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

Shadow Piercing Arrow.

Lu Xiu remembered that this was a skill possessed by a hero named "Shadow Hunter King" in "Hunting Alliance Heroes History".

Ordinary knowledge hunters without a background often use "Hunting League Heroic History" as material to construct their "world of cognition." They then use their professional skill "Knowledge Manifestation" to materialize everything in their "world of cognition."

However, the "Knowledge Manifestation" skill is random; it may manifest items, equipment, characters, or skills.

The materialized objects also become stronger as the hunter's level increases.

This knowledge hunter is quite lucky to have acquired the Shadow Hunter King's skills.

Unfortunately...

The purple light traced a graceful arc in mid-air, striking the rock rhinoceros with unerring accuracy.

"Thump!"

A muffled thud, like a stone falling into a deep pool.

The Rock Horned Rhinoceros's massive body remained completely still. Despite its name, the Shadow Armor-Piercing Arrow only managed to create a small crater in its rock armor.

The Rockhorn Rhinoceros glanced at the Knowledge Hunter with a slight shift in its eyes, then continued eating the Thorn Fruit.

It doesn't hurt or itch.

"This..." The Knowledge Hunter stared wide-eyed in disbelief. His Shadow Armor-Piercing Arrow couldn't even break through the Rock Horned Rhino's defense?

"I'll go!" The weapon hunter named He Yong charged toward the Rock Horned Rhinoceros the moment the knowledge hunter gave the order.

At close range, unleash a "Rage Slash"!

The giant sword in He Yong's hand was immediately coated with a layer of crimson blood color, and he swung it in a wide arc, slashing at the rock rhinoceros.

After awakening, weapon hunters will have an additional attribute called "rage" compared to other classes.

It can be understood as the "mana" unique to weapon hunters.

All of the Weapon Hunter's moves consume Rage to unleash even more destructive attacks!

"clang!"

The greatsword seemed to have struck a steel plate, producing a deep, metallic clang!

He Yong originally intended to split the rock armor on the rock rhinoceros, but with one strike, not only did he fail to split the rock armor, but the recoil from the hilt of the sword made his hand go numb and almost slip from his grasp.

It's one thing to have strong elemental defense, but is its physical defense that strong too?

Is this still only a level 16 mythical beast? It seems stronger than mythical beasts of level 20 and above.

Lu Xiu watched the drama unfold silently, as this outcome was exactly what he had anticipated.

The rock armor on the Rock Horned Rhinoceros is not a one-time use item, but rather it is formed little by little over many years by condensing and compressing earth elements, making it a rare material with high physical and magical defense.

High-quality rock armor can also be used as material for forging armor and shields.

Just as I had predicted, this Rock Horned Rhinoceros, even if it wasn't an "ultimate individual," was probably close to it. The quality of its rock armor was likely at the pinnacle of excellence, perhaps even a treasure-level specimen.

Ordinary attacks simply cannot penetrate its defenses.

For novice hunters like He Yong and Lin Xiaolang, this rock rhinoceros was a steel war machine, something they simply couldn't hunt!

The rock rhinoceros paused in its feeding, its reddened eyes darted around, and it immediately turned its head and flung its rock horn at He Yong.

"clang!"

At the critical moment, He Yong endured the pain in his hand and parried with his sword.

Then Lu Xiu and the other three saw He Yong, along with the giant sword in his hand, being flung away like a broken sandbag! He only stopped when he crashed into a thorny fruit tree.

A whole bunch of thorn berries fell down with a whoosh.

However, after knocking He Yong away, the Rock Armored Rhinoceros did not pursue him and continued to enjoy its meal.

In its eyes, neither the knowledge hunter nor He Yong were anything more than a bunch of annoying mosquitoes.

"He Yong! How are you?" The knowledge hunter rushed to check on He Yong's condition.

"I...I'm fine," He Yong said, leaning against a tree with one hand as he staggered to his feet, while taking out a healing potion from his spatial backpack and drinking it into his mouth with the other.

Seeing that He Yong was still able to stand up, the Knowledge Hunter finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Given its enormous size, the rock rhinoceros couldn't possibly be weak. It wouldn't be surprising if it killed He Yong with a single blow.

Beside them, a beast hunter named Lin Xiaolang hesitated with his black hunting dog.

Neither the elemental attacks of the Knowledge Hunter nor the physical attacks of the Weapon Hunter are effective. So what kind of attack should I launch to make it effective?

The combat power of a Beast Hunter largely comes from the Beasts it has tamed.

Let the black-skinned hounds attack?

This is a hunting dog, not a tiger. Besides, it's a rock rhinoceros. Even a regular tiger wouldn't be able to do much against it!

But both of my companions attacked, and it seemed a bit... awkward for me to just stand there and watch without moving.

"Little Wolf, don't go. Let's abandon this mission. This Rock Horned Rhinoceros is not one we can hunt!" The Knowledge Hunter's decision was extremely decisive, allowing Little Wolf to escape his predicament in time.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lin Xiaolang breathed a sigh of relief. If he really launched an attack, he might anger the Rock Horned Rhinoceros. His black-skinned hunting dog didn't have the same strong physique as He Yong, a weapons hunter.

With He Yong supported, the Knowledge Hunter and Lin Xiaolang returned to Old Man Sha's side.

"Grandpa, we might have to give up on this quest. You'd better change the quest's star rating. The Rockhorn Rhinoceros is so huge that it's not a mythical beast that we novice hunters can hunt," Lin Xiaolang said apologetically to Old Man Sha.

After a brief exchange, Lin Xiaolang and his two companions clearly realized the gap between themselves and the rock rhinoceros.

A decisive abandonment based on considerable self-awareness.

What could Old Man Sha say?

He could only sigh and watch helplessly as the rock rhinoceros crashed into three more large trees, finished eating the ripe thorn fruit, and then swaggered out of the thorn fruit orchard, step by step walking into the darkness of the forest.

"Hmph"

Before leaving, the rock rhinoceros snorted, as if to say: Thank you for the treat, I'll come again tomorrow!

"Lu Xiu, when you go back to town tomorrow, please help me change the star rating of the commission..." Old Man Sha had no choice but to accept Lin Xiaolang's suggestion, but he couldn't go himself and had to stay here to guard the place, so he could only ask Lu Xiu for help.

But when Old Man Sha turned around, he found that Lu Xiu, who was supposed to be standing next to him watching the battle, had disappeared at some point.

"Hey, where's Lü Xiu?" Old Man Sha looked around but couldn't find any trace of Lü.

He Yong and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment. They had just been busy dealing with the Rock Horned Rhinoceros and had no time to pay attention to Lü Xiu's movements.

Just as the four were searching for Lü Xiu, a furious roar from a rock-horned rhinoceros suddenly came from outside the thorny orchard.

"Ugh!!!"

Not long after, another earth-shattering roar was heard.

"boom!!!"

The sound was like thunder, and the earth trembled as if the sky were falling and the earth were splitting apart!