My stats are higher than yours!!

They were even quite happy to see it.

After all, for high-level psionicists, the higher the level, the fewer friends they have to fight alongside. The waters of the high-level spirit world are very deep, and it becomes increasingly difficult to improve as you progress.

If a truly powerful top-tier psychic emerges, they would actually be quite happy to meet such a person, as long as there is no conflict.

"You... be careful."

Jiang Lin said with a strange expression.

Theoretically speaking, what a Taboo Walker says may be true or it may be nonsense, but you can't gamble on that probability.

If you gamble wrong, you'll drag countless others down with you.

Forcibly suppressing those who practice forbidden arts?

Um...

Suppressing a weak forbidden traveler is useless; he can't cause any trouble in the first place.

The powerful forbidden walker is useless to suppress; he will forcefully self-destruct and destroy everything.

Therefore, the best choice when facing a forbidden practitioner is not to offend them, even if you know they are dangerous or that they may be deliberately trying to harm you.

Dealing with forbidden practitioners is like opening a blind box. If you open the right one, nothing happens; if you open the wrong one, you're doomed.

However, the number of Taboo Walkers who truly master the forbidden taboos is actually quite small, accounting for a very small proportion of all Taboo Walkers, so some of them are indeed willing to take action.

You'd better bet right every time.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this anymore, Lao Bai, aren't you curious..." Jiang Lin took the initiative to change the subject.

"Stop!"

Bai Shuodong's expression immediately turned cold. She leaned her face close to Jiang Lin's, stared at him, poked his chest with her hand, and said coldly, "If it were before, it would be fine if you called me Lao Bai. But now that you're borrowing spiritual energy points from me, what should you call me?"

"..."

Jiang Lin lowered his head, sighed, and finally uttered two words with difficulty: "Godfather."

"Hey! My good son! That's right!"

Bai Shuodong burst out laughing, patted Jiang Lin on the shoulder, and said, "Here, these 4 spirit points are your father's reward to you, interest-free."

Chapter 144 The Abilities of the Oath Knights

[Transaction complete]

Current psionic points: 518

Bai Shuodong glanced at the remaining balance and immediately felt a chill run down his spine. Damn it! Forty thousand! That's forty thousand spirit points! Forty thousand spirit points!

Ahhhhh!

My heart aches so much!

"Greetings, Godfather!"

Jiang Lin immediately bowed deeply, his actions incredibly swift and decisive, without the slightest hesitation, and even with a relaxed smile on his face.

They're all extremely tough guys.

"By the way, tell me about your job. Is it impressive?" Bai Shuodong asked curiously.

"hey-hey!"

Jiang Lin smiled and said, "For others, this profession is just average, a standard tank, but for me it's different. This profession can bring about a qualitative change for me."

"How so?"

"hey-hey!"

Jiang Lin smiled confidently and said, "You should know about my talent, right?"

"Slow start".

"right!"

Jiang Lin leaned closer, his eyes bright, and said with utmost seriousness, "The core ability of a Oath Knight actually lies in the Oath. There are many types of core Oath abilities, which I can switch freely, but most of these abilities are not particularly strong."

"However..."

"One of these oaths is called the Oath of Old Glory. This oath is special because it allows one to store their peak state and retrieve it during battle."

"State storage?"

Bai Shuodong's eyes lit up instantly. If this guy had a [status storage] type of ability, then the disadvantage of [slow start] could become an extreme advantage. He could start at full power right from the start, which would be incredibly powerful.

"Hey hey hey!"

Jiang Lin laughed heartily, but his smile quickly faded. He sighed and said helplessly, "However, unfortunately, the Oath of Glory has many limitations. If I store 100 seconds of peak state, it can only be converted into 1 second of usable peak state."

"Hmm... this proportion is indeed outrageous."

Bai Shuodong nodded slightly, then his expression suddenly changed drastically, and he continued to question, "Wait! Something's not right! Since the ratio is so large! And the cost to a regular psychic is so high! Does that mean he doesn't have any other limitations?"

"Eh?"

Jiang Lin laughed again, a very happy laugh, and continued, "Indeed, because this skill itself has many limitations, there are no other restrictions in terms of its use."

“For a normal psychic, it’s difficult to accumulate too much time in a hundred times the peak state, but it’s different for me. My slow-start peak state can directly accumulate in large quantities, thus ensuring that I have a fairly sufficient peak state.”

"Hiss! That's a one-second mutation!"

Bai Shuodong gasped instantly. If that were the case, then for Jiang Lin, the Oath Knight would definitely be the top-tier profession.

He continued, "So, what are the base stats for your class? What types of other abilities do you have? How is your overall strength?"

"Professional growth potential 21, physique 10, strength 5, spirit 3, agility 3. Typical of a main body and secondary strength type profession. The conversion ratio of physique to life is 1 to 30. Legendary level, the highest level."

"The core competency is what I just told you. You can't just change the core competency of this profession, so I plan to use [Oath of Old Glory] until the very end," Jiang Lin said with a smile.

"What about the other abilities?"

"That's pretty strong too."

Jiang Lin gestured in mid-air, seemingly looking at his own panel, and said to Bai Shuodong as he looked at it: "Oath of Resurrection and Protection, an aura-type recovery ability, restores the health of all friendly units within range every second, calculated according to my health ratio."

"The Oath of Life and Death can be made with up to four teammates, allowing you to directly take part of the damage for them. The effect is quite good."

"The Holy Coronation Oath directly increases my maximum health. My maximum health can exceed the maximum limit of 100%, and it also provides fixed immunity to some damage and some instant-death effects."

"The oath of true punishment deals massive damage to the designated target and inflicts the [Vulnerable] effect, increasing the damage they take afterward."

"True Martial God's Oath: A rapid charge that knocks back, stuns, and shocks the target, dealing very high damage."

"Well..."

Bai Shuodong nodded slightly. This skill module looks pretty good. If the numerical multiplier is also high, the final strength will definitely be good.

On the other side, Xia Yanxin frowned slightly and said, "Hmm, I know why this profession isn't well-known."

"How so?"

"His ability to protect others is not strong enough. He lacks crowd control or shelter abilities and is highly dependent on the skill level of his teammates. If his teammates are not strong enough, his ability to protect others will definitely not be enough."

Xia Yanxin analyzed seriously: "Think about it carefully. This profession's ability to protect people comes from damage sharing and passive responses. There is no direct shield or rescue ability. If a support or magic user is suddenly attacked by two people in front of him... he probably won't be able to stop them."

"It is indeed a problem. This class is clearly a tank, but it has two damage-dealing skills. As a tank, it cannot be considered qualified."

"but..."

"Tanks can only protect their teammates? That's a useless mindset! Just kill all the opponents, right? At the start, chain the squishy heroes to reduce damage, and they'll either live or die. He just needs to charge forward, hahaha!"

Bai Shuodong said with a loud laugh.

Great minds think alike.

Jiang Lin nodded in complete agreement. If his combination of [Slow Start] and [Oath of Past Glory] were truly meant to protect humanity, he wouldn't be happy about it.

A real man should give it his all!

What type of weapon do you use for your profession?

"Gun and shield."

"Oh ho! Congratulations! Your longsword special skill has been wasted! Hahahaha!"

"You...!"

Jiang Lin panicked instantly. He had spent a considerable amount of time practicing that damn skill, and now it was all for nothing. He was furious.

"Hey! It's no big deal. Look, I'm practicing shooting again too. Same here." Bai Shuodong patted his shoulder and said.

"Well..."

Xia Yanxin pondered briefly, then said, "How about we bring him over too? Anyway, our team seems to be short of a strong guy, so bringing him over to make up the numbers would be a good idea."

"I think it's a good idea, what about you?"

Bai Shuodong looked at Jiang Lin.

"I'm fine!"

Jiang Lin replied with a smile.

If he were an ordinary Oath Knight, or a [Slow Start] talent user, it would be quite difficult for him to form a team, but he is a psionicist who possesses both, and his combat power has undergone a qualitative change at this moment.

Even if a tank of his strength isn't particularly strong at protecting teammates, many teams would still want to recruit him. That's how teams work in the spirit world; whoever is the strongest is formed the core of the team. If his ability to protect teammates isn't strong enough, then the others will make do with survival or self-preservation skills.

"Alright, congratulations on joining our Apocalypse Squad! Our team has grown even stronger!"

Bai Shuodong said with a loud laugh.

The black cat quietly raised its eyes and glanced at Jiang Lin, its tail swaying slightly.

No!

Something's not right!

This guy seems too normal on the surface, which doesn't fit my understanding of the Apocalypse Squad. How could someone like Bai Shuodong possibly make friends with normal people? How could his teammates be normal people? Jiang Lin is probably not simple either, is he?

Although nothing unusual has been found yet, there is definitely something special hidden on this guy.

[Tip: Red Lotus Knight has joined the Apocalypse Team]

"That's right."

"Ok?"

"I'm quite curious, how did you get a legendary job? That must be pretty difficult, right?" Bai Shuodong asked curiously.

"Ah~"

Jiang Lin sighed deeply, then lowered his head and said, "If someone else asked me, I would probably make up an excuse to get away with it, but you're my brother, so I won't hide anything from you."

"Actually, due to the garbage characteristic of my talent, 'slow start,' my mission failed from the very beginning, and I was captured by the enemy."

"And then?"

"The woman who captured me is a sadist."

"?"

"She hung me up and then excitedly whipped me for an hour. I endured the humiliation and finally, my talent kicked in, and I successfully turned the tables."

Jiang Lin held his face with one hand, then sighed deeply and continued, "To be honest, I feel a little fortunate. If that girl didn't have that kind of personality, I might have died back then, and I wouldn't have had the chance to kill her or play that game."

"That one?"

Bai Shuodong captured the keywords.

"My talent, you know, requires me to stay in a fighting state to sustain it."

"Ah."

"So, in order to get revenge on her and also to maintain my talent, I tied her up and kept her by my side. Every time my talent started to decline, I would whip her with a leather whip."

A look of reminiscence appeared on Jiang Lin's face. He seemed to miss it, and that feeling was unforgettable.

Jiang Lin never thought of himself as someone with any special fetishes, but he was in a difficult situation and had to do it.

Alas! There's nothing we can do about it!

If I don't use my talent, I'll drop in rank. What can I do?

"Ding~"