Everyone's a Hunter? I'm a Hunter x Hunter!

In the afternoon, large raindrops began to fall from the sky, drifting into the Breeze Forest with the gentle breeze.

If you look down from a high point in the Breeze Forest now, you can see the magnificent view of the vast forest sea swaying in the rain like waves.

As Lu Xiu walked through the forest, he had changed into a light green raincoat, but the torrential rain could not stop him.

There wasn't a single hunter to be seen around. In this kind of weather, even experienced hunters would find a place to take shelter from the rain.

Because the Breeze Forest is home to many mythical beasts that are adept at hunting in the rain, the sound of falling rain can mask their tracks and scents.

Lu Xiu continued forward, as he was very close to his destination. He planned to wait until he reached his destination before considering taking shelter from the rain.

We are about to reach the location marked on the intermediate treasure map, which is more than 2,000 meters away.

In just one morning, he also killed quite a few low-level phantom beasts.

It was both a test of the "ice flower's" destructive power and a way to level up my skills.

Before becoming a hunter, I had no experience hunting mythical beasts, and the only way to become stronger was through daily training. But now that I'm a hunter, I can improve my physical attributes by leveling up, and the speed at which my combat power increases is incredibly fast!

Before he knew it, Lü Xiu had reached level 4.

For each level gained, all attributes will increase by 1 point, and 1 free attribute point will be gained.

Lu Xiu still has 3 free attribute points, which haven't been added yet.

The game "Hunting World" is very different from the online games that Lü Xiu played before. In online games, the classes are clearly defined: mages increase spirit, warriors increase strength, knights increase constitution, and thieves increase agility.

Although there are professions in "Hunting World", the roles of these professions are very vague.

No one stipulates that weapon hunters cannot be proficient in elemental power; on the contrary, there are quite a few weapon hunters in the real world who are similar to "magic swordsmen".

Moreover, since Lü Xiu will inevitably become a full-time Hunter in the future, it would be reasonable for all attributes to be evenly distributed.

However, Lü Xiu planned to keep them for now and distribute them only if he encountered an opponent he couldn't defeat. Three attribute points wouldn't make much of a difference.

[Enter within 1000 meters of the treasure's location; the intermediate treasure map has been activated.]

"Finally here!" A glint flashed in Lu Xiu's eyes, and he quickly took out a mid-level treasure map from his backpack.

The intermediate-level treasure map, which was originally just a map, slowly turned to ashes as if it were being burned by flames. The ashes condensed in mid-air into a pale blue arrow to guide Lü Xiu.

Following the direction indicated by the arrow, Lü Xiu began to move forward.

After passing a large tree and a lake, the terrain began to undulate, leading into the hilly area of ​​the Breeze Forest.

Lu Xiu stopped in front of a dark cave.

According to the arrow, the treasure is just 20 meters ahead, clearly in the cave in front of us.

Caves and lakes in the wild are usually occupied by mythical beasts as their lairs. Perhaps the cave in front of you is the lair of some powerful mythical beast.

It's raining now, and most of the magical beasts will be returning to their nests, so that magical beast might be in the cave!

To find out if there really are mythical beasts inside...

Lu Xiu suddenly squatted down and set up a simple animal trap. Then he took a few steps back, hid behind a tree, and pointed with his right hand. A snake's nest fruit that he had just picked up that morning fell into his hand.

"Fire in the hole"

The snake nest fruit flew through the air in a graceful arc and landed precisely deep in the cave.

"Bang"

Upon impact, the snake-nest fruit immediately emitted a strange, foul stench that quickly spread.

"Waaaaah!!!"

An angry roar immediately came from the cave!

Immediately afterwards, a wild boar the size of a calf suddenly darted out of the darkness of the cave, and after taking only two steps, its hoof landed on the trap.

"Snapped!"

The animal trap, like a beast awakened from its slumber, snapped its jaws onto the wild boar's hoof without a second thought.

"Waaah~~"

With a painful cry, the wild boar that had rushed out immediately lost its balance, its heavy body tumbling headfirst onto the muddy ground, sliding three or four meters away.

But there's no need to be sad, this pain will soon be over, because Lü Xiu has already picked up his hunting knife, and watching the wild boar slide all the way to his feet, he thrust the knife in without thinking, plunging it into the wild boar's throat and all the way to its brain.

As pain struck, the wild boar struggled fiercely, but Lu Xiu's hand holding the knife was like an iron clamp, and no matter how much it struggled, it did not budge.

Before long, the wild boar no longer had the strength to struggle.

[Slaying a Level 5 Black-skinned Wild Boar grants 60 experience points; defeating a higher-level boar increases experience gain by 20%]

"I was thinking of bringing some game over to Old Man Sha, and your arrival is just in time." Lu Xiu took out a cloth, dampened it with rainwater, wiped the blood off the hunting knife, and then sheathed it.

He grabbed the wild boar's hoof with one hand and threw it directly into his spatial backpack.

Segmented data collection is done once we reach a safe location.

Looking into the dark cave entrance, he realized that no other magical beasts had emerged during his hunt of the wild boar, indicating that there were no more magical beasts inside.

He then took out a clean towel from his spatial backpack, wet it with rainwater, covered his nose, and then entered the cave.

The cave's interior wasn't large, only about a hundred square meters, but the stench was extremely pungent. It wasn't just the smell emanating from snake nest fruit, but also from wild animal droppings; the two odors mixed together, creating a pungent, acrid smell that practically stung the eyes!

Fortunately, Lü Xiu was prepared, and the stench was not enough to make him faint on the spot.

His gaze swept across the entire room.

The pale blue arrow that had been floating in front of Lü Xiu disintegrated automatically after reaching its destination, landing in a corner and eventually coalescing into a platinum treasure chest.

"Platinum Treasure Chest!" Lu Xiu's eyes widened instantly.

He had never even heard of anyone finding a treasure chest of this caliber in the Breeze Forest, let alone seen one!

Platinum chests yield items that are at least perfect quality and can potentially reach epic quality!

He immediately strode over to the platinum treasure chest and opened it.

The platinum chest contained only two items: a black stone and a tattered parchment scroll.

Before he could even look at the specific attributes of the two items, a notification appeared before Lü Xiu's eyes.

[Hint: Opening the Platinum Treasure Chest activates the Treasure Hunter talent, permanently boosting all attributes by 20%]

"20%!" Lu Xiu's eyelids twitched!

A 10x bonus from the Black Iron Chest! That's an incredibly powerful boost.

My current stats are all around 20, so a 20% increase would be 4 points in all stats!

Even if you include free attribute points, that's an improvement you only get after leveling up 3 times!

Cool!

As expected of a Platinum Chest!

However, the main event is yet to come. If the Platinum Chest alone can provide such a huge boost, what about the items inside?