As soon as he got the Emperor's Heart Ring, Lin Huang signed up for the Regular Hunter assessment.
Soon, another week had passed. Lin Huang had been resting for the entire week. However, he would spend a few hours practicing the close combat skill, Fatal Tactics. It was not to improve his strength, but to prevent his body from entering a slack state. Therefore, he would practice this set of close combat combat every day, so that his body would always be in a good state.
Looking at the date, it was about half a month before the assessment. It was time for him to depart. He then took the opportunity to talk to Lin Xin and Lin Xuan during dinner.
"I will depart to foothold No.7B24 within two days to participate in the Regular Hunter Assessment. The assessment will take about a month and the journey will take more than 20 days. In total, it will take about two months. "
"Brother, can you come back before the end of the year?" Lin Xin did not look happy.
"It should be fine. The Hunters' Association will definitely consider the time before the end of the year. I should be able to come back after the assessment. "Lin Huang nodded.
"Lin Xuan, listen to me when you're home. Look for me when you're hungry. Don't wander around and follow me when you're out. "Lin Huang said to Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan nodded.
"Xin Er, I still have many monster carcasses with me. Transfer them to your storage space. Don't just eat meat like him. Add some fruits and vegetables. I'll transfer some credit points to you … "Lin Huang transferred the monster carcasses and credit points to Lin Xin. "Don't be stingy. Buy what you need and use what you need …"
Lin Xin did not say anything but nodded. She knew that the Regular Hunter Assessment was only held twice a year. If Lin Huang missed it this time, he would have to wait until next June.
The next day, Lin Huang said goodbye to Lin Xin and Lin Xuan after lunch and headed to Baqi City.
After arriving at Baqi City, he checked into a hotel at the central square. The Demonic Crystal Spaceship would depart the next morning.
After resting in Baqi City for a night, Lin Huang took the spaceship to foothold No.7B24 the next morning.
The journey on the spaceship was a total of 11 days. The journey was peaceful, but there were many people boarding the spaceship along the way. Many of them were going to foothold No.7B24 to participate in the assessment.
On the afternoon of the 11th day, the spaceship finally arrived at foothold No.7B24 which was located north of Baqi City.
Foothold No.7B24 was also known as Beixuan City.
There were more than 180 B-grade footholds in Division7 and foothold No.7B24 was one of the earliest ones.
The foothold occupied a large area, more than 11,000 square kilometers. Currently, there were more than 16 million permanent residents and more than 5 million floating population. It was quite lively in a B-grade foothold.
After disembarking from the spaceship, Lin Huang found a hotel near the Hunters' Association and stayed there. He had booked this place before he left.
After arriving at the hotel, he went straight to the front desk to check in.
There were still three days left until the official registration time for the assessment. Lin Huang planned to take advantage of these last few days to adjust his condition.
He pushed the door open and entered the room. After resting for a while, he began to practice the Deadly Tactics.
The Deadly Tactics was a rare close-range combat skill. It had a rather high level of control over the bones and muscles.
With every punch and palm, Lin Huang could clearly feel that he was familiarizing himself with his body. Moreover, with the strength of his level-8 Army Attack Tactics, the power was multiplied when he performed the Deadly Tactics.
Lin Huang had been practicing the Deadly Tactics for close to 20 days. Although he only practiced for a couple of hours a day, the number of skill pieces accumulated was not slow at all. He was not sure if it was the effect of the Army Attack Tactics or something else.
By the afternoon of the second day, he had accumulated 600 skill card pieces for the Fatal Tactics.
A notification from Xiao Hei popped up.
"Deadly Tactics Skill Pieces x600 detected. You can synthesize the rare skill Deadly Tactics. Would you like to synthesize?"
"Yes." Lin Huang did not expect that he would be able to synthesize the close-range combat skill into a complete skill card before the assessment.
"Consuming Deadly Tactics Skill Pieces x600."
"Congratulations, you have obtained a rare skill card, Deadly Tactics."
Lin Huang immediately looked at the new skill card.
"Skill Card"
"Skill Name: Deadly Tactics"
"Rarity: Rare (Epic)"
"Skill Type: Close-Range Combat Skill"
"Skill Level: Unknown"
"Status: Available"
"Remarks: When used with Army Attack Tactics, the power will be multiplied. When used with Army Attack Tactics above level-6, the power will be comparable to an epic-level combat skill."
"Card Remarks: Not bad"
Looking at the remarks, Lin Huang could not help but laugh. He did not expect to accidentally obtain a close-range combat skill card that was comparable to an epic-level card.
Initially, he thought that since he was mainly focused on swordsmanship, it did not matter whether or not there was a close-range combat skill card. Previously, he practiced the skill not to accumulate skill pieces, but to adjust his condition. Therefore, he only practiced for a couple of hours a day before resting.
He did not expect that not only did he manage to synthesize the skill card before the assessment, but it also brought him a pleasant surprise.
As long as he cultivated Army Attack Tactics to level-6, he would be able to unleash the power of an epic-level combat skill. Now that Lin Huang had cultivated Army Attack Tactics to level-8, its power would only be greater. It was equivalent to having an epic-level combat skill out of nowhere.
"That's great, I can solve small problems with my fists in the future, I don't have to draw my sword." Lin Huang laughed at himself.
On the third day of his stay in Beixuan City, Lin Huang woke up before 7am. After breakfast, he went straight to the Hunters' Association.
The Hunters' Association officially opened at 8am. When Lin Huang arrived at the Hunters' Association, it was not even 7.15am but there were already many people waiting at the entrance.
A few scammers walked through the crowd, trying to sell the assessment booklet. Some of them actually bought it.
One of the scammers walked up to Lin Huang and pointed at the projected page in front of him. "Young man, we have a newly released assessment booklet. It reveals the latest assessment content this year. Do you want a copy?"
"No need." Lin Huang shook his head.
Lin Huang had heard of such assessment booklets long ago but it was his first time seeing one. However, he knew that these scammers were just making it up based on the assessment content over the years. It had nothing to do with the current assessment content.
The content of the regular Hunter Assessment was different every year and it was impossible for the assessment content to be leaked in advance. These scammers were only trying to scam the candidates who were not familiar with the rules.
Seeing how firm Lin Huang was in his rejection, the scammers knew that he must have read the assessment rules. They did not continue to pester him and walked away to look for other candidates.
Lin Huang was speechless as he watched people fall for the scammers one after another.
Most of the people who bought the booklet were not confident in their abilities and were not sure if they could pass the assessment. Some of them even bought the booklet even though they knew the assessment rules beforehand and they knew that the booklet was useless.
There were more and more people at the plaza in front of the Hunters' Association and more and more people were scammed.
Lin Huang had no idea how much the booklet was sold for but judging by the number of people who bought it, the scammers must have earned quite a lot.
The plaza in front of the Hunters' Association was crowded when it was 8 am Lin Huang estimated that there were at least tens of thousands of people.
The Hunters' Association opened at 8 am sharp.
A middle-aged man with a dark complexion walked out. His appearance silenced the noisy crowd.
"My name is Xu Jinpeng, I'm the head examiner of the preliminary assessment." The tanned man introduced himself, "I hereby announce that the preliminary assessment has ended!"
As soon as he said this, everyone present was dumbfounded.
Everyone including Lin Huang was stunned, "Did the head examiner make a mistake? Did he say the beginning was the end?"
Almost everyone present was thinking the same thing.
"Now, I'll announce the list of those who have been eliminated in the first round …" The head examiner, Xu Jinpeng, began to read the names one by one, "Wang Xiaopeng, Zou He, Ye Haoxuan …"
"I don't accept this!" Someone shouted after he read a few names.
Xu Jinpeng lifted his head and looked at him. He ignored him and continued reading his list.
"I don't accept this! You must give me a valid reason to eliminate me! "The man shouted again.
At that moment, the scammer who sold the booklet appeared next to the young man, "From today onwards, you're officially blacklisted by the Hunters' Association. You're not allowed to participate in the assessment for the next three years."
He then waved at the two scammers next to him and dragged him away from the plaza.
Many of them were confused but some of them understood what was going on.
"So, these scammers are the staff of the Hunters' Association in disguise … In other words, it's highly possible that the people who were eliminated in the first round of assessment are those who bought the booklets." Lin Huang figured it out immediately.
After almost half an hour, the head examiner, Xu Jinpeng, finished reading the list of eliminated people. There were more than 1,100 people who were eliminated.
After reading all the eliminated names, Xu Jinpeng once again raised his head and swept his gaze over the crowd. Only then did he speak in an unhurried manner.
He then said slowly, "I'm sure some of you know the reason why these people were eliminated. The scammers who sold fake booklets at the plaza are our staff. Those who were eliminated are the people who bought the booklets. "
"Why do we have to eliminate them? The reason is very simple.
"Firstly, they didn't even look at the assessment rules before participating in the assessment. Such people lack a sense of responsibility and don't care about the outcome. That's why they aren't even willing to do the most basic preparation. We, the Hunters' Association, are looking for the exact opposite. The kind of people who would spare no effort to do the best in everything regardless of the outcome. "
"Secondly, they knew that the information in the booklet was fake but they still bought it. It's equivalent to knowing that the information is wrong but believing that it's true. Such people have weak willpower and are easily deceived. We, the Hunters' Association, don't want them. "
"These two reasons are the basis for the initial screening. If anyone has any objections, you can apply for an appeal. "What Xu Jinpeng said made everyone speechless.
"Other than the name list above, congratulations to those who arrived after eight o 'clock, you're eliminated too." He added, "I don't think I need to tell you the reason."
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