"I'm here to handle some business."
Zhou Haoyu responded with a smile. To be honest, he wasn't very familiar with Zhou Min, but he did remember her mother quite well.
Zhou Min wanted to chat a bit more, but one of her companions urged, "Zhou Min, it's about time for us to set out."
"You're here to hunt undead too, right? Want to team up with us?" Zhou Min invited warmly.
The student who spoke earlier looked clearly displeased, but with Zhou Haoyu holding a Hunter Master title, he didn't dare protest.
"No need. I already took on some missions myself." Zhou Haoyu refused.
He had accepted seven or eight kill commissions. If he went with them, he might not finish even by tomorrow morning.
"All right then. Be careful out there."
Zhou Min didn't push it. She could guess his missions were of high difficulty and that she wouldn't be of use.
After they left, Zhou Haoyu turned to the short man. "Let's head out too."
Before the short man could react, Zhou Haoyu grabbed him by the back collar—and Blinked directly off the watchtower.
A crowd of guards and hunters were left blinking in astonishment.
"Sir, next time you use space magic, can you give me a heads-up first? My little heart can't handle it," the short man muttered, half aggrieved.
"Most people won't get to experience it once in their life. You should feel lucky," Zhou Haoyu replied calmly.
"…Hehe."
The short man didn't dare complain again. If he could befriend such a magical prodigy, it would change his life.
"The first undead is two kilometers ahead on the left—it's a flat area with wide visibility, so not much danger of being surrounded," said the short man.
Seeing the guide about to walk on foot, Zhou Haoyu summoned the Flame Scorpion Tiger.
The moment the fierce beast appeared, the surroundings brightened visibly. Visibility instantly went from a few meters to over a dozen.
The short man nearly wet himself in fright at the sudden appearance—until he saw Zhou Haoyu calmly seated on its back.
Damn it… he definitely did that on purpose!
With the Flame Scorpion Tiger, all of the commissions went extremely smoothly—even when they ran into a wave of undead, Zhou Haoyu exterminated all of them, without even needing his Spiritual abilities.
"I killed hundreds of undead and only refined six essence fragments—this drop rate is ridiculous!" Zhou Haoyu lamented.
He had hoped to enhance Thunderbolt to level four, but at this rate he'd have to wait for the Ancient Capital Calamity to break out.
Still, he did manage to get two Servant-grade essences and one Warrior-grade essence—enough to upgrade his Basic-Tier Lightning Strike.
Back in the city, Zhou Haoyu turned in his missions.
Besides receiving about twenty million in bounty, he also ranked up to Two-Star Hunter Master.
In the next two days, Zhou Haoyu continued hunting undead every night—making money, sure, but primarily farming essences.
Strengthening one star required one Servant-grade essence. One Servant essence cost five to six million—and Mid- Tier Thunderbolt Level 4 required forty-nine stars.
That was roughly 2.5 billion.
Even though Zhou Haoyu could make money forging magic tools, he didn't want to spend 2.5B on Star enhancement.
But with the Candle Dragon Vessel—everything was possible.
He might even strengthen High-Tier Lonely Death lightning to level 4!
At dawn, Zhou Haoyu left his hotel and went to the agreed southern gate.
The moment he arrived—he heard a shocked voice: "Why are you here?!"
Mo Fan was dumbfounded. How could he possibly run into Zhou Haoyu even here in the Ancient Capital?
Was the guy haunting him or what!?
Zhou Haoyu glanced at Mo Fan without surprise.
"That's my line."
"Did you install some kind of tracker on me?" Mo Fan asked half-seriously.
"Ahem… I don't know what your relationship is—but Young Master Zhou contacted me two days ago," the short guide chimed in carefully.
Ever since seeing Zhou Haoyu in action, the short man didn't even dare breathe loudly in front of him.
Mo Fan froze awkwardly—so Zhou Haoyu really had arrived two days before.
"You're not just getting two payments—now a third one too?" Mo Fan retorted.
The short man rolled his eyes. Even if I get paid ten times, it's because I have skills!
Zhou Haoyu ignored Mo Fan and instead looked at the other three in the party—
A veiled woman…and two burly bodyguards who looked like brothers.
[Activation condition: Stop Izisha's resurrection.]
Zhou Haoyu's heart skipped. The difficulty of this quest was extremely high, and it came with a time limit!
Izisha's resurrection was scheduled roughly two to three months after the World National Tournament—that left just over a year!
Still, if this activation condition was fulfilled, Ye Xinxia's path to becoming Goddess would become much easier.
The veiled woman also noticed the newcomer and glanced at Zhou Haoyu with bright, curious eyes.
"Alright, since everyone's here, let's set off," the short guide said to the group.
Without much further discussion, they went to register at the south gate and headed out.
Not long after leaving the city, Mo Fan couldn't hold back his curiosity and came up next to Zhou Haoyu. "Why are you going to Yangyang Village?"
Mo Fan didn't harbor any ill will toward Zhou Haoyu—he even felt a certain gratitude.
It was just that Zhou Haoyu was too outstanding, which gave him a suffocating sense of being constantly outmatched.
"I'm investigating something," Zhou Haoyu replied perfunctorily.
"Investigating…?"
Mo Fan thought back to Hangzhou—where Zhou Haoyu had managed to uncover the contaminated serum.
Could he really have caught wind of something again…?
Mo Fan suddenly remembered Zhang Xiaohou, who was now missing. Was there some kind of connection here?
Ignoring Mo Fan, Zhou Haoyu instead took his time openly admiring Asharuiya's enchanting figure tightly wrapped beneath her outfit.
No wonder she's the Saintess of the Parthenon Temple…
He hadn't even seen her face yet—just that peerless body was already stirring his heart.
"Young Master Zhou… don't tell me you're interested in that woman?" the short man suddenly whispered, nudging him.
"You know nothing. I merely appreciate beautiful things," Zhou Haoyu answered with a perfectly serious expression.
The short man rolled his eyes—you've been staring at her backside nonstop, and you call that pure appreciation?!
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