A slight curve lifted the corner of Hattori's lips as he flicked his finger lightly against Steele's forehead.
A faint red dot spread out between his brows.
He was dead. Silently dead.
Before Hattori's absolute overwhelming strength, all the hidden methods Steele had prepared were as laughable as a child's toy gun.
"Got some good intel."
Hattori nodded towards Moyan, a look of approval in his eyes.
Through his precognitive ability, he had seen the answers to those two questions.
The only known super-ancient civilization ruins that Steele knew of were called 'Yalan'.
They were discovered nine hundred years ago by an ancestor of the Clock Family.
From these ruins, the Clock Family obtained the 'Eye of Time' satellite system capable of monitoring the world, as well as the technology for space jump and spatial folding devices.
Moreover, according to Steele's knowledge, the ruins discovered by the family were merely a fragment of the core legacy of the Yalan Civilization.
The key to unlocking the core legacy was stored within the family's internal treasury.
The true Yalan Civilization once ruled half the galaxy, possessing super-technology like wormhole travel, interstellar navigation, and genetic modification.
Additionally, Hattori also grasped part of the Clock Family's hidden coordinates.
Behind the Big Ben, a door leading to an important branch of the Clock Family was concealed.
That branch was a factory producing space jump devices.
"Wood Release: Multiple Wood Clone Technique."
A thousand miles away, Hattori, at home, formed hand seals and instantly created dozens of Wood Clones.
Each Wood Clone possessed nearly limitless Chakra and immense power.
"No need to wait any longer. It's best to get our hands on the treasures of the super-ancient civilization ruins as soon as possible. The plan to hunt the heirs of the Hunter Families will proceed simultaneously."
Hattori looked at the Wood Clones before him, a smirk playing on his lips.
Whoosh…
In an instant, countless clones vanished from their spots, speeding off to various parts of the world.
A hunt targeting the Hunter Families, a counter-attack within the dark forest, quietly began!
By the Henghe River Basin, a monk with hands clasped silently watched Hattori.
He was the heir of the Hunter Family 'Burning Heaven', possessing the powerful superpower of 'Inviting Gods to Possess Him'. With every punch and kick, he emanated divine might.
Among the deities of the Eight Legions of Heavenly Gods, he could invite the 'Deva', 'Naga', 'Garuda', and 'Yaksha' legions.
Although the divine projections he summoned possessed only an infinitesimal fraction of the true deities' power, they were still far beyond what ordinary people could withstand.
However…
Before Hattori's slender figure, all the deities refused his command seals.
This was fate.
His inevitable fate to be killed.
"I have seen the future's destiny. When that day comes, please spare my family."
The Burning Heaven's heir said softly.
After revealing everything he knew, he struck his own head, shattering it with a single palm.
In Siberia, amidst the icy, snowy wilderness, a shirtless man, his muscles knotted like a war god, gasped for breath.
His bear-like eyes stared fixedly at the enemy before him,
An expression of disbelief on his face.
Before him, Hattori walked forward calmly.
Tendrils of green smoke rose from his right fist.
The war god-like man was the heir of the Polar Nation's Beast Spirit Family.
Mastering the 'Bear Spirit' and 'Tiger Spirit', he held absolute confidence in his strength and offensive power.
But, just now in the battle…
He and Hattori exchanged ten consecutive blows, shattering ten great mountains of Siberia.
He lifted icebergs and cut off frozen rivers.
Hattori pulverized the icebergs into dust and evaporated the rivers into steam.
What immense strength, what formidable combat power…
"Is your body... truly still made of flesh and blood?"
The war god-like man gritted his teeth, trembling as he questioned.
Haunted Castle, the tomb of a medieval duke.
Hattori held a glass of red wine and blasted the head of the man before him.
Rustle…
Countless bats fluttered, reforming into a new head.
"Save your energy. I am an ageless, undying vampire. Even if you vaporize me with a hydrogen bomb, I can reform my human shape."
A slight smile appeared on that pale, elegant face.
Yet, in the very next second,
It froze abruptly.
"You… How could you…"
Hattori reached into the vampire man's chest, pulled out a sparkling crimson pearl, and said expressionlessly,
"I can see through the energy structure within you. Your essence is still carbon-based life. To achieve infinite reassembly, there must be some non-carbon-based material serving as an anchor."
This pearl was the vampire man's anchor.
"...Urgh ahhh!!! I am the last descendant of the Carlos Bloodline... You... You have shattered the family's thousand-year wish... I curse you!!!"
The vampire man screamed madly, his body gradually crumbling into black dust.
Hattori remained cold and detached, nodding towards Moyan.
He had seen a future timeline.
In that future, the vampire man wept bitterly, revealing everything he knew.
Three days later.
Hattori stood alone on a cold, sharp mountain peak. After eliminating the last Hunter Family's heir, he tallied the harvest of these past days.
"Acquired intel on 3 super-ancient civilization ruins, 3 alien civilization ruins, and the hidden branch addresses of 5 Hunter Families." Intel was what Hattori lacked most now.
Only by understanding this world more could he properly expand his organization, establishing a force that stood above the Hunter Families.
"However, regarding the intel on the mysterious Hexagram Organization that Moyan saw, among the seven heirs, there was only one piece of information."
Hattori murmured in a low voice, his brow slightly furrowed.
The mysterious Hexagram Organization was undoubtedly a more powerful entity above the Hunter Families.
Were they even from this planet?
Did they secretly hold the power of life and death over the Hunter Families?
These were urgently needed confirmations.
From the descriptions of the seven heirs, Hattori obtained one useful piece of information.
"The Hexagram Organization once invited the champion of a certain edition of the tournament to join, but was refused."
"And the person they invited was the one who obtained the alien legacy and achieved 'Breaking the Void'!"
Through this information, Hattori could at least confirm that the Hexagram organization had some connection with alien civilizations, or were entities on equal footing with them themselves!