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"Okay, be careful."

Moses went back to his room, grabbed his axe, and then left the warship.

Following the road up the mountain, we passed a pasture and caught a glimpse of the plump cows inside.

"Let's go hunt some game later."

Once inside the mountains, Moses suddenly felt much more at ease, both physically and mentally.

With each breath, the speed increased, and I began to run with my arms swinging.

Feeling the wind brush against its cheeks, it spread its Observation Haki and began searching for prey.

During the journey,

One by one, tall trees appeared, their roots covered in emerald moss. At one point, Moses noticed several broken marks on some of the low bushes.

"There are also friction marks on the tree roots."

He began to ponder what kind of creature and what size it was that caused this phenomenon.

Mercer followed the faint, intermittent traces around him.

Observation color is also constantly perceiving.

Expel any excess air.

A moment later, Moses crouched down, watching his prey not far away.

A black bison, two meters long, with a robust build, glossy coat, and a pair of strong, backward-curving horns on its head.

Its tail slapped behind it to shoo away mosquitoes, and it was now peeking out of the grass to eat tender leaves from the bushes.

"We need to find a way to kill him with one blow. And... that only has to be his neck."

Adjusting her breathing and slowing her heartbeat, Mercer slowly walked over.

At a distance of ten meters, the bison finally spotted Moses.

"Moo!"

It raised its head, snorted loudly, stomped its right foreleg on the ground, and stared intently at Moses with its bull-like eyes.

The bull lowered its head, and Moses sensed its bulging muscles, poised to strike.

Keep going.

The next moment, the bison lowered its head and charged wildly at Moses.

In less than ten meters, almost in the blink of an eye, the bison charged in front of Mercer.

Moses's Observation Haki, a gifted prophet, allowed him to leap ahead, performing a backflip headfirst, his right arm gripping the axe tightly in mid-air.

In the instant they passed each other.

Moses swung his axe down.

Pfft!

A handful of slightly fishy-smelling cow blood splattered.

In the blink of an eye, the bison ran past due to inertia, and Moses flipped in mid-air and landed smoothly.

Looking at the bison, a long, narrow cut had been made on the back of its neck, as deep as a vertical palm.

The bison, fatally wounded, collapsed to the ground. Moses stepped forward and swung his axe at the artery again.

Pfft!

Another splash of blood.

The bison finally stopped moving.

Immediately afterwards, an irregular crystal, the size of a grain of rice and shimmering with a mysterious luster, precipitated from its corpse.

[Obtained 1 F+ grade Soul Crystals]

After quickly processing the cow's blood, Mercer grabbed the cow's horns and headed towards Mount Colbo, which wasn't far away.

After spending more than half an hour, Mercer led a cow to "Dadan's House" and immediately saw Ace sitting cross-legged and breathing under the shade of a tree outside.

And then there would be those occasional "crackling" coughs.

Messer's commotion was quite loud, and Ace noticed it immediately.

"Messer?" Ace looked shocked. "You took down that huge bison?"

They left the bison on the other side of the door.

Moses laughed:

"Didn't you see it with your own eyes?"

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PS: [Soul Crystals]: Soul Crystals of varying qualities are obtained through combat. They can be used to enhance attributes and bestowed abilities. (Soul Crystals are refined and forged from the spiritual essence of life.)

* Soul Crystals can be fused/decomposed

* For the same quality, use a base-5 system (e.g., F-→F), and for each subsequent quality, use a base-10 system (e.g., F+→E-).

Five F-grade Soul Crystals can be combined to form one F-grade Soul Crystal.

Five F-grade Soul Crystals can be combined to create one F+ grade Soul Crystal.

10 F+ grade Soul Crystals can be combined to create 1 E- grade Soul Crystal.

For example, 10000 F-grade Soul Crystals can only be synthesized into 8 E-grade Soul Crystals.

One hundred million F-grade soul crystals can be synthesized into approximately 1 C-grade soul crystals.

PS: 10000 F-grade Soul Crystals are equivalent to being refined from 10000 F-grade lives.

PS: Spiritual essence is the foundation or essence of life; it represents the inherent potential and possibility of every living being or thing. Spiritual essence is the unique and latent core element of every life or thing.

PS: The quality of the Soul Crystal you obtain is directly proportional to your strength.

PS: After killing the prey, the Soul Crystal will naturally be extracted from the prey's corpse.

Chapter 23 Return Gift!

Hearing a heavy object fall to the ground at the door, Dadan ran out of the house to check.

I gasped for breath.

"Wow, it's such a big bison."

Hearing Dadan's surprised words, Moses smiled and said to her:

“I heard from Ace that you like to eat wild beef, Dadan. We just happened to come across this on the mountain, so I brought it for you. Let’s have it for dinner.”

Dadan glanced at Ace helplessly, "Why do you talk so much, brat? Bison are dangerous. What if your brother gets hurt?"

Ace pursed his lips, then looked at Mercer with some nervousness:

"Hey? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"Are you worried about me?"

Moses turned around at him, completely clean and without the slightest problem, and then said:

"What are you thinking? This stupid bull would need to grow at least five or six meters longer to hurt me."

"Keep bragging. If it grows another five or six meters, I could stomp you into a pancake with one foot."

Ace looked incredulous.

Moses smiled, said nothing more, and then turned to Dadan and said:

"Do you have a big basin? I'm going to butcher this cow."

After hearing this, Dadan waved her hands repeatedly:

"No, no, how can we let you do it, Mercer? Leave it to us."

He immediately shouted at Dogula and Magula who had followed him out:

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and grab your weapons."

Magula was a big, burly man with a kind face. He was bald except for a tuft of red hair on the top of his head that looked like a rooster's comb.

Upon hearing this, the two of them happily went back to get their dismemberment tools.

Bison are not eaten often.

I'm in for a treat today.

Seeing their enthusiasm, Moses let them handle it.

He walked up to Ace and looked at him with a smile.

A moment later, Ace, his face flushed, roared, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"My eyes are on my body, I can look at whoever I want, what's wrong with me looking at you for a couple of seconds?"

"What? You're a woman and you won't let me watch? Or do you want me to pay to watch?"

Moses smirked and chuckled as he retorted.

Just as Ace was about to turn red, Messer patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Want to go for a walk with me?"

Ace was taken aback.

I didn't expect Moses to say that.

He stared intently at Moses.

Finally, feigning composure, she nodded and said with a smirk, "Since you've made this request, I'll reluctantly agree."

Mercer slapped Ace on the back, making him wince in pain.

"Would you die if you weren't a tsundere?"

"You stubborn brat."