Chapter 23 - Team Hunt

In the middle of the forest, a three-eyed black cat was calmly eating a piece of beast meat, directly from the corpse of the creature. The way it was eating made it covered in blood, but it didn't seem to care about it.

Without him knowing, a Giant Rabid Rabbit, a very powerful mutant beast, was looking at him from behind some bushes. Its movement was almost non-existent, the red eyes focused on its prey and its sharp teeth ready to sink into some flesh.

Wanting to carefully explore any gap, the Giant Rabbit paid attention to the slightest movement of the black cat, just waiting for the cat to satisfy itself and let its guard down. And it didn't have to wait long before that happened.

At the moment the black cat lay on the ground, as if it felt as safe as possible, the Giant Rabbit attacked to kill!

Jump! Swoosh!

"Now!"

A calm voice suddenly sounded, scaring the Rabbit and making him look at a black figure that suddenly emerged from the bushes. Two other black figures were also heading towards him, but he couldn't react quickly enough!

Bang!

Like two vines that were entwined in something, two black snakes, three meters long, suddenly wrapped themselves around the Giant Rabbit, their bodies circling the beast in less than a second. With monstrous strength, far beyond what the rabbit could endure, they began to squeeze to kill.

"Perfect, perfect." Han Sen emerged from the bushes and threw the Red Salamander (small dagger) at the rabbit's head, piercing it and killing it instantly.

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• Giant Rabid Rabbit Killed •

• Giant Rabid Rabbit Beast Soul Gained •

• Eat Giant Rabid Rabbit meat to randomly gain zero to ten Mutant Gene Points •

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"You all did a great job as a team, guys." Han Sen sincerely praised, picking up the little three-eyed cat, "And you, my beautiful comrade, deserve an award for your performance! I never imagined I would find such a qualified actor!”

The cat was just trying to lick his face in gratitude, but Han Sen avoided it since it was still covered in the beast's blood. The two snakes, or the two Obsidian Dragons, came close to him and seemed to be waiting for praise as well.

"You guys did great! I've never seen a slaughter like this before!" Praising with thumbs up, he laughed at how crazy he was getting talking to animals and pointed to the dead rabbit shortly after, "You can go eat now, help yourselves.”

Upon giving the command, the beasts immediately began to devour the rabbit. He didn't need to remove the meat or prepare it for them, as they were wild beasts and did this in nature. He just needed to wait for them to finish doing what they wanted and then return home.

It has been five days since he was on a hunting trip, returning to the shelter by a different route and trying to find hunting grounds with as many beasts as possible along the way. He wasn't very lucky with that, but he found at least three hunting grounds that had more than 100 beasts. He exterminated all three and then went back to hunting at a slower pace.

In total, he gained 1990 EXP, extending his hunting time by two hours and only sleeping for 6 hours. It was still a good amount and his body could handle staying awake for longer, but he enjoyed sleeping. He felt it was necessary. Anyway, this amount, along with the previous one he accumulated on the trip, would give him a total of about 3237 EXP, an amount he left untouched until now.

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⌠Status⌡

│Han Sen│

│State: Unevolved│

│Life Span: 200 Years│

⌠Evolution⌡

∫ Ordinary Gene = 100 Genetic Points ∫

∫ Primitive Gene = 100 Genetic Points ∫

∫ Mutant Gene = 27 Genetic Points ∫

∫ Sacred Blood Gene = 31 Genetic Points ∫

∫ Super Gene = 0 Genetic Points ∫

│Evolve: 100 Genetic Points│

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He had also found two mutant beasts and eaten them, absorbing all possible points from each one. The two Beast Souls he received were a strange whip and a halberd, which were too flashy for his taste. He was leaving this Giant Rabid Rabbit to his pets now because it was too big and he wanted to return home today, not wasting any more time on it. He had already spent too much time away from home and needed to go back.

Looking at his pets, he remembered another good thing too, which limited him, but at the same time made a good point.

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⌠Upgrade System⌡

˃ ∫Hyper-Gene Art Upgrade∫

˅ ∫Beast Soul Upgrade∫

  → | Obsidian Dragon (Drako) Transformation = 500EXP |

  → | Obsidian Dragon (Nhil) Transformation = 500EXP |

  → | Three-Eyed Cat (Bastet) Transformation = 250EXP |

˃ ∫Skills Upgrade∫

˃ ∫Equipment Upgrade∫

Total EXP: 3237 Points

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He could now easily transform his animals, completely skipping the feeding phase they had and turning them all into adult and powerful beasts. The only point that limited him was that he could not make any further improvements beyond this, not knowing if he would have the chance to evolve them later. But just thinking about the costs to make all three Full Sacred-Blood Tier, his wallet almost cried. And that's exactly why he preferred to leave them as they were until he had enough conditions.

"Alright, guys, let's go." When he saw that the pets had already finished their meal and left only the bad parts, he took them all back to his Sea of Souls and transformed into the Bloody Killer to speed up the journey.

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Han Sen had just stepped out of the teleportation portal when he came face to face with a person who was entering.

"Now, now, if it isn't the beautiful Qin Xuan," Han Sen smiled as he met the white-haired muse. After all this time, he didn't expect to find her here so soon.

"Han Sen?" Qin Xuan had another shock she didn't expect to have. It had been about half a month since she had seen him, and now it seemed like this boy had become even stronger. It was as if he could emit how much strength he had just by standing still, "Have you been inside the Sanctuary all this time?”

“Yes, I was. I went hunting for my first mutant beast, since I earned some points from the quartz scorpion you gave me! Thank you very much, by the way." Han Sen wanted to go home, but he wasn't in such a hurry. Now that she had started talking to him, he couldn't stop, right?

"And did you make it?" Qin Xuan was once again shocked by the information, as it was difficult for someone without money to start hunting mutant beasts in such a short time in the Sanctuary.

"Of course, I am very powerful!" He flexed his biceps just for fun. "It was a Giant Rabid Rabbit. I also got its Beast Soul, but it's not very important to me since it was a strange shield. Do you want to buy it?”

Instead of answering, Qin Xuan looked at him flexing his muscles and, from the clothing that didn't cover much, saw that he was indeed muscular. Her mind quickly thought before she looked at him in a new light and now with a purpose.

"Let's do it this way." She smiled enigmatically at him, "If you can defeat me in a fight, I'll buy the Beast Soul from you for whatever price you want. And if I defeat you, you owe me a favor and I can call it in at any time." She was already thinking of how to bring this Super Novice into her squad in a way that wasn't "Join the Army Now!". A favor would be the best way, since she could use it to put him on a squad mission and show him how good it was to be part of the army!

"Defeat you? Someone who is already close to completing the Sacred-Blood gene points?" Ha Sen raised his eyebrow at her, clearly showing the irrationality of that.

"Fifty moves! And without using Beast Soul!" She corrected herself, avoiding blushing with embarrassment for challenging a junior in such a fight.

"Alright then." Han Sen smiled and followed Qin Xuan into the teleportation station. As he watched how sexy her hips were, even under the military uniform, his thoughts turned to something else.

‘Maybe I can use this in more ways than just a fight…’