Chapter 152: Hunter

Another way to obtain a mount was similar to obtaining fish eggs—by killing a BOSS, there was a chance of dropping a young beast egg. After hatching, it would have a one hundred percent chance of becoming your pet.

Riding the Skeletal Warhorse, Xu Feng headed towards the seaside.

Like a gray streak of light, Xu Feng moved extremely fast. Blackwater Swamp was over three hundred kilometers from the sea. If he were to travel alone, it would probably take several days.

An hour later, Xu Feng already saw the vast coastline and smelled the salty, fishy scent of the sea.

White fine sand, blue water, white clouds, blue sky, and the sound of crashing waves—if not for the strangely shaped monsters crawling slowly on the beach, this place would be a tourist paradise.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Roar!

In the distance, the sounds of fighting monsters could be heard. Xu Feng put away his mount and looked up.

A Hunter wearing Leather Armor and holding a longbow was fighting monsters by the shore.

His target was a Two Star Peak lobster monster. This lobster monster was over two meters tall, and its two large claws had mutated—each one looked even bigger than its body. Xu Feng believed that even alloy steel would be snapped in two by its claws.

The Hunter in Leather Armor had Three-Star strength but had not yet reached the peak state. At most, only his Strength and Agility attributes had reached Three-Star.

He was using a kiting method to hunt this lobster monster. Although each hit only took off a dozen or so Health Points from the opponent, he persisted.

Although the lobster wasn’t fast, it was still slightly quicker than the Hunter. Whenever the lobster monster was about to catch up to him, it would always be slowed down by some traps.

Vine traps, freeze traps, mud traps…

This Hunter had many trap skills and always maintained a safe distance of about seven or eight meters from the lobster monster. The lobster’s Health Points decreased slowly but steadily.

Xu Feng used the Insight Skill.

“Name: Luo Jing, Three-Star, Hunter profession, Health Points: 2600/2600”

“Luo Jing, that name sounds familiar, as if I’ve heard it somewhere before…” Xu Feng frowned slightly, trying hard to recall fragments of memories from his past life.

“Luo Jing, isn’t that the person who always sold fish eggs? I remember, he wasn’t a Hunter profession!” Xu Feng frowned slightly.

The Luo Jing before him and the Luo Jing from his memories who sold fish eggs began to overlap gradually. They had similarities, but also differences—the biggest difference being their professions.

However, Hunter was just a basic profession, much like his current Swordsman profession. In the future, there would be various more specialized and increasingly powerful professions.

For example, Xu Feng’s future Sword Immortal, or, as in his past life, Luo Jing’s profession, the Marine Hunter.

When others are fighting monsters, it’s best not to approach—this was an unwritten rule. Xu Feng quietly stayed where he was, watching Luo Jing perform various extreme maneuvers. Sometimes, the lobster monster had already rushed right in front of him, but he would use a skill to stun it in place, then create distance and continue kiting.

This fighting style required high skill and a long time. Half an hour later, Luo Jing finally managed to defeat this Two Star Peak lobster monster.

Luo Jing’s Health Points hadn’t decreased much, remaining above 80%, but he looked mentally exhausted. It was like walking on a tightrope hundreds of meters high—he had to maintain intense concentration and keep his nerves taut to succeed.

Luo Jing wiped the sweat from his forehead, rubbed his sore eyes and wrists vigorously, then sat down and took out food and water from his backpack to recover.

Soon, Luo Jing stood up and walked over to the lobster monster’s corpse. He dug out a Two Star Beast Crystal, then took out a small knife and began collecting valuable materials from the lobster monster’s body.

Xu Feng smiled slightly. Luo Jing’s method of fighting monsters was one that most people used—fighting monsters slightly weaker than themselves, but not too much weaker.

Fighting monsters slightly weaker than themselves ensured their safety. After all, if this were considered an online game, then the current apocalypse was a game with only one life—if you died, it was game over.

Not fighting monsters too much weaker ensured their benefits, because the stronger the monster, the greater the rewards.

Xu Feng waited until Luo Jing had collected all the valuable materials before slowly approaching.

Seeing Xu Feng, Luo Jing seemed somewhat wary and quietly set a trap near his feet.

“Hello, I’m Xu Feng!” Xu Feng greeted Luo Jing.

“Hello,” Luo Jing nodded faintly.

“I need some fish eggs. Can I buy them from you?” Seeing that Luo Jing didn’t seem inclined to chat, Xu Feng directly stated his purpose.

“Fish eggs?” A hint of surprise appeared in Luo Jing’s eyes. He asked, “How did you hear that I have fish eggs here?”

Xu Feng was taken aback. Had he not obtained any fish eggs yet?

As he spoke, Luo Jing took out a fist-sized, crystal-clear, semi-transparent soft sphere from his chest and handed it to Xu Feng.

“I just obtained this today; it’s the first one. How did you know about it?” Luo Jing’s eyes were full of confusion as he asked.

Xu Feng’s smile turned somewhat awkward. He said, “I… I heard it from a passerby in Nuwa Town this morning. He said someone by the sea had obtained a fish egg, so I came to try my luck.”

Luo Jing nodded and didn’t press further. He said, “I’m Luo Jing. How much are you planning to pay for this fish egg?”

Luo Jing seemed to be in great need of money. Upon hearing that Xu Feng wanted to buy the fish egg, he appeared even more eager than Xu Feng.

“How much do you want for it?” Xu Feng asked.

“One hundred… no, three hundred Fate Points, how about that?” Luo Jing asked.

Three hundred Fate Points were equivalent to the price of a low-level Black Iron Grade equipment.

“No problem,” Xu Feng said with a laugh. After completing the transaction for the fish egg, he asked, “By the way, can you tell me where you obtained this fish egg?”

Luo Jing looked cautious, his expression shifting slightly. He said, “This…”

It seemed Luo Jing didn’t intend to tell Xu Feng where he got the fish egg. After all, if he told Xu Feng, Xu Feng could go hunt it himself, and then it would have nothing to do with him. He had already noticed that Xu Feng’s strength was much greater than his.

Xu Feng smiled, glanced at the fish egg in his hand.

Item Name: Strange Fish Egg, Curio, Attribute: After use, obtain a marine pet.

Fish eggs were not all the same. They might look similar and have similar attributes, but some could hatch into a Three-Star Elite Monster or even stronger, while others could only yield some ordinary quality pets, merely serving as amusing companions.

The one Luo Jing sold him could at most hatch into a One Star pet, or even just an ordinary quality plaything.

He casually used it and, sure enough, it hatched into a small tuna with One Star Strength and Black Iron Grade.

Raising such a pet for a few months until it grew up would only make it material for Cooking Art. It would be better to go hunt adult tuna now.

Xu Feng casually threw the small tuna into the sea and said with a light laugh, “Are you only capable of hunting fish eggs like this now?”