Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse-Chapter 48: The Pig Charges Ahead

Even with iron armor, Xu Xin didn’t dare confront the boar’s charge head-on. Fortunately, there were many trees around, and Xu Xin quickly hid behind a sturdy poplar tree.

The burly, black-haired wild boar brushed past the poplar tree he was hiding behind, its tusks "screeching" as they left a deep mark on the tree, making Xu Xin’s eyes widen in shock.

This is a bit too strong!

He almost forgot that the beasts of this world were much stronger than those from his previous world!

The boar rushed past him and steadied itself at a distance, then turned around and charged at Xu Xin again without hesitation!

"This boar is really a lunatic!" Xu Xin cursed silently.

However, the boar was closer to him this time, so its charging speed couldn’t be increased, remaining within Xu Xin’s range of maneuverability.

He gripped the stone spear tightly, and just as the boar was about to hit him, he suddenly dodged to the side and thrust the spear!

The boar charged past him, the stone spear leaving a deep bloody gash on its body.

Even though it’s a stone spear, it’s a blue-grade weapon, and its sharpness is beyond doubt.

The black-haired wild boar let out a wail, but the pain and scent of blood did not deter it; instead, its eyes turned blood-red, and it crazily charged at Xu Xin again!

Xu Xin repeated his previous tactic, hiding behind the tree again, and as the boar brushed past, he stabbed it once more!

Due to the boar’s high-speed movement, Xu Xin didn’t manage to stab deeply and just left another bloody gash on the boar.

"Yaw!" Keke suddenly jumped off Xu Xin’s shoulder, landing squarely on the black-haired boar as it brushed past.

"Keke!" Xu Xin’s expression changed; he didn’t want his precious panda getting hurt.

Keke was clutching the boar’s head, its sharp claws, which it never revealed in front of Xu Xin, dug fiercely into the boar’s scalp as it bit onto the boar’s ear.

The black-haired boar screamed like a slaughtered pig in pain, shaking its head frantically and charging toward a nearby tree.

Xu Xin, already holding the stone spear, rushed over, exclaiming in surprise, "Keke, get down quickly!"

Just as the boar was about to crash into the tree, Keke nimbly jumped down and quickly scampered to Xu Xin’s side.

"Bang!" The black-haired boar slammed hard into the robust poplar tree, causing it to shake violently, scattering leaves, while the boar staggered and swayed, looking a bit dizzy.

"A good opportunity!" Xu Xin charged with the stone spear, thrusting it mercilessly into the boar’s body!

"Pssh!" The stone spear pierced straight in, the boar let out a bitter scream in pain, struggling and writhing wildly, and Xu Xin, caught off guard, was nudged by the boar’s tusks, producing a sharp scraping sound on the armor.

Xu Xin swiftly pulled back the stone spear, pig blood splattering all over his armor.

He aimed at the boar’s head and thrust with all his strength!

The sharp stone spear struck the boar’s eye perfectly, penetrating unobstructed directly into the boar’s head!

The boar’s screams abruptly stopped, it stood still for two seconds, and then its two hundred kilogram body collapsed with a thud, twitching slightly on the ground.

Xu Xin, still uneasy, thrust a few more spears into its head. Once sure it was truly dead, he sat on the ground with a sigh of relief.

He patted Keke’s head next to him, smiling, "Little guy, you’re quite impressive!"

"Yaw!" Keke humanly raised its little head.

Xu Xin gave it an orange, which Keke immediately hugged happily and started eating.

"If only I had a crossbow or something, I wouldn’t need all this trouble." Xu Xin glanced at the spot on his armor that was scraped by the boar’s tusks, where there was only a faint scratch.

"The blue-quality armor is really strong!"

Taking out a boning knife, Xu Xin began to carve up the boar carcass on the ground.

The boning knife (blue) still had that smooth feel when carving up the boar, and soon, the materials from the boar were extracted.

[Acquired complete boar hide (green)*1, boar meat (green)*180kg, boar sinew (green)*1, boar bone (green)*1]

Boar sinew! It’s beast sinew!

[Boar sinew (green): A type of beast sinew, a raw material for making certain weapons. It’s also edible if cooked properly.]

Seeing the beast sinew, Xu Xin raised an eyebrow.

"Only one sinew, huh. This beast sinew will first be used to arm myself. Once I get back, I’ll make that crossbow!" Thinking about achieving his dream of ranged attacks, Xu Xin couldn’t help but smile.

"Should I go back and make one first then come back?" This thought was quickly dismissed as soon as it appeared in Xu Xin’s mind.

"No, it takes nearly two hours for a round trip; it would be too time-consuming. Forget it, the stone spear will do."

Xu Xin turned to look inside the cave, where there might be the salt mine he longed for.

"Yaw yaw yaw!" Keke suddenly let out urgent cries.

"What’s wrong?" Xu Xin turned around and was immediately stunned.

In the visible distance of the hills, he saw a herd of black-haired boars charging towards this side.

Without a second thought, he put the spear into his backpack, chose the tallest, sturdiest poplar tree, and started climbing, saying to Keke, "Come on, Keke, climb the tree!"

"Yaw!"

Climbing a tree was no trouble for Keke, Xu Xin had only climbed halfway when Keke was already perched on a branch, tilting its head at him, as if saying, why are you so slow.

Although Xu Xin grew up in the city, like most boys, he was mischievous as a child, climbing trees and scaling walls, though he was a bit rusty from not doing it for years, he still managed to climb up.

The group of pigs soon reached the land under the tree, likely attracted by the screams of the previous boar.

From the herd of black-haired boars, "humming" sounds occasionally emanated, more wild and penetrating than domesticated pigs.

Sitting in the dense canopy, Xu Xin dared not move, for even the slightest movement would cause his iron armor to emit a crisp sound.

Hope they don’t discover the boar herd.

However, things didn’t go as wished.

The air still carried a trace of the smell of blood, and Xu Xin was splattered with pig blood; even he could smell the scent of blood on him, let alone the boars, whose sense of smell is more sensitive than a dog’s.

A group of pigs had already surrounded the sturdy poplar tree, and after a few pig squeals, several boars charged at the poplar tree where Xu Xin stood.

"Bang!"

Several strong black-haired boars began ramming into the tree!

Sitting in the tree, Xu Xin felt the branches shaking, and he hurriedly embraced the trunk, causing his armor to emit crisp metallic sounds.

This made the boars below even more frantic, each crashing into the tree in turn, others rooting around the tree’s base, seemingly gnawing at the roots as if trying to topple the tree.

"Damn it, are they really going to bring this tree down? Luckily, I specifically chose the sturdiest and tallest one."

Xu Xin looked around. In this hilly area, the trees weren’t as dense as they were in the jungles he was previously in, so the gaps between them were significant; jumping from one tree to another was nearly impossible.

There’s no choice but to hope the pigs below wouldn’t really knock the tree down.

Lying on a branch, Keke seemed completely unaware of the danger, looking curiously down below, occasionally yawning towards the ground.

It could easily hop from branch to branch to another tree to escape, so, to it, the boars below seemed to be performing.