Chapter 2603: Counter-Hunting

The two pieces of news brought by the Gourmet were not good. The survivors had joined forces and formed two temporary factions.

The bad news was that the contractors on their side had actually "united." The Gourmet identified this as bad news, not because he thought their 40-plus people were stronger than the 200-plus people of the "Survivor Alliance."

In the Gourmet's view, the fact that these contractors on their side had suddenly united would definitely not lead to anything good. These people might pull some tricks, so they needed to be guarded against, unlike the "Survivor Alliance" side, whose goals were pure—either completing missions or acquiring resources.

The Gourmet didn't stay long before leaving. He prepared to go and see what the contractors on their side were actually going to do. These people not only invited survivors to join, but even the Gourmet, as a hunter, received an invitation.

In less than an hour, Su Xiao received news from the Gourmet's side, intelligence sent by a giant-billed bird.

The main reason the Gourmet was willing to share intelligence was that once the people on their side started causing trouble, he would choose to join forces with Su Xiao to kill all 40-plus contractors on their side.

Su Xiao crushed the black crystal in his hand, and tentacles spread out, outlining words in the air in front of him.

Seeing the content of the Gourmet's message, Su Xiao felt much more at ease. Just a few hours ago, the 40-plus contractors on their side had indeed gathered together. After discussion, they formed a temporary organization called the Dark Force.

This kind of temporary organization was different from the alliances in war worlds. Right now, they needed a leader, and the problem lay right there—the process of choosing a leader got stuck.

After a "friendly" and lively gathering, two people eventually died, and then they disbanded on the spot. In fact, these lone wolves were just there to watch the fun. In survival-type worlds, they didn't need to join forces with others.

It was precisely for this reason that the Gourmet suspected they were going to cause trouble. Once a group of lone wolves got together, they would either fight or cause trouble.

The black tentacles in mid-air slowly dissipated. Su Xiao sat cross-legged near the water curtain and pondered. The current situation was that, except for the contractors on their side, all other survivors had united to form the Survivor Alliance.

This meant that the hunting had become bidirectional. No matter which side it was, they could obtain huge benefits after killing the enemy, especially the survivor side. If one of them killed a hunter who had already killed multiple survivors, such as the Gourmet or Tank Man, the gains for that person would be exaggerated.

It might not be long before the Survivor Alliance began to use the water source area as the center, in the form of 20-person squads, searching radially toward the surroundings to find the traces of the hunters.

With the mobility of the contractors, this kind of thing might start very soon, or rather, it had already been carried out to a certain extent.

"Woof!"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang suddenly barked, meaning that a suspicious target had entered within 800 meters—it was several insect-type summons.

Xiang Bubu didn't use perception to sense enemies but used the Ice and Snow Aura. When not in combat, it would switch the Ice and Snow Aura to neutral mode, meaning enemies would also receive the aura's buffs. The moment an enemy entered the aura's range, they would receive a notification.

Even if the enemy refused to receive the aura's buff, they would still be detected by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and that was enough. This type of early warning method was sometimes more effective than specialized perception skills, the reason being that 99% of contractors would guard against perception-type abilities, but very few would guard against buff auras.

The efficiency of the Survivor Alliance was higher than imagined. Four hours ago, they were still fighting for the Life Dragon Essence. After the fight ended, they took advantage of everyone being gathered to form the Survivor Alliance.

The water source area was the area where contractors were most densely gathered. The Survivor Alliance would definitely use that as the center to search for hunters.

It had only been a few hours, and a certain survivor's summon had already reached the Tiger Bee Area, which meant they had already roughly searched the water source area and were preparing to head toward the adjacent Tiger Bee Area and Swamp Area.

The Twin Apes of the Swamp Area were dead, and the Bee Queen in the Tiger Bee Area, who could threaten the Survivor Alliance, was a super homebody. This would lead to the survivors being able to move freely in these three major areas before long.

Thinking of these things, Su Xiao did not intend to continue staying in the Tiger Bee Area but headed toward the rear of the Tiger Bee Area. That was an unexplored area where no one went. The main reason was that the supply box drop points for the past three days were all in the Water Source Area, Tiger Bee Area, and Swamp Area.

Su Xiao walked past the water curtain. Just as he walked out of the semi-open cave, two afterimages rushed out from the bushes. These were two beetles with cyan shells.

*Bang, bang. *

The two beetles exploded, and cyan smoke spread, affecting a range of over ten meters around.

Su Xiao raised his left arm. On the sleeve of his left arm, cyan light particles were stained.

"Amu, Baha, take Xibeier and wait at the predetermined location."

"Understood."

Baha flew into the high sky, Amu carried Xibeier and disappeared into the dense forest with large strides. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang merged into the environment and patrolled near Su Xiao, not with Amu and Baha.

Since the enemy wanted to hunt, Su Xiao chose to accompany them to the end. In the Reincarnation Paradise, the Black Sail Chamber of Commerce, which sold intelligence, had once conducted statistics. They invited strong people from various aspects such as mages, technique-types, assassin-types, summoner-types, children of the forest, tank-types, spatial-types, and battle-healer-types to conduct random terrain encounter battles through the arena inside the Paradise.

The result was that when dealing with Lord boss units or Overlord units, mages and tank-types were recognized as strong.

If it was an encounter battle between contractors, the recognized strongest were three types: technique-type, spatial-type, and battle-healer-type. For other types, it was no longer a question of whether they were countered, but that they were easily beaten into autism.

Su Xiao did not use Qing Gang Ying energy to extinguish the light dust on his cuffs; it was not the time yet.

Twelve kilometers away, a man sitting cross-legged in a tree hole opened his eyes. His body was thin to the point of skin and bones, and on his face, which was as withered as a piece of paper, there were holes of various sizes. A cyan beetle crawled into a hole in his cheek. He opened his withered white teeth, tilted his head, and the cyan beetle fell into his mouth.

*Crunch, crunch~*

The Bug Man chewed the beetle in his mouth. What it tasted like, outsiders didn't know, but the texture should be quite crunchy.

"Axiwa, found another one. Should we notify the other side?"

The Bug Man sitting in the tree hole spoke. And the "Axiwa" he spoke of, who sounded like a male at first glance, was actually a woman standing under the tree with her arms crossed. She wore black gloves on her hands. She didn't look strong, but the explosive power in her body was sufficient, and her gaze was very aggressive. And the name "Axiwa" was the language of a certain low-tier world, translated as "War Heaven."

"Is it one of the five?"

The five people Axiwa spoke of were the five recognized as the strongest at this time: Reincarnation's Bai Ye and the Gourmet, Death Beast Gaske, Apocalypse's Living Tank, and the Sanctuary's God-stick.

"More than 70% sure it's Reincarnation Paradise's Bai Ye. The blood aura on him is very iconic."

"As long as it's not Gaske. Lock onto the location and find him."

Just as Axiwa's voice fell, nearly twenty figures leaped down from the surrounding Wangtian trees.

"Be cautious. Bai Ye is very strong, strong like a monster. Even if we have 20 people, we cannot underestimate the enemy. Arrogance will blind the eyes and the heart."

Axiwa tied up her short hair. Fighting against contractors was what she was best at, because she was also a technique-type. ===== CHAPTER 2604 =====