The Assessment That Ended the Newbie Period

"You know what? That guy begged for mercy so desperately, but I didn't give him a chance at all. With a swift stroke, the blood spurted out incredibly high!"

Listening to Jessica's incessant nagging in her ear, Feng Xue gave a somewhat helpless smile.

Although they are all executioners, she is different from the underlings who only need to carry out tasks, not because she is a woman, but because she is considered part of the Scales Organization's management.

Although she didn't know any executioners besides Feng Xue, the reporters from Baihong Newspaper interviewed and investigated where executioners should pick up their missions and what kind of targets should be dealt with.

As for whether this will lead to the Baihong Newspaper being targeted by relevant departments...

There's no need to worry about that, because there are far too many newspapers doing this nowadays.

It's fair to say that, thanks to the globally focused event, Libra has become the hottest topic in the world. All sorts of shady characters are scrambling to profit from this wave of hype. Not only are newspapers reporting on controversial cases, but some betting platforms, both underground and public, are even offering bets on Libra's next move.

There are many other betting options. Besides betting on who the "executioner" will be with the highest odds, there are also betting on the region where the execution will occur, the time range of the execution, the age of the executioner, and so on. It's simply dazzling.

Listening to Jessica still chattering away like a paratrooper who had just successfully jumped for the first time, he chuckled and nodded:

"I thought you'd be very uncomfortable with killing someone for the first time."

"First time? This isn't the first time." Jessica shook her head, denying Feng Xue's words. "The first time I killed someone was when I was crossing the Sargon jungle, attacked by some natives..."

"Oh? You're still alive? That's impressive!" Feng Xue looked Jessica over again, finding it hard to imagine how a young girl could fight against several experienced jungle natives in the jungle.

"I brought a gun!" Jessica noticed Feng Xue's confusion, but Feng Xue's expression became even stranger.

"Bringing a gun for wilderness survival? Are you going hunting?"

"What are you thinking? I won't use a gun in any adventure, it's just for self-defense! Self-defense, understand?"

Jessica sternly refuted Feng Xue's doubts, then abruptly changed the subject:

"In addition to this, several banks have started exchanging coins. The current 'exchange rate' is that one coin can buy 580,000 pounds, and it's rising every day. The bounty on coins on the Black Market is also constantly increasing. Could this have any negative impact?"

Although it was an attempt to change the subject, Jessica, as a wealthy heiress, was quite astute when it came to money. Upon hearing his question, Feng Xue simply shook her head and said:

"There will definitely be chaos, but the executioners' actions are carried out in secret, as is the use of coins. Anyone who has a coin, unless they're stupid, will definitely hide the fact that they have it. Even if they can't hide it, they'll act quickly. As for those fools who show off after getting the coin, we don't need to pay them any attention. Besides, the coin itself is a perk for the executioners, allowing them to exchange it for large sums of money at any time, which keeps them motivated. However, if anyone gets carried away by this, I will personally deal with them."

Feng Xue's tone suddenly turned cold and indifferent, Jessica shuddered, momentarily speechless. Seeing her suddenly fall silent, Feng Xue took the initiative to speak:

"Speaking of which, you've already successfully completed an assassination mission. Let's do a test."

"Test?" Upon hearing this word, Jessica immediately took a half step back. She knew that when she had previously offered to perform the mission, the "professional test" she was given had required her to rest at home for three days before regaining her mobility.

"Don't worry, this is considered a test to become a formal executioner. I lied to you before when I told you that blessings couldn't be passed on. I was mainly worried that executioners would become arrogant if they gained too much power at once, so generally, a new blessing is only granted after one has mastered one."

"Ah, this..." Jessica's eyes widened, but then she realized there was some truth to it. However, she quickly stopped dwelling on it. Having experienced firsthand the immense power of the "Body of a Hundred Refinements" blessing, she was immediately eager to gain new power.

"Then let's get started!"

As Jessica spoke those words, she was already prepared, seemingly afraid that Feng Xue would launch a sneak attack the moment she finished speaking.

However, she was indeed overthinking things this time, because Feng Xue took out a few eggs from her bag.

Jessica was already somewhat used to Feng Xue being able to pull out all sorts of strange things from her bag, but looking at these eggs, she still found it a little hard to understand.

Could it be... that this isn't actually an egg, but some kind of prop disguised as one?

"Don't even think about it, these are just eggs." Feng Xue rolled his eyes. With the protection of [Mirror of Clarity], he could vaguely sense Jessica's thoughts. While denying the rich girl's divergent thinking, he picked out five eggs and stacked them up in Jessica's incredulous eyes.

That's right, it's like stacking five eggs on top of each other, without any assistance.

Although it looked wobbly, the eggs never collapsed, which made Jessica instinctively hold her breath, afraid that her movements would cause the egg tower to crumble.

"See that? This is your test. You just need to stack five eggs on top of each other without breaking the shells, and then keep them balanced for at least five seconds..."

"How did you do that?" Jessica suddenly interrupted Feng Xue, staring in shock at the wobbly "egg tart," seemingly unable to comprehend the sight before her.

Feng Xue simply gave a cryptic smile and said:

"Discard common sense and use your intuition. Every egg has a different balance point, and the shell isn't perfectly smooth. You need to rely on superhuman intuition to capture these characteristics. Of course, controlling your strength is also crucial. If you can't control that strength several times greater than an average person, it will be very difficult..."

Before Feng Xue could finish speaking, the egg in Jessica's hand exploded with a loud crack.

The power gained from the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill doesn't increase overnight, so it won't cause things like crushing a cup or collapsing a sofa in daily life. However, it won't be so easy to do delicate tasks like playing cards or lottery games.

Watching Jessica awkwardly wipe the egg wash off her hands and continue fiddling with the eggs, Feng Xue glanced at the time, then smiled and said:

"The formal assessment is to be completed within one minute, but you can also treat it as a training in self-control—as long as you can thoroughly understand what I've taught you, it shouldn't be too difficult."

"It's not as easy as you make it out to be!" Jessica said, but then lost her grip on the egg, and with a snap, it broke in her hand again.

"Oh, right, it's not so easy to find the balance of normal eggs. You can try shaking them well before trying again; that will make it easier. Of course, the final assessment will definitely use normal eggs..."

Upon hearing Feng Xue's words, Jessica looked down at the egg in her hand, then began to frantically shake it...

Ask if anyone else can fake an executioner to obtain Trait...

Of course, that's possible. It's like imitating Hanako or Kuchisake-onna. However, Feng Xue has the setting of being the "Strongest Executioner," so once someone obtains the Supernatural Tale Entry for the executioner, they will definitely be weaker than him when facing Feng Xue —unless they have specific elements or Tag like [Subdue the Superior] or [Break the Mold], it's impossible to break through this setting.

PS1: Since Red King asked, I'll just summarize Libra's seven blessings here:

[Breath Concealment Technique]: A stealth technique that conceals one's aura.

[Art of Slaughter]: Techniques for efficiently subduing and killing targets.

[Mirror of Clarity]: The perception to determine whether the target is lying.

[Body of a Hundred Refinements]: Physical strength several times that of an ordinary person

[Arrow Protection]: The instinct to sense and dodge projectiles before they are activated.

[Ordinary Person's Support]: Will not be reported by unrelated witnesses.

[Endless Wealth]: You can earn trading coins by completing tasks.

PS2: There's a simple description of paratroopers on their first jump: they pee a lot before boarding the plane, sweat a lot after boarding, and talk a lot after the jump. In fact, this is the case for most extreme sports.