Gourmet Hunter - Chapter 391 (Patreon)

Chapter 391: The Chosen One

There couldn't possibly be quicksand here; it was the doing of that bastard!

The underling roared in his mind, quickly getting up. His eyes flashed with the unique glow of Nen, watching Luo slow his steps as he approached. It felt like a mountain was pressing down on him.

The surrounding air seemed to be stolen away, making it hard to breathe.

The evening heat still made the wind scorching, but his spine felt like it was hit by a blizzard, spreading coldness throughout his body.

"Damn it, run! Everyone, run!"

The underling was almost suffocating; the pressure Luo exerted on him was terrifying, more terrifying than the leader!

To create quicksand artificially was a nightmare for all creatures in the desert.

Realizing this, the underling made the best decision of his life: to run while they had the numerical advantage!

In fact, he didn’t even need to command it; the sand thieves had started moving the moment the quicksand appeared, trying to escape it.

"Can you escape?"

Luo watched the underling abandon the armored bull and turn to run, along with hundreds of sand thieves, a smile forming on his face.

Before encountering the quicksand trap created by the Abyssal Giant Mouth, Luo hadn't considered using Nen to create quicksand. Now, his first attempt felt like discovering a new continent, very interesting.

It was like a child playing with mud for the first time, quite fascinating.

Every new experience could become Luo’s accumulated wealth. At this moment, he infiltrated the sand with his domain, intending to bury the sand thieves alive.

On his first attempt, he was a bit clumsy. The quicksand formed but was far inferior to the Abyssal Giant Mouth's trap, allowing some sand thieves on the outskirts to escape, including the underling who ran fast with Nen enhancement.

"A few escaped, it doesn't matter."

Luo, expressionless, watched the many sand thieves trapped like they were in a quagmire. As he became more proficient, the quicksand's engulfing speed increased.

"Pull me up, quick, pull me up!"

"A rope, throw a rope here, quick!"

"Save me!"

About twenty or thirty sand thieves escaped the quicksand pit, standing on the periphery, looking at their brothers trapped in the quicksand pleading for help. Their faces were gloomy, and there was a lingering fear of narrowly escaping death.

Initially, the quicksand pulled slowly, but as Luo got the hang of it, the speed suddenly increased, surpassing that of normal quicksand. Even if the sand thieves wanted to save others, it was beyond their ability.

Moments later, the sand seemed to come alive, flipping over and burying the pit again, restoring peace. Over three hundred sand thieves, along with the armored bull, were buried beneath the sand, undoubtedly dead.

If not witnessed firsthand, who would believe that more than three hundred living brothers stood here just moments ago?

The twenty or so survivors, standing a hundred meters away, looked at Luo, who was smiling silently at them, feeling a bone-chilling cold.

"I don't want to see you again, can I?" Luo said to the escaping sand thieves.

The underling’s body trembled. Without a word, he jumped onto an underling's armored bull, sharing a seat with him.

"What are you waiting for? Run!"

The underling slapped the back of the sand thief sitting in front.

Hearing his words, the remaining sand thieves dared not delay, driving their armored bulls into the rocky area, trying to cross it and then return to the Red Rock Canyon.

With the main force wiped out, the nine sand thieves trailing behind also chose to retreat.

Luo quietly watched the sand thieves flee in panic. Leaving one would be less convincing, but twenty should suffice.

At this moment, the members of the Falcon Team, who had come to support, stopped beside Luo, staring dumbfounded at the calm sand. They had also witnessed the scene of over three hundred sand thieves being swallowed by the quicksand.

"The desert is dangerous; quicksand traps can appear anywhere. I originally wanted to show my skills, but who knew fate would play such tricks." Luo sighed as he looked at everyone.

Hearing his words, everyone shifted their gaze from the quicksand pit to Luo, their expressions becoming strange.

Could this guy be the legendary chosen one?

The sudden quicksand pit appeared only twenty meters away from Luo. Had he gone to confront the sand thieves ten seconds earlier, he might have been caught in it.

To them, Luo facing hundreds of sand thieves alone was suicidal. Without this sudden quicksand pit, Luo would surely be dead. Moreover, they had never heard of quicksand appearing near the rocky area, yet it happened now. How coincidental!

Was it the sand thieves' bad luck or Luo's good fortune?

Under their strange gazes, Luo remained calm. Burying sand thieves with quicksand was far better than the scene of crushing heads.

William and Geru looked at Luo with complex expressions. Both were Nen users and knew the quicksand was Luo's doing.

"This Nen power feels familiar..." Geru showed a pensive expression, carefully observing Luo's face without finding any signs of disguise. Recalling the voice of the person she dreaded, there was a clear difference.

Despite this, Geru still had doubts in her heart.

Could it really be that annoying guy?

Luo's face had no disguise marks, not because Fatima's human skin mask was flawless, but because Luo used the God's Hand ability to perfectly blend with the human skin mask. As for the voice, with proper body control, it was easy to change.

The group, having escaped death once, couldn't calm their emotions, but as night fell, they bypassed the quicksand area and entered the rocky area to set up camp.

The rocks in the desert night served as natural barriers, avoiding some night creatures. However, the gaps and bases of the rocks often housed various poisonous insects. To spend the night here, they had to spread insect repellent powder around.

The Falcon Team started busying themselves while Luo did not participate. He ran to the highest rock, watching the sun slowly sink below the horizon, enjoying the last moments of daylight.

Before the sun completely disappeared, the moon had already appeared on the other side of the sky, a moment of coexistence of sun and moon.

Luo noticed Geru moving around in the rocky area. Looking down, he saw her pushing away a giant rock with her bare hands, pulling out a two to three-meter-long blood-red centipede to collect its venom.

"Is she here in the Kendia Desert to collect venom? Are there many poisonous creatures in the Forbidden Zone?" Luo wondered silently. Too bad Devil Island had become a dead island; otherwise, it would have been Geru's paradise.

Geru quickly collected the venom with Nen and then casually threw the lifeless centipede aside, looking for the next target.

She felt Luo’s gaze but ignored him, focusing on collecting venom.

After watching her for a while, Luo withdrew his gaze, a curious thought forming in his mind.

He had the Surprise Box left by Lady Ghost, which could merge various venoms into one. If he merged a deadly poison and flaunted it to Geru, how would she react?

Just thinking about it seemed interesting.

Speaking of which, if the Forbidden Zone had many poisonous creatures, it was worth collecting some.

The Falcon Team stayed in the rocky area for a night and set off again the next morning.

A week passed, and perhaps due to Luo's plan working, the sand thieves did not appear again, and the journey was peaceful.

Among the twenty or so escaping sand thieves, one knew Nen and probably realized the quicksand was Luo's doing.

From Golo, they had been traveling for nearly half a month, and the Forbidden Zone was likely only a few days away.

That night, Ali took out an ancient leather map, looking at it by the firelight.

Luo came over, looking at the detailed map, and asked, "Are we close to the Forbidden Zone?"

Ali looked up at him, shook his head, and said, "We still have a few days to go; I’m not sure of the exact arrival time."

Luo nodded slightly, also looking at the map.

In Elba, let alone a map, he couldn’t even find a sketch.

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