After eliminating more than a dozen thugs, Guan Tong was no longer sleepy.
He knew that in the Apocalypse Rules Era, this sort of thing was bound to happen sooner or later.
It might even happen more often in the future.
Just like the First Ascendant Challenge—Ascendants who died in that competition were merely eliminated and did not truly die.
But what if dying in the competition meant truly dying?
Would that mean Guan Tong would not compete for the Holy Grail? He still would.
So, having long been mentally prepared, even after personally controlling Shadow to slaughter more than a dozen people, he did not feel much emotional turmoil.
Guan Tong sat before his desk and turned on his computer. Plenty of people online were already discussing the Sound Hunter.
Many had discovered its ability to turn invisible.
Some online also believed that it had to be small.
After all, some victims had been inside shelters. Yet after the rule was announced, every shelter had tightly shut its doors.
Without the doors being damaged, how had the Sound Hunter entered and attacked those who made sounds?
Either it could teleport without regard for spatial restrictions, or it could pass through walls in addition to turning invisible. Or perhaps it was simply small enough to sneak in through ventilation ducts, drainage pipes, and the like.
People were more willing to believe the third possibility.
Because the first two were too terrifying.
But no one could say for certain what the truth was.
Even Guan Tong himself had personally witnessed the bearded man being killed by the Sound Hunter, yet he could only confirm that it could turn invisible.
He had tried having Shadow split into countless tiny tentacles to cover the surrounding area, hoping to touch the Sound Hunter through