The Sinful Saint

The day after Si Sheng killed the pig, he set out with a goal of maxing out his level, which proved to be harder than he thought.

With Si Sheng's increased [Strength] and [Agility], he could kill more creatures in a shorter amount of time.

In the first week after the double level up, Si Sheng leveled up again. He put all 50 points into [Agility] bring the total up to 110. He was easily able to outpace any creature on the side of the mountain.

Si Sheng had been eating all the creatures he killed but no skills ever came up. He chalked it up to them being too low leveled, common, or already given a skill. He wasn't too bothered by it as long as he got to eat.

***

Before Si Sheng knew it, a month had past.

"Status!"

[Name: Si Sheng | Age:18 | Race: Human]

[Status: Healthy (Ecstatic)]

[Level 9/10 | Experience 638/1000]

[Titles: The Sin of Gluttony, Supreme Healer]

[Stats]

[HP: 1000/1000 | MP: 500/500]

[Strength: 100 | Intelligence: 50 | Defense: 50 | Agility: 150 | Vitality: 100 | Luck: 15]

[Attribute Points: 0]

[Skills]

In that time, Si Sheng had reached level 9. He'd been grinding! His stats went through a radical improvement. At this point, with his strength, he could crush rocks with his b.a.r.e hands, run as fast as a car, and didn't get tired as easily allowing for more and longer hunts.

Additionally, with his increased [Intelligence], Si Sheng had an even clearer memory and the world around him seemed clearer. This clarity was mainly due to his [Evil Eye] becoming enhanced along with his [Intelligence].

As for his [Defense], it wasn't bad, but it wasn't good; he was still pretty vulnerable. Even with his defense he had cut himself a number of times with the knives he'd made while cooking, which showcased had poor his defenses were. Good thing he was more of an assassin type with high [Agility].

***

As Si Sheng was going over his stats, he had a thought.

'Now that I'm fairly strong, I feel like I should take on something from the forest. It would be good experience and I might get skills if I eat them.'

He thought about it and thought he was ready despite the numerous alarming creatures that he had seen in his time in the forest.

He came up with a plan. He would go into the forest in the afternoon and look for a weaker creature to battle. While entering the forest, he'd use his [Sneak (Basic)] skill to not get detected while moving in the forest, although that wouldn't hide him from the stronger creatures.

Si Sheng was determined and ready. He was gonna kill one, eat it and grow stronger.

That afternoon Si Sheng stood at the edge of the forest peering into the dense foliage, light scattered across the ground like a disco.

He had mentally and physically prepared for this moment.

It had been more than a month's time since Si Sheng had arrived on the mountainside. In that time, he had learned and refined his tool making skills. He had much better weapons now.

Si Sheng carried two knifes one on either side of him that were as sharp as conventional knives and carried a spear on his back that had a head that looked like a leaf.

He had also made basic armor from the leather of the numerous creatures, specifically a leathery bug. It was called a [Leather Shelled Beetle]. Si Sheng had found a nest of these rather large yet weak creatures. They were a perfect fit for armor making, as their hide was both flexible and tough. Despite that, Si Sheng was no tailor. He had no idea how to make armor or even clothes for that matter. In spite of this, he diligently learned and quickly made something good enough to be called armor.

With his new weapons, armor, and stats, Si Sheng was ready to take a stab at the forest and try his luck.

"Sneak."

Si Sheng activated his skill and entered the forest, becoming enshrouded in darkness and speckles of light.

***

Wandering around the outskirts of the forest, Si Sheng hadn't seen any creatures that were noteworthy. He saw the typical rabbits and bugs, but they only gave him a small amount of experience, so he didn't bother wasting his energy at this time.

After searching for an hour, Si Sheng finally caught wind of something. He could smell a rather pungent odor drifting in from the grove up ahead. He approached it carefully, wanting to observe whatever demon lay in waiting to snatch his soul.

As he peered into the grove, Si Sheng saw a rather small, white animal feeding on what appeared to be a deer carcass.

The scene was rather revolting, as the carcass was already decomposing and rigor mortis had set in a few days ago. There were maggots crawling throughout the flesh of the deer like little gophers popping out of the ground. The flesh was purulent and many other fluids covered the body. The flies that were swarming the body were having a field day slurping up delectable juices that were oozing out.

Half of the face was eaten off and the brain was entirely missing. The organs lay in a pool next to the body, some missing. The little creature was feeding on these organs ravenously as if it were cocaine and it couldn't get enough of it.

Si Sheng had seen some nasty things in his short life, but this took the cake. Seeing this ungodly scene, Si Sheng almost vomited, but swallowed it back down in time. The smell combined with the visuals made for a masterpiece of revulsion. No matter how gross the scene was however, he wasn't going to waste time being picky about which creature to kill.

To be frank, Si Sheng wanted to get out of the forest as soon as possible, thus, when he came across this grove, he was prepared to kill the small creature inside despite the horrid environment.

Sitting in the bushes, Si Sheng prepared to pounce on his prey. He got into position holding his knives akimbo, with the spear set on the ground.

Si Sheng slowed his breathing and concentrated, he didn't want to make a mistake, he could't underestimate a creature living in the forest!

Si Sheng swung his knives in an X pattern in an attempt to scissor the creature's head off. He struck and skidded a few meters passed the creature after his attack.

Quickly turning around, Si Sheng hoped to be greeted with a lovely trophy for today's battle, but to his surprise, the little creature was fine, no wound to speak of.

Si Sheng was baffled, he thought for sure he had cut into its neck, only to find out in didn't even have an abrasion on its body.

The little creature looked at Si Sheng in a curious and cute manner tilting its head to one side as if pondering on what just happened.

When Si Sheng saw what the creature looked like he was given another shock. It looked just like the rabbits that he had killed on the mountain side, except this one was white as snow with ruby red eyes and a small horn on its head.

It was adorable yes, but knowing its capabilities after that short exchange, sent a chill down Si Sheng's spine.

The rabbit was at least faster than he was for it to be wholly unharmed after being attacked.

Si Sheng wasn't one to give up under difficult circ.u.mstances, he'd just have to think a way out of the predicament he got himself into.

Si Sheng was smart, on an even greater level after being reincarnated. To compare it to something, he would have a mind equivalent to that of a savant or the top minds from Earth.

Despite that, his combat abilities put him above most creatures that lacked intelligence and only followed instinct.

So, in the face of this creature's ridiculous speed and reaction time, Si Sheng wasn't too worried even though he was surprised. He would just think of a way to kill it whether that be leading it to a trap, or outmaneuvering it.

With a determined mindset, Si Sheng quickly thought of some ways to combat the rapid rabbit and prepared to execute them.