Previously on The Primal HunterFinally, out of the Tutorial, Jake is able to actually explore Earth and see what the transformed planet has to offer. And what it has to offer is a giant lightning tree on a massive cloud island he can check out together with his newly-gained hawk friend, which Jake naturally named Hawkie (yes, yes, very original name, but in his defense, it is a hawk).On the way up to this cloud island, Jake and Hawkie kill a bunch of birds before finally encountering enemies that arrows do not work against: living clouds. Cloud Elementals, to be more exact. Not to worry, though, Jake had not wasted his time on learning mana-manipulation for nothing as he goes full-on mage to beat them. That is until he gets a notification that his Pylon of Civilization is under attack.Flashing back a few days (because everyone loves flashbacks), we see that at his newly established “city” consisting of four people and a wooden lodge, Miranda, his newly employed City Lord, is figuri

The three remaining monkeys watched as their comrade was blasted away in shock, but it only made them more aggressive than before.With one down, he turned his attention to the Crusher. It came at him with tails swinging and arms flailing, now even more berserk than before. It was pretty strong but not very fast, and Jake easily evaded its simple movements as he took out his melee weapons.In a fluid motion, he ran his palms over both, drawing blood and coating them in Blood of the Malefic Viper. Venomfang felt oddly frail in his hand as he held it, and he knew the weapon would soon be unable to keep up with his progress. Speaking honestly, he had a feeling it would soon break anyway, him growing stronger or not. The weapon had been through a lot, and he would prefer for it not to break entirely.But for this hunt you’ll be just fine, old buddy.He blocked the clawed hand of the Crusher as he felt the weight on the blade. To Jake, it felt like the beast before him weighed tons, yet wh

Jake opened his hand as he let the body fall, the dark green glow of Touch of the Malefic Viper fading. The body that fell was that of a monkey with a black handprint on its neck and its body already half-rotten. When it hit the ground, it squashed together as its insides were already decayed and turned to mush.*You have slain [Tri-Lighttail Dervish – lvl 128] – Bonus experience earned for killing an enemy above your level*Its killer took out a healing potion and drank it. The dozens of deep cuts on his body rapidly began closing, leaving only a few of the worst ones, such as where a tail had penetrated his chest. Those would take a bit longer.The entire section of the forest he was in was utterly wrecked. The trees had deep cuts in them, the ground was littered with craters, and everything had a horrible smell of death and decay, as he hadn’t held back on using his poisons at all. The bark of many trees was black from the poison mist or arrows coated in poison hitting them.* ‘DIN

A massive crash echoed through the forest as a tree nearly three hundred meters tall toppled over. The wooden behemoth that would ordinarily be borderline impossible to take down looked old and worn, its bark peppered with many black rotten spots throughout, especially in the section that had been broken as a massive tail smashed into it.Dust and soil flew up everywhere before being cleared by an explosion caused by a blast of force and an arcane arrow colliding. Blood sizzled on the ground in many places, mixed in with nontoxic blood and flesh left by over a dozen dead monkeys scattered everywhere.Jake rolled and kicked up a bit of this blood-covered ground as he dodged the flyby of a sluggish-looking Dervish. As it flew past, the long cuts on both his arms spewed out blood drops that hit it while it was also diving through the ever-present poisonous mist from his wings.He smirked as he saw it collide with a tree nearby, its senses severely weakened due to its many injuries and c

The arrow emerged from his palm as he focused on the monkey in the distance. He had a feeling that it knew he was there, just not where exactly he was hiding. It was just sitting on top of its temple, inviting him to attack—something Jake would gladly do, and even begin with his most decisive blow possible.On a side note, Jake had tried to use Arrow of the Ambitious Hunter with his new Splitting Arrow, and it still didn’t work. He couldn’t split an arrow fired with Arcane Powershot either. Then again… it would be pretty silly if he could effectively triple the power of a powerful, epic-rarity skill with a rare skill. No, copying the Arcane Hunter’s Arrows didn’t really feel like he was copying an entire "skill."With the arrow fully summoned, Jake carefully took aim at the monkey. He was far away—several kilometers—and its back was turned, yet he felt like he knew. He couldn’t help but use Identify to once more confirm it was indeed the Prima.[Penta-Lighttail Monkey Prima – lvl 134]