Chapter 18: Good fellow, you didn’t let me down! [Riftwalker Warrior]

    Su Chen was truly a little flustered this time. The system panel would glitch from time to time, and he couldn’t find any pattern to it.

    Sometimes he would try his best, with emotions fluctuating in his mind, but the profession on the panel wouldn’t react at all.

    But sometimes, a single strange thought would emerge, and the panel would react.

    Last time, the Ropemaster tried to usurp power but was directly counter-killed.

    This time, if the Strongman was counter-killed, would his profession still exist?

    [The Swift Wind Walker, taken by surprise, was ambushed and enraged, immediately counter-attacking. The Strongman was no match, but thinking of the host’s expectations, he erupted in anger, attacking furiously. The Swift Wind Walker was consumed by unwillingness.]

    Good job, Strongman, you didn’t let me down!

    The panel’s result made Su Chen breathe a sigh of relief, but he still stared intently at the final outcome.

    [The Strongman devoured the Swift Wind Walker, sublimated to the extreme, and transformed into a first-tier top-level profession – Riftwalker Warrior. You now enjoy the professional characteristics of both the Strongman and the Swift Wind Walker. Please fulfill the employment requirements as soon as possible to unlock more professional abilities.]

    A first-tier top-level profession?!

    Su Chen’s eyes lit up. Good Strongman, good buddy!

    Didn’t let me down!

    He didn’t know if the profession would disappear if the Strongman was counter-killed, but this was undoubtedly the best result.

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

    However, before Su Chen could carefully check the conditions he needed to fulfill, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his body.

    “Damn, not good!”

    The pain from when he first became a Strongman was still fresh in his memory. Although this time it wasn’t as intense as before, it came very suddenly.

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    The most painful areas were mainly concentrated in his legs. The two main tendons felt like they were being forcibly stretched open, and his muscles twitched non-stop.

    Not only that, but some information was also rushing into his mind, which were the employment requirements for the [Riftwalker Warrior].

    This made it difficult for him to support his body. He swayed and stumbled, reaching out his hands haphazardly.

    “What’s wrong with you?”

    Suddenly, someone grabbed his left hand. It was Bai Fengxi.

    He subconsciously grabbed her hand, pulled her up, stumbled, and then pressed his right hand onto her shoulder, struggling to maintain his balance. He finally managed to stand firm.

    Bai Fengxi looked at him suspiciously. She had noticed earlier that Su Chen’s complexion had changed rapidly in a short period, finally turning pale, and he almost fell to the ground out of nowhere.

    “It’s nothing, my leg… my leg… my leg is cramping…” Su Chen gritted his teeth, forcing himself to remain calm, his legs shaking incessantly, covered in cold sweat.

    Leg cramps?

    Bai Fengxi’s eyes moved slightly, and she looked at the hand gripping her shoulder, where a vein was throbbing.

    She frowned suddenly. No, her shoulder hurt badly!

    “What’s wrong with him?” Instructor Zheng noticed their movements, quite surprised.

    Bai Fengxi, this aloof girl, usually wouldn’t speak more than three sentences to others. Why was she so close to this guy?

    “Leg cramps,” Bai Fengxi said with a tight expression.

    “Cramps?” Instructor Zheng was momentarily confused. Other students exchanged glances, and some couldn’t help but say, “Just a little physical activity?”

    “How poor is his foundation.”

    Instructor Zheng was also a bit speechless, but as a teacher, he still asked, “Do you want me to take a look?”

    “No need,” Bai Fengxi rejected for him before Su Chen could speak, her face looking terrible, the pain getting worse.

    “Alright…” Instructor Zheng frowned, but didn’t say much more, turning instead to remind the others of the precautions.

    This training session was almost over. Everyone was out of breath, and they left in groups of two or three, still discussing their exercise experiences.

    Clack clack!

    The door opened, and the first person to walk out stopped abruptly. A figure stood outside, and someone greeted them with a strange expression, “Senior Zhou…”

    Zhou Zong responded amiably and asked, “Where’s Fengxi?”

    “Uh…” Everyone exchanged glances, their words evasive: “She’s behind, she’s behind…”

    Zhou Zong keenly sensed that something was wrong. The crowd had already consciously made way for him, and he immediately saw Bai Fengxi and Su Chen, very close.

    Su Chen stood behind Bai Fengxi, his right hand on her shoulder, almost clinging to her.

    !!

    Zhou Zong’s face stiffened. Bai Fengxi had maintained her distance from him from the beginning, making it difficult for him to get within a meter of her.

    But this guy…

    “Um, Su Chen seems to have cramps…” someone whispered, having a good impression of this senior.

    “Cramps…” Zhou Zong sneered inwardly, quickly walking into the room and saying calmly, “Let me help…” “Get out!” Bai Fengxi spit out a single word with a cold expression. The shoulder Su Chen was pressing was trembling slightly.

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

    Zhou Zong froze in place. The students who hadn’t left yet swallowed, thinking, is she that devoted?

    “No, I…” Zhou Zong’s face was strained.

    “Get out!” Bai Fengxi’s voice was a little louder, and faintly trembling. It hurt, it hurt so much!

    Zhou Zong’s face turned pale and then green. He snorted, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

    Naturally, the others didn’t dare to say anything. They exchanged glances, suppressing their excitement at sensing gossip, and quickly left.

    The metal door closed heavily. Instructor Zheng hesitated to speak.

    A moment later, Su Chen let out a long breath, removed his hand from her shoulder, and said helplessly, “Sorry, my body isn’t doing too well.”

    Bai Fengxi stared at him, seemingly a little annoyed, “It’s fine!”

    “Well, I’ll go first?” Su Chen felt a tingling sensation from Bai Fengxi’s stare.

    “Mm.” Bai Fengxi nodded.

    Su Chen stood there for a while, then cautiously stepped out, seemingly like a lingering effect of cramps, walking with an uneven gait.

    When he reached the doorway, he suddenly remembered something and returned, pulling out his communication device, “Add me on V?”

    Adding contact information with this device was quite strange; it required the device to be pressed against, allowing information to be entered.

    “Su Chen…”

    After seeing him leave, Bai Fengxi murmured in a low voice and slowly rolled up her training uniform on her right arm.

    On her shoulder, there was a clear handprint, with the edges already bruised.

    She gently touched it, hissing softly, and her fingers recoiled as if shocked by electricity. “Such strong force.”

    ………

    “I feel like I’m going to fly…” Su Chen controlled his steps, feeling an unprecedented lightness. He felt that with just a little effort, he could dart several meters away, and his strength had also increased significantly.

    His body changes were very obvious, so he opened the panel again.

    [Riftwalker Warrior: 25%]

    [Professional Ability – Wind Erosion: Temporarily increases strength and gains wind element enchantment.]

    “Tsk, not only was the development progress inherited, but it also advanced by leaps and bounds,” Su Chen grinned. “Vigor evolved into Wind Erosion, not bad, this is what a top-tier profession should be…”

    There was only one employment requirement left to fulfill:

    [Promotional requirement to be fulfilled: Any basic physical conditioning method must be raised to Master level.]

    Because of the Strongman’s ordeal, the accumulated running time condition was gone.

    “Basic physical conditioning method?” Su Chen paused slightly, feeling a bit difficult.

    “Molten Rock should count, but… the improvement speed is very slow, and it’s clearly F-grade. Could it be that I need to find something more basic?”

    Just as he was thinking, the panel changed again.

    [F-grade training methods only need to be proficient.]

    “Ha, that’s more like it…” Su Chen nodded, trying hard to suppress his desire to “soar.”

    “Birds of a feather, I thought your standards were really that high. You treat Jiang He’s old tricks like treasures…”

    In the distance, Zhou Zong stared coldly at Su Chen’s retreating figure. Having been publicly humiliated, he was truly furious.

    “This student…” Seeing his unfriendly expression, a passing patrol officer reached out to stop him.

    “Have you never seen my face before?” Zhou Zong snapped angrily.

    The patrol officer who stopped him frowned in annoyance, but his companion next to him smiled and said, “Oh, it’s Director Zhou’s son. Sorry… sorry…”

    Zhou Zong snorted, straightened his clothes, and walked straight ahead.

    But after turning a corner, he bumped into a dark figure head-on. The force was quite strong, making him sway and almost fall.

    “Are you blind?” Zhou Zong’s voice was cold, but he saw the person walking away in a hurry without looking back.

    One misfortune after another, Zhou Zong muttered “Su Chen” to himself, disappearing from sight.

    (End of this chapter)

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