Chapter 1136: Surprise?

Five kilometers east of the palace, within an ancient ruin with a history of three hundred years.

The ruins were full of broken walls and ruins, and one could vaguely see daily necessities. This was a scenic spot in the East Gorteau Republic.

This ruin was developed by a certain ruin hunter and later became a tourist attraction. The broken walls above had no viewing value, but the crisscrossing tunnels underground were a good place to escape the heat and had a sense of mystery.

At this moment, the ruin scenic spot was empty. After the Chimera Ant incident spread, as long as tourists weren't brain-damaged, they wouldn't approach the royal capital, or rather, they wouldn't come to East Gorteau for tourism at all.

Thump.

A low, muffled sound came from underground. In the crisscrossing tunnels, several men and women were running for their lives.

"Wao, where is that cat's location? Specific location."

"About 400 meters behind."

"Doudou, can you still teleport?"

"I can't do it anymore. My whole body is almost wasted. I've already teleported four times in a row. If I do it again in a short time, I will definitely die."

"Damn it."

"That cat's speed has recovered."

"She wouldn't be playing with us, would she? Feline creatures have this habit to some extent."

"How is that possible? The palace side is already in chaos. If we hadn't ransacked the palace treasury, she wouldn't have chased us."

These men and women were running at full speed in the tunnel. The leading blonde female contractor was holding a metal box in her arms. The metal box was inlaid with gems. This was a reward obtained from a special mission. Before completely shaking off the pursuers, she couldn't put this metal treasure chest into her storage space.

"What should we do? Should we give it up?"

"Bullshit. We did so many chain missions to trigger the final mission. As long as we obtain ownership of the treasure chest, the items inside can be certified by the Reincarnation Paradise. Not to mention how many Paradise Coins the treasures inside can sell for, just the Soul Crystals inside don't allow me to give up now. No risk, no reward."

"Life is more important than these things!"

The leading female contractor was named Vanessa, a mixed-race girl. She was the leader of this small adventure group, with 6 members. The group of 7 had already given up on the main mission because they knew the Ant King's heart was too difficult to snatch.

When Vanessa formed this small adventure group, the assessment rating was relatively high, reaching A+ level. Therefore, this adventure group possessed an A-level team ability that could exempt one forced execution (team type). After exempting the forced execution penalty, this skill would disappear. This was the advantage of a team.

Possessing such a "get out of jail free" card, what Vanessa had to do was to rake in benefits in the Hunter World to offset the losses from the failed main mission.

Boom!

Gravel splashed in the tunnel behind Vanessa and her group. A white-haired girl with cat ears rushed out from the rubble. Generally, a girl with this appearance would give people a soft and cute feeling, but unfortunately, this cat-girl didn't give people that feeling. Her fingertips were sharp, her leg muscles were bulging, and those round eyes were full of killing intent.

"Found you, meow."

The cat-girl shook her slender tail, and her two cat ears twitched. Her name was Neferpitou, one of the Ant King's three direct guards. Her hobby was studying the structure of other creatures or hunting prey, just like now.

The cat-girl didn't actually care about appearance or figure. Although her upper body was curvy, the two thick, muscular legs on her lower body destroyed this beauty. These two legs were very "Spartan."

In the cat-girl's view, as long as her combat power was strong enough, she didn't care about the beauty or ugliness of her appearance.

"We're dead."

A male contractor took a few steps back. The reason he dared to sneak into the palace was entirely because there was a space-type support in the team, which gave him confidence.

However, a one-kilometer teleport couldn't shake off the cat-girl's tracking. At first, they held a fluke mentality, thinking the cat-girl wouldn't leave the palace; after all, the courtyard was already in a mess.

Unfortunately, whether it was the Ant King or the cat-girl, they had never seen a very powerful human and thought humans were a weak species, so they didn't pay attention at all.

"Ms. Neferpitou, the Ant King is in danger now. We can trade a very important piece of information for our lives. As for this treasure chest, we are also willing to return it to its owner."

"The King is in danger now?"

The smile on the cat-girl's face disappeared. She wouldn't let go of anything that could threaten the King, even if it was a one-in-ten-thousand chance.

"That's right, Chairman Netero of the Hunter Association is about to arrive. He is the strongest human. If the Ant King is defeated by him..."

"What a joke. The King will never be hurt by humans."

Purple aura surged from the cat-girl's body. She became very aggressive and cruel.

"However... anything that can threaten the King cannot be underestimated. Tell me what you know. If it is indeed very important information, I can spare you. As for the money you stole, if the information is important enough, I can reward you."

The cat-girl's proposal was very tempting. She wouldn't underestimate anything that could threaten the Ant King. As for sparing these contractors, it was impossible. She had already planned to quickly ask for general information from these people, then leave one survivor, peel off the other party's skull, and use Nen ability to manipulate the other party's brain to confirm the authenticity of the information obtained.

As for these contractors, they never thought the cat-girl would spare them. They were buying time, buying time for the space-type contractor in the team. As long as that support's ability recovered, they could teleport 3-4 times in a row.

"Okay, the situation is roughly like this..."

Vanessa organized her thoughts. She knew her current situation very well. If they fought the cat-girl head-on, they would all be dead.

Just as Vanessa was about to reveal to the cat-girl that the Chairman had already gone to find the Ant King, the whole tunnel suddenly shook.

Boom!

Dust fell from the ceiling. Vanessa and the others looked up.

"What is it this time?"

The space-type girl in the small team even had a tremor in her voice.

Boom, boom, boom!

The mountains shook and the ground moved, as if the tunnel was about to collapse. The cat-girl's eyes were fixed on the top.

After the shaking stopped for a few seconds, a closer roar came.

With a crash, rubble fell from above, and a huge figure landed, just blocking the other side of Vanessa and the others.

Bang!

The huge figure landed. In the slightly dim tunnel, one could only see a pair of blood-red eyes.

When Vanessa and the others saw the appearance of that figure, they all swallowed their saliva.

"Bull... Bull Demon King?"

Vanessa ignored her teammate's absurd nickname. She stared at the creature suspected to be a minotaur. This thing gave her a feeling that it was not to be trifled with.

Whoosh~

Another figure jumped into the tunnel from above, and a light red aura emerged.

Seeing this figure, Vanessa immediately judged that the other party was a human. No, the other party was a contractor, a very, very difficult contractor to deal with.

With the cat-girl blocking the way in front and a contractor who couldn't be fought head-on blocking the way behind, Vanessa felt that the current situation was even more desperate.

"The woman over there, the box in your hand... seems quite good."

Hearing this sentence from the newcomer, Vanessa couldn't help but groan. The metal treasure chest in her hand fell to the ground with a clatter. She could fool the cat-girl for a moment, but she couldn't fool this "contractor" whose intentions were unknown.

8) ===== CHAPTER 1137 =====