In the canyon, the wind and waves were still howling, carrying a lot of dust and sand. If you look down from a high altitude, you can see obvious vertical and horizontal lines and potholes, all of which are traces left by the battle.
In the place where the cracks and pits were densest, Kaxiu stood in the sight of everyone, wearing a No. 2 Dark Hunter badge with an evil ghost logo on his right chest. Under the sunlight, the badge reflected a little, revealing a metallic color.
It looks extremely eye-catching and attracts a lot of attention.
Behind the Shadowhunters, Claire's seaweed-like hair fell on her shoulders, revealing her smooth white forehead. She looked at Kaxiu with a twinkling gaze. Although she had expected this, the fact still made Claire feel a little magical. As soon as he became a Shadowhunter, he challenged other veteran Shadowhunters, and succeeded, all the way to the second Shadowhunter position.
Moreover, when the number one dark hunter Kasai came out to stop them, it seemed that they were evenly matched. It was not until the holy hunter Dilixiati personally intervened that they stopped fighting. This was far beyond Claire's expectations.
She had naively thought that today was the final battle for the Shadowhunter seat. Kaxiu would win the battle with a huge advantage and become the fifth Shadowhunter. In the end, that was just an appetizer, a warm-up. The real drama was that Kaxiu, as soon as he became a Shadowhunter, challenged other veteran Shadowhunters and won!
Next to Claire, the lion king Soth was pale, his pride wilted like a bean sprout. He was no longer a lion king, nor could he be called a king. At most, he was just a little lion with a high opinion of himself.
He couldn't even beat a normal adult male lion, let alone the lion king of a lion group. The gap between Soth and Kashu was even greater than the gap between a little lion and a lion king. There was a big gap in the strength level of Shadow Hunter between them, and three smaller levels of Shadow Hunters 1 to 5. Soth was powerless to compare...
When the gap becomes large enough, it will not inspire people's inner ambition to make progress, but will only bring decadence and a deep sense of powerlessness.
At the same time, Solomon the Thorn was in the same mood.
He had already climbed up from the ground, his clothes were covered with dust. His dark eyes stared at Kaxiu with a hint of reluctance and jealousy. But he immediately looked away, as if he was afraid that Kaxiu would notice his thoughts.
"What on earth happened to Zhuhun?"
"A week has passed, and the final battle is over..."
"Have they given up on me? Or have they had some changes of their own?"
The battle for the Shadow Hunter seat was over, and everyone had their own thoughts. After a short rest, everyone left the canyon in batches.
The last ones to stay were the Holy Light Hunter Dilishati and the Shadow Hunter No. 1 Kasai. They simply filled in the traces of the battle to make sure that they would not cause too much damage to the canyon, and then returned to the imperial capital together.
On the way, the number one dark hunter, Kasai, finally couldn't help but speak his true feelings.
"President, why don't you let me enter the third state? If I attack as the Golden Colossus, Bai Kui will never be my opponent..."
Kasay looked at Dilishaiti beside him, with some complaints in his tone.
This was normal. He had fought Kashu with the second form of the Colossus before, but ended up at a disadvantage. He was just about to gather his strength and enter the third form to teach this arrogant newcomer a lesson, but Dilishati intervened at this time and calmed both of them down.
Kasai did as he was told, but he was still holding back his anger. Now that he and Dilishaiti were alone, he spoke out naturally.
At the side, Dilishaiti took out a silver pocket watch from his chest pocket, opened the cover with his fingers, glanced at the time, and then turned around and spoke quietly.
"I just don't want you to lose too badly."
The meaning of the words was simple and straightforward, but Kasai couldn't accept it: "Too ugly to lose?" He seemed to be angry and laughed, shaking his head: "Are you looking down on me too much? President, you should know my strength. When I used the third stage of the Golden Colossus, even you would have to..."
“No.” Kasai’s words were interrupted by Dilixiati, who turned his head and looked Kasai in the eyes, and said seriously: “It is because I know your strength that I said I don’t want you to lose too badly.”
Kasai raised his eyebrows, as if realizing something. His anger subsided immediately, and he said nothing, motioning Dilishati to finish his words.
"You were having a great fight with him at that time, so a bystander like me couldn't see it clearly. From your first form, the gray-white colossus, to your second form, the black-copper colossus, Bai Kui's attack rhythm didn't change at all, even his breathing frequency didn't change, including when he was fighting wildly with you in the black-copper colossus form..." Dilixiati said calmly, word by word.
"..." Kasai opened his mouth, as if he wanted to argue, but he didn't say anything in the end. Because he knew that Dilishaiti couldn't fool him, so the fact could only be that Bai Kui was calm and composed throughout the whole process, and always controlled the overall situation.
"And..." Dilishati continued, "When you were about to cross from the black bronze colossus to the golden colossus, I felt a flash of extremely dangerous aura. That sense of crisis was hidden under your ever-increasing momentum. No one, including you, noticed it. Only I felt it at that moment. If it weren't for the fact that my perception has never been wrong, I might have thought it was an illusion. But, it was not an illusion after all. The sense of danger from Bai Kui was enough to threaten me..."
The colossus Kasai remained silent. Although he claimed to be able to fight Dilixiati for a short time and was appreciated by the black chief, Kasai knew the gap between himself and Dilixiati. He could only fight with him for a short time by relying on the burst of the third stage of the golden colossus. Once the burst period was over, his strength would soon decline to the original position. After all, if Kasai could really fight Dilixiati, he would not be the number one dark hunter, but would have become a holy hunter long ago.
Bai Kui was able to make Dilixiati feel the danger, even if it was only vaguely, even if it was only for a moment. His hidden strength must be very powerful. If he forced himself to fight against him, he would probably get no benefit.
I'm afraid it's really like what Dilishaiti said, the loss was too ugly...
After a long silence, Kasai broke the silence and said, "Why did Bai Kui, who is so powerful, join our Dark Hunter Organization? He also pretended to be stupid and hid for three years, and has been a Black Bronze Hunter..."
Kasai added at the end: "Does he have any purpose?"
“It’s hard to say.” Dilishati paused, “I think he is sincere, at least he is willing to abide by our rules. He is already so powerful, but he still follows the rules of the Shadow Hunter seat. Moreover, he exposed his hidden strength as soon as he became a Shadow Hunter. Can this be seen as a gesture of goodwill? He showed off his muscles openly to dispel my more malicious suspicions. Logically speaking, Bai Kui’s actions show that he cannot be our enemy…”
"Moreover, Bai Kui comes from the secret martial arts world. It can be said that he has little to do with the extraordinary world that we are involved in controlling, and there will be no conflict of interest. At least, he extremely hates dark creatures, which we can be sure of. And, there is no reason for us not to use such a top combat force that can deal with dark creatures. In addition, we can also take this opportunity to observe and study those mysterious secret warriors. Especially top secret warriors like him, the organization has never had the opportunity to contact them before..."
Dilixiati said one by one. In fact, he and the head of the Black Agency had already noticed the sudden emergence of Kaxiu, the dark horse. They just watched secretly and let Kaxiu play without interfering.
What the black machine leader meant was that if Kaxiu could demonstrate enough strength and value, they could have a good chat about it.
For example, the same interests and the same enemies.
In recent years, the head of the Black Agency has actually felt that something is wrong with the situation, as if there are invisible undercurrents surging in the shadow of Florence. Just waiting for an opportunity to erupt...
This is what he noticed through the clues of things while dealing with a lot of affairs of the Dark Hunter Organization. It is a sign, and there is no particularly specific enemy. But the head of the agency thinks it is mostly related to the conflict between the three parties of the Dark Hunter Organization, the Royal Council, and some mysterious external forces. He already has a few suspects, but he needs further investigation and in-depth understanding.
The Black Organ leader allowed Kaxiu to develop, and there were some intentions in it. Generally speaking, the Dark Hunter Organization did not exclude Kaxiu from joining.
Dilixiati and Kasai chatted for a while, but did not stay on the road for long. They soon left the canyon and returned to the headquarters of the Florence Organization.
There is a small accident here. The head of the Black Agency has something urgent to do and is out for a while. He may not be able to return to the headquarters until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
He left a message to his confidant, asking Dilixiati to follow the normal procedures. So Dilixiati simply moved what he was going to do tomorrow morning to today, which was to take Kaxiu directly to the source of the holy spring water.
The two took a short break in the Hunter Association lobby, and finally suddenly came to a secret room and found a tunnel under a certain floor.
Dilishati took Kaxiu into the tunnel and walked into the darkness.
At this moment, the news that Kashu had become a Shadow Hunter had spread throughout the Hunter Association. Many hunters who were free during the mission window went to the bar to order a beer and started to brag and chat with their companions. Some hunters who had previously predicted the final winner of the Shadow Hunter seat fulfilled their verbal promises, or drank three barrels of beer in a row and got drunk. Or they picked up sharp weapons in public and shaved their heads into shiny bald heads.
There were also people who boasted without shame, closed their eyes, took off their clothes, and ran around the bar ten times with bare feet, still shouting "I am a pig". All kinds of weird things happened today.
Some people envy, some people question, some people are jealous, some people secretly...
Kaxiu and Dilixiati had already left the headquarters of the Dark Hunter Organization in District 7, and were even far away from the imperial capital of Florence. They wandered around in the tunnel, and seemed to have reached the surface several times, and then changed to another tunnel. It was like walking in a maze for several hours before stopping.
During the journey, Kaxiu kept his eyes closed and followed Dilishaiti all the way.
He could hear the sound of steady footsteps until they suddenly stopped. He knew that they had finally reached the source of the Dark Hunter Organization's holy spring.
When he opened his eyes, it was pitch black in front of him, with only dim light shining in. Kaxiu took a quick look and felt that he should be in a cave. He looked at Dilixiati next to him, and Dilixiati nodded, indicating that Kaxiu could walk out of the cave together.
A few dozen steps outside, the light became brighter and brighter, and there was a faint sound of water coming. Ding-dong-dong, like the pleasant sound of a piano.
Going further forward, the rich, slightly sweet smell of water vapor hits your nose.
As soon as I stepped out, the view in front of me suddenly opened up. This was a sunken circular valley, like the mouth of an extinct volcano. The surrounding area was surrounded by steep cliffs covered with climbing vines. Dense jungle shrubs covered the ground, full of snake-like twisted tree roots and a layer of green and smooth moss. Next to the cave was a circular empty space, with several large square stones stacked up like stairs. In the middle was a V-shaped depression, and golden liquid flowed down. It was rolling and falling like liquid metal.
Finally, they landed on the surface of the pale golden pool with a clattering sound, stirring up ripples. When the water droplets shattered, it was like a glass ball shattering.
Even from a distance, Kaxiu could feel the surging vitality.
There is a half-man-high stone beside the pond, and an old tree is entangled next to the stone. I don't know if it is because of the years of being soaked in holy spring water, the stone is actually transparent gold, shining in the sun. The old tree is also extraordinary, the whole trunk is like glass, and the leaves are also golden, rustling in the wind. However, there are some bone-eroding black climbing in the gaps between the trunks, revealing a cold and evil feeling. Just like the hidden dangers under the prosperous times...
"The water is not deep, only less than one meter. You can soak in it with your clothes on. I will wait for you next to you. You can call me when you feel better..."
As Dilixiati spoke, he walked towards the stone and then sat cross-legged. There was a faint thunder in his body, and it was obvious that he was improving his abilities.
Kaxiu glanced at it and focused his eyes on the golden pool of water again. He walked slowly, step by step. His whole body was submerged, with only his head exposed. As soon as his skin came into contact with the holy spring water, his body instinctively sucked it up like a dry sponge. In an instant, streams of warm energy flowed into his body from all directions.
Countless holy spring waters swarmed in, wrapping up Kasu like a giant liquid cocoon, as if to give birth to a more powerful existence.
In the pool of water, on the back of the hand, the platinum holy mark slowly lit up. At the same time, at the top of the staircase boulder, in the center of a pool of golden spring, it seemed that a half-broken rune began to flicker, responding with a bright light...