Summer Qiong traveled onward, passing through wheat fields, wilderness, and then into a mountain forest.

Suddenly, a huge wild boar emerged from the bushes, with tusks about half a meter long, and charged forward, followed by seven or eight smaller wild boars.

Xia Tianqiong wasn't flustered; this wasn't the first time she'd encountered such a situation.

He swung the rope and threw it out, which wrapped around the boar's front leg and tripped it to the ground.

Then, wielding the Frost Silver Cudgel with both hands, he swung it around and swept it away, sending seven or eight wild boars flying.

Then he quickly walked up to the wild boar.

The wild boar struggled and grunted, when suddenly the stick struck it on the forehead, and it fell silent.

The wild boar was quite large; it took Xia Tianqiong two powerful blows to kill it.

A pair of boots immediately popped out from the corpse; they were rather crudely made and not very refined.

He closed one eye and looked at the boot again, whereupon he saw a line of white text appear.

[Pigskin Boots: Driven by the power of the underworld, they double running speed; if they collide with a target, they can generate an impact force twice the user's body weight.]

Xia Tianqiong was pleasantly surprised. He had killed a lot of monsters along the way and obtained two or three strange artifacts, but they were all trash.

Surprisingly, this time a pretty good one has been revealed.

To be honest, although you can kill monsters and get equipment in this strange realm, which others might covet, most of it is trash to Xia Tianqiong.

His warehouse contains hundreds of strange artifacts, most of which are better than those that were found here.

The only thing that could interest Xia Tianqiong here was the forging blueprint that the old beggar had given him.

If all five artifacts on it can be crafted, it will be a set of artifacts with set attributes.

This kind of magical artifact is quite rare even in the realm of the supernatural, and it's very effective.

The little wild boar that had been swept away ran back.

Xia Tianqiong swung his stick and smashed them to death one by one, eventually putting them, along with the carcass of the wild boar, into his ring.

As for the pigskin boots, he wore them directly on his feet to increase his travel speed.

They continued onward, traversing through the mountains and forests, seemingly without a destination, but in reality, they accomplished several tasks.

For example, the tusks of the wild boar we just killed can be used to complete a quest at the blacksmith's shop, while the baby wild boars can be used for the restaurant's daily acquisition quest.

He had a clear goal: to find materials to forge the set of magical artifacts, and to level up along the way.

After passing through mountains and forests and wading through streams, we finally arrived at a hilly area.

Xia Tianqiong ran fast, but it made life difficult for the group of people following behind him.

Li Shuo hid behind a mound, panting heavily and covered in sweat.

"Is this kid crazy?! He's running way too fast. There are so many monsters on the road, why isn't he killing them? Doesn't he want to level up his villager level?"

Someone nearby looked worried. "If we keep running, we'll be close to Blackwater Village. We might be in danger then."

Because the village chiefs of each village issue missions to hunt down villagers from other villages, the villages are in a state of hostility.

Zhou Ziqiang's expression was cold as he stared intently at the figure in front of him. "There are seven of us, all strong villagers. Even if we encounter people from other villages, we can handle them."

The most dangerous thing now is the monsters that might appear ahead. There's a huge monster here with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a spider; it's very dangerous. I heard that many people died here yesterday.

Li Shuo suddenly looked flustered. "Brother Qiang, why don't we make our move now? If we keep following him, he might kill us."

Upon hearing this, the other companions also looked at Zhou Ziqiang.

Zhou Ziqiang's expression was solemn. After thinking for a moment, he was about to nod when he suddenly saw a change in front of him and immediately felt something was wrong.

"What the hell is he doing? Is he looking for death?"

This is a hilly area, which looks like a continuous stretch of small mounds covered with short grass, a lush green expanse.

But beneath the mound, there were huge caves everywhere.

These caves vary in size, with some having an opening diameter of 20 to 30 centimeters, while others have an opening diameter of one or two meters.

Xia Tianqiong arrived here and walked slowly among the mounds, trying not to make too much noise.

He walked along, looking around as if searching for something.

Three to five minutes later, they finally found a huge cave with an entrance about three meters in diameter.

A smile gradually appeared on Xia Tianqiong's face.

"We've finally found it!"

This place contains a material needed to complete a set of artifacts, and it's also the first leveling spot he's chosen.

Xia Tianqiong suddenly turned her head to look behind her, towards the mound where Li Shuo and Zhou Ziqiang were hiding.

I thought to myself, "I've had you all following me all this way, it's time for you to put your skills to use!"

He then suddenly lifted his foot and stomped hard on the ground, making a heavy thud.

Then he turned and ran without stopping.

A huge black monster sprang out of the cave. Its lower body was that of a spider with thick, long spider legs that were more than two meters long, while its upper body was that of a human.

Xia Tianqiong had seen a similar eerie sight before, except that the upper body was female, and it was quite beautiful.

But this is a male upper body, and its face is grotesque and extremely ugly.

As soon as it emerged, it opened its mouth and spat out a ball of white liquid, which grew larger in the wind and gradually turned into a spider web, enveloping Xia Tianqiong.

Fortunately, Xia Tianqiong was fast enough to dodge it.

He stomped his feet as he ran, and he specifically chose to run through places with caves.

Wherever they went, spider-like monsters with human bodies emerged from the caves.

Some of the smaller monsters were only about half a meter tall, with only a human head growing on their spider backs, and their upper bodies had not yet grown out.

They look strangely cute!

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