"It doesn't seem to have worked completely!"
Ye Feng muttered as the only remaining Furious Ox let out two puffs of white air from its nostrils and pawed at the ground.
"This is bad, that Furious Ox is angry for some reason!"
Seeing this, Alak immediately yanked open the car door and jumped out.
At almost the same time, the sole remaining Furious Ox stomped the ground, its massive body like a cannonball, rushing towards He Shang at full speed.
"Crunch!"
Alak sprinted towards He Shang, his armor clanking.
Just as Alak was about to collide with the Furious Ox, a figure instantly shot out in front of him – it was Ye Feng.
"Danger!"
Seeing Ye Feng charge headfirst into the Furious Ox without any protection, He Shang and Alak cried out in alarm. After all, a Furious Ox could overturn a tank.
"Boom!"
A dull thud echoed.
To the surprise of He Shang and Alak, Ye Feng wasn't sent flying. Instead, the Furious Ox stumbled from the impact.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Before the Furious Ox could react, Ye Feng clenched his fists and rained a barrage of blows upon its body.
"Moo~"
The Furious Ox let out a short cry before collapsing lifelessly to the ground.
"This..."
He Shang and Alak exchanged glances, seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes.
Inside the Hummer, Xiao Lu watched Ye Feng with disbelief, murmuring, "Is Ye Feng's body... made of iron?"
...
Lunch was, naturally, delicious Furious Ox beef. They sat around a stone table beneath a large tree, happily eating.
"Alak, eat more. You were injured before, so you need to pay attention to nutrition. Take this opportunity to recover well!"
"Especially this ox bone soup, it's very effective for bone fracture recovery!"
He Shang said as he ladled a bowl of ox bone soup for Alak.
"Even such delicious beef can't shut you up!"
This time, Alak finally removed his helmet, revealing a man with a stern face and flecks of gray at his temples.
He glared at He Shang good-naturedly but still accepted the ox bone soup.
"Did you break your leg before?"
Ye Feng had sparred with Alak earlier and noticed that his leg movements were somewhat unnatural, as if he was holding back, leading him to suspect Alak was injured, though he wasn't sure of the specifics.
"Yes!"
Alak nodded, not elaborating.
"I have some Steel Scale Bear bones here. They are incredibly effective for fractures and other injuries. It's said that a normal thigh fracture can heal within three days after consuming them."
"Try adding them to the ox bone soup and drink it!"
Saying this, Ye Feng took out a segment of a Steel Scale Bear's spine from his spatial storage – it was the one he had obtained at the Red Shore Ruins.
"This... this... this is Steel Scale Bear bone... I've heard of it in the Adventurer's Guild... but this is the first time I've seen it!"
Alak's eyes were filled with surprise.
He then took out a sharp little knife and began scraping at the Steel Scale Bear bone, rather than putting it into the ox bone soup to boil.
"Gulp, gulp~"
After scraping a pile of powder, Alak added it to the ox bone soup and drank it down in one gulp.
"Speaking of which, with your strength, killing one or two Furious Oxen shouldn't be a problem. Why did you give up on eating the meat?"
Ye Feng looked at Alak, He Shang, and the others, a little puzzled.
"Taking down one or two isn't a big issue, but there were too many Furious Oxen just now. If they had swarmed us, we could have gotten injured!"
"Adventurers can go hungry, but they must never get injured! This is a very important rule for survival in the apocalypse!"
Alak explained quickly to Ye Feng.
"And we need to conserve our energy for facing the Goblins of the Goblin Kingdom!"
Xiao Lu added.
"Alright~"
...
The road to the Goblin Kingdom was in terrible condition, mostly rugged mountain paths. Except for the first day after leaving Blackwater Town, the Hummer's speed was incredibly slow.
Eventually, it couldn't proceed any further and could only serve as a resting place for lunch and dinner.
...
One noon,
"Xiao Xiao, Ye Feng... has he always been like this... training... his body?"
Yuan Ling looked at Ye Feng, who was doing frog leaps while carrying a large rock nearby, with considerable surprise.
In the past few days, they had encountered many ferocious beasts, most of which Ye Feng had dealt with. And carrying a large rock on his shoulder while walking had become commonplace for Ye Feng...
"Mhm!"
Xiao Xiao nodded. "Big Brother trains very hard!"
"Hm?"
Ye Feng, who was moving with a stone weighing several hundred pounds on his shoulders, suddenly saw a mountain-climbing viper, over three meters long, slither out from the grass and lunge towards his ankle.
Ye Feng ignored it, standing still to rest for lunch.
"Hiss, hiss!~"
The viper's venomous fangs instantly clamped onto Ye Feng's ankle. But no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't bite through.
Finally, the mountain-climbing viper wrapped its long body around Ye Feng's calf, attempting to bite other areas.
"Hiss, hiss!—Chhh~"
This mountain-climbing viper seemed determined to confront Ye Feng, constantly changing its angle and biting different parts of his body.
"Damn it!"
Suddenly, Ye Feng swiftly reached out and grabbed the mountain-climbing viper.
This was because the mountain-climbing viper had slithered up Ye Feng's pant leg towards his thigh...
Soon, lunch was supplemented with a delicious snake soup.
...
After lunch,
Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Lu rested in the shade of a large tree.
"Ye Feng, I really envy you. With your physique, mosquitoes can't even suck your blood!"
Xiao Lu, who had just swatted a large mosquito and was applying some liquid to his own body, said to Ye Feng with great envy.
"Uh... it's alright~"
Ye Feng nodded slightly. This was a small benefit of his physical training.
He hadn't had to worry about mosquito bites for a long time...
"Look quickly, there's water over there!"
Suddenly, He Shang's excited voice came from a distance.
Hearing He Shang, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Ren walked towards He Shang's direction. They hadn't seen any water sources for several consecutive days.
Running out of water in the wilderness could be a fatal problem!
...
"This... this is the water source you're talking about?"
Ye Feng looked at the large pool of muddy, yellowish, turbid water in front of him and felt speechless.
"Exactly!"
He Shang nodded, his expression quite excited. "I just saw animals drinking here. This water source is clean!"
As his words fell, a gentle breeze blew, carrying the stench of urine into Ye Feng and the others' noses. It seemed some animal had urinated here...
He Shang's hand flashed, and a large glass tank instantly appeared in his hand. He stepped forward to collect water.
"This..."
Looking at the water source, which resembled a septic tank, Ye Feng frowned. Even with his water purifier, such turbid water would be difficult to clean...
"However, I don't have much mineral water left in my spatial storage!"
Ye Feng glanced around, his expression a little conflicted.
"Ah, Uncle He Shang, what are you doing?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao exclaimed in surprise.