Following the broken street covered with moss and gravel, everyone soon came to a desolate and low-lying open area. The area here was extremely spacious. Dudian could vaguely see the outlines of the former buildings from the street, but the upper parts had long since collapsed. The broken walls and concrete fragments wrapped in steel bars were piled up on the road, covered with vegetation.
Glary's figure suddenly stopped. She looked in a certain direction ahead, raised her hand, and said, "Gatt, go and check it out."
The young thief with the [Color Change] Marks of the Demon ability was named Gatt. He nodded slightly, and his whole body's skin color changed rapidly. Even the black armor on his body disappeared together.
Dudian was still amazed when he saw it again and whispered, "Can his ability also affect the armor?"
"Of course not. His armor was specially customized within the consortium. It is said that it was made from the scales of the 'Illusion Lizard Creature' and can resonate with his ability." A young man beside him said in a low voice.
Dudian suddenly understood. Subconsciously, he thought that if it was used in combat, this ability wasn't something to be feared. His sense of smell ability could easily counter it. Even without the sense of smell, as long as some dust, paint, or other things were splashed on the opponent, this [Color Change] ability would be completely useless. However, the terrifying aspect of this ability was in sneak attacks, approaching silently and delivering a fatal blow.
After all, no matter how powerful a person was, they couldn't be on guard all the time.
Moments later, Gatt returned, revealed his figure, and reported, "It's indeed a mountain lion. It has hunted a Scythe-Handed Zombie and is eating it."
Glary nodded slightly. "There aren't many mountain lions. The Black Weaver will definitely keep an eye on it. Let's wait here quietly and don't get too close." After saying that, she took out a bottle of light yellow powder from her backpack, poured it into her palm, and gently sprinkled it all over her form-fitting armor. Immediately, her faint fragrant body odor was covered by a strong, stinky, and fishy smell of rotting corpses.
The others, having had experience with this, took out a bottle of the same light yellow powder from their respective backpacks without hesitation and smeared it all over their bodies. Their own scents were suddenly masked.
At this time, Glary threw the bottle in her hand to Dudian and said, "Smear it on. This is Zombie Powder. It can cover up the scent. But be careful not to smear it on your skin, or you'll get infected."
Dudian took it. He thought that the function of this thing was similar to the zombie blood plasma he had smeared on himself when avoiding the pursuit of the "Fear of Contamination" before. In comparison, the smell of the rotting zombie blood plasma was stronger and covered up the scent more thoroughly. However, once the blood plasma was smeared on, it was very troublesome to wipe it off. Unlike this powder, it could be easily removed by patting it with a cloth.
After all seven of them smeared on the Zombie Powder, only the smell of zombies remained in place.
Glary glanced at the six people in the team and said, "Anlo, take these two with you and go to another direction to keep watch. Be careful not to expose yourselves. Send a signal if there's any situation."
"Yes." The brown-haired young man named Anlo nodded. He turned around with the other two young men and left quietly, tiptoeing through the ruins of the broken gravel piles to another place.
Seeing their posture, Dudian couldn't help but ask, "Are we just going to wait like this?"
"That's all we can do." Glary said in a low voice.
Dudian said, "What if the Black Weaver doesn't come?"
"Then we'll just keep waiting." Glary looked at him and said, "Hunting requires patience. It's hungry, but at least we still have food supplies. Although there isn't just this one mountain lion in Area 1, they will eventually run out of food."
Dudian thought that it was true that patience was needed, but waiting like this was a bit stupid and inefficient. So he said, "I have an idea, but I don't know if it's feasible."
"Hmm?" Glary and the other three people looked at him, a bit puzzled and surprised. They thought, could a newbie like you who just came for hunting have any ideas?
Dudian said to Glary, "Area 1 is too large. Waiting like this will only waste our time. Maybe the Black Weaver is also struggling to find food at the moment. Since this mountain lion is its favorite prey, I think the mountain lion should also know how to avoid its natural enemy. So, it's very likely that the mountain lion won't go to some areas where the Black Weaver appears. In other words, the probability of the Black Weaver finding the mountain lion is very small! So, instead of waiting, it's better for us to take the initiative to find the Black Weaver and bring the mountain lion to it."
When Glary and the others heard this, they were a bit surprised. After thinking about it carefully, they felt that what Dudian said made sense. Any creature had the instinct to avoid its natural enemy. Since the mountain lion could live in Area 1, it naturally had an extremely strong wild animal's keen intuition.
"What you said is very reasonable. However, it's easier said than done. If we kill the mountain lion, although we can use its blood smell to lure the Black Weaver, the Black Weaver is too cunning, and a dead mountain lion will hardly arouse its interest." Glary shook her head.
Dudian said, "Of course, we're not going to kill it. Many wild animals don't eat dead things, and these monsters are no different from wild animals. What I mean is that we use the method of scaring it to make the mountain lion run around in a panic. In this way, the area it moves in will be larger, and the probability of attracting the Black Weaver's attention will naturally be greater."
Glary and the other three people were stunned and looked at each other.
"Yes, this is a good idea!" Gatt, the thief before, couldn't help but clap his hands and say.
The other man and woman also couldn't help but look at Dudian in surprise. They thought that this young man was quite smart to come up with such a clever idea.
Glary took a deep look at Dudian, turned to Gatt, and said, "Call the three of them back."
Gatt immediately agreed and disappeared.
Dudian hesitated for a moment and said, "Although this method is efficient, it has a drawback."
"I know." Before he could say anything, Glary said, "Don't worry. If we encounter other prey along the way, as long as it's below hunting level twenty-five, I can hold it back alone and won't let the mountain lion die."
Dudian was relieved to see that she had considered this point. Otherwise, if he didn't mention it and such a situation occurred, it would be a mistake in his strategy.
Soon, the three people who had just left to keep watch came back. Anlo looked at Dudian and said to Glary, "Is this a bit too rash?"
"This is what we'll do." Glary made her choice clear and said to a young man with a bow on his back behind Anlo, "Shoot it."
This young man with a bow on his back was the only Hunter in the team other than Dudian. However, his ability wasn't scent tracking but ultrasonic hearing. What Dudian and Glary had said earlier had already fallen into his ears. He nodded slightly upon hearing this, crouched down, walked forward hundreds of meters, and exposed his upper body from the top of a stone. He drew his bow, nocked an arrow, quickly aimed ahead, and with a whoosh, the arrow flew out.
"Roar!" A painful cry came, especially loud in this silent ruin.
Then came the rapid sound of hooves, running towards the distance.
Glary, Dudian, and the others quickly followed. At the position where the mountain lion had stayed before, half of a bloody monster's corpse remained on the ground, with internal organs and other organs scattered all over the place.
Everyone took a quick look and then quickly chased in the direction where the mountain lion had left.