The only regret was that the cooldown time was too long—one whole year.
If it were shorter, he would have chosen to stay outside the safe zone indefinitely, hiding until he became invincible before returning.
'Guess I can't rely on that strategy.'
He had considered continuously hunting gods outside the safe zone, using [Blood Drink] to strengthen himself. It seemed like a solid plan.
But he quickly dismissed the idea.
His act of consuming god remains couldn't be discovered. He had to hunt gods in completely deserted areas, which meant going deep into the unsafe zones.
That would double the danger. The chances of encountering an unknown, massive god would skyrocket, and he could easily end up dead.
He had seen way too many such cases in the obituary section of the [Godslayer Camp].
Either they chased after an injured god too deep into the wild, or they tried to explore uncharted territories.
Without exception, these sequence ability users were all killed by unknown gods.
There were even cases of entire god-hunting squads being wiped out.
Qin Siyang believed he was strong—but only to a certain extent. He wasn't yet at the level where he could move freely outside the safe zone.
Compared to risking his life at any moment, it was safer to stay inside the zone and scheme against others.
Qin Siyang glanced at the [Duelist's Medal] again, feeling an uncontrollable surge of excitement.
A twofold increase in strength.
'Ah, things never go exactly as planned… Guess I'll just use it now.'
For attribute-enhancing skills, the sooner they were used, the sooner they'd enter cooldown.
Qin Siyang decided to activate it immediately.
He reread the skill description and noticed that it said all of one's current strength would be doubled. An idea struck him.
All of his current strength.
If he activated [Violence] first, his strength would triple.
Then, if he used [Duelist's Medal], wouldn't that make it six times his normal strength?
Six times. Just how powerful would that make him?
Qin Siyang swallowed hard.
He looked at the few remaining Long-Legged Worms and figured today's haul was about enough.
Once he cleared them out, he could pack up and return to the safe zone.
Since that was the case, he probably wouldn't need to conserve his stamina by holding back on [Violence].
'Might as well try it.'
He activated [Violence], then immediately triggered [Duelist's Medal].
Locking onto a Long-Legged Worm, he stomped down.
Pfft—
With his upgraded sequence level and the enhancement from [Violence], his foot slammed into the ground, leaving a depression half a palm deep.
The Long-Legged Worm didn't even get the chance to struggle—it died instantly, without a shred of pain.
Then, Qin Siyang felt a surge of power flooding his body, elevating him on all fronts.
His ears could pick up the movement sounds of the Long-Legged Worms from every direction.
His eyes could clearly see every single hair on a worm more than ten steps away.
His body felt as light as a feather—he had the sensation that he could outrun the wind.
His fists brimmed with power, as if he could punch straight through steel.
Qin Siyang immediately put his strength to the test.
He stomped down on another Long-Legged Worm.
Pfft—
His lower leg sank halfway into the ground.
Qin Siyang's heart pounded with excitement.
'Power!'
'This is absolute power!'
———
Not far away, Li Tianming frowned deeply.
'Did I just imagine that?'
'Why did it look like Qin just left an afterimage when he lifted his foot?'
'But I'm sequence level three. My perception and eyesight are extremely sharp. If even I can't track his movements, that means he's at least sequence level four… No, four wouldn't be enough. He'd have to be sequence level five.'
Li Tianming frowned even harder, 'Qin Siyang is sequence level five?'
'Impossible. Absolutely impossible. If he were sequence level five, why would he need me as his insurance person? He could just crush gods on his own.'
'Besides, reaching sequence level five takes hundreds of sequence potions. There's no way he could have gotten that many.'
'I must be drowsy, my eyes playing tricks on me. No way—I need to wake up. If Qin runs into danger, I can't afford to react too slowly.'
With that in mind, Li Tianming opened his visor, letting the cold wind hit his face.
He shivered, but his vision instantly sharpened. Then, he closed the visor again.
Looking back at Qin Siyang, he found that his movements seemed normal now.
"Guess I really was seeing things."
———
Qin Siyang, on the other hand, felt a little disappointed.
Because the moment [Violence] wore off, his strength and agility dropped again.
But unlike before, where they had plunged by two-thirds, this time, they only decreased by one-third.
After estimating the change, he realized something.
Right now, his strength and agility were about four times what they originally were.
He quickly did the math and grasped the pattern.
If his base strength was 1 unit, then activating [Violence] had boosted it to 3 units.
Using [Duelist's Medal] on top of that had doubled it to 6 units.
However, once [Violence] ended, its enhancement vanished, subtracting the 2 extra units it had provided. That left him with 4 units of strength.
He had expected to be six times stronger, but the final result was only four times.
Still, Qin Siyang was very satisfied.
It was a lot better than just twice the strength.
He adjusted his speed and power to avoid arousing Li Tianming's suspicion, then swiftly slaughtered the remaining Long-Legged Worms.
After that, he sealed the black glass bottle containing the Sandworm scales and began counting his spoils.
The battlefield was littered with remains—he had plenty of work ahead of him.
Qin Siyang put on his cold-resistant suit, drew his god-hunting dagger, and started harvesting round armor plates.
Since his backpack had limited space, he was extra careful when cutting. He only kept a small amount of flesh—just enough for the Bureau's verification officers to confirm the kills had happened today.
Watching Qin Siyang work, Li Tianming's eyes burned with envy.
In his entire life, he had never seen such a massive swarm of dumb Long-Legged Worms gathering in one spot.
Normally, finding a dozen would already be considered a huge stroke of luck.
But Qin Siyang had stumbled upon an entire army of them.
A rough count put the number at at least five hundred.
Five hundred Long-Legged Worms meant five hundred god-hunting points.
And since Qin Siyang fought alone, he earned double the points.
Over a thousand god-hunting points.
No one at the 38324 safe Zone's exit could possibly have a higher score than him.
This haul alone was enough to secure him a spot in a top-tier Sequence Ability University.
Qin Siyang's luck was off the charts—he was practically the child of destiny.
Li Tianming had already made up his mind.
Once they got back, he had to squeeze some cash out of Qin Siyang.
No way he was letting this rich bastard off the hook.
Qin Siyang, of course, paid no attention to Li Tianming's jealous, twisted expression.
He was still basking in the joy of his massive harvest.
He cut down the final round armor plate and stuffed it into his already bulging backpack.
Fortunately, Long-Legged Worm armor was much smaller than Mutated Sickle—otherwise, even his large backpack wouldn't have fit it all.
To free up space, he carried the Mutated Sickle by hand on the way back.
Qin Siyang slung his heavy backpack over his shoulders, listening to the wind howling outside his visor.
The corners of his mouth curled upward.
"The wind today is particularly… noisy."
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