CHAPTER 69: CHAPTER 38: CITY-BREAKING LEVEL

[No! We must stop him!]

The second day of the Hunter skill competition had ended, and on this day, Yan Luo had earned another 500 points, bringing his total score to over 1000 points.

If he could score another 500 points on the third day, the competition would basically be over.

Other contestants could at most earn 150 points a day, and even then, they might not score that much every day.

As time went on, the contestants’ ammunition supply diminished, and their daily hunts would gradually decrease.

Generally, the winner’s score in each Hunter skill competition ranged from 1200 to 1400 points, with the highest score in history being only 1800 points.

After all, participants in the competition were not solely there to show their strength to the audience, but more to advertise for their sponsors.

They would subtly yet noticeably advertise to the audience during live streams, which was their true source of income.

This kind of thing couldn’t be done without professional training, and traditional Hunters who walk in the Abyss have no patience for such training.

Furthermore, the Hunter skill competition basically had a script, and everyone had to perform according to it, so traditional Hunters would not participate in this show.

Just like Yan Luo, if it weren’t for the support of the Hunter’s Guild, he would be at an absolute disadvantage in this competition, because other contestants’ backers would surely provide them with support, while Yan Luo could only fight alone.

Now, Yan Luo’s displayed dominance had unsettled all the sponsors.

Yan Luo was just an ordinary person and wasn’t the most powerful among traditional Hunters.

If the audience realized the chasm-like difference between the contestants of the Hunter skill competition and traditional Hunters, the show would quickly decline.

Therefore, Yan Luo had to lose.

But from the current situation, the only way to make Yan Luo lose was through underhanded tactics.

In a network chat room with a ’top secret’ level, several projections sat beside a round table. One of the overweight men slammed his hat on the table and shouted, [If we don’t stop him, the Hunter skill competition will be over!]

This show had brought them too much traffic and money, and no one wanted to see it decline without reason.

Even if they could later turn this show into one that invited traditional Hunters as a selling point, without the intangible advertising within the show, they would earn a lot less money.

For them, earning less money was more painful than cutting their flesh.

[Everyone knows we need to stop him, but the question is how to stop him?]

Just as the overweight man’s words fell, a middle-aged man with a mustache sitting nearby questioned.

A gleam of cruelty flashed in the overweight man’s eyes as he sinisterly said, [Release a city-breaking level mutant creature!]

The others showed no change in expression but began considering the feasibility of this plan.

[Even though we cleared the venue of city-breaking level mutant creatures in advance, it’s not impossible for the dangerous level mutant creatures originally in the arena to become city-breaking level... This makes sense.]

Although they knew that the appearance of a city-breaking level mutant creature would certainly affect their contestants.

But those people’s lives were worthless, and if they died, they could still make some limited-edition merchandise and earn more money.

If fans missed them in the future, they could even create a virtual avatar to drain the fans’ money.

Calling for help is equivalent to forfeiting, and if Yan Luo chose to call for help, their purpose would be achieved, and there would be no need to continue targeting Yan Luo. But if Yan Luo did not ask for help...sorry, they would let the program’s crew turn a blind eye.

......

"...Huh!"

Yan Luo suddenly awoke.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a wave of unease.

This feeling had never occurred before, and he didn’t know why it happened suddenly.

Was it an illusion?

Yan Luo pondered for a moment and shook his head.

He didn’t think it was an illusion, as after his physical abilities were enhanced, his senses had also changed.

His intuition was now much more acute than before, so he was willing to trust his instincts.

Something was targeting him!

Yan Luo summoned the time display and glanced at the time.

——[05:23].

He had slept for over seven hours, which was quite decent.

He took some energy gel from his backpack, stood up, and ate while walking.

At this moment, a flying craft bypassed the program’s surveillance and quietly arrived above the competition venue.

Ten kilometers away from Yan Luo, a metal cage was dropped by the flying craft.

Once it landed, the cage door automatically opened, and a massive beast was drawn out by pheromones from within.

The beast had just woken up from anesthesia, its mind still unclear. Even as the cage door clanged shut behind it, it remained unfazed, quietly gazing at the pitch-black night sky from the hillside.

The flying craft retrieved the cage and quickly left the wilderness.

About ten minutes later, the giant beast finally snapped back to reality, letting out a mighty roar to celebrate its regained freedom.

The roar seemed to shake the mountains, the strong wind roaring through, breaking apart the overcast clouds, under the suddenly pouring bright moonlight, countless branches trembled, shedding the fine snow from their tips.

Yan Luo’s ears twitched, suddenly turning towards a certain direction.

He seemed to hear something...

Ten kilometers away, a muscular wild buffalo looked at the floating red dot in the distance, involuntarily shaking its head, trying to shake the red dot away from its sight.

In its eyes, the red dot indeed moved, but when it turned back, the red dot would reappear in front of it.

After deciding to release a city-breaking level mutant creature, this buffalo underwent eye modification.

The tracker implanted in the buffalo’s retina could constantly pinpoint Yan Luo’s location, as long as it didn’t kill Yan Luo, the red dot would permanently linger in its vision.

Even if the buffalo turned away, avoiding Yan Luo’s location, the red dot would still remain.

Therefore, the buffalo felt extremely irritated.

"Moo!!"

The thunderous roar echoed through the mountains, and this time Yan Luo heard it more clearly.

Hearing the faint noise, Yan Luo felt his heart skip a beat, the skin on his head tingling as if it were exploding.

A terrifying monster had emerged near him!

Even though this ’near’ might be ten to fifteen kilometers away, that distance was already close enough for a mutant creature at least of city-breaking level.

For some reason, he had a feeling that the monster would definitely come for him.

Yan Luo was willing to trust his instincts, so he began to devise a plan.

He inspected his gear but found that with his current strength, he couldn’t inflict even the slightest damage on a city-breaking level mutant creature.

If he didn’t want to exit the competition, Yan Luo had to think of other ways to deal with that city-breaking level mutant creature.

Although it was just a premonition, Yan Luo was almost certain that the city-breaking level mutant creature would come for him.

"If my own strength can’t solve this, then I’ll use the power of nature..."

Yan Luo muttered to himself, lifting his head to look around.

Soon, he came up with a good idea.

As Yan Luo headed out to set up the hunting ground, the buffalo also started to move, its hefty legs taking it toward the red dot perpetually hovering in its sight.

It felt overwhelmingly annoyed with this ’little bug,’ needing to completely remove it from its vision.

The ground began to tremble as if the mountains were roaring, and even the sky started rumbling.

Lightning danced in the clouds, gathering them and once again concealing the bright moon, plunging the land into darkness.

The production crew noticed the existence of this city-breaking level mutant creature. The main live broadcast room, operating in three-person shifts with each group covering eight hours, immediately shifted its lens to the giant rampaging buffalo.

Standing ten meters tall at the shoulder and eighteen meters in length, the colossal beast sprinted across the land, each hoofprint leaving a deep pit in the ground.

Before the Abyss descended, Blue Star’s environment couldn’t sustain the existence of such a gigantic beast; just the atmospheric pressure could crumble it completely.

However, Magic Power, a wondrous energy akin to a ’wish machine.’

Supported by Magic Power, this giant beast could stand proudly on the earth.

The production crew predicted the monster’s path and marked two points on its route.

Those were the participants in this competition, one of whom was Yan Luo.