Longzang

Chapter 878 Surrender
Who are you? What mission are you on? Where are your teammates?

The moment the witch opened his eyes, he heard three questions in quick succession. He struggled to suppress the dizziness in his head, looked down towards the source of the voices, and found a short, ugly fellow standing in front of him, asking questions in a serious tone.

He immediately retorted, "What right do you, a dried-up pig's trotter, have to yell at a powerful sorcerer?"

Wei Yuan suppressed his surging murderous intent and said coldly, "You'd better understand your situation. I can crush you at any time!"

"Ha!" the witch hunter laughed loudly, "Even a pig's trotter dares to talk big?"

The witch was bound to the tower shield, her arms and legs bent backward and tied together around the shield. There was no other way; there were no pillars or racks here.

However, no matter how Wei Yuan threatened or bribed him, this witch hunter just couldn't see the situation and responded with a lot of strange adjectives, including many synonyms for bamboo worms.

Zhengang, unable to bear it any longer, said, "Sir, this won't do, it has to be like this..."

He was also quick to act than to think. Without waiting for Wei Yuan's approval, he punched the witch hunter hard, and then heard a crisp sound of bones cracking.

The witch hunter's eyes narrowed, and he exhaled, "Well done... but, still a little short..."

Zhen Gangmian looked troubled; this was already his full-force attack, and he couldn't deliver any more.

However, Wei Yuan finally understood that only a powerful punch could make the Mage submit.

"Get out of the way!" Wei Yuan reached out and pushed aside Ji Dao, glanced at the witch hunter, and then gently punched him in the stomach.

"Your punch felt like a mosquito massage..." But before he could finish his sentence, the witch hunter suddenly felt all his internal organs start dancing!
Not only that, every inch of his flesh and blood felt as if it were being hammered, and it seemed as if thirty witches were arguing in his ears. His consciousness was divided into dozens of parts, each of which wanted to raise a rebellious flag.

His body was arched like a shrimp, so tight that the shield rattled as if it were about to twist.

After a long while, the witch hunter finally caught his breath with a "hoarse" sound, and then vomited up everything he had eaten over the past few days.

After regaining his senses, the witch hunter discovered that Wei Yuan was instructing the Extreme Path on how to exert power.

According to Wei Yuan, Ji Dao's punch was full of mistakes, with at least seventeen or eighteen errors.

After trying it, Jidao's punch was indeed much more powerful. He was immediately convinced and said, "If I train hard, will I be able to catch up with you one day?"

Wei Yuan glanced at him and said calmly, "No, you can only surpass yourself. The gap between us cannot be bridged by hard work."

In that instant, the witch hunter felt that Wei Yuan was incredibly tall and radiant.

The witch hunt was over.

Then Wei Yuan realized that he didn't have two more followers, but rather two more mouths to feed.

The witch hunter only carried a small amount of food and water, enough for just three days. Adding Wei Yuan and Zhen Gang, it would only last another day.

At this moment, Jidao Zhengang learned to exert force and, after realizing once again the gap between himself and Wei Yuan, his body broke through the lower limit of flexibility: "From now on, you can just call me Zhengang, or Xiao Zhen."

But Wei Yuan felt that he simply couldn't bring himself to call her "Xiao Zhen".

This witch hunter also has several names. He is usually called the Mysterious Wilderness Hunter God, he is Little Hunter in front of the strong, and he is Hunter Three One in front of the powerful and important figures. "Little Hunter, you said there is a market in this area. What dangers are there there?" Wei Yuan asked kindly.

The witch hunter said respectfully, "There are indeed many dangers there, but if you go, you will be the greatest danger."

Wei Yuan's goodwill towards the entire Power Witch instantly increased. Who said that Power Witches were all a bunch of roughnecks? Although they weren't smart, they were very pleasant to talk to.

Having gathered all but the very limited information provided by the witch hunter, Wei Yuan decided to hunt some prey first. Once he had some goods, he would go to the market to see what he could trade. The environment in this area was simply too extreme; food and water were both imported.

According to Hunter Sanyi, there is only this one market within a radius of three thousand miles. Food and water are extremely expensive in the market, as are weapons and arrows. Only the heads of criminals and molten beasts are worthless.

In fact, the bounty for a criminal is quite high; for example, Zhen Gang said his witch heart was worth at least 50,000 taels of silver. But at the market, Zhen Gang's witch heart could only be exchanged for enough food and water to last ten days. In the Witch Domain, that amount of food and water would cost less than five taels of silver.

In short, everything witch hunters need at this market is incredibly expensive, while everything they hunt is extremely cheap.

The forces that were able to maintain a stable presence and monopoly in this chaotic land and operate the market were naturally powerful, and it was said that the person in charge behind the scenes was one of Jiuri's direct subordinates.

As a witch hunter, Hunter Trinity's lifestyle was actually only marginally better than that of True Steel.

They all signed extremely harsh contracts, and had to purchase their own standard witch-hunting equipment, which was very expensive. Their basic income came from hunting criminals like True Steel and collecting bounties from their corpses.

As for supplies, small amounts of food and water are placed at fixed locations every so often. This is far from enough to sustain the witch hunters in the entire area, so they must fight for it. Fierce battles often break out over food and water. Many witch hunters do not die in the harsh environment or at the hands of criminals, but at the hands of other witch hunters.

Occasionally, important figures would come to inspect the area. They would throw down food and water, then watch as witch hunters and criminals fought to the death for a meager meal. If the battle was bloody and exciting enough, the important figures would casually toss down some rewards. These rewards were the witch hunters' only hope, their only chance to improve their lives.

"Why do you want to be a witch hunter?" Wei Yuan asked.

Lie Sanyi pointed to the sky and said with a wry smile, "For this sunlight, and for survival. I have the best physical talent in the tribe and could have become a Wild Witch, but my family has no powerful background. Every time I go into battle, the rewards I earn by fighting to the death are taken by the tribe and then used on the Great Elder's own grandson."

That fat worm used up enough resources for me to advance six times, but I still couldn't become a Wild Witch! And then it stole my spot to enter the Wild Realm!
I was unwilling to accept this, so I volunteered to become a witch hunter, hunting criminals while providing amusement for powerful figures. Only in this way could I temper my body in the desolate realm and perhaps have a sliver of a chance to become a desolate witch.

Wei Yuan scanned Lie Sanyi's body. Although his divine sense didn't penetrate much, he roughly understood his physical strength. Then he shook his head and said, "You can't become a Wild Witch."

Despair flashed across Lie San's eyes as he said, "I know that without elixirs and not enough food, my body has only improved very little over the decades. But at least I can still make some progress here. I don't know what I can do after I get out."

Wei Yuan knew that in most small tribes of the Wu Clan, property belonged to the entire tribe collectively. However, large tribes like the Wild Ancestor, and even various kingdoms, could no longer practice communal ownership.

But Wei Yuan did not expect that the problems in the small Wu tribe would be so serious. According to Lie Sanyi's experience, this was no longer embezzlement, but the chief directly regarded the entire tribe as his private property and used it however he wanted.

Hunter Sanyi, a talent with a great chance of becoming a Wild Witch, was originally much more talented than Tianyu, but he was still forced to become a Hunter Witch who risked his life for an opportunity. To put it bluntly, it's because there were no Wild Witches in his family.

However, Lie Sanyi has lived in the Desolate Realm for decades, while Tianyu spends most of his time eating, drinking, and having fun, improving by taking medicine. Now, his physical quality is clearly superior to Lie Sanyi's.

In Wei Yuan's eyes, the actions of the Hunter Tribe were truly outrageous. If this were among the human race, people would have already been shouting, "Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?"

The case of Hunter x Hunter is not unique; it is said that many witch hunters have similar stories, otherwise they wouldn't have become witch hunters in the first place. And True Steel's story is even more tragic.

Wei Yuan vaguely had a grand plan in mind. Perhaps when he retrieved his teacher's Dao Sword, there was something else he could do.
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