Cosmic Peak

"It's a treasure!" Tyrance said with a laugh as he submitted the treasure that looked like a meter tall gemstone that occasionally glowed on top of a boulder.

"Let's continue moving and find more treasures or hunters. We can't rest until it's over," Aren said.

"Yeah, those two should be desperately moving as well now that we have the lead," Tyrance said with a grin.

...

Time passed quickly as Aren and Tyrance rapidly moved to find treasures or encounter hunters.

They were also keeping an eye on the leaderboard to see if those two people at the 2nd rank got some points or not.

[10 minutes until the Treasure Hunt is over.]

"THEY ENCOUNTERED A HUNTER!" Tyrance exclaimed as he saw the score, "but we are still 5000 points ahead."

"Hopefully, that was a solo hunter. We also encountered some who had their teammate disqualified, but they still moved alone," Aren said before he jumped high using his <Flight Steps> twice and observed everything far and wide with his eyes.

He had been doing this occasionally to look out for treasures or hunters.

After five minutes, Tyrance sighed a relief, "we are still 5000 points ahead, and only five minutes are left."

Aren didn't say anything and jumped again to observe the vast distances.

Suddenly, he caught something shining on top of a volcano.

"DAMN! They got a treasure, A TREASURE!" Tyrance shouted with shock, "they are 14,500 points ahead of us now!"

"Get ready, I am going to throw you," Aren said as he appeared behind Tyrance and grabbed his legs before jumping higher in the sky with his <Flight Steps> skill.

"W-what are you doing?" Tyrance was startled as he was hanged upside down in the air as Aren grabbed his feet.

*Swoosh.....Swoosh..*

Tyrance knew that Aren wouldn't do anything without reason, so he stayed silent while being lifted upward by Aren.

Aren went ten steps higher while moving forward as much as he could before pulling Tyrance's legs backward, intending to throw him towards the volcano, "There is a treasure on top of that volcano. Go!"

Tyrance nodded as he got ready, 'so that's why he grabbed my legs. That way, he can swing me towards the volcano with my head in that direction, and I can release my skill from my legs. Awesome.'

With 200 points in Strength, Aren threw Tyrance with the maximum strength he could gather.

*Swooosh...*

Tyrance flew straight towards the mountain, and while flying, he activated his skill and released jet streams from his legs.

*Pwoosh...*

His speed increased as he flew straight towards the top of the volcano, where a beautiful burning flower with red sparks was floating. However, it would only be occasionally visible to the eyes because the smoke coming out of the volcano would conceal it.

Naturally, Aren zoomed in towards it when he saw some bright sparks and discovered the flower when he jumped previously.

While Tyrance flew towards the top of the volcano, Aren looked at the count down.

[3:43]

[3:42]

...

"Easy," Aren muttered before checking out the leaderboard.

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[Hunt Leaderboard]

Rank 1: Onel & ChenKi-169,000 Treasure Points

Rank 2: Tyrance & Ruine-154,500 Treasure Points.

Rank 3: Zhin & Ren- 137,000 Treasure Points.

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Once Tyrance touches the treasure and submits it, they will get 10,000 points each, which means a total of 20,000 points would be added to the leaderboard beside their names.

However, Aren didn't rest and started moving again after checking the leaderboard.

'Anything can happen. If they defeated a single treasure hunter, then we still would have a 5000 points lead, but if they got another treasure, then they will win,' Aren thought as he jumped again and kept look-out with his Astral-X eyes.

'We can't rest yet,' Aren thought as he focused with his eyes.

[You have submitted a treasure. 10,000 points gained]

Both Aren and Tyrance received this notification and retook their 1st rank lead.

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[Hunt Leaderboard]

Rank 1: Tyrance & Ruine-174,500 Treasure Points.

Rank 2: Onel & ChenKi-169,000 Treasure Points

Rank 3: Zhin & Ren- 137,000 Treasure Points.

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...

After submitting the flower, Tyrance landed, but instead of meeting up with Aren, he decided to look out for treasures or hunters on his own.

[2:02]

[2:01]

"Time is tight," Tyrance muttered as he continued running with the <sprint> skill activated.

On the other hand, Aren was also running at full speed while looking out for people or treasures.

Suddenly, Aren saw a glimpse of a person one kilometer away and dashed there with his full speed, 'I only have 5600 spirit energy left; I have to perfectly time my skills to kill the person in one shot.'

[1:43]

[1:42]

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The hunter was a middle-aged man wearing a wizard-type robe and seemed to be alone. When he heard the sound of someone coming towards him rapidly, he became cautious and turned to his left.

However, Aren sent his <Water Mirage> forward while he flew up in the sky using <Flight Steps>.

-600 Spirit energy, two <Water Mirage>

-300 Spirit energy, three <Flight Steps>

The middle-aged man saw two people looking exactly the same coming towards him and opened his mouth before releasing a horizontal flame tornado from it.

In the sky, Aren curved his body downward with his head down towards the middle-aged man before descending at fast speed by pushing the air with his feet using the <Flight step> skill.

-100 spirit energy, one <Flight step>

The middle-aged man noticed Aren and looked up as he stretched his hand towards Athan, intending to use some skill.

However...

"HAAAAAAAAAAH!"

-1500 spirit energy, <Stun-lock Shout>

A loud shout resounded in the middle-aged man's ears as he was stunned.

*Smash....*

Aren landed right beside the man before releasing two vines from his palms that bound the man's hands and legs.

-1000 spirit energy, two <Abura vine>

Afterward, he used his second offensive skill <Blitz Strike> as a lighting bolt released from the wave of his hand, right towards the middle-aged man's neck.

-1000 spirit energy, one <Blitz Strike>

However, the man didn't die and was only seriously injured.

Aren expected that, so he had already executed one more skill right after the Blitz Strike.

A water bubble released from his mouth that shot towards the man's head. When the bubble touched the man's head right after the Blitz Strike hit him, it blasted.

*Booom*

-1000 spirit energy, one <Water Bubble>

The middle-aged man turned into white motes and disappeared.

[A treasure hunter defeated. 5000 points gained.]

Still running and searching, Tyrance also received a notification and cheered, "Hahaha, awesome!"

On the other hand...

"Huu..," Aren then sat down and took a deep breath. He only had 100 spirit energy left, so he started meditating after looking at the countdown and leaderboard.

[1:02]

[1:01]

...

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[Hunt Leaderboard]

Rank 1: Tyrance & Ruine-184,500 Treasure Points.

Rank 2: Onel & ChenKi-179,000 Treasure Points

Rank 3: Zhin & Ren- 137,000 Treasure Points.

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However, suddenly, the points changed as Onel & ChenKi got an additional 10,000 points.

"Damn! However, we are still 5,500 points ahead," Aren muttered as he stood up instead of meditating and started moving again.

He couldn't do anything with 100 spirit energy, but he still decided to move instead of meditating for the last minute.