My Professions Have Too Much Personality - Chapter 217 - 142: Becoming a Reverser, The System Takes Shape, A Perpetual Motion Machine?

Chapter 217: Chapter 142: Becoming a Reverser, The System Takes Shape, A Perpetual Motion Machine?

The Undying Armor’s texture was now almost indistinguishable from metal, a sign that its defensive level had drastically increased.

’After strengthening it and using my three-in-one defense, I’ll definitely be able to tank Wu Yang.’

Using Wu Yang as a benchmark, Su Chen could now make a confident judgment. However, it was hard to estimate what his upper limit was.

Su Chen rubbed his temples. ’This ability is powerful, but draining all my Spiritual Power makes it a last-ditch, life-or-death move. If it fails to secure victory, I’ll be the one left incapacitated.’

’However, when combined with Reverser and Gourmet, it’s no longer a life-or-death move for me. I could use it at least two or three times in a single battle and still have power left over…’

’This is the true power of Professional Ability synergy!’

Su Chen couldn’t help but feel moved. The mental fatigue even seemed to lighten. He opened his panel and glanced at the requirements for [Reverser]—they were already at 99%.

’Perfect. Just one last push. My Spiritual Power is already drained, so now I’ll just exhaust my body.’

Su Chen stopped circulating his Meditation Technique and focused on the Body Refining Technique, completely draining his Physical Strength until he finally met the requirement.

’Hmm… Gourmet can restore my Physical Strength, but my Spiritual Power still needs more time to recover. I’ll wait. I’ll ascend to the new profession when I’m at my peak.’ Su Chen panted, filled with anticipation but remaining patient.

After chugging a few Potions and waiting for three or four hours, his body gradually returned to its peak condition.

After calming his mind, Su Chen took a deep breath and stood up straight.

Reverser, ascend!

Su Chen was fully mentally prepared, but the ascension process for Reverser was unexpectedly strange.

A fragment of the Star of Void materialized before him, gradually melting into purple ripples that gently washed over his entire body, like the first spring snowmelt seeping into the earth.

Every cell in his body felt like a parched seed receiving life-giving rain, stretching and swelling in the warm current. A fine network of purple veins appeared on the surface of his skin.

Ripples spread through his Spirit Body. He could “see” his Spiritual Power flowing through his entire body like a swarm of fireflies. The sensation was so pleasant he almost moaned in comfort.

But in an instant, the warmth solidified into billions of ice needles that viciously pierced every single one of his cells.

“AGH—”

The abrupt shift made Su Chen let out a muffled howl. The purple veins on his skin flared with blinding light, like an overloaded circuit.

An intense burning sensation surged from his limbs toward his heart. He felt his consciousness being torn in two, then forcibly shoved into every single cell.

The purple veins rapidly enveloped his entire body, then a dark golden light erupted. Within this radiance, his physical structure and Spirit Body, which had been on the verge of collapse, stabilized. The veins then gradually faded away.

With the panel, as long as all the requirements were met, failure wasn’t a possibility; the only variable was the amount of pain involved.

[Reverser ascension successful. Professional Ability acquired—Inversion Transformation: You can drain your Spiritual Power or Physical Strength and convert one into the other.]

*Phew…* Su Chen let out a long sigh, his heart still racing. The transformation just now had been no ordinary pain; the feeling of his consciousness being torn apart reminded him of the Delirious Words Trial.

Even so, a smile crept onto his face. ’Finally, I succeeded.’

He couldn’t wait to test his new ability. With a single thought, he felt his body suddenly weaken as if he had just performed strenuous exercise. A portion of his Physical Strength was drained, while his Spiritual Power, in turn, surged out of thin air.

Then, he converted Spiritual Power back into Physical Strength, and his slightly weakened body quickly recovered.

’Hmm… the conversion loss isn’t that high…’ Su Chen noticed his Physical Strength hadn’t returned to its absolute peak. ’It’s not the massive thirty to forty percent loss Old Qin talked about, only about twenty percent. This must be because I perfectly met the ascension requirements.’

Next, Su Chen experimented relentlessly, using Gourmet to restore his Physical Strength, then converting it into Spiritual Power. He was having the time of his life.

’This combo essentially completes the circuit. It can serve as a foundation, compatible with all of my current and future abilities. It’s an absolutely crucial cornerstone.’

Su Chen clenched his fists, his mind already racing with possibilities.

He even tried using [Holy Hand] to strengthen [Inversion Transformation]. It did have an effect—the amount of Spiritual Power or Physical Strength produced by the conversion was significantly greater.

However, the [Holy Hand] ability consumed even more power in the process.

As for a continuous ability like Gulping, it also had a certain strengthening effect, allowing him to consume three extra tubes of compressed Nutrient Liquid.

But after just a few hours, the stored nutrients would begin to overflow, forcing him to expend them.

During this time, he also confirmed that the extra nutrients in his Abyssal Stomach could be stored for about twenty days without being consumed—double the duration Ming Lin had mentioned.

After completely adapting to the conversions between his various abilities, Su Chen finally took out the Talent Detection Device he had prepared long ago from his Storage Space.

He was ready to see what this “forced averaging” of his Talents was all about.

He placed each of his hands on one of the device’s spheres. To his surprise, two somewhat dim, dark green pillars of light projected out.

“Heh…” Su Chen grinned. “They’re both Mo Cui.”

Although it was unexpected, it also made sense. He had a rough idea of what had happened.

According to his speculation, the threshold for an Ink Jade Talent required at least an additional 250% bonus from professional development on top of a base colorless Talent.

When the two were averaged out, his Spirit Talent had just barely dropped to the Mo Cui threshold, while his physical Talent had been pulled up to it. The end result was that, externally, it appeared his physical Talent had actually been raised to the Ink Jade Level.