For Su Xin’s requests, Ye Shenggang was completely compliant, agreeing unconditionally to everything.

His Nine Eagles Gang, in Zhuangma City, could only be considered an ordinary gang in terms of scale and power; his background and connections weren’t strong enough to further develop the gang.

But if he could establish ties with Su Xin, it’s not necessary for Su Xin to back him openly; as long as Su Xin is willing to help him eliminate a few enemies at the right time, then the opportunity for the Nine Eagles Gang to continue growing would be much greater.

Of course, Ye Shenggang also understood that associating with Su Xin carried significant risks; given a choice, he wouldn’t be too eager to contact Su Xin.

But now, since Su Xin approached him proactively, he didn’t dare to utter a single word of refusal; all he could do was endeavor to meet all of Su Xin’s demands and later look for ways to secure some benefits for himself.

After Su Xin finished giving his instructions and left.

Ye Shenggang personally picked out five villas as potential options and sent them to Su Xin, who chose a villa located in the suburbs.

Ye Shenggang immediately arranged for his most trusted subordinate to purchase the villa under the guise of being a tourist from another region, securing all necessary documentation.

The ownership of the villa was under the name of an outsider, and the keys were held by Su Xin, while that outsider was completely unaware of owning such a property, and thus wouldn’t possibly come here.

Then.

The next day at noon, Su Xin arrived at the villa, set up a Space-Time Anchor Point in the basement, and transformed into Wu Yongkui, spilling dozens of liters of blood and establishing a complete and sturdy sealed space in the villa.

The basement was especially crucial.

Throughout this process, he resurrected over twenty times before finally completing the entire setup.

When the secret base was fully arranged.

Su Xin transferred the two custom-made horizontal knives, along with the hair and other items sealed in plastic bags that were previously hidden elsewhere, to a safe in the study on the second floor.

This study was to be Su Xin’s private territory, set with a sealed space by him exclusively, making it inaccessible to anyone else but himself.

However, regarding the Blood Talisman Key setup, he was indeed somewhat troubled.

The Blood Talisman Key can be drawn onto certain objects and carried as a key, but it’s easy to lose it and also easy for others to use it.

It can also be drawn directly onto the human body, which eliminates worries about losing it or others taking it.

Thus, directly drawing the Blood Talisman Key onto a human body is the best and most convenient option.

However, Su Xin’s space binding curse ability can only be used when he is transformed into Wu Yongkui, and he doesn’t want to reveal his capacity to others.

This is one of his critical trump cards.

“Perhaps, only in Stealth State, transformed into Wu Yongkui, and drawing the Blood Talisman with blood, would this be feasible.”

Su Xin thought to himself.

However, he didn’t rush to find Lin Yufei and the others, because it’s about to reach five in the afternoon, when the new system task will be triggered.

Su Xin entered Stealth State, feeling the pressure brought by Gravity Assistance under tenfold time acceleration, quietly awaiting the passage of time.

Strength gradually increased pound by pound.

Various aspects of physical condition quietly improved, including physique, endurance, as well as vision, hearing, lung capacity, blood flesh activation, etc.; all attributes were gradually enhancing.

Though the improvement wasn’t apparent, the cumulative effect was remarkably significant.

At this point, Su Xin’s physical limit strength already exceeded five hundred pounds, and the other aspects of physical condition were several times that of ordinary people.

Even relying solely on his physical body, he is confident in defeating dozens of healthy adults.

This is the effect of the Exercise Maniac superpower.

Furthermore, as time progresses, the effects of this superpower become ever more dramatic.

While waiting, time finally crept forward to five in the afternoon, and the system notification sounded timely in his mind:

“Ding! Task [Unrivaled Shooter] triggered.”

[Unrivaled Shooter: Employ any five launching methods, strike a target not exceeding one hundred square centimeters within the maximum effective attack distance.]

[Note: Hitting three out of ten shots is considered a hit.]

“Five launching methods?”

Su Xin couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

This task has some resemblance to the task from when he awakened Other-Transformation before.

Yet the differences are substantial; that task was called Cunning and Robbery, which required obtaining ownership of five items from other people using different methods. He only needed to come up with five different methods to acquire the items accordingly without too much difficulty.

In contrast, this task requires thinking of five different launching methods alone is far from sufficient; hitting the target precisely also challenges one’s skills greatly.

After all, the task notes specify that hitting three out of ten counts as a genuine hit, meaning three out of ten must strike true; success isn’t achieved merely by guesswork or luck.

The target is no larger than one hundred square centimeters, akin to a square with ten centimeters per side.

It’s approximately the size of a palm.

Moreover, it’s at the limit of effective attack distance, making it much more challenging than any shooting competition projects, since those competitors wouldn’t attack at extreme distances.

Therefore, Su Xin must first conceive five different launching methods and subsequently spend considerable time practicing the shooting technique.

The latter steps are the most difficult.

He immediately thought of two:

Bow and arrow, and pistol.

One is the method of pulling a bow for projectile motion.

One method is mechanical launching.

Just these two ways alone, hitting a palm-sized target at the maximum effective attack range is incredibly difficult.

Not to mention the other methods.

The key is that there’s no chance for taking the easy way out.

“Forget it, let’s think about the different methods. Maybe I can find five simpler ways?”

Su Xin concentrated and started thinking.

Since the task requires five different launching methods, it should refer to different launching principles.

Besides the bow and arrow and handgun shooting that first came to mind, there’s also hand-throwing, which should count as one method.

“Throwing stones and short spears should both work.”

“Throwing stones should be simpler; after all, stones are smaller in size, more straightforward in structure, less affected by wind, and easier to control accuracy.”

Su Xin considered secretly.

“Oh, right, the task requirement mentions the maximum effective attack distance. It should be determined by different attack methods, as every shooting method has different effective attack distances.”

“Does this mean that the shorter the attack distance of the shooting method, the easier it is to complete?”

“Also, it should be related to my physical fitness. Otherwise, using throwing as an example, if the system determines the effective attack distance according to an ordinary person, then it’s far from the limit for me, and it might be very simple.”

“This is worth testing…”

“Based on what I know of the system, the task requirement is most likely determined by my physical fitness.”

“The stronger my physical fitness, the farther the effective attack distance of the throw…”

Thinking of this, Su Xin’s eyes suddenly lit up, and a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind:

“Right!”

“Effective attack distance doesn’t have a fixed standard, and I can totally use this to reduce the distance as much as possible…”

“For example, in the throwing method, I could directly lift a big stone weighing several hundred pounds; the attack distance would then be only a few meters.”

“This way, not only has the distance been significantly shortened, but with such a large projectile, I could hit the target with my eyes closed!”

“I’m so smart! Who said there’s no easy way out? I just thought of one!”

Su Xin couldn’t help but laugh out loud, very pleased with the sudden burst of inspiration.

“The task indeed specifies the target’s size, and the size is indeed small, but the volume and weight of the launching object aren’t specified!”

“This is the chance for taking the easy way out.”

“Not only can the throwing method be done like this, but other shooting methods can also be operated in this way!”

“Bow and arrow… just custom-make an arrow as thick as an arm, replace the bowstring… No, why use a bow and arrow? A slingshot is much simpler!”

“Find someone to custom-make a big slingshot, launch a steel ball as big as a head, it won’t fly more than two meters before hitting the ground, it’s so easy to aim for this distance!”

“Think about it; what other three methods?”

Su Xin took out his phone to jot down the inspiration, recording the throwing and slingshot methods which were already decided.

Now three methods are still needed.

Since there’s already a clever method, Su Xin kept thinking along this line.

The handgun shooting thought of earlier has been directly discarded by Su Xin, since this easy approach can’t be utilized.

But apart from these, he couldn’t immediately think of any other method, so he decided not to think too much for now and planned to try these two methods to see if this clever method works.

Su Xin used the Instant Teleportation to leave the city and soon arrived at a desolate mountain area. He found a half-person-high irregular stone and, after canceling the Gravity Assistance, he lifted the stone with both hands.

The half-person-high stone weighed several hundred pounds; even with Su Xin’s current strength, he could only barely lift it over his head.

Su Xin’s muscles were tense, almost using all his strength, and he focused his gaze on a small tree not far away.

His mind locked onto a spot on the tree trunk.

“Hah!”

Su Xin exerted his full strength to throw forward.

The boulder drew a parabolic arc, flying a few meters in the air before the descent became more apparent. At this moment, the boulder hit the tree trunk with a ‘bang’.

“This is too easy.”

Su Xin smiled, walked over to pick up the stone, and then repeated the process twice. Each time, he accurately hit the target tree trunk.

“Ding! [Unrivaled Shooter] Progress +1.”

“Whew! It works for sure!”

Su Xin breathed lightly a few times, but a brilliant smile appeared on his face.

This wasn’t about the small progress increase; it mainly confirmed that his idea was correct and that this clever method was feasible.

Once this point was proven, no matter how difficult the task is, he was confident he could complete it.

Su Xin patted the dust off his hands and took out his phone to start searching for large slingshots; whether it’s a manufacturer or retailer, he just needs to spend a little time using Instant Teleportation to buy one.

If they don’t have it, he could pay a manufacturer to custom-make one; the slingshot only needs to be roughly the size of a child’s body, and the shot can use polished spherical stones. As long as the shooting distance doesn’t exceed five meters, he is confident he can easily hit the target.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep