CHAPTER 506: CHAPTER 374 ABYSS TAVERN (6000-WORD CHAPTER)_2

"Since random teleportation doesn’t fall under normal exploration, the level of creatures or other dangers encountered isn’t restricted by one’s own strength?" Li Zheng grinned, "Eighteen Silver Level little dogs, let’s have some fun with you guys."

Li Zheng hadn’t even made a move yet when the leading Forest Wolf caught a glimpse of Li Zheng’s appearance, its fur standing on end in fright. With a whimper, it turned and fled with its followers.

"Huh?"

This unusual situation piqued Li Zheng’s curiosity. Since when have the creatures in the Matrix been so cautious?

They didn’t even test my strength; they just ran away immediately?

Curious, Li Zheng stomped hard on the ground, using his Diamond Level physique to catch up with the wolf pack.

The accumulated dead branches and leaves on the ground exploded underfoot and were carried forward several meters by the airstream from Li Zheng’s sprint before slowly falling back down.

[Forest Wolf pack, you might have forgotten these small roles, but they have always remembered your face.]

[A Husky, looks like a wolf on the outside, but is actually a highly energetic pet dog. Clearly, this is a Husky mixed into the wolf pack...]

[Remember that little helper you once missed? Congratulations, you’ve reunited!]

The Prelis’ Eye flashed a few notifications in quick succession, and after reading them, Li Zheng abruptly halted.

"So it was them, no wonder they ran when they saw me. Their psychological shadow hasn’t faded yet."

Li Zheng chuckled and shook his head, deciding not to continue the chase and instead turned his head to look around, choosing a direction to walk toward.

The Wolf King, fleeing with its tail tucked, glanced back in confusion. Upon realizing that the terrifying two-legged creature had stopped pursuing, it let out a sigh of relief.

"Woo~"

With a low whimper, it had no intention of going back to attack, leading the pack straight out of the forest and through an open metal gate.

That was their hunting ground, inhabited by hundreds of rapidly breeding rabbits known as Po Fles. Normally, it only led the pack there when hunger struck, but this time it was forced to come early.

Having escaped danger, the wolf pack dared not return to their forest territory for the time being. The Wolf King simply issued a command for the pack to hunt freely, killing Po Fles to fill their bellies.

Upon receiving the order, the pack dispersed in all directions. The Wolf King’s gaze swept over one particularly exuberant piebald wolf, puzzled by why this new member seemed so manic.

Other Forest Wolves never toyed with the Po Fles they caught, biting directly into their throats for a quick kill.

But this peculiar piebald wolf often couldn’t even catch a rabbit and, on rare occasions when it did, it wasted time playing, allowing its prey to escape.

Sometimes, it would pester other Forest Wolves when it couldn’t catch a rabbit itself, causing those seasoned hunters to fail in their hunts.

The Po Fles are quite clever, riddling the entire Great Grassland with burrows. If a hunt fails, they dart into their burrows and don’t emerge for a long time.

Sometimes, when pushed, these rabbits would even burst out of their burrows to fight the wolf pack desperately!

These creatures are also Silver Level, each about half the size of a Forest Wolf, and those large front teeth that have gnawed on grass for years show no mercy when biting through flesh and bone.

Because of the addition of the piebald wolf and the ruthless slaughter by that two-legged beast last time, the ecological balance between the wolf pack and the Po Fles was disrupted.

If this continues, the wolves might soon lose to those seemingly harmless rabbits...

The Wolf King lay on the ground as a gentle breeze blew, bringing a touch of melancholy.

(For those nitpicking, the above is an anthropomorphic perspective of internal thoughts; the Wolf King isn’t actually that intelligent, and the ecological balance is simply a natural instinct in maintaining its role as Wolf King.)

"Oh my, this is a room I’ve been to before."

Li Zheng caressed a shallow fist mark left on the trunk of a tree. It was from when he first broke through his Physique and, in his excitement, practiced Turtle Fist in the forest with brute force.

Now, after more than ten days returning here, Li Zheng couldn’t help but feel a bit nostalgic. Back then, he didn’t have so many worries, occasionally having fun messing with Phoenix Mountain and earning some blood material with Black Iron Level potions could make him happy for half a day.

The current him no longer even considers Star Shining Life significant, nor is he the same newbie who needed to exploit the invincible bug of the capsule dwelling to kill a few Forest Wolves.

Above that fist mark, Li Zheng placed his fist against the trunk surface, gently applying pressure, and his entire fist sank in.

After pulling back his hand, a much clearer fist mark was left on the tree trunk, with smoother edges, akin to the difference between 1080P ultra-clear Blu-ray and 360P standard definition when compared to the previous one.

At this moment, Li Zheng found himself thinking that when he left that faint fist mark back then, he probably never imagined returning one day to leave an even clearer imprint.

Turning his head, the place where he once decomposed Forest Wolf corpses was somewhat messy, but the ground littered with worthless remains had entirely disappeared.

Not far from that spot, two mounds of earth had appeared at some point.

[The Wolf King, unable to bear its kin’s remains being exposed, led the pack in digging out pits, wherein are buried the remnants of Forest Wolves killed by the ruthless two-legged beast.]

Ruthless two-legged beast?

"Are they talking about me?" Li Zheng’s face darkened for a moment. Were the words ’ruthless’ reasonably applied?

After all, back then he was just trying to survive. If he hadn’t fought back, wouldn’t he have been the dead one?

Who’s going to give him justice?

"Poli Poli~"

Two Red Pollys played around with Little Sakura, becoming increasingly adept at coordinating with each other during such activities, barely affecting their individual movements.