Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Amid the gasps of the onlookers, he once again fell heavily into the pit.

"Who... who is that person?"

"I-I don't know!" another passerby shook his head repeatedly, "But from their conversation, he seems to be a Hunter too! I think I heard Overlord mention something about a trial..."

"Did I see it wrong, was Overlord really getting beaten one-sidedly by this guy? Do we have any info on him?"

"Can't find it, I can't find any info online about this Hunter... wait, found it! I found it!"

A passerby excitedly showed his companion the screen of his phone. On it was the latest news announcement from Chunming City official media, titled "City Defense Army Headquarters Spokesperson Debunks Rumors: The Hijacking Incident at Yi Su District Airport Mall was a Drill, Not a Aberration Invasion", and the first accompanying image was a scene of "a mighty army evading the man in white".

At that time, Sun Hang had not yet regained his original appearance, but this photo was taken by a drone from high altitude, and was not very detailed. You could only see Sun Hang dressed in plain white, holding a Puppet Master in a princess carry.

Indeed, the official media knew how to choose photos—when this photo was taken, Sun Hang had just untied the Puppet Master's bindings and switched from carrying her under his arm to holding her in his embrace.

"White clothes, white pants, hijacking a hostage, and look, that girl in the convenience store, it all matches up!" The guy holding the phone spoke rapidly, "This is the guy who just caused a scene at the Airport Mall, the 'hijacker' who fought against a thousand!"

"So cool..." another female bystander expressed infatuation, "This isn't a hijacking! That position is a princess carry! It's clearly a knight rescuing a princess and fighting out of an encirclement!"

"Wouldn't it be great if I were the one being hijacked?" her female companion murmured.

...

Sun Hang didn't pay attention to what the bystanders were discussing. After he threw Overlord into the pit, the opponent suddenly stopped moving, and the previously aberrant aura became erratic, fluctuating, giving off an extremely unstable feeling.

"Huh?" Sun Hang was a little puzzled. Although the Overlord was made very embarrassed by him, this level of attack should have been entirely bearable for him—the damage to his pride was far greater than the damage to his body.

Soon the onlookers also realized something was wrong. It had been almost five minutes since Overlord fell into the pit, and he still hadn't climbed out, causing them to wonder: could the Overlord have been taken out by this Hunter in white clothing?

But didn't the official media say these were just drills?

A drill with fatalities?

...

Dubhe Tower, control room.

"Based on the footage captured from the drone at a distance, Overlord was completely subdued by the target..." a voice said, "The target's actual combat ability far exceeds our expectations, it's hard to believe that the Tianfu City people said he hasn't received any systematic combat training."

"There's something called talent." The group leader, who had been repeatedly enraged before, had now calmed down, "How's Overlord's condition?"

"He's just been badly beaten, not injured..." the voice from before continued, "Wait! The wristband detected that Overlord's infection progress increased by 0.7 of a percentage point, just now!"

"What's going on?"

"Not sure! Overlord's infection progress had always been stable, otherwise the review department would not have approved his leave application from Dubhe Tower... I checked the annual records, in four years, Overlord's infection progress only increased by 0.59%, and now..."

"Are you saying that Overlord fought with that guy, and the increase in infection progress is higher than it has been over four years combined?" The group leader's tone changed suddenly.

Unlike his previous outbursts, if before he had a slight joking tone when he cursed, now his tone was unprecedentedly serious, as if he was a completely different person.

"We can't confirm that the increase in infection progress is definitely related to the Hunter Sun Hang." The group member said earnestly, "It could also be a meme mutation. My suggestion is to immediately recall Overlord to Dubhe Tower for a full examination..."

He was halfway through when he suddenly stopped, and two seconds later he stammered, "Group Leader! Something's wrong! Overlord's infection progress is still increasing, now it has cumulatively increased by 1.26%! At this rate, in ten minutes, his infection progress will break past the danger threshold!"

"Notify the higher-ups, the trial might have to be paused." The group leader said in a deep voice, "Call all nearby Hunters and rapid response teams, head to the scene immediately!"

"Do we need the City Defense Army to evacuate the citizens?"

"There's no time, a rushed evacuation could cause a more serious incident." The group leader shook his head, "We can only hope that the arriving Hunters can control the situation in time."

...

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Yi Su District, Shu River Lane.

Overlord's aura was erratically bouncing around inside the pit, and then suddenly it began to rapidly intensify. Sun Hang immediately sensed a strong sense of crisis—he swiftly retreated to create distance from the pit, then turned and shouted loudly at the onlookers still watching the excitement in the distance, "Everyone, leave this place immediately!"

Just as the onlookers were baffled, a low roar emanated from the pit. Following that, a figure moving at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people shot out from the pit, rushing towards Sun Hang in an instant!

Overlord had completely changed appearance—his Peking Opera mask on his face shattered, revealing a face with twisted features. His skin took on a weird bluish-white hue, with purplish-black veins like spiderwebs spreading across his body.

If judged purely by intensity, his aura had increased more than three times compared to before, and the effective range of his abilities had expanded from half a meter around him to over two meters.

Sun Hang could feel the air around him solidifying, like he was being walled in by an invisible barrier of air, a force he couldn't resist seemed ready to crush his body into pulp at any moment.

Sun Hang tried to use his mind to draw away the solidified air, but found that this solidified air had a hint of aberrant aura in it.

This meant that the solidified air had also become some kind of aberrant thing or part of one... and Sun Hang's abilities, when directly acting on the aberrant entity, would be significantly weakened.

Overlord stood right in front of Sun Hang, his arms spread forward, and his hands, full of veins, making a pushing and compressing motion inwards, his eyes filled with violent emotions.

Large patches of bruises started to appear on the surface of Sun Hang's skin, this was caused by the capillaries under his skin bursting due to the heavy pressure... but for Sun Hang, these bruises were the least of his concerns.

A burning pain in his lungs accompanied by a strong sense of suffocation surged forth—even the air inside Sun Hang's body began to solidify under Overlord's influence. If not for the non-human recovery ability given by the Taishou, he might have already died from massive lung hemorrhaging.

Overlord had lost his reason, this out-of-control Hunter now only wanted one thing: to kill Sun Hang.