Chapter 571 - 315: Holy Profession—World Slaughter Form

Su Chen collected himself, then opened the panel. He took a deep breath, slowly exhaled it, and focused his thoughts.

[The Great Venerable Red Flame Thunder Resonator sensed the host’s will. Its eyes opened and its gaze fell upon the many professions before it. Please select the professions to be melted into a Holy Profession with Blood Burner as the core.]

Su Chen already had a plan, so he answered without hesitation, "Tyrant, Soldier Master, and Vajra Venerable."

[The Great Venerable Red Flame Thunder Resonator’s gaze sharpened. It rose and approached. The four professions looked at one another, having reached an understanding. Billowing scarlet flames surged forward.]

Of course, the process of Melting a Holy Profession wasn’t limited to mere text on a panel.

Wisps of Red Gold flame emanated from his body, gradually enveloping him. Yet, not a hint of heat escaped; it all surged inward.

CRACKLE—

A faint sound, like oil sizzling in a hot pan, echoed in his ears. At first, Su Chen was confused about its source.

But in the next moment, his expression changed drastically as all his internal organs began to tremble.

His heart quivered. Flames crept onto its muscle tissue, and the symbols etched upon it lit up, flickering. Then, as if being forcibly stripped away, they were erased bit by bit.

Cold sweat beaded on Su Chen’s forehead. ’Those are the marks of the Tyrant profession!’ Not only that, but his muscle fibers twitched as if being brutally torn apart, and the marks of the Blood Burner, Soldier Master, and Vajra Venerable professions were extracted bit by bit.

Merging professions he hadn’t yet acquired had no effect on his body. But now, melting his existing professions into a Holy Profession was like being remolded from his very roots.

His body felt like a forge, jumbling the professions together. Various symbols leaped about, gradually melting and merging.

At a certain point, the flames dispersed completely, spreading to every corner of his body. Within the fire, brilliant symbols flowed into every one of his cells, his bones, and even his internal organs.

The pain was unprecedented. Su Chen’s pupils constricted, his muscles tensed, and veins bulged on his neck. His entire body felt like it was being crushed as waves of fire billowed out in all directions.

[Blood Burner, Tyrant, Soldier Master, and Vajra Venerable successfully melted. Acquired Holy Profession - World Slaughter Form.]

[Acquired Ability - Soldier Body: Greatly increases physical strength. Allows Secret Artifacts to be fused into the body and enhanced. Secret Artifact Enhancement has no upper limit.]

[Acquired Ability - Unmoving Vajra: Burn your flesh and blood to enter a fixed stance, greatly increasing physical strength. You will take no damage until the Vajra body is shattered.]

The flames surrounding him suddenly retracted. Su Chen slowly came to his senses, opening his eyes with lingering fear. He could still feel a faint, stabbing pain all over. "That melting process was a little too intense."

Still, it was worth it.

His gaze was fervent as he stared at the two abilities of his new Holy Profession on the panel. The first was clearly a combination of Soldier Master and Vajra Venerable.

Even though Su Chen had anticipated something like this, he never imagined that after melting the professions into a Holy Profession, the enhancement for Secret Artifacts would have no upper limit.

He murmured to himself, "In other words, as long as I can handle it, I could even enhance a Secret Artifact directly to Tier Eight?"

The original Soldier Master’s enhancement of Secret Artifacts couldn’t exceed his own Main Professional Tier. He could only break that limit by using Holy Hand, and even then, he could only enhance them to Tier Seven.

But after Melting the Holy Profession, that upper limit had been completely erased.

"As expected of a Holy Profession," Su Chen’s gaze burned. The first ability alone was already formidable.

And [Unmoving Vajra] seemed even more formidable.

’A fixed stance where I can’t be injured? Is that a form of invincibility?’ he speculated. The text was only a rough description; he’d have to test the ability’s specific details for himself.

His body was still weak from the melting process. He downed a couple of mouthfuls of a Nutritional Potion, and while waiting to recover, Su Chen noticed that his profession’s development progress had actually reached 30%.

’I remember it was only at 25% when I came out of the Creation Copper Heart.’

Before he entered the Creation Copper Heart, his development progress had been around 20%.

Getting struck by lightning for a month and repeatedly hovering on the brink of grievous injury had also stimulated his professional development, adding about 5%.

Now, Melting the Holy Profession had apparently stimulated it further, pushing it up another 5%.

It was a nice little bonus, and Su Chen’s mood improved even more. Once his body had recovered to its peak condition, he tried activating [Soldier Body].

It was completely different from before. Even without fusing any Secret Artifacts into himself, he felt a drastic change within his body. A surge of hot blood gushed from his heart, seemingly activating every cell and causing a subtle yet intense tremor just beneath his skin.

A wave of energy rolled off him as a sense of power erupted from within. Su Chen focused on the feeling. In terms of pure defense, it couldn’t compare to Vajra Venerable, but it was an all-around enhancement.

Immediately after, he fused his Secret Artifacts into his body one by one. The familiar feeling of fullness washed over him as his physical attributes soared. Fine arcs of electricity burst forth with a CRACKLE.

Su Chen’s eyes shone with an astonishing light. ’As I thought, the problem with the abilities overlapping is completely gone.’

Feeling the incredible solidity of his body, Su Chen took a deep breath and began to rapidly enhance the Secret Artifacts fused within him. His physical strength immediately started to climb.

"I can’t..."

After just a moment, Su Chen stopped, clicking his tongue inaudibly. The drain was even greater than when he had used the abilities separately.

He then entered a state of Chakra Liberation and quickly enhanced the fused Secret Artifacts to Tier Seven.

"Haaaah..." Su Chen’s cheeks were slightly flushed as he exhaled a long breath. It turned into a gale that howled through the Body Refining room, and only then did he start to feel better.

"That was intense..."

At that moment, his body was terrifyingly sturdy, and golden arcs of electricity crackled around him. ’Even now, this has already surpassed the combined effects of Vajra Venerable and Soldier Master from before.’