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

"Whoosh"

The arrow pierced the air, pinning the last hind leg of the Hellfire Tiger, thus securing an arrow to all four of its limbs.

Yes, they are very symmetrical.

The obsessive-compulsive disorder felt better.

However, the arrows on its four limbs did not affect the Infernal Killing Tiger's movement.

Shaking off the surrounding lightning, the Hellfire Tiger pounced on Lü Xiu in mid-air at top speed.

"Snap!" Lu Xiu stopped drawing the arrow and snapped his fingers.

The next moment, the soil beneath his feet suddenly turned into a soft and slippery swamp, and Lü Xiu slid into it.

The Purgatory Killing Tiger missed its target. To be precise, it didn't miss its target; as soon as it landed, it encountered a thin thread, which was a trigger trap that Lü Xiu had set up in advance.

Dozens of cannon barrels were exposed behind the large trees on both sides of the open space.

"Knock knock knock!!!"

Fire the cannons!

The cannon continuously fired fist-sized fruits, resembling dragon fruits.

The moment it landed on the Purgatory Killing Tiger, the inside of the fruit violently surged and exploded!

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

The fruit is called "Firestorm Fruit," and not only does it have a similar name to Thunderstorm Fruit, but it also has a similar effect. When it is hit, the Firestorm Fruit will explode on its own.

However, its power is less than that of the Thunderstorm Fruit, so Lu Xiu used all of his stock this time.

One hundred and twenty-three!

Well, this time I didn't find it in the forest, but bought it from an elemental hunter in Sunny Town whom Lu Xiu called "Aunt Liu." She has a Flameburst Fruit orchard...

Hundreds of Blazing Fruits exploded at once!

The terrifying impact overturned all the trees within a three-meter radius!

Thick smoke billowed, and the ground was charred black!

"Roar!" The Hellfire Tiger leaped out of the thick smoke, covered in dust, but because it possessed the power of fire element, it was not seriously injured.

The arrows in its limbs had all been blown off, but the arrowheads were still firmly embedded in its arms.

Although it lacked reason, the burning rage of wanting to tear the enemy apart but being unable to do so, along with the endless traps, fueled its growing fury.

Looking around, the Hellfire Tiger desperately wanted to tear Lü Xiu apart!

Lu Xiu was still underground at this time.

Moving around in the mud is a wonderful experience.

After using the "Earth Exchange Order", the earth became a vast ocean to him.

He can swim freely to wherever he wants to go.

Three seconds later, Lü Xiu appeared 80 meters away from where he had burrowed underground.

As soon as it appeared, Lü Xiu drew his arrow, put on his bow, and shot again.

A focused, decisive strike!

"Boom!"

A crisp, snapping sound echoed through the forest.

By the time the Hellfire Tiger found Lü Xiu, the wolf-tooth arrow had already pierced its neck.

"roar!"

The Hellfire Tiger roared and charged at Lü Xiu once more!

"Infernal Impact!"

This time, it burst into flames, its massive body darting through the forest. Trees two meters away from it were ignited, and some even turned to ashes instantly upon contact with the Hellfire Killing Tiger before they were fully burned!

"Boom!!" The claws of the Purgatory Killing Tiger slammed heavily on the ground, causing the entire forest to tremble.

As he charged forward, the flames on his body grew increasingly fierce, and his momentum reached its peak during the advance.

Now, Lü Xiu is not facing a tiger, but a train running at full speed!

As the attack drew near, the Hellfire Tiger slammed its two front paws into the ground, preparing to leap up and pounce on Lü Xiu, just as it had done with any other phantom beast.

However, what the Hellfire Killing Tiger did not expect was that its two front paws, which were slamming on the ground, suddenly missed their target!

The seemingly solid ground was just a facade; beneath the illusion of a pile of weeds and mud, a large hole, five meters wide and three meters deep, had been waiting for a long time!

The purgatory killing tiger, stomping heavily on the ground, didn't even have time to react before it collapsed headfirst.

The large hole was filled with sharp spikes.

Unfortunately, Lü Xiu had set up the trap hastily, and the spikes he used were all made of ordinary iron. The three-meter-deep pit was also made from materials found on the spot, using traps left by other hunters after they caught wild boars.

Although the Purgatory Killing Tiger was pierced by its fur due to its weight, it was not a serious injury.

With gritted teeth and a burst of strength, the Hellfire Tiger leaped out of the trap.

Just as he jumped out of the trap, before he even landed, a huge wooden mallet suddenly swung in front of him. The handle was tied with a rope and hung on a tree trunk.

With a "thud!", the wooden mallet struck the Hellfire Tiger back again.

"roar!!!"

The furious roar of the Hellfire Tiger echoed from the trap.

That roar brought tears to the eyes of those who heard it and broke their hearts.

Even Lü Xiu, standing in front of the trap, couldn't help but rub his nose.

Is it really inhumane of you to do this?

But... Lü Xiu indicated that he had already held back.

Before becoming a hunter, Lü Xiu was able to move freely in the Breeze Forest thanks to his trap-laying skills. Accurately predicting the target's actions and setting up a chain of traps to match each step of the target's movement is not something that can be summarized by a simple "advanced trap-laying technique".

This kind of spirituality is what all trap masters dream of.

This means that we need to hunt the Hellfire Tiger on short notice.

Given more time, Lü Xiu could set up a chain trap that is three times more damaging and complex than this one.

Once again leaping out of the trap, the arrogance of the Purgatory Killing Tiger was as if it had been doused with water, clearly weakened and diminished.

Even his steps toward Lü Xiu slowed considerably.

"It finally worked," Lu Xiu said, putting away the ice flower.

He coated the arrowheads of the wolf-tooth arrows he shot at the Purgatory Killing Tiger with the deadly venom of the "Poisonous Woman Spider," a potent poison that could knock out a bison in a second with just a drop.

The flesh of the Purgatory Killing Tiger far surpasses that of an ordinary wild ox, so Lü Xiu used a full five arrows, and the poison on each arrow was ten times the normal amount!

The Hellfire Tiger, whose size was comparable to that of an elephant, finally collapsed two meters away from Lü Xiu.

Lu Xiu then put down the Earth Exchange Token from his waist.

Even with fifty times the amount of poison, the Hellfire Killing Tiger endured it for more than a minute before collapsing.

It's terrifyingly strong.

Du Shixin's "Gu Spring Ritual" is indeed quite skillful.

The Infernal Killing Tiger was poisoned and knocked unconscious; the hunt was complete. Normally, at this point, Lü Xiu would be dividing up the magical beast materials.

However, there's no rush; he has a question that needs to be verified.

Can the mutated phantom beast created through the Gu Spring Ritual be "Shadow Fusion" by one's own Shadow King?

"Should be okay?" Lu Xiu had never seen the Shadow Demon race when he played the game before. Just as the records in Sunny Town indicated, the Shadow Demon race should have been wiped out by the [Nest].

However, based on his experience fighting against the mutated phantom beasts created by the Gu Spring ritual,

These mutated phantom beasts have no rationality whatsoever; all they possess is a bloodthirsty habit and bestial behavior, tearing apart any living thing in their sight.

Furthermore, just in case, Lü Xiu deliberately poisoned himself unconscious, which could be considered as fulfilling the requirement of "mental exhaustion".

Well then, give it a try.

Lu Xiu grabbed his black trench coat and threw it at the Purgatory Killing Tiger.

"Shadow Fusion"