6: Purple-haired wild rat! Wei Xingyue!

Successfully killed a Level 3 Wasteland Rat, gaining 120 Energy (additional +20).

Successfully killed a Level 5 Wasteland Rat, gaining 280 Energy (additional +80).

Successfully killed a Level 3 Wasteland Rat, gaining 120 Energy (additional +80).

...

Consumed 4000 Energy, wild spirit ginseng strengthened +5!

Energy Bar: 470 / 100

After strengthening the wild spirit ginseng to +5, Ye Ze swallowed it whole.

You gained the talent: Smell Enhancement (E-rank)!

Your Strength index increased by 8 points!

Your Constitution index increased by 10 points!

Your Agility index increased by 2 points!

“Ugh… it stinks,” Ye Ze grimaced.

As his Smell Enhancement ability improved,

he began to perceive the strong, direct stench from the various nest entrances, assaulting his senses.

Several minutes later, Ye Ze gradually grew accustomed to this enhanced olfactory experience,

and was able to clearly distinguish every scent in the air, including the smell of the Waste Rat.

Successfully killed a Level 4 Wasteland Rat, gaining 195 Energy (additional +45).

Successfully killed a Level 3 Wasteland Rat, gaining 120 Energy (additional +20).

Successfully killed...

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The Waste Rats in the nest fell one after another under Ye Ze's dagger.

With his powerful Smell Enhancement,

Ye Ze's efficiency in finding Waste Rats greatly improved.

If there were a rat-slaying competition,

Ye Ze would definitely be the strongest contender for the championship.

...

The Waste Rats within a hundred-meter radius of the nest were mostly killed by Ye Ze, and he began to move deeper into the nest.

Following the scent of Waste Rats in the air,

Ye Ze found a Waste Rat with purplish-black fur. This Waste Rat was a circle larger than the Level 5 Wasteland Rat he had killed before, but smaller than the giant Waste Rat he had encountered yesterday.

“This one should be Level 6.”

Ye Ze activated Stealth, crouching low as he crept behind the Waste Rat, intending to repeat his old trick.

Chisel Strike!

Ye Ze held the dagger in a reverse grip and delivered a heavy blow to the back of the Waste Rat's head.

Clang!

A clear ringing sound.

The dagger's hilt struck the purplish-furred Waste Rat's back of the head firmly.

But this time, something unexpected happened.

The purplish-furred Waste Rat was not stunned!

Screech!

The purplish-furred Waste Rat let out an angry shriek, turning its body and opening its mouth to bite at Ye Ze.

A foul stench assaulted his nose!

Ye Ze quickly dodged aside and rapidly widened the distance between himself and the purplish-furred Waste Rat.

“My Strength attribute is still not enough,” Ye Ze sighed.

Against Level 5 Wasteland Rats, Ye Ze's Chisel Strike had almost a 100% chance of stunning.

He didn't expect it to fail on the first try against a Level 6 Wasteland Rat.

“Screech!”

An angry shriek came from the purplish-furred Waste Rat's mouth.

Immediately,

Ye Ze smelled two increasingly strong scents drifting from the depths of the nest.

Pat, pat, pat, pat—

A series of footsteps approached from afar.

Squeak! ! !

Squeak! ! !

Two Level 5 Wasteland Rats ran out from the shadows deep within the nest, letting out two ear-piercing shrieks at Ye Ze.

The situation instantly turned into a 1v3!

“A 1v3, huh? Alright, I'll play with you.”

Ye Ze didn't panic; instead, he showed an eager expression.

Squeak~!

The purplish-furred Waste Rat was the first to attack Ye Ze, biting at him.

Ye Ze shifted his feet, skillfully dodging the purplish-furred Waste Rat's bite.

Swish~

The dagger flicked upwards.

Rip~!

A wound appeared on the purplish-furred Waste Rat's left cheek, almost blinding one of its eyes.

Originally, this strike was precisely aimed at the purplish-furred Waste Rat's left eye, but another Waste Rat lunged, forcing Ye Ze to abandon the opportunity, side-step to avoid the lunge, and change his flick to a slash.

“Again.”

In the previous round,

Ye Ze not only didn't fall into a disadvantage but even injured his opponent, which greatly boosted his fighting spirit.

Squeak~!

The wounded purplish-furred Waste Rat was furious, turning around and biting again.

Squeak~!

Squeak~!

The other two Waste Rats also attacked Ye Ze from both sides.

Ye Ze calmly dodged,

recalling the evasion techniques he had learned in the past,

and how to simulate evasion movements when facing various monster attacks in different simulated battles.

Ye Ze began to enter a marvelous rhythm; his body didn't move much, yet he narrowly dodged every attack from each Waste Rat every time.

Each time, if it were just 1 centimeter off, the Waste Rat's claws would have landed on him.

“Use moves to conceal body movements, and use body movements to unleash moves.”

This sentence echoed in Ye Ze's mind.

This was a saying from an Assassin-class teacher during a simulated combat training session.

The movement technique he was demonstrating now was derived from this Assassin teacher's skill—named Shadow Dance Step.

Ye Ze recalled each move of the Shadow Dance Step in his mind.

“The stronger the talent, the stronger the skill; this is an unchanging truth in the class system!”

Swish~!

A cold glint flashed!

While skillfully dodging the purplish-furred rat's attack, the Fine Steel Dagger in his hand drew a graceful arc in the air.

Rip!

Screech! !

The former was the sound of flesh tearing, the latter was the purplish-furred rat's painful shriek.

Ye Ze was completely immersed in this marvelous rhythm.

“The teacher said that every Assassin skill is about excavating talent. Therefore, the stronger the talent, the stronger the skill. But conversely, continuous skill training can also achieve the effect of feeding back into talent.”

Shadow Dance Step is a combat movement technique; it is both evasion and attack, like a flower blooming amidst slaughter.

Relying on the rotational force of Shadow Dance Step, that Assassin teacher's dagger strike could achieve a power amplification of 280%.

And Ye Ze, through training, reached 140%.

It was also on that day that he awakened the talent of Dagger Specialization.

That teacher was very surprised at the time, believing that Ye Ze was born to be an Assassin, had high hopes for him, and thought he might even awaken the legendary Assassin class.

But he never thought that he would awaken the Chef class.

But even with the Chef class,

I still do not lack the courage to fight for my life!

Rip~!

The purple-skinned rat's fierce claw tore through the air about 3 centimeters in front of him.

He spun his body, dodging another Waste Rat's pounce.

Swish~!

A blade gleam, thrust out from the spin, landed with incredible precision on the Waste Rat's weak point—its throat!

Gurgle—

Crack—

The tearing of flesh accompanied by the sound of a broken throat bone; the Waste Rat's throat was completely cut open.

The dance of slaughter did not cease.

Ye Ze used the rotational force, reaching a power amplification of 140%, then activated Chisel Strike.

Bang!

The dagger's hilt slammed hard into the back of the purplish-furred Waste Rat's head.

The purplish-furred Waste Rat let out a faint “Screech”, its eyes glazed over, its body swayed, and its limbs went limp on the ground.

Stun successful!

Rip~!

A blade gleam flew out,

the Fine Steel Dagger plunged into the purplish-furred Waste Rat's throat, simply and cleanly ending its life.

Successfully killed a Level 5 Wasteland Rat, gaining 280 Energy (additional +80).

Successfully killed a Level 6 Wasteland Rat, gaining 450 Energy (additional +150).

The last remaining Waste Rat also had its life ended by a single strike from Ye Ze.

Successfully killed a Level 4 Wasteland Rat, gaining 195 Energy (additional +45).

...

“Hmm… a scent?”

Ye Ze didn't have time to be happy; instead, he turned and looked behind him.

As soon as he disengaged from the battle, he immediately smelled several different biological scents.

Clap, clap, clap, clap—

A round of applause rang out.

Behind Ye Ze, a five-person team had appeared at some point.

The one applauding was a woman in armor, carrying a greatsword, who was leading the group.

She was about 1.7 meters tall, and her bright silver armor perfectly accentuated her devilish figure.

Ye Ze recognized her.

During the multi-school joint mock battle, Ye Ze had met her a few times.

Because of her excellent performance in the mock battle, Ye Ze remembered her name—Wei Xingyue.

Wei Xingyue applauded and praised, “As expected of a genius who awakened the Dagger talent even before the class change ceremony.”

“My name is Wei Xingyue. We met during the mock battle; I wonder if you still remember me.”

“I remember,” Ye Ze nodded.

Wei Xingyue asked curiously, “I heard your team disbanded?”

Hearing this, Ye Ze couldn't help but show a helpless smile: “Yes.”

He didn't expect that even students from other middle schools had heard the news of his team disbanding.

“Our team happens to be missing an Assassin. Are you interested in joining us?”

Ye Ze fell silent.

She was also a student who performed exceptionally well in the mock battle.

But unlike Ye Ze,

at the class change ceremony, Wei Xingyue awakened a rare class—Holy Sword Master.

This was an extremely rare and powerful class.

Only a dozen Holy Sword Masters had awakened in the entire Dragon Country.

But all of these dozen Holy Sword Masters were famous powerhouses in the Dragon Country.

It was said that the vice-principal of that university in Magic City was a Holy Sword Master class user.

It was foreseeable that merely by awakening the Holy Sword Master class, her future was already infinitely bright.

So the students on the bus were indeed not wrong.

Awakening a class was like this:

Some people soared to success because of their class,

while others became one of countless ordinary people, finding it difficult to ever stand out.

Wei Xingyue was the former,

and in the eyes of most people, Ye Ze was undoubtedly the latter.