Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 34 Hunting the Shadow Cat
Chapter 34

Reluctantly, Rosen climbed ashore and looked at the shimmering sea behind him in the moonlight.

The extraordinary sea monsters in the ocean are too easy to kill. You only need to lure them to the shore and then hide there to take them down from a distance without taking any damage.

He doesn't care about exhausting resources; if he can kill someone, he'll wipe out all the extraordinary creatures in the sea within the Spirit Realm.

However, this afternoon, he encountered a Sequence 7 extraordinary sea monster.

Having barely managed to escape the pursuit using Shadow Cloak and the Mysterious Study, continuing to hunt sea monsters is no longer as easy as it was two days ago.

However, the fact that more than one Sequence 7 extraordinary creature could be born in this spiritual realm suggests that the spiritual realm's foundation is much deeper than imagined. This also means that even if the Sequence 7 Shadow Cat is lured away, he still needs to be careful of other Sequence 7 extraordinary creatures of other species in the dense forest.

Of course, he didn't need to worry too much, because Shadow Cloak was enough to deal with all the dangers of the Death Forest.

Otherwise, those Shadow Cats below Sequence 7 wouldn't be able to move freely in the Dead Forest.

Rosen sensed a self-portrait hundreds of meters away and activated it through a spiritual connection.

It was the time when the moonlight was at its brightest. Rosen, in his self-portrait, stepped out of the painting and stood lifelike on the shore. At the same time, his spiritual manifestation, a clone, held a signal gun and fired several flares into the sky.

Shadowcats hide in the shadows of the dense forest during the day to avoid the sun, but at night they love to climb to the top of the tree to bask in the moonlight.

The sudden appearance of a flashbang on the horizon instantly brought back terrible memories for some of the Shadow Cats from the past few days.

"Humans haven't left yet..."

"We're no match for him. He'll ambush us and kill us. We won't be able to find him..."

"Quickly... go find the leader... with the leader there are no cowardly humans to fear..."

Shadowcats ventured deeper into the Death Forest one after another in search of the Sequence 7 Shadowcat leader. Relying on their unique means of communication, the Shadowcat leader quickly realized that the dangerous human had not left the Spirit Realm.

Soon the Shadow Cat leader arrived at the shore, only to find that he was facing nothing more than a fake who would be easily defeated.

However, the Shadowcat leader immediately saw a flash of light rising into the sky several miles away and immediately sped up, moving through the shadows to approach the next target.

Hidden in the mysterious study, Rosen watched as the Sequence 7 Shadowcat was lured away by the flare fired from the next self-portrait.

As Rosen circled the sea, he left behind numerous scents on the shore during the first half of his hunt for sea creatures. With the life force of his self-portrait and the guidance of the flares, the Shadow Cat leader was eventually led to the other side of the island.

That will be the perfect opportunity for him to storm into the dense forest and hunt down the Shadow Cats without restraint.

The Shadow Cat leader was incredibly fast. In less than an hour, the self-portrait that Rosen had set up on the opposite shore of the island had already witnessed the Shadow Cat leader approaching. This meant that he should not have more than half an hour to hunt down the Shadow Cat.

Rosen burst out of the mysterious study, vanished into the shadows, and plunged into the deadly forest.

Along the way, he carried an open glass bottle with him, inside which a piece of Shadow Cat's rotting tail constantly emitted a peculiar smell.

The shadow cats in the nearby jungle sensed the scent of their kin's corpses and, without much thought, spontaneously began to hunt down Rosen.

Rosen quickly spotted a Sequence 8 Shadowcat catching up and immediately let go of the doll pendant he was holding, causing it to fall. The Shadowcat noticed the human's dropped item, picked it up, and used its spiritual sense to determine what it was.

Because the Shadowcat inherited some of the Hunter's memories, it was easy to determine that this was an extraordinary artifact.

Not only does it greatly enhance the five senses, but it also has no side effects. The Shadow Cat, chasing Lawson, thoroughly examined the doll pendant but found no trace of a trap.

So while chasing Rosen, he also refined the doll pendant in his hand.

Rosen saw this scene through the Hunter God's Eye and knew in his heart that his plan had succeeded.

He can make Shadowcats below Sequence 7 wary, and tonight they didn't even go to the shore with the Shadowcat leader.

The key lies in his mystery, in the fact that no shadow cat has ever seen his true form.

Now that he has appeared openly, what is shown to Shadowcat is only a mere Sequence 9 Hunter level. Under such circumstances, Shadowcat, who is Sequence 8, naturally has the courage to pursue relentlessly, and there is even a certain probability that he will directly refine the doll pendant after picking it up.

If you find the doll pendant and don't use your spiritual power to refine it, Lawson will turn around and kill you, replacing it with a Shadow Cat.

To Rosen's surprise, the first Shadowcat took the bait, which made him very happy.

The refining speed of low-level extraordinary items is very fast. Just half a minute after Shadow Cat completely refined the doll pendant, Lawson saw Shadow Cat put the doll pendant into his pocket. He immediately turned around and threw out several spiritual paintings with flashbangs on them.

Lawson and Shadowcat's vision was instantly impaired by the flashbang, but both had alternatives for their vision.

The Hunter's Eyes are eyes made of Nen, so they can still see clearly even without being affected by flashbangs.

Although the Shadow Cat was deprived of its sight, the enhanced hearing and sense of smell from the doll pendant allowed it to dodge the first wave of bullets and crossbow bolts fired by Lawson. Even when the bullets and crossbow bolts were tracking and turning, the Shadow Cat was able to use its curved sword to cut through the crossbow bolts and cleave the bullets.

Instead of continuing to shoot, Rosen took out a dozen more spiritual paintings.

One-third flashbangs, one-third noise grenades, and one-third poison gas grenades.

Whether it's sight, hearing, or smell, everything is within Rosen's destructive range this time.

He had considered throwing all three types of grenades at once in the first wave, but he didn't know if Shadowcat had any special survival methods. In addition, to increase the chance of converting the hunting ability into the doll pendant, it would be best to let Shadowcat actively activate the power of the doll pendant during the battle.

Now that his goal had been achieved, Rosen immediately activated Death Strike with the Godslayer Crossbow.

The volley of bullets and crossbow bolts hit Shadowcat accurately this time. The incendiary released by the exploding bullets and crossbow bolts dealt Shadowcat a fatal blow. The moment the Hunter's Eye saw the orb fall, Rosen had already activated the Elemental Shield Necklace and stepped forward to pick up the loot.

After retreating a certain distance from the burning inferno, Rosen immediately crushed the light orb to check his harvest.

The doll pendant was still intact, and he immediately became disappointed and continued to venture deeper into the dense forest to attract the next Sequence 8 Shadow Cat.

Twenty minutes later, the fourth Sequence 8 Shadow Cat fell at Rosen's feet.

This time, after crushing the ball of light, the doll pendant was no longer seen. Instead, the doll pendant was transformed into a new skill crystal by the hunter's extraordinary essence, which was ultimately converted into hunting ability.

Without hesitation, Rosen crushed the spell card and, enveloped in a protective aura, soared into the air and escaped the dense forest.

Half an hour later, the Shadow Cat leader arrived late and could only angrily order all Shadow Cats to form teams to hunt enemies from now on.

Meanwhile, Rosen had already successfully refined the skill crystal he had painstakingly acquired in the mysterious study.

(End of this chapter)