Back inside the shelter, a heavy stench of fresh blood and wild musk hung thick in the air, mixing with the faint, sweet scent of the girls.
Under the guidance of the hunters and two cook-class students, several girls were busy butchering the wolf carcasses with varying degrees of clumsiness. Aside from the poor mutt that had been beaten into dog meat by the panicked mob earlier, the remaining pelts and fangs were top-tier crafting materials. They could use them for gear or trade them on the marketplace for urgent supplies.
Seeing Logan drag in two more wolf carcasses, the girls paused in surprise.
Logan didn’t elaborate, merely mentioning Lin Bing briefly before shifting his attention to Su Qingyao.
"Qingyao, that cruise ship we were on belonged to your family. Do you remember a woman named Lin Bing?"
Su Qingyao knitted her delicate brows as she thought hard, eventually shaking her head.
"The crew and shipboard medical staff were standard assignments. I honestly don’t know everyone on board."
Since even the owner’s daughter didn’t know her background, Logan dropped the subject.
He left the carcasses to the girls and walked over to the shelter entrance, his gaze locking onto a string of crimson text hovering in his field of view.
[You have successfully killed three ordinary-grade beasts, meeting the upgrade requirements. You have advanced to Level 2.]
[Ding! You have successfully advanced to a Level 2 Blood Warrior. Your physical stats have improved slightly, and you may choose one skill.]
[Note: Once selected, skills cannot be changed. Choose carefully.]
[1. Blood Burst Slash: Infuses your blade with blood energy. After a brief charge, unleash a high-damage forward strike with massive armor-penetrating effects. If the target is suffering from "Bleeding," damage is increased by an additional 15%. Cooldown: 1 hour.]
[2. Bloodlust: Consumes 30% of your current health status to grant your attacks a "Lifesteal" effect for the next 5 seconds (all damage dealt is converted into energy to restore your stamina and injuries). Cooldown: 24 hours.]
[3. Blood Domain Perception: Passive skill. Within a 50-meter radius, you can sense all creatures possessing "blood" (including hidden enemies), and damage dealt to severely injured targets is increased by 50%.]
[Unselected skills will not disappear and will remain available for future selection.]
[Please make your selection promptly.]
The three skill descriptions floated quietly before Logan’s eyes, each line glowing with a faint, crimson aura.
Logan didn’t rush. He began analyzing the pros and cons of each option in his head.
First was Blood Burst Slash. It was a pure offense skill that dealt heavy damage after a quick wind-up. A one-hour cooldown wasn’t too long, guaranteeing a reliable nuke in every major fight. The kicker was the extra 15% damage bonus against bleeding targets. His starting Miao dao was razor-sharp and inflicted bleeding effortlessly, making this skill a custom-built burst tool for taking down thick-skinned brutes.
Next was Bloodlust. Lifesteal! That was a holy grail skill in any game, letting players sustain themselves mid-combat and boosting error margins. But the restrictions were brutal. It cost 30% of his current health just to cast. If he failed to lifesteal enough back, he would land himself in an even deeper hole. Plus, a 24-hour cooldown made it a desperate clutch move rather than a standard combat rotation.
Finally, Blood Domain Perception. A passive skill that ran constantly without active casting. Sensing blood-bearing entities within fifty meters and dealing 50% bonus damage to battered targets made it an incredible scouting and execution tool. In a dense primitive jungle, spotting hidden ambushes early prevented disaster, while the execution bonus guaranteed secure kills to fuel his Blood Warrior stat-stacking passive.
Each skill represented a distinct development path: burst damage, sustain, or tracking and execution.
Logan paused. He needed to prioritize raw combat capability above all else right now; if he kept leveling up, other chances to pick up utility skills would undoubtedly pop up.
Decision made.
"I choose Blood Burst Slash," he muttered mentally.
[Ding! Your body is undergoing secondary reinforcement...]
A surge of heat—far more intense than his first level-up—erupted straight from his chest.
The warmth rushed through every fiber of his body. Logan felt his muscle fibers restructuring in real-time, growing denser and packed with explosive power. His bones tinged with an itchy, electric tingle as they were seemingly reforged into something harder. His senses sharpened noticeably.
He raised his hand and curled his fingers into a tight fist.
*Pop!*
The air in his grip practically snapped, letting out a dull, heavy crack.
Looking down, his previously lean abs were now deeply chiseled, carved like stone and radiating an aesthetic of pure power. He felt entirely confident that if he fought that wolf again, he could beat it to death with his bare hands without even drawing his blade.
[Logan (Tribe Chief of Tribe 749)]
[Age: 19]
[Bonus: Super Kidneys]
[Class: Blood Warrior (Every kill of an ordinary beast or higher permanently increases your strength. Current: 3)]
[Skills: Blood Burst Slash]
[Technique: Blade Mastery (Novice)]
[Next Upgrade Requirement: Advance Blade Mastery to Mastery level, and kill at least 10 ordinary-grade beasts or higher. Note: Reaching Level 3 unlocks another skill selection and a weapon upgrade.]
"Reaching Level three lets me upgrade my weapon?"
Logan looked down at the Miao dao in his hand, its edge flashing a cold, ruthless light in the sunlight. The blade was already terrifyingly sharp, cutting through wolf bone without resistance. Imagine what it would do after an upgrade! Plus, he’d get another skill pick—he was still eyeing those skipped utility options.
He stepped back inside the shelter to find the girls nearly finished butchering the wolves.
They had harvested five decent pelts and piles of wolf meat. The mangled carcass was ruined for skinning, but the meat was salvaged cleanly. It was more than enough to feed over thirty people for a while.
More importantly, the fight had injected a vital dose of grit and survival confidence into the group.
As a side note, because Su Qingyao’s divination warning had successfully averted disaster, her own class had leveled up to Level 2. While she didn’t get combat skills like him, her divination scope expanded, promising more detailed daily intel down the line.
"Hey! Logan, your muscles..."
As Logan chatted with Su Qingyao, Gu Xinran let out a startled gasp. Her eyes locked onto him like she had discovered a new continent.
Logan was only wearing board shorts, leaving his upgraded physique entirely exposed. Bold by nature, Gu Xinran didn’t hesitate; she marched right up, pressed her cool palm straight against his abs, and cheekily traced a finger across them.
The electric contact sent a shiver down Logan’s spine. He swatted her wandering hand away.
"Hey, don’t you have a boyfriend? Watch the hands."
Before Logan could finish, another pair of hands slid over him.
"Chief, I’m totally single! Let me feel! Wow, the texture on these is better than game character models!" Get faster updates on g.com.
The culprit was another bikini-clad art student named Yu Le. She sported bright purple dyed hair and deep nerd tendencies, known for posting cosplay photos on her feed. Her touch felt like flipping a switch.
Seeing her dive in broke the dam.
Every girl in the vicinity realized the dramatic shift in Logan’s physique and lit up with curiosity, eager to test the results themselves.
"No way! I didn’t notice before, but these lines are insane!"
Logan caught in a crowd of adoring college students feeling his abs like tourists at a monument.
"How does a fistfight even give you muscle gains like this?!"
Logan stood frozen in the middle of the flock, feeling like a monk trapped in a spider cave.
"Back off, you absolute flirts! Have you no shame?!"
Bai Nian’s furious voice cut through the noise. She tried to charge in and rescue him, but the wall of girls blocked her path completely.
"Oh come on, Class Rep! The Chief belongs to all of us now, you can’t hog him!" someone teased.
"Exactly! Didn’t you say you volunteered to bear his kids? Save that for tonight!"
"You guys...!" Bai Nian’s face flushed a furious, brilliant red.
Logan finally understood just how wild repressed college girls could get once the dam broke. Who said men were the only ones easily distracted?
Luckily, everyone kept it playful, treating it as a quick touch-and-run before backing off.
Finally, the sweet, soft-spoken class rep Ye Xing’er—sporting a one-piece school swimsuit and twin ponytails—crept over with a red face. Her small hands hovered in the air for a long time, too shy to actually touch.
Feeling mischievous, Logan scooped her up in a horizontal carry.
Ye Xing’er squeaked, her feet kicking in the air as her ponytails swung.
"You guys all took turns touching me, my turn for payback!" Logan grinned.
Ye Xing’er’s face burned crimson, muttering like an angry kitten, "I... I didn’t even get to touch yet..."
Nearby, Bai Nian cracked her knuckles with a loud pop, glaring daggers at Logan with enough malice to kill.
After a wave of lighthearted chaos, the camp settled down into a more relaxed rhythm as everyone returned to their tasks.
Logan opened the trading marketplace, determined to sort out food.
They had transmigrated right at mealtime and gone straight into a grueling battle; everyone was starving. They had wolf meat now, but no fire—and none of them were keen on eating it raw.
Early on, the marketplace was filled with junk items. After digging through listings for a while, Logan found a post trading fire starters for food. He quickly messaged the seller, offering wolf meat, and secured a precious fire starter block in seconds.
Handing the fire starter to Bai Nian to get a hearth going, Logan kept browsing and found a few listings trading spare clothing for rations.
He traded a chunk of wolf meat for two clean white T-shirts. While pants were harder to come by, a baggy T-shirt worked as a makeshift dress for the girls, beating a wet swimsuit or leaves any day.
Tucking the shirts under his arm, Logan called out to the two girls butchering meat by the prep station: "Tang Qingyu, Yang Na, come over here for a sec!"