Hunting War God

"Who killed her?" Li Haobo asked in return.

"How would I know who killed her?" He sounded utterly baffled.

"Young Master, I've already looked into the dead woman. She was completely ordinary, and her family was ordinary as well."

"By all rights, she shouldn't have been able to offend someone with such formidable strength. The only thing that made her unusual was her connection to you, Young Master. So I think what happened to her may very well have something to do with you." The man in black calmly analyzed the situation.

"That's true. Yao Jinghan was just an ordinary campus belle. If she hadn't been involved with that good-for-nothing, I wouldn't have given her a second glance," Li Haobo said, just as baffled.

"Could it be that good-for-nothing?" Li Haobo thought of Lin Zhiluo.

"Impossible. Absolutely impossible. He's just an orphan with no father or mother. How could he possibly have the kind of strength you described?" Li Haobo quickly dismissed the ridiculous idea.

"Besides, I haven't sent him the big surprise I prepared yet. He couldn't know that Yao Jinghan betrayed him." Li Haobo rejected the possibility once more.

"Young Master, who are you talking about?" The man in black frowned and asked.

"Lin Zhiluo. The one who didn't manage to die," Li Haobo explained.

"He's Lin Jian's son?" The man in black seemed to recall someone.

"Right, that's him." Li Haobo confirmed it.

"By rights, it couldn't be him either. He has no abilities at all, and this kind of killing technique would be difficult to pull off without decades of training and at least a thousand kills." The man in black also thought it was impossible.

"But it's also possible that the boy happened to find some way to get a special expert to help him," the man in black continued.

"No, Young Master. No matter whose men they are, it's unlikely they'd kill Yao Jinghan for no other reason. They may well be coming for you next."

"Against a top-tier killer like this, even with more than a hundred men, I can't be sure we'll have enough. We need more security personnel," the man in black advised.

"What? Uncle Rong, you still don't think you have enough? You're one of the top ten experts in the Dragon Kingdom, and you've brought an entire mercenary group with you!"

Li Haobo was stunned. Only now did he realize just how terrifying this potential enemy was.

"Young Master, I told you. He did what even the world's number-one killer couldn't. This enemy is terrifying beyond belief," the man in black said gravely.

"Fine, fine. Then hurry to the back mountain and pick out more bodyguards for me. Even ones who haven't completed their final training will do. I don't want to die! I absolutely can't die! I won't die!" Li Haobo cried out in panic.

"Understood. Don't worry, Young Master. As long as I'm here, I'll protect you, even if it costs me my life," the man in black said.

From the moment they were born, they had been subjected to countless rounds of brainwashing.

In their minds, they could give their lives for the Li Family.

[Congratulations, player "Yazi," on successfully killing a level 3 zombie. You have gained three experience points and five Gold Coins.]

[Congratulations, player. You have reached level 8 and gained 1 free attribute point.]

Lin Zhiluo sheathed his Tang Dao.

Before him lay three zombies whose heads had just been chopped off.

"Phew, finally level eight. But I got here much faster than I expected. I thought it would take until the fourth night after the Doomsday Game began."

"But that's good, too. If I keep leveling up this quickly, I won't have to find a Dungeon entrance and take part in one." Lin Zhiluo breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, he was hurrying toward the Li Family Manor without stopping.

Along the way, he'd grabbed some bread and pancakes to tide him over at lunch. The rest of his time had been spent traveling and scavenging.

Since he'd deliberately chosen a remote route, he'd encountered very few zombies.

Of course, he hadn't let even the few he did encounter go.

After all, he'd only needed a few dozen more experience points to level up.

At last, just as Lin Zhiluo was nearing the foot of the mountain where the Li Family Villa stood, he'd killed enough zombies to reach level eight.

"Put it into strength," Lin Zhiluo decided.

His strength was now at 24 points.

After assigning the point, he looked up at Gu Mountain ahead.

It was hard to imagine that in Modu, where every inch of land was worth a fortune, the Li Family had managed to turn an entire mountain into a private estate for themselves.

There had originally been several checkpoints at the road below the mountain.

With the arrival of the Doomsday Game, they'd been abandoned.

And after Yao Jinghan's body had been discovered,

all of the Li Family's security forces had been stationed outside the estate, making the defenses even tighter.

Lin Zhiluo didn't hurry up the mountain.

A proper killer had to survey the surroundings before making a plan.

He spent some time inspecting the main road around Gu Mountain.

From the outside, there was only one road leading straight to the estate.

As for the hidden passage, he found its exit after searching around.

It was in a dense patch of woods.

Lin Zhiluo didn't choose to block the Li Family's secret passage right away.

If he didn't leave them a way out, how could he wipe them all out at once?

That was one of the Dragon Kingdom's famous military strategies: "Besiege an enemy army but always leave it a way out."

Only if these people were given a glimmer of hope—a place where they could flee—

would they avoid fighting to the death and concentrating their strength to resist.

Then, as he kept pursuing them, Lin Zhiluo could whittle them all down.

But the layout of the Li Family's estate had indeed forced him to change his plans.

He'd originally intended to divert the danger elsewhere, using the [zombie-virus-infected raw meat] to lure a large horde of zombies over and wear down the Li Family's security forces.

But there were already very few zombies within a kilometer of the area, and the Li Family had sent people to clear them all out.

That made his plan difficult to carry out.

There were always pros and cons.

Although he couldn't divert the zombies elsewhere, it also meant they wouldn't interfere with his actions at night.

It wasn't that he couldn't beat zombies boosted by the Dark Night attribute.

But if he spent all his energy clearing out zombies, how could he make Li Haobo suffer?

In a forest near the Li Family estate at the top of the mountain, Lin Zhiluo found a well-concealed spot.

He began using his binoculars to observe the Li Family's security arrangements.

Every passage leading into the estate was guarded by large numbers of people.

They were all extremely alert.

It was clear they were battle-hardened professionals, the real deal.

"The Hunting Mercenary Group!"

Lin Zhiluo instantly recognized his old enemies.

Back when he'd been on the run, he'd been surrounded and attacked by members of the Hunting Mercenary Group countless times.

The group was practically Li Haobo's personal force.

Every member had been brainwashed and trained from a young age by the Li Family as loyal Death Soldiers.

They were powerful and absolutely devoted.

Lin Zhiluo knew their faces, movements, expressions, tactics, and habits like the back of his hand.

That would make them much easier to deal with.

To outsiders, their defensive formation looked like an impenetrable wall.

But Lin Zhiluo could see quite a few vulnerabilities.

Still, he wouldn't let his familiarity with the enemy make him overconfident.

His cautious nature made him watch the Hunting Mercenary Group's movements and the surrounding terrain over and over again.

Finally, at 6:00 p.m., just as dusk was falling,

Lin Zhiluo saw a familiar old face emerge from the estate and begin directing the Hunting Mercenary Group as they changed their defensive formation.

Rong Zhan, one of the Dragon Kingdom's Ten Great War Gods—the Hunting War God.