Monster Hunter, start with a wife!

The top floor of the City Lord's Building.

Wei Tiancheng and Bai Zhenghong stared at the big screen, stunned for a moment.

Where Cheng Zhuo had originally stood, a monster nearly twenty meters tall suddenly appeared.

His body was covered in dark blue-black dragon scales, yet also tinged with dark brown corpse spots. Two huge, curved dragon horns protruded from his forehead, and strange green flames flickered in his vertical pupils. As he stood there motionless, a savage and ferocious aura emanated from him.

Wei Tiancheng: "What kind of move is this?"

Bai Zhenghong: "No matter what it is, its defensive capabilities are indeed formidable."

"Lingxi, analyze the strength of the biological organism," Wei Tiancheng ordered.

In an instant, Lingxi's voice came:

"Current target mission: biological body strength level 197,512.5."

"What?!" Wei Tiancheng and Bai Zhenghong both exclaimed in shock.

"How much did you say?"

"Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"Confirmed. Current target mission: biological body strength level 197,512.5." Lingxi's voice rang out again.

The office fell silent for a moment.

The two looked at each other in bewilderment.

Wei Tiancheng: "That kid from your collateral branch seems to be a bit dead..."

……

At this moment, Bai Chize in the arena suddenly came to his senses. The smile on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by astonishment, confusion, and an increasingly surging fear.

"How is that possible..."

He didn't believe it.

He didn't believe that a sixth-tier human could withstand the King's Heavy Cannon head-on and conjure up such a bizarre thing.

The numbers on the detector screen jumped wildly, soaring from tens of thousands all the way up, and finally settled on a string of numbers that kept flashing.

Bai Chizhe's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints.

"10...197,512.5 levels?"

His voice changed tone, becoming sharp like a duck whose neck had been stepped on.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" He ripped the detector off and slammed it to the ground, where it shattered into pieces. "The instrument is broken! It must be broken! He might have two hundred thousand physique points! That's an eighth-tier rank! Only an eighth-tier rank has that number! Damn machine! Damn machine!!"

He roared, as if trying to convince himself, or as if venting his fear.

The spectators gasped in shock, and those in the front row instinctively leaned back, as if afraid the monster would charge out.

"Holy crap, that can't be right! How much did Young Master Bai say?"

"Over 190,000, that's almost at the eighth rank?"

"What on earth is that thing? A corpse puppet? It doesn't seem like it, it even has dragon scales!"

"Did Cheng Zhuo summon this?"

"The rules have already been established that summoned creatures cannot be used. Did he change them on his own?"

"If it really has the strength of nearly 200,000 biological organisms, that's just too outrageous..."

"..."

Cheng Zhuo stood in the smoke and dust, stretched his shoulders, and the scales on his armor made a soft rustling sound as they rubbed together. The dark purple dragon flames flickered, dispelling the residual heat of the shockwave.

He thought to himself, "Thank goodness."

If it weren't for the King status stacked with the Drought Demon's Descent, this attack would have been hard to predict.

The dragon-shaped defense might be enough to withstand the attack at the seventh rank, but it's clearly not sufficient for now.

As expected of the King Card, its power was stronger than anticipated, especially the powerful impact that caused his blood and qi to surge even with his current exaggerated physical strength.

Thankfully, it held up.

He looked up at Bai Chize, a hint of mockery flickering in the green flames of his vertical pupils:

"Have you laughed enough?"

His voice became low and hoarse due to his trance state, with a rumbling echo, which startled Bai Chizhe so much that he subconsciously took half a step back.

Fear spread like a spiderweb, tightening around his heart.

His signature move, which he was so proud of, was not only parried by his opponent, but he also seemed to have suffered little injury.

How can we fight this war?

He gritted his teeth, trying to appear calm:

"Hmph... This form you're in is definitely being maintained by external objects; it won't last long! Right now, you probably can't even move!"

"Oh."

Cheng Zhuo scoffed.

I'm too lazy to waste any more time.

With a slight movement of his feet, he unleashed the Two Elements Probing Step, and his figure vanished from the spot.

Bai Chizhe felt a blur before his eyes, and a suffocating pressure rushed towards him, carrying a chilling and deathly aura.

He was startled and hurriedly raised his hand to block, wildly swinging the thorn whip.

"Snapped!"

The whip struck Cheng Zhuo's giant fist, leaving not even a white mark, but instead making his tiger's mouth numb, and the whip almost slipped from his hand.

"boom--"

A half-meter-deep pit appeared on the spot, and cracks spread outwards from the pit, extending for more than ten meters.

There was no trace of Bai Chizhe inside the giant pit.

All that remained was a blotchy mass of flesh and blood, its exact shape indistinguishable.

Outside the ice ruins, all was deathly silent.

The same applies to people watching live sports broadcasts.

Almost everyone felt a sense of unreality. A sixth-level expert had actually blasted a seventh-level, third-stage genius from Tianji City into dust with a single punch.

Is this even reasonable...?

Cheng Zhuo, inside the arena, had no idea that he had become famous throughout Tianji City.

However, he was indifferent to the whole thing.

Ever since the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon told him that he could take action as long as no one above the level of Star Lord appeared, Cheng Zhuo had become completely unconcerned.

The dragon is a being at the level of a half-god.

Although that was a state of being in the past.

As the saying goes, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. If it weren't for the pressure from the rules of the cosmic overseer, the star lord would be nothing more than an ant in its presence.

"Congratulations on winning the duel! Congratulations on receiving your betting reward!"

"Please collect your bets as soon as possible; the teleportation is about to begin."

A notification sound came from the arena.

Two beams of light flashed before Cheng Zhuo's eyes, revealing an orange card and a blank card.

He reached out and took them all.

Then, in a flash of light, he was back in the Ice Ruins canyon.

【King Series Card - Source Technique Card (4/5)】

[Quality: Legendary Orange]

[Effect: Upon use, it instantly draws upon the surrounding source energy to form an unavoidable, powerful shockwave called "Heavy Cannon." The longer it is charged, the stronger its power becomes, with the maximum power depending on the user's control. CD: 12h]

Usage restrictions: None

[Description: This is a Source Technique card from the King series. Try to collect all the cards in the series, and you will become the true King]

"The upper limit depends on the user's control..."

Cheng Zhuo pondered the meaning of those words. Didn't that mean that the shockwave he released was much more powerful than the one Bai Chizhe had just unleashed?

Then, he turned his attention to another white card.

The above only contains one paragraph:

"King series card, related quest, The Angler's Heart, Location: Wuji Sea in the Ice Ruins"

"Brother Zhuo!"

At that moment, several figures rushed over.

Ruan Qinghe walked at the front, scanning Cheng Zhuo's body. Seeing that there were no obvious injuries, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you alright?"

"fine."

"Brother Zhuo is so amazing!"

Xia Chan leaned closer, her eyes sparkling like stars: "That Bai Chize was so arrogant just now, and he got smashed into a pulp with one punch. Serves him right!"

She was tense when she saw the shockwave, and when the last punch came down, she almost jumped up and shouted "Good!"

Rosa walked behind, carrying the spear, a faint smile playing on her red lips.

"I told you he couldn't lose."

The girls were visibly excited; Cheng Zhuo's strength made them all feel incredibly proud.

Cheng Zhuo noticed that the black wolf hunters from before had all been tied up together, and he looked at the group...

Cheng Zhuo chatted with his wife about the battle they had just fought, and when they talked about their plans for the future, he handed the white card to the group.

"There's a follow-up mission."

The handwriting on the card was clear, with no other information besides the mission name and location.

"The angler is nameless?" Elena tilted her head. "What a strange name."

Catherine projected the map she had obtained earlier, pointing to a remote location and saying:

"Wuji Sea is located at the northernmost edge of Ice Ruins, a frozen inland sea. There is indeed a similar quest information here, which says that in ancient times, a guardian of the sea died there, and his spirit lingers, fishing on the ice every day. Hunters who have been there say it is very eerie, and getting close can easily cause hallucinations, so most people go around it."

"Let's go take a look first," Cheng Zhuo said.

His purpose in coming to Tianji City was to verify Bai Luowei's condition, but with the King Card already in front of him, he had no reason to give up.