Elimination Trial Begins!

Ignoring the gazes of everyone, Gabriel calmly approached the loot of the wolf. Beside the massive carcass, there was a grayed book with a weathered appearance and a blue-colored ring.

Curious, Gabriel picked up the azure colored ring, and its description appeared.

[Ring of Abaddon (blue grade)Effect: Doubles Qi Absorption Rate for the Wearer with Every Kill.]

Nodding his head in satisfaction, Gabriel smiled. With a ring like this, he would be able to absorb qi two times faster than mudane cultivators. In other words, achieving breakthroughs would be easier.

Gabriel then went to the grayed book. Within the yellowed pages of the book, the step-by-step guide of utilizing the skill was intricately written.

'Unlike those novels where people could learn a skill on the go, it seemed like I'll spend some time studying all these steps.'

The name of the martial skill was called "qi bullet." According to the author, to use the skill, one needed to channel their spiritual energy to their fingertips and condense it into a bullet. The skill required 20 qi units per shot. Although the cost was quite large for Gabriel, who possessed only a minuscule amount of qi, he wasn't planning on shying away from using it.

Gabriel breathed in cold air as he tried to channel the spiritual energy from his dantian to his fingertips and condensed it into a bullet. The feeling of channeling his spiritual energy felt weird and foreign at first, but after a few tries, he became familiar with the feeling.

Some minutes later, a ding sound sounded.

[Qi bullet (rank 1 skill) allows you to condense qi into a bullet. Consumes 20 qi per shot. Chances of a critical hit: 20%. Mastery: level 1]

'Neat.'

"Comrade, thank you for saving our lives?" Gabriel was jolted out of his inner reveries by a voice. He turned to find the group of chefs staring at him with reverence and gratitude for rescuing them from the mutated wolf.

The chefs sniffed a couple of time wiping tears from their eyes, thanking Gabriel, who smiled slyly. He wondered how they'd react if they found out that he wasn't actually saving them but it was because of his survival and a certain trial.

Name and Kills:

1: Amanda Graham 21

2: Casia Graham 20

3: Shasha Graham 20

4: Jason Brawler 15

5: Victor Styles 10

6: Natalia Frost 5

7: Lucas storm 5

8: Mia blaze 4

9: Xing Tian 3

10: Gabriel Reyes 1

"To think these sisters could single-handedly dominate the rankings."

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The Graham sisters, true to their name, were outstanding siblings who had earned resounding fame throughout the Academy; their lineage were traced back to the founder of the military school and for the past three years, they'd consistently secured a place in the top three of every Academy competition and training, making them a frightening trio!

Being a loner and someone whose academic scores weren't outstanding, Gabriel, who was barely noticed, naturally never met the sisters. He'd only seen their intimidating feats on the academy notice boards in the past.

Regardless of their past achievements, Gabriel never thought that these girls possessed such mighty combat prowess that could let them easily dispatch monsters so swiftly.

'It seems I underestimated them, but I've to hurry if want to claim that mysterious reward!' Adrenaline coursing through his veins, Gabriel hurried out of the shattered door to find more creatures to kill.

"How ironic. People were running for their lives, but here I am searching for monsters desperately."

As Gabriel dashed through the long academy hallways, he soon encountered a void being, a gaunt-looking student with glasses, from which those shimmering eyes stared at Gabriel with a ravenous look.

'So this guy also got infected?'

The void being wasn't just anyone. He was Gabriel's classmate.

Despite staying in the same classroom with him, Gabriel never held any regard for this student. He never talked to him once and never made any effort to know his name, which was actually beneficial in a sense because…

'Now I won't feel any bad for what I'm about to do!' Gabriel extended his hands out like a gun and aimed at the void being who was approaching like a raging storm.

Gabriel's hands trembled slightly as he tried to make an accurate aim. Unlike the zombies who were painfully slow, the void beings were fast, even far surpassing a human. Because of the speed, they were able to infect others at a rapid pace.

"Stay still, dammit!" Gabriel cursed as he squinted his eyes; the void being was still charging forward. Aiming at the forehead of the being, a low mutter escaped his lips:

"Qi bullet!"

Bang!

An ear-splitting sound similar to the sound of a gun went off as a pure white energy left Gabriel's fingers, heading for the void being's forehead.

Scarcely a few breaths later, the condensed qi bullet passed through the student's skull, leaving a deep orifice with smoke billowing out.

Watching the other side of the hallway from the hole through the student's skull, Gabriel couldn't help but turn his face to the side and emptied his entire bowl.

'He's no longer human, Gabriel; he's no longer human! If I hadn't killed him, he would have infected me, and I would have become one of them.' Gabriel attempted to soothe his heart, convincing himself that he'd done the right thing.

In the end, after thinking about Earth's new situation, he practiced the breathing technique to ease his nerves.

After calming himself, Gabriel continued to dash through the hallways as if he hadn't drilled a bullet through his classmate's skull.

[You've absorbed 10 units of qi from unclassified void being]

[You've absorbed additional 10 units of qi]

Although he was not happy about not getting any loot from the void being, Gabriel was still in good spirits because he was closing in on the qi units needed to advance to the first realm.

Furthermore, Gabriel was excited about a certain prospect. From the few encounters, he'd discerned that unlike mudane cultivators in novels who spent an unimaginable amount of time sitting in a lotus position to draw in the spiritual energy in their surroundings, the cultivators of Earth could simply absorb qi by slaying void beings!

Having read countless times on web novel platforms of how monotonous Cultivating felt, the prospect of increasing his Cultivation base while battling and slaying foes genuinely excited him.

While he was in his thoughts, a new message appeared in his retina.

[Amanda Graham (no. 1) with 50 kills]

"Damn this girl! Since you want to play, let's have it your way!"