My stats are higher than yours!

"Why did you stop fighting? Don't you love fighting the most?" Bai Shuodong teased with a smile.

"Something's off with you. It's disgusting to fight you. Not only are your stats high, but you also have 800 tricks up your sleeve waiting for me. It's disgusting to fight you."

Xia Yanxin took a drink, took a sip, and continued, "Your attack power is too high. It's too much of a disadvantage for me to fight you with dual greatswords."

"Then what do you think you should use to avoid losing out?"

"Um..."

Xia Yan thought about it for a moment, but he didn't expect it.

Then she thought about it carefully again, but still couldn't think of anything. Finally, she fell into deep thought and said, "I don't feel like there are any good weapons to fight against. You're just a guy with high pure psionic energy. No matter what weapon you use to fight against him, you'll be suppressed."

"Moreover, during combat, you also have to consider the number of attacks and confrontations. Too many head-on confrontations not only make your hands hurt from the impact of the attacks, but also make your weapons easy to break. It's just too troublesome."

"is it?"

Bai Shuodong nodded slightly.

Although he had temporarily won, he was not arrogant or complacent because it was only because Xia Yanxin did not want to fight him anymore. If they continued to fight, he would not be able to do anything about her.

Xia Yanxin was faster and had an intuition to prevent sneak attacks. In addition, with her high skill level, he was unable to defeat his opponent.

If they keep fighting, they can only stay tied, and eventually it will become a battle of stamina, with whoever has the better stamina winning.

"Boom boom boom!"

Suddenly, a knock sounded on the door. Xia Yanxin and Bai Shuodong exchanged a glance, and Xia Yanxin said directly, "Xiaoling, Xiaoling, open the training room door."

"Ok."

Mechanical sounds filled the room.

Chapter Sixty-One: Slow Start?!

The training room door opened, and standing behind it was not Xia Yanxin's best friend, but Jiang Lin, whose face was full of worry.

What are you doing here?

Xia Yanxin lay on the sofa, crossed her legs like a lord, and asked.

"I went to Bai Shuodong to complain, and I heard he's with you," Jiang Lin said dejectedly.

"Huh? Complaining? Does that mean the girl you like has a boyfriend?" Bai Shuodong asked.

"roll!"

Jiang Lin cursed irritably, then looked at Xia Yanxin and tentatively asked, "May I come in and say a few words?"

"Whatever, you can tell me what's bothering you so I can cheer you up."

"You two are unbelievable!"

Jiang Lin sighed again, then went to the rest area, found a private seat, leaned back, and said, "You gave me the attribute-enhancing potion before, right?"

"Hmm, this is some good stuff from Giant Pharmaceuticals. How do you feel about it?" Bai Shuodong asked with a smile.

"It's so refreshing, so incredibly satisfying."

Jiang Lin closed his eyes and then said, "After using the Titan Potion, my basic attributes increased significantly. As my basic attributes increased, my talent naturally awakened as well."

"Oh?"

Bai Shuodong raised an eyebrow slightly.

There are actually two types of talent awakening. After being actively stimulated at school, some people will awaken their talents directly, while others will need to meet certain basic attribute requirements before their talents can be awakened due to the prerequisites of their talents.

Bai Shuodong belongs to the former category, while Jiang Lin belongs to the latter.

“Talents that require certain basic attributes are generally quite powerful, so you’ve really hit the jackpot!” Bai Shuodong laughed, then asked with a puzzled look, “Then why do you have that expression? Are you here to show off to me?”

"No, I'm already useless. Take a look at the talent description yourself." Jiang Lin sighed, then shared the talent panel.

Slow Start

Grade: A

Passive effect

①Heavy cost: Reduces base strength, base agility, and base spirit by 50%. This effect is not a negative status and cannot be removed.

②Indestructible: Gain 5% fixed maximum health damage reduction, increased resistance to abnormal statuses, increased resistance to control effects, and increased soul resilience.

③I have activated: After entering battle, the effect ① will be reduced to 1% of the base three-dimensional attributes per minute, and will enter the [fully activated state] after 50 minutes.

[Fully Activated State]: Recovers 1% of maximum health per second, greatly increases stamina recovery speed, gains an additional 5% damage reduction based on maximum health, significantly increases resistance to abnormal statuses and control effects, and deals additional damage equal to 1% of maximum health.

Supplement ①: After 1 hour out of combat, the three-dimensional attributes decrease by 1% per minute.

"hiss...."

Bai Shuodong immediately gasped. The values ​​of this slow start were indeed terrifying. Once successfully activated, it would grant terrifying values ​​such as [10% permanent fixed damage reduction from maximum health], [1% maximum health recovery per second], [significantly increased dual resistances], and [attacks with an additional 1% maximum health].

These talent stats are ridiculously high!

But the problem is...

It takes him 50 minutes to start...

If it were just a matter of time, then I could simply pretend I don't have this talent. But the problem is that it has side effects. In normal circumstances, it directly reduces strength, agility, and spirit attributes by 50%, and this side effect is not a negative state, so it cannot be removed.

"Let me see it too."

Xia Yanxin took the initiative to lean closer to Bai Shuodong without any hesitation, and then looked at the panel together with an unusually excited expression on her face.

"This is..."

"Holy crap, what a terrible talent! Who can fight you for 50 minutes? A normal 50% reduction in all three dimensions, what's the difference between that and suicide? This nerf is just too outrageous!" Xia Yanxin said with a strange expression.

Her gaze toward Jiang Lin gradually turned to pity.

This talent stat is incredibly high, even higher than many S-level talents, but the problem is the side effects are outrageous. By the time it's successfully activated, it'll probably be too late.

"So, now I just want to know one thing: can I revert my talent? Can I give up this talent? I feel so much weaker now, like I've become useless." Jiang Lin looked distressed and pained, tears streaming down his face.

"....I am sorry for your loss."

Bai Shuodong patted Jiang Lin on the shoulder, then thought for a moment and said, "Have you ever thought that in the Spirit Realm, you can try to maintain a combat state all the time, which would make you very strong?"

"It can't be activated in low-intensity combat; it can only enter combat mode under high-intensity combat." Jiang Lin lay down like a salted fish, his eyes completely devoid of any luster.

"You can look on the bright side. As long as you successfully activate it in battle, you'll be invincible. Even Xia Yanxin can't beat you," Bai Shuodong comforted him.

"If he gets going, who can beat him?"

Xia Yanxin echoed her sentiment.

"I feel like I have to switch to a tank build and stop focusing on physical attributes. My talent is completely wasted, no, I should say I'm completely wasted."

Jiang Lin closed his eyes and sighed, then a helpless look appeared on his face. He continued, "I'm sorry, Lao Bai, I may not be able to keep up with you in the future. I won't be able to see the view from a higher vantage point with you anymore. This talent is really... terrible."

"..."

Bai Shuodong remained silent.

Bai Shuodong thought.

Bai Shuodong suddenly realized.

He smiled, held up one finger, looked at Jiang Lin, and said, "Hey! I have a plan!"

"?"

"You probably don't know this, but there's a Trial Tower over at Yanxiao Mountain. You can go there even if you haven't become a psionicist. Once you're inside, choose the Trial of Courage, then take out a loan to increase your Courage value, and then just keep fighting from beginning to end."

Bai Shuodong said with a grin.

"Will this... work?"

Jiang Lin frowned. He felt that the plan was not very feasible and was too risky.

"I'll only give you the general idea; you'll have to optimize the specific details yourself."

“Before you enter, you can consider taking out a loan to get into the Tower of Trials. As long as you get a high score, you will have succeeded,” Bai Shuodong advised patiently.

"this..."

Jiang Lin hesitated briefly, then looked up at Bai Shuodong and asked, "What are the trial rewards like? Can they solve my problem?"

"I don't know, but if you can get a high score, the final reward should be pretty good. It will make you stronger and make it easier for you to get a stronger profession when you acquire a profession in the Spirit Realm Trial," Bai Shuodong said.

"Isn't that still gambling?"

“Otherwise, Jiang Lin, you’ve already awakened this talent. Do you think you still have room for stable improvement? If you don’t gamble, do you still have a chance?” Bai Shuodong said, spreading his hands.

"That seems to be the case."

Jiang Lin clenched his fist and said, "If I want to make up for my lack of talent in a profession or ability, I need to have more options. Improving my strength is essential. I have to take a gamble."

Chapter Sixty-Two Legendary Psionicist

Jiang Lin is gone.

Bai Shuodong looked at Xia Yanxin and suddenly asked, "By the way, weren't you quite warlike before? Why don't you want to fight this time? I don't believe you're scared."