Reborn in HXH: I Plundered Infinite Traits Chapter 14: This Place is the True All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

Possessing the Trait System, Riku could see the traits of these magical beasts from far away.

Even if their disguises looked absolutely flawless!

Na: Frog-in-Waiting Traits: [Active Camouflage] (Blue), [at Shield] (Blue), [Giant Mouth] (Blue), [Toxin] (Green), [Omnivore] (Green), etc.

Tsk tsk tsk!

The Frog-in-Waiting not far away was a special breed of magical beast with extrely slow movent that relied entirely on prey walking right up to its doorstep.

This creature buried itself in the plain and opened its massive mouth wide!

With its camouflage ability, you could hardly spot any issues.

Because the size of its mouth was so astonishing and could open to a terrifying degree, by the ti soone noticed sothing was wrong, it was already too late to escape.

Unfortunately for it, in Riku's eyes...

Those glaring Blue-tier traits were like guiding beacons in the thick fog.

Guiding Riku straight over.

"Hey, hey, you over there! Want to join our group? You are lost too, right? In this godforsaken place, if we don't stick together, we will never make it out. I bet this is exactly why they chose this as the exam venue."

Other candidates' voices drifted through the fog.

They seed to have noticed Riku's direction.

"We have experts in our group! Do you want to join?"

Another person called out.

But just as the words left their mouths.

They felt sothing was terribly wrong as the ground began to violently tremble.

The seemingly flat earth rapidly morphed into a massive V-shape!

A gigantic mouth erged from below!

A Frog-in-Waiting!

"Ah! Help !!"

"Waaah!!"

"What the hell is that!! Run!!"

...

The guys who were arrogantly claiming they would pass a second ago were now scared out of their wits.

Especially when they saw the massive mouth below lined with backward-facing barbs...

This bunch of unlucky fools felt a deep chill run down their spines.

"W-what is that?"

A green-haired girl among the unlucky bunch widened her eyes and scread.

Through the fog, they saw a figure rapidly descending from mid-air right toward them.

Target: the Frog-in-Waiting!

"Is he crazy? That guy..."

"Is... is he here to save us?"

"How is that any different from offering himself up on a silver platter!?"

...

Watching the figure drop from the sky, these unlucky candidates were utterly dumbfounded.

The Frog-in-Waiting was a famous magical beast in this wetland plain, known for its incredibly thick skin and flesh. Ordinary weapons could hardly pierce it.

Yet this guy wanted to play the hero and fight this giant monster barehanded.

How was that any different from serving himself up as a free al?

"Hurry and get out of here!!"

The green-haired girl scread as she, along with the other unlucky fools, was swallowed whole by the Frog-in-Waiting, taking a massive chunk of the ground with them!

And the figure leaping high into the air was none other than Riku!

His solid muscles resembled a sleek panther.

A simple, charged punch.

He twisted his waist and rotated his body.

Every muscle in his body wriggled madly toward his arm like squirming worms.

His entire arm seed to visibly expand in an instant.

[Monstrous Strength] (Gold)!

Boom—

A solid, devastating punch smashed directly onto the crown of the thick-skinned Frog-in-Waiting.

A muffled sound echoed, like a giant hamr slamming into the earth.

Followed by a deep, agonizing wail.

The Frog-in-Waiting's hill-sized head, along with its giant mouth, was forcibly blown to pieces!

Crimson, shredded flesh and blood splattered everywhere.

Leaving the several unlucky fools—who had just been swallowed and plunged into absolute despair—utterly dumbfounded where they stood.

They were still covered in foul-slling sli.

"Ah!?"

The group stared blankly at Riku, who landed not far away.

And at the Frog-in-Waiting at their feet, with half its head blown off, leaving only half a torso.

"Gulp— what just happened?"

"Is... is this monster dead? Killed in one punch?"

"T-too amazing!!"

...

They felt like they were in a dream.

But the burning pain on their skin from the Frog-in-Waiting's stomach acid violently woke them up.

"Hurry up and wipe off this stomach acid, or you will get severely burned!"

Soone yelled in panic.

The group frantically began to wipe the acid off themselves.

"Thank... huh? Where did that guy go? Thank you!!"

The green-haired girl stared blankly at Riku's disappearing back, muttering in a daze.

...

[Ding! Congratulations, you have killed the Frog-in-Waiting. Randomly plundering traits.]

[Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained [Active Camouflage] (Blue), [at Shield] (Blue).]

A voice like heavenly music rang in Riku's mind.

He instantly felt a profound surge of information and energy flood into his limbs and bones.

Trait: [Active Camouflage] (Blue) Effect: You possess the ability to change colors for camouflage, allowing you to hide yourself in any environnt.Trait: [at Shield] (Blue) Effect: Your physique will beco even stronger, granting a boost to your defensive power and resistances.

Two very solid traits.

Although both were Blue-tier, they were significantly better than ordinary Blue-tier qualities.

These were traits dropped by magical beasts, after all.

Especially sothing like [Active Camouflage], which humans could practically never drop.

This place truly was his paradise!

[Extre Speed] (Gold)!

Having taken care of one monster, Riku didn't linger for even a second and quickly sped away.

...

"Ahhh!!"

"Help ! Help!!"

"Monster! Monster!!"

...

Up ahead.

A group of unlucky candidates was trapped by several Strawberry Turtles, each the size of a small hill.

A few of them were even dangling directly from the turtles' mouths.

Crunch! One guy was bitten so hard he literally crapped himself, before being swallowed whole by the giant turtle.

The magical beasts here were actual man-eaters.

Every year, the Hunter Exam had a death quota!!

The surrounded candidates were in absolute despair.

Thick white fog enclosed them, and the 'Killer Strawberry Turtles' appeared and disappeared unpredictably.

So tried to charge out, but it was completely useless.

These giant turtles had incredibly sharp and sturdy limbs, and their heavy shells were covered in bright red, mouth-watering strawberries.

They looked harmless, but their bite force could easily snap a car in half on the spot!

Bang—

Bang—

Just as these unlucky fools were utterly consud by terror and despair.

A figure flashed through like a bolt of lightning.

Striking the heads of the Strawberry Turtles with pinpoint accuracy!

Then, under their horrified, shocked, and speechless gazes, they watched in bewildernt as these massive, thick-skinned Strawberry Turtles let out whimpers and crashed to the ground.

It wasn't until these massive bodies collapsed right in front of them that they could clearly see the Strawberry Turtles' heads had been completely blown apart.

"..."

"A god! Did a god just save us? Thank goodness!!"

"Good heavens! What just happened?"

...

The unlucky survivors stood dumbfounded, crying tears of joy.

anwhile, Riku, the humanoid lightning bolt, continued to dart rapidly through the wetland plains.

Like a panther on the prowl.

This place.

Was his true all-you-can-eat buffet!

[Ding! Congratulations, you have killed a Killer Strawberry Turtle.]

[Ding! Random trait plunder. Congratulations, you have obtained [Grow Strawberries] (Blue).]

[Ding! Congratulations, you have killed a Killer Strawberry Turtle.]

[Ding! Random trait plunder. Congratulations, you have obtained [Longevity] (Blue), [Ultra-Thick Shell] (Blue).]

[Ding! Automatic synthesis: [Grow Strawberries] (Blue) and [Ultra-Thick Shell] (Blue) have fused into [Super Longevity] (Purple).]