The official announcement of Bloodsmith Hunter Ye Chen formally taking office as the Tenth Apex Hunter Seat spread across all of Hunter's Peak in the blink of an eye, once again stirring the vast ranks of Hunter Corps members into fervent excitement.
However, for Ye Chen himself, life after becoming an Apex Hunter did not undergo any particular change.
In the days after formally becoming the Tenth Apex Hunter Seat, he was almost constantly holed up in Hunter's Forest, devoting himself to researching the "Boundless Blood Sea" he used to replace the real "Spirit Realm." He rarely even went home.
Naturally, Ye Chen had discussed this arrangement with Oko beforehand, and she had readily nodded in agreement.
They were not an ordinary couple, after all. Their leisurely days of idly sticking together could only be so many.
Just as Ye Chen needed to perfect "Boundless Blood Sea" as quickly as possible, Oko likewise had a lofty goal to accomplish: to follow closely behind Ye Chen and become a sixth-level Nightmare Sensor as powerful and long-lived as he was.
In fact, during this period, Oko trained even more desperately than Ye Chen.
While Ye Chen studied his fabricated "Spirit Realm" day and night in Hunter's Forest, Oko repeatedly opened her real "Spirit Realm" day and night at the Flower House. Through this method, she constantly subjected herself to mental pressure, stimulation, and tempering, thereby better accelerating her growth in the Nightmare realm.
Oko, like Ye Chen, was a person whose word was as good as gold. Since she had resolved to catch up to Ye Chen, she would see it through no matter the cost.
And aside from Oko, the other members of Dawn Squad had not wasted their hard-won vacation either.
During this time, Weimeng, Xiya, Firona, and Erigat either