My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 190

And the normal lifespan of a Four-tier Professional is also similar.

Su Chen secretly estimated that if there were no Nethermist, based on the fragments of information from Qing Cang and others, as a Four-tier Professional, he would lose about 30% of his lifespan, living to about two hundred years old.

“However, according to this speculation, if a high-level professional who has not been contaminated but is at the end of their lifespan suddenly comes into contact with the Nethermist, will it reduce their remaining lifespan, or will it directly kill them?”

The sensation of his mental core being outside was quite mystical. After the initial feeling of rootlessness faded, it felt like a fish in water, a subtle dizzying sensation that made his thoughts wander.

In the past, his mental core was always within his body, and his mental power radiated outwards, essentially just an extension of his consciousness. He had never experienced this feeling before.

“Do not indulge,” You Shan’s voice suddenly rang out. “This is the illusion of consciousness breaking free from the body’s constraints. Without a body to carry it, mental consciousness is like a rootless duckweed, easily swallowed by the Nether Realm.”

Su Chen had already noticed that the environment outside the talisman array had quietly changed, becoming a hazy gray, like the terrain of the Nether Realm, but it was blocked by the talisman array and could not expand inwards.

The “drowning sensation” was surprisingly intense—when Su Chen had people carve this talisman array, he had been warned that this might happen.

Mental consciousness, trapped in the body for years, would experience a sense of immersion when first freed, as if wanting to melt into water and gain complete freedom. But this was just an illusion; if it truly melted into water, it would only be completely annihilated.

Quickly collecting his thoughts, he had only seen the life flame, but the professional requirement was to touch it.

The mental core floated forward, faintly outlining a phantom figure, reaching out to touch the life flame burning on the surface of the body.

In an instant, Su Chen felt a blazing heat, as if he had fallen into a fiery hell, thrown from a world of ice and snow into a volcanic crater. His mental projection immediately disintegrated and rolled back into his mental core.

“This is—” Su Chen’s heart trembled slightly. The pain of touching the life flame lasted only a moment, but it was a piercing pain that touched the essence of his spirit, as if it was melting.

You Shan said, “The stronger the life flame, the greater the damage to mental power. Even if it’s invisible on ordinary days, it indirectly protects the body.”

Su Chen’s heart stirred slightly. He wondered if it was a coincidence, but it strangely aligned with some ghost legends from his previous life.

Perhaps it was also one of the reasons why mental abilities became less effective against high-level professionals, with mental resilience against mental attacks and life flames preventing physical corrosion.

You Shan explained to him, “Controlling such a body requires a huge price, which is why very few young people are chosen as hosts by high-level mental professionals who have died.”

“Does this thing distinguish between friend and foe?” Su Chen couldn’t help but ask.

“Outside your mental core, my mental power is mixed in,” You Shan said, then withdrew the mental power that was pulling Su Chen’s mental core.

Suddenly, Su Chen felt a suction emanating from the body in front of him, and his mental core drifted back involuntarily.

The moment he returned to his body, the dizzying sensation disappeared, and a sense of security arose, as if his feet were firmly on the ground.

Su Chen subconsciously took a breath, the cool air filling his lungs, instantly feeling much more comfortable.

He glanced at the second requirement of the Life Burner on the panel, which was already completed.

“As the professional rank increases, the life level evolves, and the lifespan will also become longer. Don’t pay too much attention to this matter,” You Shan reminded him again.

This wasn’t the first time she had helped someone see their life flame. Some of the powerful families in Ying Feng City had ambitious and domineering leaders when they were young.

But when they reached a certain age, they would inevitably focus on their lifespan, watching it dwindle. They would try every possible means to live an extra year or two, eventually looking towards Demonic Gods.

“Don’t worry, and besides, I will most likely go to the Royal Court. Once the Nethermist is gone, I will be able to live for a long time, so I won’t worry,” Su Chen knew what You Shan was worried about and repeatedly assured her.

“The Royal Court—” You Shan remembered this matter again, and her expression changed. “I didn’t expect that.”

After a moment of thought, she looked at Su Chen again, and the beautiful woman hesitated, “If possible, could you please take Ming Lin with you as well?”

“Hmm—” Su Chen was surprised and asked, “Aren’t you planning to leave?”

On the way back with the Judge, he had already explained the general situation thoroughly and mentioned that Qing Cang said they could take their high-ranking family members.

Although the other party said this on the premise that they were unwilling to resolve the Holy Feast, if it was ultimately resolved, they could still choose to leave.

“Alas—” You Shan sighed, her eyes flowing. “Born here, raised here, I should die here. Although the Royal Court is good, it is not my homeland.”

“If Ming Lin is taken away by someone else, I would not be at ease.”

This implied a hidden logic: if the Holy Feast couldn’t be resolved, those who chose to accept Qing Cang’s proposal and leave.

It couldn’t be said that they were all “cowards,” but You Shan was unwilling to entrust Ming Lin to them.

“Understood.” Su Chen understood and agreed to the matter.

After seeing the Judge off, Su Chen felt somewhat heavy-hearted. If the Holy Feast couldn’t be resolved in the end, then he would have to take more than just Ming Lin.

“That Qing Cang must have a way, but he’s unwilling to pay an extra price. How can I persuade him?” Su Chen frowned.

This guy seemed to want to take him as a disciple, but there were differences between disciples. The other party was clearly not that eager, and if he made a request, it might backfire.

“Let’s take it one step at a time. If it really doesn’t work, I can only do my best.” Su Chen shook his head, putting the matter aside for now, and turned to the Life Burner who had completed all the requirements. He could take up the profession now, but he wasn’t fully prepared yet.

During this time, the essences he had melted had all been put in place.

He already knew which requirement the Cunning Fox essence, which could grant additional rewards, should be used on.

Naturally, it was the first requirement for the profession: the multiple of remaining lifespan. He was also willing to gamble on the possibility of completing it even if the difficulty increased.

He immediately acted, applying the Cunning Fox essence to the Life Burner—

[The difficulty of Professional Requirement One has increased: Theoretical remaining lifespan greater than six times your current age. Upon completion of this requirement and professional advancement, additional rewards will be granted.]

“Ha—” Su Chen couldn’t help but grin. The difficulty requirement changed from three times to six times, but he still met it, simply because he was so young.

“In that case, I don’t need to reduce the difficulty and can save a Crimson essence.”

He was content. Everything was ready, and now was the time to take up the profession.

With a slight thought, the Life Burner on the panel exploded.

Suddenly, scorching pale flames erupted from his feet, instantly engulfing his body. They drilled into his lungs like a living thing, and his body became like dry tinder, serving as fuel.

“This is fucking–” Su Chen gritted his teeth, sparks with a burnt, bloody smell spewing from his mouth and nose. His chest clicked like breaking charcoal in the searing heat, as if his body was literally being used as kindling.

As his flesh burned, the Destroyer automatically activated, pumping warm currents from his heart.

This was not an illusory flame; it was as real as could be. The pain of this professional advancement was almost second only to the advancement of his main profession.

He estimated that if the last lifespan requirement hadn’t been removed, what was burning now would be his own lifespan.

The flames burned intensely, but after only a few minutes, they gradually receded.

At this moment, Su Chen’s body appeared extremely withered, with no flesh under his skin, and his bones clearly visible.

But at the same time, his whole body glowed with rich vitality, and astonishing power surged through his withered body.

His almost withered heart was still squeezing the thick blood in his body, but he could feel that if his heart beat a few more times, it would truly collapse.

[Life Burner profession successfully achieved. Acquired professional ability—Life Burn: Ignite the life flame. The longer the lifespan burned, the stronger the power obtained.]

[Acquired additional reward—Flesh as Fuel: You can choose not to use lifespan as fuel, but to use flesh as fuel, with reduced power amplification.]

Su Chen’s eyelids fluttered, his pupils streaked with blood. His body, burned to near desiccation, triggered the Destroyer’s ability.

But in this state, he didn’t even dare to make any large movements, fearing that too much power would destroy his current fragile body.

During the process, Su Chen had already taken out the Biyun Potion from his storage space and put it in his mouth. He raised his head slightly, and the green potion rolled down his dry throat.

Like timely rain in a long drought, his parched body greedily absorbed the nutrients of the potion. Before it even reached his stomach, a small portion was absorbed by his throat.

And his nearly withered body quickly became plump. After drinking another tube, Su Chen fully recovered and let out a long sigh of relief.

“This is too ruthless. It almost burned me dry.”

After putting on new clothes, Su Chen finally had time to check his professional abilities, which were similar to what Old Xia had said.

Whether the requirements were met perfectly probably only affected the ratio of lifespan burned to power converted.

He estimated that he would rarely have the opportunity to use this main ability, and his attention was on the extra rewards.

“Flesh as Fuel—” Su Chen murmured. The extra reward offered him another option: no longer use lifespan as fuel, but his own flesh, with a correspondingly reduced power increase.

But it was exactly what he wanted.

“Burning flesh to gain power, and the resulting damage will trigger the Destroyer. This is the combination I want, and I no longer need to find a profession that deliberately damages the body.” Su Chen tried it out briefly.

Immediately, a pale white flame erupted from the surface of his skin, and a tingling sensation spread throughout his body. Warm currents flowed from his heart, and an endless stream of power surged from his body.

“Flesh as Fuel” burned extremely evenly, and he could also control burning specific areas.

A profession is never about quantity but about synergy. If one forms their core system based on a certain profession, their strength among those of the same rank would be formidable.

Next, he began to continuously experiment, avoiding areas like the heart, to figure out to what extent he needed to burn to achieve the optimal power increase, and the requirement that his actions should not be impaired.

Several hours later, he gradually found his way, his body enveloped in blood-like thick flames, illuminating his skin with molten, crimson light patterns.

Black lightning, like living things, darted through the curtain of fire, tearing branch-like flashes of cracks within it. Even his hair trailed red and black intertwined light tails.

He suppressed the rampant energy in his body, trying to avoid causing damage to his surroundings, but the ground beneath his feet had already turned charred black.

This was his Gravity Room, and the materials used were extremely sturdy. Even the previous几次 evolutions had not caused any damage here, despite the unrestrained energy release.

But this time was different, indicating the intensity of the energy.

Su Chen carefully savored it. He was now a Life Burner, with the combined abilities of the Destroyer and the perfect state of professional fusion.

“Now, I wonder if I can defeat Senior Brother Teng Liang.”

Su Chen clenched his fists, inevitably recalling the night the Pang family was destroyed, not long after he arrived in Ying Feng.

The five-meter-tall ancient spirit giant, standing on the rooftop, left a deep impression on him with its violent destructiveness.

Of course, this was not his strongest state yet. His strongest state was to use the Holy Hand to augment the abilities of the Life Burner and the Destroyer, further increasing their conversion ratio. However, in that state, his endurance would also be greatly reduced, and he probably wouldn’t be able to last long, perhaps becoming weak after a few strikes.

But—perhaps those few strikes could kill Senior Brother Teng Liang?

A thought suddenly popped into his mind, and Su Chen’s face darkened. He dispelled the various states of his body.

A sudden increase in power always brought many inexplicable thoughts.

“It’s just too much consumption of repair potions.” Su Chen gulped down a potion. This kind of physical damage was difficult to heal naturally in a short time and could only rely on potions.

“What will the sacred profession of the Life Burner be like? Will it enhance the conversion ratio or change abilities?” Su Chen then glanced at the main ability of the Life Burner. How much augmentation would burning lifespan bring?

He really wanted to try it out.

“Are you out of your mind? Is an experiment worth consuming your own lifespan for?” Su Chen cursed himself inwardly, then shifted his attention to other matters: “I wonder what those guys are like, but their talents are not low, and they must all be top-tier professionals, all possessing professional fusion methods, and they certainly have special professional assistance—”

Su Chen couldn’t help but think of Wan Chen and the others. Those brought by Qing Cang must all be standard.

“They have also become recognized individuals. If they are defeated, I wonder if the Great Venerable will still react.”

Su Chen speculated, “However, they all seem to be older than me, and their main professional rank might no longer be Four-tier.”

Single professionals were burdens. In the Royal Court, those who could truly make a name for themselves were definitely dual professionals, and their strength would be immeasurable.

Musing, Su Chen opened his wristband again. He was about to leave Ying Feng and head to the ruins. He still had many things to prepare, such as auxiliary potions.

At the same time, in the lavish room prepared for Qing Cang in Ying Feng, streams of blue energy circulated, covering the entire room. From the outside, everything was blurred.

In the central area, Qing Cang had placed a metal table across, his expression solemn, and bowed deeply: “Qing Cang, respectfully welcome Master—”

As his voice fell, a streak of light emerged from his body and landed on the table, transforming into a small bronze figure, resembling a porcelain doll. However, it sat cross-legged with a gear-shaped halo suspended behind its back.