After a night

At 6:30 a.m., the storm that had raged all night finally stopped.

The crimson clouds that had been tumbling in the sky were calm again, and the golden dawn light broke through the thick red mist and sprinkled down, gradually illuminating the earth.

On the side of the old residential area, the fire that burned for several days and nights was finally completely extinguished, and the entire residential area had turned into a charred black ruins, and wisps of white smoke still rose from some dilapidated buildings, slowly blending into the red mist.

By the time the darkness that had dominated the night had all faded, the face of the city had changed dramatically.

The first thing that comes into people's field of vision is not the familiar and eye-catching high-rise buildings of Daxia, but the strange vegetation that has densely covered the streets and alleys of the city.

They are intertwined, criss-crossed, and varied, and at a glance, they are innumerable, like a black ocean.

The limited activity space of the city has been occupied by them, and it is difficult to distinguish where the original streets and alleys are. Dark vegetation of strange shapes is connected together, and from a high vantage point, it looks like a large black forest with no end in sight, and the tall and uneven buildings have become pale dots in it.

And in this dark vegetation that grew overnight, the figures of demonic creatures can be seen everywhere, either tall as a mountain, or as agile as a leopard, and there are a large number of figures hidden in the shadows or underground... They all exuded a brutal and bloodthirsty aura, and all kinds of strange roars rang out from all over the dark forest, one after another, very active.

A similar scene has taken place in the major areas of the Southern District, where people used to live comfortably has been completely transformed into a paradise for demonic creatures.

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In the southwest of the South District, about a kilometer from Zhongcheng Avenue, in a relatively sparsely built residential area, there is also a lot of new dark vegetation here, which has surrounded the surrounding buildings.

Some of the taller dark vegetation had grown to seven or eight meters tall, and the ends were wrapped around the walls of the buildings, and even some vines and branches had reached into the buildings through the windows, looking like ghosts with teeth and claws.

Xu Hao and Leng Xiaogang were on the top floor of a twelve-story building in the middle of the residential area.

When the first rays of light in the morning shone into the house through the window, Xu Hao, who was sitting in the spacious living room, also opened his eyes, the essence flashed by, and a breath of turbid air slowly exhaled.

After a whole night of cultivation, he had already absorbed nearly 40 low-level source stones, but he was still a little short of time before he successfully opened up the fourth dantian qi cave.

After opening up the second dantian qi vein, his cultivation speed increased significantly, if it wasn't for the fact that he was in a coma for two days in front of him and wasted a lot of cultivation time, otherwise he would definitely have opened up the fourth dantian qi point by now.

"There are only three energy powers, and it's still a bit not enough to deal with the next catastrophe, if only you could give me one more day..."

Feeling the fourth dantian air pocket that had gradually formed in his body, Xu Hao sighed slightly, and turned his eyes to Leng Xiaogang, who was sitting on the other side, only to see him close his eyes tightly, his hands clenched into fists, and repeatedly made a very simple fist, the speed changed from slow to fast, and from fast to slow.

Waves of vitality fluctuated around him, constantly changing as his movements flowed from the initial disorder to gradually stabilizing, becoming more and more free. Seeing this scene, Xu Hao nodded secretly.

Although Leng Xiaogang is dumbfounded, once he focuses on it, he can devote himself to cultivation without being affected by the outside world at all, and he will soon be able to enter a state of crazy deduction and enlightenment, and his learning efficiency will be greatly improved.

Now Leng Xiaogang is practicing, and it is Xu Hao who asked him to learn a beginner martial art of a boxer: Explosive Fist. As the name suggests, it is a martial art that can increase the explosiveness of punches in a short period of time.

For ordinary boxers, it takes at least two or three days to thoroughly master the use of vitality in this martial art, and it takes another three or five days to use it freely in actual combat.

Leng Xiaogang only spent one night to achieve the first point, and the results were already very good.

He seems stupid, but once he enters the cultivation state, he shows a superior learning ability, which is really quite strange, maybe this is the legendary heart of a child. He does anything, as long as he does it seriously, he can devote himself to it 100%.

Xu Hao is ashamed of himself, it is very difficult to have no distractions completely, and it is no wonder that Leng Xiaogang was able to become so strong in his previous life. Physical talent determines the upper limit of a witcher, but without enough focus, diligence, and understanding, no matter how strong the physical talent is, the witcher will not be able to exert its due strength.

Leng Xiaogang is obviously not in this category. He not only has extraordinary physical talent, but also this special ability to enter a 100% cultivation state anytime and anywhere, even if his comprehension is poor, his comprehensive learning ability is definitely better than that of most demon hunters.

Of course, Xu Hao used food to tempt and spur in.

For Leng Xiaogang, the most effective way to encourage him to cultivate wholeheartedly is to let him eat and drink to his heart's content, and he doesn't have to do anything else.

Xu Hao was very helpless about this. With this guy's astonishing appetite, it is estimated that it will take a lot of time to find food to fully cultivate him in the future. In order to save time, I can't say that I have to hunt some edible demonized creatures in the future, although the taste is not very good, but Xu Haoke can't think about it so much. In the last days, food and clean drinking water are two very precious things, and it would be nice to be able to fill your stomach.

"It's almost time, I hope it won't disappoint me..."

Xu Hao stood up and glanced at the sky that was gradually brightening outside, moving the slightly stiff muscles and bones around him.

Soon, the chime of the Demon Hunter Emrest sounded in his head-

"The system is conducting the first comprehensive assessment and scoring of the Demon Hunter, and the Demon Hunter cannot have any form of battle during this time, so as not to affect the final scoring result."

"Four-day record since the start of reign number A0365-"

"The number of demonized creatures killed: 10 first-order demons, 3 first-order demon cats, 6 first-order demon owls, one first-order boss-level great demon owl, and 3 demon insect creatures."

"Number of tasks completed: 1 D-level mission, 1 D+-level mission, 1 C+-level mission, 1 B+-level mission, and 6 unique hidden tasks."

"Total points: 2542 points, kill value: 198 points."

"Number A0365 received a final rating: 3 and a half stars! Bonus points 700 points, 70 low-level source stones, a total of 7 enhancement points! ”

"No. A0365 has received a gold-level reward, two each of the Fengshen Pill (lower grade), the Pulp Cleansing Pill (lower grade), and the Rage Pill (lower grade), which have been transferred to the storage space."

"No. A0365 successfully passed this assessment and was eligible for promotion to corporal!"

As this prompt fell, Xu Hao immediately felt a powerful energy gushing out of the Demon Hunting Emblem, rushing into his body, blending into his limbs without hindrance, and all the cells in his body seemed to be cheering, and a feeling of full strength filled his body.

"Number A0365 successfully promoted to corporal! +0.3 Strength, +0.3 Physique, +0.5 Dexterity, +0.5 Perception"

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After listening to a series of prompts, Xu Hao's heart was relieved, and he had a satisfied smile on his face: "Three and a half stars, I also got a gold-level reward, not bad!" ”

This comprehensive assessment score is an important assessment conducted by the Demon Hunter Emblem on the majority of Demon Hunters to determine whether they can obtain the qualification for promotion to corporal.

The final rating is graded into eight grades: half star, one star, and one and a half stars...... Four stars.

As long as the witcher gets a half-star rating, he can be promoted to corporal.

If he can't even reach the half-star level, then it means that this demon hunter has failed the comprehensive assessment this time and cannot be promoted to corporal, so he can only wait for the next retest.

The disadvantage of this is that all those who fail the first comprehensive assessment, no matter how good they perform in the re-examination, can only get a one-star score at most.

If the re-examination fails, then the demon hunter will be permanently disqualified from being promoted to corporal, and will eventually become the lowest demon hunter, and his status is not much higher than that of ordinary humans.

In addition, the final score of each assessment also determines the level of rewards that the witcher can receive.

For example, if a witcher gets a half-star evaluation in this assessment, then what he gets in the end is 100 points, 10 low-level source stones, and 1 enhancement point.

Each level of rating increases, the number of points awarded will increase by 100 points, and the number of source stones and enhancement points that can be obtained is also the same pattern.

If a witcher ends up with a four-star rating, he will end up with 800 points, 80 low-level Source Stones, and 8 enhancement points.

Xu Hao didn't get the highest four-star rating this time, but having three and a half stars is already very good, compared to the half-star rating he received at the same time in his previous life, it is much better.

After all, more than 90% of the witchers who passed this assessment were rated between half-star and one-star. It is almost impossible to get a four-star rating, and Xu Hao's performance has surpassed too many people.

In addition to points and source stones, the so-called enhancement points are a good thing that can immediately help the Demon Hunter improve his combat power attributes.

Using a Enhancement Point, the Witcher can choose any of the Strength, Physique, Agility, and Perception to gain a 0.2 attribute point increase.

Xu Hao has obtained a total of 7 enhancement points this time, that is, there are seven opportunities to improve his strength, and he can increase a total of 1.4 attribute points.

After a whole night of cultivation, he had completely absorbed and transformed all the medicinal power of the Wind God Pill in his body, and his agility attribute had increased from the original 2.0 to 2.5.

After being promoted to corporal and gaining attribute boosts, his current combat power attribute table is:

Strength: 1.5, Physique: 1.5, Dexterity: 3, Perception 2

Next, Xu Hao will allocate the 7 strengthening points in his hand according to the actual situation.

Xu Hao first took out three small iron boxes from his storage space, which contained two pills each, namely the Fengshen Pill, the Pulp Cleansing Pill, and the Berserk Pill.

The pills refined by the white-robed envoy, regardless of the quality, as long as they are eaten too much, the effect will decrease.

For example, Fengshen Pill, the first 5 pills can increase the Witcher's agility attribute by 0.2 points each. However, from the 6th pill onwards, the effect will change from an increase of 0.2 to an increase of 0.1 agility attributes, and after 10 pills, there will be no effect on eating again.

Even so, Xu Hao still did not hesitate to eat the two low-grade Fengshen pills in his hand, adding 0.2 agility attributes to himself.

The Purifying Pill is a pill that can permanently increase the physical attribute of the Demon Hunter after taking it, and the first 5 Demon Hunters can increase their physical attribute points by 0.2 points for each pill they take.

The Berserk Pill is a pill that can greatly increase one's combat power in a short period of time after being taken by the witcher, but there will be certain side effects after the effect of the drug.

Seeing this pill, Xu Hao immediately thought of Leng Xiaogang, with his perverted physical fitness, this pill was the most suitable for him.

With the Berserk Pill, Leng Xiaogang's strength will definitely be able to increase a lot.

Xu Hao was about to take two marrow washing pills to increase his physical attributes by 0.4 points.

On the arrangement of seven strengthening points, since the Divine Arm Bow requires the user's strength and physical attributes to reach more than 1.8, because he has taken two marrow washing pills before, Xu Hao's physical attributes have reached 1.9, which has met the requirements for the use of the Divine Arm Bow, so Xu Hao first consumed two strengthening points in his strength and raised it to 1.9.

"Well, the Xuanbing Arrow has relatively high requirements for the user's physique, and I have to add a little bit of my physical attributes."

Thinking of this, Xu Hao spent another strengthening point on his physique and raised it to 2.1.

The remaining four enhancement points, Xu Hao put all of them on agility and increased it to 3.8!

The perceptual stat remains the same.

For the current Xu Hao, the most critical combat attribute that affects his strength is agility, and high agility can facilitate him to give full play to the strength of his previous life, especially in terms of body style.

Perception is also important for archers, and when it is increased by 2, in addition to the increased range of Eagle Eye radiation, a new ability will be derived: night vision. When you increase it to 4, you will spawn a second ability (kept secret for the time being)

It was enough for Xu Hao to have night vision, and after the outbreak of the Demon Worm Plague, he needed the instant combat power that the agility attribute increased to him. It can be said that the higher the agility attribute, the stronger his ability to survive.

After doing this, Xu Hao opened the exchange function of the Demon Hunting Emblem, spent 50 points to buy two sets of ordinary stainless steel arrows, and then took out the black sword grass that had not been used up before from the storage space, and was about to poison the stainless steel arrows, when the prompt of the Demon Hunting Emblem suddenly remembered-

"The plague of demonic insects is about to begin, please prepare the witchers in this area!"

PS: There are three more chapters behind~