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Chapter 176 Nightmare's Joint Ability

In the dark dense forest, a nimble figure shuttled quickly.

The two ultramarine pupils looked extraordinarily bright in the forest.

"clatter."

Kurosawa stepped on a huge high stone somewhere.

Take a break.

Nightmare and Little Shining who were wandering around him gathered around.

This is the second hour after departure.

Kurosawa, who has developed the super-sense of the power of nature, quickly moved in the prescribed field area, looking for the props and balls needed to advance.

Unfortunately, I didn't feel anything unusual for the time being, and the examinee's bracelet in my hand didn't make any sound.

"I wonder what happened to the others?"

Kurosawa hugged Little Shining, sitting cross-legged on a rock to rest.

Although he has not found anything so far, he is not too worried about whether he can find the predetermined promotion props.

In this assessment process, he has a great advantage over other candidates.

First of all, the powerful perception ability provides him with more possibilities to find the target.

Secondly, his strong physique is conducive to his long running in the forest.

Unless he was extremely unlucky, it would not be difficult for him to find promotion items.

What he needs to pay attention to are other candidates he may encounter on the road.

His current strategy is to quickly approach the terminal base, and then try to avoid meeting other people as much as possible.

Whether that person is stronger than oneself or weaker than oneself.

More than 700 candidates are distributed in the huge forest, and the probability of encountering each other is not very high or small.

If a conflict is triggered, victory or failure is not the key, it is easy to attract other candidates who are aware of the movement.

Not long ago, a candidate rode a flying elf and slid past his head, and he was very alert to this.

Because for some candidates, the strategy they formulate may not be looking for promotion props, but looking for other candidates.

Kurosawa took a few mouthfuls of dry food, fed the two elves, and started searching again.

Another five hours passed.

It was almost dusk, and a figure crawled in the bushes.

In the distance is a calm lake, and several wild elves are drinking water on the shore.

"Nightmare, prepare to use hypnosis."

Kurosawa issued a psionic command, and at the same time winked at the elf Nightmare beside him.

Nightmare nodded, expressing understanding.

The next moment, its purple body suddenly disappeared into the air, just like melting ice and snow.

Half a second later, it quietly appeared on the shore.

The lake at dusk reflects the last afterglow, and the water surface is sparkling.

"what!"

Before Nightmare could use his skills on the target, the wild elves drinking water on the shore instinctively smelled a sense of danger.

In an instant, he started to run wildly.

Kurosawa immediately activated his psychic energy and used the hypnosis skill in conjunction with Nightmare.

Fortunately, the proficiency of the hypnosis skill is LV3, and he also had an early warning, so the skill was released very quickly.

Although the creatures in the lake had sensed that something was wrong and turned their heads to hide in the depths, the next moment was accompanied by a powerful energy burst from the nightmare.

A drowsy breath diffused, penetrated into the water, and enveloped it.

Under the water of the lake, a half-meter-long big herring stopped moving on the spot, as if it had been cast with a hold technique.

If you look closely at its fish eyes, you can find that it has been covered with a layer of purple mist, without any sense of agility as a living thing.

Nightmare rode on the fish's back, took a deep breath, and picked up the big herring from under the water.

It "difficultly" hugged the fat big herring to Heisawa who had already walked to the shore.

Kurosawa touched its head and gave a few words of encouragement.

He was indeed lucky.

The air pressure was low today, and it happened that this big herring with a prop ball hidden in its body came out of the water to take a breath.

And although the elves drinking water on the shore were unavoidably disturbed during the process, fortunately, the herring was not released and the catch was successfully completed without any danger.

If you let this big guy dive into the bottom of the lake, it's really not that easy to catch it all at once.

After all, he doesn't have a water elf, so he can't capture underwater for a long time.

Moreover, the vicinity is relatively open, and staying too long can easily attract the attention of other candidates.

He glanced at his left wrist.

Changes have taken place on the small display screen of the examinee's wristband above.

Change from "0" to "1".

The distance between the big herring and him was less than 3 meters, and the data of the prop ball in its body had been successfully transferred to Kuisawa's examinee's bracelet.

He glanced at the motionless, sleeping big fish at his hand.

He had no other thoughts, and gently put the big herring back on the lake.

At the same time, let the nightmare dispel the hypnosis skill.

When the herring touched the water surface, its head was dizzy and blank. The next moment it sensed two terrifying auras on the shore, it shivered cleverly, and immediately twisted its body towards the bottom of the lake. The figure disappeared in a blink of an eye. .

Kurosawa washed his hands on the shore.

Looking at the sky, the sun is about to set, the light is gradually dimming, and there is only a faint glow in the sky.

"Let's go."

With no intention of staying, he led the elf towards the forest.

Night falls quickly in the mountains.

Not long ago it was dusk, and in a blink of an eye the surroundings were already pitch black.

A faint cold air overflowed from the depths of the forest.

"jijiji-"

Strange animal sounds wandered in the woods.

The forest was wet and cold at night, but Kurosawa had no intention of lighting a fire.

Simply filling his stomach, he patted his legs and stood up from the ground.

The frosty and cold silvery white moonlight was cut into pieces by the dense leaves, casting dappled light on the ground.

Looking at the deep black forest, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Night is a good time to drive.

Now that the points have been obtained, the goal of the next stage is to find a way to smoothly rush to the terminal base.

The journey is not too far away, if he runs at full speed, he should be able to reach it in three hours, but unfortunately it is difficult to reach full speed when traveling at night, and he has to beware of all kinds of opponents he encounters on the road.

From time to time, he has to bypass the target in advance, which will add a lot of trouble to his journey.

During the day today, with his stronger perception ability, he has avoided several waves of encounters with others in advance.

Perception is like an enhanced version of vision, and it can often have an early warning effect like the sixth sense, especially in wild areas with severely limited vision. The abilities of the five senses are blocked in an extremely narrow range due to layers of trees , the role of perception is infinitely magnified.

Whoever has a strong perception ability will be able to smell subtle changes earlier, and will be able to take the initiative whether to walk, stay, or take the initiative to meet them.

Night is deep.

The sky is full of stars, and the stars are gradually increasing.

A full moon hung high, and the whole forest was covered with a light silver tulle.

Slightly foggy tonight.

There is a misty white mist floating everywhere.

"call out!"

"Clap!"

"call out!"

A brisk figure jumped rapidly among the treetops.

His movements are extremely skilled.

His body drew a beautiful arc, and he was thrown into the air, and the next moment he stretched his body.

Without even opening his eyes, he moved his hands to the top of his head, hooking a branch of a thick branch.

Relying on inertia, her flexible body circled the branch for a half-time.

After that, the potential energy did not diminish, and the body was thrown forward high.

A series of movements are extremely proficient, and they are not like movements that humans can make.

"call--"

The scenery in the corner of his eyes was retreating rapidly, being pulled into a silk thread, and he was left behind before he had time to look at it.

Kurosawa left everything to his blurred vision and his powerful perception to judge direction and avoid obstacles.

But in such a seemingly unstable high-speed driving, there is no trace of anxiety in his heart.

Instead, it is wrapped in a feeling of extra freedom.

It was as if I had turned into a bird, flying freely, and every cell in my body was breathing briskly.

The wind howled against his cheek.

Suddenly, after passing through a clump of leaves, his eyes widened.

Go to Lose Grabable Target.

Nor did he panic.

"beep!"

A lightning flashed across.

A golden light appeared in front of him.

Kurosawa reached out and grabbed Little Shining's bird claw.

The figures of a man and a bird sank visibly to the naked eye.

Immediately, Little Shining desperately flapped its wings, and quickly brought Heizela up to a higher altitude.

It wasn't until he flew across the clearing and entered the woods again that Heize released his bird's claws, stepped on a branch and stood still.

"Whoosh-"

He reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Kurosawa let out a long breath.

Chest rises and falls.

Call up the examinee's bracelet to check the specific location.

It's not far from the end point.

According to the previous speed of travel, it will take about an hour and a half to arrive.

Behind Kurosawa, a cloud of purple energy spread out.

Gathering and forming in front of him, it is an elf nightmare.

Nightmare put her hips on her hips, imitating Kurosawa's example and wiped the sweat off her forehead.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Kurosawa smiled.

To be able to travel at such a high speed like just now, even if there is a reason for the continuous strengthening of the body during this period, it is inseparable from the help of the two elves.

Especially Nightmare, who has been diligently hanging on his back like a schoolbag, exerting force in the opposite direction, helping Heisawa get rid of the shackles of gravity.

Kurosawa's jumping and marching on the tree is not for the sake of being handsome.

It's that the leaves piled up on the forest floor are too thick.

If you want to run fast, you will make a lot of noise, and you can't use your hands and feet.

Kurosawa called up the system panel to check.

A series of system prompts sounded during the high-speed travel just now. He didn't listen carefully to the content at that time, and now he has time to check it while adjusting his breath.

"Through the excellent cooperation with the elf nightmare, you have independently acquired the linkage skills!"

"Nightmare Link Ability: Ghostly"

"Ability details: In the process of semi-integrating with the elf nightmare, you will gain some of the characteristics of the ghost elf, and you will lose a lot of weight."

"Current Level: Grade [-]"

"Prompt that the next level will add a new ability effect: ghost vision. Please practice this joint ability more."

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After Kurosawa was silent for a while, a surprised expression appeared on his face.

Unknowingly awakened the third linking ability.

This makes him more happy than whether he can pass the first round of the finalists.

The previous two combined abilities [Profound Transformation] and [Zeus] are both very effective, but unfortunately they are all limited to the little Shining.

Nightmare's body remained silent.

He was about to give up thinking about it, but he didn't expect to receive this unexpected joy suddenly.

It may be because it is the first time to rely on the joint ability acquired through independent training, Nightmare's [Ghost Transformation] can still be upgraded.

It seems that more diverse effects can be gradually liberated.

No wonder he didn't feel much restraint in his body when he was jumping and running just now. It turned out that it was the effect of [Ghost Transformation], and his weight was greatly reduced.

"Next, get to the finish line in one go."

After the rest, Kurosawa was in a good mood.

"call out!"

In the quiet forest, a chilly wind blew across.

The sound was fleeting.

A man in a jacket below suddenly raised his head.

I can only see layers of leaves and branches swaying gently under the deep night sky.

Other than that, nothing else.

Feeling wrong?

Or what elf?
But the psionic energy obviously didn't feel a strong attribute energy fluctuation?

He quickly summoned back the elf patrolling in front of him.

He didn't dare to move a half step, and looked vigilantly at the shadows around him. There might be hunters lurking in the shadows who would attack him at any time.

He was sure that he did hear an extremely clear movement.

As for why he didn't notice the opponent, he could only guess that it was a hidden agile elf who was extremely good at speed.

Moreover, he was in a very dangerous situation, and continuing to advance rashly would only give the missing elf a chance to sneak attack.

In the cold night, his back was gloomy, and beads of sweat could not help but drip from his forehead.

Where is it?

Kurosawa, who was advancing rapidly, didn't know how much mental shadow he had caused a male candidate by passing by by chance.

As for the candidates who had just passed through, he had noticed in advance that his strength was relatively weak, so he didn't take a detour.

Sure enough, the other party did not cause any interference to him above his head.

As for why the opponent's ordinary professional strength can come to the end base so quickly, it can only be attributed to the fact that he didn't search for props and balls during the day and was on his way all the time.

It is beneficial for ordinary candidates to arrive at the finish base within the specified time. Although they cannot pass the assessment and advance to the next round because they have no points, they can add group points to their city's representative team, 10 points per person.

Of course, if you get the points and reach the finish line, you can increase the group score more, 50/person.

The cities with the highest group scores can increase the number of participants in the coming year.

The 53 municipal districts have a maximum of 636 contestants according to the quota determined by the competition, but the number of participants in the first round of the finalist competition this time is more than 700.

The extra [-] places were filled in by the city representative teams with the top ten group scores last year.

And even if you don't look at the increased number of places, this group score ranking itself is of great significance.

Ordinary people and provincial leagues refer to the comprehensive strength rankings of each city to see the provincial competition team points.

Haitang was 33 last year.

A low-middle result is also roughly in line with the strength ranking of Haitang City in the whole province.

Can't get up, can't get down.

At the bottom are all county-level cities.

Every time, it relies on the guaranteed points of the first round of finalists.

Those who get more get a hundred points, and those who get less get tens of points.

No matter how bad Haitang City is, it will not be worse than this kind of city representative team, but it is far from those strong third-tier or second-tier teams with thousands of points.

Thinking about these things, another half an hour passed.

Kurosawa's eyes lit up, and his vision suddenly widened.

In the distance is a brightly lit forest base.

Perhaps it was because of his extremely fast speed that there were not many people nearby.

Only some players similar to the guaranteed bottom player I met just now walked slowly in the woods.

From ten o'clock in the morning to ten o'clock in the evening, twelve hours is basically the time for normal people to rush on their way.

Kurosawa moved too fast, coupled with the evasion of the super-perception of the force of nature, he did not encounter strong opponents along the way.

"Da da!"

Kurosawa stretched his body and jumped on the clearing.

Beside him, a girl just squeezed out from the woods.

The long journey made her look a little embarrassed, her hair was messed up, and there were many leaves and strange foreign objects hanging on her.

Looking at the tall figure suddenly falling beside her, she glanced at Kurosawa curiously.

The clothes were clean, the hair was neatly scattered, and the bright eyes reflected the blue light under the moonlight.

So handsome!

She recognized the team logo on the Kurosawa team uniform, is it from Haitang City?

"Brother, you are so fast."

She leaned forward and said with some intention of striking up a conversation.

If it was Chang Chuan and other members of the second-tier team, she would definitely not have the courage to approach them.

Haitang. The gap with their county team is not too big.

From her point of view, Kurosawa is probably on the bottom line.

It's just that compared to himself who was rushing on the road in a hurry, he seemed much more relaxed.

"It's okay, you are not slow."

Kurosawa took a breath.

He reached out and brushed the slightly messy bangs on his forehead.

A clear red light flashed across the girl's line of sight.

The red light numbers are clearly displayed on the bracelet worn on Kurosawa's left wrist.

"1"

She opened her eyes wide, looked down at the "0" on her bracelet, and fell silent.

(End of this chapter)