I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods

Chapter 592 158: Scene Reenactment (4,200 Words; Wishing Everyone a Peaceful Dragon Boat Festival~)

This is both simple and efficient.

If you put this group of city people on the prairie, they wouldn't survive at all, only fit to be slaughtered lambs.

This is Hikamu's thought.

Of course, this excludes Shen Ye, after all, he is quite grateful to his savior, even recognizing Shen Ye as his own elder brother.

However, he really hasn't felt that kind of pure "killing intent" from even one opponent for many, many years now.

It is a pure temperament, devoid of personal emotions, unconcerned with ethics or law, simply killing for the sake of killing, releasing a murderous aura to bury the opponent.

"Nest City people are too soft, to put it bluntly, they're just a bunch of sheep, they'll never have the aura of a hunter, only fit to be prey."

Hikamu always thought so.

But now, in this Supreme Heaven Purification Field... for some reason, he suddenly felt this murderous aura.

No!

Strictly speaking, that murderous intent was purer and more intense than his own, like a volcanic eruption after a long period of brewing and endurance.

In that instant, this aura completely overwhelmed even him, a person who revels in killing!

"Unbelievable, there exists someone like you in Nest City?"

Hikamu slightly squinted his eyes, gazing forward along with the aura, only to meet the ascending Yun You.

And Yun You too, raised his head, meeting his gaze.

"...!"

In that moment, Hikamu was slightly startled.

The person whose aura and murderous intent overwhelmed his own, turned out to be a mere teenager?

What a joke, when he was Yun You's age, he was still picking up garbage on the Vast Prairie...

How many people has this child killed exactly? How much blood has been on these hands?

Hikamu couldn't imagine at all.

What made him even more uneasy was that he had this inexplicable feeling...

This child, it seemed as if he had seen him somewhere before.

Yet if he were to pinpoint an exact time and event, he couldn't say.

Like Shen Ye, he belonged to the side of the middle-aged main combatants who joined halfway, naturally lacking much intelligence, unaware that Yun You was the "Wu Ming" who killed Yang Lie.

But it didn't matter.

He licked his teeth, and due to extreme excitement, a hint of fresh blood seeped through the gaps, bringing a metallic, rusty taste.

It had been a long, long time since he had opened his killing spree.

Ever since Shen Ye announced his run for mayor, he had been suppressing his murderous desires.

Because he knew that random killing would inevitably bring unnecessary trouble to his elder brother Shen, so no matter how uncomfortable it was, he had to endure!

But now, he finally didn't have to hold back.

He found the Supreme Heaven Purification Field simply fantastic, like a specially made Vast Prairie just for him.

Here, he could abandon all the ethics and morals learned in Nest City, enjoying the purest slaughter and the thrill of spilling blood.

"Buzz..."

The pattern of the Sword and Shield Sequence gradually appeared on his right face.

Along with it emerged a set of pure metal sword and shield, crafted by Shen Ye specifically for him, perfectly fitting his sequence.

No need to hold back.

The remaining chessmen for Mokaka were only two, and Tian En had just stepped down due to exhaustion.

In other words, this girl in the black robe, hiding her appearance with a silver mask, was Mokaka's final card.

Also her hope.

If so, Hikamu intended to crush this hope with his own hands.

"Good, your interest is slowly rising too."

Suddenly, Yun You spoke.

Her face remained hidden behind the mask, leaving absolutely no expression visible.

Similarly, her tone was unexpectedly calm, with no fluctuation whatsoever between the lines.

Yet...

The murderous intent never dissipated from beginning to end.

"Just keep this mindset and interest, the same as 'before.'

Yun You took her hands out of her pockets, saying softly: "It's only when I kill you under these circumstances that it would be the most perfect ending."

"Arrogant little brat."

Hikamu laughed instead of being angry, the muscles on his face pulling his skin into a strange curve.

"Just a kid not even older than that Tian En girl before, probably still in baby fat, wanting to kill me?"

"Though I don't know what your background is, or why you have such murderous aura, you're likely a scion of some major family, a bona fide 'city person'.

"How strong can you be? At most, you're at the same level as that Tian En just now? Maybe even a bit stronger? Heh, it doesn't matter, even if that's true, you can never be my match without the Celestial Seal brocade bag to seal my sequence."

Speaking, Hikamu positioned his sword and shield.

Meanwhile, as the host of the gladiator arena announced the start of the match, the ground beneath their feet rapidly transformed.

The sandy beach of the previous match quietly faded away, and rows of dense, uneven brick and tile houses rose from the ground, gradually blocking the light.

Although external viewers could see the actions of the two and their surroundings clearly through the big screen, Yun You and Hikamu's vision was obstructed by these tube buildings and unauthorized structures.

A whiff of cooking smoke, accompanied by the pungent smell of overburnt coal, spread across every street, and at times, a slight hint of meal aroma could be detected, filled with the vitality of life.

But besides these smells and the flickering lights among the buildings, there was no trace of human life in the entire small town.

There were no people, nor common animals like dogs or cats, seemingly just a simulation of a town's "form".

"What a peculiar gladiatorial arena."

Amidst the buildings, Hikamu furrowed his brow slightly.

Having watched ten bouts from downstage, he naturally knew the characteristics of the Supreme Heaven Purification Field.

Every arena here changes with each match.

The theme of the changes aligns precisely with the thoughts and memories etched in the minds of the gladiators, reflecting their unforgettable world.

As for which gladiator's imagined world the arena turns into, it depended on whose attachment to the world was stronger.

Hikamu initially assumed that the arena, after his participation, would transform into the already deserted Vast Prairie.

After all, that was the place where he lived for over a decade, his indifferent and bloodthirsty character fostered by that homeland.

Yet unexpectedly, what appeared here was a town of slum tenement buildings.

"Seems like, at least in terms of the 'mind', her nostalgia for this world exceeds my yearning for the prairie."

Hikamu clenched his sword and shield, his gaze carefully surveying the surrounding buildings.

Honestly, he was once again struck by that odd sense of familiarity.

In fact, similar structures were a dime a dozen in Nest City No. 3.

Across the entire Nest City with its 26 districts and over a hundred external areas, more than half were slums, tube buildings as plentiful as rats in the sewers.

If one wished, they could even find two slums with almost identical layouts, and two identical tube buildings.

But here... here was different!

Hikamu felt as though he had walked these bluestone roads, passed by these tube buildings, even... personally turned this once bustling little town into a deathly quiet, silent place.

"Where exactly is this... and who is that girl?"

Hikamu suddenly felt uneasy, as if he were a moth caught in a web, thinking this was a sure win battle, the initiative always lay with the "spider" weaving the web.

"Can't you see where this is?"

Yun You's voice reached Hikamu's ears again, yet he couldn't discern the direction at all.

The ordinary-looking tube buildings now turned into a maze, inadvertently leading him to... lose himself within it.

Just as he took a deep breath, intending to take a break and try to clear an open space...

"Boom~"

The building behind him suddenly moved...

Dozens of high-rise tube buildings, weighing thousands of tons, with terrifying pressure and gale, slowly tilted, then together, came crashing down upon him!

And controlling these buildings was a dark red Giant Claw...

"It doesn't matter if you can't remember where this is."

Yun You's voice mingled with the rumble of collapsing buildings, clearly audible despite its gentle tone, piercing Hikamu's mind like needles.

"I will make you understand."

"Because, here, you will receive the just execution and a death painful enough."