Having killed two people in a short period, Qin BuYi felt no discomfort whatsoever.
He had witnessed scenes far more brutal during his two years as an assassin.
Looking at the Eye of Investigation's description, he quickly understood its function.
He activated the Eye of Investigation and aimed it at a corpse lying on the ground.
Name: Black Whirlwind
Cultivation: First-Stage (0.6 / 10)
Strength: 0.7
Speed: 0.4
Stamina: 0.5
Attack: 0.8
Defense: 0.6
Luck: 0.1
......
With this Eye of Investigation, he could achieve a state of knowing oneself and one's enemy, able to see through even the most ingenious disguises.
Furthermore, the Eye of Investigation's range was not limited to people; it could also reveal the fundamental details of rare treasures.
"This function is simply Heaven-Defying!" Qin BuYi exclaimed.
He took out a square box from his equipment slot.
Qin BuYi looked at the box with confusion.
"Is this the growth-type weapon? A box?"
There was a Seal on the box's opening, firmly sealing the entire box.
"Do I need to open it?"
He tore off the Seal, and the lid of the box opened automatically.
A beam of light shot out from inside the box, containing various types of weapons.
Blades, swords, long spears, meteor hammers, tridents...
Without much hesitation, Qin BuYi chose a long blade.
He reached his hand into the light beam, grasped the long blade within, and pulled it out.
Killing Blade · First-Stage (1.5 / 10)
Attack: 1.5
Description: A sharp blade existing for Slaughter... The Killing Blade that once made countless beings tremble. To unlock all its secrets, you need greater strength.
"Ding! The System has forcibly bound the Killing Blade to the Host."
"Ding! This binding cannot be undone!!!"
"Ding! The Killing Blade's attribute points are now shared with the Host's cultivation."
"Forcibly bound? Cannot be undone? What does this mean?"
"Perhaps all growth-type weapons are like this."
Unable to figure it out, Qin BuYi simply stopped thinking about it.
"The Killing Blade's attributes are shared with my cultivation; that's not hard to understand. When I improve my cultivation, the Killing Blade will also improve with it."
"Clang!"
He held the Killing Blade and drew it from its sheath.
The blade gleamed with a cold light. The most peculiar thing was that this blade had no guard (handguard) where the blade and hilt connected.
He placed his finger on the blade, and a sharp stinging sensation came from his fingertip.
"If I had such a good blade just now, even if my strength hadn't increased, I could have killed those two."
The Killing Blade, held in his hand, suddenly began to tremble and struggle, trying to break free from Qin BuYi's control.
He tightened his grip. At the moment of the blade's most violent struggle, a blood-red small sword formed by the System imprint in Qin BuYi's heart shot out a sword light that landed on the Killing Blade. The Killing Blade immediately became obedient and stopped struggling.
"What's going on? Biting its master?"
Qin BuYi wiped his sweat. Judging from the Killing Blade's reaction just now, if it weren't for the System imprint's intervention, he would have almost certainly been unable to control this blade.
He stuck the Killing Blade into the ground and stared at it for a long time, seeing no further unusual movements.
"Killing Blade, from today onwards, I am your master. If you dare to bite your master again, I will throw you into a furnace and melt you into slag."
After Qin BuYi said this, seeing that the Killing Blade still had no reaction, he pulled it out of the ground and headed towards Qingyang City.
Half a day later.
Qingyang City, home to tens of millions of people.
Looking at the vast, ancient city before him, Qin BuYi was utterly shocked.
As far as the eye could see, the ground was dark red soil, and the city bricks were mottled from the erosion of time.
Looking closely, he could vaguely see traces left by various weapon Attacks on the city walls.
He squatted down and dug more than three feet into the ground with his bare hands. The surface soil was dark red, and the deeper he dug, the darker the soil became, turning a black-red color.
"How many people must have died, how much blood must have been shed, to turn this entire land into this?"
From the various sights outside the city, it seemed that this city was not safe; on the contrary, it might be very dangerous.
"Beep! Main quest completed."
"Quest rewards have been issued."
As soon as he entered the city gate, the System's notification sound rang out.
He opened his personal information panel and added the 1.5 attribute points from the quest reward to his cultivation.
Name: Qin BuYi
Cultivation: First-Stage (3 / 10)
Strength: 3
Speed: 3
Stamina: 3
Attack: 3
Defense: 3
Luck: 3
......
Killing Blade · First-Stage (3 / 10)
Attack: 3
While Qin BuYi was experiencing the changes in his body, with all his physical data having doubled, two voices came.
"Hall Master, this is the guy who killed Black Whirlwind and them."
"Hey, you kid over there, come here."
When he heard 'Black Whirlwind' and this familiar opening, Qin BuYi instantly understood what was happening.
The Qin BuYi of now was no longer the unarmed lamb, at the mercy of others, who had just emerged from the Falling Star Mountain Range.
He stopped and looked towards the source of the voices.
Two figures. The one in the lead was a young man with a hooked nose and sunken eyes.
"You're the one who killed my Nine Dragons Gang's people?"
It was a young man next to the hooked-nosed one who spoke. He was obsequious towards the hooked-nosed man, but when speaking to Qin BuYi, he instantly adopted a condescending demeanor.
"Beep! Main Quest Two: Annihilate the Nine Dragons Gang."
"Quest Reward: Second-Stage Killing Life Blade Technique, five attribute points. Failure will result in a deduction of one attribute point!"
"Beep! Side Quest: Kill all Hall Masters of the Nine Dragons Gang (0 / 7)"
"Quest Reward: For each Hall Master killed, 1 attribute point is rewarded. After killing all of them, an additional 3 attribute points are rewarded. Failure will result in a deduction of one attribute point!"
"Beep! Temporary Quest: Kill the two people in front of you."
"Quest Reward: First-Stage Killing Life Blade Technique, one attribute point. Failure will result in a deduction of one attribute point!"
There were three quests in total, and failure in any one would result in a deduction of one attribute point.
Qin BuYi would absolutely not allow any quest to fail; he clearly understood what quest failure meant in the current situation.
"Hey, I'm talking to you, did you hear me? Now, obediently kneel down and admit your mistake, then bind your hands and feet and come with us."
Seeing that Qin BuYi ignored him, the young man felt he was losing face. He stepped forward, holding a dagger, and thrust it towards Qin BuYi's eyes.
"Careful!" the hooked-nosed man shouted.
"Are you done talking? If not, go talk in Hell then." A bloodthirsty smile appeared on Qin BuYi's lips.
"Clang!"
The Killing Blade was drawn.
"Swoosh!" "Rip!"
Before the young man could react, the Killing Blade diagonally sliced across his chest, the sharp blade splitting his body in two.
"Ah!"
A painful scream came from the young man's mouth.
"You're asking for death!"
The hooked-nosed man drew a soft sword from his waist. The soft sword, like a nimble snake, attacked Qin BuYi.
Qin BuYi dodged the soft sword's Attack by shifting his body, then kicked the hooked-nosed man in the stomach, sending him flying more than two meters away.
"Cough! Cough! Foundation Establishment Early-Stage cultivation, no wonder you dared to kill my Nine Dragons Gang's people." The hooked-nosed man said as he climbed up from the ground.
Without wasting time, Qin BuYi, holding the Killing Blade, charged towards the hooked-nosed youth.
"Clang" "Clang" "Clang"...
The Killing Blade and the soft sword collided dozens of times in the air, the hooked-nosed youth struggling to parry with his soft sword.
"Crack!" The first crack appeared on the soft sword.
"Impossible, this is a Foundation Establishment Stage weapon, how could it crack?" The hooked-nosed youth exclaimed in surprise.
"Crack!" "Crack!" "Bang!"
The soft sword was cut in half by the Killing Blade.
"Swoosh!"
Without the soft sword to block, the sharp blade instantly pierced the hooked-nosed man's heart. With a flick of his wrist, Qin BuYi directly shredded the hooked-nosed man's heart.
Without looking at the two lifeless bodies on the ground, Qin BuYi continued walking into the city.
"Beep! Temporary Quest completed."
"Quest rewards have been issued."
"Beep! Side Quest: Kill all Hall Masters, 1 / 7 completed."
"Quest rewards have been issued."
After Qin BuYi left, someone quickly carried away the two bodies on the ground. The city residents, long accustomed to such daily life-and-death struggles, simply watched the commotion and then went about their business.
Recalling the 'Foundation Establishment' the hooked-nosed man mentioned before he died, Qin BuYi mentally asked the System.
"System, is Foundation Establishment the name for First-Stage in this world?"
"Yes."
"Ding! To facilitate the Host's comparison with local power Systems in various worlds later, cultivation annotations have been enabled. Please open your personal information panel to view them."
He opened his personal information panel and added the two attribute points from the quest reward to his cultivation.
Name: Qin BuYi
Cultivation: First-Stage · Foundation Establishment Middle Stage (5 / 10)
Strength: 5
Speed: 5
Stamina: 5
Attack: 5
Defense: 5
Luck: 5
......
Killing Blade · First-Stage (5 / 10)
Attack: 5
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