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Chapter 77: It's time to show some real skill.

If it were an ordinary Class D superhuman, being hit by this numerical check punch would most likely have turned them into a pile of superhumans.

Metal Knight, an S-class creation, was punched in the face but was not left with any marks.

On the contrary, as its momentum increased, the electric current on its body surface dissipated rapidly, water droplets seeped from its metal shell, and the surrounding air became humid.

In the blink of an eye, a stream of water dispelled the flames clinging to the Metal Knight's body, while its right hand covered the water, forming a sharp spike that suddenly slashed upwards!

Fortunately, Jiang He sensed the danger and dodged backward to avoid the attack.

He stepped back a few meters and saw the metal knight stand up again, his body covered in water and surrounded by water vapor, now known as the "Water Knight".

"It really does change size at will..."

No wonder Yunyang was so confident, yet his final battle score was only a dozen points higher than before.

The difficult level of Metal Rider is indeed more challenging.

This kind of attribute-countering ability is especially effective against superhumans with a single ability.

The extraordinary flames released by Jiang He, when they landed on the Metal Knight's flowing water, could only exert one or two tenths of their power, or even less!
Jiang He had reason to suspect that, given this exaggerated display of restraint, even if he was a physical superhuman, Metal Knight might have transformed into a similar elemental state, thus weakening his power by 80-90%.

It has no weaknesses and can maintain an absolute advantage!
unless--

"Only challengers with a wide range of combat techniques can break through Metal Knight's 'attribute advantage.'"

"For example, first use one ability to make Metal Knight's attribute countered, then use another ability to bypass the countered attribute, or even counter it in reverse..."

Theoretically speaking, the talent of Word Power can achieve this effect.

It is an all-around talent; it is often the only one that can restrain others, and very few people can restrain it.

However, Jiang He has lost his talent for using words of power and can only use pre-prepared incantations and fixed words of power.

Moreover, simply using the power of words means that he has to abandon the bonuses of the fire profession, which is equivalent to weakening himself. In fact, he is still being restrained.

fine--

Jiang He has another way to bypass Metal Knight's "attribute targeting".

"Congratulations, you have successfully passed the numerical test."

"Now, I'm going to show you the real skills!"

The flames started burning from the root.

Jiang He activated his Blazing Body specialization, transforming into a flame form to fight the oncoming Metal Knight.

When Metal Knight manipulates the flowing water and lashes out like a water whip, he triggers his "Intuition" talent, successfully predicting the attack trajectory and easily dodging it.

But he didn't do that.

Instead, he activated his eraser talent, deliberately letting the water whip lash his body.

When the eraser took effect, the supernatural water was wiped away, and his body began to fester, revealing numerous wounds.

"hiss……"

Jiang He gasped, his body aching, yet he wore an expression of excitement—

it has started!

The Eraser talent can eliminate attacks, but it will cause damage to the user.

This is real damage. Although it may not be fatal at first, if it accumulates, it can lead to serious injury or even death.
This is inherently a negative status effect, but it just so happens to trigger the Flamebringer class's new skill—

[Burning Flame Lv3 - Passive Skill: When Fiery Body is activated, the more severe the physical injuries, the higher the intensity of the flames.]

The skill took effect, and Jiang He's flames burned even brighter!
Subsequently, another new skill of the Flamebringer class was triggered.

[Flame Bloodline Lv6 - Passive Skill: When Fiery Body is activated, physical strength receives a bonus based on fire strength.]

As the flames burned fiercely, Jiang He's speed increased and his strength grew stronger!
And as his physique strengthens, he can withstand more injuries!

then.

Jiang He uses the new skills of the Word Bearer profession.

【Etched Words Lv6 - Limited Skill: Consumes a large amount of Spirit, causing the next Word of Power to transform into a wound, engraved on the target, with a long-lasting effect. (A maximum of six Etched Words can exist at the same time)】

he said to himself.

"Spiritual Healing" "Spiritual Healing" "Spiritual Healing"...

This restorative spell can quickly heal physical injuries, but the effect is relatively short-lived.

At this moment, through the skill effect, it transforms into six scars, etched on the body's surface, but becomes the "Persistence Skill".

Endless healing power spread from the Six Paths Curse Mark throughout the body, continuously restoring physical injuries.

At the same time, the Eraser talent continuously erases Metal Knight's attacks, creating new injuries and unleashing even more powerful flames, providing a stronger body...

Thus, the cycle is complete!
Jiang He's fiery body burned brighter and brighter, and his speed increased rapidly! He was actually growing wildly along with the Metal Knight, and his aura surged!

The enhanced pure physical strength, combined with the eraser ability, completely ignored the water flow's restraint and dealt true damage!

Amidst continuous bursts of flame and deafening impacts on the field, the combat power ratio on the platform's display screen soared relentlessly—

60……80……100……120……150……

The students on the platform were stunned into silence.

Yunyang, being physically stronger, was able to see the battle scene clearly, which made him even more shocked, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

Not buddy.

Metal Knight is an S-class creation, essentially fighting by suppressing its own strength, which is why it gets stronger the longer it fights...

What's wrong with you now?!

Is the power of words really that amazing?!
Or……

Is it this flame?
Looking at the flames below, Yunyang felt as if he had returned to the first test and saw a fire lotus similar to Du Lingwei's.

She was the same way; despite her injuries worsening, she grew stronger with each battle...

Despite being an A-level talent, he managed to reach a combat power of 100.

Could it be that Jiang He, like her, used the same profession?

But this isn't an S-rank route, so why is it so powerful?!

Ok……

If Jiang He knew what he was thinking, he would definitely laugh.

Compared to the A-level approach, the S-level path simply adds an S-level advancement, raising the skill ceiling. Lower-level professions may not see much difference.

Moreover, who says the "Sunburner" isn't an S-class pathway?
With the help of the [Time Transfer] talent, Jiang He has transformed it into an S-level pathway, and there are even two S-level advancements!
It surpasses all other S-class pathways, and its quality is second only to the Prophet!
"Those who burn the sun must first burn themselves in order to burn the heavens and the sun."

"The skill tree provided by this path allows extraordinary individuals to become stronger the more they are injured, and to unleash their power in desperate situations."

"No wonder in the future that Bai He told Lao Jiang, Du Lingwei was either seriously injured or killed in battle..."

"Dancing on the edge of a cliff all day long, fighting to the death, you never know when you might actually die."

Jiang He fought against Metal Knight, and despite feeling pain in his body, his strength kept increasing, giving him a strange sense of self-destructive pleasure.

He frantically added points in the distorted time domain, successfully mastering one of the core abilities of the Sunburner pathway.

Moreover, because each extraordinary individual has a different occupational composition.

Even the same profession can shine differently when held by different extraordinary individuals.

Jiang He's "Body of Blazing Flames" is completely different from Du Lingwei's—

The combination of [Eraser], [Word of Power], and [Intuition] gives Jiang He a stable ability to control damage.

He can even keep his "100 points of health" constantly at the critical point of "1 point of health," seemingly on the verge of death, but actually incredibly stable.

Unlike Du Lingwei, who relies on flames for protection and gradually bursts out with damage from minor scratches.

Furthermore, the high recovery ability provided by [Word of Power: Spiritual Healing] allows Jiang He to fully utilize the eraser effect in battle—

Forcibly inflicting injury or self-harm is merely the most basic method of application.

He can also wipe away the water flow enveloping Metal Knight, dealing true damage; or wipe away Metal Knight's wave attack, forcibly altering "elemental advantage"...

All these factors combined.

This unleashed Jiang He's combat power beyond imagination!

When he was on the verge of his limit, Metal Knight seized an opening and sent him off the battlefield.

The platform display screen provided the final evaluation.

[Difficulty: Difficult]

[Final battle energy ratio: 202.5]

[Evaluation: Excellent talent, excellent class combination, and decent practical experience.]

Jiang He actually relied entirely on his own strength to raise his battle power to 200 points!

This means that Metal Knight's combat power is approaching 100,000!

He's just an E-level superhuman!

"Not bad." Old Jiang, who was watching from the sidelines, smiled approvingly: "You really learned a lot in the last training session."

(End of this chapter)