Chapter 18
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As he crossed the sand dune, Lin Huang saw two Sand Monsters surrounding the fence that was just destroyed. One of them was about six to seven meters tall while the other was about eight meters tall. The smaller one should be an iron-level rank-2 while the bigger one might be an iron-level rank-3.
Lin Huang hesitated for a while before he ran towards the direction of the two Sand Monsters.
The two Sand Monsters that were repairing the fence could not see Lin Huang clearly in the dark. They could only see something approaching from afar. They opened their eyes wide and looked at Lin Huang, trying to see what it was.
When Lin Huang arrived in between the sand dune and the foothold of the Sand Monsters, the two Sand Monsters finally saw clearly that it was a human. Thinking about how delicious a human was, the two Sand Monsters smashed the fence and chased after Lin Huang.
Lin Huang turned around and ran. Just as he crossed the sand dune, the two Sand Monsters chased after him.
Both of them did not have any weapons with them. They stretched their hands and tried to grab Lin Huang.
Lin Huang rolled down the sand dune.
There was a flash of blood in the air and the head of the smaller Sand Monster was cut off by a blood blade. The headless body fell to the ground.
Bai then proceeded to attack the second Sand Monster after the first successful attack.
He leaped high into the air and reached the same height as the Sand Monster's head. His Blood Power wings turned into sharp blades and he slashed towards the Sand Monster that was bigger in size.
The death of its comrade made the bigger Sand Monster alert. Seeing the flash of red in the air, it immediately raised its arms to block the attack although it did not see what was attacking it.
Under normal circumstances, the Sand Monsters with thick skin would have a strong defense. Such a block would be able to block most of the attacks. However, the enemy that it was facing was Bai who was as strong as a bronze-level. In addition to the blood blades that were as strong as bronze-level equipment, the two arms that it used to block the attack were cut off by the blood blades.
However, Bai's attack was ineffective as it did not manage to chop off his head.
In pain, the Sand Monster opened its mouth and was about to scream. Lin Huang wanted to stop it but it was too late. He knew something was wrong. The sand dune was less than ten meters away from the foothold of the Sand Monsters. If he shouted, it would attract the other Sand Monsters. By then, he might even lose his life here, let alone killing them.
Suddenly, a bloody glow flashed across the sky and turned into a sharp blade that pierced through the Sand Monster's mouth, coming out from the back of its head.
The pupils of the gigantic Sand Monster slowly faded away. The blood-red blade was pulled out from its mouth and its body fell to the ground as it lost its support.
Bai put away his bloody sword, and the redness in his eyes faded away. He returned to his original harmless look.
At that moment, Lin Huang finally heaved a sigh of relief. It was a close shave. If Bai had acted a second later, he would have been in trouble.
In such a desert environment, even a bronze-level hunter might not be able to survive being surrounded by dozens of iron-level Sand Monsters.
Xiao Hei's prompt came again.
"Congratulations, you have obtained Monster Card pieces of Sand Monster x2"
At the same time, the white Life Light came out from the two Sand Monsters' bodies and went into Bai's body.
Lin Huang calmed himself down and looked at the Life Wheel in his body. The number of Life Light columns in his Life Wheel increased again. This time, it increased from 28 columns to 85 columns. Even if his Life Light was ten times faster, Lin Huang could still live for another eight years.
After calming himself down, Lin Huang started his plan to kill the Sand Monsters. With the previous example, he did not dare to take the risk anymore.
Bai's performance was beyond Lin Huang's expectation. He managed to kill the Sand Monsters in one hit every time without letting them make a sound.
With Bai's help, Lin Huang killed another three Sand Monsters.
At this point, the 137 blank columns in his Life Wheel had been filled up. All that was left was the gray area.
In this world, everyone had a Life Wheel in their body. Everyone's Life Wheel had 360 columns. However, there were two types of columns. One was the blank columns that could be used to replenish Life Light while the other was the gray columns that could not be used to replenish Life Light.
Most people's Life Wheel only had 100 to 150 columns. When they were born, the blank columns would be filled. The blank columns were also a person's natural lifespan. It determined how long a person could live.
As time passed, the Life Light in the Life Wheel would dissipate automatically. Every year, the Life Light would decrease by one column. The Life Light would dissipate naturally. Every year, there would be one column that could not be filled with Life Light. Therefore, a person's lifespan would decrease year by year.
If the body was sick or there was something wrong with the Life Wheel, the Life Light would dissipate faster. However, the speed of the change of the scale of the Life Wheel was always one grid a year.
This was the case with Lin Huang's body. When this body of his was born, there were 152 blank columns in his Fate Wheel. Now that 15 years had passed, the number of blank columns was reduced to 137. However, his Life Light dissipated ten times faster than an ordinary person. Therefore, within 15 years, his Life Wheel had lost 150 columns and only two columns were left.
Of course, it was not that the gray columns could not be turned into blank columns. However, the cost of doing so was too high.
In order to turn each gray column back into a blank column, it would require ten years of Life Light to be reactivated. Moreover, each column could only be reactivated once.
In order to achieve iron-level, one would have to activate all the gray columns in the Life Wheel so that the Life Light could fill up all 360 blank columns of the Life Wheel.
Even the rich and powerful would have to spend a lot of money to achieve this. For the poor, it was even more difficult.
A year's worth of Life Crystals would cost 100,000 credit points. Ten years' worth of Life Crystals would be enough for ten years of Life Light. In other words, one million credit points would be needed to activate one gray column. Most people had more than 200 gray columns when they were born. Activating all of them would require more than 200 million credit points. It was a shocking figure.
That was why the identity of a hunter was very prestigious in this world. Even an iron-level Reserve Hunter would be respected wherever he went.
As the Life Wheel was filled with Life Light, Lin Huang saw the hope of leveling up to iron-level. He had an advantage that most people did not have. He could use Bai's physique to steal the Life Light from monsters.
Seeing a shortcut to leveling up to iron-level, Lin Huang was even more motivated to kill.
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