Qin Hao's eyes lit up as he looked at the Stone-Spike Bear before him.
He had heard that bear paws were delicious, and the Stone-Spike Bear before him was a dish in his eyes.
Licking his lips, Qin Hao immediately hit the Stone-Spike Bear with Ice Seal, followed by Ice Cone.
Once the Stone-Spike Bear was immobilized, Qin Hao drew his dagger and slashed at its neck.
With a thud, the Stone-Spike Bear's head fell to the ground.
Blood sprayed out instantly.
Looking at the dagger in his hand, Qin Hao said, "As expected of a weapon used by Martial Artists. Even an F-rank one is this sharp."
The big shots watching Qin Hao were utterly speechless as they looked at the screen.
They felt that even the highest-level demonic beasts in the forest, those at advanced tier ten, might not be a match for Qin Hao.
"Hey, should we put a few Beast Generals in next year's college entrance exam? Otherwise, if we run into another freak like Qin Hao, won't this be a little too easy?"
Song Xing spoke as he stared at Qin Hao on the screen.
After killing the Stone-Spike Bear, Qin Hao obtained 25 Points Tokens. Added to the 29 he already had, he now had 54 Points Tokens and had climbed back into first place.
After preparing the four bear paws, Qin Hao went looking for demonic beasts again.
By evening, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, and thunder rumbled—a sign that a storm was coming.
Qin Hao finished dealing with the advanced tier-ten Frost Python before him, then hurried toward the log cabin.
By then, Qin Hao had killed dozens of advanced demonic beasts and 20 intermediate demonic beasts in total.
He had obtained over 400 Points Tokens, securing his place at the top of the rankings.
At that moment, in the livestream, the commentator switched the feed to Huang Tianlong.
"Wow, Huang Tianlong has killed an advanced tier-one demonic beast! That beast alone earns him 21 Points Tokens. Added to his previous 40, he now has 71 tokens, putting him firmly in second place."
"As we can see, Huang Tianlong is now looking for somewhere to shelter from the rain. A huge downpour is expected tonight."
"All right, let's see how Liu Qianqian is doing!"
The feed switched to Liu Qianqian. She was taking on an advanced tier-three Stone-Spike Bear single-handedly, but she still hadn't managed to take it down.
Not only that, she had also suffered a minor injury.
"It looks like Liu Qianqian wants to take down this advanced tier-three Stone-Spike Bear in one go."
"But I think it might be a little early to challenge such a high-level demonic beast."
"That's right. The best strategy would be to hunt more low-tier demonic beasts first, use their beast cores to increase her strength, and then hunt higher-level demonic beasts."
The moment the commentator finished speaking, one of the Stone-Spike Bear's stone spikes pierced Liu Qianqian's thigh.
Her ice spikes, meanwhile, were blocked by the Stone-Spike Bear's earth wall.
"Oh no, Liu Qianqian is injured! The Stone-Spike Bear, on the other hand, is still completely unharmed."
At that moment, Liu Qianqian was seen fleeing toward a spot in the distance.
The commentator then switched the feed to Ye Feng.
Because Ye Feng had a control skill, hunting high-level demonic beasts was relatively easier for him.
"As expected of a super genius with a control skill! He's already killed his second advanced tier-five demonic beast and earned another 25 Points Tokens."
"That's right. Added to the 70 he had before, he now has a full 95."
"It looks like Ye Feng is very likely to be this year's top scorer in the college entrance exam."
Meanwhile, Qin Hao had returned to the foot of the log cabin and finished preparing the bear paws. Then he began cooking.
Clatter, clatter. Qin Hao worked very quickly. After boiling them for another ten minutes, he sprinkled on seasoning and mint, and a dish of fragrant bear paws was ready.
Then Qin Hao climbed into the little study in the tree, set the bear paws on the table, and brought out the dishes he had made earlier before starting to eat.
"Ah, that smells amazing! If only I had some rice!"
With that, Qin Hao began eating with a look of enjoyment.
At that moment, the storm suddenly broke.
A pitter-patter sounded as the raindrops outside struck the leaves.
The rain came down hard, but Qin Hao had no problems, since he had already built the log cabin.
The cabin was fairly large, about 30 square meters. Qin Hao had spent an hour cutting down two large trees and building it.
Inside the cabin was a stove Qin Hao had made using his earth-type ability, with charcoal still burning inside.
Watching Qin Hao on the screen, the big shots truly hadn't expected him to show no sign of tension over the exam. Instead, he looked as though he had come to the primeval forest for a picnic.
Meanwhile, in the livestream.
The two commentators were commenting on Ye Feng.
"Ye Feng really is impressive. He spent an hour pitching his tent so meticulously that he can even cook inside it."
"But this storm is fierce. We just don't know whether Ye Feng's tent is sturdy enough."
The feed switched to Huang Tianlong. He was copying Qin Hao by building a cabin in a tree, but it was already too late.
The storm was too fierce, and Huang Tianlong apparently didn't know how to make mortise-and-tenon joints, so he could only use nails.
But no sooner had he nailed it together than the gale blew it apart.
Even Huang Tianlong was blown off his feet and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, there was naturally nothing more to watch with Huang Tianlong, so the feed switched to Liu Qianqian.
Liu Qianqian had a wound on her thigh so deep the bone was visible. On top of that, despite sheltering under a tree, he had been soaked through by the storm.
Liu Qianqian's face was pale, and her lips had turned purple. Something seemed to be wrong.
"Alas, it looks like this year's top scorer in the college entrance exam can be none other than Ye Feng."
"That's right. Let's see how Ye Feng gets on!"
Ye Feng began cooking inside his tent, though he was very slow.
Meanwhile, in a log cabin, Qin Hao sat by the stove, savoring the dishes he had made that day as he admired the storm outside.
"As expected of my cooking. It's damn delicious."
The storm brought extremely heavy rain and powerful winds.
Ye Feng, who was cooking in his tent, had just finished preparing all the ingredients and was about to stir-fry them when one corner of the tent came loose in the wind.
Fortunately, Ye Feng had awakened a wind-type ability, so he was extremely fast. When he saw that the tent was about to blow away, he rushed over and secured it.
But just as he finished securing that side, the other side began to come loose.
And so, Ye Feng wasn't doing very well either, kept busy securing his tent the whole time.
As for Qin Hao in the log cabin, after eating and drinking his fill, he took out a sleeping bag and laid it beside the stove, ready for bed.
His log cabin was held together entirely by mortise-and-tenon joints. It was incredibly sturdy; even in such strong winds, it didn't so much as sway.
Just as he was about to sleep, he suddenly noticed that the water was rising in the forest.
Indeed, the storm had continued for four hours, and water had pooled throughout the forest.
Qin Hao immediately ran to the cabin window and looked at the water on the ground. It was nearly 30 centimeters deep.
"Fuck, good thing I chose to build in a tree, or I'd have been flooded!"
After that remark, Qin Hao prepared to sleep, only to suddenly spot a black figure not far away.
He took a closer look and saw that it was an old acquaintance.