Chapter Ten: The Hunter

  It looks like this blow is about to cut directly at Delong's throat.

  "Ah!"

  Xiao Chen's eyes suddenly moved, his palm slapped down, striking De Long's shoulder, and the whole person borrowed strength to jump into mid-air.

  Suddenly, the ground shook and cracked, and thick thorns as big as arms burst out.

  De Long was slapped by him with a palm, his body swaying, and he didn't even have time to dodge the stab. With a "pu" sound, the blade pierced through one of his thighs.

  Hehe, hehe.

  Again two sounds, mixed with miserable cries. In this trial team, more than one was hit by the ground thorn.

  Xiao Chen had just landed. The ground spikes disappeared, and the ground began to ripple in circles again. Suddenly, the ground became soft and mushy, and waves of suction force came from underfoot.

  "Quicksand Technique!"

  A desperate cry echoed from a panicked trial squad member.

  The swamp was originally soft and muddy, and with the Flowing Sand Technique, an area of ten meters in diameter all collapsed.

  Xiao Chen retreated continuously at an extremely fast speed, his body flowing like a clear breeze under the influence of the wind element, landing ten meters away and avoiding the range of the quicksand technique.

  The trial team that was standing there just now, already had three or four people struggling in the mud, constantly sinking, soon submerged to their waists, letting out wave after wave of mournful cries and urgent calls for help.

  "Hehe......"

  The shrubs and trees around emitted waves of eerie, sinister laughter.

  Three black figures slowly walked in from all directions.

  They all covered their faces, making it impossible to see their features. Two of the masked swordsmen scanned the scene, one of them sneering: "Not bad, not bad, this time there's nothing that can be used as a last resort."

  At this time, Delong also struggled to rush out of the quicksand. With a strength that had reached that of a five-star swordsman, it was impossible for him to die so easily. His lower body was covered in bloodstains, his face pale, and he was half-kneeling on the ground, looking extremely disheveled.

  However, after seeing these black-clad masked men, his face turned even paler, revealing terror.

  "You, hunters, you are hunters?"

  He wasn't a rookie who came to Black Blood Swamp for trial for the first time.

  For those who specifically hunt and kill students of Tian Xing Academy in the Black Blood Swamp during the trial, earning gold coins, he certainly knows.

  These people are generally adventurers who value money over their lives. Some of them even come from the Mercenary Guild and Thieves' Guild.

  Each and every one of them is ruthless and merciless, never leaving anyone alive.

  Generally, within the academy, these people who specialize in hunting down students are called "Hunters".

  These guys are terrifying, of course, no need to say more, and the students who die in the hands of these "hunters" every year are not a small number.

  However, why can't it be banned? It's not that Tianxing College doesn't have the power to do so. Rather, it's because Tianxing College turns a blind eye and lets it happen.

  Trials are meant to test true gold and forge real strength.

  If everyone could complete the trials safely and without any danger, then the academy's arrangement of these trials and the setting of so many rewards would be meaningless.

  These hunters are the "dangers" and "obstacles" that the academy has indulged.

  Of course, it's not uncontrolled "indulgence". If the hunters exceeded the limits and some students couldn't even put up a fight against the strong, such as high-level professionals appearing, the academy would step in and send out real experts to kill them.

  As time went on, some unspoken rules were also born.

  No high-end hunter with eyes open would break the rules.

  But even without the appearance of advanced hunters, these hunters are still a nightmare for college students.

  Their various ruthless means are not what the students who have just started their careers can imagine, traps, poison, sneak attacks, assassinations, all kinds of sinister and despicable means, they can use them.

  Even students with stronger abilities often die under various sinister moves, very tragic.

  So these trial students would rather face ferocious beasts in the swamp than encounter a hunter.

  Upon hearing De Long's words, a masked swordsman said in a gloomy tone: "Very well, you still know what we're doing here. That's good. Kill yourself and don't make us take action, so you can at least keep your body intact."

  His tone was thoroughly dismissive of DeLong, this five-star swordsman, and extremely arrogant.

  De Long was so angry he almost vomited blood.

  At this time, the quicksand on the ground also stopped.

  This team, except for Delong, all the others were only low-level, extremely weak, and had no way to escape, all of them fell into the quicksand, with only one-third of their bodies exposed outside, all of them were on the verge of death.

  "Brother Delong, save me, save me..."

  Natalie had her hair disheveled and mud all over her face, weakly shouting.

  "Big brother, save me."

  Another Faizi shouted too.

  "Nonsense!"

  A masked swordsman walked over and suddenly stabbed a sword into his mouth, piercing it through.

  Younger male cousin

  De Long was shocked, Sa Ping was his cousin from the same family clan, and he didn't expect to be stabbed to death with just one sword.

  The masked swordsman walked towards Nataly again.

  Natalie was completely stunned, staring at the cold light of the iron sword rising up, screaming and emitting a terrifying decibel.

  The iron sword fell to the ground and cut off a few strands of her hair with one swipe.

  Natalie fainted thoroughly, foaming at the mouth. The masked swordsman held his sword and played with her face for a few times, heh, laughing: "Looks not bad, let's play first, female students of Tiān Xīng Academy, I haven't played with one before."

  "Damn it! I'm going to kill you all."

  Delong went crazy and started scolding loudly.

  "Then let's see how you kill me."

  A masked swordsman rushed up and clashed with Delong.

  The masked swordsman turned around and looked at Xiao Chen, who had been standing aside all along. He sized him up for a moment before saying in a cold voice, "Kid, it seems you're not with them, nor do you look like someone from the Tianxing Academy."

  Xiao Chen did not confirm or deny it, but his current appearance was indeed unrecognizable to anyone.

  "We're not interested in you either, leave the Huoyun fruit behind, it was originally set as a trap, and then get out of here."

  "Brother Gordon, are you just going to let him go?" the hooded figure whispered.

  The masked swordsman's mouth twitched, and he said in a low voice: "How is that possible, Rud? I don't want to lose any more men. This guy doesn't look easy to deal with. Look at the scars on his body, so many of them. Obviously, he's been through fierce battles. A guy like this, even if his strength isn't high, when it comes to actual combat, he can still be a headache. Not those weaklings from Tianxing Academy... Let's put him at ease for now, not... and also... Ji..."

  Lude nodded.

  "Get out?" Xiao Chen's eyes scanned around him.

  "Very well, no one has ever dared to speak to me like that before. I must give you a lesson, a deep and bloody lesson."

  Xiao Chen's eyes suddenly became sharp and fierce. He sprang out like a leopard, silent and swift, his speed extremely fast.