Quick Hands Take It All
Back in reality, Lin Yu slumped into his room and let out a long sigh.
"Phew, this trick actually worked!"
In Lin Yu's mind, this move was actually a bit risky... If things went wrong, he might even fail in choosing two out of four options.
But in the end, the result was good.
With the four [Professional Item] in hand, Lin Yu felt a sense of joy and accomplishment.
"That really shows how fast you can be, you took them all!"
Having four [Professional Item] at the same time, even without seeing the [Item effects], Lin Yu was quite certain...
Now, I'm afraid many seasoned "Tier 2" Player might not even be as strong as me overall.
"You're being modest," Old Zheng said calmly. "Now, you probably don't need any special advantages; you're qualified to directly confront a mediocre 'Tier 3' cultivator with a shallow foundation..."
Old Zheng sighed, and Lin Yu immediately asked, "How does it compare to 'Fluoxetine'?"
"Clearly, she's no ordinary 'Tier 3'," Old Zheng said tactfully. "You've glimpsed a corner of my peak strength; do you think she could have turned me into this mess... what do you think?"
"Tsk, what a pity, but it's alright, it's already pretty good that the gap has been narrowed to this extent."
Lin Yu comforted himself.
He then began to examine the [Professional Item] in detail.
[Gossip Can Melt Gold Metal: After activating Profession ability and achieving "Make It Real," you can choose to permanently retain the "Make It Real" effect, and repeating the "lie" will always gain the "belief" of others; a maximum of three "Make It Real" effects can be retained simultaneously.]
[Tower Scam: When Fraud succeeds and gains "belief," the perpetrator can choose not to make the current Fraud "Make It Real," but instead store this "belief." This "belief" can be used to supplement other Fraud that cannot be carried out due to insufficient "belief." Each storage and retrieval will trigger a cooldown period of 24 hours.]
Lin Yu was stunned for a long time after seeing the descriptions of these two [Professional Item].
Then, he spoke with emotion.
"This is too supermodel-like... No wonder it's a 'Professional Item' with a 'Unique Profession'!"
Through these instances of contact with, observation of, and even direct confrontation with "Tier 2" and "Tier 3" Player in the [Instance], and after witnessing the effects of their [Professional Item], Lin Yu had gained some understanding.
Regardless of their "Profession," the [Profession Item] they obtain at "Tier 1" can instantly widen the gap between them and ordinary Player, but they are ultimately just supplementing their original weaknesses or enhancing their strengths.
The [Professional Item] obtained when reaching "Tier 2" can, if properly combined with the original [Item], instantly transform a person from an ordinary person into a superhuman.
And his "Unique Profession" [Professional Item] are also exceptionally tricky.
One "Make It Real" effect can be permanently retained without needing to be remembered; the other is the ability to store excess "beliefs"...
It's no exaggeration to say that when Lin Yu recalled the thrilling moments of the previous [Instance], having either of those two abilities would have made the situation much better.
If Lin Yu possessed both of these abilities and went back to tackle those Instance, he was confident he could clear them effortlessly without taking any damage!
Just for that [Blood and Fire Festival] in the Black Marsh World, he could have used the extra "Belief" to transform into "Moro" at least three days in advance and then permanently retain that effect. Then he wouldn't have needed to scheme against Nian in the dream; he could have just dug him out of the ground and started beating him mercilessly!
Thinking of this, Lin Yu felt much more at ease.
He even felt that he was not far from making the list.
"I don't think this is arrogance, since I'm really strong now..."
After all, Nian was a character on the Rankings, and Lin Yu had faced him head-on. Now, Lin Yu's evaluation of himself was based on the benchmark of "Nian" for hypothetical assessment and inference.
Not to mention...
I have such powerful [Professional Item], and I even have two of them.
Lin Yu looked at the remaining two [Professional Item], whose descriptions were much briefer.
[Narrative Trick: Consumes Mental Power to briefly distort the cognition of one or more targets in a way that aligns with their cognitive logic. The energy consumption increases with the strength of the cognition, the degree of distortion deviation, and the duration.]
[Sweet Words and Flattering Looks: Composed of the Tooth of Prophecy, the Tongue of Deception, and the Lip of Rumor. Each time you return/enter Instance, you can choose one of these abilities to use once.]
Although these two were brief, Lin Yu found them even more terrifying after reading them.
The first two abilities enhance the "Profession skills" of the "Fraudster," allowing the upper limit of one's "Profession skills" to be higher.
But this thing...
[Narrative Trick] Even without the "Fraudster" ability, it's still ridiculously strong—this thing is even more outrageous than the "hypnosis" that Old Zheng learned in the "Tier 3".
Old Zheng's "mind manipulation" ability is mostly used to directly control the bodies of those with residual souls and those who lack Wisdom.
When dealing with mentally sound individuals, Old Zheng still needs to defeat and knock them unconscious first before he can implant a little bit of Psychological Suggestion that may not be very useful.
And [Narrative Trick]... can directly and forcibly modify "cognition".
Although it requires "logical reasoning" and seems to consume a lot of energy, it's essentially an instantaneous hypnosis.
If this is combined with his "Fraudster" skills...
Lin Yu had already begun to imagine various scenarios of using this move in real-time during battle to forcefully control his opponent.
Even more outrageous is the use of Sweet Words and Flattering Looks...
"Are these [Tooth of Prophecy] and [Tongue of Deception], which can be used once in each Instance?"
Although this thing isn't like [Tooth of Prophecy] and [Tongue of Deception] which can be used together when separated, Lin Yu was already very satisfied just because he could use it continuously.
From now on, won't I have to write a line for every [Instance]?
Especially since this thing also has a [Lip of Rumor]...
[Lip of Rumor: Your next words will surely be widely spread and shared.]
This is also a powerful skill that rivals [Tooth of Prophecy] and [Tongue of Deception]!
"So what that Crow gave me was a trial card for my [Professional Item]... But how did it get it?"
Lin Yu wasn't surprised that the other party knew some of the abilities of the [Professional Item] that he hadn't yet acquired at that time, after all, even the God of Banquets knew the name and appearance of [Narrative Trick].
Even for a "Unique Profession," the [Profession Item] and [Professional Item] that can be obtained seem to be predetermined, and it is not surprising that these Deity have their own ways of knowing this.
Lin Yu was just curious about...
"How did the Crow manage to pull this out beforehand? Could these [Professional Item] have been crafted by these Deity?"
"Hehe, of course we didn't create the [Professional Item]. The reason I could give you the [Tooth of Prophecy] and the [Tongue of Deception]... is because I 'Turning Falsehood into Truth' back then—because you believed those two [Item] existed and were effective, so they appeared ahead of schedule!"
Lin Yu was shocked to hear the Crow's cry.
On one hand, it's because the Crow had somehow managed to deliver the [Tooth of Prophecy] and [Tongue of Deception] to itself ahead of time; on the other hand, it's because...
Why are you still here?
Looking at the moving Crow mark on his wrist, Lin Yu couldn't help but ask curiously.