Just like that, the captain was taken out by Qin Hao.
Because it was ice, everyone thought the person with the ice-type ability had made a mistake and frozen both of them.
Even the person who had used Freeze looked utterly bewildered, thinking he shouldn't have made a mistake.
Once the captain was dead, the battle became simple.
Qin Hao rapidly harvested heads with his Shadow Kill skill.
Liu Qianqian killed two people as well.
After two minutes of fighting, everyone was dead.
That was with Qin Hao using only his Shadow Kill skill. If he revealed all his trump cards, he could probably kill them all in an instant.
After they dealt with the group, the Monster Cores on their bodies naturally stayed where they fell.
There were a full 130 Monster Cores, including 40 advanced Monster Cores.
After finishing off their enemies, Qin Hao and Liu Qianqian exchanged a glance, then broke into excited smiles.
"I didn't expect these people in a group to be so capable!"
Qin Hao said.
"Yeah. Generally, people whose talent ranks aren't high and who aren't confident in their strength won't be lone wolves. They form teams instead. They might not earn many points that way, but they're sure to get lots of Monster Cores, enough to improve their strength."
Liu Qianqian spoke as she picked up the Monster Cores.
Indeed, lone wolves wouldn't dare hunt advanced tenth-tier demonic beasts before reaching martial artist first rank.
But a team could do it.
The two took the Monster Cores into the little wooden cabin and began refining them.
Today was already the sixth day of the exam, and only tomorrow remained.
So it was best to hurry and improve their strength today, then hunt demonic beasts like crazy tomorrow to increase their points.
The 130-odd Monster Cores, plus the more than 50 advanced Monster Cores Qin Hao had hunted yesterday, made 180.
It took the two of them an entire day to finish refining them.
By then, Qin Hao had broken through to martial artist second rank.
Liu Qianqian, meanwhile, had only reached apprentice ninth rank. There was nothing to be done; she had been held back too much.
Looking at Liu Qianqian, Qin Hao said, "Well, good girl? If you'd followed me sooner, maybe you'd have broken through to martial artist too."
"Hmph! You've got some nerve saying that. Would I be like this if you hadn't tied me up as soon as you arrived?"
"What's wrong with that? If you hadn't ambushed me, why would I have tied you up?"
"Who knew you were so strong, and you weren't even going all out? Hmph, you big bad guy!"
Liu Qianqian balled up her little fists and thumped Qin Hao's chest with all her might.
Seeing this, Qin Hao pulled Liu Qianqian into his arms.
But the commentators in the livestream happened to catch the scene.
"Wow, who would have thought the relationship between students Qin Hao and Liu Qianqian would develop like this?"
"Yeah, it really is hard to believe."
The bullet comments at that moment read: "Qin Hao, you beast! Stay away from our goddess Qianqian! She's mine!"
"It's a fresh flower stuck in cow dung. My goddess Qianqian is gone."
"Baby Qianqian, have you forgotten how that bastard bullied you? Why are you with him?"
The commentators were already used to these bullet comments. Whenever Qin Hao was involved, the comments were always cursing him.
A hint of secret delight appeared at the corner of Qin Hao's mouth. What he didn't notice, however, was the sly smile on Liu Qianqian's lips, as if she had finally managed to lure him into her grasp.
Indeed, someone like Qin Hao, who possessed multiple abilities and even had a spatial ability, was definitely a super genius.
After all, the minimum talent rank for a spatial ability was SSS+.
Besides, Qin Hao was handsome and dashing. As long as Liu Qianqian wasn't a fool, she would probably fall for him.
After all, Qin Hao had helped her more than once or twice, and he was a good cook. Where else could she find such an incomparably good man?
"Baby!"
"Mm!"
"What's your talent rank? It should be pretty high, right?"
"Not as high as yours, only SSS. Yours should be SSS+ at the very least, right, Brother Hao?"
"That's right, but mine's higher than that. You have to keep it secret for me, or I might lose my life when I get out."
"Brother Hao, you mean you're epic rank? Which ability?"
Liu Qianqian's eyes widened as she stared at Qin Hao in disbelief.
Qin Hao said proudly, "Actually, I'm even higher than epic rank. I'm legendary rank, and all my abilities are legendary rank!"
"What? Leg—mmph, mmph, mmph..."
Qin Hao hurriedly pressed his mouth over Liu Qianqian's.
After the two shared a tender moment, Qin Hao said, "Baby, keep your voice down, or the secret will get out."
"Oh!"
In fact, Qin Hao wasn't afraid of being exposed. At worst, he could just have big shots like Song Xing, Bai Bing, and Dai Jun protect him!
Besides, Qin Hao had already made up his mind that he had to hurry and improve his strength before he could protect himself.
How to put it? In Qin Hao's mind, he had to reach Dai Jun's level of strength, martial grandmaster fifth stage. Otherwise, he'd better keep his head down!
The two went out together to look for ingredients and spotted several teams along the way.
In one of the teams, Qin Hao ran into that goofball Cao Shuai.
As a result, Cao Shuai defected and joined Qin Hao.
On their way back to the cabin, they spotted more than twenty advanced demonic beasts.
Qin Hao killed them all in an instant.
Cao Shuai and Liu Qianqian didn't even get a chance to attack.
This time, though, Qin Hao didn't take any of the points afterward, giving them all to Cao Shuai and Liu Qianqian.
Cao Shuai said he had followed his previous captain for six days and obtained only 300 Points Tokens.
But he had followed Qin Hao for only a little while and already obtained 300 Points Tokens, bringing his total to 600.
Not only that, after the three returned to the cabin, Qin Hao built a separate little wooden cabin especially for Cao Shuai. It was rather small, just big enough for him to sleep in.
Qin Hao spent thirty minutes cooking five dishes by himself.
Stir-fried meat with mountain bamboo shoots, stir-fried meat with mountain peppers, braised bear paws, braised tiger penis, and vegetable and wolf-leg soup.
In the cabin, the three each had a wolf leg and ate slowly.
Because Cao Shuai was there, Liu Qianqian ate in a demure and elegant manner this time.
The commentators watched Qin Hao and the other two enjoy their happy outdoor meal and were envious.
"Sigh, what a pity. If I'd taken this year's college entrance exam, the first person I'd have joined would've been my Brother Hao. He's too invincible; he's turned the exam into a vacation."
"Yeah! Following my Brother Hao makes even the exam so easy and comfortable, and fun too!"
Without saying much else, the commentator switched the feed to Ye Feng.
At that moment, Ye Feng had killed an advanced tenth-tier demonic beast on his own, obtaining one Monster Core and 30 Points Tokens.
"If nothing unexpected happens, this year's top scorer on the college entrance exam should be either Huang Tianlong or Ye Feng."
"That's right. Huang Tianlong has around 900 Points Tokens, while Ye Feng has 890. There's not much difference between them."
Obviously, because Qin Hao's file listed his talent rank as only F, he had been largely overlooked.
At that moment, a commentator suddenly said, "But there's also that hidden dark horse. He could be the top scorer too. After all, even Huang Tianlong suffered at his hands."
At that moment, on this last night, all the examinees, whether lone wolves or teams, were desperately hunting demonic beasts for a final sprint, hoping to get good results on tomorrow's last day.
Yet while all the examinees were desperately hunting demonic beasts, Cao Shuai was having sweet dreams in the little cabin next door.
Qin Hao, meanwhile, was snoring happily in a sleeping bag with Liu Qianqian.