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Chapter 21: The Challenge from the Wild Boar King
Wild boars have such habits—they rest during the day and come out to forage at dusk and dawn.
You can tell just from the fact that they spend the entire daytime sleeping in the mud pits.
Zhang Yang still wasn't strong enough to clash head-on with an entire sounder of wild boars, so avoiding direct confrontation was the right choice for now.
By the time Zhang Yang reached the outskirts of the wild boar territory, he saw the wolf pack anxiously waiting.
Seeing Zhang Yang return, the wolves finally relaxed.
"Let's go back."
Zhang Yang felt a little regretful—he had forgotten to bring the wild boar carcasses out. Now it was too late; if he led the wolf pack into the boar territory at this hour, these forest wolves would probably all die here.
Under Zhang Yang's lead, the not-so-large wolf pack hurriedly left the wild boar domain.
Back at the wolf den, Zhang Yang checked the gains. He didn't have that much demand for food—he was fine as long as he was full—but the evolution points were very satisfying.
Killing other creatures had given him 2,000 evolution points, which wasn't a lot. But taking down 11 wild boars brought him 5,500 points. Adding what he already had, his evolution points were now approaching the ten-thousand mark again, reaching 8,360.
"If we can kill 20 wild boars tomorrow, we'll be very close to unlocking the Level 2 Mall. No—as long as we try a little harder tomorrow, we can unlock it right away."
Zhang Yang felt delighted inside.
The wolf pack was also eating happily. Although they hadn't brought back many of the boar carcasses, what they did have was more than enough for a feast.
After all, the pack had lost a third of its members; there were only 16 truly combat-capable adult forest wolves left.
While the wolves were enjoying themselves, the wild boars were not.
"Who? Who? Who killed my subordinates?"
Deep in the wild boar territory, the most powerful boar was grunting and roaring furiously.
He was the king of this sounder, their ruler.
But in just one day, eleven of his subjects had been lost. How could he tolerate that?
"It was wolves. Forest wolves sneaked into our territory, King. We must take revenge."
Though wild boars aren't very intelligent, they could still recognize footprints.
Their sleeping area was all muddy ground, and Zhang Yang had run around there, naturally leaving tracks.
"They've lived long enough. Come on, let's find them."
The Wild Boar King was full of rage.
Honestly, in this forest, no matter who it was, they had to give him—the Wild Boar King—some face. If the little wolves wouldn't give him face, then he'd flatten them and make them understand why wild boars were the untouchable existence in this woods.
However, when the Wild Boar King led a large group of boars charging out of their comfortable resting area, he was stunned.
"Where do those forest wolves live?"
The Wild Boar King asked one of his minions nearby.
The minion he asked was also confused. Boss, you're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?
We all stay inside our territory every day—who wouldn't get lost coming out?
This put the wild boars in a difficult position.
They didn't know the way.
The Wild Boar King felt even more annoyed.
Should they just go back?
No way—they had already come out in such a grand, imposing manner. They couldn't just slink back with their tails between their legs just because they couldn't find the wolves' home.
"Search! Find them for me! We must find them today."
The Wild Boar King gave the order.
Going back was impossible.
There are people who catch thieves every day, but no one can defend against thieves every day.
If they didn't teach the forest wolves a serious lesson today, those wolves would come sneaking back tomorrow.
The Wild Boar King didn't want to lose any more of his followers.
A large group of wild boars began rampaging through the forest, grunting and snorting.
Their momentum was truly domineering.
No one dared block their path.
Tigers, leopards, wolves, bears—everyone had to give way… well, except there were no wolves right now. Any wild boar that saw a wolf now would see red.
There were no tigers either—Zhang Yang had killed them.
There were some bears, but they were quite far away. Leopards would just detour around wild boars—they were agile and considered themselves noble; they wouldn't bother tangling to the death with such crude creatures.
Other animals, whether herbivore or carnivore, didn't dare provoke them at all.
But blindly crashing around like this made the chance of stumbling upon the forest wolves' territory extremely slim.
Finally, just as dawn was approaching, one wild boar who roughly understood a bit of "foreign language" managed to establish "friendly" contact with a little monkey.
After a lot of grunting, pawing at the ground, and gesturing, the poor little monkey (now pinned to a tree by boar tusks) finally understood what the boar wanted.
Seriously—if you had just learned to howl like a wolf earlier, wouldn't we have known what you wanted?
Why be so aggressive?
The terrified little monkey, nearly scared into wetting itself, led the wild boars toward the wolf den.
Whether it understood correctly or not didn't matter—shifting the target of their aggression away from itself was definitely the right move.
After searching all night, the wild boars finally found their destination.
They saw the forest wolves sleeping at the entrance of the wolf den.
The boar didn't alarm them. Instead, he quietly retreated with the little monkey. No need to fire the opening shot yet—he had to report this good news to the Wild Boar King first.
Only under the Wild Boar King's leadership could they give these forest wolves a truly unforgettable lesson.
"Ding! Task triggered: The Challenge from the Wild Boar King. Task requirement: Under the Wild Boar King's attack, ensure at least half of the wolf pack survives. Task reward: Unknown."
Zhang Yang, still in his sleep, was startled awake by this sudden system prompt.
Wild Boar King? Attack?
A wolf howl suddenly echoed through the wolf den.
This was Zhang Yang's signal to summon the pack.
The wolves, also sleeping, woke up one after another. In less than thirty seconds, they had all gathered in front of him.
After all, they didn't need to put on clothes or anything—they could just get up and run. Very convenient.
"The Wild Boar King is coming with his boars to attack the den. Wolf Qing, take the little ones to the deepest cave. You are not allowed to come out."
Zhang Yang gave the order to Wolf Qing first.
The pups were still too small—one "friendly" nudge from a wild boar and they'd be dead.
Wolf Qing felt very frustrated.
So many things had happened these past few days. When the tiger attacked, he could only run. Now when the wild boars came, he had to hide again.
"Go quickly. You're grown up now—no more throwing tantrums."
Zhang Yang scolded him.
Those words snapped Wolf Qing back to reality.
Right—he was grown up now. He had to learn to endure. He couldn't be willful anymore, and he no longer had the right to be.
"Big brother, don't worry. I'll take good care of them. I'll only die before they do."
Wolf Qing made a vow, shouldering a huge responsibility, then led the four little ones deeper into the den.
Zhang Yang nodded silently to himself. This little Wolf Qing was starting to show the demeanor of a true leader. Unfortunately, his body was still too small—he needed to eat a lot more.
And the food… seemed to be on its way right now.
Zhang Yang's eyes gleamed. To him, wild boars weren't that scary anymore.
"I originally wanted to save up evolution points to unlock the Level 2 Mall first, but it looks like I won't be able to hold back anymore."