16 Green-furred honey bees
A small group of three gray wolves blocked Leto's path.
They snarled threateningly, opening their lower jaws, staining the mud with their drool.
Leto readily drew his crossbow and let loose three arrows. The two wolves didn't even have time to whimper as their brains were penetrated and died on spot.
One of them, however surprisingly leaned its head and dodged out of instinct. It was a wonder how it pulled this off at such close distance.
The wolf growled in anger and leaped at him.
Leto lifted his leg and struck its belly. His kick was empowered with internal energy and Dao of Motion.
The bone-shattering sound rang as his leg practically sunk halfway through its body before the wolf's whole body was thrown off like a kite, smashing into a tree.
After violently coughing blood, the wolf twitched a bit and immediately breathed its last.
Leto shook his head as he muttered. ''Stupid beast.''
Such low-level beasts couldn't even be considered at the first level. They only knew how to hunt smaller animals and get by.
Even for rookie adventurers, they posed low threat lest they gathered in numbers.
Seeing his vitality essence increase only by 2 points, Leto sighed and continued on his journey.
The outer territory of the Scrying forest wasn't too dangerous. Leto hunted some beasts along the way with small breaks in between.
After finishing eating some dried meat from his backpack, Leto realized it was already getting late.
He shot the grapple hook, which latched on the large tree branch. He was soon dragged upwards before safely landing.
'Good spot.' He thought and prepared to sleep after making sure he was covered well with branches and leaves.
The following day, he continued to hunt, and the day after that too...
''Sigh, only 50 points in two days.'' He muttered with some disappointment.
He barged deeper into the forest in order to increase his pace of gathering vitality essence.
''Oh?'' Leto was surprised to find a beehive. At first, he decided to go around it to avoid trouble. After all, he couldn't slaughter hundreds of bees with his crossbow, but soon after, he changed his mind.
He trembled in excitement as he detected few large green-furred honey bees.
The green-furred honey bees were 1st level beasts, a variant of evolved honey bees. Their sting could even make an elephant cry.
Their honey was very valuable, with the ability to cleanse one's body of impurities.
Discharging impurities involved painful body quenching most of the time. This honey could do it without pain, while also giving the pleasure of its luscious taste.
Leto knew how to deal with them. He gathered leaves and dry branches before setting them on fire using Flintstone.
In half an hour, the suffocating smoke spread through the air. The bees started dozing off before falling listlessly. The green-furred honey bees weren't an exception either.
''Good, they're out.'' After making sure it was safe, Leto went up to the beehive and started slaughtering the bees one by one.
Mosquito had little meat, but if there were hundreds of them, their numbers would add up.
Suddenly, a loud buzzing sound rang from inside the beehive.
A fat green-furred honey bee emerged.
''Shit!'' Leto's expression changed as he hurriedly shot a few crossbow bolts, only to miss them.
The fat bee was surprisingly fast. Its stinger glimmered dangerously as it flew in his direction.
Leto drew his shortsword and met the bee's stinger with force.
*Clang
Even with the addition of the internal energy, he found they were equally matched in strength. Evidently, the fat honey bee was somewhere between the 3rd-4th level of body tempering.
''It can't be helped, then.'' Leto drew his spiritual strength and empowered his sword with Dao of motion., which as a result slightly vibrated.
The fat bee sensed the incoming danger and dodged his attack.
Its thin membranous wings flapped extremely fast, generating wind and hurling dust in his face.
Leto's feet slid backward, slightly sinking into the mud.
*Clang
He blocked another stinger assault with his sword, going slightly off balance. Leto skillfully stabilized his body and continued exchanging blows with the fat bee.
''Shit, this is going nowhere.'' Leto cursed under his breath.
Suddenly, the gust of wind blew, bringing a choking smoke along with it.
The fat bee slightly staggered in the air.
Leto's eyes lit up as he once again drew his crossbow and rained his bolts at the dizzy fat bee.
Having its wing injured, the fat bee was unable to fly anymore, so it was as good as dead.
Leto easily took its life, following which he slaughtered the remaining bees, gaining a total of about 100 vitality essence.
Meanwhile, the fire was naturally put out as it wasn't able to burn down the tenacious tree, but it already achieved the desired effect.
''Sweet, sweet honey ♫'' Leto hummed happily as he ate the fragrant gelatinous honey in big gulps like a little bear cub.
It was a pity, he couldn't bring a lot with him. After eating to his fill, he filled a spare jar with it and went on his way.
The following day, he stopped on his track. There was a messy clashing sound coming from nearby.
Out of curiosity, Leto followed the noise and saw a small group of adventurers hunting a giant boar. The adventurers seemed to be having a hard time dealing with it, nevertheless, they were putting their maximum effort to hunt down the beast.
He hesitated for a moment, and in the end, decided to help.
