In Blue Star Online, I can see the career advancement path.

My own eyes can actually see the career advancement path!

This thought struck Jiang Shu like a thunderbolt, leaving him standing there, unable to recover for a long time!

After a long while, he let out a long breath, calming the turmoil in his heart.

The [Juggler] can be upgraded to the black quality [Shadow] by adding 1000 [Enchanted Chicken Tail Feathers].

Jiang Shu had never heard of a black-quality profession before, nor did he know how powerful it was. However, he was certain that the [Juggler] profession had no room for decline; regardless of the strength of the black-quality [Shadow] profession, it was definitely stronger than the [Juggler]!

He instantly made up his mind to advance to the [Shadow] level!

The required material is 1000 enchanted chicken tail feathers.

The Demon Chicken is the starting monster at level 1 in the Wangshan Forest, and it's the easiest wild monster to deal with!

Wangshan Forest is one of the hundreds of initial leveling spots.

Jiang Shu did not immediately head to Wangshan Forest, but instead went to the professional shop in the system to check.

If the trading market sells Demonized Chicken Feathers, you can choose to buy them directly, saving you the trouble of collecting 1000 feathers.

Of course, this is on the premise that the price is cheap enough, otherwise he really can't afford it.

After searching for a long time, very few shops sell Demonized Chicken Tail Feathers. After all, Demonized Chickens are of too low a level, the materials used are not very good, and they have too few uses.

Finally, he found the only shop that sold demonized chickens.

Priced at 79 each.

Jiang Shu gasped when he saw the price. Other shops only sold materials from level 3 monsters for around 100, but this shop dared to sell materials from a level 1 monster like the Demonized Chicken for 79.

That's way too dark!

The total price was 79,000, but Jiang Shu's entire net worth consisted of only 10,000 professional points, the initial funds allocated by the government, which far exceeded his spending power.

So Jiang Shu sent a message, intending to negotiate the price.

"Shopkeeper, your prices are way too expensive."

A moment later, the shop owner replied with a series of messages.

"Where is it expensive?"

"The price has been the same for so many years, okay? Don't talk nonsense with your eyes open. It's very difficult for our shop to collect materials."

"Besides, our shop isn't the kind that just buys whatever materials they want and does it right away, so how is it expensive!"

"Sometimes you should look for the reasons within yourself. Over the years, have you been leveling up properly? Has your income increased? Have you been grinding monsters diligently, okay?"

"It's been this price for so many years, I'm going crazy!"

Jiang Shu's face immediately darkened, and he promptly blocked and reported the user.

Now, the only option left is to kill the chicken myself.

How strong can a level 1 demonized chicken be?

Jiang Shu gripped his steel short sword tightly, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit. "Little chickens, your doom is coming!"

Then, stepping into the teleportation array, I chose to be teleported to Wangshan Forest.

Ten minutes later.

"Brother Chicken, you were wrong! You were wrong!"

Jiang Shu, gripping a fine steel short sword, fled in a disheveled state. Behind him, three robust, meter-tall demonized chickens flapped their enormous wings and relentlessly pursued him.

He hadn't expected that even the monsters in the beginner village would be so fierce. With three demonized chickens together, he was no match for them and was chased all over the place.

Finally, Jiang Shu placed a toy box under his feet to escape the pursuit of the three demonized chickens.

He couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his brow.

"I thought that with a blue-quality steel short sword, I could easily kill these demonized chickens, but I never expected them to be this terrifying."

Jiang Shu estimated that the average of the four dimensions of the demonized chicken must be at least 10 points, otherwise it would not be so fierce.

It's true that humans are inferior to chickens.

Then, Jiang Shu began searching for lone demonized chickens.

A moment later, his eyes lit up as he spotted a demonized chicken foraging for food alone on the grass.

He crept up and, when he was only two meters away, suddenly attacked, his steel short sword slashing straight at the demonized chicken's chest.

puff!

With a soft sound, the short sword pierced into the chest of the demonized chicken.

[Health Points -5%]

The demonized chicken let out an angry cry.

They actually launched a sneak attack!

Its beak, as hard as steel, swooped down on Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu swung his steel short sword around, striking the demonized chicken's beak with a soft clang, and cracks appeared on the chicken's sharp beak.

[Health Points -5%!]

Jiang Shu felt the immense power emanating from the short sword in his hand, and secretly rejoiced that the fine steel short sword had added five points to his strength and five points to his agility; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to withstand the peck from the demonized chicken.

At the same time, he placed a toy box at his feet.

When the demonized chicken attacked Jiang Shu in extreme rage, it happened to enter the fear range of the toy box within one meter and was feared for one second.

Jiang Shu seized the opportunity and stabbed the demonized chicken hard in the butt.

[Health Points -20%!]

Seeing the demonized chicken lose a significant amount of health, Jiang Shu was overjoyed.

Could it be that the demonized chicken's weakness lies in its anus?

With that thought in mind, he thrust each of his subsequent sword strikes toward the back of the demonized chicken.

Three minutes later, the demonized chicken's health points were completely depleted, and its corpse fell to the ground.

[Kill a level 1 Demonic Chicken, experience points +0.5%!]

A "system" notification sounded in my ear.

This thing is part of the global gamification rules.

It functions similarly to a system in an online game, providing various prompts for experience point gain and level advancement; it also has social features, allowing users to add friends by searching their IDs; there's a forum section where professionals can interact enthusiastically; and there's also a shop section, guild functions, and more…

In short, this thing has all the features found in traditional online games.

Jiang Shu nearly lost his composure when he saw the 0.5% experience points. He'd gone to so much trouble to kill a demonized chicken, and this was all the experience he got?

Sure enough, the professional path is not easy.

He stepped forward and plucked the most vibrant feather from the demonized chicken's tail.

[Demonic Chicken Tail Feather: Level 1 material. It looks useless, and it's actually not very useful.]

Looking at the description of the material, Jiang Shu thought it was well described and forbade him to describe it again.

With 999 more demonized chicken tail feathers needed, Jiang Shu suddenly felt the task was incredibly arduous.

One day later.

[Level upgraded to LV.2! Each of the four main attributes increased by 1 point! Gained 1 free attribute point!]

White-quality professions will each increase one point in their four main attributes and gain one free attribute upon leveling up; green-quality professions will increase two points in their four main attributes and gain two free attributes, and so on; however, it is worth mentioning that gold-quality professions do not gain 7 attribute points per level, but rather 10.

Its golden splendor is on full display.

This is why professional qualities are so important, because they represent a professional's potential for development!

At this point, Jiang Shu had collected 200 demonized chicken tail feathers, and he only needed 800 more to advance his profession.

I'm going all out to become a [Shadow]!

Jiang Shu added the Freedom attribute to Strength, gazing longingly at the demonized chickens scattered across the grassland. His yearning eyes were like those of someone who had seen a peerless beauty. Then, with a howl, he pounced on them.

……

In the distance, Li Shuxin and her group happened to pass by this place.

"Hehe, Shuxin, that kid who greeted you has been spamming the Demon Chicken all day. It's really hilarious."

In Li Shuxin's team, a long-haired man sneered, "Someone like this actually wants to get on your good side? He's really overestimating himself."

Li Shuxin gave an awkward smile and finally nodded, "I'm not that familiar with him."

Just then, Li Shuxin noticed that Jiang Shu glanced in their direction.

However, at this moment, Jiang Shu's eyes were filled with unfamiliarity.

That look made Li Shuxin feel a sudden pang of loss, as if something important was slipping away from her.

No, how could I have such a thought? Jiang Shu is just a low-level professional, while my new friend is an elite member of a major guild.

Shaking her head to clear these complicated thoughts, Li Shuxin headed towards the depths of the Wangshan forest.

On the other side, Jiang Shu withdrew his gaze and continued his fierce battle with the demonized chicken.

After upgrading to LV.2, the attributes are improved, making it easier and more efficient to kill demonized chickens. It takes about three minutes to kill a demonized chicken.

However, the experience gain rate has been drastically reduced, with each demonized chicken providing only 0.05% of the experience points.

"The juggler class is too weak. If I were a mage or archer, a damage-dealing class, I could kill the demonized chicken in just a few dozen seconds, without having to suffer through close-quarters combat like this."

"Even among melee warrior classes, other people's attack skills can deal massive damage to the demonized chicken. My monster-killing efficiency is now pitifully slow."

"The most outrageous thing is that it's still this slow even with the blue weapon Zhao Xiaohan gave me. Without the fine steel short sword, I definitely wouldn't be a match for Brother Chicken in a one-on-one fight."

Jiang Shu watched enviously as fellow newbies lost nearly half their health with a single fireball, a headshot, or a critical hit on a demonic chicken.

The more he envied, the more he longed to become a [Shadow].

Two and a half days later.

Jiang Shu finally killed the thousandth demonized chicken.

The experience points have reached 40% of LV.2.

He looked at the demonized chicken lying peacefully on the ground and was so moved that he almost cried.

It wasn't easy, it was extremely difficult.

For three consecutive days, he slaughtered chickens almost without sleep, and he was nearly exhausted, but he finally collected a thousand demonized chicken tail feathers.

He stepped forward and plucked the demonized chicken's tail feather.

[Job [Juggler] + Material [Enchanted Chicken Tail Feather x 1000] = Job [Shadow (Black)]

[Meets the advancement requirements for [Shadow]. Advance to [Shadow (Black)]?]

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Shu silently replied to himself, "Yes!"

The next moment, Jiang Shu felt an indescribable power spreading from his body. This feeling was like sublimation, like metamorphosis, and even more like evolution!

It was unclear how much time had passed before Jiang Shu finally snapped out of this state.

The first thing he did was open his attribute panel.

Name: Jiang Shu

Occupation: Shadow (Black)

Level: LV.2 (40%)

Power: 55

Agility: 105

Physical condition: 50

Spirit: 50

Free attribute: 50 points

Equipment - Steel Short Sword (Blue): Strength +5; Agility +5

Skill 1 - Backstab (Passive Skill): All attacks from behind deal double damage.

Skill 2 - Fear Box: Places an invisible box that can fear all enemies within a 5-meter radius of the box for 2 seconds. Cooldown is 10 seconds. During the fear period, the box will deal double damage to enemies.

(PS: The destructive power attribute is a comprehensive measure of the four main attributes. You can test the precise value in the Hall of Fame.)

Skill 3 – Shadow Dash: Teleports to any location within ten meters, entering stealth mode for five minutes. Active attacks will break stealth. The first attack after reappearing is imbued with shadow power, dealing 5 times the destructive damage. Cooldown: 5 minutes.

Skill 4 - Reaper's Blade: Throws a throwing knife imbued with shadow power at specific enemies within a 20-meter range, dealing 3x damage to enemies. Deals 10x damage to enemies with less than 10% health. Cooldown is 5 minutes. Killing an enemy refunds 80 minutes of cooldown.

Skill 5 - Shadow Clone (Unlocked at LV5): The core skill of [Shadow], possessing unlimited growth potential. Detailed information can be viewed after unlocking.