Dongxia Republic, Southwest Jurisdiction, Hiiragi City.

Late at night, with the evening breeze blowing, a figure carrying a backpack and covering his body in a black hoodie stood at the entrance of the alley, looking in.

"Finally I caught up with you." The figure whose face could not be seen clearly spoke, the voice of a young man was clean and crisp.

And in the dimly lit narrow alley, a humanoid monster lurking in the shadows stood up.

The monster is nearly two meters tall, has a slim build, has a pair of gray-green eyes, and has sharp blades on all ten of its fingers.

"Gulu..."

There seemed to be thick phlegm in the monster's throat, and it made a strange noise, and the next moment it rushed straight towards the figure at the entrance of the alley.

Its speed is extremely fast, and it can pass ten meters in the blink of an eye.

However, there was a soft bang, and a short black arrow shot through the air, hitting the monster's knee.

The figure wearing a black hoodie had a folding crossbow in his hand.

The monster was shot in the knee while sprinting and fell to the ground immediately.

Immediately afterwards, a second short arrow shot out and penetrated its head.

The pale green blood flowed quietly, soaking the ground.

Looking at the soundless monster lying on the ground, Chu Bai folded up the crossbow, put it into the backpack behind him, and said silently in his heart: System.

A translucent light blue task panel appeared in front of Chu Bai's eyes.

[Activation mission: Hunt ten bronze-level monsters]

[Task reward: Strengthening system activation, strengthening point 1]

[Task progress: 10/10]

[The task has been completed and the system is being updated]

Chu Bai turned off the panel and said with a smile on his face: "After half a year, this task is finally completed."

Chu Bai pulled out the "Demon-Destroying Arrow" inserted into the monster's body and looked up at the dim starry sky.

Seventeen years have passed since he was reborn into this world.

Although his parents died early in his previous life, not long after he graduated from college, at least he had a happy childhood.

After graduating from college, he was admitted to the civil service and was given a job as an iron rice bowl.

I thought my life would just go on like this, but I didn’t expect that not long after I became a civil servant, I got into a car accident on the way to deliver materials to my boss.

In this life, Chu Bai started directly in the orphanage.

Sure enough, not everyone can learn the skill of investing in a good tire.

Fortunately, the basic welfare in this world is quite complete. Chu Bai relied on the welfare policy to go to high school for free, and is now a senior in high school.

This world is similar to the world of Chu Bai's previous life. The social structure and technological level are roughly similar. However, the difference is that this world is now in the era of great cataclysm when spiritual energy is revived and demons are rampant in the wilderness.

As far as Chu Bai knows, there are various ruin spaces in this world, and there are also various powerful demons that threaten human life.

Some of these monsters exist in the ruins space, and some live in the wilderness.

Even major cities where humans live together and are protected by tall walls often create large or small space cracks, allowing demons to sneak into them.

However, there are also awakened people among humans who can compete with powerful demons. Every human city has an army of awakened people stationed there.

There are only two ways to become an awakened person.

The first way is ritual awakening.

At the age of fifteen, every human being will undergo a spiritual guidance awakening ceremony for free after their physical and mental development reaches a relatively mature stage.

Those with sufficient qualifications can gather spiritual seeds, obtain extraordinary professions, and become awakened ones.

The second way is to awaken naturally.

Most naturally awakened people awaken before the age of fifteen, and such people are extremely talented.

There are very few people who naturally awaken after the awakening ceremony fails. Generally speaking, such people do not have very high qualifications.

After failing in the awakening ceremony, many people frantically tried other ways to become awakened, such as using drugs to stimulate the body.

But in the end, not only did he not wake up, but he suffered physical trauma and became a sick man. In severe cases, he even lost his life.

Chu Bai went through the awakening ceremony when he was fifteen years old, that is, when he was in his first year of high school two years ago.

At that time, Chu Bai was full of confidence, thinking that as a reborn person, he would become an awakened person and stay away from ordinary life.

But fate seemed to be teasing him. He failed to awaken and did not become an awakened person.

Until half a year ago, Chu Bai saw the system panel in his sleep and accepted the task.

Chu Bai's originally extinguished thoughts were ignited again.

It is not that easy for an ordinary person to kill a bronze-level demon.

Although Chu Bai has experiences and memories from his previous life, his physical fitness is just that of an ordinary student.

For ordinary people, the best way to quickly improve their combat effectiveness is to use thermal weapons.

The power of firearms is very lethal to flesh and blood, and even low-level monsters dare not ignore it.

But for some monsters with spiritual defense capabilities, they can't even scratch a layer of skin.

Because spiritual defense skills often ignore the laws of physics, only spiritual power can take effect on them.

Therefore, firearms must be used with enchanted bullets.

Firearms are easy to get, but enchanted bullets are very expensive, and they are disposable items, so the price/performance ratio is too low.

And with the physical fitness of ordinary people, using swords, daggers and other close-fitting cold weapons to fight bronze-level monsters is tantamount to courting death.

So in the end, Chu Bai chose to use a crossbow with a reusable "Demon-Breaking Arrow". He spent half a year training and searching, and finally killed ten early-stage bronze-level demons and completed the task.

Chu Bai used the sharp arrows to cut off the monster's ten bladed fingers one by one, wrapped them in a bag and put them in his backpack.

These ten sharp blade fingers are the most valuable material on this "Blade Finger Demon" and can be sold for a lot of money.

After doing this, Chu Bai left the alley.

Chu Bai pushed open the door of a rental house in an old community in the southern suburbs of Hiiragi City and pressed the switch on the wall.

The dark room suddenly lit up.

Chu Bai walked into the room, put down his backpack, and then opened the system panel to check it out.

During this time on the way home, the system has been updated.

It is still a very simple translucent blue panel, which displays Chu Bai’s current information.

[Name: Chu Bai]

[Occupation: None]

[Spiritual Power: Mortal]

[Spiritual Skill: None]

[School Combat Skills: None]

[Strengthening Points: 1]

Behind the spiritual power column, there is a small red plus sign.

Chu Bai's thoughts moved, he stared at the spiritual power level column, and silently thought in his heart: Add more points.

I saw a column of spiritual power twisting and flashing rapidly, and then, a stream of heat exploded in Chu Bai's body.

For a moment, Chu Bai's skin turned as red as a cooked prawn, and streams of white heat emanated from his body.

Chu Bai had a splitting headache and felt wet under his nose, with a hint of fishy smell.

I wiped it gently with my hand and saw that it was dark red blood.

He felt that his whole body was sore and weak.

But Chu Bai could clearly feel that a spiritual power seed had been successfully condensed in his body.
Chapter completed!