Wilderness Hunt: The Only Rule Is No Rules! Has Lin Yuan Become the Prey?

Outside Yan Jing City, at the entrance to the Wasteland.

Dozens of savage-looking hovercars, forged entirely from special alloys, stood silently across the vast plaza like dormant steel beasts.

Young members from Yan Jing City's major lineages had gathered here in all manner of custom combat suits. The air was thick with a peculiar scent mixed with excitement, tension, and a faint trace of blood.

Before them stood a massive teleportation array.

Runes flowed across the ground, casting a pale blue glow as they underwent their final energy calibration for the imminent transfer.

Through the morning mist, the blurred, untamed outline of the distant Wasteland could vaguely be seen.

Every so often, one or two Demonic Beast roars echoed from deep within that unknown land, making every heart present beat faster without control.

In the Crowd, two figures were particularly eye-catching.

They were Chen Yu and Liu Mingxuan.

Chen Yu wore dazzling silver-white battle armor and gripped Windsplitter, the high-grade Profound-rank war blade passed down through the Chen Family. His sinister gaze slithered through the crowd like a venomous snake, seemingly searching for someone he hated to the bone.

Liu Mingxuan, standing beside him, wore a low-key ink-colored fitted outfit. The powerful aura of the Qi Sea Realm Fifth Level faintly emanated from him, leaving the children of lesser lineages around him too intimidated to approach. He leisurely toyed with a crystal-clear Demonic Beast Core at his fingertips, a cold smile of having everything under control hanging from his lips.

More than a dozen core members of the Chen Family and Liu Family clustered around them, forming a distinctly divided little group.

"Young Master Liu, that trash still hasn't shown up. Could he be scared?" Chen Yu lowered his voice, his tone brimming with undisguised venom.

"Scared?" Liu Mingxuan chuckled, putting away the core. "A man like him doesn't even have the word 'fear' in his dictionary. But it doesn't matter. So long as he dares enter, this Wasteland will be where his bones are buried."

The two exchanged a mutually understood, vicious look.

On the other side of the plaza, several equally powerful young Prodigies had each claimed an area, radiating an aura that warned strangers to stay away.

Xiao Long, the eldest grandson of the Xiao Family's Martial God, Xiao Chengen, was built like an iron tower. He carried a giant battle axe broader than a door panel over his shoulder, laughing loudly with the dozen or so Xiao Family members behind him.

His Marrow Cleansing Realm Eighth Level aura was wild and unruly, yet his gaze kept drifting toward the entrance, as if waiting for some grand show to begin.

Song Yao, daughter of the Song Family patriarch, was like an elegant purple leopard.

Dressed in a tight combat suit, with a coiled Chain Blade hanging from her waist, she stood in quiet conversation with Gu Ningxue, who wore the same kind of fitted outfit.

The two were old acquaintances, but a trace of undisguised ambition for this hunt lurked in Song Yao's lively eyes.

Just Then, as swords were drawn and tensions ran high, with undercurrents surging among every faction.

A languid figure strolled over from the distance, yawning as he ambled along.

It was Lin Yuan.

The moment he appeared, the somewhat noisy atmosphere in the plaza fell silent!

Countless gazes converged on him in unison!

One hand was tucked into his pocket, while the other actually held a bright red Spirit Fruit, which he crunched away at as he walked.

His leisurely manner formed an incomparably stark and glaring contrast with the fully armed "warriors" around him, who stood ready for battle!

He did not look like he had come to take part in a life-and-death hunt at all!

He clearly looked like he had come on a spring outing!

"I thought you'd sleep right through it in the manor. Didn't expect you to actually come."

"Don't tell me Uncle Lin kicked you out of bed himself?"

Seeing him like this, Gu Ningxue helplessly rubbed her forehead, then took the initiative to walk over and tease him.

The corner of Lin Yuan's mouth lifted almost imperceptibly. He took another huge bite of the Spirit Fruit without answering.

"Looks like that was it." Gu Ningxue smiled. "It seems even our great master of lying flat has times when he can't help himself."

At the back of the Chen Family's group, Chen Ruoxi stood quietly.

Today, she wore a simple, elegant long dress that was utterly out of place amid her surroundings.

Her father, Chen Tianhao, was enthusiastically spraying spittle as he instructed Chen Yu about things like "you must take first place" and "bring glory to the lineage."

From Beginning to End, he did not spare her a single glance.

Her gaze passed through the crowd and settled on the figure chatting and laughing with Gu Ningxue.

Her hand unconsciously rubbed the bronze hairpin she had reforged, gripping it tightly.

Within her heart was both curiosity toward that man's unfathomable strength and the grievance and bitterness of being utterly ignored by her lineage.

She wanted to step forward, even if only to say a single word.

But in the end, she did not move. She only watched him silently from afar.

Just Then.

"Silence!"

A furious roar like thunder exploded from the raised platform!

A middle-aged man in dark green special-forces uniform, with a general's star on his shoulder, strode onto the platform.

His expression was stern, and even without anger he inspired awe. The terrifying pressure of the Spiritual Manifestation Realm swept across the entire plaza like a tidal wave, making every young participant's breath catch!

In his hand, he held a Black Token representing the military's highest authority.

"The Wilderness Hunt will last seven days!"

His voice was amplified through an array and reached everyone's ears with perfect clarity.

"You have only one objective—survive and earn Points!"

"Kill a first-tier Demonic Beast, earn 1 point! Second-tier, 10 points! Third-tier, 100 points! And so on!"

"The Wristwatch on each of your wrists serves both as proof of identity and as a Points storage device!"

At this point, he paused, his cold gaze sweeping over the entire crowd like a sharp sword.

"The final rule, and the most important one!"

"Eliminate any participant, and you may seize... all the Points in their Wristwatch!"

Boom!

Those words detonated through the crowd like a heavy bomb!

Everyone was stunned!

Eliminate opponents and take all their Points?

What kind of hunt was this?

This was plainly encouraging them to slaughter one another!

In an instant, countless people looked at their companions differently!

The former cooperation and friendliness were instantly replaced by vigilance and Avarice!

Chen Yu and Liu Mingxuan wore utterly undisguised, ferocious smiles!

These Rules had practically been tailored for them!

The middle-aged instructor seemed exceedingly satisfied with everyone's reaction.

A cold curve tugged at his lips.

Then he continued, "Remember, within the Wasteland, there are no Rules and no restrictions! You may form teams freely, or you may... do as you please!"

"Now, the hunt..."

"Begins!"