17 Coral fruits

''Haaa~'' The greatsword wielding tanky man met the giant boar's relentless charge with his weapon.

The boar's tusks collided against the blunt edge of his greatsword, pushing him back, but ultimately, he managed to stop it.

''Whirlwind slash!'' The massive boar was lifted up in the air as it cried out.

''Now!'' Roared the man.

The arrows rained down on the beast from all sides. There were about 20 adventurers besieging it from all around.

3 muscular men even threw sturdy ropes around it to bind it.

The arrows bounced off the boar's coarse fur.

''Die!''

''Take this!''

Several people poked their spears at it. Be it the strength of the attackers or the penetrative power of the spears, or both, the boar's sturdy hide was penetrated. Its fur was now dyed red with its blood.

The boar grunted as it trampled several people by thrashing around as soon as it landed. It broke off the binding, dragging and throwing the muscular constrainers. Its tusks even skewered one unlucky man right through the abdomen.

The man screamed in despair, as he was being tortured to death, but there was nothing anyone could do anymore.

His comrades cried out his name as they attacked fiercer in rage.

''Do you guys need help?'' At this moment, Leto's voice rang from the side.

''Who's this?!'' The people's attention was momentarily drawn to him.

''Ahhh~'' Someone screamed as his torso was crushed by the violently charging boar.

''Bastard!'' The greatsword wielding man shouted indignantly as he once again clashed with the boar.

Leto felt ashamed, as he wanted to help, but his shout distracted the people and even caused the casualty.

''I fucked up.'' He decided to run off, as it would be hard to clear the misunderstanding.

''Where do you think you are going?!'' An indignant shout rang piercingly.

Leto turned his head and almost cursed, seeing someone was after him. It was a slim woman dressed in a tight leather suit. The dual daggers in her hands gleamed dangerously.

''Miss, this is a misunderstanding. I really wanted to help.'' Leto cried out, horrified at the other's speed.

''Who are you? What sort of enmity do you have with our Swallow Mercenary band?'' She asked in a low, threatening tone.

'Ah shit, she's not buying it. Should I just kill her? No, it's too dangerous.'

Suddenly, an anguished cry came from the other side. It seemed to be coming from the greatsword wielding man, who was at the 5th level of body tempering.

He could temporarily hold on against level 6 giant boar, but as it got injured, it went on a rampage, while its strength also sharply increased.

''Father!'' The woman stopped chasing after him and rushed to the battle scene.

Leto silently heaved a sigh of relief, but he felt somewhat bad and uncomfortable, as not only were his intentions misunderstood, but he really disrupted them instead of helping them, which wasn't his intention.

Sighing, he calculated the distance.

'They won't be able to catch up to me. Oh well, count this as me repaying the previous debt.'

His countenance turned serious as he aimed at the boar. The arrow started slightly vibrating. It was a sign of applying his Dao to it.

His spirit and internal energy were rapidly being used up.

Ultimately, he let loose the arrow, which whistled through the air with inexhaustible strength.

As the boar was about to slaughter the greatsword wielding heavily injured man, the arrow passed right through its brain.

The charging boar halted abnormally and with a thud crashed down on the ground right in front of the man.

Leto paled as his energy was greatly used up. He didn't wait for the others' reactions and fled.

'At least I got 13 points for killing it.' Leto felt depressed, as he grumbled in his heart and consoled himself.

The dumbstruck mercenaries couldn't react to the sudden turn of events for quite a while.

Leto continued hunting while advancing further and further into the scrying forest. According to his estimates, he was going to reach the inner region in a few days.

Suddenly, as he was traveling, he heard a savage bestial roar from behind.

'Could something interesting be happening?' He wondered.

'Well, there's no harm. I'll just check it out from the distance.'

He followed the sounds and when he was close enough, he climbed up the tree to survey the situation safely.

His eyes shone as he saw what was happening.

Two groups of people were separately fighting against an army of skinny humanoid monkeys. In distance, the giant red-skinned ape could be seen roaring threateningly.

''Coral fruit! There's even 2 of them!'' Leto couldn't help but exclaim as he saw what was behind the red-skinned ape. It was a small tree with wide branches. Red-veined round fruits could be seen hanging from it. They were about to ripen.

Upon consuming Coral fruit, one's strength would rise. No wonder the 7th level beast was guarding it.

Leto knew he didn't have a chance to get it with normal means, but since there were people fighting for it already, he decided to wait and see if he could play 'oriole preying on mantis'.

His gaze shifted to the two groups. He was startled to find out, one group was precisely the Swallow Mercenary gang he met before.

'Ah, troublesome.' He grunted in his mind. He didn't know whether the other side still felt enmity towards him. He was especially afraid of the dual dagger wielding girl, who appeared to have high dexterity. Last time, he was almost caught.

She wouldn't be of much use in the fight against the boar, as her daggers couldn't even pierce past its hide with their low reach, but against humans, she would have an advantage, especially considering her speed and maneuverability.

Leto steadied his mind. In this world where people spoke the language of power, there was no need to humble himself. If the other side couldn't appreciate his kindness, he wouldn't hesitate to kill.