Chapter 96, Level 10! The fourth job skill is finally here!!!

One day later.

Midnight, 12 o'clock.

[Start calculating yesterday's earnings now]

Qin Fang, who was grinding experience in the Gulu Cave, stopped after killing a wave of monsters and decided to check the results.

[Your employee 'Qin Xiaoyou' has completed the promotion mission and successfully advanced to the next rank. She has gained the skill: Shadow Strike Lv1. Her class finishing move, Shadow Void Slash Lv1, has been upgraded to Shadow Void Slash Lv2.]

[Your employee 'Qin Xiaoyou' killed 13 monsters in the secret realm yesterday, gaining 2348 experience points.]

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The very first point made Qin Fang's eyes light up.

Xiaoyou is at level 1?

He scrolled down and sure enough, he saw the notification.

Your employee 'Qin Xiaoyou' has acquired the skill 'Shadow Strike Lv1', and you share this skill.

Congratulations on acquiring the skill 'Shadow Strike Lv1'...

[Congratulations! Your skill 'Shadow Void Slash Lv1', obtained from employee 'Qin Xiaoyou', has been upgraded to 'Shadow Void Slash Lv2'...]

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[Shadow Strike Lv1: Transform into an untargetable shadow and launch a mid-to-long-range surprise attack. Deals 200% physical damage to targets along the way. Cost: 10 Energy Points. Cooldown: 1 minute.]

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[Shadow Void Slash Lv2: Consumes 100 energy, unleashing five void slashes on all targets within a certain range. The slashes cannot be targeted during their execution, dealing 110%/120%/130%/140%/150% physical damage respectively. The final slash deals an additional 60% of the total damage from the five slashes. There is a 15% chance to trigger an execute effect when the target's health is below 20%.]

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Great skill!

Not only is the base damage high, at 200%, but the key is that it cannot be targeted during use... This state is extremely rare.

Moreover, it's clearly an area-of-effect skill... all targets it passes through will take damage.

It's a skill that combines movement, damage, area-of-effect attacks, and evasion all in one!

The cooldown time is a bit long, about 1 minute...

But that's normal.

Otherwise, wouldn't Shadow Strike be even more useful than a finishing move?

The upgraded 'Void Shadow Slash' has also been improved.

Not only has the base damage been increased, but the chance of triggering the execute effect has also been greatly increased!

good!

Qin Fangle beamed with joy.

This girl has definitely been trying to get promoted lately...

After looking at the newly acquired skills for a while, he turned his attention back to the inventory.

After Xiaoyou's promotion, she can continue to gain experience.

Meanwhile, his powerful mage continued to exert his strength today, contributing over 70,000 experience points.

However, I gained less corporate reputation today... only a passive 50 points. Aside from that... there were no other gains.

It seems that Gu Yiyun is also trying to advance her rank.

As for the violent archmage...

Qin Fang has already broken the records in the dungeons near Iron Fang City once.

Moreover, he left no room for maneuver, so Lin Fan, a level 1 violent archmage like him, naturally couldn't continue breaking records...

Tsk, it's his fault. He was only thinking about breaking the record as soon as possible and didn't think about anything else.

In future instances, it's best to leave some room for maneuver.

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Then Qin Fang had even more energy.

After the Archmage delivered 70,000 experience points, he successfully leveled up and reached level 9.

I'm just one step away from level 10.

If the Archmage is still this powerful tomorrow, then in one day... or at most two days, I can reach level 10!

At that time, there's a high probability that a new professional skill will be awakened!

Full of energy, Qin Fang continued to kill monsters.

He tried the new skill and found that it was indeed very useful, allowing him to dash nearly a hundred meters away in an instant!

Although it differs greatly from 'Voidwalker', the two are also positioned differently.

The ability to travel through the void is a life-saving supernatural power, allowing one to travel ten kilometers in an instant, ignoring terrain, barriers, and blockades.

However, with a one-hour cooldown period, it's best to save it for crucial moments.

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"You mean, Lelouch is missing?"

After spending another day grinding in the dungeon, Qin Fang returned to Iron Fang City and, as usual, contacted Yu Qianqiu to inquire about the recent developments of the centaur tribe.

Although a ceasefire has been reached, Qin Fang is not entirely at ease with the centaurs. He fears they might be up to something, so he naturally keeps a close eye on them.

He raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this news from Yu Qianqiu, which he hadn't expected.

"Ruluf has always been a focus of our attention, with people constantly watching him. A few days ago, someone spotted him in Bri and Shiva. But we haven't seen him in the last two days... He's the former commander of Bri, and a top-tier Tier 3 professional. Even if he makes a mistake, he won't be executed. So I think you need to keep an eye on him... He suffered such a big loss under you, he won't let go easily. Director Shen is worried that he personally returned to their centaur stronghold, informed their higher-ups about you, and lobbied them to deal with you... You need to be careful."

Qin Fang frowned slightly upon hearing this, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be careful. Thank you."

"Also... there's something else you need to know."

"What?"

"Your intelligence was reported to higher-ups by the Bureau of Investigation more than ten days ago. Especially after you soloed the Abyss dungeon, you sent another intelligence report to higher-ups. There was no response before, but today... higher-ups suddenly responded and said they would send a specialist to contact you..."

"Let's skip the contact; things are fine as they are now."

Before she could finish speaking, Qin Fang shook his head.

"That's the key point... Fine, I'll tell you the truth... It took more than ten days to get a response to a piece of intelligence. The situation above is more complicated than we imagined. We can't tell whether the people sent this time are friend or foe... Anyway, you just need to know the truth in your heart."

Yu Qianqiu's voice carried a hint of worry.

Qin Fang narrowed his eyes: "You mean... he might still be a threat to me?"

Yu Qianqiu remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "This possibility cannot be ruled out."

"Humans are not the same as they were ten years ago. The nine great families have controlled the government for ten years... They may not want to see another great family emerge."

"And the Divine Descent Cult is still up to its old tricks... Sigh. Anyway... you should keep that in mind."

Qin Fang's eyelids twitched, and it took him a long time to say, "I understand. I don't plan to meet with anyone."

That would be best.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Qin Fang hung up the phone.

The information brought by Yu Qianqiu silenced him.

After a long pause, he muttered, "Luckily, I was careful enough and didn't expose myself..."

"So... the cities in the south aren't necessarily safe after all..."

The Guozhu family.

Nine national pillars.

They might not want to see another pillar of the nation emerge...

Qin Fang shook his head.

They really are human.

Even when surrounded by external enemies and eyed by foreign races, they still don't forget to fight among themselves?

Qin Fang remained silent for a long time before finally taking a deep breath.

This is only Yu Qianqiu's side of the story. After all, he hasn't seen it himself, so it's not appropriate for him to make any judgment based on it.

Let's see as we go.

Anyway, as long as he gets stronger every day, he'll eventually encounter those so-called Nine Great Pillar Families...

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And just like that, another day passed in the blink of an eye.

At midnight, Qin Fang waited expectantly for the settlement to begin.

He spent a whole day grinding for experience points, and now he's only 60,000 points away from level 10!

Based on the contributions of the violent mage in the past two days, as long as he continues to maintain this level, he can directly awaken a new class skill upon the settlement!

[Start calculating yesterday's earnings now]

The time has finally come.

Qin Fang looked on expectantly.

After seeing the message 'Your employee Lin Fan killed monsters today...gained 73154 experience points...'

Qin Fang's eyes lit up!

It's here!

Congratulations! You have gained 73,154 experience points... You have leveled up!

Then……

[Congratulations on awakening your fourth job skill: Headhunting Firm!]

Qin Fang's eyes instantly brightened!

A headhunting firm?!

Could it be...?

He even looked at the detailed description from the headhunting firm.

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[Headhunting firms: Large enterprises, besides searching for talent themselves, also need to collaborate with high-end headhunting firms. These firms can save business owners significant time and effort in talent acquisition, providing extremely professional and precise services.]

The boss can precisely describe the talent they want (such as occupation, skills, age, gender, appearance, personality, etc.), and then consume a certain amount of company reputation (the more detailed the description, the more expensive it is), allowing a headhunting company to find the talent. The headhunter will then recruit the candidate in the manner specified by the boss (strongly recommended to use in conjunction with an invitation letter!).

Recruiting talent takes time; headhunting firms have a 7-day cooldown period.

(Rest assured, entrust your recruitment to a headhunting firm. They are your company's strongest ally and will perfectly recruit the talent you want according to your requirements—provided that such talent truly exists.)

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Headhunting firm!

It really is a skill for finding potential employees!

Qin Fang's eyes lit up.

During this period, he practiced his skills every day, but to no avail, which almost made him wonder if he had no potential employees left.

Now, the appearance of headhunting companies has instantly brought him hope!

The 7-day cooldown is a bit long...

But after thinking about it...

Is it really that long to be able to reliably acquire an employee in 7 days?

That's absolutely wrong!

He was very excited and immediately used his 'headhunting firm' skills to find employees right away.

As a result, a report resembling a questionnaire appeared on the panel.

He paused for a moment, then looked more closely.

[Client: Paradise]

【Client Requirements:】

[Question 1: What is the gender of the employee you are recruiting?]

[Male/Female/Asexual/Random]

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Is it still a multiple-choice question?

He was a little confused when he saw the word 'asexual' in it.

And... asexuality?

Qin Fang scratched his head, then subconsciously chose a woman.

[Choose female, specify gender, and receive an additional 1000 corporate reputation.]

"What the hell?!"

Qin Fang burst out laughing!

Damn it, his total corporate reputation is barely over a thousand! And they're going to ruin everything just because he chooses one gender?!

"Random, random!"

He quickly changed his choice.

[Choose random, no additional fees will be charged]

[Question 2: What are your expectations for the potential of the talent you recruit?]

['Epic'/'Legend'/'God'/'Premium'/'The End'/'Myth'/Random]

Qin Fang stared blankly at the options.

...This thing seems to have even more powerful functions than he thought...

(End of this chapter)