CHAPTER 72: CHAPTER 41: THE CHASE

"Yan Luo is still running, doesn’t he need any rest at all?!"

"Five hours! It’s been a full five hours since Yan Luo encountered the City-breaking Level mutant buffalo, and he still hasn’t been caught by that mutated creature!"

The two commentators roared excitedly. Even though it was almost time for them to change shifts, they had no intention of stopping.

It’s because Yan Luo’s performance was simply too brilliant.

In the past five hours, Yan Luo hadn’t inflicted any substantial harm on the giant buffalo—the weapon in his hand was just like scratching an itch for it.

But Yan Luo skillfully utilized the surrounding environment, repeatedly limiting the buffalo’s movements and creating opportunities for himself to escape.

No one knew the amount of ingenious thoughts in his mind nor how he could come up with so many ways to make use of the surroundings.

No one knew how hard Yan Luo studied and researched the competition and the venue before the match began. His efforts now transformed into real assistance that supported him.

If it weren’t for those preparations he made before the competition, Yan Luo might have had to send out a distress signal long ago.

The wealthy individuals who had released the giant buffalo into the arena, now secretly observing the competition’s developments, were nearly unable to hold back and almost shouted out in a loss of composure upon seeing Yan Luo escape time and time again.

Even they had to admit that Yan Luo had solid qualities and was a genuine Hunter.

But the problem is here!

Yan Luo was sent by their opponent, and for them, the best outcome is Yan Luo getting rammed to death by the giant buffalo, next would be Yan Luo calling for assistance and exiting the competition. Anything else wouldn’t be a favorable outcome.

However, now Yan Luo is still running.

He seems to have thought of a plan to kill the giant buffalo, deliberately provoking the mutated creature all the way, making sure the giant buffalo continued to follow him.

The giant buffalo was already blinded by anger, persistently following Yan Luo’s footsteps, running all the way toward the west coast.

Yan Luo has thrown the Hunter skill competition into chaos, and the main stream’s camera has been locked onto him, while other competitors didn’t even get a single frame of footage.

What could be more exciting in the Hunter skill competition than one participant fighting against a City-breaking Level mutant creature?

Not to mention that the City-breaking Level mutant creature killed another participant as effortlessly as kicking the bucket of a stray dog.

With other participants serving as a reference group, Yan Luo’s demonstrated skills and qualities were captivating enough, and the audience recognized his prowess.

Unlike other hunters who relied on strength for hunting, Yan Luo primarily relied on his intellect.

The wealthy individuals didn’t want to see Yan Luo in the main stream, yet Yan Luo has brought more traffic to the Hunter skill competition show.

If it were Yan Luo’s own stream, the program crew would have to give him a share of the profit. In the main stream, even if there’s still a share, the proportion isn’t high.

The portion removed would end up in the wealthy individuals’ pockets, and now nearly ninety million people squeezed into the Hunter skill competition’s main stream, almost breaking historical records.

All of this is money, and the wealthy individuals were reluctant to part with it.

So the main stream’s camera remained fixed on Yan Luo.

The enthusiasm-driven two commentators received a producer’s reminder; it was time for them to switch.

With a last, lingering look at the live broadcast footage, they ended their shift.

The producer cut the footage from the current studio, placing another studio’s footage into the bottom-right corner of the main stream, where two new commentators had already taken their places.

"Let’s take a look at Yan Luo’s escape route map... Hmm, it seems he’s headed towards the west coast, what is he trying to do? Use the city’s defensive powers to deal with that City-breaking Level mutant creature?"

"Leaving the hunting ground would be equivalent to automatically quitting the competition, wouldn’t it?"

"Indeed, our competition has that rule, but according to his current trajectory, he probably won’t run towards a city."

"There is indeed a portion of the west coast area that belongs to the arena, he’s going there? For what?"

No one yet knows exactly what Yan Luo plans to do, however, with a billion eyes watching him, even among these viewers, the astute ones can glean his intentions.

A lot of people have already pulled up maps to study Yan Luo’s plan, and as they observe, an absurd idea started forming in their minds.

—Could it be that Yan Luo intends to lure that City-breaking Level mutant creature to the seaside?

The location where Yan Luo landed is situated in the basin’s central area, at least a thousand kilometers away from the west coast!

Not to mention running there, driving would take even four to five hours.

Yan Luo needs to both run and figure out ways to obstruct the giant buffalo’s pursuit, which is practically impossible.

He’s just an ordinary person and doesn’t have the stamina for that!

However, Yan Luo does have that kind of stamina.

While others are clueless, Sasa knows it clearly.

During the time affected by bloodshed frenzy, Yan Luo fought continuously with demons for a full twenty-two hours to release his physical pain.

During this period, Yan Luo continuously consumed demons and continuously digested Magic Power to support his body’s functions.

Magic Power increases Yan Luo’s endurance and fitness, coupled with exoskeleton assistance, it’s entirely possible for Yan Luo to reach the west coast in twenty-six hours.

If he wants to expose his true strength, this time could be compressed to under eighteen hours.

Sasa does not worry about Yan Luo’s life safety, because the area he is in is not the Abyss, he can apply for orbital weapon strikes at any time provided he is willing to seek help from the program crew and abandon this match.

Thus, Sasa took out pen and paper, carefully recording the data Yan Luo demonstrated.

Far in the Western Domain, Yan Luo raced westward, crossing rivers, over hills.

The giant buffalo tireslessly pursued him, refusing to stop until it kills him.

This was the result of Yan Luo occasionally provoking it during his run.

The buffalo fell into traps repeatedly, and it was entirely due to Yan Luo’s calculations that made it fall, how could it not be furious?

Yan Luo has been running with the buffalo for nearly six hours now, and the buffalo began to smarten up, realizing it couldn’t charge recklessly any longer.

However, how unpredictable can a beast’s tricks be, when Yan Luo had already seen through its minor thoughts, he even began utilizing the buffalo’s minor thoughts to set traps for it.

All the way, besides the buffalo, Yan Luo barely encountered any other mutant creatures.

Other mutant creatures were intimidated by the giant buffalo’s might and fled early, leaving Yan Luo with no chance to run into them.

The same logic applies to the other participants, they can sense the existence of the City-breaking Level mutant buffalo and wouldn’t dare come near to suffer in vain.

Yan Luo didn’t have to be distracted to deal with other mutant creatures and competitors, which was a good thing, but also a bad thing. This meant he similarly couldn’t use other mutant creatures or competitors to deal with the giant buffalo pursuing him.

The perception module of the exoskeleton remained on full power, tirelessly gathering information about the surrounding environment for Yan Luo, and combined with Yan Luo’s already strong perception, allowing him to reach an almost omnipotent state.

Because of this, Yan Luo was able to find places he could leverage time and again to restrict the giant buffalo’s movements.

Swish, swish, swish!

Yan Luo slid down a snow-covered slope, the pursuing buffalo stood atop the mountain, glanced at Yan Luo, and did not directly jump down but instead turned to take another path downhill.

It was a gentle slope; despite being far from the foot of the mountain, the buffalo sprinted on it, descending even faster than Yan Luo.

The buffalo couldn’t have expected Yan Luo to use a grappling hook to latch onto a withered tree during his slide, slowing down and causing the tree’s roots to snap and the trunk to fly over.

When the dead wood flew towards him, Yan Luo lay flat on the ground, letting the wood soar over his head.

Immediately after, the grappling hook tied to the dead wood propelled Yan Luo’s body down the mountain faster.

Within a few minutes, the dead wood fell into the water, swept along by the surging water current, while Yan Luo clutched the dead wood headed downstream.

He glanced back at the buffalo, discovering it was still descending the mountain.

"Moo!!!!"

The buffalo roared in rage.