Qin Hao's attention had been entirely on Liu Qianqian, and her crying had been so loud that he hadn't heard the newcomer approach at all.
Liu Qianqian stopped crying and turned to look at the captain.
The captain saw that Liu Qianqian's eyes were red, with tears still wet on her face.
The sight would have stirred a powerful urge to protect her in any man.
"Kid, what have you done to outrage heaven and earth? Today, I'm going to deliver heaven's justice."
With that, he started into the little wooden hut.
Seeing this, Qin Hao hurriedly stopped him. "Hold on. How about I come down and fight you? This little hut won't stand up to a fight!"
The captain looked at Liu Qianqian and smiled, looking open and honest. "Miss, don't worry. I'm at Apprentice Tenth Rank now. I'll definitely kill this bastard and avenge you!"
Then the captain looked at Qin Hao, his face livid. "Come on, kid!"
Qin Hao narrowed his eyes slightly. When he saw the captain jump down, he followed.
Liu Qianqian wiped away her tears, crawled out of her sleeping bag, and went to look out the hut's window. What she saw stunned her.
Besides the man from before, there were seven other people below, and every one of them was fairly strong.
A team like that could easily kill an Advanced Tenth Tier demonic beast if they joined forces.
What was more, the man had just said he was at Apprentice Tenth Rank.
As for Qin Hao, although he was strong and had quite a few trump cards, he couldn't reveal them, so he was bound to lose.
To avoid being eliminated, Qin Hao would have no choice but to reveal his trump cards.
But if it came to light that Qin Hao had multiple superpowers, including a Spatial Ability, he would be in great danger in the outside world after the exam.
Thinking of this, Liu Qianqian couldn't help worrying about Qin Hao.
"Hmph, kid, you killed two of our classmates yesterday. Let's see where you can run today!"
The captain glared at Qin Hao and spoke viciously.
"Hmph, cut the crap. If you want to fight, get on with it. Don't waste time."
Since the power Qin Hao had revealed yesterday was his Dark-Type Superpower, he instantly hid himself in the shadows.
"Hmph, that trick again. Dark-Type Superpower is fucking disgusting."
Everyone was on guard, so Qin Hao couldn't kill anyone in a single strike.
As soon as he showed himself, if any of them had a control skill, he would definitely be caught by it.
Then he would be in danger. After all, he didn't know what attribute the control skill might have.
Qin Hao could have escaped and come back for revenge against this group after breaking through to Martial Artist Rank 2.
But Liu Qianqian was still there, and she didn't have a Dark-Type Superpower, so naturally she couldn't escape.
He didn't believe these people were trying to kill him solely to avenge Liu Qianqian.
If that were really the case, they wouldn't have tried to rob him yesterday after he finished fighting the Green Poison Python.
After all, this was the college entrance exam. Everyone was a competitor, and every person eliminated was one less to contend with.
That was an unchanging rule.
As he thought, Qin Hao made his way along the tree and into the wooden hut.
"Hey, girl, if the two of us join forces, how confident are you that we can kill them?"
Qin Hao whispered into Liu Qianqian's ear.
"Hmph, they came to kill you, not me!"
Clearly, Liu Qianqian was still angry.
With no other choice, Qin Hao could only deal with them himself.
Back below, Qin Hao picked out the weakest person among them and prepared to strike.
Just then, Liu Qianqian suddenly jumped down and said, "Sir, let it go! That bastard already escaped."
"Oh, hehe, miss, I'm terribly sorry. I actually let that bastard get away."
As he was speaking, one of the team suddenly used a control skill on Liu Qianqian.
Liu Qianqian was immobilized, and the captain immediately tied her up securely.
"You... what are you going to do?"
The captain said, "Hehe, what are we going to do? Miss, this is the college entrance exam. One less person means one less competitor."
"D-didn't you say you'd avenge me?"
"Hmph! Avenge you? I'd guess you and that kid are a couple, right? You wanted to sneak up on us from behind while I was doing everything I could to kill him, didn't you?"
"Besides, that kid killed an Advanced Tenth Tier Green Poison Python all by himself yesterday. When we tried to rob him, he killed two of our brothers. He's that strong, so if we fought him, wouldn't you be the fisherman who profits?"
Liu Qianqian was full of regret. She should have listened to Qin Hao. If the two of them had joined forces, this group couldn't have done anything to them.
But now, it was too late.
At that moment, Qin Hao was hiding in the shadows, his sights set squarely on the person with the control skill.
"Heh, miss, hand over the Monster Cores you've got on you! Then we can give you a quick death. Otherwise, I don't mind sacrificing my body a little!"
The captain threatened her.
"Hmph, you looked so honest just now. I never thought you'd turn out to be a disgusting scoundrel!"
Liu Qianqian said contemptuously.
Qin Hao had seen through him long ago. How could someone who had become captain possibly be honest and simple?
"Hmph, looks like I'll have to make a little sacrifice after all."
With that, the captain reached a grubby hand toward Liu Qianqian's thigh.
Just as he was about to touch her, Qin Hao struck.
One fatal blow took out the person on the team who had the control skill.
Unfortunately, another person used an ice-type control skill and froze Qin Hao with Freeze.
The captain rushed to Qin Hao's side and stabbed his dagger toward his throat.
"No!"
Liu Qianqian cried out in regret.
Unfortunately, the dagger still struck him.
But it didn't pierce him. Using Freeze as cover, Qin Hao had formed a layer of stone wall around his body, blocking the dagger's attack.
Truth be told, compared with his own Ice Seal, this Freeze effect was like a little witch meeting a great one.
Just then, Freeze wore off, and Qin Ruguo stabbed the dagger he had prepared toward the captain's throat.
But the captain's superpower was a Metal-Type Ability Beastification Ability. He transformed straight into a lion, his whole body covered in metal, and the dagger failed to pierce him.
Qin Hao immediately changed direction and freed Liu Qianqian.
"Qin Hao, you..."
"Cut the crap. Let's deal with these people first."
With that, Qin Hao vanished again, hiding in the shadows.
This time, Qin Hao had changed targets: it was the captain.
The captain was at Apprentice Tenth Rank, but the others were only at Apprentice Sixth Rank.
Qin Hao, however, used a feint to the east while striking in the west.
He attacked the person who had just used the ice-type control skill. Sure enough, the captain noticed early and quickly moved in front of that person.
At the same time, that person used a Freeze skill on Qin Hao.
Using Freeze as cover, Qin Hao used Ice Seal on the captain.
The captain was sealed at once.
Seeing her chance, Liu Qianqian instantly made her move, sending Ice Spike Assault at the others.
At that moment, Qin Hao used spatial teleportation to thrust his dagger through, with the exit aimed directly at the back of the captain's head.