He promised to become a knight, but what the heck is Astartes?

Luo Xia only felt a magical fluctuation that instantly tried to spread throughout his body, but with the Emperor's spiritual protection, the opponent was naturally powerless and could only quickly scan his appearance before dissipating.

"As expected, even without the Emperor's Crown, the opponent's magic cannot detect me."

Luo Xia felt a sense of relief. Although he had no intention of cheating, he was naturally unwilling to let a stranger examine his entire body.

After all, Rorschach has many secrets, and if anything were to be discovered, things would be really bad.

The white wizard's investigation lasted for half an hour. Then he waved his hand, and the lined-up black-armored soldiers stepped forward and pulled out all the superhumans whose heads were glowing blue.

"You've been eliminated."

"Why!"

"I don't have anything on me that violates the rules!"

The nearly one hundred eliminated superhumans immediately erupted in uproar, roaring and venting their grievances.

"Take them down and check if there are any cult members or spies from enemy countries among them."

The White Wizard's voice was cold; he offered no explanation, or perhaps he simply disdained to explain, and directly pronounced the fate of these people.

Then, he looked at Rorschach and the other extraordinary individuals who had passed the test and announced:

"Now, everyone board the airship, the Winter Hunting Race officially begins!"

Chapter 115 The First Legion has no secrets, the Second... (Seeking monthly votes, thank you!)

The Black Wilderness Forest is a vast primeval forest stretching for thousands of kilometers.

For a long time, the entire Black Waste Forest was a gathering place for dark elves and troll tribes.

At this moment, after being polluted by abyssal energy for over a hundred years, this place has long since become a true wasteland. In fact, due to the high concentration of abyssal pollution within it, it has become a large-scale experimental base for wizards.

Two hours later, the Empire's steam airship slowly hovered above the Black Wasteland Forest, above the thick black miasma.

The white wizard, wearing a three-ring wizard's badge on his chest, glanced at the extraordinary individuals inside the airship and opened the airship's lower compartment with a wave of his hand.

A powerful storm rushed into the cabin, and the White Wizard's voice rang in Rorschach and the others' ears:

"Everyone will be randomly parachuted in. Eight days later, bring back the carcasses of the monsters you hunted and gather in Black Wasteland City."

The top ten players in the standings will advance to the finals.

"Remember, in the Black Waste Forest, all imperial laws and morals do not exist, so I hope you can come out alive."

After the white wizard finished speaking, the blue magic ring reappeared on his body.

The next moment, Luo Xia found himself hundreds of meters in the air, his body rapidly plunging downwards.

"To relocate hundreds of people in an instant, is this the power of a third-ring wizard?"

The wind howled in his ears, and Luo Xia's heart stirred. His life magnetic field suddenly turned, and the black dragon Yongji appeared behind him. The life magnetic field of the black rock caused some small pebbles to appear under Luo Xia's feet.

Then, Luo Xia lightly touched the ground with his toes, moving quickly through the air as if using a light-footed technique, and landed lightly on a patch of black mud.

Before Luo Xia could even survey his surroundings, a giant red-haired ape swung across a black, barren tree and charged toward him.

"A first-tier mid-level extraordinary magical beast. It seems that mutated magical beasts are still rampant in this Black Wasteland Forest."

Under Luo Xia's perception of his life magnetic field, there were at least dozens of mutated magical beasts of various ecosystems around him.

And this red-haired giant ape, which looks exactly like the one that allowed Luo Xia to travel through time that day, is the one with the strongest life magnetic field.

"But now I'm truly not afraid of your Red Fortune anymore."

Seeing the red-haired giant ape charging towards him, Luo Xia took a deep breath, and the black flame life magnetic field spun rapidly, pressing down directly on the red-haired giant ape. Then, the fist wrapped in black flames was swung out from several meters away!

boom!

After a deafening sonic boom that seemed to tear through the air, the red-haired giant ape slowly came to a stop. Its eyes were glazed over, the red light within them gradually fading and dimming, and its entire body crashed to the ground.

On his chest, a fist wound that had pierced through his heart was still steaming.

This is the Flame Fist!

"It's so weak that even a novice knight could kill this mindless beast if he had a weapon."

Luo Xia assessed the strength of the red-haired giant ape and shook his head. Then he took out the skull of Khorne from the system space, preparing to sacrifice it to the Blood God.

Khorne refused the sacrifice, commenting, "A beast that drinks blood and wears fur is no match for me."

"So it really won't work?"

Seeing the system notification, Rorschach looked somewhat disappointed. After all, if he could really sacrifice the beast to the Blood God Khorne, then he would truly be on a killing spree this time.

After all, wild animals without skills are much easier to hunt than humans.

Although somewhat disappointed, Luo Xia still took out the Hunter Card and put the corpse of the red-haired giant ape into it.

At the start of the competition, Rorschach realized that the Hunter Card actually contained a huge storage space, which was what the wizards had prepared for the contestants.

Otherwise, how could Luo Xia and the other contestants have possibly brought those huge mutated magical beasts out of the Black Wilderness Forest without anything?

Hunter: Khorne

[Number: 1388]

[Affiliation: Night Owl Knights]

Hunting Points: 3

"A Tier 1 mid-level magical beast is only worth 3 hunting points?"

"It seems that this competition is mainly about who hunts more mutated magical beasts, rather than who hunts the strongest mutated magical beasts."

Luo Xia understood the true rules of this competition.

That meant the mutated magical beasts in the Black Wasteland Forest had become completely rampant, forcing the wizards to resort to this method to clean it up.

"Let's continue."

Rorschach put the Khorne skull back into the system space, and then went to hunt down the mutated monsters.

Logically, in eight days, without any supplies, the contestants' primary goal should be to find food and herbs to replenish their strength.

After all, a quasi-knight would expend a lot of energy hunting all day with his life magnetic field activated, not to mention other superhumans who don't have much energy to begin with.

Therefore, food and a safe place to rest are the things that some experienced superhumans prioritize for the day.

"Luckily, I was smart enough to eat another can of Ant Cow food this morning. Now I don't have to worry about food for at least five or six days."

As for what to do after six days, we can just eat another can of AntCow food; we're not short of the means.

They're not allowed to bring their own spatial storage equipment, but Luo Xia's system space isn't restricted.

Luo Xia's hunt continued. These mutated magical beasts, lacking intelligence and power that did not reach the level of high-ranking knights, were naturally no match for him.

One Emperor's Holy Fist struck, and they were all knocked down.

And just after Rorschach killed his thirteenth prey, a blood-haired mad lion.

A dark green system panel suddenly popped up in front of him:

The First Legion holds no secrets, long live the Second Reich!

[Ding ding ding! Your hunt has successfully attracted the attention of Ryan El-Jonson, the Primarch of the First Legion's Dark Angels, the Warmaster of the Second Empire, and the Lion of Caliban!]

"Hmm...not bad punches and kicks. But a hunt isn't about reckless courage; a true, perfect hunter knows how to be patient, disguised, and deliver a fatal blow!"

[As the ultimate hunter who grew up alone in the Death Forest of Caliban, feeding on terrifying behemoths, and the great War Marshal of the Second Empire, the Lion King deems it necessary to conduct a trial for you, his younger brother favored by the Great Emperor.]

[Lion King Trial: Hunt down a Tier 2 mutated magical beast without using explosive guns or psionic energy, relying solely on the environment, self-made melee weapons, and hunting skills.]

[Trial Rewards: Lion King Affinity +10, Free Attribute Points +1.0, Imperial Honor Points ×1000, Obtain Primarch's Exclusive Passive Skill "Beast Instinct"!]

"Holy crap? The Lion King's trial mission?"

Luo Xia was stunned when he saw the system panel in front of him, and then he was overjoyed.

Dark Angel Primarch, Ryan El-Jonson!

This is the most outstanding tactical master and king of one-on-one combat in the entire Warhammer world!

And at this moment, he actually caught the attention of this big shot!

This is absolutely fantastic!

After all, Rorschach, the great Regent of Terra, hasn't been active for a long time. Perhaps he's been completely overwhelmed by the political affairs of Terra?

But regardless, the absence of the Great Regent left Rorschach without a place to obtain missions.

This has left poor Rorschach with only two meager jobs to hold down recently.

Even when the boss, who was known for his cruelty, reduced their wages, they dared not utter a single complaint.

But now, looking at the Lion King's trial rewards, Rorschach can only say:

"Please test me as much as you like!"

Chapter 116 The Lion King's Trial and the Dark Angel (Seeking monthly votes, thank you!)

"However, although the rewards for completing the Lion King Trial are quite good, the difficulty also increases dramatically."

After all, it's simply impossible for a quasi-knight to kill a second-tier magical beast by skill alone.

Even high-ranking knights wouldn't dare say they could hunt a second-tier mutated magical beast alone without weapons or armor!

Luo Xia stroked his chin as he looked at the target of the Lion King Trial, but there was no fear in his eyes. Instead, his eyes were filled with excitement.

Difficulty is what makes something challenging!

Constantly challenging yourself is what makes you stronger, both mentally and physically.

"But since we're going to hunt, let's prepare the tools first."

Originally, Luo Xia didn't care much about having a weapon, but now that he was going to hunt a second-tier mutated magical beast, he naturally needed to forge a weapon that could pierce the opponent's fur and a protective gear that could withstand most of the opponent's attacks.

This wasn't too difficult for Rorschach, after all, don't forget his profession: Salamander Warrior!

In recent days, because he needed to accelerate his cultivation of the "Earthly Desolate Dragon Breathing Technique," Luo Xia had not gone to the Emperor's dark room to work illegally for a long time, and the defensive armor for that batch of extreme warriors had not yet been delivered.

However, after crafting hundreds of sets of Ultra Warrior defensive armor, Rorschach's Blacksmithing skill had long since reached level two.

Therefore, it is not an arrogant statement by Rorschach that he could conjure armor and weapons with his bare hands in this dark forest.