Chapter 29

Bryon suddenly felt the pain. With a muffled roar, he shook his arm! Bai Xiaowen felt a strong surge of energy and stumbled backward. His back crashed into the stone wall beside the road.

Notification:

"Your Vital Strike hit the Imperial Army's Giant Hammer Warrior Bryon, causing 11 points of damage (Ignore Defense) and inflicting severe bleeding."

"Corrosive Toxin in effect. All of Bryon's attributes decreased by 2 points for 120 seconds."

"You received 6 points of concussive damage."

"This guy … his damage is so high! Just the force of the recoil alone deducted 6 points of my Health Points! "

Bai Xiaowen was secretly shocked. He looked at Bryon, who had a terrifying bloody hole in his throat, and was on high alert.

They were both hit by Cut Throat. Why didn't Bryon die immediately like the other soldiers?

Bai Xiaowen noticed the reason.

One of the important conditions for Cut Throat to kill was that the damage dealt by Cut Throat was more than one-third of the target's maximum Health Points! Obviously, Bryon, who had 10 points of Constitution, had 100 Health Points. Although Bai Xiaowen's Cut Throat was ruthless, it only caused 11 points of damage! It was still a long way from one-third.

Bryon's pain stimulated his ferocity. He roared and swung his two-handed hammer at Bai Xiaowen.

Bai Xiaowen broke into a run.

Although his Strength had decreased by 2 points, Bryon still had 7 points of Strength left. It was not a problem for him to crush Bai Xiaowen. Not to mention, he was well-equipped. If his two-handed hammer grazed Bai Xiaowen, his remaining 14 Health Points would be gone.

Furthermore, Bryon was in a severe bleeding state. He was losing Health Points every second! As long as the wound was not bandaged and healed, the longer it dragged on, the more advantageous it would be for Bai Xiaowen.

Fortunately, Bai Xiaowen had poisoned his dagger in advance, reducing all of Bryon's attributes by 2 points. His Agility was also reduced to 4 points. That was why he could not catch up to Bai Xiaowen. Otherwise, Bai Xiaowen would be in trouble.

Bai Xiaowen swore that he had never run so fast before. Anyone who was followed by a burly man wielding a heavy hammer would explode with 120% of their life potential. Fortunately, the notifications kept coming in, giving Bai Xiaowen the confidence to drag things out.

"Brian has lost 5 HP."

"Brian has lost 7 HP."

"Brian has lost 4 HP."

"…"

When Brian tried to bandage his wounds, Bai Xiaowen would follow him like a ghost. This made Brian roar again and again. He had to stop bandaging his wounds and chase after Bai Xiaowen. His strength was also gradually drained along with his blood.

With a plop, Brian's heavy body fell to the ground.

Bai Xiaowen finally received a series of notifications.

"Brian has lost 2 HP."

"The Imperial Army's Giant Hammer Warrior, Bryon, has died. The battle is over."

"Your Basic Combat specialty has been upgraded to Level 4, and your Basic Workmanship (One-handed Sword) specialty has been upgraded to Level 5!"

"Your Basic Workmanship (One-handed Sword) specialty has reached the maximum level. Do you want to upgrade it?"

Bai Xiaowen did not hesitate to choose yes. He received the next notification: "You have acquired the Advanced Workmanship (One-handed Sword) specialty. Your current level is Level 1."

Bai Xiaowen breathed a sigh of relief. His fingers trembled slightly, and the dagger spun around his fingertips. He felt that his control over the dagger had become more refined.

Until now, Bai Xiaowen's combat specialty could be regarded as catching up with the other quasi Awakened who participated in the test. The other quasi Awakened were generally well-prepared. They trained all their basic specialties to the maximum level of Level 5 before entering the Spiritual Realm to accept the test. Therefore, as soon as they entered the Spiritual Realm, their specialties would be upgraded and turned into advanced specialties.

"Phew, I survived at last. Let's open a treasure chest to calm down! "

The treasure chest left behind after Brian's death was obviously of a higher grade. Even the eight loot cards that were summoned had a silver flash on the back. It was quite high-end.

Bai Xiaowen killed Brian and got an A rating, so he could draw loot three times.

Notification information:

"You have acquired the Imperial Army's Giant Hammer Warrior nameplate."

"You have acquired the equipment: Steel Two-Handed Warhammer."

"You have acquired the skill book: Heavy Strike."

Bai Xiaowen felt a little regretful. He was most interested in the well-made chain armor on Brian's body. As a little brittle with only 2 Constitution, a well-made chain armor would undoubtedly increase Bai Xiaowen's survivability.

Unfortunately, he did not draw it.

Directly peel it off from Brian's body? This kind of operation did not exist. Once a well-made equipment that did not belong to the "legal" loot was peeled off from the body of the original owner, it would turn into psionic particles and dissipate. There was no possibility of cheating.

As for why the linen clothes of the auxiliary soldier that had just been peeled off did not disappear, it was because linen clothes were not equipment.

In the Spiritual Realm, the Awakened must have the "ownership" of the equipment to use it! This "ownership" meant that the equipment could be taken out of this world. For example, Bai Xiaowen had the "ownership" of the steel two-handed warhammer that he had just drawn. As long as he successfully passed the Profession Advancement test, Bai Xiaowen could bring the warhammer back to Earth.

Without the "ownership", the Awakened would not be able to enjoy the equipment's attack power, defense power, and any bonus attributes.

A sharp sword that did not belong to him was even worse than the rusty iron sword of his homeroom teacher, Xiao Jinsheng. The rusty iron sword had at least 1 to 3 attack power.

In this regard, the explanation of the expert called Beast was that the psionic particles in the Awakened's body could not resonate with the "illegal" equipment. Naturally, it could not exert its power. The loot lottery, mission rewards, and so on were the process of "legalizing" the equipment and transferring ownership to the Awakened.

In addition, unless the items from Earth contained a large amount of psionic particles, they could not be brought into the Spiritual Realm.

For example, Bai Xiaowen could bring the dagger, cloak, and blood dropped by the Elite Zombie Rat Blackfang to the Spiritual Realm. However, his own machete, tactical backpack, water bottle, steel crossbow, and so on could not be brought into the Spiritual Realm.

Bai Xiaowen glanced at the steel two-handed warhammer. The requirement was as high as 8 points of strength and 8 points of physique. He gave up on the idea and could only put the warhammer into the storage space.

"I hate binding when picked up," Bai Xiaowen muttered and then went to look at the skill book.

[Slashing Skill Book: Teaches you the Slashing Skill. After a short period of charging, your next attack will have an additional 150% weapon damage.] [Requirements: 5 points of strength.]

Bai Xiaowen was not interested in this skill book. If it was a spell, he would certainly be willing to learn it. However, it was a warrior skill. It was not compatible with his profession.

After resting for a while, Bai Xiaowen rushed to the empty mountain col camp and began to loot. The harvest this time was quite bountiful. There were:

Coins of the Lionheart Empire: 3 gold, 24 silver, 11 copper coins (the currency of the Lionheart Empire is based on a 100-unit system, that is, 1 gold coin = 100 silver coins = 10000 copper coins);

One warhorse (cannot be brought out of this world);

One military map of the Northern Region.

Bai Xiaowen also made good use of the miscellaneous wooden barrels, bedding rolls, and so on. He boiled a pot of hot soup and rested by the campfire for two hours.

It had to be said that the "completely digitized" body of the Awakened was indeed very strong. Bai Xiaowen felt that he did not need to sleep at all. After resting for a while, not only was his HP full, but even his physical strength was also fully recovered. He was in peak condition.

"No wonder the Awakened stars of the Super Cup often have news of debauched private lives. They have open parties with beautiful women every two to three days. With such exuberant energy and physical strength, as well as money and power, if they don't sleep with women, do they want to masturbate? "

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