With the Trait system, Li Ke could see the traits of these monsters from a great distance.
Even though they seemed to have disguised themselves quite well!
The green grass beneath his feet was almost unnoticeable.
Name: Lazy Frog
Traits: [Disguise Color] (Blue), [Tank] (Blue), [Big Mouth] (Blue), [Toxin] (Green), [Omnivorous] (Green), etc.
Tsk, tsk, tsk!
Not far away, the Lazy Frog was a very slow-moving creature that relied entirely on hunters coming to it automatically. This monster had a very large mouth!
With the disguise color ability, it was almost impossible to detect the issue.
Its mouth was enormous and could open wide enough to be quite terrifying, often trapping its prey before they even realized something was wrong.
However, to Li Ke, that glaring blue trait in the mist was like a guiding light, directing him straight to it.
"Hey, hey, over there, want to join our team? You're lost, right? If we don't stick together in this cursed place, we'll never get out. I think that's the purpose of this exam."
From the mist, a voice called out to him.
"Our team has experts! Want to join us?"
Before they could finish speaking, they felt the ground shaking.
The once flat ground quickly turned into a V-shape!
A massive mouth appeared from below!
Lazy Frog!
"Ah! Help!!"
"Ugh!!"
"What the hell!! Run!!"
The moment before, the people who had been arrogantly boasting about passing the exam were now panicking, especially seeing the huge mouth below filled with sharp spines…
The unlucky souls felt their spines tingle in fear.
"What… what is that?"
A green-haired girl widened her eyes in shock, exclaiming.
She saw a figure falling rapidly from the mist, heading straight toward them.
The target was the Lazy Frog!
"Is he crazy?" one of them said.
"Is he coming to save us?" another asked.
"This is no different from delivering food!" someone else muttered.
The unlucky exam participants stood dumbfounded as they watched the figure descend.
The Lazy Frog was a notorious monster on this wetland plain. It had tough skin, and ordinary weapons were hard to pierce.
Yet, this person was charging in like a hero, intending to take on the giant monster with their bare hands.
Wasn't this just like delivering food?
"Get away from here!" shouted the green-haired girl.
But before she could react, she and the others were swallowed whole by the Lazy Frog, along with the ground beneath them!
And the figure soaring through the air was none other than Li Ke!
His muscular body was like a swift leopard.
With a simple, purposeful punch, he twisted his waist and swung his arm. The muscles in his body moved like worms, and his arm seemed to expand slightly in that instant.
[Super Strength] (Gold)!
Boom—
A powerful punch landed on the Lazy Frog's thick skull.
It made a dull sound, like a giant hammer hitting the ground, followed by the monster's miserable shriek.
The Lazy Frog's massive head and mouth were smashed apart, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere.
The unlucky exam participants, who had been swallowed moments ago and were now hopeless, stared blankly at the scene in front of them.
They were covered in foul-smelling slime.
"Ah!?"
They stared in shock as Li Ke, now standing a distance away, looked back at them, his body free of the sticky, disgusting liquid.
They glanced down and saw half of the Lazy Frog's body destroyed, its head gone, leaving only the remaining torso.
"Glurgh—What just happened?"
"This... Did this monster die? Was it killed with a single punch?"
"Unbelievable!!"
It felt like a dream to them. But the burning pain from the stomach acid that had splashed on them quickly brought them back to reality.
"Quick, wipe this off, or it'll hurt more!"
One of them shouted, and they hurriedly began wiping the stomach acid off their skin.
"Th-thank you… huh? Where did that person go? Thank you!!"
The green-haired girl muttered absently, staring at the spot where Li Ke had disappeared.
[Ding! Congratulations! You killed the Lazy Frog and randomly plundered traits]
[Ding! Congratulations! You gained [Disguise Color] (Blue) and [Tank] (Blue)]
A heavenly sound echoed in Li Ke's mind.
He immediately felt countless pieces of information and energy flood into his limbs and bones.
Trait: [Disguise Color] (Blue)
Effect: You will have the ability to change color and camouflage in any environment.
Trait: [Tank] (Blue)
Effect: Your physique will become stronger, with increased defense and resistance.
Two very nice traits. Though both were blue, they were still far better than the average blue traits.
These were traits dropped by monsters, especially [Disguise Color], which humans couldn't possibly obtain.
This place truly was his paradise!
[Speed] (Gold)!
After finishing off a monster, Li Ke wasted no time and quickly moved on…
"Ah!!"
"Help! Help!!"
"Monster! Monster!!"
Ahead, a group of unlucky exam participants was trapped by several massive turtles, some of them already being eaten alive.
With a crunch, one unlucky soul was bitten in half and swallowed by the giant turtle.
Here, the monsters really did kill.
Every year, there are death quotas for the Hunter Exam!!
The trapped participants were in utter despair, surrounded by thick white mist and the deadly "Killer Strawberry Turtles."
Some tried to escape, but it was useless.
These massive turtles had powerful, sharp limbs, and their thick, heavy shells protected them. The turtles also had delicious-looking red strawberries on their backs. They looked harmless, but their bite could crush a car.
Boom—
Boom—
At that moment, as the trapped participants were filled with fear and despair…
A figure darted through like lightning.
It accurately hit the Strawberry Turtle's head!
Then, in their stunned and speechless gaze, they watched as the enormous, thick-skinned Strawberry Turtle let out a mournful cry and collapsed.
It was only when its massive body fell in front of them that they could clearly see the turtle's head had been completely destroyed.
"…"
"A god! Did a god just save us? Amazing!!"
"Heavens! What just happened?"
The unlucky participants stood frozen, overwhelmed with emotion.
And that lightning-fast figure—Li Ke—was still swiftly moving through the wetland plain.
Like a hunting leopard.
For him, this truly was his buffet!
[Ding! Congratulations! You killed the Killer Strawberry Turtle]
[Ding! Random trait plundered, congratulations! You gained [Growing Strawberry] (Blue)]
[Ding! Congratulations! You killed the Killer Strawberry Turtle]
[Ding! Random trait plundered, congratulations! You gained [Longevity] (Blue) and [Super Thick Shell] (Blue)]
[Ding! Automatically merged traits [Growing Strawberry] (Blue) and [Super Thick Shell] (Blue) into [Super Longevity] (Purple)]