The sound echoed all around.
The crowd gradually calmed down.
Li Duo glanced at the Rock-Armored Rhino Nightmare with its fierce eyes slowly approaching the group, and then looked at the injuries of the rest of the team.
After hesitating for a moment, he slowly shook his head, a bitter smile appearing on his face.
"Forget it, this is probably too difficult for us right now."
"In that case, I'll take over from here on out!"
"Yes, thank you for your help!"
Shen Heng glanced at Li Duo, then looked up at the Rock-Armored Rhino Nightmare, and walked over.
Li Duo sighed with some regret.
Third Tier Calamity Beast!
He had thought he would be very resentful, but to his surprise, he only felt a little regretful.
He shook his head sharply, trying to rouse himself.
Even if we don't succeed in hunting down the Third Tier Calamity Beast, it's still good to see what we can learn.
Thinking of this, Li Duo perked up and looked at the departing figure.
Seemingly sharing the same thought, or perhaps out of curiosity, the rest of his team also turned their gaze in that direction.
Then, to everyone's astonishment...
The Rock-Armored Rhino Nightmare, which had been glaring menacingly at everyone, seemed to sense something and took two steps back in fear.
Its body trembled slightly, and the ferocity in its eyes had vanished.
"Roar--"
The low growl sounded again.
However, its meaning is completely different from before.
This is a threat from the weak, a threat to keep the other party away!
However, this seemed to have no effect; the figure continued to walk slowly forward.
The Rock-Armored Rhino Nightmare's body trembled even more violently.
Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, it bent down, its gaze fixed intently on the figure.
Oh no, this is going to be...
Li Duo's eyes widened as he suddenly remembered that it was the spikes that rose from the ground that injured one of them right from the start.
He raised his hand, about to remind the inspector to pay attention, when he saw the Rock-Armored Rhino Nightmare suddenly stop.
The next moment, a flash of light appeared, and the enormous head rolled on the ground.
Everyone stared wide-eyed, speechless as they witnessed the scene before them.
"You have a vehicle, could you please help transport it? It's a bit far from the city, so I won't call anyone to come and collect the Calamity Beast's corpse." Shen Heng sheathed his sword and returned.
The calm voice startled everyone awake.
"Yes, it's our pleasure. We're the ones who should be troubling you," Li Duo quickly replied.
The rest is simple: load, transport, and unload.
Li Duo only breathed a sigh of relief after separating from Shen Heng, but he couldn't help but recall the scene from just now.
Is this inspector at Fourth Tier? Or does he possess S-Class abilities? Otherwise, how could he kill the Calamity Beast so easily?
"Captain, what do we do now? Go to the hospital or..." A teammate's question drew Li Duo's attention back.
Li Duo glanced at his teammates, "Go to the Martial Arts Association and exchange them for Green Jade Dew and Blood Ginseng Flesh-Growing Ointment."
"Huh? Isn't this a bit of a loss?" one of them said.
"Hmm, we failed to kill the Calamity Beast, are we going to have to pay extra for it?" The tall man with the tower shield nodded in agreement.
Li Duo looked at everyone.
"Every day the injury lingers, our profits will likely decrease."
"Moreover, once healed, encountering a single First Tier enemy is more than enough to offset the cost."
"If we encounter Tier 2 or even Third Tier, and successfully hunt it down, we might even make a profit."
Hearing their captain say that, everyone could only nod in agreement.
Ten minutes later, the group drove to the Linhai City Martial Arts Association.
As soon as they stepped into the Martial Arts Association Martial Arts Association, dozens of people who had been waiting there turned their gazes toward them.
A short-haired man walked over. "No, Li Duo, what happened to you? Did you encounter some kind of Calamity Beast?"
"My luck today..."
Li Duo paused, unsure whether to call it good luck or bad luck, so he simply avoided the question and replied directly:
"A Third Tier one."
Upon hearing this, the eyes of several people nearby immediately lit up.
"How was it? Was the hunt successful?" the short-haired man asked nervously.
Li Duo sighed and slowly shook his head. "No."
Hearing this, the man sighed with some disappointment, "I was thinking of offering ten million if you successfully hunted it!"
Ten million is the current market price for Third Tier Calamity Beast.
This period of more than half a year.
This has allowed many more ordinary people to perceive the Origin Power.
The Martial Arts Association in Linhai City already has several hundred registered members.
Most of them are those who have not yet entered the next level.
However, there were still over a hundred people at the First Tier and over ten people at the Second Tier.
Along with the increase in martial artists, the frequency of appearances of Calamity Beast has also increased.
In this situation, considering that most of the Calamity Beast that appear are of Zero Tier or First Tier.
In addition, the strength of martial artists in society has improved.
The previously prohibited 'hunting' has been allowed again.
(Hunting: The official name for the act of patrolling the city and hunting down any Calamity Beast encountered.)
As hunting was permitted, the corpses of the Calamity Beast gradually appeared among the people.
After all, the prices offered by the Martial Arts Association are much higher than those offered by private individuals.
Among them, the price of Third Tier Calamity Beast was priced at around ten million.
It's not that a Tier 3 Calamity Beast is really worth ten million.
But at this stage, someone is willing to offer ten million.
There's no other way; if you want to try awakening your abilities, you can only use Origin Crystal that's First Tier higher than your own.
And no one who can become a martial artist wouldn't want to awaken one of their abilities.
Ideally, I'd awaken an S-Class!
In that case, it would be like that girl from two months ago.
Suddenly, the whole country knew about him, and he was even sent to the Martial Arts Academy for intensive training by the state.
In short, many people are acquiring Origin Crystal because they want to awaken their abilities.
After all, even if you join those hunting teams and encounter a suitable Calamity Beast, who knows how long it will take to find it again.
However, if they were to rely on themselves, it would be too dangerous to kill a higher -First Tier Calamity Beast.
In this situation, acquiring Origin Crystal is the most suitable option.
This is neither dangerous nor impossible.
The only downside is that there are far more people with demand than the meager supply available to the market.
For example, the crowd that gathered around them when they first entered the Martial Arts Association;
For example, there are so many people waiting in the Martial Arts Association hall right now.
This is why Li Duo and his group attracted everyone's attention as soon as they entered.
They're all waiting to acquire Origin Crystal.
This is why the price of the Calamity Beast is currently somewhat inflated.
This has led to the current price tags: 300,000 for Tier 0, 1 million for Tier 1, 3 million for Tier 2, and around 10 million for Tier 3.