Chapter 50: Chapter Fifty-Two: Daily Hunting

For newcomers, efficient and free facilities are not many; most newcomers are willing to spend a lot of time in the Gravity Abyss, hoping to maximize the efficiency of improving their current strength.

But for newcomers whose strength is somewhat stronger, after a period of training, they also need real combat to test their progress.

Going out of the city to hunt is naturally the best choice.

The outskirts of Long Men, when there is no beast tide outbreak, are the secondary battlefield between Long Men and monsters; in the fringe areas controlled by the Nature Spirits and the system, they also count as a dividing line of the battlefield.

Because the monster corpses left behind in the beast tide are extremely numerous, the Nature Spirits cannot eat them all at once; many corpses left on the ground in the fringe areas also become food for the monsters, and daily hunting is also carried out nearby.

The first one to choose to go out of the city was Ji Heng, who had just created his first spear technique a few days ago.

Of course, Ji Heng is naturally not that kind of oblivious arrogant fool; he chose to come out because there was still another strong companion by his side.

Cang Yue Er, holding a deep-blue large pair of scissors, wearing battle armor that can cover her whole body, with a deep-gray cloak draped over it.

In all of Long Men, the weapon Cang Yue Er uses is also one of a kind, a custom-made weapon from the World Tree, named the Double-Edged Scissors, which can be separated into scissors and combined into a sword; it is said to be a very flexible and immensely powerful weapon.

The reason Cang Yue Er came out hunting with me is not because of any vested interest.

Cang Yue Er is ranked first on the Long Men Black Dragon List, though this list is only for War Gods. Cang Yue Er left Long Men for a while, and during that time she inadvertently broke through to the Planet-level.

Thus, logically speaking, Cang Yue Er should no longer be able to stay on the Black Dragon List, but according to Long Men's regulations, to complete graduation one needs not only to break through to Planet-level in strength, but also to obtain sufficient Long Men contribution points and complete some fixed tasks, the 'Graduation Mission'.

Because Cang Yue Er levels up quickly, and moreover she has not stayed in Long Men for much time, basically her Graduation Mission and contribution points are still lacking a lot.

This time she came back having taken a mission to kill many high-ranking Lords, but wanting to reach the contribution needed for graduation was still insufficient, so she came up with this fishing scheme.

The Lord-class monster is the fish, and Ji Heng is the bait.

Leaving Long Men and arriving at the outskirts, from afar one can see the gradually strange terrain outside the controlled area: some peaks are flat ground hundreds of meters high, some valleys stretch deep for thousands of feet, rivers flowing into the sea twist into odd directions, and in the surging tides, black shadows of monsters flash one after another.

"In order to avoid human-developed technological weapons, monsters will also forcibly create terrain and nests on land that are beneficial to their survival."

"By piercing the land from the seabed to create dark rivers, even as early as the Great Nirvana Period, monsters have used this method against some island nations."

"By digging tunnels or guiding earthquakes to create canyon terrain, in recent years, land monsters, due to a gradually emerging decline, are trying to develop underground."

On the human side, to deal with monsters we excavate and develop all kinds of weapons and equipment, while the monsters' side, whose intelligence has gradually evolved, naturally does not just sit and wait for death.

The monsters' 'technology tree' is also slowly being established.

The two slowly walked into the outskirts, and the thorns and root spikes hidden on the ground around them gradually made way for a path.

The outskirts appear peaceful also because a group of invisible forces are silently standing guard.

Just after 'going out,' the first batch of prey were several hunting hawks of high-ranking war generals.

Patrolling the skies above the outskirts, they are both foraging and serving as aerial sentries for the monsters.

Pure origin energy martial artists like Ji Heng, in the Apprentice Stage, are quite powerless against flying monsters; if the flying monsters want to flee, generally there is basically nothing one can do.

Therefore, when dealing with flying monsters, the main human means are still ground-to-air laser cannons and fighter jets as countermeasures.

However, in Long Men, there is also another means: individual flight devices.

In coordinated combat mode, individual flight devices can help martial artists with assisted jumps and gliding by attaching to the feet, back, elbows, etc., serving as aerial springboards without affecting the martial artist's own movement flexibility; most War Gods of Long Men choose to equip one.

Unlike the civilian-type flight devices used within Long Men, individual flight devices are weapons specially developed for coordinated combat; even the cheapest model exhausted Ji Heng's newcomer assessment reward.

Three flying creatures quickly spotted Ji Heng and Cang Yue Er, and after noticing them they fled without looking back.

The exaggeration of human combat power levels in Long Men means that even the patrol grunts naturally have this self-awareness.

Transmitting the news of humans entering the outskirts' range is the mission of the scouting eagles.

Although they are only high-ranking war generals, their flying speed in the air is by no means slow; in an instant they have already flown over a hundred meters, but the head eagle seemed to sense something wrong, feeling that the airflow around it had diminished somewhat.

In the corner of his eye, two blood traces in mid-air drew a red line; the cold gleam pierced through the head eagle's body in the next second, all the way to its skull and neck.

Three high-ranking beast general-level flying creatures thus fell instantly.

If it were when Ji Heng had just arrived at Long Men, he would still be far from capable of this; the flight device is one factor, and his slaying power also had not reached such an exaggerated level.

However, today's hunt has only just begun.

In the outskirts, one often runs into Long Men comrades simply, be they War Gods or Planet-level beings surpassing War Gods.

Sometimes they come to lend a hand, sometimes just to chat awhile; although Ji Heng is only nineteen, having grown up in the military since childhood, she is extremely familiar with this feeling.

When hunting outside Long Men, the notion of spoils seems to no longer exist; thus nobody has any qualms about striking, and martial artists from different countries and factions easily become friends after a few encounters.

Cang Yue Er has especially many friends; the title 'Doctor Miss' given to her, the doctor Cang Yue Er, is certainly not just empty talk.

Besides being a Planet-level powerhouse, Cang Yue Er is also one of the most famous doctors of the World Tree, her age being only about one or two years older than myself.

Cang Yue Er also said that she and Chén Chén joined the World Tree at the same time, and she is the person whose talent is second only to Chén Chén among them.

Ji Heng just doesn't understand how this so-called talent can be discerned.

Of course, it can be seen now, but if we trace back to when Cang Yue Er and Chén Chén first joined the World Tree together, Chén Chén should not yet have officially embarked on the martial path.

Perhaps this is also why the World Tree promotes Chén Chén as the future master of Earth, and it is also the reason Ji Heng most wants to know.

The spear's attack goes from point to line, line to surface, thrust, cloud, twist, point, kill, technique entering the Dao, returning from surface to line, from line to point.

A point of cold gleam shatters, blood shadow points to plum blossom; a Lord-level monster clearly sees the spear's shadow and also sees the wielder, yet cannot dodge that fatal strike.

This strike, a low-ranking Lord thus perishes.

This is Ji Heng's first created move—Point Gleam.

This is the fourth monster hunted today; a low-ranking Lord yields one contribution point, and if we don't count Long Men coins, killing a few more would be enough to buy 《Destroy World》.

Besides that, the number of high-ranking Lords slain by Cang Yue Er's hand has already exceeded double digits.

However, the big fish has just barely taken the bait.

This Lord had just perished when the surrounding ground suddenly began to tremble; broken ground cracked and spewed out huge streams of water, shattered rocks were hurled skyward by immense force, and beneath the rocks in the water flow, a dark-green body surged up to the surface.

The gradually revealed monster resembles a small hill rising from the seabed; notably, on the back of this 'small hill' lies a fissure several tens of meters long, almost enough to split the whole small hill in two.

A load-bearing, howling-like sound roars; if an ordinary person heard it, they might be instantly deafened, and as it howls, it finally gradually reveals its full body.

"A genius among humans, the heir of those old-timers from Huá Guó? Are you here to seek death?"

The incoming monster is none other than—it just so happens to be the Spike Dragon King that nearly cost Cang Yue Er her life a few days ago.

As soon as the words fell, the Spike Dragon King noticed the shadow hovering beside Ji Heng.

Clothing, bamboo hat, all were unfamiliar; only the weapon on his back...... seemed somewhat familiar.

How come I suddenly feel a faint back pain.

It's over!

Stab Dragon King wanted to escape via Water Escape, but the opened-up waterway could not possibly be like the real sea; the other side wanting to chase up had no qualms at all.

I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die!

How can this woman, who just broke through to planet-level, be so powerful!

Moreover, why have my movements been grasped by the opponent, and why, when transmitting information to me, was there no mention of her being on the side!

Stab Dragon King exerted all his strength to swim toward the seabed, yet he could not outpace the attack following from behind; the scissors, imbued with Gene Original Force, cut through the water flow, cut through the shattered rock, and separated the blood spurting upward into two places.

As for me, I can't stand seeing prey escape; these past few days I've been going back and suffering insomnia for several days, these are much more comfortable.

Graduation and such are minor issues, but insomnia is a major problem.

Alright, let's go back.

As for the situation of the Stab Dragon King, it was naturally Cang Yue Er who asked Chén Chén for it; it's just an ordinary king-level, its impact on the overall situation is not great, killing it is just killing it.

As for the relationship between the two, it pertains to another team of Chén Chén within the World Tree.

……

Hong Ning Base City, a triangular intelligent warplane slowly descended onto the dedicated landing apron.

From the plane stepped a man over two meters tall, sturdy and burly; after passing several intelligent inspections, he arrived at the gate of a Chinese-style building.

He gently knocked on the door.

Come in.

Hong at this moment was in casual attire; the tea on the tea table was still steaming, two cups placed opposite each other, one of them clearly prepared for himself.

First Chairman, you still have quite the leisurely elegance.

In the past, a man would absolutely not have the gall to say such words; this is Hong, this is the man standing at the peak of the world, and also almost the idol of all martial artists.

But at this moment, the man's inner anger gave him a sort of 'courage' out of nowhere.

Han Modesen.

Hong merely called his name; despite whatever anger he felt in his heart, he didn't dare show any petty emotion, and sat down at the side.

Hong lifted the ceramic teacup, took a light sip, and, as if educating the younger generation, said to Han Modesen:

Cultivating one's state of mind is very important for the path of martial arts.

Your heart right now is too chaotic.

I don't know if Han Modesen took it in, but I also finished the tea in front of me.

First Chairman, I want to know your position.

Have you already betrayed the War God Palace?

Han Modesen stared straight at Hong, and blurted out a question that even he himself felt was somewhat foolish.

The War God Palace was originally established by Hong taking the lead; the title of First Chairman is none other than the highest authority and glory of the War God Palace.

And Your Majesty, why rebel?

Hong remained silent, either acquiescing or perhaps also finding Han Modesen's words laughable.

I don't understand; clearly you could become the supreme person of this world, why choose to become someone else's…… vassal.

Facing Hong, Han Modesen naturally lacked the courage to utter the two words 'running dog'.

Hong, on the other hand, remained calm and composed, looking at Han Modesen and shaking his head.

You have gained a lot through authority.

But also, your path forward has been blocked by authority.

Han Modesen stared fixedly at Hong, trying to see something in Hong's eyes.

Hong is not obsessed with authority? Then why does Hong Ning Base City exist, why does the Extreme Martial Arts Hall exist, and why does the War God Palace exist.

It cannot be denied that Hong is a person with the ideal of saving the world, and he has indeed done much for humanity; humanity's ability to endure to this day is inseparable from Hong's personal contributions, and among all people, none can compare with Hong.

But if one were to say Hong truly is a saint, completely indifferent to power and profit, nobody would believe it.

They must have promised you enough benefits, right.

Han Modesen sneered, saying it was imagination, jealousy, or something else; the formerly lofty image of Hong in Han Modesen's heart has already collapsed.

Han Modesen firmly believed in his heart that the World Tree had offered Hong a chip he didn't want to refuse, allowing Hong to hand over control of the entire Earth with both hands.

Even Hong could do such a thing for gain; then why can't I?

It's a pity that this pawn of mine seems not to have caught the eye of the World Tree; people remember the world's strongest, Hong, and the world's second strongest, the Thunder God.

But there is no third strongest in this world; people all call him the Ice Snow Great Emperor. Although he is only second to Hong and the Thunder God, in the eyes of ordinary people, he is no different from the fourth or fifth.

And since those few people from the World Tree forcibly joined the War God Palace, my title of Third Chairman has also become something of a joke.

Or rather, the entire War God Palace is destined to become a joke.

First Chairman, if you don't kill me today, I might do something that will make you all regret it.

Hong said nothing, merely sat there, and poured another cup of tea, but this time he did not pour it for Han Modesen.

Han Modesen turned and left, leaving behind a desolate silhouette.