So Cool, This Is the Feeling! Border Selection Test

"The awakening of this SSS-rank mental skill has filled my shortcomings to a great extent."

Chen Ming was in an exceptionally good mood at this moment.

He possessed bug-level defensive capabilities to begin with.

His previous combat style relied entirely on infinite health-locking to grind exotic beasts to death.

His offensive capability was his greatest weakness.

He lacked any effective means of attack.

Most importantly, combat was truly too monotonous.

Other class-changers, whether they were warriors, mages, or even supports...

When fighting, they would seize the right moment to unleash various skills.

Although to Chen Ming, those were all just flashy tricks, at least they were filled with a sense of dynamic combat.

As for Chen Ming, however.

He relied on basic attacks interspersed with more basic attacks; the entire process was plain and unadorned.

Unless he struck a weak point, even the damage dealt remained unchanging.

Although the price paid for this was an astonishing leveling speed.

It lacked even a shred of passion.

What is combat about? It's about hot-bloodedness and passion!

But things were different now.

Chen Ming stood up and twisted his somewhat stiff body.

Following that, he threw a punch into the air.

Whoosh—

The moment his fist struck out, a surge of air pressure rose.

At the same time, a pale blue flame exploded forward like a gust of wind from his fist.

This was the attack method Chen Ming possessed after sublimating his attacks!

Any form of attack would now carry the Annihilation effect of Pale Flame!

"So satisfying, this is exactly the feeling!"

The corners of Chen Ming's mouth curled up; he felt incredibly exhilarated.

It was worth all the hard work he put into searching for mental resources.

Looking at it now, his previous decision was simply too correct.

"Oh right, there's also Bloodthirsty Enchantment!"

Chen Ming suddenly remembered the bloodthirsty effect from the Equipment Enchantment Book.

Attack power +50%!

"Can this effect stack with the damage stacking?"

The damage stacking from Annihilation increases damage, not attack power.

Therefore, the two should essentially not conflict.

If it were truly possible, that would mean a 30,000% damage cap.

Hiss, terrifying!

He would test it later.

He only needed to find an opponent and land a few slashes to know if it worked.

After trying out his current 'super attack' a few more times, Chen Ming finally satisfiedly put his thoughts aside.

He looked out the window at the bright, sunny sky.

It was still early morning.

"It doesn't seem like much time has passed; did I absorb it that quickly?"

The process of absorbing attribute energy this time took place within his mental space, so he had no concept of time.

Just then, Chen Ming noticed an unread notification on his personal panel.

He tapped it open.

[Grand Exam Day 3 Level Ranking: 1st Place!]

[Ranking Rewards: Gold Coins*10, Tier 1 Fine Equipment*2 (Attribute Rune Stone +15, type optional), Equipment Enchantment Book*2 (type optional), Rare Resources*3 (type optional)]

[Note: Please select your rewards before the end of the seventh day!]

"Uh... is it already the second day?"

He realized this and opened his phone to check.

Good grief.

It turned out that he had spent an entire day in his mental space without even realizing it.

After quickly selecting his rewards, Chen Ming began to head toward the city border.

Now that he had equipment for all five major attributes, he wasn't particularly lacking in gear anymore.

Unless it was Epic-grade equipment, it wouldn't provide much of an improvement.

These pieces of equipment could be sold to guilds to earn gold coins.

As for the rare resources, Chen Ming chose one each of Strength, Constitution, and Agility.

Balanced development.

Since he had already completed his mental awakening, he no longer needed to focus on mental resources.

It wasn't that Chen Ming didn't care about them at all; after all, he would still need them in the future when his mental power broke through 40% to awaken new skills.

It was just that the resources required for that level were likely on an entirely different scale.

The resources from the ranking rewards would likely be completely insufficient.

He could pay attention to the dungeon rankings and the final rankings later on.

But for now, Chen Ming's goal was the level 10 class skill awakening.

City border.

Eight-thirty in the morning.

When Chen Ming arrived, he found the border exceptionally lively today.

It seemed that many people were staying at the border, and the noise was constant.

Usually, at this time, most people would have already entered the wilderness to level up, so there wouldn't be this many people.

Soon, Chen Ming discovered the reason.

At the border, several huge platforms had been erected at some point.

On the platforms, one could see the figures of several class-changers, seemingly fighting some kind of creature.

"Brother Chen, over here!"

In the crowd, Sun Yang shouted at Chen Ming.

Chen Ming had messaged Sun Yang, so Sun Yang spotted him at a glance.

And this shout from Sun Yang also attracted the attention of many people.

Suddenly, countless gazes turned toward Chen Ming.

Ever since Chen Ming soloed the wilderness and the Exotic Beast Forest, and his results were officially verified by the Grand Exam, his popularity in Cloud Sea City had remained high.

Coupled with the fact that Chen Ming hadn't appeared much in the public eye over the past two days, all sorts of rumors were flying around.

Things like him being a dual-class holder, or his other class being an SSS-grade Humanoid Titan...

Now that he had finally appeared, he instantly became the center of attention.

Chen Ming ignored the countless stares around him and walked straight up to Sun Yang.

"What's the deal with these platforms?"

Chen Ming asked Sun Yang.

"Oh right, Brother Chen, you weren't here yesterday, so you don't know about the special assessment for this Grand Exam."

"Special assessment?"

Sun Yang nodded, looking mysterious.

"Brother Chen, let me tell you, an Inspector from the Huaxia Alliance has come to Cloud Sea City this time!"

Hearing this, Chen Ming raised an eyebrow.

"Inspector?"

He naturally knew this title.

One could even say that everyone in the entire Huaxia Alliance was extremely familiar with this name.

In this era of exotic beasts, cities were separated by the vast and boundless Exotic Beast Forest, and contact between them was limited.

The position of Inspector was specially established by the Alliance for this very reason.

Those who could become an Inspector possessed, without exception, the strength to traverse the endless Exotic Beast Forest at will.

They traveled between various cities.

They monitored high-level city officials, oversaw urban safety issues...

At the same time, they deterred some high-level exotic beasts within the Huaxia Alliance to prevent them from triggering catastrophic beast tides.

It could be said that, whether in terms of strength or the responsibilities of the position, they were significant.

Inspectors are, without a doubt, among the most respected individuals in the Alliance.

"The person conducting the special assessment for this Cloud Sea City selection is an Inspector."

Sun Yang said, gesturing toward the high platforms not far away.

"Look, these testing platforms were created by that big shot himself."

"Brother Chen, you didn't see it with your own eyes—with a single wave of his hand, several metal platforms rose from the ground with a boom. Tsk tsk, that scene..."