Chapter 195: Young People Are Unreliable

Song Tian stood up from his chair all at once, the expression on his face filled with both anticipation and a hint of anxiety.

Liu Yong's tone was so certain, and he wasn't the type of person to be unreliable; perhaps this matter was true.

Besides, Lu Yu's strength was indeed not weak; even he himself couldn't draw that bow with a ten-thousand-catty draw weight, so perhaps he really did have the strength to kill an Advanced Fierce Beast alone.

But this was just too shocking; he had only joined the Association yesterday, and he was already hunting an Advanced Fierce Beast alone?

Right! Song Tian suddenly thought of something, and as he walked toward the exit, he asked, "Where is Lu Yu? Is he next to you?"

Liu Yong's tone was laced with helplessness: "Chairman, I was just about to tell you about that; Lu Yu left right after dropping off the Violent Bear."

"Left? Where did he go? Could it be..."

"Chairman, you guessed right." Liu Yong sighed, "He intends to go hunt more Advanced Fierce Beasts; I tried to persuade him to rest first, but it was completely useless."

"This kid, he's too impulsive." Hearing this, Song Tian didn't know what else to say.

"It's not just that, sigh, I'll explain in detail once you arrive."

"Alright, I'll be there in a moment." Song Tian hung up the phone, took the elevator downstairs, and hurried outside.

……

A few minutes earlier, at the Merchant Guild.

Sheng Yuan and his group were listening to a report from someone in front of them with faces full of shock.

"You, you mean," Sheng Yuan asked, stuttering, "that guy just came back and even brought an Advanced Fierce Beast?"

"That's right." The Martial Artist replied tremblingly, "We saw with our own eyes that he dragged a Violent Bear into the courtyard of the Martial Arts Association."

"Just him alone?"

"Yes, just him alone."

In an instant, the hall became so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

A Violent Bear! That thing's hide was ridiculously thick; it could withstand machine gun fire, and once it charged up to someone, a single slap could turn them into meat paste. Even an armored vehicle could be smashed to pieces by a single slap from it!

When they went out to hunt Advanced Fierce Beasts, they didn't want to provoke this guy unless it was an absolute last resort.

But that masked guy was actually able to solo a Violent Bear? How could this be possible? It must be fake, right?

"I think there must be some hidden story here that we don't know about," someone nearby said.

"That's right, it's probably just a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse; he got lucky."

"Right, aren't Leng Chan and the others supposed to be watching that guy outside the city? How come that guy has returned, but Leng Chan and the others are nowhere to be found?"

"Could they have lost him?" Someone couldn't help but laugh.

Everyone heard this and felt like laughing, but seeing Sheng Yuan's face looking terrifyingly gloomy, they all tactfully suppressed their smiles.

That guy had shown his face in front of everyone time and again, and every time he caused quite a stir; this was practically slapping Sheng Yuan hard in the face.

"Brother Lu, it seems that not only Leng Chan, but also those people like Ning Wenzhu, are all useless buckets of trash."

An old man who looked to be fifty or sixty years old stroked the beard on his chin and said slowly, "Since they are so unreliable in their work, I think it would be better to leave this matter to the two of us, don't you think?"

"That's right, young people are indeed unreliable," another old man with a stern face nearby echoed.

Once these words were spoken, many Martial Artists around them showed looks of anger, but they dared to be angry yet dared not speak.

This was because these two old men had already stepped into Mastery several years ago, and it was said they were only one step away from breaking through to the Vein Refining Realm.

Furthermore, these two were somewhat special; unlike others, they did not use thermal weapons, but were instead skilled with cold weapons. Hao Lao used a saber, and Zhong Lao used a sword; the two of them coordinated together, and their strength was unfathomable.

Sheng Yuan's expression eased slightly, and he said, "How could I trouble the two elders with such a small matter? Let's wait a bit longer; perhaps Leng Chan and the others will be back before long."

The two old men heard this, looked at each other, and shook their heads. To be honest, it was just dealing with someone from the Martial Arts Association; even if the other party was a Transformation Energy Martial Artist, so what?

Was it really worth this much effort? What on earth were those two groups under Leng Chan doing, that so many people couldn't even handle such a small task?

"Clack, clack, clack." A burst of hurried footsteps approached.

Another Martial Artist ran in and said, "Brother Lu, that guy has left again, and he's still alone."

Everyone in the room was startled and looked toward Sheng Yuan one after another.

"Brother Lu," the old man's voice sounded again, "opportunities are fleeting; time waits for no one."

Sheng Yuan hesitated for a moment, finally nodded, and said, "Very well, since Hao Lao has said so, then I will leave it to the two of you.

As for that guy, I want to see him alive if he's alive, or see his corpse if he's dead.

By the way, help me bring those two groups here; I want to hear how they explain themselves."

"Very well."

Hao Lao nodded and smiled slightly, "This matter is on us."

……

In the overgrown wasteland, a grey shadow darted rapidly across the ground like a phantom. Its trajectory was extremely strange; what should have been a straight path moved in an S-shape.

Looking closely, it was actually a large snake!

This snake was nearly five meters long and nearly one meter in diameter. Its tough body was covered in grey spots the size of washbasins, dense and terrifying to behold.

The snake's head was nearly two meters long, as massive as the front of a medium-sized truck. Its two eyes alone were as large as lanterns, emitting a strange, red, ghostly light.

The snake's tongue flickered constantly, and between them, two incomparably large fangs were vaguely visible.

This was an Advanced Fierce Beast—the Grey-spotted Snake. It was one of the most dreaded enemies that In-Jin Martial Artists encountered while hunting in the wild.

One could even say they would rather run into a Violent Bear than face this thing.

Although the Grey-spotted Snake's defensive capabilities were relatively weak—a 20mm machine gun could kill it—its difficulty was not to be underestimated.

Firstly, it was incredibly fast, slithering close to the ground, and its movement patterns were unpredictable, making it hard to anticipate. Secondly, it could spray venom from its mouth!

That's right, it didn't need to bite its prey to release its toxin; it could spray it directly from its fangs, and the speed of that venom was comparable to a pistol bullet.

Once skin came into contact with this venom, the flesh would be completely corroded in the blink of an eye, revealing white bones beneath. The venom would also seep into the blood, making death inevitable.

Therefore, once splashed by the venom, one would most likely have to amputate a limb to save their life, and that was considered lucky.

If the venom accidentally entered the eyes, nose, ears, or mouth, one would be poisoned and die within seconds.

At this moment, the distance between this Grey-spotted Snake and the figure ahead was already less than one thousand meters; at its speed, it would only take a little over three seconds to arrive.

However, just at this critical juncture, a loud boom suddenly came from the air.

An arrow seemed to teleport, crossing the thousand-meter distance in an instant, piercing the head of the Grey-spotted Snake with a single shot and pinning it firmly to the ground.

The rear half of the Grey-spotted Snake first curled up violently, then went limp; clearly, it was completely dead.

"This guy is really quite insidious," Lu Yu muttered to himself.