Jiang Kai rushed to the riverbank, quietly hiding in the reeds.

Three stowaways by the river were engaged in battle with Yuan Zhu and Nuannuan.

Yuan Zhu repeatedly used his True Power to knock his opponents away, creating a temporary two-on-two situation.

However, even so, the opponents were armed and had high attributes, making the fight completely one-sided.

At this point, Yuan Zhu was covered in countless wounds, and Nuannuan was also stained with blood.

Finally, Yuan Zhu's stamina and mental strength were nearly exhausted, unable to launch another True Power attack, as the three stowaways surrounded them with grins.

"Big guy, keep charging, keep tickling us!"

"I love it when people like you refuse to give up, it makes the torment so much more fun."

The man with black hair snorted coldly, "Break the big guy's leg first, let's see him charge again!"

Yuan Zhu's eyes widened in anger as he shielded Nuannuan, "Who dares to come closer!"

"Is that a useless roar? Who dares to come closer? Hahaha, I'm coming, what can you do about it!" The blond-haired man laughed wildly and lunged forward.

"True Power Repel!" Yuan Zhu used his last ounce of strength, angrily charging at the blond-haired man.

As the blond-haired man was knocked back, his scythe viciously slashed across Yuan Zhu's chest...

Even now, he had no intention of killing Yuan Zhu in one blow; they wanted to destroy Yuan Zhu's spirit!

Seeing the deep wound on Yuan Zhu's chest, Su Nuannuan's eyes blurred.

Zhu had done his best... but the opponents were too strong, they couldn't possibly hold out until Jiang Kai returned.

"Jiang Kai, I hope you can pass the trial..."

However, just as the blond-haired man was knocked back, two steel spikes suddenly shot out from the jungle.

The blond-haired man, caught in a state of retreat, couldn't dodge, and the spikes pierced directly through his heart!

[Kill completed, choose the amount of experience to plunder, select between 0 to 100 points.]

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"100 points!"

[Congratulations, you've leveled up to level 3...]

Jiang Kai had no time to listen to the system's voice, only instructing his watch to record the data.

Jiang Kai's attack meant his position was exposed, and since it was exposed, he went all out!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, steel spikes shot like a rain of arrows at the other two stowaways!

Jiang Kai had previously used the steel spikes in ambushes, but this was his first frontal attack, and the opponents were stowaways of a higher level.

Stowaways generally had high agility, and it was said that some even had evasion talents!

Unsure of his hit rate, Jiang Kai spared no expense, wildly firing steel spikes.

However, while throwing a large number of steel spikes, Jiang Kai minimized the use of Venomous Sting, opting instead for paralyzing spikes.

"Kai!" Seeing the arrow rain, Yuan Zhu's eyes, which had lost their luster, lit up again.

Su Nuannuan's eyes were blurred with tears as she choked out, "Brat, you're so late!"

Yuan Zhu and Su Nuannuan were also within the attack range, and they truly felt the terror of the ghost hand flying cards.

The steel spikes, even after flying over ten meters, still maintained strong momentum, embedding deeply into the ground at their feet.

At the same time, the accuracy of the spikes was astonishingly high; not a single one hit the two of them amidst the dense barrage.

After a round of intense attacks, another stowaway was pierced by four steel spikes, falling to the ground convulsing.

"Courting death!" The man with black hair dodged all the attacks, and seeing his companion fall, anger surged as he rushed towards Jiang Kai's hiding place.

Almost simultaneously, Jiang Kai darted out from the forest.

The man with black hair knew he couldn't let this person create distance, desperately giving chase.

As long as he closed the distance, he could kill him!

As a level five stowaway, the man with black hair had absolute confidence in surpassing Jiang Kai in speed, and his talent was an evasion bonus, which gave the otherwise unremarkable non-combat profession of stowaway considerable combat capability.

However, to his surprise, he couldn't get close to Jiang Kai!

The opponent's speed was incredibly fast, and more terrifyingly, his reaction and agility far exceeded his own.

He glanced at his watch's evaluation.

The watch assessed Jiang Kai's agility at 22!

At that moment, the man with black hair experienced a brief mental short-circuit.

His own agility, with a "rare" initial attribute, was only 18!

"Agility over 20? Is this a newcomer?"

With absolute agility suppression, Jiang Kai continuously widened the distance, using ghost hand flying cards to throw steel spikes.

The man with black hair couldn't touch Jiang Kai and had to dodge his Venomous Sting. Seeing that prolonged defense would lead to failure, he was both angry and anxious...

"Damn it! What kind of monster is this!" he cursed fiercely, suddenly giving up the chase and diving directly into the river!

Before leaving, he shouted, "Kid, don't get cocky, I'll definitely get my revenge!"

Jiang Kai watched as the man with black hair escaped into the water, hesitated for a moment, and gave up the idea of pursuit.

He didn't understand the man with black hair's talents and professional skills. Besides high agility, stowaways often had skills in swimming, so rashly entering the water might not be wise.

Moreover, the continuous use of ghost hand flying cards had significantly drained Jiang Kai's energy.

Watching the man with black hair escape, Jiang Kai panted heavily, feeling a weight lifted from his heart.

He quickly turned and ran towards Zhu and Su Nuannuan.

Su Nuannuan's condition was a bit better, but Zhu was gravely injured, lying on the ground barely alive.

"Nuannuan, save Zhu!" Jiang Kai urged.

Nuannuan looked at Zhu's numerous wounds, tears falling, "He's lost too much blood, and with so many wounds, I can't stop the bleeding immediately... Zhu..."

Yuan Zhu weakly opened his eyes, looked at Jiang Kai, and smiled, "Kai, it seems I can't pass the trial with you, but don't worry, I'll come back next time!"

Jiang Kai frowned, "What nonsense, I want us all to pass the trial!"

But Zhu's injuries were too severe this time, his stamina exhausted, and even with Su Nuannuan there, she wasn't a miracle doctor!

Jiang Kai stood up, looking around for anything that could help Zhu... Suddenly, his gaze stopped on the barely alive stowaway on the ground.

"I've got it!"

Jiang Kai dragged the convulsing stowaway over, "Zhu, grab the Venomous Sting!"

With that, Jiang Kai guided Zhu's hand to stab the opponent's face...

Perhaps because he had killed a few face beasts, Jiang Kai's method of killing enemies now involved stabbing the face...

"You, you're so cruel, stabbing the face..." the man cursed before dying.

"Quick, plunder the experience, a hundred points!" Jiang Kai urged Zhu.

Barely alive, Zhu completed the plunder and, miraculously... leveled up!

[Congratulations, you've reached level two, your attributes have been enhanced.]

Every time Zhu leveled up, his attributes received an additional boost.

His attributes increased to Strength 12, Physique 12, Agility 8, Mental Strength 8.

The increase in Physique meant that the exhausted Zhu was infused with new life!

Zhu frowned, looking puzzled, "I... have strength again?"