Originally, Bai Xiaoqiu was still wondering why there were so many people in the guild today, but when he saw the large circle of people around the bulletin board, he immediately understood what was going on.

The vast majority of these people are pseudo-hunters who have come from other towns and villages. Due to geographical conditions and manpower and material resources, some towns and villages do not have hunters' guilds (such as Yishan Village), and hunting ceremonies are only held in the vicinity of certain towns. Therefore, if pseudo-hunters in other places want to participate in the assessment of the hunting ceremony, they can only go to the nearest venue to participate.

Bai Xiaoqiu took a lot of effort to squeeze out of the crowd, panting and complaining to Shi Manqian: "Ah~~ It's annoying!! The hunting ceremony will start in five days!! ”

Shi Manqian touched his head: "Don't worry about it, isn't it more than enough to deal with a hunting ceremony with your current strength?" ”

"Yo~~What a big breath!" A nasty voice came from not far away, and the duo of Chu Pingxuan and Li Huaqiang jumped out of the crowd again.

"So you haven't even obtained the official hunter qualification, what rubbish!" Chu Pingxuan looked at Bai Xiaoqiu with extremely contemptuous eyes.

Bai Xiaoqiu glanced at him: "No matter how garbage you are, it's right, why did your husband's beard shave?" He asked, pointing to Li Huaqiang's bare chin.

"Who's his husband!!"

"It's not because of you!!"

Both reacted with emotion.

"Well, it doesn't matter, I have to get up early tomorrow to train, so I won't talk nonsense with you" Bai Xiaoqiu stretched and turned around to leave.

"Hehe," Chu Pingxuan's swishing laughter came from behind, "I advise you not to waste any time on training, the official hunter qualification for this ceremony has already been booked by our red powder group!! ”

Bai Xiaoqiu turned his head suddenly: "The red powder ball is so nameless."

Shi Manqian also nodded: "I've always thought this name sounds delicious."

"Hey! You're focusing on the wrong thing, aren't you?!! ”

"Ahem, well, what do you mean by that?" Bai Xiaoqiu turned back to the topic seriously.

Chu Pingxuan's previous words were just to disturb Bai Xiaoqiu's mind and want to see him depressed and frightened, so although Bai Xiaoqiu's topic change was a bit blunt, Chu Pingxuan still replied truthfully: "Hehe, I'm afraid I'll scare you to death if I say it." Our Red Powder Group has always adhered to the business strategy, and the few pseudo-hunters under our command who have not obtained official hunter qualifications also have a strength far beyond ordinary hunters. This hunting ceremony is their best whetstone, and the first ten places are bound to be won, so I advise you not to waste your efforts! ”

When Bai Xiaoqiu heard this, he only secretly smiled, but on the surface, he squeezed out an ugly face, and pulled Shi Manqian to turn around and leave.

Chu Pingxuan, who wants to know, has already said that it is not interesting to stay here and fight with him, it is better to show the enemy weakness first, and then rest well after returning home, and continue to exercise tomorrow to enhance his strength is the right way. As for the subordinates Chu Pingxuan said, Bai Xiaoqiu had a little thought, but if he was afraid of them, he wouldn't be able to. Not to mention which of his own hard power is strong or weak, the final outcome of many games is not all determined by strength, Bai Xiaoqiu is still very confident in winning this game.

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Back at the inn, the two had a meal first, and then Bai Xiaoqiu went back to the room alone to wash up, and then took out his mobile phone and called Han Qingyi, chatting about the hunting ceremony in a few days.

It is said that after obtaining the shadow gap, Bai Xiaoqiu's strength has increased explosively, and he first upgraded his dual-wielding weapon skills with the aforementioned first-level basic skill upgrade coupon, which not only greatly increased the power of his dual blades, but also improved the use of the lock sickle by the way.

The power of lesser-than-serious weapons like the Scythe, Spear, and Bow of the Night is supported by a combination of basic skills. For example, the skill of the Eternal Night Bow when shooting is determined by the level of the ranged weapon, and the level of the light weapon in melee combat; Guns are similar, with shooting skills determined by ranged weapon levels and melee power determined by heavy weapon levels; The Scythe is affected by both ranged and dual-wielding weapon levels.

Therefore, after this upgrade, the three basic skills he uses most often have been upgraded to the proficient level, and his strength has improved by leaps and bounds.

However, for Bai Xiaoqiu, the biggest improvement is not this, but the newly opened [Soul of Weapon] function in the system.

【Soul of Weapon (Soldier's Soul)

Skill description: After obtaining the ancient weapon required by the main quest, you can dissolve the soul of the soldier into the tattoo. Only one Weapon Soul can be equipped at a time, and the power of the same weapon as the Soldier Soul will be greatly increased.

Soldier Soul: Long Knife Shadow Seam】

Overall, this weapon soul is somewhat similar to the beast soul, but it is much simpler and more straightforward. Bai Xiaoqiu now only has a soldier soul in the shadow seam in his hand, and the only one who can enjoy the bonus is naturally the Taidao. However, the increase in power mentioned here does not improve the skill of using the weapon like the basic skill, but directly increases the power and speed when using the weapon, as well as the sharpness of the weapon itself.

After Bai Xiaoqiu's personal experiment, he found that whenever he used the Tai Dao with the Shadow Seam Soldier Soul, there was a scorching power pouring into his body from the tattoo on his chest, and even the long knife in his hand was strengthened, his strength and speed increased by about two or three layers, and the sharpness of the long knife was increased by at least one notch.

Of course, this enhancement of Cheng Dù alone was not enough for Bai Xiaoqiu to challenge the near-top-ranking Nian Beast, and his biggest reliance was actually the prop of [Mission-Specific Powerful Electrostatic Field].

[Mission-specific powerful electrostatic field.]

Effect Description: This item can only be used in system tasks, and after use, it will directly reduce the health of the target monster by 50%, and can only be used once. 】

"Damn, I can't beat you with full blood and blue, I should be able to beat you with half blood and half blue, right?" Bai Xiaoqiu thought viciously like this, and officially entered the trial task.

The first few rounds of wrestling were the same as usual, but from the fifth round, changes were made.

The fifth round of guarding the demon beast is still a tiger, but at this time, Bai Xiaoqiu will be much more relaxed when facing the tiger again. After many encounters, he is extremely familiar with the attack methods of the tiger, and he can often anticipate the enemy's opportunities and wait for work. At the same time, the substantial improvement in all aspects also shortened the gap between his hard power and Linghu a lot, and after almost 20 minutes, Linghu was finally polished out of blood by him and fell to the ground weakly.

This does not mean that Bai Xiaoqiu is now stronger than Shi Manqian, Shan Ce, and Wu Shi combined. It's like playing an online game, a player who is familiar with a certain boss can even kill that boss naked, but many players with stronger equipment will be abused when they open up the wasteland.

In addition, in the trial mission, the blood volume of the demon beast was much lower than the normal state, so it was not surprising that Bai Xiaoqiu could easily win.