Your Agility is Too Low

The afternoon passed without incident during the porridge distribution. Only after Chu Danqing earned 150 points of faction contribution did he begin packing up to return to Lu Estate.

As for delving deeper into the Trial World to improve his evaluation, that would require corresponding clues and direction. Otherwise, wandering around aimlessly would be less cost-effective than reading books and earning some faction contribution in the process.

"Chu Danqing, Yin is looking for you," Lu Qiaoyun's voice called out. She had just stepped out of her sedan and was waving at Chu Danqing with a hint of excitement.

Chu Danqing pretended not to hear and turned to board his carriage.

"Chu Danqing," the coachman began hesitantly, but Chu Danqing cut him off.

"It's getting late. We should return to Lu Estate," Chu Danqing feigned ignorance.

He didn't want to get involved with this Lu Clan girl who was clearly lovesick.

"But Da" the coachman thought Chu Danqing might not have heard and started to offer a reminder.

Chu Danqing interrupted him again: "Yes, it's difficult to travel at night, so let's hurry."

Upon hearing this, the coachman immediately understood Chu Danqing's meaning and could only drive the carriage away.

Da Bao followed alongside, looking puzzled as to why Chu Danqing didn't wait for Lu Qiaoyun, but he refrained from asking directly since they had already departed.

Lu Qiaoyun's sedan was slower than the carriage, so it was quickly left behind.

With Lu Qiaoyun gone, Chu Danqing's expression relaxed.

"Wait!" Da Bao suddenly roared, activating Rending Claws and forcefully slamming his body into the carriage, causing it to swerve sharply.

Then, a gunshot rang out, and a bullet grazed Da Bao's cheek.

If not for Da Bao's decisiveness, the bullet would have likely hit Chu Danqing, not necessarily killing him, but definitely causing serious injury.

Chu Danqing steadied himself and leaped out from the back of the carriage.

Da Bao immediately charged towards the direction the bullet came from, clearly having locked onto the enemy.

Clang, clang, clang.

Heavy footsteps came from behind Chu Danqing. He turned around and saw Tie Yan's figure.

"Chu Mo, without your summons, how much strength do you think you have?" Tie Yan's tone was mocking.

He couldn't beat the Feral Fist, but how much strength could a summoner have without his summons?

At their first glance, both sides used their scouting skills.

[Probationary Dimension Apostle]

[Attributes]

[Health: 85%]

[Energy: 25]

[Strength: 9]

[Agility: 5]

[Constitution: 9]

[Spirit: 5]

[Perception: 5]

[Skills]

[Iron Tempering Slash (Active) LV.5]

[Heavy Armor Charge (Active) LV.8]

"I didn't expect you to have a complete set of basic skills."

"Too bad, you're just a summoner," Tie Yan said with elation, immediately activating his Heavy Armor Charge and rushing towards Chu Danqing.

During this process, he also drank a Weak Energy Potion to restore his energy.

His goal was simple: to severely injure Chu Danqing and force him to hand over the knowledge-based item.

After the Way of Peace was suppressed by the government, Tie Yan's trial task was running out of time.

To avoid a vicious cycle, he had to get the knowledge-based item from Chu Danqing. Selling it would not only cover the fines but also leave him with a surplus.

As for copying the content and selling it endlessly? Paradise forbade it, and no one would want uncertified knowledge.

Copying it for personal use was fine, but selling copies without certification would be directly punished by Paradise.

Knowledge could be circulated, but not indiscriminately.

Many types of knowledge contained special powers and unknown taboos, and could not be spread carelessly.

Heavy Armor Charge increased damage while rushing, and energy was restored, giving him enough energy to unleash Iron Tempering Slash for the kill.

As for Chu Danqing's Life Link and Energy Link? He didn't care at all. Without linked summons to share the damage, he was just a useless person.

But the next moment, he saw five links appear and directly enter his body.

"Your agility is too low," Chu Danqing said, watching Tie Yan's shield-axe come down on him without much expression.

"No, wait, this shouldn't be" Terror filled Tie Yan's eyes. He desperately wanted to interrupt his Heavy Armor Charge and Iron Tempering Slash.

But he couldn't interrupt them. He'd used Paradise Points to level up both skills, and he hadn't used them often.

It wasn't that he didn't want to use them more, but they were best saved as trump cards.

Even at LV1, each skill required 10 points of energy to cast. Now that they were upgraded to their current level, they required 15 and 18 points respectively.

That's why he needed to drink a Weak Energy Potion; otherwise, his energy wouldn't be enough to cast both skills.

He couldn't afford recovery items. Recovering on his own only restored 1 point per hour, which wasn't enough to support long practice sessions.

High-level skills without enough practice were like his brain saying he knew how to do something, while his body was like, "Sure, you go ahead and do it."

Unable to interrupt the skill, he could only try to redirect it. But Chu Danqing wasn't planning on letting him off so easily. He aimed his head directly at the other man's shield-axe and charged.

You have received 3.4 points of fatal damage, dealing 106.6 points of shared damage to the Life Link target.

"Ah!!!" Tie Yan screamed, a heart-wrenching pain erupting throughout his body. He spat out a mouthful of blood.

His entire body went limp, and he couldn't even hold onto his shield-axe, dropping it to the ground.

Chu Danqing touched his forehead, which was bleeding from a small cut. He then took out a Medicated Soup Dumpling, popped it in his mouth, and chewed.

He took out his short knife and cut himself again.

You have killed a Dimension Apostle Trainee.

He finished off Tie Yan.

"As expected of someone with 9 points in both Strength and Constitution. Not only is his damage higher than the Chief of Qingya Stronghold, but he can even take one more hit than him," Chu Danqing said, popping another Medicated Soup Dumpling into his mouth.

"I thought these dumplings, with their low recovery, wouldn't be of much use, but it turns out they're perfect for me."

He had five steamers of ten dumplings each, and he'd only used three out of fifty. They were quite durable and not wasteful at all.

"Paradise encourages cooperation during the trainee phase, so there's only a default cooperation mode. Killing an Apostle doesn't yield a bloody Treasure Box."

"Although I can't get the inheritance from his Storage Space, I can take the external items."

Chu Danqing began collecting the spoils of war, such as Tie Yan's heavy armor and shield-axe.

On the other side, Da Bao was also carrying a mangled, unrecognizable corpse. Judging by the clothes, it was Han Ying.

He was just bait, a pawn used to lure Da Bao away.

"You can't judge a book by its cover. There's a reason why summoner Apostles exist."

"Little Chu, this thing, equipment…" Da Bao rummaged through the corpse and pulled out a sniper rifle. "Hits, cold, and painful."

"You use it, perfect!"

When Chu Danqing saw the sniper rifle, a look of joy appeared on his face.