My Professions Have Too Much Personality

’I’ll take it one step at a time. If it really comes to it, I can only do my best.’ Su Chen shook his head, setting the matter aside for now. He turned his attention to the Life Burner profession, for which he had already met all the requirements.

He could change his profession right now, but he wasn’t fully prepared yet.

During this time, he had already prepared the essences he needed to forge.

He already had a plan for which requirement to use the Sly Fox Essence on to get the extra reward.

It was naturally for the first job change requirement—the one regarding the multiple of his remaining lifespan. He was betting he could still complete it even if the difficulty increased.

No sooner said than done. He activated the Sly Fox Essence and applied it to the Life Burner—

[Job Change Requirement 1 Difficulty Increased: Remaining theoretical lifespan must be more than six times your current age. Completing this requirement and changing your profession will grant an additional reward.]

“Ha…” Su Chen couldn’t help but grin. The difficulty had gone from three times to six, but he still met the condition. Who could blame him for being so young?

’This way, I don’t have to reduce the difficulty, and I can save a Crimson Essence.’

He was satisfied. All preparations were complete; it was time to change his profession.

With a slight shift in his thoughts, the Life Burner profession on his panel exploded with a BANG.

Suddenly, a scorching, pale white flame shot up from under his feet, instantly engulfing his body. It drilled into his organs like a living creature, and his body, like a dry matchstick, became its fuel.

“What the f—” Su Chen gritted his teeth. Sparks smelling of scorched blood erupted from his mouth and nose. Amidst the burning, his chest cavity emitted the crisp cracking sound of breaking charcoal, as if his body were truly being used as kindling.

As his flesh burned, the Tyrant ability activated on its own, and a warm current pumped from his heart.

This was no illusory flame; it was as real as it could get. The pain of this job change was second only to his Main Professional Tier advancement.

He estimated that if he hadn’t removed the final lifespan requirement, his own life would be burning away right now.

The flame burned with extreme intensity, but after only a few minutes, it began to recede.

At this moment, Su Chen’s body looked utterly withered. There was no flesh left under his skin, and his bones were clearly visible.

But at the same time, his entire body pulsed with rich vitality and astonishing power surged within his desiccated frame.

His nearly shriveled heart was still squeezing out the viscous blood in his body, but he could feel that if it beat a few more times, it would truly shatter.

[Life Burner job change complete. Gained Professional Ability—Lifeburn: Ignite your Life Fire. The longer the lifespan you burn, the greater the power you gain.]

[Received Additional Reward—Flesh as Fuel: You can choose not to use lifespan as fuel, but instead use your flesh and blood. The power increase will be reduced.]

Su Chen’s eyelids trembled, his pupils shot with blood. His body, burned to near-withering, had triggered the Tyrant’s ability.

But in his current state, he didn’t even dare to make any large movements, fearing that his immense power would shatter his fragile body.

During the process, Su Chen had already taken a Biyun Potion from his Storage Space and stuffed it into his mouth. Tilting his head back slightly, the green Potion rolled down his parched throat.

Like a long-awaited rain after a drought, his desiccated body greedily absorbed the Potion’s nutrients. Before it even reached his stomach, nearly half of it had been absorbed by his throat.

His nearly withered body rapidly plumped up. After downing another vial, Su Chen finally recovered completely and let out a long sigh of relief.

’That was brutal. It nearly burned me to a crisp.’

After getting a fresh set of clothes and putting them on, Su Chen finally had a chance to inspect his Professional Ability. It was more or less what Old Xia had described.

How perfectly the requirements were completed probably only affected the conversion ratio of lifespan to power.

He figured he would rarely have the chance to use this main ability, so he focused his attention on the additional reward.

’Flesh as Fuel…’ Su Chen murmured. The extra reward gave him another option: instead of using lifespan as fuel, he could use his own flesh and blood, though the resulting power boost would be lower.

But that suited him perfectly.

’Burning my flesh for a power boost, and the resulting damage triggers Tyrant. This is the synergy I was looking for. Now I don’t have to find another profession that intentionally damages my body.’ Su Chen gave it a brief try.

A pale flame immediately erupted on the surface of his skin. A stinging sensation spread through his body as warm currents pulsed from his heart, and a continuous stream of power surged from within him.

“Flesh as Fuel” burned in an extremely balanced way, and he could also control it to burn only a specific area.

More professions were never better; they needed to be complementary. If one could form a core system based on a certain profession, their strength among those of the same Tier could not be underestimated.

Next, he began to experiment continuously. After shielding his heart and other vital areas, he tried to determine just how much he needed to burn to achieve the optimal power boost without impairing his movement.

Several hours later, he finally started to get the hang of it. Flames as thick as blood coiled around his body, casting magma-like crimson patterns on his skin.

Black lightning darted through the curtain of fire like a living creature, tearing branching, flashing cracks within it. Even the tips of his hair trailed tails of interweaving red and black light.

He suppressed the rampaging Energy in his body, trying his best to avoid damaging his surroundings, but the floor beneath his feet had already turned pitch-black.

This was his Gravity Chamber, built with extremely durable materials. His previous transformations and advancements, with their unrestrained releases of Energy, had caused no damage here.

But this time was different, which showed the intensity of his current Energy.

Su Chen carefully experienced it. This was the perfect state, with the synergistic combination of his Life Burner and Tyrant abilities, all under the effect of Professional Fusion.

’Now, I wonder if I can defeat Senior Brother Teng Liang.’

Su Chen clenched his fist, inevitably recalling the night he had annihilated the Pang Family, not long after he first arrived in Ying Feng.

The five-meter-tall Ancient Spirit Giant, standing on the rooftop, had left a deep impression on him with its brutal, destructive presence.

Of course, this wasn’t his strongest state yet. His strongest state would be using Holy Hand to enhance his Life Burner and Tyrant abilities, further increasing their conversion ratios.

But in that state, his stamina would be drastically reduced. He probably wouldn’t be able to last long; his body might give out after just a few moves.

’But… maybe those few moves would be enough to smash Senior Brother Teng Liang to death?’

The thought suddenly popped into his head. Su Chen’s expression darkened, and he deactivated the various states affecting his body.

A sudden surge in power always brought with it many strange thoughts.

’The only problem is the high consumption of Repair Potions.’ Su Chen chugged a Potion. This kind of physical damage was difficult to self-heal in a short time; he could only rely on Potions.

’What would the Holy Profession for Life Burner be like? Would it enhance the conversion ratio, or change the ability?’ Su Chen glanced again at Life Burner’s main ability. Just how much of a boost would burning his lifespan bring?

He really wanted to try it out.

’Are you an idiot? Is an experiment worth consuming your own lifespan?’ Su Chen cursed himself internally and shifted his focus to other matters.

’I wonder what those guys are up to. Their Talents aren’t low, so they must all have Top-tier Professions, possess Professional Fusion methods, and surely have special support professions as well…’

Su Chen couldn’t help but think of Wan Chen and the others. To be brought here by Qing Cang, all of this was surely standard issue for them.

’They have also become “recognized individuals.” I wonder if the Great Venerable will react if I defeat them.’

Su Chen speculated, ’However, they all seem older than me. Their Main Professional Tier might no longer be Tier Four.’

Single-Profession Practitioners were all handicapped. In the Royal Court, those who could truly make a name for themselves were inevitably dual-professionals, and their strengths were on completely different levels.

Mulling it over, Su Chen opened his Wristband again. He would soon be leaving Ying Feng for the ruins, and he still had many things to prepare, like stocking up on Support Potions.

…

「Meanwhile.」 In the luxurious room Ying Feng had prepared for Qing Cang, streams of cyan energy flowed, covering the entire room and blurring everything from the outside.

In the center of the room, Qing Cang moved a metal table into position. With a solemn expression, he bowed deeply. “Qing Cang respectfully invites Master…”

As his voice fell, a stream of light emerged from his body and landed on the tabletop, transforming into a Bronze Figurine. It looked like a porcelain doll, sitting cross-legged with a gear-shaped halo suspended behind its back.