"Xue Ying, Leng Xue is right. Some of the people participating in the preliminaries have extraordinary talents. Even you and I can't underestimate them."
Hai Wei spoke to the black-clothed youth beside him.
Compared to Leng Xue's careless mockery, the black-clothed youth called Xue Ying clearly valued Hai Wei more. This time, he did not retort. "Brother Hai Wei, I understand. I'll be more serious when dealing with these monkeys."
"Not just more serious. Go all out."
Hai Wei looked in the direction of Linfeng's group and spoke seriously.
"Although the Humans evolved from monkeys, they're indeed very smart. Those mysterious advanced technologies have the ability to destroy the world. This is something that even the Rulers can't do. Their protective divine tools can even protect a country. They're more powerful than any divine tools that we can forge. Even their cultivation talent isn't inferior to ours."
"Some of the demon spirits that they have refined are comparable to ours, and some even surpass ours!
"The Bramble Dragon, the Six-Armed Celestial Demon, the Golden Lion King, the Nightmare Ape, the Netherworld Spider … These human geniuses' demon spirits are all top-notch.
"That half-beastman, Yun Kai, has an innate gift that allows him to revert to his ancestral demonization. There are only three people in the entire Shenwu Continent, but the only one who's truly powerful is Tianqing. This is even more powerful than my Titan God bloodline.
Hai Wei sighed. "If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to kill such a genius, he will undoubtedly become our greatest enemy when he truly matures."
Leng Xue nodded in agreement. "Yes, even if we are slightly stronger than them, this time, thirteen teams have gathered 104 geniuses. As the most outstanding geniuses of the human race, we have to be careful. Otherwise, even we will be in danger."
Xue Ying curiously asked, "Right, speaking of Tianqing, is that guy coming this time?"
Hai Wei replied, "He won't miss such a lively opportunity. This time, Yunkai is also a demonification cultivator, and he has long wanted to spar with him."
At this point, Hai Wei looked up at the distant horizon and suddenly said, "He's here."
At this time, many people also sensed him, and they all looked in the same direction.
In the distant horizon, a purple figure suddenly appeared. Like a meteor, it shot through the void. As the purple figure approached, a fierce aura swept out along with the howling of the wind.
"Roar!"
Along with a roar, a huge demonic beast covered in purple scales like a lion but with four wings appeared above everyone's head. A domineering laugh rang out, "Hai Wei, the situation doesn't look good."
There were thirteen people standing on the back of the Demonic Beast. Each of them had an extraordinary temperament. There were ten men and three women. In the center was a shirtless young man with shoulder-length red hair.
The young man's bronze-colored body was covered with muscles. Deep purple veins covered his entire body like veins. He was two and a half meters tall. Even Hai Wei, who was tall and big, was a size smaller in front of him.
"Tian Qing, you're too slow." Hai Wei looked at the young man and said indifferently.
Tian Qing was the most outstanding representative of the Sky Hall, one of the five great powers of the Shenwu Continent. He was a freak with the innate gift of demonification.
This was a rare peer who could make him feel threatened.
With a loud bang, the red-haired young man landed on the ground from a height of fifty to sixty meters. He slowly stood up on the ground that was cracked into spider webs. The other figures also landed one after another and stood behind him. Their auras were fierce.
"How strong is this year's Monkey?"
Tian Qing looked at Hai Wei and asked with a smile.
As for the others, even the arrogant Xue Ying, he did not even look at them. It was clear that Hai Wei was the only one in this group that he valued.
"Very strong. This year's contestants are far stronger than before. It's said to be the strongest batch in decades. We've already seen Yunkai's Imperial Sword Technique. It's a pity that you're not here," Hai Wei said.
Tian Qing laughed, "Yunkai?
He's like me, someone with the innate gift of demonification. "
At this point, Tian Qing's tone turned cold. "He's my prey!
Don't fight with me over him! "
"Zhan Tianyu is mine. He's quite bold to dare refine my clan's six-armed demon." Behind Tian Qing, a sexy girl in red smiled.
The girl's name was Zhu Yi, and she was also an outstanding representative of the Shadow Palace, one of the five great powers. The palace master of the Shadow Palace had refined a six-armed demon spirit, and he was someone who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Dragon King. He was also known as the Six-Armed King.
The people of the Shadow Palace considered refining a six-armed demon as a source of Glory, but only two people had succeeded.
As a human, Zhan Tianyu had refined a six-armed demon spirit. Because of his relationship with the Six-Armed King, he was very famous on the Shenwu Continent, which was why Zhu Yi was interested in him.
"My prey is Linfeng, and your prey is Yunkai. It looks like we'll have to work together this time," Hai Wei said to Tian Qing.
"Sure, I'll take this opportunity to see your strength."
Tian Qing smiled, as he had no objections to this cooperation.
After all, they were facing the most outstanding geniuses of the human race. If they did not cooperate, they might be hunted down instead.
On the other side, the large group resumed their journey, but this time, everyone's expressions were not as relaxed as before.
Along the way, there were countless traps. Although they did not cause any injuries, they did slow down the group's progress. Perhaps it was because they had sensed the difficulty and danger of taking advantage of the situation, but one after another, the adventurers withdrew.
The original group of three hundred people was now reduced to around two hundred. None of the large teams had left, and there were no casualties. The adventurers had been reduced by half.
At this point, the bald Tian Bo's team only had forty people left.
"I feel that something isn't right."
Beside Linfeng, Huang Tianze spoke with a solemn expression. "I heard from my brother that in the past, although there were traps along the way, there were never such large-scale sneak attacks before we reached Yujing City."
He paused for a moment before continuing, "If I'm not wrong, the red leaf that attacked Yunkai just now should be the innate soul skill of the Earth Ranking's Spirit-Devouring Flower, 'Red Sunflower.' The parasitic soul skill from before should have been released by the alien that refined the Spirit-Devouring Flower. This is just the beginning, but such a genius from another race has already appeared. This is somewhat unusual."
"Something is indeed wrong."
Linfeng nodded. "It looks like quite a few of the other races are treating us as prey."
Linfeng had done his research on the preliminary round.
In the past, the real battles between the contestants and the other races were almost always in Yujing City. At that time, they had to be very careful because they had to face sneak attacks and assassinations from the other races at all times.
The real battles that would cause a large number of casualties were in the various secret realms, where they fought for resources.
But now, more than thirty people had been injured or died at the beginning.
"They seem to be playing a hunting game, and we are now the prey. With so many of us, we are too big of a target and will be easily discovered. Before entering Yujing City, we have to move separately."
Linfeng spoke indifferently with a trace of interest in his eyes.
In this game, he was the hunter!
The hunting game had officially begun.