Monster collectors on the cross-platform

The blond-haired man accepted the gold coins with a look of delight, bowing and scraping as he quickly left with his two henchmen, afraid that Huo might change his mind.

According to the information provided by Huang Mao, the Warhawk Pirates come to the island to sell stolen goods about every three months, and the last time they came to the island was a month ago.

According to the usual pattern, the next landing on the island should be in two months. However, considering that a secret realm is about to open near Freedom Island, the Warhawk Pirates may come earlier.

Since he knew that the Black Hawk Pirates wouldn't be coming to Freedom Island for the time being, Huo decided to put it aside for now.

As you leave the alley, the main street gradually comes alive, with drunkards occasionally waking up and continuing their search for more alcohol.

Huo returned to the inn, and every day, besides eating and sleeping, he would find a place to exercise and wait for the secret realm to open.

As time went by, Freedom Island became increasingly lively. With the news of the secret realm spreading, a large number of ships docked at the Freedom Island's pier, most of which flew pirate flags.

Huo also got to see the flag of the Warhawk Pirates again, just as he had hoped.

Huo Huan wasn't in a hurry to deal with his enemy. He figured the enemy would most likely enter the secret realm as well, and Huo Huan would have a better chance to make his move, whether inside or after the secret realm ended.

On this day, 5 kilometers east of Liberty Island, a burst of colorful light suddenly appeared on the sea, followed by the sudden appearance of a huge teleportation portal.

Watching the fleet of ships sail towards the portal, Huo, rowing his small wooden boat, began to miss Elena, wishing he could fly too.

When Huo arrived at the teleportation portal, quite a few people had already gone inside.

Stepping through the portal again, Huo found himself in a dense jungle after a moment of disorientation.

This time, the location was an underground cave. He casually crushed a snake that was biting him, and a cloud of blood mist overflowed from the snake's body, merging into Huo Huan's body and transforming into a wisp of pure life force.

Compared to caves, it is obviously more difficult to find them in dense forests.

Surrounded by lush trees, Huo trusted his sixth sense and followed his intuition.

An hour later, covered in wood chips, he was still wandering around in the dense forest. He hadn't encountered any other people or supernatural monsters along the way, only some ordinary animals that appeared occasionally.

"I shouldn't have believed in any sixth sense," Huo thought, scratching his head in frustration as he looked at his perception panel, which showed only 10 points.

A soft metallic clanging sound, weakened by the foliage, reached Huo Huan's ears.

Upon hearing the sound, Huo immediately perked up and headed in the direction from which it came.

After circling around a dozen large trees, two men dressed as pirates appeared before Huo Huan.

The two who were fighting fiercely stopped at the same time when Huo Huan suddenly appeared, and a three-way standoff was formed for a moment.

"Hey friend, he has some secret treasure on him. Let's team up to deal with him first, and we'll split the treasure we get. What do you say?" After a moment of stalemate, a pirate wielding a rapier couldn't help but extend an invitation to Huo to join forces.

Upon hearing this, the other pirate with the knife changed his expression, took two steps back warily, and remained silent.

"Alright, let's do it together," Huo feigned agreement, wanting to see what this sword-wielding pirate was really up to.

"Okay," the sword-wielding pirate readily agreed, and then he and Huo Huan surrounded the pirate with the knife from the left and right.

"Attack!" Seeing the attack approaching, the rapier pirate roared and thrust his rapier at Huo Huan.

Another pirate also attacked simultaneously, and Huo was suddenly surrounded and attacked.

Ignoring the attacks of the two opponents, Huo continued his offensive, directly throwing a punch at the pirate with the sword.

"Tear" and "crack" were the sounds of a knife cutting cowhide, followed by the crisp sound of bones breaking.

Huo looked at the pirate who hadn't fallen down with some surprise. He had only broken a few ribs and coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood after being punched by Huo. It seemed that the other party was also a superhuman.

He continued to beat the wounded pirate mercilessly, completely ignoring the attacks of the two men.

"Give it your all, or we'll all die!" The pirate who had been beaten was desperate. His whole body emitted a red light, and even the scimitar in his hand was covered with a layer of red.

Believe it or not, the red special effect is really useful. Not only was Huo Huan's attack weakened, but the damage that the scimitar dealt to Huo Huan was also increased significantly.

Chapter 41 Murder and Robbery

Despite the attacks from the scimitar pirates, Huo took a quick step to close the distance and delivered a powerful elbow strike to the front of the door.

The scimitar-wielding pirate's vision went black after being struck hard in the face, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Huo took a step forward, grabbed the pirate by the neck with both hands, and delivered a full-force choke knee strike, hitting the pirate's face again.

That wasn't all. Huo released his hands, raised his arms, and quickly lowered his body, smashing his elbows down from above, delivering a powerful elbow strike to the opponent's neck.

With a crisp crack, the sound of a bone breaking came from the pirate's neck. The scimitar pirate twitched for a moment and then fell silent.

"Die!" At the same time, on the other side, the rapier pirate shouted, and the rapier in his hand emitted a dazzling white light.

In the next instant, as if breaking through spatial distance, the rapier pirate suddenly appeared behind Huo Huan, his rapier piercing Huo Huan's heart without any resistance, just like a butter knife.

"Hahahaha, I won this battle!" The sword-wielding pirate was pale. He drew his sword and quickly retreated a few steps, panting heavily.

"Oh, really? With your weak attacks?" Huo sneered, turned around, and the wounds on his body healed and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"How is this possible? What kind of monster are you?" The pirate, unable to believe his eyes, rubbed them as he watched the wound he had painstakingly inflicted disappear. After confirming that he wasn't seeing things, he couldn't help but shout out loud.

Before Huo could answer, he took a step forward, grabbed the pirate's head, and delivered a powerful punch to his face.

The pirate, still weakened from unleashing his ultimate move, was powerless to resist and died under Huo Huan's fist in just a few moves.

A faint mist of blood rose from the corpse, merging entirely into Huo Huan's body to replenish the life force lost in the recovery process.

After collecting the blood mist, Huo began to take stock of the spoils he had obtained in this battle.

First, there are two weapons. As expected of weapons used by superhumans, they are both recognized equipment by the General Network. Although they are just the most ordinary white equipment, they can still be sold for some money.

Name: Yingneng Scimitar (White)

Type: Weapon

Weight: 1.5 kg

Effect: Yingneng

Description: Forged by a master blacksmith using ordinary metal mixed with a little bit of storm iron, it is both sharp and has energy conductivity, making it a decent weapon.

Name: Pale Rapier (White)

Type: Weapon

Weight: 1.2 kg

Effect: Sharp

Description: Made entirely of galvanized iron, it is unremarkable in all aspects except for its excellent puncture resistance.

In addition to the two weapons, Huo also found a secret treasure in the scimitar pirate's personal pouch.

Name: Fruit with strange patterns (blue)

Type: Consumables

Weight: 0.5 kg

Effect: Transformation

Description: A strange fruit nurtured by the sea. Non-human creatures that eat it can transform into human form, but it has no other effects.

What the hell is this? Is it a Transformation Pill or the Human-Human Fruit - Commoner Form?

Huo put away the fruit with a speechless expression, hoping to sell it for a good price. Perhaps some players with special needs would want it.

Besides these three items, the rest are just some ordinary currency and other worthless things.

Huo collected his spoils, summoned the Book of Collection, and attempted to contain the two corpses on the ground, but unsurprisingly, he failed.

Huo frowned, dug a hole in the ground, and hastily buried the two bodies.

Having made some initial progress, Huo meditated briefly to recover his energy before resuming his search in the secret realm.

Perhaps because of the previous collision, Huo quickly encountered other people again this time.

A group of pirates ran past Huo Huan, led by a pirate wearing a red turban who was carrying a spherical bundle and occasionally looking back to check the situation behind him.

The other pirates chased after them with knives, shouting nonsense like "Don't run!" Judging from their attire, they were probably from the same pirate crew.

Huo also witnessed the group of pirates running away, and judging from their speed, they should all be ordinary people.

Huo thought about it for a moment, and finally decided to stay far behind the crowd. Rather than searching aimlessly, it was better to follow the main group. After all, the more people there were, the more attention they would attract, whether it was from people or monsters.

A group of people ran forward noisily, and sure enough, an accident occurred not long after they started running.

A group of mosquito-bat people, attracted by the noisy pirates, flapped their wings and surrounded them.

"Oh no, there's a monster!" The vibrations from the Mosquito Bat Man quickly reached the pirates' ears.

Seeing the monsters closing in, the pirates stopped chasing and formed a circle, back to back, to defend against the mosquito bats' attacks.

The Mosquito Bat Man has no weapons; its attack method is to swoop down from the sky like an eagle and then attack with its claws or nose spikes.

The Mosquito Bats are numerous, have an aerial advantage, and are even slightly stronger than the pirates.

Soon, the pirates' defenses were broken, and pirates died one after another. The remaining pirates quickly lost their will to fight and fled in all directions.

Under the aerial pursuit of the Mosquito Bats, the pirates' escape was meaningless. In no time, all the pirates died in the forest, while the Mosquito Bats paid only three deaths and a few injuries.

After eliminating the enemy, the Mosquito Bats landed next to the corpses and plunged the nasal spikes on their faces into the bodies.

The blood and bone marrow inside the corpse were completely absorbed by the Mosquito Bat Man, turning it into a thin, empty shell.

Having absorbed all the bodily fluids, the mosquito-bats quickly spotted Huo Huan hanging behind them and began flapping their wings to attack him.

Huo Huan stared at the bunch of humanoid mosquitoes with two pairs of bat wings in front of him and was truly disgusted by their ugliness. Their sharp, pointed noses reminded Huo Huan of the itching he had experienced from mosquito bites in his past life.

Thinking of this, Huo's disgust deepened. He picked up a few stones from the ground and threw them forcefully at the mosquito-bat man.

The stone, like a bullet being fired, streaked through the air with a series of whistling sounds.

Unfortunately, Huo's aim wasn't very good. Apart from two or three unlucky guys who were killed, the rest didn't even get a graze.

The deaths of their fellow humans did not evoke any fear in the Mosquito Bats; these bloodthirsty, low-intelligence monsters were consumed by a thirst for flesh and blood.

The Mosquito Bat flew into the air and then swooped down again.

However, Huo was no weakling like those pirates. Ignoring the attacks of the Mosquito Bat Man, he struck with both hands, delivering a punch to the Mosquito Bat Man's head.

Under Huo's immense power, the head of the mosquito-bat man that was hit shattered like a watermelon.

With one punch each, the number of Mosquito Bat Men decreased rapidly. In no time, all the Mosquito Bat Men were dead at Huo Huan's hands.

The corpses scattered on the ground began to emit a bloody mist, enveloping the entire small area and making it seem as if one had entered hell.

The blood mist merged into Huo Huan's body, transforming into pure life energy. Sensing that his body's life energy reserves had increased, Huo Huan couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.