Highland Bloodline

The system prompted: The host had sufficient training points and could level up. Upgrade: Yes/No.

"The system log can be opened. That means this system still works, and I even have two hundred training points to start with."

The sudden surprise made Lu Chen happy for a long while. Only after quite some time did he tear his gaze away from the system log and open his personal interface instead.

Career Training System

Host: Lu Chen

Age: 15

Rank: Villager

Level: 8/10

Experience: 72/80 (200)

Skill: Savage Bull Force (Bronze-tier) (Beginner)

Savage Bull Force: A basic method for tempering the body. Practicing it could make one's blood and vitality flourish, toughen the skin, and grant the body great strength.

Savage Bull Force (Bronze) (Beginner): Blood and vitality +1, physique +1, strength +1

"So it really is that brain-dead mobile game. I've struck it rich this time."

Although his personal rank was still Villager, and he possessed only a single Bronze-tier skill, the system's existence meant Lu Chen had a chance to grow stronger. His heart brimmed with hope.

Only after a long while did Lu Chen suppress the excitement in his heart and begin to think.

"I remember this mobile game was only half-finished. It was originally a Career Training game, but since it was only a half-completed version, only the Sword Saint route was fully developed. Still, the Sword Saint path is enough for me."

"Besides, this game was a reskinned mobile game. To save trouble, all the skills in it had been copied from characters in other games. If I level up, I'll gain those kinds of skills too."

Thinking of the various powerful skills in the game, Lu Chen found the smile on his face even harder to restrain.

Of course, in the real world, because of copyright issues, once the mobile game was complete, the names of those skills would be changed, and their effects altered slightly as well, so no one could find fault with them.

But that would happen after completion. The current system was only half-finished, and Lu Chen remembered that modifying the skills was the final step.

That meant the skills obtained from the system retained their original power and had not been changed in the slightest.

That possibility made Lu Chen even happier.

"With those skills from fantasy, I won't be weak in this world anymore."

After a long time, once his emotions had settled, Lu Chen swiftly operated the system interface.

"Raise my Villager level."

Before transmigrating, the game Lu Chen had made might have been rather lousy, but its rank classifications had been quite good.

In that game's design, all newborn newcomers were Villagers—ordinary people, in real-world terms.

Once a Villager reached level 10, they could change classes.

In the complete game, one could change classes into Warriors, Swordsmen, Mages, Priests, and a whole series of other professions. But because Lu Chen was playing the test version, only the Sword Saint route had been completed. Thus, he could only change into the Sword Saint's second-lowest profession—a Swordsman.

"Thankfully, the Sword Saint route has already been fully completed. Even if I can only become a Swordsman, the Sword Saint's bearing of killing a man every ten steps, leaving no trace across a thousand miles, isn't bad either."

As Lu Chen pondered, eight of the training points he had gained from killing the White Wanderer-level Evil Soul were siphoned off and poured into his original level. Soon, a flash of golden light on the system interface announced that Lu Chen had reached level nine.

System prompt: The host consumed eighty training points and reached level 9.

Level: 9
Experience: 0/90 (192)

Looking at the level displayed on the system interface, Lu Chen nodded in satisfaction.

But just as Lu Chen thought the level-up was complete, the golden light of advancement on the system interface actually spread out from it.

The golden light flickered, swiftly passing from the system interface to Lu Chen's body in reality. Bathed in that golden radiance, Lu Chen felt a strange energy merge into his body, filling him with a warm, comfortable feeling.

Unfortunately, the golden light vanished in a flash, and that warm comfort quickly faded as well.

Yet after everything disappeared, Lu Chen felt that his physical condition had improved considerably, and his strength had increased a little too.

That gave Lu Chen a guess.

"It seems leveling up doesn't just affect the system interface—it affects my body too."

"But of course. Reality isn't a game. Leveling up means becoming stronger, so naturally it has to affect the body."

"Still, I didn't expect this body to already be an eighth-level Villager. This body is only fifteen, isn't it?"

Don't assume level eight was low. An eighth-level Villager was still within the scope of ordinary people, but such physical fitness would already place someone among elite athletes or special forces in the modern world.

After all, the strongest modern humans could only reach level ten, and level ten was something only exceptional geniuses like Tyson could attain.

At fifteen, a youth's body had not even fully matured. Lu Chen was quite surprised that someone so young possessed such powerful physical fitness.

But Lu Chen soon remembered that this world was another world, and that this body belonged to a Barbarian.

Barbarians were famed for their robust physiques to begin with, and this body also possessed a martial art like Savage Bull Force. Reaching level eight at fifteen was nothing remarkable.

"Not only is it nothing remarkable, I think this body's physical fitness should count as weak within the village."

"After all, the original owner was an orphan and often went hungry. Because of that, his physical fitness was surely inferior to others."

"My starting point is lower than others', but with the system, I can make up for it."

Thoughts churned endlessly in his mind, but Lu Chen's actions never stopped.

With eight training points, plus the experience the original owner had accumulated through training, Lu Chen had now reached level nine. And going from level nine to ten required ninety training points.

But the death of the White Wanderer-level Evil Soul had given Lu Chen a full two hundred training points, so he could continue leveling up.

"System, continue upgrading."

As he said this, Lu Chen's heart was full of anticipation.

The Villager rank only had ten levels. Once he reached level ten, he could consider changing classes.

As long as he successfully changed classes, Lu Chen would leave the ranks of ordinary people and become one of those who wielded extraordinary power.

Moreover, level ten was the peak of Villager, and it would unlock a skill slot while also allowing him to randomly draw a skill.

That was right: skills.

No game could possibly only raise levels. Skills and equipment were necessities as well.

A mobile game's equipment system might be removed, but skills would never go out of fashion.

"I remember that when I designed this game, advancing a rank would grant one skill each at levels 1, 5, and 10."

"However, Villagers belong among ordinary people, so they only receive one skill as a reward upon reaching the maximum level of ten."

"Although it's only one skill, it's the foundation of my beginning. I'll need it for future advancement too. I hope I can roll a good skill."

At the thought of rolling for a skill, Lu Chen wanted to slap himself.

When developing the game, in order to make others spend money, Lu Chen's studio had made skills obtainable through random draws from a profession's skill pool.

Skills naturally varied in quality, and everyone wanted good skills. What if they rolled a bad one? Naturally, they could spend crystals and draw again.

That was the money-grabbing method Lu Chen and the others had come up with, and they had even been proud of it for a while. But now, Lu Chen only wanted to beat himself to death.

"Right now, I can't recharge at all. I can only rely on luck. I hope I draw a good skill, or changing classes will be difficult."

In the mobile game Lu Chen had created, reaching the maximum level did not allow one to change classes immediately. A trial was required, and only after completing its mission could one advance in rank.

Every mission involved fighting a powerful enemy somewhat stronger than oneself. They had designed it that way to make players spend money, because only by spending could they improve their strength and more easily complete their class-change trials.

But now, Lu Chen himself would have to swallow that bitter fruit.

"Thankfully, Savage Bull Force appearing in the skill slot means I can learn this world's skills too. Even if I draw a bad skill, I can still rely on this world's knowledge to strengthen myself and complete the trials issued by the system."

"Still, drawing a good skill would be best."

At that moment, Lu Chen prayed frantically.

And just as Lu Chen prayed, ninety training points transformed into nourishment, raising his level once more.

As the golden light spread over his flesh, Lu Chen rose from Villager level nine to the full level ten amid a warm, comfortable sensation.

At that moment, the system's notification sounded as well.

Ding. System prompt: The host has reached Militia level 10.

Ding. System prompt: The host has reached Militia level 10 and has gained one opportunity to draw a skill.

Along with the system's notifications, a golden roulette wheel appeared within Lu Chen's sea of consciousness.

Over a dozen skills gleaming in different colors were displayed upon the wheel. At that moment, it spun wildly, and the flashes of every color merged together, weaving into a dazzling rainbow radiance.

For the first draw, Lu Chen did not need to control it. Before long, the rapidly spinning roulette slowly came to a stop.

Yet as the roulette turned slower and slower, Lu Chen's heart rose higher and higher.

"I'm not asking for Diamond or rainbow. Please, just give me Silver."

Bronze, Silver, Gold... these were all skill tiers, classifications Lu Chen and the others had made according to how impressive the skills appeared in anime and games.

At that moment, Lu Chen only hoped the roulette would land on a Silver-tier skill. Such an ability would already be enough to protect him.

It had to be said that Lu Chen's luck was quite good. As the roulette came to a halt, a streak of golden light appeared before his eyes.

"Gold. A ten-percent chance. As expected, I'm lucky."

As Lu Chen grew wildly excited, the system's notification sounded again.

System prompt: The host has obtained the Gold-tier skill, Highland Bloodline.