434: Chapter 434 Arrival at the Celestial Hunting Grounds!

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, only one day remained until the start of the Hunting Assembly.

Now, the spacecraft from both companies had already arrived in the peripheral starfield of the Zhou Tian Hunting Ground.

Li Fan lay on a recliner in the lounge, calmly admiring the magnificent view outside the transparent hatch.

Unlike before, ever since entering the starfield where the Zhou Tian Hunting Ground was located, it was almost impossible to see any bright galactic stars. It seemed each celestial body was shrouded in a thick fog.

At first glance, one could only see patches of brilliant, multicolored auroras. Some looked breathtakingly beautiful, while others appeared eerily bizarre, causing a wave of physical discomfort after just a few glances.

The reason for this layer of fog-like shroud...

was precisely because this starfield was filled with dense chaotic mist.

And the cause of such a rich concentration of chaotic mist was the Zhou Tian Hunting Ground itself.

Li Fan had looked up quite a bit of information about this Zhou Tian Hunting Ground over the past few days and had gained a decent understanding.

The Zhou Tian Hunting Ground was born not long after the universe's initial evolution, almost contemporaneous with these Supreme Seat Domains. Originally, it also had the chance to evolve into a Supreme Seat Domain.

However, for some reason, it failed during this evolutionary process.

So, to put it plainly, the Zhou Tian Hunting Ground was a failed sprout of a Supreme Seat Domain.

After its initial failure, typically, such a failed, semi-finished product would re-integrate into the chaos to participate in the evolution of other Seat Domains.

But during this stage, another anomaly occurred. Not only did it not integrate, it instead became self-contained, continuing to operate independently. Moreover, the intense chaotic energy within it never dissipated.

It was like a strange bug in a program.

It was supposed to proceed to the next step, but suddenly got stuck. A certain line of code started running on its own.

And as time passed...

within this chaos, terrifying and brutal fierce beasts began to be born—the Chaos Fierce Beasts.

These Chaos Fierce Beasts were vast in number and possessed extraordinary strength, once causing immense trouble for the common folk in nearby Seat Domains.

Afterwards, to prevent further distress to the populace, the superpowers of the Supreme Seat Domains joined forces. They encircled this area with restrictive formations and transformed it into a hunting ground.

On ordinary days, this hunting ground is open to all. Anyone with the strength and confidence is permitted to enter and hunt the fierce beasts.

Since the Chaos Fierce Beasts inside generally possess many rare materials, and their flesh is also quite delectable...

many cultivators choose to earn their first pot of gold here.

Even many small clans and enterprises sustain their main industries by trading in Chaos Fierce Beasts.

And of course...

when encountering events like the Hunting Assembly, which belong to the giant-level forces...

the entire hunting ground is completely cleared and sealed off, reserved solely for the use of these forces.

This is also quite reasonable, as it was precisely such forces that took the lead in constructing the hunting ground in the first place. Even the subsequent management and operation are handled by them.

As for hunting grounds like the Zhou Tian Hunting Ground...

there are eleven others like it within the entire Supreme Seat Domain.

"They say the flesh of the Chaos Fierce Beasts is plump and delicious. I wonder what it actually tastes like?"

Thinking of this, Li Fan couldn't help but feel a sense of yearning in his heart.

Thinking carefully about it...

it had been quite some time since he had properly eaten anything, surviving entirely on cosmic primordial energy.

Although he could manage without eating and felt quite fine, every so often he would crave a proper meal. Perhaps this was the homesickness unique to a youth from Blue Star.

And while Li Fan was still looking forward to the taste of the Chaos Fierce Beasts in the hunting ground...

at this very moment, on the other side...

within the Lingxu Company's spacecraft...

all the Lingxu prodigies were now rubbing their hands together, ready to show their prowess in the hunting ground.

Or, to be more precise...

each of them was already prepared to gang up on Li Fan.

There was no other way.

After these past few days of fermenting...

the prevailing sentiment on the forums had overwhelmingly swung in their favor.

This was partly due to Li Fan's identity as someone from an Outer Seat Domain. The inhabitants of the Supreme Seat Domain generally viewed people from external Seat Domains with prejudice.

The other reason was simply that Li Fan was a bit too arrogant!

So arrogant that his statements seemed utterly unreliable, like a clown deliberately seeking attention.

Therefore, on the forums, Li Fan, this arrogant fellow from an Outer Seat Domain, had become a complete villain.

These Supreme Seat Domain prodigies who had been provoked had become the righteous army.

Among them, Di Chuan had especially become the standard-bearer.

This gave them a feeling that if they didn't give Li Fan a good beating, they would be scorned by countless citizens. Moreover, it seemed whoever managed to beat Li Fan first would become a hero in the hearts of these citizens.

As for this trend of public opinion, Li Fan was naturally very aware of it.

However, Li Fan didn't really care about it.

Once the Hunting Assembly began, they would come to know the true strength of this 'great villain'.

While Li Fan didn't care, Wu Chen, Golden Flash Bear, and the Wushan Seat Group Members like Peng Song, who learned of the situation online, were very concerned.

Especially Peng Song and the others.

They had reminded Li Fan to be careful more than once.

Regarding this, although Li Fan didn't feel he needed to be particularly cautious, he verbally agreed wholeheartedly.

After all, it was the well-intentioned concern of these good friends.

Time continued to pass.

The scenery outside the hatch kept changing.

As a voice sounded from the spacecraft's broadcast...

Li Fan slowly rose and walked out of the lounge.

"One hour until arrival at the hunting ground. The Hunting Assembly will commence directly upon arrival without any preparation time. All Students, please assemble in the main deck room to select your shuttles!"

That's right.

The Hunting Assembly was finally about to begin!

As for the 'shuttles' mentioned in the broadcast...

these were a type of aircraft, much smaller than a starship, almost purely designed for travel, and extremely fast.

If a starship is compared to a supercar with immense interior space, then a shuttle is like a high-powered two-wheeled motorcycle.

Sitting in a shuttle, one could even lean half their body out. Of course, while this might look cool, it's not recommended due to the high risk. It's better to keep the protective canopy closed.

The reason for providing Students with shuttles was quite simple.

The primary reason, naturally, was because the hunting ground was simply too vast!

Although, for this Hunting Assembly, the higher-ups from both sides had demarcated only a small area based on the Students' strength levels...

even this 'small' area was incredibly vast, already requiring measurement in light-years.

If they had to rely purely on their own flight speed, they'd probably exhaust themselves before crossing it once.

So, equipping them with shuttles was absolutely necessary.

Another important reason was that the Chaos Fierce Beasts within the hunting ground were generally extremely fast, making them nearly impossible to catch by personal flight alone.

Having a shuttle made things much more convenient.

And as Li Fan and the others began gathering towards the main deck...

at that very moment, in the enormous main venue, countless beams of light and shadow had already arrived. The cheers and discussions were like a tidal wave, surging and overwhelming.