Around 1 PM;
Gu Shao Shang led Lin Youyu over another high slope, and their field of vision suddenly became extremely wide.
It turned out that after crossing this high slope, there was a large area of downward sloping terrain, with a vertical drop of at least several tens of meters from the highest point here to the lowest point several kilometers away!
Furthermore;
Within this downward sloping terrain area, low-lying trees could be seen everywhere.
Their numbers were sparse and not many, but it was a huge change compared to the previous grassland landscape.
"Gu Dage, look! So many big tigers!"
Lin Youyu pulled on Gu Shao Shang's sleeve at this moment, pointing and shouting.
In this sparsely treed forest, several Forest Tigers were roaming around as if taking a stroll, showing no sign of territorial awareness at all.
Looking from here, Gu Shao Shang could see the whereabouts of at least forty to fifty Forest Tigers.
Good heavens!
So many?
"Gu Dage, should we go over? Or should we change direction and keep looking for those big grey wolves to kill?"
Lin Youyu said with some unease.
She was mainly worried about Gu Shao Shang's safety, after all, she could revive even if she died.
Even if her corpse was guarded by a Forest Tiger, she could choose to revive randomly within an area, not necessarily on the spot.
Therefore;
It was impossible to truly kill Lin Youyu by guarding her corpse.
She wasn't an idiot; she wouldn't stubbornly keep reviving on the spot.
"It's fine, these Forest Tigers aren't that close to each other. I can lure them over and kill them one by one later."
Gu Shao Shang considered for a moment, thinking that killing Prairie Wolves only gave 1 point of experience now, so he still decided to give it a try.
"Okay, but if it really doesn't work out, Gu Dage, don't force yourself."
Lin Youyu nodded, choosing to support Gu Shao Shang's decision.
So the two came down from the high slope and soon entered this forest.
According to what he had seen from above earlier, Gu Shao Shang headed straight for the location of the Forest Tiger closest to them.
A moment later;
A Forest Tiger, much smaller than the one they had encountered before, appeared in their line of sight.
"This is a female tiger. Female tigers are smaller than male tigers."
Lin Youyu held the survival handbook in her hand, flipping to the page with the Forest Tiger illustration.
Unlike Prairie Wolves which looked the same regardless of gender.
Within the Forest Tiger population, male Forest Tigers were much larger than females.
But the number of male Forest Tigers was far fewer than females!
The Forest Tiger in front of them was a female Forest Tiger. Compared to the previous male tiger, it felt a bit like a mini version.
The female Forest Tiger, with a body length of nearly 2 meters and a shoulder height of about 1 meter, also let out a low roar full of deterrence upon seeing humans approach.
Gu Shao Shang told Lin Youyu to step back, and then he charged forward by himself.
If it were a male Forest Tiger, Gu Shao Shang would still be a bit more cautious.
But a female Forest Tiger, whose size was a whole circle smaller, wasn't enough to make him hesitant.
Roar--
As if provoked.
This female Forest Tiger also roared and pounced towards the charging Gu Shao Shang.
Bang!
Gu Shao Shang deliberately used his body to take a hit from this female Forest Tiger's attack. Feeling the force from the tiger's claws, he knew he was stable.
Two-Stage Slash!
Two crisscrossing sword lights slashed down.
Gu Shao Shang, who had just taken a hit from the tiger's claws, only lost 8 points of health.
As a result, with one Two-Stage Slash, he directly Blood Drained 20 points.
12 points were overflow!
Lin Youyu, who was originally very worried, stood at a distance, but the next second she watched in disbelief as Gu Shao Shang directly exchanged damage with this Forest Tiger.
One hit from you, one hit from me, it could be said there was no skill involved at all.
It was all about stats!
Then, in less than half a minute, this Forest Tiger let out a mournful howl.
Followed by a heavy thud as it fell to the ground.
【Experience + 10】
The experience gained from female Forest Tigers was significantly less than from male Forest Tigers.
Directly half less.
However, considering that Gu Shao Shang was only level 5 at that time, and now he had already leveled up to level 6.
The experience might have decreased slightly.
In that case, the experience given by this female Forest Tiger should still be more than half of that given by a male Forest Tiger.
"Xiao Yu, come over."
Gu Shao Shang shook the blood off his sword blade, then called Lin Youyu, who was standing not far away, over.
"Wow~! Gu Dage, you took care of this big tiger in just a few moves! That's too amazing?!"
Lin Youyu ran over, shouting excitedly.
While excitedly circling the corpse of the Forest Tiger on the ground a few times.
"Female tigers are weaker than male tigers. If it were a male tiger, it wouldn't have been this easy."
Gu Shao Shang said modestly.
However, in reality, with his Blood Drain talent now upgraded to A-rank, even facing a male Forest Tiger, Gu Shao Shang was completely confident he could take it down with only minor injuries.
He wouldn't be as flustered as before.
"That's still super amazing!"
Lin Youyu said with a smile, then turned and used her gathering skill on the Forest Tiger's corpse.
Seeing Lin Youyu put away the tiger skin and tiger meat she had gathered.
Gu Shao Shang also took her and continued forward, looking for the next Forest Tiger.
For the next few hours;
Gu Shao Shang and Lin Youyu kept hunting Forest Tigers in this forest.
Most of the ones they encountered were female Forest Tigers.
Occasionally they would encounter a male Forest Tiger, which Gu Shao Shang could also handle easily with his current strength.
Soon;
Time came to around 4:30 PM.
The two had been wandering in this forest for over three hours.
"Let's go. It's still a long way back, and it will be troublesome if we can't get back to the Safe Zone before dark."
After taking down another Forest Tiger, Gu Shao Shang looked up at the sky, then said to Lin Youyu beside him.
At this moment, he had already leveled up to level 7.
And the experience for level 7 had already accumulated past halfway.
He had originally planned to reach level 10 today, but now it seemed he would have to wait until tomorrow.
However, after leveling up to level 7, Gu Shao Shang's Blood Drain talent also became an S-rank talent!
The effect had changed greatly compared to when it was A-rank.
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【Talent Ability: Blood Drain】
【Blood Drain (S): When each attack deals effective damage, it restores 20% of your maximum health, and automatically restores 1% of your health per second simultaneously!】
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The Blood Drain talent leveling up to S-rank not only doubled the efficiency of Blood Drain.
At the same time, it also gained an effect of automatically restoring health per second. Although it was only 1%, Gu Shao Shang felt particularly surprised.
Previously, he had to hit the target and deal effective damage to restore health.
But now, even if he did nothing.
He could still restore 1% of his health per second!
This is still S-rank, what about when it levels up one more rank to SR-rank later?
Or SSR?
What would it be like?