Bai Pu's pores slightly opened, with strands of energy seeping out, forming a layer of non-attribute protective film!

The Red Lotus Society's second-in-command launched another verbal duel, this time it was a short sentence, like a bullet hitting Bai Pu.

But this time, the damage was less than 30 points!

Bai Pu took a deep breath and activated [Pure Blood Protection], injecting a drop of pure blood into himself! He immediately gained 7 points of free attributes (temporary), with a distribution of 6 points to power and 1 point to agility!

Basic power 13, basic agility 8, meeting the conditions for using a [Sharp Long Saber]!

Bai Pu tightened his grip on the long saber while fusing a genetic fragment of a skeleton warrior! He strode towards the Red Lotus Society's second-in-command, shouting, "Cuttlefish!"

The Cuttlefish understood, raising a hand to cast a Spider Web Technique, binding the second-in-command tightly in place with transparent puppet threads!

+4 Accessory: Scorpion-tailed Lion's Sting, activate!

A terrifying phantom of a scorpion lion abruptly appeared on Bai Pu's saber blade, which he swung downward with great force! The bright long saber carved a ghastly wound across the second-in-command's chest, blood spurting.

Immediately after, Bai Pu activated the weapon's additional skill: Gale! A triple shadow strike came down like a chopper, repeatedly hitting the same spot, fiercely breaking through flesh and straight into the bone!

The second-in-command let out a long, miserable howl! Bai Pu's consistent hits in the same area caused his chest bone to crack, making every breath feel like a stabbing pain!

Not to mention the additional poison stacks, which instantly filled to three layers. With 9 points of poison damage per second, that's 540 points in a minute, utterly unaffected by the second-in-command's resistance.

In a game, a minute might seem long, but in a real-life knife-and-gun battle, a minute passes in an instant, just a few exchanges!

How much life value could a spirit-specialized, frail elite have? Not to mention Bai Pu's long saber continuing to pressure him.

Soon, the second-in-command's life value bottomed out, and he fell into a critically wounded state.

Bai Pu extended his finger and fiercely jabbed into the second-in-command's chest. Amidst the latter's cries, he injected a drop of pure blood!

While talking about overall strength, even with Bai Pu's current enhancements from Pure Blood Protection and the genetic fragment of the Skeleton Warrior, he was far inferior to the second-in-command, a Level 6 Elite.

However, Bai Pu is an Enhanced Elite, possessing an inherent template advantage over this elite native!

Not to mention that the second-in-command was already in a critically wounded state! All attributes severely weakened, resistance greatly reduced!

And judging by the second-in-command's demeanor, he didn't have a resolute will to resist Bai Pu's [Pure Blood Protection] control.

Under various factors...

Spirit Realm Will message prompt:

[Your talent ability: Pure Blood Protection has taken effect, Red Lotus Society's second-in-command: Zhang Gu has been controlled by you and has become your temporary slave.]

[This is your first time controlling a life form with complete thinking abilities as a slave.]

[You can choose: 1, release the influence of evolutionary instinct, completely destroy the slave's consciousness, turning it into a mutant. 2, suppress the influence of evolutionary instinct, preserving its complete logical thinking ability. If you do so, the other party will not mutate.]

As the host of Evolutionary Source Blood, Bai Pu has the ability to control the influence of evolutionary instinct.

Option 1 is to create a mutant monster, a killing machine! The slave would gain additional abilities based on the mutated limbs.

A classic example is the mutant subordinate of Blood Hand Colun, whose enlarged right arm gave it extraordinary brute force unmatched by its current level, even forcing Cwieg's Adjutant, of equivalent strength, into the sea!

Option 2 preserves the other party's independent consciousness, preventing it from becoming a mutant monster.

At the time, Qin and Bai Pu agreed that once Bai Pu's strength was sufficient (promoted to leader or above template), he would make Qin his slave, indicating option 2, preserving Qin's complete logical thinking ability.

After some contemplation, Bai Pu chose option 2!

Although option 1 might make this slave named Zhang Gu stronger, the enhancement would likely be limited. Option 2, maintaining Zhang Gu's independent consciousness and thinking, would enable Bai Pu to leverage the "force" of the Red Lotus Society!

Note that the Red Lotus Society is a local force that even the Four Rivers Gang can't handle! And behind the Four Rivers Gang stands the powerful Wu County Lu Clan...

"Kill all the gang members here." After successfully controlling, Bai Pu ordered Iron Crocodile and Cuttlefish.

Upon seeing Bai Pu successfully control the second-in-command of the Red Lotus Society, Iron Crocodile and Cuttlefish were stunned, their eyes almost popping out. Bear in mind, this was the college entrance exam site!

Under the direct monitoring by the Spirit Realm Will, examiners couldn't use any items from storage spaces except for two potions, ruling out the possibility of Bai Pu using external forces!

Inadvertently, Bai Pu's prestige in the small three-man team soared again, even the proud Iron Crocodile subconsciously followed Bai Pu's lead.

Was it professional skills? Combat skills? Or… talent skills?

Iron Crocodile and Cuttlefish speculated, but they didn't slow down. Even without Bai Pu's orders, they were willing to fight because killing these middle-level officers meant potential treasure box rewards, which could all be converted into scores!

Iron Crocodile let out a furious roar, and with the second-in-command's threat gone, he unleashed his full strength! With his giant axe wielding arcs of splendid light, each blow demonstrated precision and ferocity, clearly exhibiting at least Advanced Level 4 combat specialization proficiency!

Very soon, the middle-level officers of the Red Lotus Society in the conference hall were swept away!

Hearing the continuous screams from inside, none of the lower-level gang members outside dared to advance, dispersing like birds and beasts.

Upon checking the battlefield, the blood-soaked conference hall held three suspended blue treasure chests, and points were credited to all three participants.

"Among the items from these three Elite Treasure Chests, I want one, and the rest you can divide," Bai Pu said.

"Okay." The two replied one after another.

In fact, by controlling the second-in-command, Bai Pu essentially monopolized the second-in-command's treasure chest, now requesting the priority selection right for the remaining Elite Treasure Chest items seemed objectively somewhat excessive.

Yet neither Cuttlefish nor Iron Crocodile voiced any objections.

They had struggled all night, hitting walls everywhere, but now following Bai Pu allowed them to fight furiously, with Bai Pu expected to recommend them to join the Four Rivers Gang, hence they wouldn't go against Bai Pu at this time.

Bai Pu let the two open the treasure chests while assessing the personal experience gains from this battle.

In terms of professional experience, there was noticeable growth to the naked eye. The most exciting aspect was combat specialization.

Advanced Equipment (Two-Handed Sword Class) rose to Level 2! Advanced Fighting rose to Level 2!

Indeed, in the Three Kingdoms Plane with a world strength of 2.4, the grinding for Bai Pu as a low-level awakened is notably apparent. In a word, the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish!

Bai Pu then communicated with his newly acquired slave, Zhang Gu, first administering a life recovery potion, and upon Zhang Gu recovering from the critically wounded state, began his inquiries.

Besides asking about intelligence concerning Huilong Temple, Bai Pu also learned about Zhang Gu's own strength and the forces behind the Red Lotus Society.

[Zhang Gu/Elite Level 6/Critically Wounded State]

[Species: Humanoid Species/Human Race]

[Profession: Confucian Scholar]

[Attributes: Strength 5 (10), Agility 6 (12), Constitution 17 (34), Spirit 34 (68)] (All attributes halved in the critically wounded state, values in parentheses are normal attributes; 7 points of free attributes pending distribution)

[Professional Skills: Qi Cultivation Technique]

[Combat Specialization: Advanced Meditation Level 6, Advanced Equipment (One-Handed Sword Class) Level 2]

[Combat Skills: True Meaning of Mencius (Fragmented), Observing Facial Expressions and Reading Moods, Verbal Duels, Heart Eye]

Zhang Gu's attributes are strong; without the critically wounded state and template's inherent suppression, Bai Pu wouldn't likely have successfully controlled him.

However, since Zhang Gu is critically wounded now, he will have to wait for his life value to slowly recover to full value to regain normal attribute values.

Regarding combat skills, True Meaning of Mencius (Fragmented) counts as a big move, Observing Facial Expressions and Reading Moods, Verbal Duels are basic applications of the scholar's use of the power of heaven and earth.

And the skill "Heart Eye" is quite interesting, described as having a certain probability to see through the fog, directly pointing to the truth, which is a unique ability of scholars (strategists) in the Three Kingdoms Plane, related to the hidden attribute—wisdom.

On the other side, Iron Crocodile and Cuttlefish had completed opening the three blue treasure chests, setting all drawn items to exhibition status.

Bai Pu glanced over, pointing to a pair of footwear equipment and said, "I'll take this one."

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