The Hunter's Path: Starting as a constable, ascend to the Old Ones.

Chapter 88: Perfect Ending, Sequence 8 Bounty Hunter

"Huh!?"

Lu Ming turned off the walkie-talkie, and the buzzing sound of electricity finally disappeared, restoring silence to the monitoring room.

At that moment, he suddenly frowned, raised his pistol and looked at the two seemingly dead bandits on the ground. With his keen hearing, he could actually hear a faint heartbeat from the two dead bodies.

"Life is so tenacious!"

He listened intently and finally confirmed that the faint heartbeat was coming from the bandit trapped underneath. Because of the bandit above, the bandit trapped underneath had a chance to survive.

However, this faint heartbeat was extremely weak and could stop at any moment.

Even if Lu Ming didn't intervene, this bandit probably wouldn't have survived.

"panel!"

Lu Ming remembered something and pulled up his character panel to check it.

Extraordinary Being: Lu Ming, Sequence 9: Hunter Skills: Hunting, Marking, Aimbot, Eagle Eye —

Space: Backpack; Summoned Item: Bloodhound; Role-playing Quest: Hunt 100 Prey!

(99/100)

He looked at the number in the mission column and his heart skipped a beat. Unbeknownst to him, he was about to complete the Sequence 9 Hunter role-playing mission.

Click!

Lu Ming's eyes turned cold as he raised his gun and aimed it at the bandit who was already on the verge of death. "Don't struggle anymore. I'll send you on your way."

Two gunshots rang out.

The already faint heartbeat immediately stopped.

The next second, under Lu Ming's gaze, the number of hunts in the role-playing mission jumped directly from 99 to 100!

A virtual notification popped up before his eyes: "Ding, Sequence 9 Hunter role-playing quest completed!"

As soon as this notification popped up, Lu Ming underwent a dramatic transformation. A warm current suddenly appeared and quickly swept over his entire body, greatly enhancing his bones, muscles, meridians, and other bodily functions.

It was as if the energy accumulated from hunting a hundred prey had been concentrated and exploded at this moment.

Click!

Popping sounds emanated from his body, his blood surged like a great river, and his heart pounded violently, emitting a deep roar like an engine.

boom!

Lu Ming felt as if he had inexhaustible strength within him. He clenched his fist and punched the iron cabinet in front of him. With a clang, the part of the iron cabinet that he hit immediately dented and twisted into a ball, with cracks spreading out like a spider web.

The metal cabinet was a full millimeter thick, yet he shattered it with a single punch, without feeling any pain.

The increase in his physical strength not only gave him great power, but also greater resilience to blows.

His physical attributes had already been enhanced when he was promoted to Sequence 9 Hunter, and he was known to have the strength of a bear.

Now, the power of his punch should be comparable to that of a brown bear.

If he hits a person's vital parts, he can kill them with one punch; if he hits other parts, he can cause fractures, ruptured organs, and so on.

It's fair to say that he now possesses monstrous physical abilities.

"Sequence 8 Bounty Hunter Promotion Quest Issued —"

The next moment, another notification message popped up.

"Bounty Hunter —"

A look of understanding flashed in Lu Ming's eyes. The Sequence 8 profession was indeed not the Provocateur as expected, but a brand new Bounty Hunter profession.

Based on the various anomalies that had occurred with the Sequence 9 hunters, he had already guessed that the Sequence 8 hunter was very likely not a provocateur of the normal sequence.

Clearly, the hunter's path he now possesses is vastly different from the hunter's path he remembered.

Even among the same Sequence 9 hunters, there are fundamental differences in content.

The original Sequence 9 Hunter didn't have as many pathway skills as he does.

It can be said that his Sequence 9 Hunter is far beyond the limit in the original book's Sequence 9 pathway, and his strength has reached the level of Sequence 8 and Sequence 7 in other pathways.

Therefore, you can now see a change in the career path for your next stage, Sequence 8.

Lu Ming was not surprised at all.

He was certain that his Hunter Path had undergone some unknown mutation, and it was possible for it to evolve into anything in the future.

"Never mind the details, it's more important to acquire the means to make a living."

Lu Ming shook his head, not wanting to think about it too much, lest he fall into a mental trap and cause unnecessary trouble.

"The promotion quest for Sequence 8 Bounty Hunter has been issued!"

As the notification popped up, the panel in front of Lu Ming underwent a huge change: Extraordinary Person: Lu Ming, Sequence 8: Bounty Hunter (Unpromoted)

Skills: Hunting, Marking, Aimbot, Eagle Eye —

Space: Backpack Summoned Item: Bloodhound Promotion Ritual: Accept and complete a high-quality bounty.

(0/1)

"A promotion ceremony!?"

Lu Ming stared blankly at the ritual mission on the panel. He didn't need to take a potion to advance to Sequence 8, or rather, the ritual mission replaced the process of taking a potion.

"Bounty missions—where do I even begin?"

He pondered that sequence quests couldn't be done carelessly. When he was doing the basic upgrade quest for a Sequence 9 hunter, he originally planned to just hunt a field mouse to complete the task, but it turned out to be unfeasible.

Undeterred, he went to the slaughterhouse and paid to work there to butcher a large white pig, but it didn't work out the same way.

Sequence tasks seem to have their own set of evaluation criteria, requiring tasks to meet certain quality standards to pass.

Just like his role as a Sequence 9 hunter, only high-quality prey killed during the hunt will be counted.

This directly cost him the opportunity to exploit loopholes.

Similarly, if his Sequence 8 promotion ceremony task involves completing small bounty tasks like finding cats or dogs, he will most likely fail.

I must accept a serious, high-reward mission.

However, he wasn't in a hurry; his most pressing task was to deal with the gang of thugs and rescue the hostages.

As for the universal ascension ceremony of Sequence 8, he will think about it slowly when he gets back.

Lu Ming looked at the monitor and saw the various groups of people moving in an orderly manner. He pondered his next plan. Most of the bandits were concentrated in the exhibition hall on the top floor. If they rushed up and a gunfight broke out, it could result in a large number of hostages being killed or wounded.

That would be a losing proposition.

Afterwards, they will be blamed for something terrible.

At best, they'll be dismissed and investigated; at worst, they'll face criminal charges, go through a trial, and be sent to Stanley Prison for ten or eight years.

Lu Ming was naturally not afraid of being dismissed or investigated, since his purpose as a police officer was to complete the hunting mission.

Now, he has been promoted to Sequence 8 Bounty Hunter, which means he has achieved the ultimate success in his job as a police officer.

He can retire at any time and actively prepare for the promotion ceremony of a Sequence 8 bounty hunter.

However, even though he wanted to retreat, he didn't want to be kicked out in such a humiliating way.

Moreover, Chen Jiaju and Li Jie had already rushed forward, and he couldn't possibly abandon his two comrades.

Among the exhibitors were some of his "acquaintances".

Both morally and logically, he should do his best to save people.

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