about his Stamina.

  He placed these big rocks among the four big trees as the ground foundation.

  Then, he brought a lot of small stones and threw them into the gaps between the enormous stones, filling them up. In this way, a one-meter-high stone foundation was laid.

  After resting for half an hour, Li Siwen went to chop some trees. He chopped down the big trees which were as thick as buckets. After the trees were cut down, he cut off the branches and chop them into pieces of about 8 to 9 meters.

  Half a day had passed while he busied himself. Even though Li Siwen moved at a moderate speed and rested from time to time, he had consumed nearly 30 points of Stamina. Of the 8 water gourds, he had already finished 6.

  Fortunately, he had gotten enough log segments required for the treehouse.

  Seeing that the sun was about to set, Li Siwen opened the Attribute Bar and focused on checking the green orb. He had accumulated 12 Vitality points in it.

  Li Siwen smirked contentedly. This was the benefit of going solo.

  The results were immediate!

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  Proudness?

  No.

  Satisfaction?

  Not possible.

  Leaning against a tree that required five people to hug it, with a blade on his left and an ax on his right, Li Siwen looked at the sunlight that leaked through the leaves, his eyes as peaceful as a lake.

  Carrying the water gourd, he drank in small sips, until the seventh one also became empty.

  Only then did Li Siwen reopen his attribute bar and slowly added five Vitality Points onto Health, turning it into 18 Health Points.

  Being a solo creep with no base and reinforcements, nowhere to hide or run to, survival was his utmost priority now. Therefore, he must have high health.

  Next, he looked at his Stamina and Strength attributes.

  His Stamina Points were definitely not enough yet, but at least there wasn’t a rush to increase it now. 19 points of Stamina Points were enough to ensure that even if he drank unboiled water, ate raw meat, was stung by mosquitoes, be drenched in a rainstorm, be scorched by the hot sun, he could still be alive and kicking very well. However, he needed to be wary of the Iron Ring Black Snake which lurked around at night, and always activate his Spirit Vision when going out.

  His Strength Points were definitely not enough too. This decided his instant attack output. Take the leopard in the morning, for example. If he couldn’t damage it heavily with a single strike, that leopard would have run away and become trouble for him in the future.

  Therefore, he added Strength to 15 points first.

  Then his eyes moved to Agility and directly skipped it. The reason was simple. When he extracted the Vitality Point, the Agility attribute was grey, unable to be lighted or added to.

  This signified that his agility had already reached the current limit. This limit could only be broken when his body removed the short stick of his body.

  This short stick was the attribute that Li Siwen didn’t have a chance and pressure to increase the Defense attribute.

  How was defense related to agility?

  They weren’t related at all, right?

  But from increasing his agility last time, Li Siwen was clear that they were not only related but also very important to each other.

  “Stamina actually increases some defense too, but it refers to resistance to negative effects, such as diseases. It wasn’t clearly stated, though. In video game terms, it increases the magic resistance.”

  “Then, what does the Defense attribute increase? It probably increases the body’s toughness, increases the resistance level against damage for the skin, organs, muscles, veins, and even the blood.”

  “That’s why I can’t increase my agility anymore, because my body and organs could only endure the strain from six points of agility maximum.”

  “If I want to increase my reflexes and speed, I definitely need to utilize more muscle movements and joint movements and use more energy to the organs to provide power support. However, these require me to increase my Defense attribute.”

  “Just like how muscle ligament strain and spraining of the ankle when jumping from a great height can only be improved by Defense and not Strength or Stamina.”

  “From this situation, there is probably a limit to Strength too. How is strength affected? It is formed by muscles and bones. If the defense strength of muscles and bones is not enough, it naturally can not continue to improve.”

  “Similarly, the Stamina attribute may be the same, because it requires an enormous amount of energy storage, which requires an extensive amount of food to be consumed in a short period of time and stored. If the internal organs’ defense strength is not enough, overeating for a long period will eventually damage the internal organs, and then threaten the health of the entire body.”

  “Hehe, so this is the legendary ultimate short stick!”

  As Li Siwen pondered over this, he extracted a Vitality Point and carefully added it to Defense.

  Defense+1.

  He waited patiently for a few minutes, wanting to see what changes there would be to his body.

  This was very important.

  For example, when he increased his strength, his body would develop a hot flow in his body that would flow into all parts of his body, and cause him to become very energetic, requiring him to do his work quickly in order to suppress it.

  And when he increased his agility, his muscles would enter a convulsive state, dislocation of sense of space, temporary disturbance of the central nervous system and temporary loss of his combat might.

  There wasn’t any reaction only for adding Stamina and Health.

  “Huh? No reaction.”

  After waiting for an entire three minutes, Li Siwen was relieved. It looks like this was a lazy attribute too.

  Continue to extract the Vitality Point.

  Defense+2, everything normal.

  Defense+3, everything still normal.

  Continue extracting—

  “What? Already at the limit? So this Defense attribute also has its limits too!”

  Seeing the Defense attribute darken in the attribute bar, it surprised Li Siwen. Luckily, the Agility attribute lightened up, proving that his guess was correct.

  Li Siwen quickly extracted a Vitality Point and added it to Strength, making it 16 points.

  The treehouse wasn’t completed yet. Before he could guarantee his safety, he couldn’t increase his agility. If not, he would be killed if a wild beast came by while he lost his combat might.

  “Gu Gu!”

  What sound was that?

  Li Siwen rapidly lifted his head, a killing intent flashing in his eyes. Right now, he—

  “Gu Gu Gu!”

  “What the heck, what’s this, why
am I so hungry, I only just add tens of kilograms of leopard meat!”

  Li Siwen clenched his stomach. The hollowness and emptiness in his heart didn’t give him any face, rushing upon him at once, not giving him any chance to resist against it.

  Stumbling towards the place where the dried meat was, Li Siwen wolfed it too crazily, his eyes almost green from hunger.

  After he ate up all the meat, the burning sense of hunger was still there. Li Siwen instantly tore open the packet of demonized wheat seeds that he planned to grow, stuffing it into his mouth with no regards.

  After finishing the 7.5 kilograms of wheat seeds and drinking up all of his water, he finally laid on the ground panting, as he just woke up from a nightmare.

  That was too terrifying and crazy, but it was also amazing.

  That’s right. When the sense of hunger disappeared, another type of strength filled his body.

  Not the simple type of strength released from the bones and muscles, but the type where he felt like a mountain himself, where every breath he took seemed to be drawing in energy too.

  This was the Defense attribute. It represented not only the toughness of his skin, but the muscles, bones, organs, veins, and nerves were all strengthened too.

  Li Siwen suddenly jumped up and ran around the trees, constantly changing his direction and jumping around. Then he constantly tried to increase his speed too.

  Three minutes later, he stopped. He was still very calm and casual looking, but the surprise in his eyes couldn’t be suppressed.

  He ran 16 rounds in three minutes, about 1.5 kilometers. This was quick, but it must be considered that this was a professional running track, but in the forest where the ground was covered with leaves. Also, he had to constantly evade the trees too, increasing the difficulty during the run. This was simple.

  Also, when running, he lost his steps more than once because of the soft leaves. Without that three additional points in defense, he would have sprained or fractured his legs in the progress.

  But now, he was unscathed.

  In terms of stamina, he only used up two points. In the past, he would need at least five Stamina Points to run like that for three minutes.

  “So, is this the overall improvement after making up for the last short stick?”