My stats are higher than yours!

It has a strong deep healing effect, but it has an "adaptive evolution" effect, which will directly adapt to deep dark injuries. These two effects are relatively less useful.

[Rewards are being distributed]

Suddenly, an invisible force poured into Bai Shuodong's body. This force was peculiar; although the quantity was large, it didn't cause the unbearable pain of an injection. On the contrary, Bai Shuodong felt very comfortable, as if he were undergoing a transformation.

After a long while, Bai Shuodong stretched his body briefly, clenched his fist, and found that the power within him had not changed much.

However, he has already undergone a qualitative change.

"I feel like I can beat mages now."

Bai Shuodong muttered to himself.

+20 to all resistances is strong, but a mage's spell power is even stronger; it's just a matter of casting a few more spells.

He has a strong ability to adapt and evolve, but the mage's output leaves him no time to adapt.

But what if we combine the two?

When the mage realizes something is wrong and tries to control or restrict, he will be pleasantly surprised to find that he also has increased resistance to control effects and can trigger short-term adaptive abilities, which may not be able to control him normally.

When a mage tries to find another way to disrupt the game by using abnormal statuses, they will find that the mage also has abnormal status resistance, and short-term adaptation can adapt to more than one effect, which is quite ingenious.

but...

The prerequisite for him to be able to fight is that he has to be about the same strength as the mage, but that's unlikely.

"Right, psionic control."

Bai Shuodong closed his eyes and concentrated on sensing the spiritual energy within his body. The energy within him was extremely scarce, and his mental strength was also not high. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for him to control spiritual energy.

However, he has twenty years of cultivation experience!

Over the past twenty years, Bai Shuodong has continuously improved his control over spiritual energy and mental energy, and has tried his best to suppress the mental attribute control over spiritual energy, so that he can still control it when he comes out.

The ability to master psychic powers before officially becoming a psychic is extremely valuable. Under normal circumstances, only mages can do this, and many mentally strong support characters cannot. It requires a very high level of talent and luck.

As he focused his mind, a pale blue light gradually emanated from Bai Shuodong's hand—the light of psionic energy.

I felt it!

Psychic!

Bai Shuodong opened his eyes, stared at the psionic energy in his hand, and revealed an incredibly bright smile.

"Success!"

"I really did it!"

"I've finally mastered psionic power!"

"Hehehe, hahaha, hahahahaha!"

He burst into wild laughter in the space, then transformed it into flames through his understanding of the elements and the precision of his psionic manipulation.

Soon, intense flames ignited on Bai Shuodong's fist, the high temperature searing it and causing a slight pain, but the overall impact was minimal. Any psychic possesses an innate resistance to their own psychic energy, making them less susceptible to injury when facing their own power.

The slight stinging sensation he felt at that moment was mainly due to his intense perception and the high intensity of the flames, which his body's elemental resistance couldn't keep up with.

"Okay!"

"It's good that you didn't keep up!"

"As long as I don't keep up, I can use the adaptation skill to build up my resistance in the training room!"

"Hahaha!"

Chapter Fifty-Four: Return

Then, Bai Shuodong took off his clothes in the trial space and set himself on fire.

[Note: Pyro damage detected, triggering short-term adaptation]

[Hint: Fire resistance increased]

After increasing his resistance, Bai Shuodong could no longer feel any pain. Even if he released his spiritual energy at full power, it was useless, since his spiritual energy was only so high and could not penetrate his fire resistance at all.

Bai Shuodong sat in the fire and sighed, muttering helplessly to himself, "Even my best element, fire, is like this. I probably can't even improve my resistance to other elements. At most, I can only improve a tiny amount of fire resistance. I might as well not bother."

His time is precious, and he has to consider the cost-effectiveness of everything he does. Boosting resistance takes a lot of time, but the benefits are not high, so the cost-effectiveness is too low. It would be better to practice his skills.

Speaking of techniques...

Bai Shuodong looked at his special skills.

[Level 5 Long Weapon Specialization]

Over the past 20 years, he has not neglected to hone his skills, and his marksmanship has improved significantly compared to before, raising his skill level.

Regarding the use of sealed firearms...

What does that have to do with me using a staff?

I simply used earth magic to coat the staff with an outer shell. Essentially, it's still a staff, not a gun. You can't expect a staff to become a gun just by putting an outer shell on it, can you? As a mage, it's perfectly reasonable for me to use my staff to hit people in a fight, right?

[Level 5 Melee Perk]

[Level 6 Boxing Skill Specialty]

emmm...

There's no way around it, playing with high stats is just too fun, and I accidentally leveled it up, and my melee prowess also got upgraded to level 5.

Get out of the tower!

...

Tower of Trials

Bai Shuodong walked out of the tower and immediately saw Qin Hanwu, who had brought him here earlier. This guy must have been waiting for him.

"Two hours have passed, why have they been inside for so long?"

Qin Hanwu rested his chin on one hand and asked suspiciously, "You wouldn't have stayed inside for twenty years just to get a cheap deal, would you?"

"almost."

"what?"

Qin Hanwu gave him a look of utter disbelief, his gaze strange, and said, "You haven't become a psionicist yet, and the trial environment you're in won't be very good. There are no powerful figures from the real world, no mentors to guide your cultivation... Is it necessary to waste your time in a place like this?"

"..."

Bai Shuodong remained silent.

If I had the money to hire a personal trainer, I wouldn't be here trying to save money and wasting time honing my skills.

"Tsk."

Qin Hanwu looked at him, casually created a psionic shield to protect him from the high concentration of psionic energy, and continued, "Didn't your parents tell you that cultivating in a place like this is more than just a waste of time?"

"Any other questions?" Bai Shuodong frowned.

"Of course, this kind of long-term cultivation also has a great impact on the spirit and will. Having 20 years of extra experience out of nowhere will have a huge impact on your spirit and cognition. It's no different from directly wasting your precious youth."

“But I haven’t grown older; only two hours have passed in reality,” Bai Shuodong said.

"This is not a physical problem."

Qin Hanwu pointed to Bai Shuodong's chest and said, "It's the difference in the heart."

"Even if you know it's fake, and you know your purpose is cultivation, a long cultivation journey will inevitably affect your spirit. In an environment without family and friends, it may have a great impact on you. Some people can't even speak after decades of cultivation."

"Precisely because of this situation, under normal circumstances, we do not recommend staying in the trial for too long. It's better not to take advantage of such a deadly bargain."

"..."

Bai Shuodong fell silent, then reflected.

The 20 years he spent in the Tower of Trials certainly had a significant impact on him.

Now, whenever he sees a volcano, he wants to jump into the lava; whenever he sees an electric wire, he wants to touch it; whenever he sees the deep sea, he wants to swim right down into it; and whenever he sees poisonous creatures, he wants to taste them to see if they taste good...

As for the experience gained over time and its impact on thinking, Bai Shuodong didn't feel it was significant.

Could it be...

Because I am exceptionally talented?

"Alright, I won't ask too many questions about your affairs. Just keep it to yourself." Qin Hanwu turned around and said, "Come on, I'll take you out."

"it is good."

...

Outside Yanxiao Mountain

Qin Hanwu led Bai Shuodong to a relatively safe place, and then asked, "Oh, by the way, how was your harvest? Is it convenient for you to answer?"

"pretty good."

Bai Shuodong said with a smile, "I successfully passed the Trial of Courage and got a 3S+ rating. The mission completion rate reached the 500% limit. Not bad, right?"

"...You don't have to say it if you don't want to."

Qin Hanwu rolled his eyes at him, thinking to himself: The Trial of Courage is ridiculously difficult, it's not something a normal person can pass. Even a small monster's base stats are twice that of the challenger, making the overall difficulty frightening.