145: Hunting Xiao Shi

“Next is to raise the Blood Beast to maturity!”

Xiao Shi’s eyes gleamed.

As long as he could raise the Blood Beast Crimson Tiger to maturity, he would be able to take it from here.

And with the Blood Source of the Blood Beast, he would be able to attempt to break through to the Blood Martial Realm.

Everything was developing in a good direction.

Xiao Shi moved.

He continued to lead the Blood Beast Crimson Tiger to find more participants to kill... It had already been over ten days since everyone entered the Game Arena, and half of the one-month time limit had passed.

Regarding the rankings,

the top-ranked participants had all raised their Blood Beasts to the juvenile stage.

After a period of raising,

they all felt the difficulty of raising Blood Beasts.

They began to realize that

raising a Blood Beast to maturity within a mere month was much more difficult than they had initially imagined.

The number of people who could ultimately achieve this… would probably not exceed three!

At the same time,

with the fierce battles among many participants,

when they discovered that devouring other people’s Blood Beasts could also help their own Blood Beasts grow, the fighting among participants became even more brutal.

This caused the number of participants to sharply decrease due to their mutual slaughter.

By now, the surviving participants were undoubtedly not simple individuals.

At this moment, on a cliff within the Game Arena,

a black-haired young man, dressed in black, with a stern expression, long black hair, a slender figure, and an extremely pale complexion, as if he hadn't seen sunlight for countless years, with a blurry monstrous shadow behind him, was looking down at a blood-colored compass below him.

The entire compass was very intricate.

It was composed of several ancient wooden pieces with strange characters pieced together.

Behind the black-haired young man, there was also a burly monk, with only his upper body remaining.

He was clearly from Lei Miao Temple!

However, this monk from Lei Miao Temple now only had half a body, lying on the ground, blood gushing out, long since breathless.

Not far away,

a massive two-headed alligator turtle was devouring a dead Blood Beast bite by bite.

This massive two-headed alligator turtle

was the black-haired young man’s Blood Beast.

Currently, this Blood Beast had grown to nearly the semi-mature stage under his care.

As the top-ranked individual,

the black-haired young man Kou Shihang had always been in an absolute lead in terms of raising Blood Beasts.

He stared intently at the blood-colored compass below him.

He clearly saw a thin blood-colored line emanating from the blood-colored compass.

He immediately pulled this thin blood-colored line to his Blood Beast.

He looked at this thin blood-colored line with anticipation.

However, although this thin blood-colored line was already wrapped around the Blood Beast, there was no movement.

This made Kou Shihang’s anticipating gaze gradually turn to doubt.

“What’s going on?”

He frowned.

This blood-colored compass… was a strange item that his faction had purchased at great expense from the Blood Sect before he entered the Game Arena.

Its purpose was to provide guidance regarding Blood Sources when raising Blood Beasts.

Under normal circumstances,

although these participants could use the resources here to continuously grow their Blood Beasts, they could not control what kind of Blood Source the Blood Beast would ultimately form.

With this blood-colored compass, they could know the formation methods of various Blood Sources.

For example, what resources were needed to form a ‘Blazing Flame Bloodsource’?

What was the key item for forming a ‘Nether Eye Blood Source’?... Through such guidance,

they could often raise Blood Beasts according to the desired Blood Source during the raising process.

However,

there were also some prerequisites for using this blood-colored compass.

The first condition was that the Blood Beast needed to be raised to a certain extent before it could be used.

Before this,

Kou Shihang had been unable to use this blood-colored compass.

It was only now, after his Blood Beast had grown to nearly the semi-mature stage, that he could use it.

However, this was only the first condition.

The second condition

was that his own Blood Beast must be the best among all Blood Beasts in terms of growth!

If there was any other Blood Beast with better growth, the compass would not work.

Kou Shihang frowned deeply at this.

Since he entered this Game Arena, he had always been at the top of the rankings.

He had never fallen.

Logically speaking,

there should be no other Blood Beast with better growth than his.

But now the blood-colored compass was not working.

This was very strange.

“Could it be that my Blood Beast hasn’t been raised to a specific level yet?”

Kou Shihang fell into deep thought.

But upon closer thought,

he felt that this was not the reason.

If his Blood Beast hadn't grown yet,

then he would definitely be unable to use the blood-colored compass directly, as before.

But the current situation was that the blood-colored compass had already been activated, but its function was not working.

This clearly indicated that the second condition had not been met.

This left Kou Shihang completely perplexed.

After some deliberation,

a completely black insect suddenly crawled out from Kou Shihang’s sleeve.

Kou Shihang gently pinched the insect in his hand and said in a deep voice,

“Reporting to my lord, I have encountered some issues here; the Blood Source compass’s function has failed…”

He quickly reported the situation he encountered to the people outside through the insect in his hand.

This was also a special method possessed by his faction.

Even within the Game Arena, he could transmit messages to people outside.

“You mean… there might be a participant with a better-growing Blood Beast in the Game Arena?”

A low male voice came from the black insect.

“That’s possible.”

Kou Shihang nodded.

“But in terms of the rankings, I have always been at the top and have never fallen, which is very strange…”

He knew that

the rankings were always based on the condition of the Blood Beasts raised by the participants.

If there was a participant whose Blood Beast was growing better than his,

then he would definitely be surpassed in the rankings.

However, he had been number one from beginning to end.

Logically speaking,

he should be the one with the best Blood Beast raising among all participants.

But the current situation

made him very suspicious.

“I understand. I will clarify all of this. Wait for my news.”

The low male voice from the black insect said.

While speaking,

outside the Game Arena,

among the Demonic Path forces, which were in a different direction from the four Orthodox Faction of Rapid Shadow Palace, a Black Robed Man, surrounded by many black shadows, flickered and appeared before the game organizer.

He said in a deep voice,

“I want to buy an item!”

Usually, those who remained outside the Game Arena could purchase some items from the Blood Sect.

Among them was one item

that could let them know whose Blood Beast was currently being raised best in the Game Arena.

However,

these items were usually extremely expensive.

Not every faction was willing to buy them.

And even if such an item was bought, it only provided some information about the Game Arena in advance.

Its significance was not great.

But now, the Black Robed Man, surrounded by black shadows, decisively bought this item.

Immediately, through this item,

he knew exactly whose Blood Beast was being raised best within the Game Arena.

“It’s really not Shihang…”

The Black Robed Man’s eyes narrowed slightly.

After learning this,

he immediately transmitted the information he had obtained to Kou Shihang.

“Currently, the best-raised Blood Beast belongs to someone named Nie Jie from the Rapid Shadow Palace. Although I don’t know what method he used to not appear at the top of the rankings, his Blood Beast is currently growing the best.”

Kou Shihang in the Game Arena suddenly realized.

“Indeed, someone has surpassed me in raising Blood Beasts…”

He re-checked the rankings.

He indeed did not find Nie Jie’s name on the list.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

“Since this person is hindering me, I’ll just go and kill him.”

Although he only knew that Nie Jie had surpassed him in raising Blood Beasts, he didn’t know what stage the other party’s Blood Beast had reached.

Nor did he know information such as the other party’s strength and cultivation.

But he had great confidence in his own strength.

Even if the other party surpassed him in raising Blood Beasts,

he was fully confident that he could kill him.

In his opinion,

even if this person surpassed him in raising, it certainly wouldn’t be by much.

Even if his own Blood Beast was no match for the other’s Blood Beast,

it would definitely be able to hold on for a while.

He only needed to kill the other person before his Blood Beast was defeated.

“My lord, I need to know this person’s location.”

Kou Shihang continued to transmit his message.

The Black Robed Man outside evidently also knew Kou Shihang’s thoughts.

He immediately proceeded to purchase an item that could track the other party’s whereabouts.

Although the purchase of such an item was a huge investment for their entire faction,

as long as Kou Shihang could win in this game, their investment would be worthwhile!

After all, this concerned the right to purchase Blood Beasts.

And such purchasing rights often brought about a significant improvement for their entire faction.

Its significance was extraordinary!

Soon,

the Black Robed Man obtained Xiao Shi’s exact whereabouts through the item.

Normally, without such a means of communication, even if one obtained the whereabouts of a participant in the Game Arena through an external item, it would be meaningless.

However, the communication method possessed by their faction

enabled the Black Robed Man outside to continuously transmit Xiao Shi’s location to Kou Shihang.

A strong murderous intent immediately flashed in Kou Shihang’s eyes.

He flickered.

And, based on the location provided by the Black Robed Man outside, he swiftly moved towards Xiao Shi, intending to kill him.

At this moment, Xiao Shi did not know that he had been targeted.

Although he had removed himself from the rankings early on,

he could not hide from the detection of items.

He was directly revealed by the items outside the Game Arena.

Xiao Shi was currently, as always, constantly searching for other participants.

Now, as the number of participants dwindled,

finding other participants also became more difficult.

Especially those on the rankings, they became even scarcer.

This made Xiao Shi’s search somewhat challenging.

This also gave Xiao Shi a headache.

His Blood Beast was now not far from its final mature stage.

It urgently needed high-level resources.

However, at this time, there were not many people left on the rankings.

Xiao Shi couldn't help but wonder… did he need to expand his network of people?

If he could have more double-crossers like Liang Su, it might be more beneficial for him to find those on the rankings.

However, in that case… Xiao Shi wouldn’t be able to kill these double-crossers who had pledged allegiance to him.

After all, he wasn't the kind of person who would abandon allies once they were no longer useful.

He couldn't bring himself to kill those who had pledged allegiance to him.

Just as Xiao Shi was pondering how to more efficiently find those participants on the rankings,

“Hmm?”

He suddenly turned his head, as if sensing something.

In the distance,

a thick black mist suddenly appeared, spreading out and covering the sky.

At the same time, from within these black mists, many eerie faces materialized, crying and laughing, sometimes even tearing at each other, looking incredibly ferocious.

It looked unsettling.

And within this black mist, a slender black-haired young man stood.

He had a stern expression and a pale complexion.

He carried an incredibly eerie aura.

From a great distance, his gaze was already fixed on Xiao Shi.

And the eerie faces around him kept pace with his gaze, all staring at Xiao Shi.

It seemed as if with just a thought from this black-haired young man, they would immediately pounce on Xiao Shi.

Xiao Shi looked calmly at this black-haired young man.

He clearly felt that this person was very different from the people of the Demonic Path forces he had encountered before.

His strength was clearly more formidable than those from the Demonic Path forces he had encountered previously.

“You, are Nie Jie?”

The black-haired young man spoke indifferently.

His voice was cold,

carrying an air of superiority.

He looked down at Xiao Shi coldly,

completely disregarding him.

Xiao Shi could clearly feel the other party’s condescending attitude.

However, he didn't pay much attention to it.

The only thing that surprised him… was that the other party actually knew his name!

And it seemed he had come specifically for him.

“Is someone else coming specifically to hunt me?”

Xiao Shi raised an eyebrow.

He had originally thought that he was the only one hunting others here.

He hadn't expected that someone would come to hunt him.

And to find him so accurately.

This made Xiao Shi somewhat interested in this black-haired young man.

He really wanted to know how the other party found him.

However, with this person’s attitude, asking him directly would obviously yield no results.

The best way was to beat him into a dead dog, then interrogate him.

He believed that in that state, the other party would honestly answer any questions he asked.

Thinking of this,

a cold glint immediately flashed in Xiao Shi’s eyes.

Without any unnecessary words,

he simply took a step forward.

Whoosh!

Xiao Shi’s figure had already vanished from his original spot, disappearing into the Taiyin.

With a flash, he had already arrived in front of the black-haired young man.

His speed was so fast that the black-haired young man didn't even react.

His pupils constricted.