However, James Carter couldn't feel happy at all.

In the instant they brushed past each other, the machete slashed across the black wild boar's belly. A tremendous force of impact came, and with a crack, the sturdy eighteen-section machete snapped in two.

James Carter's heart turned cold. His weapon was broken—what would he do from now on?

Without a weapon, he was nothing but a complete weakling.

"Roar!"

The black wild boar's unstoppable charge had actually failed to kill that weak evolved creature, and it instantly flew into a rage.

It turned around and charged again, thundering forward at lightning speed, giving James Carter no chance to dodge.

But James Carter had no intention of dodging, instead charging head-on at the black wild boar.

When they were five meters apart, James Carter's body twisted in a strange way, merging man and blade from the side.

Wild Charge!

The flash of the blade vanished in an instant, and the half-broken machete plunged entirely into the black wild boar's neck.

"Oooh!"

The black wild boar let out a heart-wrenching scream and crashed hard into a big tree.

Having landed a hit, James Carter didn't have time to pull out the machete embedded in the boar's body and turned to run.

The black wild boar was gravely wounded, but showed no sign of dying.

Based on James Carter's experience, that giant wolf had struggled for over half an hour before dying—he had to stay on guard.

The black wild boar was even more terrifying than that silver wolf. After being seriously injured, its ferocity was fully unleashed, its eyes turning blood-red.

It chased after James Carter madly, but James Carter's movements were extremely crafty, always dodging behind those giant trees that would take ten people to encircle.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Several loud crashes echoed as the boar repeatedly slammed into the trees, each impact aggravating its wounds and causing blood to pour from its body.

James Carter gripped his Swiss Army knife, which had little attack power left, so he could only rely on wits.

He circled around several giant trees multiple times, engaging the black wild boar in a guerrilla fight.

Bang! Bang! Bang...!

That day, the black wild boar truly embodied the meaning of "thick skin and tough flesh."

After crashing into the big trees more than a dozen times, it still showed no sign of dying—its speed only slowed a little.

James Carter's heart pounded with fear, and he was starting to show signs of exhaustion.

If this went on for a few more minutes and the black wild boar wasn't dead, William Carter would collapse from exhaustion first.

He had no doubt that if he slowed down from fatigue, that boar would smash him into a pulp.

His lack of combat power was fully exposed at this moment.

If only James Carter had 50 points of combat power, with that Wild Charge move, the black wild boar would be dead for sure.

Far off on the horizon, the setting sun was as red as blood.

This dusk was destined to see the death of one evolved creature.

Man and boar had been fighting for an hour, yet there was still no winner.

The black wild boar was getting slower and slower, and James Carter was even slower, relying solely on sheer willpower to keep moving.

His steps became sluggish, losing their former agility.

"Roar!"

The black wild boar once again locked onto James Carter, its hind legs tensing as it prepared for a final, powerful charge.

James Carter was moving slower than an old lady, barely able to dodge that terrifying, savage rush.

"Roar!"

Another low roar sounded, and to James Carter's ears, it was like music from heaven.

In the distance, the sleeping Jack had finally awakened!

It turned into a streak of black light, dashing over in the blink of an eye.

Those suddenly extended claws actually tore several bloody holes in the black wild boar's thick hide.

The black wild boar was in unbearable pain, rolling frantically on the ground.

Jack didn't let up, launching a relentless assault, clawing the black wild boar until its head was battered and bleeding.

Clang!

The half-broken machete stuck in the black wild boar's neck was pulled out by Jack's bite.

With a shake of its head, the broken blade flew to land at James Carter's feet.

The meaning was clear—it wanted James Carter to come over and finish the job.

Seeing the broken blade at his feet, James Carter nearly burst into tears.

The eighteen-section machete that had accompanied him all this way had, after countless powerful impacts from the black wild boar, been twisted into a useless scrap of iron.

This scene made James Carter lose faith in love.

Without a handy blade, what meaning did his berserker swordsmanship have?

In a fit of rage, James Carter opened his Swiss Army knife and, venting his anger, stabbed wildly at the black wild boar's eyes.

The black wild boar, already tormented to the brink of death by Big Jack, finally succumbed after James Carter's onslaught.

After killing a high-level primitive creature for the first time, James Carter felt heavy-hearted, his whole being out of sorts.

His weapon was ruined, his combat power greatly diminished, and the days ahead seemed terrifying to contemplate.

At the very moment the black wild boar died, a small black knife flew out of its head, floating in midair.

The knife was very small, about the size of a finger.

James Carter was stunned for a moment, then reached out to grab the little knife. It immediately burrowed into his body, hovering in his sea of consciousness.

A wave of intent washed over him, and James Carter's mood soared from the depths to the clouds.

"Activate battle gear! Creatures in the Evolution World absorb the essence of heaven and earth, nurturing battle gear within their bodies, known as 'combat armaments.' After an evolver kills a creature, there is a certain chance to obtain battle gear."

"Obtained high-level primitive battle gear—Barbaric Blade. Would you like to perform soul binding?"

"Yes!"

"Soul binding successful. You may now use the Barbaric Blade at will. If the evolver dies, this battle gear will self-destruct. After unbinding the soul, this battle gear can be transferred or traded."