Chapter Thirty: Desert Hunter

  Feng Li looked at the door of the Mercenary Guild and also felt some curiosity about this thief who had left in a hurry, it was the first time he heard someone being praised so highly by Jie Huo.

  "Intuition isn't always reliable," said Feng Li, "That person is just better equipped, maybe he's just lucky."

  "My intuition has always been accurate." Ji Huo shook his head and said very firmly.

  "Since he won't form a team, let's just go and complete our task." said Xuegong beside him.

  Xiao Yu left the town, following the coordinates provided by the Mercenary Guild. The Desert Hunter was located in a desert highland about ten miles away from the town and could be reached in about twenty minutes.

  "A level 5 BOSS monster, it's indeed a challenging task. I don't know what the actual strength of a level 5 BOSS is, but it should be stronger than a leader-level monster. There's no information about BOSS monsters on the forum, and Xiao Yu only has some speculations about the strength of a level 5 BOSS, making it hard to make a judgment."

  To save time, Xiao Yu encountered some scattered monsters and directly bypassed them, rushing straight to the destination.

  Crossing the layered sand dunes, Xiao Yu arrived at a desert highland. There were some level 5 Desert Wulfs nearby, but Xiao Yu had lost interest in them now.

  "Coordinates 23939.38509.23859. Already nearby." The desert terrain nearby was still quite complex, with sandstorms blowing up from time to time, greatly reducing visibility in the area. Xiao Yu slowed down his pace, searching for the tracks of the desert hunters.

  Desert Hunter, Human, Bow Hunter, 5th Level BOSS, skilled in quick movement and trap setting. Skilled skills: Summon Wolf Pack...

  Xiao Yu carefully studied the materials provided by the Mercenary Guild, and couldn't help but furrow his brow. This Desert Hunter was clearly a BOSS of the Hunter profession, with rapid movement and summoning wolf packs. These two characteristics made the Desert Hunter extremely troublesome to deal with, unless Xiao Yu could gain the upper hand and control him until death.

  "He's a hunter, hopefully his strength isn't too great." Xiao Yu's right hand fingers lightly flicked, the dagger spinning continuously between his fingers.

  Hunters can be said to be the mortal enemies of thieves, their summoned creatures have a strong stealth ability, and they are very strong in solo outdoor combat. Thieves who encounter hunters of the same level have only about 30% chance of winning. Plus, the hunter's terrifying tracking ability makes it extremely difficult for thieves to escape. Therefore, hunters are one of the few professions that thieves least want to meet.

  Xiao Yu Zheng thought for a moment, his right foot was about to step down, but it stopped in mid-air, then he forcibly pulled it back.

  Xiao Yu stepped back a few steps and looked down at the ground nearby.

  The surrounding sand has some shallow traces of being disturbed, and following these traces to the side of the mound, it seems that something is buried on the edge of the mound, which should be some kind of attacking mechanism.

  "What a close call, almost fell into the trap." Xiao Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, luckily he didn't step down with one foot.

  It's necessary to clear the traps, Xiao Yu's eyes scanned around and found a desert hard fruit tree not far away, with several hard fruits hanging on the small tree, about the size of a basketball.

  "It's done." Xiao Yu walked to the side of the desert hard fruit tree, cut off a hard fruit with his dagger, brought it back, threw it towards the trap, and then quickly hid in a relatively hidden place far away from the trap.

  The desert hard fruit flew in a parabola in the sky and heavily fell on that piece of ground which had been turned over, making a "swoosh" sound, as if triggering some kind of mechanism.

  Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! More than a dozen blue icy arrows shot towards the Desert Hard Fruit, followed by several muffled thuds. The Desert Hard Fruit was pierced by five or six crossbow bolts, transforming into a spiked ball that rolled to the ground, with white sap oozing out from its pierced surface.

  Seeing the desert hard fruit rolling on the ground, Xiao Yu muttered to himself that it was a close call. If he had stepped on it just now, the one who would have been pierced like a hedgehog wouldn't be the hard fruit, but himself.

  "It's all right once you reach level 20 and learn how to avoid traps." Xiao Yu thought.

  Xiao Yu's eyes were fixed tightly on the direction of the trap, he knew that a hunter would not be far from his trap, and since he had triggered it, he should appear soon.

  As expected, six figures ran over the edge of the dune, one of whom was a hunter wearing a gray sand-proof cloak and holding a longbow. The other five figures were surprisingly five white wolves, which were very large in size, reaching the hunter's waist, looking extremely ferocious.

  "The Desert Hunter can actually summon five white wolves, this is going to be a problem." Seeing the five white wolves beside the Desert Hunter, Xiao Yu's heart sank by half. Xiao Yu had originally thought he could take down this BOSS who was two levels lower than him, but the appearance of the five white wolves dispelled his plans. A level 5 BOSS plus five level 5 summoned creatures, for Xiao Yu, this was an impossible task.

  "Let's leave first." Xiao Yu thought, preparing to withdraw after the Desert Hunters left. As for this task, let's make other plans.

  The desert hunter crouched down, picked up the desert hard fruit, scanned the surrounding area with his eyes, and his gaze fell on a distant desert hard fruit tree. The desert hard fruit tree was so far away from the trap that it was impossible for it to fall onto the trap by chance, triggering the trap. This was clearly man-made. Looking at the handle of the desert hard fruit, there were still marks left after being cut by a sharp tool. As soon as the trap was triggered, he came running over, so the person who triggered the trap must not have run far!

  At this time, one of the white wolves let out a low growl, and the desert hunter patted the wolf's head, muttering something to it. The five white wolves sniffed around on the ground, slowly searching towards where Xiao Yu was hiding.

  "This is bad, I'm going to be discovered." Xiao Yu quickly scanned the surrounding terrain, which was still quite complex in the desert, creating good conditions for him to escape. However, once he started running, he would reveal his tracks and inevitably attract the attention of the desert hunters, who were experts at rapid movement and tracking. Could he outrun them?