Monster Hunter, start with a wife!

Cheng Zhuo suddenly felt a chilling aura emanating from him.

Suddenly, Huangfu Bai leaped up, drew a twelve-foot-long sword from somewhere, and swung it down at the black figure.

In an instant.

The surrounding air seemed to collapse.

A chilling sword light, carrying unparalleled killing intent, slammed heavily onto the man's head.

The man in black robes clearly wanted to dodge at first, but his body paused for a moment, as if he was bound by some kind of force, and he could only hastily raise a layer of crimson light shield in front of him.

"boom--"

The moment the sword light made contact with the light shield, a loud explosion rang out!

The crimson shield of light vanished into thin air, and the man in black robes was sent flying nearly a hundred meters away like a broken sack.

Cheng Zhuo's pupils dilated violently.

That guy is a Tier 3 Hunter!

Cheng Zhu subconsciously put himself in the black-robed man's shoes. He felt that even if he activated his dragon form and used King, he would still be blasted away by this attack.

He couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement—

So all along the way, Huangfu Bai's weak and helpless appearance, where he couldn't lift a finger or carry anything and had to deal with all sorts of strange things, was just an act?

It involved both teleportation and sword techniques.

What exactly is Huangfu Bai's origin?

Having succeeded in his attack, Huangfu Bai ran back to his motorcycle without looking back.

Twist the handlebars and you're ready to go.

"Aren't you going to finish him off?"

Cheng Zhuo looked suspiciously at the black-robed man who was still struggling not far away.

"That guy was only slightly injured; I could only swing my sword once," Huangfu Bai replied.

The voice just fell.

A strange, chilling aura emanated from him instantly, and his voice, weak yet icy, said:

"If you had let me reach the next level sooner, he would have surely died from that sword strike!"

"Go and rest, stop talking nonsense." Huangfu Bai's voice returned to normal.

"???"

Cheng Zhuo was taken aback when he saw his left and right brains fighting each other.

Recalling Huangfu Bai's previous behavior, he finally understood and asked:

"So, you have multiple personalities? The carefree, naive guy from before, and this one who calls himself 'Emperor,' are both your personalities?"

"You could say that... Take your filthy hands off me! Touch me again! I'll chop them off!!"

"Ugh, you..."

Cheng Zhuo subconsciously removed his hand from his waist and moved back a bit. Unable to find an armrest, he had no choice but to grip the edge of the seat tightly.

This person has a bad personality and a terrible temper!

He was arrogant, claiming upon entering the ranks that he could kill someone at the third rank with a single sword strike.

Cheng Zhuo secretly grumbled to himself.

But then I thought about the power of that sword strike.

This guy doesn't seem to have been exaggerating after all...

……

The hovercar roared again, transforming into a long rainbow as it disappeared into the distance.

The man in black robes grinned and stood up again, staring coldly at the retreating figures of the two men, his heart filled with doubt and unease.

He couldn't dodge that sword strike!

"Swish! Swish! Swish—"

Before long, several men in black robes arrived one after another.

"Head Shepherd, are you alright?"

The black-robed man, addressed as the High Priest, narrowed his eyes, suppressing his anger, and said:

"Was the corpse of the White-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox and other boundary stones found at the place where they were hiding?"

A man in red robes lowered his head, his voice trembling:

"Not yet...."

"Keep searching! That kid only took a bag of boundary stones; the rest should still be nearby," the black-robed chief priest said through gritted teeth.

"yes!"

"Also, investigate who can afford that jet ski and who possesses the ability to create the Phantom Armor!"

The black-robed chief priest stared in the direction where Cheng Zhuo and the other man had disappeared, a sinister smile curving his lips.

"Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I'll tear you to pieces!"

……

……

Amidst the chaotic changes in the environment, the two escaped for about an hour.

Finally, they found a gate exit.

"call--"

Huangfu Bai let out a long sigh of relief, stopped his motorcycle, and pointed to the boundary gate:

"You go out first, I'll be right behind you. The two of you are too conspicuous. Although I'm not afraid of the Shadow Society, I don't want to cause trouble anytime soon."

"Okay," Cheng Zhuo replied, handing the bulging backpack to Huangfu Bai.

Before he could even ask, Huangfu Bai spoke up:

"Go back to the wolf pack base first. I'll come find you about the gravity body and the second awakening."

Cheng Zhuo raised an "OK" sign.

He turned and walked into the boundary gate.

A pale blue light shimmered, completely engulfing his figure.

The scene before my eyes suddenly changed.

Cheng Zhuo returned to the entrance to the Black Cloud Forest.

As soon as he stepped out of the boundary gate, soldiers from the Hunting Ruins Army approached him from both sides, armed with guns and scanning him with a detector:

"Those from the wilderness, go stay over there."

In the direction he pointed, more than twenty people in various outfits were gathering, most of them wearing worn-out combat uniforms, carrying bulging backpacks, and wielding all sorts of strange weapons.

Cheng Zhuo frowned, his gaze sweeping over the heavily armed Hunter's Army around him.

A rough count revealed nearly a hundred people.

Moreover, each of them exuded a calm and composed aura, and many were at the third level or above.

A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle, so he suppressed his doubts and silently walked to the edge of the crowd.

As soon as he stood still, a man with a red snake tattooed on his neck approached him and asked in a deep voice:

"Hey bro, what happened when you came out? Was there really some Shadow Society member causing trouble inside?"

"I don't know." Cheng Zhu shook his head slightly.

"Why are the Hunting Ruins Army detaining us and preventing us from leaving?"

"According to the leader, it's to check for Shadow Society cultists." The man with the snakeskin spat on the ground, his tone full of resentment.

"I heard they let everyone else go, but they detained us who just came out. What a bastard..."

Cheng Zhuo's heart skipped a beat, and he pressed for an answer:

"How long have they been blocking us?"

"The people from Sanhe Town were the first to be detained, for about an hour," the tattooed man replied.

One hour...

What a coincidence?

He and Huangfu Bai shook off their pursuers and got out, which seemed to have taken about an hour!

A hint of doubt arose in Cheng Zhuo's heart...

Were members of the Hunting Ruins Army nearby at the time? If they were there, why didn't they stop the Shadow Society members?

Could it be that they want to use a hen to hatch eggs?

Or……

Are they all in cahoots?

It seems not impossible that those in power might use underhanded tactics to engage in shady dealings.

After a while.

A squad of Tier 3 Hunters stepped forward and commanded in a deep voice:

"Everyone, display your core techniques! Bring all your source cards to the open!"

"No, why should I?"

"Aren't you going too far? We're not from your city."

"Exactly! This is an invasion of personal privacy. You preach freedom and democracy every day, but is this what freedom is all about?"

The crowd immediately began to complain.

How many people who live on the streets can have clean hands?

How could it withstand such scrutiny?

"boom--"

suddenly.

A deafening gunshot suddenly rang out, silencing the noise of the crowd.

"Ahhhhh—"

A heart-wrenching scream rang out.

A dozen meters away, a hunter who was secretly fleeing collapsed in agony, clutching his bloodied right leg, blood gushing out between his fingers, quickly forming a pool of blood on the ground.

His lower leg was blown off by a single shot, and blackened gunpowder smoke was still rising from the broken end.

"We have a heavy sniper rifle!"

The previously noisy crowd suddenly fell silent.

Several members of the Hunter's Army slowly stepped forward and searched his body and backpack, surprisingly finding the Hunter's Army's standard weapon card and combat uniform.

This guy probably killed members of the Hunting Ruins Army; no wonder he ran away.

"We are only investigating members of the Shadow Society. We will not interfere in matters that are unrelated to us."

An officer with a gloomy face walked up to the group.

His narrow eyes swept over the crowd, his deep voice carrying a strong sense of threat:

"But this is what will happen to anyone who dares to run away."

This man is Liang Ye, a colonel in the Hunting Ruins Army nicknamed "Hyena".

Cheng Zhuo recognized him at a glance.

Liang Ye is one of the most frequently appearing high-ranking members of the Hunting Ruins Army in the news.

Every time they appear on screen, they are associated with labels such as "iron-blooded suppression" and "thunderous methods".

Rumor has it that Liang Ye never cares about the means to achieve his goals. Once, a parasitic beast appeared in a shantytown, and he ordered the entire area to be sealed off and indiscriminately cleaned out. In the end, less than 30% of the people survived.

This single shot, used as a warning to others, coupled with Ryōno's intimidation, immediately extinguished everyone's will to resist.

They all revealed their true identities and personal cards for inspection.

Cheng Zhuo also took out the jar and casually picked out a few low-level cards.

After the verification was completed.

A member of the Hunting Ruins Army pointed to a transport vehicle not far away and shouted:

"Hunters below level D in the wilderness, go to the vehicles over there. It's not safe here. We'll take you to the first line of defense against the beast tide. Once you get there, you'll be free."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhuo's brows furrowed instantly.

Are the Hunting Ruins Army being so kind?

He glanced at the wilderness hunters around him and, sure enough, noticed that several of them had hesitation on their faces.

However, with heavy snipers positioned somewhere and aimed at them, no one dared to disobey.

Cheng Zhuo and a dozen or so low-level hunters silently walked into the transport vehicle.

With a clang, the metal car door slammed shut.

A blue light screen suddenly lit up.

They also activated shields on the transport vehicles.

I don't know if it's to prevent attacks from alien beasts, or to prevent people inside the vehicle from jumping out...

The boundary gate.

After watching a dozen or so low-level, low-potential wilderness hunters enter the transport vehicle.

Liang Ye lightly touched his watch and dialed a phone number:

"Dr. Ou, the fish has been sent out. Remember to send someone to pick it up."