Four Skills

"Actually, battles between low-level Professionals are a bit like playing a game—the kind where you throw a punch, I throw a punch; you toss out an ability, and I return one."

"In that situation, there's really no need to train in the Four Skills. They're hard to master and basically never come in handy."

"But once you reach Law Decree-level, that's a different story. Compared to low-level Professionals, Law Decree-level Professionals have much more 'freedom.' They can turn many ideas into practical combat capabilities, and the foundation of that freedom is the clever combination of the Four Skills."

"Theoretically, they provide zero improvement to a Professional's Career Path, but in actual combat, having them or not makes a completely different world of difference."

As the master lectured, Lu PingAn and Xia Qin listened obediently below.

They both desperately needed this lesson. After all, their growth had been far too rapid in certain respects.

"First, the 'Eye.'"

The difference between Law Decree-level (Silver-Rank) Professionals and Curse-level (Black Iron Grade) Professionals was not actually that obvious. The core difference was the addition of "Law Decrees," along with a massive increase in resistance to pollution.

But in actual combat, the difference was like heaven and earth, because there were things Law Decree-level Professionals could do that Black Iron Grade Professionals simply could not.

".Normally, activating a professional ability requires varying amounts of preparation time depending on the ability. But with sufficient training, certain fixed abilities can be cast instantly."

The Eye—where one's gaze arrived, one's intent followed—was essentially an instant-casting technique for professional abilities or innate abilities.

Black Iron Grade Professionals could only use their professional abilities in a rigid, templated manner: "pay the cost, receive the response." Yet the hidden prerequisite for instant casting was—

"It's best to choose abilities with non-ritualistic