Well Done, You Didn't Let Us Down! [Sky-Rending Warrior]

Su Chen was genuinely a little panicked this time. The panel kept glitching from time to time, and he could not find any pattern to it at all.

Sometimes, no matter how hard he tried and how turbulent his emotions became, the professions on the panel would not react in the slightest.

Yet other times, the panel reacted the moment some inexplicable thought surfaced in his mind.

Last time, the Rope Master had tried to overthrow its superior and had been directly killed in return.

If the Strongman got killed in return this time, would this profession of his still exist?

[Gale Walker was bewildered and caught off guard by a sudden sneak attack. Humiliated and enraged, it immediately counterattacked. The Strongman was no match for it, but thinking of the host's expectations, it erupted in a furious assault. The Gale Walker was consumed by unwillingness.]

Well done, Strongman. You didn't let us down!

The panel's result made Su Chen breathe a sigh of relief, but he immediately fixed his eyes on the final outcome with renewed excitement.

[The Strongman devoured the Gale Walker, attaining the utmost sublimation and transforming into a top-tier first-rank profession—Sky-Rending Warrior. It simultaneously possesses the professional traits of both the Strongman and Gale Walker. Please complete the employment requirements as soon as possible to unlock more professional abilities.]

A top-tier first-rank profession!?

Su Chen's eyes lit up. Good Strongman, good brother!

You didn't let us down!

He did not know whether the profession would disappear if the Strongman were killed in return, but this was undoubtedly the best possible outcome.

He only needed to fulfill the employment conditions to enjoy the benefits, saving him a tremendous amount of time.

However, before Su Chen could carefully check what conditions he needed to fulfill, a sudden wave of pain shot through his body.

"Damn, this is bad!"

The pain from becoming a Strongman last time was still vivid in his mind. This time, although it was not as intense, it came far more abruptly.

The worst pain was concentrated in his legs. The two major tendons felt as though they were being forcibly stretched apart, while his muscles spasmed without stop.

He could no longer support himself and staggered to one side, his hands flailing wildly.

"What's wrong with you?"

Someone suddenly grabbed his left hand. It was Bai Fengxi.

He reflexively gripped her hand in return and used the momentum to pull himself up. He staggered, then planted his right hand on her shoulder and struggled to steady himself. At least he managed to remain standing.

Bai Fengxi looked at him suspiciously. She had noticed earlier that Su Chen's expression had changed rapidly in a short span of time. In the end, his face had gone pale, and he had nearly fallen over for no reason.

"I'm fine. My leg... leg... leg cramp..." Su Chen gritted his teeth, barely maintaining his composure. His legs trembled constantly, and cold sweat covered his forehead.

Leg cramp?

Bai Fengxi's eyes shifted as she looked at the hand gripping her shoulder. The veins on its back were bulging.

Her brows suddenly furrowed. Something was wrong—her shoulder hurt!

"What happened to him?" Instructor Zheng noticed their movements and was rather surprised.

This aloof young woman, Bai Fengxi, had never spoken more than three sentences to anyone else. Why was she so close to this guy?

"His leg cramped." Bai Fengxi's expression tightened.

"A cramp?" Instructor Zheng was momentarily baffled. The other students exchanged looks, and someone could not help saying, "After just moving around a little?"

"How bad is his foundation?"

Instructor Zheng was somewhat speechless too, but out of his duty as a teacher, he still asked, "Do you want me to take a look?"

"No need." Before Su Chen could speak, Bai Fengxi refused for him. Her expression was ugly as the pain grew worse and worse.

"All right..." Instructor Zheng frowned but said nothing more, instead turning to remind the others of several precautions.

This training session was nearly over. Everyone was panting as they left in groups of two or three, still discussing some of their insights from the workout.

Click, clack!

The metal door opened. The first person to step out halted. A figure stood outside, and someone greeted him with an odd expression. "Senior Zhou..."

Zhou Zong responded with a warm expression and asked, "Where's Fengxi?"

"Uh..." Everyone exchanged glances, their answers vague. "In the back, in the back..."

Zhou Zong sharply sensed that something was off. The others had already consciously made way for him, and with a single glance, he saw Bai Fengxi and Su Chen standing extremely close together.

Su Chen stood slightly behind Bai Fengxi, his right hand on her shoulder, their bodies nearly pressed together.

!!

Zhou Zong's face stiffened. Bai Fengxi had kept her distance from him from the very beginning. It had been difficult enough for him to get within a meter of her.

But this guy...

"Um, Su Chen seems to have a cramp..." someone quietly reminded him. They had a good impression of this senior.

"A cramp..." Zhou Zong sneered inwardly and quickly stepped into the room, saying calmly, "I'll help..."

"Get lost!" Bai Fengxi spat out a single word with an icy expression. The shoulder beneath Su Chen's hand trembled slightly.

The intense pain radiating from her shoulder made it difficult for her to stay calm.

Zhou Zong froze where he stood. The students who had not yet left swallowed hard. Were they really that in love?

"No, I..." Zhou Zong forced an expression onto his face.

"Get lost!" Bai Fengxi raised her voice slightly, and it trembled faintly. It hurt—so much!

Zhou Zong's face turned pale, then green. He gave a cold snort, said nothing more, and immediately turned to leave.

Naturally, no one else dared say anything. They exchanged looks, suppressing the excitement of having caught wind of gossip as they hurried away.

The metal door slammed shut. Instructor Zheng seemed as though he wanted to say something, but held back.

A moment later, Su Chen let out a long breath and removed his hand from her shoulder. Helplessly, he said, "Sorry. My body's not in great shape."

Bai Fengxi stared at him, seemingly a little angry. "It's fine!"

"Then, I'll head out first?" Su Chen's skin crawled under Bai Fengxi's stare.

"Mm." Bai Fengxi nodded.

Su Chen stood there for a while before cautiously taking a step forward. As if he truly were suffering the aftereffects of a cramp, he walked out unsteadily, one foot high and the other low.

Only when he reached the door did he seem to remember something. He turned back, took out his Message Communicator, and said, "Add me on V?"

Adding contact information with this thing was rather strange. The devices had to be pressed together for information to be entered.

"Su Chen..."

After watching him leave, Bai Fengxi murmured softly. She extended her right arm and slowly rolled up her training uniform sleeve.

A distinct handprint was visible on her shoulder, its edges already turning bluish-purple.

When she lightly touched it, she hissed and jerked her finger back as if shocked. "What terrifying strength."

"I feel like I'm about to fly..." Su Chen controlled his steps, overcome by an unprecedented sense of lightness. He felt that with just a little force, he could shoot several meters away. His strength had increased considerably as well.

The changes in his body were obvious, and he opened the panel again.

[Sky-Rending Warrior: 25%]

[Professional Ability—Wind Erosion: Temporarily increases strength and gains the blessing of the wind element.]

"Tsk, not only was the development progress inherited, it also advanced by leaps and bounds." Su Chen could not help grinning. "Strengthened evolved into Wind Erosion. Not bad, not bad. This is what a top-tier profession should be..."

Only one employment requirement remained to be fulfilled—

[Advancement requirement to be fulfilled: Raise any basic physical training method to Master.]

After being put through the wringer by the Strongman, the accumulated running-time requirement had disappeared.

"A basic physical training method?" Su Chen slowed slightly, finding it rather troublesome.

"Molten Stone should count, but... its improvement speed is very slow, and it's obviously F-rank. Do I have to find something even more basic?"

Just as he was thinking about it, the panel changed again.

[F-rank training methods only need to be raised to Proficient.]

"Ha, that's more like it..." Su Chen nodded, doing his best to restrain the urge to spread his wings and soar.

"Birds of a feather flock together. I thought your standards were really that high. Something Jiang He has already played with, and you treat it like some treasure..."

In the distance, Zhou Zong stared darkly at Su Chen's retreating back. Having been humiliated in public had truly broken his composure.

"Student..." Seeing his unfriendly expression, a passing Inspection Guard reached out to stop him.

"Have you never seen this face before?" Zhou Zong snapped angrily.

The guard who had stopped him looked annoyed, but the companion beside him smiled and said, "So it's Director Zhou's son. Sorry... sorry..."

Zhou Zong gave a cold snort, straightened his clothes, and walked away.

But just after turning a corner, he collided head-on with another dark figure. The impact was strong enough to make his body sway, and he nearly fell.

"Are you blind?" Zhou Zong's voice was icy, but the person did not even dare look back and hurried away.

One piece of bad luck after another. Zhou Zong clenched the name "Su Chen" between his teeth and disappeared from sight.