The First Kill Belongs to Yours Truly, Chu

Tie Yan shattered his Life Link with Han Ying, his expression shifting between dark and uncertain.

As a prospective Dimension Apostle who had undergone seven trials, he prioritized strengthening his Strength and Constitution, managing to raise both attributes to 9 points.

However, he was still no match for that summoned creature, whose Strength attribute likely reached the limit of 10 points.

Therefore, he decided to back down and offer sufficient sincerity.

"Look at what you're saying, friend. Han Ying just completed the prospective trial and doesn't know any better, so please bear with him." Tie Yan reluctantly took out a Weak Energy Potion to restore energy.

Healing Potions and Energy Potions were the two most popular recovery consumables in Paradise. They were manufactured by Life Apostles, and their sheer quantity had driven down the prices of other recovery consumables.

Moreover, the selling price only had a 10% profit margin. With Paradise regulating prices, the former fluctuated around 150 Paradise Points, while the latter was around 400.

For Tie Yan, offering a Weak Healing Potion and a Weak Energy Potion was already a sign of great sincerity.

He didn't even have many recovery items on hand himself.

"Aren't you going to offer something?" Chu Danqing's gaze fell on Han Ying.

Tie Yan offering something was expected. His intention was nothing more than playing the good cop and bad cop, and then using the Dragon-Tiger Alliance's background to turn a major issue into a minor one, and a minor one into nothing.

Han Ying, whose own strength wasn't high, reluctantly took out a Weak Healing Potion, his face looking awful.

His situation was even worse. He only had two potions in total, and now he had to give one to Chu Danqing.

Da Bao slowly restrained his ferocity, took the items, and returned to Chu Danqing's side.

As soon as Chu Danqing saw the Weak Energy Potion, he knew it was a good item. He had checked before, and one bottle cost 410 Paradise Points.

It was still the cheapest energy recovery consumable.

[Weak Energy Potion]
[Type: Consumable]
[Quality: Common]
[Effect: After fully drinking, immediately restores 20 points of Energy. Can be consumed in multiple portions to obtain different recovery ratios.]

Expensive, but there was a reason for the price. Its effect far surpassed that of a Weak Healing Potion.

After putting away the items, Chu Danqing ignored Tie Yan and the others, instead focusing his gaze outside the protective barrier.

The countdown was about to end, and the commotion was gradually approaching.

Cries, roars, and other sounds all indicated that the situation in the wind and snow was not optimistic.

The others were preparing to escape.

Chu Danqing was different; he was preparing to take action and save people.

He didn't believe that this event would appear for no reason. Paradise placing them here must have a deeper meaning.

Just like his prospective trial back then, it was precisely because he had a good start that everything went smoothly afterward.

Da Bao's base attributes were 9 points, but with the amplification from Summoning Basics LV5, it reached 10 points.

With Chu Danqing providing support, the success rate of rescuing people and killing enemies wasn't low.

The countdown ended, and the wind and snow rushed in, along with several people heading in their direction.

Many of them were injured.

Tie Yan and the Dragon-Tiger Alliance members immediately fled backward.

The crew-cut youth didn't leave, seemingly having other plans.

But soon, he saw the number of pursuers, at least twenty in total. After weighing the situation, he directly retreated.

The main reason was that he discovered through his Appraisal skill that the leader of the pursuers was no weaker than him, wielding a splitting axe while bare-chested in the frigid weather.

Only Chu Danqing and Da Bao were left.

If Tie Yan had stayed, the three of them working together, along with the help of other Apostles, would have had a high chance of winning.

As for now, Chu Danqing was also confident in winning.

He used Appraisal, and the leader's data immediately appeared.

[Chief of Qingya Stronghold]
[Attributes]
[Health: 100%]
[Mana: 60]
[Strength: 7]
[Agility: 6]
[Constitution: 7]
[Spirit: 6]
[Perception: 6]
[Skills]

[White Tiger Refinement Scripture LV.1]

[Military Formation: Flying Geese LV.1]

His stats are indeed quite a bit higher than the average person, especially Strength and Constitution, but the reason he's not afraid of the cold isn't due to his stats.

Through the skill descriptions, Chu Danqing also figured out the identity of the leader. If they weren't disguised government soldiers, then they were a bunch of deserters.

It was a pity that Chu Danqing's Investigation skill and stats weren't high enough, or he could have discerned even more.

"Da Bao, you take out the small fries, I'll take out the big one." As soon as Chu Danqing finished speaking, Da Bao activated Rending Claws.

With a roar, he charged straight into the bandits.

"Where did this brat come from, daring to..." The Chief of Qingya Stronghold hadn't finished speaking when he saw five chain-like objects sink into his body.

Then he felt nearly thirty percent of his mana drain away. Before he could make his next move, the chains collapsed.

"You little bastard, you're the one playing tricks, aren't you? Prepare to die!" The Chief of Qingya Stronghold glared, brandishing his Battle Axe as he charged towards Chu Danqing's head.

Someone emerged from behind Chu Danqing, wearing leather armor, with three bulging quivers and a short knife hanging from his waist, holding a repeating crossbow.

In the Chief of Qingya Stronghold's horrified gaze, a dense volley of arrows shot out from the repeating crossbow.

"Tiger Leap Gorge!" The Chief of Qingya Stronghold swung his Battle Axe, his mana plummeting to rock bottom, as a phantom white tiger materialized.

It leaped out as if jumping across a mountain stream, blocking the arrows and saving him from becoming a hedgehog.

The Repeating Crossbowman's magazine was empty, and the Chief of Qingya Stronghold seized this opportunity to attack.

But before he could, Chu Danqing made his move, attaching five Life Links to the Chief of Qingya Stronghold.

Seeing the different styles of chains, the Chief of Qingya Stronghold felt uneasy.

Then he saw Chu Danqing take out a short knife and slice it across his own neck.

In an instant, his neck was cut open, but no blood splattered out.

[You deal 3 points of fatal damage to yourself, dealing 97 points of shared damage to the Life Link target]

The next moment, Chu Danqing canceled the Life Link, decisively stuffed a Medicated Soup Dumpling into his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it. The superficial wound on his neck began to heal.

[You have killed the Chief of Qingya Stronghold]

The Chief of Qingya Stronghold didn't even understand what was happening. His health reached zero, and he died instantly.

It looked almost as if Chu Danqing had cursed him to death.

"Go help Da Bao." After Chu Danqing finished speaking, the Repeating Crossbowman began reloading arrows and firing in bursts.

Each arrow accurately struck the enemy's vitals, proving that they were indeed elite.

The cooperation between the ranged and melee fighters made their combat efficiency far superior to before.

Unsurprisingly, the remaining bandits wouldn't last more than three minutes. Thinking of eradicating evil completely, he instructed Da Bao and the Repeating Crossbowman.

"Leave a few alive, I have a use for them."

After Chu Danqing finished speaking, he leisurely opened the Repeating Crossbowman's stat panel and began to examine it.

After reading it, he immediately felt that he had really gotten a good deal.