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

Hu Yang practically tumbled and crawled back to the long table at the banquet.

"What fancy dishes are on the menu today? Why are you, Hu Yang, in such a sorry state?" The gray bear looked at Hu Yang with surprise.

The other two guests also stood up from their seats.

A white-haired ape, and a red-crowned crane whose body surface flashed with lightning.

"Do you need us to help?" The white-haired ape picked up the bone spear from the table.

The ram had no time to pay attention to the three magical beasts and flew straight toward the kitchen, shouting orders at the same time.

"Let the feast begin!"

The chefs and servants were stunned. Everything else was not yet ready, and the banquet was already starting?

However, the order to start the banquet was given by the head chef, and although the members of the [Banquet] organization were puzzled, they immediately complied.

Soon, one "delicious dish" after another was served from the kitchen to the table. However, these delicacies were beyond the capacity of normal humans to handle, as many of them contained parts of the human body!

Strange black characters began to appear around the dining table.

This is the iconic formation of the [Banquet] organization, "Devouring Heaven and Earth"!

It can seize the spirit of everything around it and attach it to dishes, giving the eaters great benefits.

The three guests looked at each other.

They immediately began to enjoy the food that was served.

The sheep were invited over for a meal, and the food is already on the table, so why be so polite?

"roar!!!"

Before the three guests could even take a couple of bites, a furious roar suddenly came from the direction of the kitchen.

They couldn't help but look in the direction from which the sound came, and immediately saw a huge phantom of a ram's head condensing in mid-air, its roar stirring up a hurricane that swept all the chefs and servants of the [Banquet] organization into the formation that devoured the heavens and earth.

next moment.

The black characters that devoured heaven and earth turned blood red, and an invisible barrier rose from the characters.

The formation has reversed!

Originally, the Devouring Heaven and Earth Formation absorbed spiritual energy from the outside world and added it to the dishes within the formation.

After the reversal, the Devouring Heaven and Earth Formation will absorb spiritual energy from all objects within the formation, but it will not enhance the dishes outside the formation; instead, it will condense spiritual energy.

[Feast] This method is often used to imprison and kill other powerful beings, condensing their spirits into a delicious dish.

"Hu Yang, what are you doing?" Seeing faint white light spots constantly rising from his body, the gray bear could clearly feel his life force being rapidly stripped away bit by bit, and immediately questioned Hu Yang in a fit of rage.

The other two guests raised the same angry questions. One of them, the red-crowned crane, tried to leave the formation, but crashed into an invisible barrier and was bounced back.

The white-haired ape tried to attack the barrier, but found it to be as solid as a rock, remaining unmoved no matter how it attacked.

"It's useless. The barrier of the Devouring Heaven and Earth formation was personally built by the head chef over a week."

"Using countless precious materials, even title hunters find it difficult to break through."

"Now that the formation has reversed, the barrier will become even stronger due to the spiritual energy extracted from everyone. No one except the head chef can open it."

Luo Ya responded to the three guests.

It was also caught up in the formation.

However, unlike the chefs and waiters around them who knew they were in the Reversal Devouring Heaven and Earth Formation and went crazy, even actively attacking the barrier.

Luo Ya's injuries had healed, but it did not struggle; it simply sat quietly at the dining table, awaiting its death.

"You knew all along that it was treating us like food?!" the gray bear roared, questioning Luo Ya.

Luo Ya did not deny that "the head chef's ambitions go far beyond simply being an ordinary member of the [Banquet] organization."

"We, and indeed all the beings in the entire Profession Advancement Realm, are merely a feast he prepared for his own advancement."

"However, it seems that the head chef has encountered a formidable enemy and has no choice but to begin the banquet, which is not yet perfect, ahead of schedule."

"Hu Yang, release me, or you'll face the revenge of the Azure Bear, White Jade Ape, and Thunder Crane clans!" Seeing that resistance was futile, the gray-haired bear began to threaten Hu Yang with the power behind them.

But its response was a giant sheep's head opening its blood-red maw and biting down from the sky.

The ram didn't even have the patience to wait for all the living beings in the Heaven and Earth Array to be completely extracted as "spirits".

"boom!"

The entire hillside, the formation, and all the creatures within it were devoured by the giant sheep's head.

In a moment, the sheep's head turned into a ball of white light.

Lu Xiu and Lu Bu rushed over and witnessed this scene.

"Advanced?!" Lu Xiu frowned immediately upon seeing the ball of white light.

He wasn't referring to the hunter's first advancement at level 40.

It's the second advancement at level 80!

All hunters of all professions need the power of original sin to complete their first advancement.

However, the methods for the second advancement are different for each individual.

Weapon hunters need to upgrade their signature weapon to epic level.

Elemental hunters need to fuse and upgrade their Elemental Hearts to Epic level.

Knowledge hunters, on the other hand, need to allow the cognitive world to interfere with reality and condense a cognitive domain.

Monster hunters must fill their monster contract slots and ensure that at least one monster completes its second evolution.

Gourmet hunters, on the other hand, need to enjoy a feast that meets epic standards. The feast can be large or small; it can be made by piling up a large number of perfect-grade dishes to reach the epic level, or it can be as simple as having only one epic-grade dish.

Once the requirements are met, the Hunter class will automatically advance.

This advancement will be a sublimation of the essence of life! Becoming an existence that transcends ordinary humans!

The Hu sheep is now undergoing the sublimation brought about by its second stage of advancement.

However, the job advancement dungeon is restricted to hunters who have not yet completed their first advancement...

It's simply impossible for Hu Yang to advance from level 40 to 80 within two weeks. At least not in the Class Advancement Dungeon.

unless...

"This guy, like me, had accumulated a lot of experience when he was level 40," Lu Xiu guessed.

However, he has far more experience than I have.

The experience required to go from level 40 to 80 is hundreds or thousands of times greater than that required to go from level 1 to 40.

Even if a powerful player helps by constantly throwing near-death high-level phantom beasts in front of the hunter for the final blow, it still takes a lot of time.

However, this method is tantamount to forcing growth. It might be okay once or twice, but very few strong individuals would use this method to help their descendants level up.

Otherwise, it would result in a situation where a child is holding a cannon, which could not only easily kill themselves but also injure those around them.

Although Lü Xiu leveled up very quickly, he spent a long time practicing his skills to familiarize himself with his power after each major level increase.

Hunters from the five major factions then arrived.

"He's undergoing his second career advancement! Everyone, attack and interrupt him!" Han An recognized Hu Yang's condition at a glance. Although he found it hard to believe, he still loudly commanded everyone to launch an attack.

He immediately drew his two swords and charged towards the barbarian sheep.

But Jian Er had barely run a few steps when a blood-red halberd blocked his path.

Seeing that someone dared to block his attack as a illusory god, Han An's expression changed immediately. He was about to lash out when he realized that the person blocking Jian Er was Lu Bu, who had just driven the Hu sheep to flee all over the place. He could only swallow his anger.

"Dude, the head chef of the [Banquet] organization is undergoing his second career advancement," Han An reminded him.

"I know," Lü Xiu replied.

"Then...why not stop him now?"

The hunters around them, who had intended to attack, saw that Jian Er's attack was blocked, and silently put down their weapons, but also cast puzzled glances at Lü Xiu and Lü Bu.

Why not stop the ram from completing its second advancement?

Lu Xiu did not answer again, but turned his gaze to Lu Bu. He could roughly understand what Lu Bu was thinking.

"Bang..."

It sounded like shattering glass, and the white ball of light shattered.

A black goat-man fell from the white ball of light and crashed straight to the ground.

"Uh~" Hu Yang stood up from the ground, stretching his body freely, as if he had been sleeping for a very long time.

Having completed his second advancement, his body hair became even blacker and thicker, his limbs became longer, and a blood-red vertical pupil grew on his forehead.

The benefits are not limited to a significant increase in all attributes.

Furthermore, he achieved a bloodline reversion, gaining the power that the mythical beast race should possess!

Looking up, the ram's three eyes instantly locked onto Lü Bu.

"Because of you, I had to eat them ahead of time, which prevented my second career advancement, which I had been preparing for for a whole year, from achieving the perfection I had envisioned."

"But it doesn't matter, as long as I eat you, I can make up for this imperfection!"

"To become the sole king of the younger generation within the [Banquet] organization!"

The goat laughed wildly, its mouth wide open. Despite being a black goat-man, its teeth were as sharp as a tiger's! Corrosive saliva dripped down its face.

Lu Bu sized up the barbarian sheep.

His assessment of the goat-man at this moment remained as simple as before.

"this one?"

Lu Bu could sense that the life within the sphere of light was constantly growing stronger, so he looked forward to it.

However, no one expected that the result after the enhancement would still be so disastrous.

Sensing the arrogance in Lü Bu's eyes and the disdain in his tone, Hu Yang's unrestrained smile abruptly vanished, instantly turning into anger.

"I'll use you to test my newly acquired power!"

"Bloodline Atavism: Hurricane Sheep"

"Roar!!" The ram spread its arms and roared wildly at the sky.

Its body suddenly and rapidly expanded, growing from three meters tall to fifteen meters tall!

At the same time, a fierce hurricane swept around, and one giant tornado after another rose from the ground! Everything in its path was swept up into it!

At this moment, the Hu Yang's power, physique, and combat strength have reached a whole new level.

But the contempt in Lü Bu's eyes had reached its peak.

He gently tapped the halberd in his hand against the ground.

"Invincible!"

A terrifying power erupted from his body, spreading in all directions with a powerful pressure.

"Boom!!!"

The oppressive force was so heavy it felt like a thousand pounds, and the soil beneath their feet was flattened as the pressure spread, as if more than a dozen road rollers had repeatedly rolled over it.

The tornado created by the ram was directly dispersed by this oppressive force!

All the hunters around, except for Lü Xiu, who was Lü Bu's lord, were lying dead.

Even if the pressure wasn't directed at them, how could these newly advanced level 40 hunters withstand Lu Bu's pressure at such close range?

As the sole target of Lu Bu's oppressive aura, the ram did not fall, but its 15-meter-tall giant body trembled incessantly in the face of this pressure!

"No...impossible! You're only at this level, how can you have such power!" Hu Yang felt his worldview being turned upside down as he sensed Lu Bu's sudden surge in combat power.

Possessing such terrifying power, this is not a ethereal god that a hunter who has completed his first advancement could summon!

It must be fake!

It's an illusion!

An illusion that deceives my sense of smell!

"Intertwined Fierce Hurricane"

Hu Yang raised his hand and flicked it forward, creating dozens of sandstorms that shot into the sky and rushed towards Lü Bu.

Lü Bu picked up his halberd and strode forward.

His steps were neither hurried nor slow, yet his figure flickered and moved like a ghost among the tornadoes, without even a speck of sand or dust touching the corners of his armor.

On the contrary, Lü Xiu and the other hunters who had just been around Lü Bu quickly ran away using their own methods.

Any later, and they would have been swept into the tornado like those uprooted trees and rocks!

As Lü Bu passed through more than ten sandstorm tornadoes, his figure disappeared again, and he appeared out of thin air in front of the fifteen-meter-tall Hu sheep, extending his halberd and gently pointing forward!

"The Soul-Destroying Halberd!"

Before the sheep could even react, the halberd had pierced its chest.

"boom!"

The next moment, a pale blue shockwave burst forth from behind the ram, shooting towards the sky and piercing through the clouds.

"No..."

Hu Yang gripped the halberd with both hands, trying to pull it out.

He didn't want to die! He still had unfulfilled ambitions!

But the strength in his arms seemed to have been completely drained, and he was unable to pull out the halberd no matter what he did.

The world before his eyes suddenly fast-forwarded to night, and his body felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar, growing colder and colder until this chill completely overwhelmed all his consciousness.

The massive, fifteen-meter-tall body crashed to the ground!