Always Clear, Still as an Ancient Well

The innate talent [Equipment Controller] caused Ling Zhan to be assigned directly to a regular class during the sorting process.

Sun Ze and Su Rou possessed innate talents that were not weak, yet they were unwilling to be assigned to the elite classes.

The specific reason remained unclear.

Innate talents were, in fact, not very useful to many people.

This was because such talents were granted randomly.

For instance, [Eye of Perception] could only be used to scout surrounding movements and investigate the terrain within labyrinth dungeons.

It provided little help during actual combat.

Of course, there were some who were simply favored by the heavens.

Take Zhu Yaoguang, for example, who was hailed as the number one genius girl of Nanzhou Province; she possessed two innate talents in total.

The first: [King of the Night (S+)].

The second: [Shadow Kill (S+)].

Dual S+ innate talents, and both were a 100% match for her female assassin class.

[King of the Night (S+)]: During nighttime, all personal attributes increase by 300%.

[Shadow Kill (S+)]: While in the Shadow Stealth state, personal attack power increases by 500%.

These two innate talents could be said to be tailor-made for an assassin.

And Zhu Yaoguang herself had indeed changed her class to female assassin.

This was simply the heavens feeding success directly into Zhu Yaoguang's mouth.

The innate talent [Equipment Controller] was indeed seen by others as quite useless.

But for Ling Zhan, it was almost entirely tailor-made for this system.

This system was very special.

It was named the "Strongest All-Class System."

Ling Zhan's mood at the time had been one of extreme joy.

He finally had a golden finger of his own.

Of course.

This system was also very simple and direct.

It was to make Ling Zhan the strongest of all classes!

However...

Ling Zhan was unable to change classes; this was a mandatory requirement of the system.

At that time, Ling Zhan had been conflicted.

Should he give up the golden finger and become a noble mage...

Or should he choose to live off the system's handouts?

He thought about it for a long time.

He was hesitant and indecisive.

Mages were his faith.

But being all-class was his reality.

Sigh!

In the end.

Ling Zhan chose to compromise, giving up on becoming a noble mage.

Without a class change, although he appeared to be "jobless," in reality, he was "all-class"!

The outside world called him a "Jobless Freelancer."

But he himself felt like an "All-Class Freelancer"!

Of course.

With the help of the system.

A Jobless Freelancer was more powerful than the mage class.

Whether it was physical skills or magical skills, he could learn them all.

In this world, almost everyone who reached level ten would choose to change classes.

It was estimated that only Ling Zhan had taken the path of the Jobless Freelancer.

Because the path of an All-Class Freelancer was simply impossible to walk!

There were two most obvious drawbacks to being a Jobless Freelancer.

First: the four-dimensional attribute bottleneck.

Second: the inability to learn high-level skills of other classes.

The first drawback was relatively easy to overcome.

The second drawback was difficult.

Because as your level increased, the level of the monsters in the dungeons you entered would also get higher and higher, not to mention their health, defense, agility, and other aspects.

Although low-level class skills consumed less mana, their power was also small.

When you went to conquer a Level 20, D-rank difficulty dungeon, you would find that the damage from your low-level class skills was practically like scraping a scale!

And if you wanted to learn high-level class skills, the difficulties were even greater!

First, to learn skills, you could only obtain them through two channels.

The first channel: browsing skill books.

The second channel: clearing special trial dungeons to obtain rewards.

The first channel was almost impossible for you to utilize.

Because many high-level class skill books had prerequisites for learning; for example, they could only be learned by mages or only by warriors. As a Jobless Freelancer, you simply did not meet the learning prerequisites.

Furthermore, even if there were high-level class skill books without prerequisites, how would you obtain them?

Skill books of this level were only hidden in major key combat academies, and only students with outstanding performance could obtain them.

Under such restrictive conditions, the possibility of you, a Jobless Freelancer, obtaining high-level class skills through skill books was almost zero.

As for the second channel...

Well, you, a Jobless Freelancer, work hard to reach Level 20, only to enter a dungeon and find that your damage to the monsters is like scraping a scale.

Then how would you clear it?

At this point, you might say, I can just hitch a ride!

Let a team of big shots carry me through the clear, and I'll get the rewards, right?

Sure!

This method could certainly work!

Then, may I ask, how would you, a Jobless Freelancer, convince a team of big shots to carry a piece of trash like you through a clear?

By kneeling down and kowtowing to them?

Therefore.

Except for Ling Zhan, no one else would ever take the path of a Jobless Freelancer.

The difficulty was too high.

In every aspect, they were inferior to those strong individuals who had already changed classes.

This was also the reason why everyone was dumbfounded when Ling Zhan, as a Jobless Freelancer, captured the top spot on the Nanzhou Province trial leaderboard.

Even that cold and stern King Yama Zhou looked as if he had seen a ghost.

Moreover.

Let's add one more point.

Don't look at how Ling Zhan had received many cheers in Yundong City now.

But Ling Zhan knew in his heart that there were also many people mocking and complaining behind his back.

"You, a Jobless Freelancer, can only enjoy low-level benefits!"

"Although the national trial dungeon for class-changing and school advancement is difficult, it is still a low-level dungeon. No way, no way, you don't really think that just because you got first place in a low-level dungeon, being a Jobless Freelancer is amazing, right?"

"Wait until Level 20, I guarantee this Nanzhou Province trial leaderboard champion will show his true colors!"

Ling Zhan's heart remained completely unmoved.

Just like today, being watched by the top 100 in the province and being supported by his juniors, his heart remained clear, as still as an ancient well.

Regarding the opinions of others.

Ling Zhan never cared.

Hoo.

Ling Zhan let out a soft breath, stood up from his chair, and turned on the light. The soft glow brought a hint of warmth to the dim and silent room.

He looked out the window.

Night had fallen, and the city lights were beginning to twinkle.

What he was looking forward to most right now was the reward from the system!

But the reward had not been issued yet, likely because his ranking had not been officially announced by the authorities.

Everything had to wait until the results of all candidates were finalized and officially announced by the authorities.

Only then would the system's rewards be issued.

Over the next week.

Apart from occasionally purchasing daily necessities and food, Ling Zhan almost never left the house.

Even when he did go out, it was only to complete the daily challenge tasks issued by the system.

He was unwavering; even if it rained, Ling Zhan still completed them diligently.

The daily task rewards were also very generous.

① Intelligence attribute +5.

② Perception range +5%.

③ Ice attribute resistance +3%.

Ding!

[System Prompt: Host has successfully claimed the reward. You may enter your personal panel to view it.]