Time rewound one minute earlier."Ah ah ah!"The bald man's screams echoed within the culvert.Qin Tian witnessed all of this unfold, his eyes cold.Although he had some grievances with Luo Sai Hu and the bald man, seeing fellow humans being so humiliated and tortured by Beastmen still filled his heart with rage, as if a fire was burning fiercely.However, he was not blinded by anger.He had seen it clearly from behind; the Poisonous Serpent Human had been on guard against the bald man the entire time, his body tense and extremely wary. If he had fired then, he wouldn't have saved the bald man and would have exposed himself instead.It might sound a bit Cold Blooded, but for his teammates and his own safety, he had to make sacrifices.To kill a Fourth-tier Poisonous Serpent Human, he only had one shot.To increase the success rate of that shot, he decided to enhance a talent—Burning Ashes Critical Strike.Currently, his accumulated evolution points had reached over 8000, with over 4000 coming from that Fourth-tier Shadow Cat People. After killing over 50 Serpent Humans just now, he had reaped nearly 3000 more evolution points.He kept 3000 evolution points in reserve for himself and invested the remaining 5000+ evolution points into it.Enhance Burning Ashes Critical Strike.The blue light orb vibrated slightly, its color rapidly deepening from light blue to medium blue.At the same time, the numerical panel for Burning Ashes Critical Strike also changed.Name: Burning Ashes Critical Strike (Blue)Type: Active TalentDescription: Burns up to 10% of Will, Stamina, and Energy. The next attack has a high probability of dealing 200% - 250% damage, a small probability of dealing 300% - 350% damage, a very small probability of dealing 400% - 500% damage, and a minuscule probability of dealing a maximum of 600% damage.Compared to before, the minimum critical strike multiplier increased from 150% - 170% to 200% - 250%, and the maximum critical strike multiplier increased from 500% to 600%, showing a very significant improvement.This also gave Qin Tian a few more assurances.To create a better shooting opportunity and prevent the Poisonous Serpent Human from reacting in time, Qin Tian took out a timed grenade from his backpack, used Shadow Leap to quickly move to the tunnel on the opposite side, and set the grenade's Explosion time.Then he returned to his original spot, took out his Hidden Kill Rune Gun, adjusted his breathing, and waited for that moment to arrive.Boom!The timed grenade exploded, and the huge Explosion sound attracted the Poisonous Serpent Human's attention, causing him to tilt his head to the side.Seeing this, Qin Tian immediately pulled the trigger, instantly consuming his spirit energy, stamina, and mental power, activating Burning Ashes Critical Strike.{Burning Ashes Critical Strike triggered. Your next attack will deal 320% critical damage.}The three runes on the Hidden Kill Rune Gun lit up, and the special bullet rapidly exited the chamber, accelerating a second time under the enhancement of Burning Ashes Critical Strike, shooting towards the back of the Poisonous Serpent Human's head. The entire process made no sound.A distance of several hundred meters was instantaneous for a rune bullet.The Poisonous Serpent Human sensed danger approaching, and his spirit energy automatically protected his body. However, under the double overlay of the Hidden Kill Rune Gun and Burning Ashes Critical Strike, this temporarily activated spirit energy shield was instantly penetrated.The bullet lifted his skull, and his brain exploded {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} like a watermelon, red and white splattering everywhere.Sticky liquid splashed onto his face, and Dai Jun finally reacted, his single eye filled with shock and horror.A Fourth-tier Poisonous Serpent Human, a being capable of destroying a city with poison, whose danger was even considered to surpass a Sixth-tier Beast Spirit Warrior in the empire's eyes, was actually headshotted with one shot.He quickly turned his head and looked in the direction from which the bullet had come.The figure that came into view made him feel even more incredulous.How could it be him!!!...After killing the Poisonous Serpent Human, his evolution points surged by 5300. At the same time, three talent orbs flew towards Qin Tian.One of them merged with Heat Sensing Control, and the orb's color deepened slightly.The other two orbs brought Qin Tian immense surprise.Name: Serpent Spirit Master (Blue)Type: Active TalentDescription: You can communicate with all serpent-type creatures and command the serpent race to serve you. At the same time, you can establish a psychic connection with the serpent race and remotely share senses....Name: Poisonous Serpent Body (Purple)Type: Passive TalentDescription: A venom sac appears in your body, capable of absorbing most of the world's potent poisons and transforming them for your own use, allowing you to freely control the secretion and release of venom; toxins will subtly strengthen your body, with stronger toxins leading to better tempering effects.A mysterious power transformed his body. Qin Tian could sense a new organ, the venom sac of the Poisonous Serpent Body, appearing above his lower abdomen.At this moment, the venom sac was churning with a myriad of colors, various toxins mixed together, yet not interfering with each other.Miraculously, Qin Tian could automatically distinguish the characteristics and uses of each toxin, able to extract and release them at any time.After release, the venom sac would continue to secrete this type of toxin endlessly."No wonder every Poisonous Serpent Human is a major threat to the empire."Qin Tian murmured. Although the Poisonous Serpent Body was a purple talent, comparable to a Silver Bloodline, in terms of lethality and destructive power, a Fourth-tier Poisonous Serpent Human was even more terrifying than a Sixth-tier Silver Beast Spirit Warrior.As long as he absorbed enough potent poisons, a Poisonous Serpent Human could transform into a walking Poison King Catastrophe. Wherever he went, all life would be extinguished, and not a blade of grass would grow.Now that he had obtained the Poisonous Serpent Body, from now on, potent poisons would be his sustenance and supplement. He would even actively seek out various potent poisons to strengthen his venom sac.Additionally, he could both release poison and detoxify.Any toxin that entered the venom sac would be absorbed and deconstructed by it, not only allowing him to replicate and secrete the toxin but also to secrete the corresponding antidote.He had now found the toxin that had rendered the Earth Dragon Squad unconscious. He only needed to let the three of them inhale the antidote gas, and they would wake up.The Poisonous Serpent Body was the first purple talent he had acquired, and its effect was extremely powerful.And the other blue talent, Serpent Spirit Master, was also very good.This talent allowed him to communicate with snakes and command them. Most crucially, it also allowed him to share senses and vision with snakes, which could play a vital role in environmental detection and intelligence gathering.After absorbing the two major talents, Qin Tian slung Hidden Kill behind him, gripped the rock crevices with both hands, and like a gecko, quickly climbed down the smooth mountain wall, finally standing steadily on the ground and walking towards Dai Jun.Looking at the man who was getting closer and closer, Dai Jun's expression was complex, and he said hoarsely:"I didn't expect that it would be you who saved me in the end.""I also didn't expect that you, the one who caused trouble while drunk, would be so tough."Qin Tian used his knife to cut the iron chains on Dai Jun's hands and feet, then supported his shoulder, helping him slowly stand up.Hearing Qin Tian's evaluation of him, Dai Jun should have been happy, but when he saw the broken corpse not far away, his heart felt as if it was being slowly tortured, hurting so much he couldn't breathe.Qin Tian noticed the grief on Dai Jun's face, sighed, and said:"I'm sorry, I couldn't save him then.""It's not your fault, I killed Da Chao."Dai Jun lowered his head, a tear of blood silently sliding from the corner of his eye."Qin Tian, can I borrow your knife?" Dai Jun said in a low voice.Qin Tian frowned, "You..."Dai Jun lowered his head, a bitter smile on his lips:"Da Chao left a few minutes before me. If I go now, I should still be able to catch up to him.""Qin Tian, I'm a cripple now, my hand is broken and my eye is blind. I can no longer kill Beastmen. For me, such a life is worse than death.""Just let me die here. If I can have the Poisonous Serpent Human buried with me, I can face my parents with my head held high after I'm gone."Looking at the grief and determination flickering in Dai Jun's single eye, Qin Tian pursed his lips, and finally handed the battle knife to Dai Jun."Thank you."Dai Jun raised the battle knife to his neck. Before he acted, he suddenly smiled and said:"Brother, I've always wanted to tell you, that blow you gave me—""It really hurt like hell!"Pfft!!!The blade sliced across his throat, his windpipe was cut open, and blood gushed out.Ding~~~The battle knife fell to the ground. Dai Jun clutched his neck, staggered to the bald man's side, lay down with him, his single eye open, looking at the cave ceiling, a smile on his lips."Da Chao, walk slower, big brother is coming to join you."Drip, drip, drip.Water dripped into the cold pool, mixing with the fresh blood and spreading outwards.Qin Tian stood beside Dai Jun and Lin Chao, sighed, then slowly raised his hand towards the two, giving a standard military salute."Rest in peace~"

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