Chapter 41: Fifth-Rank Low-Ranking Official
This time, Qin Lang clearly drew lessons from the past and did not dare to be arrogant. With his previous experience, he finally managed to successfully kill an auxiliary soldier, and he officially became the third person to upgrade to level 4 after Zhou Yue and Tang Kun, making everyone envy him for a while.
However, Qin Lang obviously didn't have Zhou Yue's strength yet. After killing a level 4 auxiliary soldier, he only had time to pick up the small bag and grain dropped from the unicycle before hastily retreating, leading the nine auxiliary soldiers in pursuit behind him. Of course, he was still very pleased with himself, because following this trend, he would eventually catch up to Zhou Yue.
On this side, Tang Kun and others went to surround and annihilate those twenty 3rd-level evil spirits. Zhou Yue was preparing to continue searching for opportunities to kill the auxiliary soldiers from behind. However, what made him very surprised was that Qin Lang seemed not to want Zhou Yue to pick up such a bargain again, and actually chose to escape in a circle. In this way, it would be much more difficult for Zhou Yue to launch a sneak attack on the auxiliary soldiers from behind without alarming them!
But there are always so many examples of being too clever for one's own good in this world. Qin Lang was very clever, but he underestimated the wisdom of those auxiliary soldiers. They were not evil spirits. As soon as Qin Lang started to circle around, the nine auxiliary soldiers immediately divided into two teams, one with five people and one with four people, and actually attacked Qin Lang from both sides!
This sudden turn of events frightened Qin Lang, causing his face to change drastically. He could only flee in disarray once again. At this moment, Zhou Yue, who had been waiting for an opportunity, finally made her move. She really had to thank Qin Lang; without his help, such a good opportunity would not have arisen!
Zhou Yue chose to attack the four auxiliary soldiers, more than 60 meters away. He only took a little over three seconds to get there. Although the four auxiliary soldiers were already on high alert at the first moment, Zhou Yue was as fast as the wind and instantly stuck to one of the most marginal auxiliary soldiers with a whirlwind move, not only avoiding this auxiliary soldier's fierce counterattack but also beheading him in the process.
This was the experience that Zhou Yue had summarized from his previous battle, he no longer attacked repeatedly, but instead stabbed the Evil Ghost Tooth into the neck of the auxiliary soldier, then circled around this auxiliary soldier, the sharp Evil Ghost Tooth naturally followed and drew a circle, just like a blood droplet, easily and effortlessly killing him!
After killing this auxiliary soldier, Zhou Yue didn't turn around and escape, nor did he even pick up the dropped items. Instead, his figure moved swiftly, dashing out more than ten meters to the left before suddenly changing direction by 45 degrees, heading towards the back of the farthest auxiliary soldier!
The whole process was as swift as lightning, and the two auxiliary soldiers in front were unable to grasp Zhou Yue's exact position for a moment. By the time they finally saw Zhou Yue's figure, the head of the auxiliary soldier behind had already fallen to the ground.
"Ah!"
Zhou Yue's bizarre slaughter instantly ignited the anger of the two auxiliary soldiers, but unfortunately, they were only two people and couldn't be Zhou Yue's opponent. In a flash, they felt a flower in front of their eyes and fell to the ground dead. From the time Zhou Yue started killing until now, it was less than six seconds. This scene made Qin Lang almost vomit blood with anger, but he still had to escape because the five behind him were still chasing after him relentlessly. Although he also wanted to turn around and kill them like Zhou Yue, it was impossible. First, his attributes were not as good as Zhou Yue's, and secondly, the five auxiliary soldiers were facing him, and any move he made would be caught!
At this time, Zhou Yue killed four auxiliary soldiers with one breath, and naturally shocked Tang Kun and others in the distance. Seeing that there were still five auxiliary soldiers left, almost everyone's eyes lit up, which was a great opportunity to surround and annihilate them!
At this moment, Tang Kun, Zhao Dashan, Li Dan and others are speeding up towards this direction!
However, Zhou Yue wouldn't let them get too much of a bargain, picking up the four small bags that had fallen on the ground, he sped up and continued to chase after them!
At this time, only Qin Lang was so anxious that he wanted to vomit blood. He almost thought of shouting "Watch your back!" to the five auxiliary soldiers, but unfortunately, these five auxiliary soldiers would not be able to hear him.
It's okay, Zhou Yue's appearance finally shifted the attention of those five auxiliary soldiers away from Qin Lang. However, Zhou Yue had already rushed to the front at an extremely fast speed, still using that spinning attack method, and quickly killed one of the auxiliary soldiers on the edge.
The remaining four auxiliary soldiers were closer, making it impossible for Zhou Yue to continue, so he quickly retreated!
At this time, Qin Lang finally opened up and rushed over from one side, stabbing a auxiliary soldier in the back, instantly attracting him, while at the same time, Tang Kun and Zhao Dashan also rushed up one after another. At this moment, no one cared about anyone else, and the experience of killing with one's own hands was the only way to go.
With Tang Kun and Zhao Da Shan holding off, Zhou Yue quickly moved forward, drawing the last auxiliary soldier to one side, and instantly killed him! So far, he had accumulated ten 4-level auxiliary soldiers, and without exception, a warm power that was more abundant than before surged through his body, all fatigue and consumption were restored in an instant, and three pieces of information appeared in his mind.
"ID 1802093123, you have been promoted to level 5, shedding your slave hunter status and officially becoming a level 5 small soldier. Combat evaluation: not up to par."
"Maximum health increased by 2 points, maximum stamina increased by 2 points, reward free points 2 points."
"Trigger upgrade task, this task will only appear every five levels, the task is random and can be abandoned. Failure to complete it will result in a loss of three levels' worth of experience points. Do you accept this upgrade task?"
Seeing these three pieces of information, especially the last one, Zhou Yue's heart skipped a beat, but he almost cursed out loud. What kind of task is this? What if it's to take down the Black City in the center of Red Mountain City? Wouldn't that be terrible for him?
But even if it was a heart-wrenching defeat, Zhou Yue still chose to accept. After all, failure would only mean being sent back to the second level. As soon as he accepted, another message appeared.
"ID 1802093123, you have accepted a level 5 task. This task appears randomly. Kill 100 Yellow Turban Halberdiers and Shieldmen of any level within 10 days. Rewards: 50 silver coins, one Bronze Treasure Chest, and three Level 1 Zhang Tian Shi Protection Talismans."
Upon seeing the task content, Zhou Yue couldn't help but take a deep breath. It wasn't because of the reward, but rather the requirements - 100 Yellow Turban swordsmen and shieldmen weren't easy to deal with. Nowadays, they were probably all around level 5 or so, which was manageable. The real problem was that wherever these swordsmen and shieldmen appeared, archers would also show up! It seemed he still had to hurry up and level up; if his strength wasn't strong enough, how could he possibly complete this task?!
At this time, Tang Kun, Zhao Dashan, and Qin Lang had already killed their respective 4th-level auxiliary soldiers. Although these auxiliary soldiers possessed terrifying skills such as chopping and slashing, as long as they were not lined up in a row and with some caution beforehand, it was easy to dodge them.
On the other hand, He Ming and others took away all the grain and grass from the nine single-wheeled carts on that road. Zhou Yue was speechless about this, but fortunately he gained six small bags this time, which was a considerable gain.
