My Professions Have Too Much Personality

Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Class Advancement! Ability Enhancement! So That’s How It Is

Seeing Hu Xiang’s confused look, he explained, “This involves some arrangements from my master, so I can’t use people from the Inspectorate.”

“Oh.” Hu Xiang’s face cleared with understanding, whatever he might have imagined. He then explained, “My rotation period has ten days left. After that, I have a major inspection tour that will last a month and a half.”

“I understand.” Su Chen nodded. After exchanging a few more words of instruction, they went their separate ways.

…

Potions were consumed one after another, and the progress of Su Chen’s Professional development and his Training Technique advanced at a visible rate.

BOOM!

A peal of thunder that shook the sky pulled Su Chen from his immersive training.

He walked out of the Gravity Training Chamber, went to the window, and pulled open the curtains, a look of surprise on his face.

’It’s actually raining…’

In all his time in this world, this was the first time Su Chen had ever seen rain. Lightning tumbled across the sky, painting it in vast swathes of incandescent white.

Su Chen opened the window, and a rotten smell immediately wafted in. The raindrops weren’t transparent but a grayish-white, as if mixed with fog.

’Today is the day.’

Su Chen closed the window. His panel appeared, and after the words [Gale Hunter], the word “Advance” shone brightly.

With the help of potions and his non-stop training, he had met all the requirements for the promotion.

His Professional development progress had reached 100% two days ago.

And his [Snake Shadow Body Refining Technique] had just reached the Master Level, granting him an ability called [Snake Shadow] that allowed him to leave afterimages while moving at high speed to confuse enemies.

Su Chen took a deep breath, adjusting his posture.

The word “Advance” dissolved into fine streams of light on the panel. At that exact moment, thunder roared!

Su Chen felt a hot current erupt from an unknown source and rapidly spread throughout his entire body.

First came an itch, one that penetrated deep into his marrow, as if ants were gnawing on his bones. But soon, this itching sensation was overwhelmed by pain.

His muscles, sinews, and even his cells were all transforming. His face flushed red, and his exposed skin took on a pale, cyanotic hue. In the sealed room, currents of wind appeared from nowhere, making the curtains flutter.

[Sky Splitter Warrior has successfully advanced to Gale Hunter.]

[Wind Erosion Enhancement — Fury of the Storm: Attacks can be imbued with highly compressed Wind Elemental Power.]

[Wind Armor Enhancement — Raging Wind Barrier: Gather the Wind Element to form Armor.]

[Wind Walk Enhancement — Wind Concealing Shadow: Become one with the wind, hiding within it.]

[Professional Ability Gained — Frenzied Hunt: Greatly increases speed, strength, and the control and perception of the Wind Element.]

As the text continued to appear on the panel, the pain in Su Chen’s body intensified. Cyan-colored wind currents surged across the surface of his skin.

A fierce wind howled through the room, sending the table and chairs CLATTERING about. Only after a long while did it finally subside.

“Hoo…” Su Chen exhaled, his breath carrying fine wisps of cyan wind that swirled far into the distance.

His body felt so light he thought he might float away. The feeling of abundant power made him feel as if he could tear apart anything in front of him.

It took him a long time to barely acclimate to the sensation. He stared at the panel with an unfocused gaze, thinking, ’So that’s how it is… Abilities are enhanced, not completely discarded.’

This resolved one of his doubts. According to the information he’d gathered before, the gap between Tiers was immense. The best method should have been to find a simple and easy Profession and then quickly climb to the higher Tiers.

Although Top-tier Professions were powerful at their current Tier, they were no match for an Upper Tier.

Only after this promotion did he understand that when a Profession advances, the abilities of the Low-tier Profession are also enhanced and transformed.

The ability strength of a Top Level Profession was definitely higher than that of a subordinate one.

He stroked his chin. ’In that case, even among Tier Two Upper Professions, a Professional who advanced from a Tier One Middle Profession would be weaker than one who advanced from a Tier One Upper. This is the importance of a solid foundation.’

’And if this advantage accumulates layer by layer up to the High Tiers, it will probably become even more obvious. No wonder a Tier One Top-level Profession is so precious. It turns out it’s the foundation of all foundations.’

Su Chen carefully sensed his body. ’Hmm… The ability I gained from the Body Refining Technique has also disappeared. No… not disappeared, but deeply integrated into my body, becoming part of my core reserves.’

’Even within the same Profession, there are disparities. The difference lies in this accumulation.’

The last bit of discomfort in his body faded away. Su Chen stood up and stretched. With just a slight exertion of force, he could leap to the ceiling.

He tried activating his new ability, [Fury of the Storm]. Just by pulling back his fist and raising his hand, a small, reverse-spinning tornado formed around his arm. The air in the room was instantly sucked toward it, and the table and chairs toppled over.

’This powerful…’ Su Chen hastily dispersed it. After a brief assessment, he concluded its lethality had increased by more than tenfold.

This piqued his interest, and he quickly tested his other abilities. As expected, they were all significantly enhanced.

[Raging Wind Barrier] had transformed from a small, close-fitting wind field into an illusory suit of Armor that was almost tangible.

The change in [Wind Concealing Shadow] was even more obvious. With a slight movement, cyan wind currents followed at Su Chen’s feet, gradually enveloping him until his figure blurred.

Its Concealment ability even surpassed that of the [Shadow-avoiding Robe].

As for the exclusive Professional Ability of [Gale Hunter]: [Frenzied Hunt].

’This seems to be a kind of all-around enhancement…’ After activating it, Su Chen felt himself enter a peculiar state.

His heart rate sped up, the sense of swelling power became more pronounced, and his senses were heightened to their absolute limit. He could even feel the air flowing over his skin and smell the various scents mixed within it.

Even his Mental Perception couldn’t achieve such a fine level of detail.

’In this state, I could react quickly even if an enemy attacked…’ Su Chen carefully experienced it before quickly deactivating the ability. The consumption was also immense.

Having just finished his promotion, his body was still weak. After testing his various abilities for a while, he felt a faint sense of exhaustion.

But the increase in his strength still left him in a very pleasant mood.

The heavy rain showed no signs of stopping. The entire world looked as if it had a gray filter laid over it.

Su Chen tried to continue his training but found that both the Black Flame Potion and the Tier One Body Refining Technique were now so inefficient it was infuriating.

’Tier Two Potions… and a new Body Refining Technique. I need to get those on the agenda, but obtaining that kind of stuff through normal means is extremely difficult.’

After experiencing the benefits of Support Potions, it was hard to go back to arduous, unaided training.

Su Chen considered his options, his eyes darkening. ’But right now, I have to deal with another problem.’

…

“We can basically confirm that on the night Qi Chuan died, the Seventeenth Patrol Team was indeed out.”

Inspectorate, Patrol Division, Deputy Section Chief’s office. Pan Yu’s fingers drummed unconsciously on his desk, his gaze unfocused.

’If Qi Chuan was really targeted by Yuan Chenyang, why would he use a patrol team to surround and kill him?’

More than half a month had passed since Yuan Chenyang left, and he faintly felt that he was closing in on the truth of the matter.

The people behind him had ordered him to investigate the events of the night Qi Chuan died, with a special emphasis that Su Chen might be the breakthrough point.

But he also knew that as a student of the Director, Su Chen’s identity was very sensitive. At first, he could only probe indirectly and gather some information from the Seventeenth Patrol Team.

He had planned to lure Su Chen out and find an opportunity to strike, but the kid was surprisingly lazy and seemed determined not to go out at all.

So he had to turn his attention back to the Seventeenth Patrol Team. After a few days of inquiries, he had already confirmed many things, but to learn more, he had to take action.

“Su Chen…” He took out a white game piece and placed it on the table, staring at it for a long time.

Then, he took out several black game pieces and scattered them on the table. He shook his head. “You can only blame yourselves for happening to be assigned with him.”

He didn’t want to go after these small fries; it would be too easy to alert Su Chen. But now, he had no other choice.