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

early morning.

As usual, Lü Xiu got up early to practice his sword and archery.

He then took a shower and ate breakfast, just like before he officially became a hunter. He had no intention of changing this good habit.

After breakfast, Lü Xiu went to Fuyun Street again to find the fox spirit Liu Yuerou.

"I want to buy a mythical beast." You are about to complete your first job advancement. At that time, the number of mythical beasts you can contract will increase by 1, which means you can have a maximum of three mythical beasts.

With only one magical beast at the moment, Lü Xiu considered that it was time to finalize the selection of his second magical beast.

Instead of searching the world for powerful and rare mythical beasts, why not come to the Floating Cloud Merchant Guild? If you find a suitable target, then the only remaining issue is money.

Lu Xiu still had a level 80 perfect bone spear in his inventory that he hadn't sold yet. He planned to sell it when he needed money.

"What type of mythical beast do you need?" Liu Yuerou asked.

"A king-level individual, a support-type pet, cannot be of the fire or dark attribute, and should not be a mutated pet." Lu Xiu had already considered his choice for his second pet.

With the "Ultimate Mutant King Individual" Nine Netherworld Purgatory Tiger as a precedent, Lu Xiu simply doesn't care about ordinary phantom beasts.

He even considered creating another ultimate mutant king-level individual himself.

It's not impossible.

Of the three suffixes, "Extreme," "Mutation," and "King," "Mutation" is the most difficult.

The "mutation" of mutated individuals is random and uncontrollable, making it difficult to cultivate independently. However, Lü Xiu now possesses a "Relic of the Holy Life Being" capable of targeted mutation, adding the "Life" attribute to phantom beasts. This means that the most difficult "mutation" suffix can be reliably achieved.

Creating an ultimate, mutated, and kingly individual is already half the battle won.

"Limited-in-One" can be developed through training. Take the Rock Rhinoceros I once saw, for example; its Limited-in-One is "Obsidian Rhinoceros." It's not that only that one Rock Rhinoceros can evolve into Obsidian Rhinoceros; rather, all Rock Rhinoceroses can evolve into the Limited-in-One Obsidian Rhinoceros.

Lu Xiu could choose a non-"limited individual" mythical beast at the beginning and raise it himself, but the process might be more troublesome and time-consuming.

Finally, there is the "King Individual".

In his previous life, when playing games, Lü Xiu heard that some people could raise mythical beasts of the highest rank.

But that's just hearsay, and its veracity can't even be verified. It's very likely just some guy on a forum showing off and bragging.

At least in this world, all hunters agree that "kings" are born.

Mutant individuals can be handled by oneself. Extreme individuals can be cultivated later. So as long as one chooses a king-level individual mythical beast to cultivate from the beginning.

That would allow us to replicate the "Ultimate Mutant King" of the Nine Netherworld Purgatory Tiger.

"There are many non-fire and non-dark attribute support-type pets in the guild, but there are not many king-level pets at the moment, only two, which may not meet your requirements," Liu Yuerou replied without hesitation. As one of the managers of the Floating Clouds Guild who currently manages pets, she knows the important king-level pets in the guild like the back of her hand.

"May I take a look?" Lü Xiu asked.

"Of course, follow me." Liu Yuerou turned and led the way.

Soon, Liu Yuerou and Lü Xiu arrived at the back of the Floating Cloud Merchant Guild's Phantom Beast Market, where there were two separate small courtyards.

Check them one by one.

The first small courtyard was a stable, where a fiery red horse, its body as red as flames and its eyes as red as blood, lived. Its name and rank were displayed on its head: Crimson Emperor Mane LV33.

When Lü Xiu and Liu Yuerou walked in, the Crimson Flame Emperor was chewing on charred charcoal. When he saw people come in, he slightly raised his blood-red eyes, glanced at them, and then continued eating the charcoal.

"Crimson Flame Emperor Mane, the king of the Flying Fire Steeds, is a fire-attribute individual. It has mastered the skills Flame Impact, Falling Fire Drop, and Triple Flame Kick. Its king skill is: Flying Fire Run," Liu Yuerou introduced and gave advice.

"Suitable for beast hunters who are skilled with bows and arrows but do not yet have a land mount."

"Furthermore, this Crimson Flame Emperor has a rather volatile temper; you might have to tame it before you can form a contract with it."

Lu Xiu shook his head.

I already have the Nine Netherworld Tiger as my land mount, so it's impossible for me to get another warhorse.

Unless it can fly.

Even if it can fly, it won't work, because its attributes overlap with those of the Nine Netherworld Purgatory Tiger.

Let's go see the second mythical beast.

The second courtyard is a small pond.

A large, black frog with a mane resembling that of a mythical horse was squatting in the pond, looking as if it were wearing a wig with a middle parting.

General Frog LV27

Upon seeing someone enter, the General Frog's dull gaze suddenly brightened, and it pulled its two plump arms out of the water, clapping them in front of it.

"Slap! Slap!"

"Croak!"

"Slap! Slap!"

"Quack"

"Clap clap↗, clap clap↘, clap clap clap!!"

"What...is it doing?" Lu Xiu asked, looking puzzled.

"This is a general frog that considers itself a singer and has an extremely strong desire to perform. It is the king of the soldier frogs, a water-type frog, and its skills include Water Slap and Tide Surge. Its king move is: Piercing Torrent Cannon."

The general frog who thinks he's a singer?

That's something new.

"Have you considered the possibility that it might have mutated?" Lu Xiu asked.

"We've considered it, but after our tests, its singing didn't work at all. We also compared it with previous records of the General Frog and found that apart from its love of singing, this General Frog has nothing special about it," Liu Yuerou said, shrugging.

Lu Xiu shook his head; this one wasn't suitable either.

One very simple point is enough to make it pass.

Ugly.

I'm not pretending anymore, I'm coming clean, I'm a sucker for good looks!

Lu Xiu could hardly imagine what he would look like if he were to undergo a Beast King transformation with the General Frog.

If you have a middle parting and wear overalls, won't you end up looking like a little black guy?

That won't do.

I'm an ikun!

"Could you please keep an eye out for me? If you find any suitable magical beasts in the future, please let me know," Lu Xiu said. There's more than just the Floating Cloud Merchant Guild selling magical beasts in Nantian Port; he'll check out the other guilds later.

"No problem, I'll let you know as soon as a suitable mythical beast comes in," Liu Yuerou readily agreed, then remembered something else and reminded her.

"By the way, if you're not in a hurry, you can wait a few months and look in the Profession Advancement Secret Realm. It's said that many of the mythical beasts there are mythical beasts that only existed in ancient times, and every year during the Profession Advancement, mythical beast hunters contract some pretty good mythical beasts from there."

Liu Yuerou's words reminded Lü Xiu.

The Career Advancement Secret Realm is actually an ancient secret realm, where the ecology is completely isolated from the present ecology. It is home to a large number of mythical beasts that only exist in ancient times, including many strange and powerful mythical beasts.

"Thank you," Lu Xiu said goodbye and hurried away.

He planned to go to the library in Nantian Port, where, barring any unforeseen circumstances, there should be information about the mythical beasts that had appeared in the professional secret realm.