Resources Everywhere, Survival of the Fittest

What is Kevin's deepest impression of this plain?

It wasn't that High Tower, nor the Mechanical Octopus I encountered a few nights ago.

Instead, they're those scum who spend all day stealing things from the sky.

That's disgusting.

Because they fly at high altitudes, sometimes you simply cannot predict their arrival.

Once they were in the middle of a battle, Kevin and his companion wouldn't have enough energy to attend to their surroundings.

This creates an opportunity for birds that specialize in catching prey.

Moreover, their methods are extremely swift, simple, and direct.

If you're not careful, you'll get hurt by them.

After careful calculation, Kevin had experienced more than a dozen battles, both large and small, since arriving on the plains.

Half of them were stolen.

Two-thirds of these were successfully stolen by the opponent.

Kevin is absolutely disgusting.

"Do you want to keep some materials?" Melusina asked.

Kevin touched it and shook his head.

Although the materials inside this lizard were of high quality (B-grade), Kevin was now somewhat dismissive of them.

No way.

There are too many.

Once you enter the Dark Continent, C-rank materials are everywhere—so many, in fact!

You can pick any decent-looking plant off the ground and pull it up; it will easily reach C-rank.

As for those creatures...

There were simply too many powerful creatures; all sorts of colossal beasts were everywhere.

Most of these behemoths contain high-grade B-rank materials, and most Beasts contain B-rank materials, with some C-rank materials as well.

This meant Kevin would never lack materials, and they didn't have enough backpacks to carry them.

Kevin is now so extravagant that he can be picky about B-grade materials.

However, even in the Dark Continent, A-rank materials don't seem to be that abundant.

Perhaps it's because they can't afford to mess with creatures of this level for the time being.

"Boom!"

A deafening rumble echoed in the distance.

A sudden gust of sand and stones filled the air, clearly indicating that some enormous creature was approaching.

"Damn it, here we go again, get out of here!"

Kevin quickly replied.

Melusina nodded, and after the four Nen Beast obtained a portion of the flesh and blood, they quickly fled.

With a deafening roar came a creature that looked like a dinosaur, which, in terms of appearance, resembled Tyrannosaurus Rex.

However, its forelimbs were not so short; they appeared equally strong and powerful, and it also had inexplicably powerful bone spurs on its body.

Its enormous eyes completely ignored the lizard's corpse on the ground, staring intently at Kevin and his companion before charging towards them.

"It's the enemy, they've come for revenge, damn it."

Kevin glanced back and couldn't help but curse.

He recognized the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

He didn't care what the creature's name was; he just named it Tyrannosaurus Rex because it was such a fitting name.

This type of creature is not common in this area; only two were sighted in total.

And the one in front of them was the very one they had first encountered.

Upon closer inspection, one can see an area on the Tyrannosaurus Rex's body that lacks bone spikes, and some signs of breakage can also be observed.

In areas without bone spurs, a large, penetrating scar can be seen.

That's right, this is what Kevin left for the other party back then.

However, after fighting for a while, Kevin realized that his opponent was too big, wasting too much energy, and might not even be able to kill him, so he ran away.

This led to a feud between the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Kevin and his group.

"I'm not running anymore. This time, I'm going to really hurt it."

Killing it would be difficult, but inflicting even greater damage than last time, enough to make the Tyrannosaurus Rex back down, would be no problem.

Upon hearing Kevin's words, Melusina stopped, nodded, placed her hands on Kevin's body, and channeled her Nen Aura into him.

The moment he stopped, Kevin instantly entered his strongest state.

Covered in Scale Armor, spewing steam.

The claw-like fingers are pointing at the other person.

He stomped his foot hard on the ground.

A deep crater appeared with the sound of an explosion.

Kevin shot out like a cannonball.

"Roar!"

The Tyrannosaurus Rex roared angrily when it saw that Kevin didn't run away and even dared to face it directly.

The roaring sound reverberated outwards like sound waves.

"Roar!"

Kevin roared back.

His roar, fueled by his Nen Aura, shot out like a hard egg, slamming into the Tyrannosaurus Rex's head and silencing it.

Its entire body crashed into the other, instantly creating a hole in the Tyrannosaurus Rex's chest.

In pain, the Tyrannosaurus Rex slammed its massive jaws down.

Kevin quickly pulled away, but the Tyrannosaurus Rex's rapid bite was not something he could easily dodge.

In an instant, he bit down, Kevin unleashing a torrent of Nen Aura that collided with the other's mouth.

The Hexagonal Barrier only managed to stop the opponent's mouth for less than a second before being bitten to pieces.

In that one second, Kevin had enough time to create distance between his entire body and the outside.

He stomped on the other's cheek, forcefully tilting its head to the side.

His body flew out naturally.

The Nen Aura was tied around the other person's neck with a rope, and using the momentum of flying, it fell upwards into the air.

Finally, it slammed down hard.

"Bang!"

With a roar.

A large amount of sand and gravel flew everywhere, obscuring visibility.

Although the specific details are not visible, cries of anguish have already been heard.

A gigantic body sped away through the flying sand and mud, fleeing into the distance.

Kevin then slowly emerged from the sand and gravel, his body mostly covered in blood.

"I need to find a place to clean up again."

Looking at his body covered in blood, Kevin felt somewhat helpless.

Sudden.

A gust of wind pressure came from overhead.

Kevin crouched down.

A huge, Pterosaur -like creature glided rapidly across the sky.

In the blink of an eye, it flew to the top of the fleeing Tyrannosaurus Rex.

It swooped down and flew away.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex seemed to sense the danger and turned to bite upwards, but Tyrannosaurus Rex threat level had obviously decreased considerably.

The Pterosaur's claws gripped its wound and ripped it open, actually tearing a gash in the Tyrannosaurus Rex's body.

With a downward swoop, the Tyrannosaurus Rex's body was torn to pieces in less than a minute.

The Pterosaur suffered only minor injuries and, dragging the Tyrannosaurus Rex's massive body, flew into the sky.

"Poor thing, who told you to hold a grudge like that?"

Watching the departing figure, Kevin shook his head helplessly.

These are the rules of this continent.

The law of the jungle prevails.

Under normal circumstances, that Pterosaur would have no chance against the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

If Kevin hadn't inflicted enough wounds on it.

"Too clever, and it holds a grudge. It's just bad luck."

Melusina walked over, wiping the blood off Kevin's body, and said gloatingly.

Sometimes being small isn't all bad.

For example, some giant creatures simply wouldn't even bother with them because of their small size.

Such a tiny body can barely fit between teeth.

The energy they consume during a single hunt is not even enough to cover the energy expenditure of the hunt itself.

This deal was a huge loss.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Kevin grabbed Melusina and pulled her behind him, looking ahead with a serious expression.

Another uninvited guest has arrived.

The air in front of me distorted.

A mechanical body appeared before the two of them.

It looked very similar to the Mechanical Octopus I saw that night, but it wasn't as chaotic; instead, it was much more orderly.

The top part is a circular mechanical structure, and the bottom part is an inverted triangle with several spheres floating around it.

The circular structure has a green dot of light in the center, and its structure resembles crystal.

"It doesn't seem to have any malicious intent?"

Although it has a mechanical body, unlike the Mechanical Octopus from before, this mechanical construct is actually radiating a faint sense of goodwill.

Although it was just a small gesture of goodwill, it was enough to show that the other party did not want to be their enemy.

The sound waves came.

I can't understand what these sound waves are saying.

But they could vaguely sense the other party's intentions.

"Trade?"