My Professions Have Too Much Personality

Chapter 166: Chapter 116: Targeting and Promotion to Tier Three

But without a doubt, it must have been utterly terrifying.

’This Deceitful God was already watching me. Wouldn’t this be walking right into a trap?’

Under the crushing pressure of imminent consumption, Su Chen’s mind raced, and he quickly transformed into “Priest Black Tuo.”

“*?”

A voice tinged with surprise and doubt, booming like a great bell, echoed in his ears. Su Chen couldn’t understand what it meant.

However, the tearing sensation he felt did indeed begin to fade. But just as it did, his momentum reversed; he was no longer being knocked away but was instead being pulled rapidly closer. The head before him magnified in size once more!

Black Tuo had found him!

Just then, a speck of light abruptly bloomed before Su Chen’s eyes.

Su Chen had set a timer on No. Zero and placed it in the corner, a failsafe in case he sank too deep into his trial and lost control of his body. Just as that was about to happen, its eyes suddenly emitted an intensely blazing light.

Like a drowning man suddenly yanked from the water, Su Chen gasped for air. He subconsciously shot to his feet, his heart hammering in his chest. It was a long while before it finally calmed down.

He opened the window, and only after the natural light streamed in did Su Chen finally breathe a sigh of relief. The fear still lingered. “So damn bizarre. I can’t believe I actually ran into Black Tuo.”

After catching his breath, Su Chen looked at his panel. Next to Secret Technique Master, the word “Promote” finally appeared before quickly dissipating.

In that instant, Su Chen felt his mind explode. His Spiritual Power surged forth and expanded rapidly, immediately sweeping No. Zero off its feet and slamming it into the wall.

[Secret Thought Master has successfully been promoted to Secret Technique Master!]

[Secret Artifact Master has been enhanced—can now Control Secret Artifacts +1.]

[Crimson Thunder Urgency has evolved—Crimson Thunder Prison: Consume Spiritual Power to expand a Thunder Realm around your body.]

[Telekinesis has been enhanced!]

[Mind Control has evolved—Spiritual Implantation: Split off a Spirit Seed that can be planted in life forms with insufficient Spiritual Resilience for monitoring purposes.]

[Obtained Professional Ability—Black Tuo’s Gaze: A power stolen from Black Tuo. Can temporarily pull a target’s Spirit Body into the Nether Realm.]

The surging Spiritual Power gradually subsided. Su Chen struggled to rein in the energy dissipating around him, adapting to a 360-degree field of vision so sharp he could perceive individual dust motes in the air.

He was quite experienced with this sensation and quickly reined in his expanding Spiritual Power.

He scanned the panel’s information. The abilities that were supposed to evolve had evolved, and those that were supposed to be enhanced had been enhanced.

Crimson Thunder Urgency had become a large-area-of-effect attack. With a mere thought, crimson arcs of electricity flared to life around his bedroom.

CRACKLE! POP!

No. Zero, in the corner, had a high metal content and immediately attracted a nascent arc of crimson lightning.

BOOM! Various components scattered across the floor. His eyelid twitched, and he hurriedly dispersed the lightning.

’This powerful, and it was barely even charging…’

No. Zero was a mechanical puppet made from high-quality materials. An ordinary Tier Two Professional wouldn’t have been able to dismantle her.

’Not bad, not bad…’ Su Chen nodded to himself. This was the strength of a Top-tier Profession. If he ran into Zhou Xian again, he could probably strike him dead with a single glance.

He was also quite curious about the [Spiritual Implantation] ability.

He carefully tried to activate it. He felt a sharp sting in his Spirit Body, as if pricked by a needle, and a tiny, nearly invisible Spirit Seed split off.

’This would be a powerful surveillance tool for gathering intelligence… And with my current spiritual strength, I might even be able to implant it in others of the same tier,’ Su Chen mused.

Finally, there was [Black Tuo’s Gaze], another reward from the Delirious Words Trial.

’The Nether Realm… That’s no place for a living person.’ A wave of fear washed over Su Chen just thinking about it.

The stacked effects of his Top-tier Professions, combined with the enhancements from multiple Meditation Techniques, had made his spiritual strength far greater than that of a newly promoted Tier Three Professional.

It would likely be difficult for anyone short of a Tier Three Top-level Mental Professions to block his [Black Tuo’s Gaze].

He was quite satisfied with this promotion. The enhanced, evolved, or even fused abilities on his panel didn’t mean his old abilities were gone.

The panel was just an information aggregator; the abilities were fundamentally his own, and he could use them flexibly.

“Tier Three… Liu Chen…” Su Chen rummaged through No. Zero’s wreckage and found a thumb-sized, fluorescent blue bead. As long as he had this, No. Zero could be considered alive.

He glanced out the window. The sky was already growing dim. A cold light glinted in his eyes.