After eating his fill, Wei Kai had chosen his target.
He looked up at the sky, then checked the time on his phone.
"It's already three in the afternoon?"
"There are still three and a half hours until dark... I should make it!"
The leveling area he was heading to was not far outside the city gate. If he hurried, he could at least grind for two and a half hours.
Wei Kai no longer hesitated and turned to board the bus heading to the East City Gate.
Ten minutes later, Wei Kai got off the bus and headed straight for his destination—the Wild Boar Forest in the East City.
This was also a beginner leveling area, but the monsters ranged from level 3 to 12, and the types of monsters were no longer singular.
Not only were there wild boars, as the name suggested, but also monkeys, wild wolves, fierce tigers, and a series of other beast monsters.
Deep in the forest, elite monsters with special attributes would occasionally spawn, and killing them would yield a large amount of rewards.
However, elite monsters were often three levels higher than regular monsters and came with special attributes, making them more difficult to kill.
If one was not careful, they might even wipe out.
In most cases, elite monsters required a party to be killed consistently.
However, Wei Kai did not need to specifically hunt elite monsters; for him, the drop rate for all monsters was the same.
It was 100%!
Just as he was thinking, a low growl suddenly came from not far away.
┗|｀O′|┛ Awoo~~!
A thick-skinned, coarse-furred wild boar was charging at him.
Wei Kai was startled at first, then remembered: wild monsters above level three would actively attack.
But... this was perfect!
He immediately drew his newly purchased legendary greatsword and aimed it at the charging wild boar.
"Upward Slash!"
Wei Kai swung his greatsword fiercely.
The next moment, the large wild boar that had charged in front of him was directly sent flying by the immense power of the greatsword.
It wasn't until several seconds later that it plopped down several meters away.
This single blow took half of the wild boar's life. After it landed, Wei Kai rushed over and finished it off with a basic attack.
"Good thing I was more skilled!"
Looking at the wild boar's corpse, Wei Kai smirked, quite pleased with himself.
His teachers at school had taught him that monsters above level three would have innate talent skills, such as the "Charge" of the wild boar in front of him.
Although the wild boar was only level three, its strength would reach 15 points when it activated its "Charge" skill.
In other words, one needed to have more than fifteen points of strength to withstand its Charge head-on.
Otherwise, they would be knocked flying.
The greater the strength difference, the more severely they would be knocked flying... If it were a beginner mage with only one point of strength, they would be sent flying at least a dozen meters.
Being knocked flying was not a small matter.
Although the real world had been gamified, one would still get injured after being knocked flying.
Once injured, unless one sought a doctor or a healing profession for treatment, the debuff would persist long-term and would affect one's status depending on the severity of the injury.
But if your strength was higher, then it would be the wild boar that was knocked flying.
Just like before, Wei Kai, with twenty-six points of strength, not only withstood the wild boar's "Charge" with his warrior's "Upward Slash" skill but also managed to send the opponent flying in return.
This move not only took out half of the wild boar's life but also injured it.
Thus, he was able to land the finishing blow smoothly.
This was the importance of basic attributes!
After completely overwhelming the monster in attributes, killing it was like slicing vegetables; it couldn't be simpler.
However, not everyone could use this move, as not every beginner could have over twenty points in all attributes at just level two like Wei Kai.
Nor could everyone afford legendary beginner equipment.
This was the effect of spending money!
After a moment of emotion, Wei Kai looked at the wild boar's drops.
"It dropped again!"
As expected, the All Item Drop talent was effective again.
Although it was just an ordinary level three small monster, the wild boar still had a huge drop.
There were more than a dozen items dropped on the ground, waiting to be picked up.
Wei Kai did not hesitate, directly picked up everything, and then slowly checked them.
First were the most common ingredients.
As the most suitable prey for hunting, the wild boar dropped more than a dozen types of ingredients.
Pork, pig trotters, pig head, ribs, pig heart, pig lung, pig kidney, pig trotters, etc., and even Nine Revolutions Large Intestine!
You're supposed to kill monsters for equipment, but you're gutting the monsters?
If these dropped ingredients were reassembled, he might even get a complete pig!
"This thing... it seems to be an ingredient for making Nine Revolutions Large Intestine, right?"
Wei Kai picked up the pig intestine and looked at it, then suddenly remembered a certain video from his previous life... Was it intentional, or accidental?
If he didn't have the corresponding recipe, the Nine Revolutions Large Intestine he made would probably have *that* taste!
Unfortunately, he really didn't.
This wild boar also dropped a recipe, but it was the most common "Roasted Meat" recipe.
Roasted Meat was the simplest thing to make; even without a recipe, one could make it themselves.
All you needed was fire and meat.
Even if the Roasted Meat couldn't increase attributes, it could fill one's stomach and provide some simple fullness buffs.
The school had long taught that Battle Professionals, once they exceeded level three, should learn a campfire skill to conveniently roast meat to fill their stomachs while leveling in the wild.
If they encountered a Misty Dungeon or exploration areas like caves, the campfire skill would be even more useful.
Wei Kai hadn't reached level three yet, so he wasn't in a hurry to learn it.
Besides ingredients and recipes, this wild boar also dropped quite a bit of equipment.
There were five pieces in total: one high-grade blue item and four ordinary white-grade items.
Wei Kai, of course, didn't care for this equipment, but they weren't useless; at least they could be taken back to the equipment recycler for some copper coins.
Anyway, with a three-thousand-slot large backpack, Wei Kai simply tossed them all in.
After checking the equipment, next were some materials.
Wild boar tusks, wild boar bristles.
"Are these used to make toothbrushes?" Wei Kai scratched his head.
Although the factories in the wilderness had been completely destroyed by the exotic beasts, human technology in this world had not regressed because of it, and essential daily necessities had never been in short supply.
Things like toothpaste and toothbrushes were still sold in stores.
It didn't seem necessary to use wild boar hair to make toothbrushes...
"Never mind, I'll just collect them for now."
No matter what the material, anything dropped by a monster could actually be sold for money.
There were some material merchants in the city who specialized in buying these miscellaneous materials, so they were also called "junk recyclers."
Don't let the unflattering nickname fool you; they were actually very wealthy, well-informed, and had numerous channels.
What was trash in others' eyes could very likely become priceless treasures in their hands.
After looking at these two materials, Wei Kai shifted his gaze to the last item, and his pupils immediately contracted!
"Elixir Shard?"
He softly read out the name of the item.
Yes, this last item was exactly the same as the Elixir Shard he had gotten when he was grinding White Rabbit before!
Or rather, it was the same thing.
The wild boar dropped this too?
Wei Kai was stunned for a moment, then simply found a clean stone to sit on and took out his phone to search online.