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"We wouldn't dare, we mean no harm," a voice called out, and then three men and one woman emerged from the mist.

Zhao Hao looked closely and suddenly recognized someone among them. He exclaimed, "Damian?!"

"Zhao Hao?!"

Chapter 480 Professional Hunter Team, The Relentless Pursuit of the Corpse

Damian was an extraordinary being whom Zhao Hao encountered a few years ago in the Mysterious Cloud Kingdom, also known as the Jack and the Beanstalk World.

Several extraordinary individuals were caught up in the bizarre situation at that time, including Damian. They fought side by side when fighting the Titans.

He is a "hunter"!

The hunter is not just a name or a profession, but a path to transcendence and an organization of extraordinary abilities.

This organization hasn't been around for very long, only about twenty years. Most of its members were recruited in the last ten years or so.

They were basically people who had encountered some extraordinary event, survived by chance, and even killed the extraordinary creatures.

They only want humans.

After being recruited into this hunter organization, these people became hunters who specialized in hunting extraordinary creatures.

But this is just the surface. The true nature of this organization is actually a band of avengers! Humans seeking revenge against extraordinary beings!

For example, Damian was attacked by supernatural creatures while working as a guide in the Amazon rainforest.

Finally, he used a handmade wooden trap to severely injure the enemy, achieving a counterattack.

However, all the dozens of people who accompanied them died, and their deaths were extremely gruesome.

They were chased for over twenty miles in the jungle, each one dying in extreme fear, killed one by one, pure prey.

In reality, the "supernatural being" that Damian killed was actually Padte.

After the 70-year revival of psionic energy, this thing began to resume hunting rituals in the surface world, especially in South America, where it was favored by some tribes.

Damian and the burly sheriff were both pursued and killed by Petter there.

The difference is that Damian accepted the Hunter Organization's invitation and chose to join, becoming a Superhuman Hunter a few years later.

The sheriff coldly refused, then participated in the Annam War, and later retired, returning to Ruian Town to become a sheriff.

Within this hunter organization, some survived by being preyed on by Padte, others by being eaten by Elin, and still others survived by chance encountering extraordinary creatures during their years of hunting in the wilderness…

In short, they all eventually resolved to hunt down those extraordinary beings who preyed on humans.

The original founder of the Hunter Organization is dead. He was a survivor of a supernatural event and a very wealthy and powerful man.

Although he failed to become a superhuman, he spent a fortune gathering these people, providing them with the best equipment and logistics, and supporting them in hunting superhuman creatures and the minions of the evil gods around the world to avenge himself.

Especially the creatures and their kin of the Wild Hunt.

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"I didn't expect to run into you here. Were you also dragged into this?" Zhao Hao asked.

Damian said, "I never expected to meet you..." Then he pointed to the monster's corpse lying on the ground covered in sticky green blood, "and I never expected you to be so strong now!"

"I wasn't dragged into this..."

Because both sides knew each other, the communication went relatively smoothly.

Damian introduced his three teammates to Zhao Hao.

"This is Claire." She was a woman with a buzz cut, dark brown skin, and looked to be in her thirties.

Perhaps due to years of fighting and living in the wild, his skin appeared a bit rough, but he had a fierce aura.

There was a dent on her forehead that looked like a rune!

She wore a silver-gray breastplate on her upper body and a bronze-colored skirt armor on her lower body, both extraordinary equipment. At her waist was a silver-white extraordinary item resembling a handle, with a psionic energy level of Black Iron 5.

Zhao Hao looked at the breastplate and felt it looked somewhat familiar.

The style and color scheme are somewhat similar to the style of the Padette mask that Bravesta had shown him before.

"This is Hugh." This guy is practically a hairy savage.

My hair is so long, I don't know how long it's been since I've tidied it up, it's all matted.

His stubble was very noticeable, making him look to be in his forties or fifties, but his eyes were still sharp.

He was wearing a bearskin coat, and even in the humid and hot terrain resembling a basin, he didn't seem to be sweating.

The hood of the bearskin coat was shaped like a huge bear's head, making the coat itself an extraordinary item. It seemed to hold great significance for him; he was a wilderness hunter.

"This is Bear Grylls." The man looked to be in his forties, white, and quite clean-cut, with a clean-shaven beard and a buzz cut. He was wearing state-of-the-art outdoor gear, such as a waterproof jacket and outdoor shoes.

He carried a 20-centimeter-long dagger at his waist, radiating psionic energy; it seemed to be his only piece of psionic equipment. However, his own psionic energy was the strongest, appearing to be at the peak of Black Iron 5-star. He was a survival hunter.

Finally, there was Damian, who carried a bow and two quiver of arrows on his back, and a black bull horn hanging from his waist.

At this moment, Nabel was dissecting and processing the monster's corpse on the ground with a small dagger.

He skillfully used his dagger to slice open the corpse of the scorpion fly on the ground, picked out some white, shrimp-like flesh, and even cut off the venom gland at its tail.

He handed the thick strip of white meat, about two fingers thick, to Zhao Hao: "Here, your spoils. It's delicious!"

Zhao Hao waved his hand, "No, I'll pass. You can have them all."

Seeing Zhao Hao's generosity, the four of them were very happy. They dealt with the monster corpses while explaining the two monsters.

The one in front is a scorpion fly. It's not strong, but there are huge numbers of them, so they're considered to be at the bottom of the food chain here.

These lone wolves are no threat, but once they attract a large group, hundreds or thousands, it's a nightmare.

These hunters know every usable part of a monster's body like the back of their hand. They can dissect and extract a great deal of material.

It's also very straightforward to use.

Like that piece of white meat, Mr. Bell just threw it into his mouth and ate it, miamiamia~.

It contains five times the protein of a two-headed cow! It's very nutritious!

Aside from this strip of white flesh, the only thing worth anything about the scorpion fly is its venom glands.

The other giant monster is much stronger, a Black Iron 5-star peak Spider Shrimp Monster.

Especially this behemoth, which had grown to eight meters tall, had virtually no natural enemies. Yet, Zhao Hao cleaved it in two with a single chop!

There are many extraordinary materials that can be disassembled from its body, which would be worth at least tens of psionic gold coins.

Because of the encounter with the hunter team, Zhao Hao learned a lot of information about the area.

These people specifically chased them to this Wild Hunt hunting ground to hunt.

Their primary targets are the Wild Hunt's kin and creations, namely Elin and Paddet.

Their understanding of these two monsters is probably the most detailed in the world.

"The Paddets enjoy eating raw beef, possess immense strength, typically standing over two meters tall and weighing around 250 kilograms... Their hunting skills are extremely refined, and they have a superb equipment system completely different from ours..."

Damian glanced at Claire, the woman with the buzz cut, as he spoke.

Because the silver-white hilt and breastplate at her waist were Patte's equipment.

However, unlike Damian's experience of being hunted down, she encountered the adult hunting ceremony of three Padte in underground ruins during an Antarctic expedition.

As it turned out, something unexpected happened that time. Elin lost control and amassed an army. Of the three Padte, only one survived, and he was seriously injured in the end.

Claire, working with Paddeth, killed an Elin Queen and was recognized by Paddeth's Bronze-level Hunting Elder, who engraved a symbol on her forehead and gifted her equipment. She became a transcendent being—an Alien Hunter.

That is why the Padert are said to be an extraordinary race, while the Elin are an extraordinary creature.

The former possess reason, technology, a sense of community, and even a sense of honor and morality. They generally do not target defenseless females and cubs for hunting.

The latter is a ferocious monster that only knows how to hunt and reproduce. Anything that is not Elin will be attacked by them, and the queen among them has a powerful reproductive ability. Once out of control, it is extremely dangerous.

Damian said, "This time, all six Padettes perished at the very beginning of the hunting ceremony. It was all because a mutated queen appeared! Not only was she incredibly powerful in combat, but she could also reproduce, command her offspring, and possessed a hunting instinct. She was extremely cunning and killed all six inexperienced Padettes!"

"Now, they are also in this great hunting ground. If given enough time, their numbers and strength will likely increase dramatically."

In terms of individual strength, Elin poses little threat. Many extraordinary beings are far stronger than them.

But as a group, they are terrifying.

They can also rapidly enhance their psionic energy levels by consuming large amounts of food, and even acquire the psionic energy of their food.

Moreover, these Elins have a great many varieties and evolutionary directions.

For example, as mentioned before, there are empresses who are capable of reproduction.

For example, the royal guards who protect the queen possess some powerful spiritual abilities.

For example, the most numerous worker bees were called "puppies" by Damian and his companions.

Although its strength is only at the Black Iron 3 level, it is fearless and its blood contains highly corrosive acid, which would be a headache for anyone if there were many of them.

For example, the Hydralisk, which can burrow underground and spray acid from a distance.

Because of their racial ability to gain new abilities by consuming food, their evolutionary paths are incredibly diverse.

Let's get back to this great hunting ground.

It is said that the Wild Hunt's great hunting grounds appeared almost every twenty years, hundreds of years ago. Countless extraordinary individuals and beings joined in, even affecting humanity in the surface world.

It is said that the Colosseum in Rome was built by nobles who worshipped the wild hunt, in order to offer sacrifices to the hunters.

Here, the main theme is hunting others and preventing oneself from being hunted.

Those who survive to the end will be the final victors.

It is said that some extraordinary individuals are so enamored with this place that they have joined it multiple times to hunt to their heart's content.

The reason why small teams like Damian's are possible is because this option is available by default.

Just like some extraordinary races compete as a unit of race.

The four members of Damian are now considered as a team, and each team counts as one player!

"So how is victory determined in the end?" Zhao Hao asked.

Damian shook his head. “It’s different each time. Sometimes it lasts until a certain amount of time has passed, sometimes there are only a certain number of players left in the hunting grounds, and sometimes it requires hunting certain native supernatural creatures in the hunting grounds. The reasons vary.”

The rules of this game sound pretty casual!

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