Chapter 13: The Weakness of Feline Creatures
Semi-dataization had many advantages, such as allowing him to intuitively understand his own strength.
Thinking about it this way, the method to become stronger became much simpler. He just needed to improve his various attributes while also enhancing his practical combat ability.
No matter how strong his attributes were, if he couldn't utilize them in battle, they were meaningless.
Moreover, Su Xiao speculated that since he could be transported to the One Piece world, he would certainly be transported to other worlds as well. When that time came, there would be plenty of opportunities to grow stronger.
His current attributes were: Strength 7 points, Agility 7 points, Stamina 5 points, Intelligence 6 points, Charm 3 points, and Luck, a pitiful 1 point.
The Strength and Agility attributes needed no explanation; their effects were very intuitive and closely related to his melee combat ability.
Stamina represented the strength of his vitality and his ability to withstand blows. Intelligence was related to magic-type abilities, but its function was not yet clear.
Charm was even more confusing. Would increasing Charm make him more handsome?
Su Xiao shook his head. The Charm attribute probably wasn't like that. It should enhance social or summoning-type abilities.
As for the final Luck attribute, it should be a very important attribute, incredibly powerful, but likely very difficult to increase.
Su Xiao was skilled with a blade, and his future development might be related to attributes like Strength and Agility. For now, he hadn't determined his development path. After all, this was the first derivative world he had experienced, so thinking about such issues was premature.
While Su Xiao was pondering, the sound of branches snapping, *crack, crack*, came from the forest in the distance. A massive beast was approaching.
Here it comes!
The one gradually approaching was the master of Mount Colubo, a giant tiger of immense size.
This giant tiger resembled an ordinary tiger in appearance, but its size was enormous. It stood over four meters tall and was at least seven or eight meters long, even larger than an elephant on Earth. This creature was the size of a house.
The giant tiger's deep yellow fur was very textured, glossy, and reflected a faint light under the bright sunlight.
Su Xiao hid in a large tree, staring intently at the giant tiger below, even lowering his breathing.
For such a ferocious beast, even the slightest sound might be detected, so Su Xiao was exceptionally cautious.
After approaching the trap Su Xiao had set, the giant tiger's nose twitched, as if it sensed danger, and it hesitated to approach the trap.
But the few dried fruits on the trap held a fatal attraction for this giant tiger.
These dried fruits were something Su Xiao had bought at a general store in the royal capital, called Matatabi.
Matatabi was a dried fruit unique to the One Piece world. In the real world, there was a plant with a similar effect to Matatabi, and that was catnip.
Although the master of Mount Colubo was massive in size, it could not overcome the instincts of a feline creature. It had no resistance to Matatabi, which was similar to catnip.
One had to know that catnip was nicknamed "cat drugs" and had a fatal attraction for most feline creatures.
Seeing the giant tiger's drooling gaze, Su Xiao knew his plan was very successful.
The giant tiger paced around the trap, very cautious. It smelled an unfamiliar scent but didn't feel any danger.
Finally, tempted by the Matatabi, the giant tiger gradually approached the center of the trap.
The giant tiger first cautiously took a few steps forward, then immediately stopped, and even began to turn its head to scan its surroundings.
Su Xiao, in the tree, twitched the corner of his eye and sighed inwardly. The intelligence of animals in the One Piece world was much higher than that of ordinary beasts.
Judging from the giant tiger's behavior, it had at least the intelligence of a ten-year-old child, or even higher.
Time slipped through his fingers, and a long stalemate began. This was a contest of patience.
In the end, the master of Mount Colubo could not resist the temptation of the Matatabi and pounced forward.
"Boom."
Dust billowed up. The master of Mount Colubo took all the Matatabi on the ground into its mouth in one gulp and began to chew.
The taste of Matatabi wasn't good; it was not only bitter but also astringent. Yet the master of Mount Colubo chewed it with relish.
After chewing for a while, the master of Mount Colubo began to react. It changed from its original lying posture to lying on its back with all four feet in the air, rubbing its back against the grass.
The master of Mount Colubo was rolling around~.
A house cat, after consuming a large amount of catnip, would have the same reaction: experiencing hallucinations and rolling around on the ground.
Although the master of Mount Colubo looked majestic, it could not suppress this instinct. From the constant drool at the corner of its mouth, it was clear it was now trapped in a hallucination.
The time was ripe. Su Xiao raised his flintlock pistol and aimed it at the ground beneath the giant tiger?
That's right, the ground. Even if he fired this flintlock pistol directly at the giant tiger's eyeball, it would only wound, not kill, the beast. And with his marksmanship, he couldn't guarantee hitting the eyeball.
In the soil beneath the giant tiger, Su Xiao had buried a large amount of gunpowder. And above the gunpowder, he had made some other arrangements, enough to give this giant tiger a hard time.
Extending his arm, he pulled the trigger of the flintlock pistol.
"Bang."
A gunshot echoed through the forest, shattering the forest's peace and startling a large flock of birds into flight.
After being heated by the explosive combustion of gunpowder, a scorching bullet flew out of the muzzle, pushing through waves of air, spinning as it embedded itself into the soil on the ground. A tender green blade of grass was severed, and its broken fragments splashed up.
The red-hot bullet first penetrated the surface soil, then entered the buried gunpowder keg. The several-hundred-degree heat instantly ignited the gunpowder.
This sudden gunshot caused the master of Mount Colubo, who was rolling on the ground, to shudder. It immediately tried to get up and run, but it was too late.
"Boom."
A thunderous roar spread through the forest. All animals within a one-kilometer radius were startled, their bodies trembling as they looked towards the source of the sound.
The dozen or so gunpowder kegs buried in the ground were detonated one after another, creating a chain explosion. The loud sounds merged into one.
The ground where the 'master of Mount Colubo' was located erupted, with soil splashing outwards in a radial pattern. Amidst the sprayed soil, some iron nails could be faintly seen. These were placed by Su Xiao on top of the gunpowder kegs to increase the explosive lethality.
The 'master of Mount Colubo,' a behemoth weighing several tons, was lifted a full three meters into the air by the force of the explosion beneath it. Hundreds of iron nails, propelled by the explosive force, deeply embedded themselves into its body.
"Roar~."
A miserable tiger roar rang out, but the nightmare didn't end there.
A pillar of fire shot into the sky, engulfing the 'master of Mount Colubo' mid-air. The smell of scorched fur wafted over.
"Thud." The master of Mount Colubo landed. The thick smoke produced by the burning gunpowder swallowed the giant tiger, and the sound of sizzling burning could be heard from within.
Su Xiao stood on a distant large tree, coldly observing all of this, but his expression wasn't good.
It wasn't because he was having an attack of sympathy. He had long since fed that kind of thing to the dogs.
The reason for his grim expression was that the giant tiger hadn't died. At least, Reincarnation Paradise hadn't given any notification.
The plan had gone smoothly, but the resilience of creatures in the One Piece world was chilling.
Jumping down from the tree, Su Xiao, bare-chested, drew the blade at his waist and walked towards the cloud of smoke, holding the knife in one hand.
Since he couldn't blow it to death, he would cut it to death. As long as there was a glimmer of hope for victory, he had the courage to fight. He never feared battle.
From a certain perspective, Su Xiao was a person who was passionate about fighting.
The feeling of being on the razor's edge of life and death during a battle would make him forget his hatred, forget his past misfortunes, and devote himself entirely to the fight until the enemy was slain.
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