Chapter 137: Getting Beaten! Job Appointment: Bone Armor User
“This…” Xue Fei said awkwardly, “Chief Judge Jiang has already given the order, but if you insist…”
“Jiang Shumo?” Wei Yufan restrained his expression and shook his head: “Since it’s a direct order from the Chief Judge, we should follow the rules.”
Xue Fei’s face stiffened slightly, and he was silent for a moment before forcing a smile, “Yeah.”
Coward!
Both cursed in their hearts, Wei Yufan skipped the topic, “That ‘Jade Hidden Flowing Light Potion’ I wanted…”
“Oh, oh…” Xue Fei opened the desktop terminal to check, and after a moment shook his head: “Unfortunately, the ones for these two months have already been redeemed, you’ll have to wait…”
“The Resource Repository’s next fixed quota belongs to the Security Department. If you don’t want to wait, you’ll have to buy it yourself.”
Wei Yufan frowned, disappointed: “I understand.”
……
“Is this old fox investigating me because of last time?” Su Chen left Jiang Shumo’s office, unable to help speculating.
Is he only investigating me, or all core seeds?
“Ya Shan City…” He thought carefully, his predecessor indeed had no related memories, “This place shouldn’t be simple. Otherwise, Jiang Shumo wouldn’t go out of his way to probe.”
“Looks like I need to keep a low profile lately.” Su Chen wasn’t too worried.
A clear conscience fears no shadow—as long as no one sees him become a Heituo Priest and kill him on the spot.
It was only eight or nine o’clock when he returned home, Su Chen went straight into the Gravity Training Room and began training.
To meet the 【Reverse Yuan Practitioner】 profession requirements, Su Chen trained thoroughly. Until the next morning, he didn’t leave the Gravity Chamber, consuming three portions of various potions.
“Huff… huff… huff…”
Su Chen lay flat on his back in the Gravity Chamber, gasping for air, not wanting to move even a finger, dizzy and seeing stars, trained to the limit.
He glanced at the panel. The second requirement of 【Reverse Yuan Practitioner】—completely depleting stamina and mental power—advanced 1%.
“Must train to this extent to count as complete depletion…” Su Chen didn’t want to move, but it wasn’t over yet.
Soon, a faint knocking sound rang out, followed by the sound of the door opening. After a low murmur, it quieted down again.
After waiting a moment longer, the knocking sounded again. Not long after, the Gravity Chamber door opened. Bu Siqi, standing at the door, was startled to see Su Chen lying on the floor.
“Junior Brother… are you okay?”
His expression changed, and he quickly came over.
Discovering Su Chen was just exhausted, he relaxed, speechless: “Are you sick? Why train to such an extreme?”
“Attack me.” Su Chen’s voice was low.
“Huh?” Bu Siqi was stunned, but after understanding, he didn’t suspect Su Chen was crazy, instead thoughtful: “Some kind of job appointment requirement? No wonder there’s a Medical Department team outside.”
“How much attack intensity?” he asked.
“Normal Third Order is fine… don’t make the intensity too high.” Su Chen had his eyes closed.
“Alright…” Bu Siqi grinned: “Junior Brother, bear with it.”
Bu Siqi raised his hand, viscous blood-colored light particles precipitated from the void, gradually forming a blurry fist-shaped outline. Once it reached a certain extent, the entire blood fist suddenly contracted and hardened, plunging down with a sharp whistle tearing through the air.
Bang!
Su Chen’s body jolted, emitting a muffled sound. The reaction force bounced him off the floor, then he smashed back down heavily.
“Tch, Junior Brother, your body intensity is impressive.” Bu Siqi looked at Su Chen’s slightly caved-in chest, surprised: “No active defense at all, and only this little injury.”
“Cough, cough…” Su Chen coughed dryly, speechless: “Continue…”
This was the method Su Chen came up with: first train himself to the limit to complete the 【Reverse Yuan Practitioner】 requirement, then have someone beat him to complete the 【Bone Armor User】 requirement.
No defense allowed anyway, and the post-limit state was perfect.
Now he needed to confirm how severe the injuries could ensure that when his stamina recovered almost fully, the injuries also recovered about the same.
Bu Siqi fiercely attacked other parts of Su Chen’s body, not yet satisfied.
The Medical Department people came in, first pouring two mouthfuls of green potion into Su Chen, then taking out various instruments to check his injuries.
“If using Advanced Recovery Potion, these injuries would recover in about three hours.”
The Head of Medical Care roughly estimated: “As for recovering from exhaustion to peak, about four hours is enough, one Advanced Recovery Potion suffices.”
“I see, Senior Brother, two more.” Su Chen was thoughtful.
Bu Siqi was happy to oblige, hammering Su Chen twice more viciously.
“This way, injury recovery and stamina recovery time balance out. One day can take over twenty hits, and in a little over a month, the requirement can be met.” Su Chen calculated.
However, potion costs would rise another level.
Advanced Recovery Potions weren’t cheap—over 500,000 gold each—plus the medical team on standby, also not inexpensive.
Su Chen lay on the ground resting, while Bu Siqi sighed.
“…Sigh, not sure what’s going on with the Adjudication Department. Old Teng neither says to release nor to proceed further…”
“Even if confirmed clean, the Adjudication Department won’t release easily. This probing was too egregious…” Su Chen said after recovering some strength.
Even Su Chen didn’t want those Fifth Order Professionals or Director-level to probe him casually.
“Yeah…” Bu Siqi understood: “Probably have to wait for this egregious impact to fully pass.”
The two chatted for a bit, set the next visit time, and Bu Siqi left.
In the following days, Su Chen’s life became routine: train, exhaust, get beaten, recover. Job appointment requirements steadily advanced.
Every few days, visit the Translation Department to assist deciphering the Holy Word Stone.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed. Su Chen trained to exhaustion again, waiting for the Gravity Chamber to open.
This time, it wasn’t Bu Siqi who came, but…
“Old Bai?” Su Chen saw the graceful figure at the door, surprised: “Where’s Senior Brother Bu?”
“He took a sudden secret mission, no time to notify you, so I came to substitute first.” Bai Fengxi’s gaze swept over Su Chen’s bare upper body.
“You’ve promoted to Third Order?” Su Chen was surprised.
Bai Fengxi’s pretty face darkened slightly: “A month and a half ago.”
“Uh…” Su Chen really didn’t know about this.
She walked straight over, looking him up and down. Su Chen’s brow twitched as she said: “Your Senior Brother said it simply—just beat you, right.”
Under Su Chen’s eye signal, the emergency team leader outside the Gravity Chamber came in and explained: “Use normal Third Order attack intensity, best just reaching Third Order level.”
“When attacking, don’t hit the head, heart, and…” The person in charge looked embarrassed: “Anyway, don’t hit fragile areas.”
“Best minimize the attack coverage area, don’t hit the same spot twice.”
After a month’s coordination, the person in charge understood Su Chen’s needs and optimized them, allowing nearly thirty hits after exhaustion without changing recovery time.
“I understand.” Bai Fengxi circled Su Chen, seemingly looking for spots to hit.
Old Bu isn’t reliable… Su Chen inexplicably felt unsafe.
Whoosh! Piercing cold wind!
Bai Fengxi’s right arm condensed crystalline ice armor in the cold wind, ice spreading visibly from shoulder to fingertips.
The entire arm turned into an angular ice crystal hammer. After charging, the fist wrapped in bone-chilling cold plummeted like a falling star.
At the moment it smashed into Su Chen’s chest, ring-shaped ice mist exploded, spiderweb cracks rapidly spreading from the impact, ice shards splashing.
Luckily, Bu Siqi wasn’t reliable, but Old Bai was, strictly following the Head of Medical Care’s instructions.
But the first time beating Su Chen wasn’t proficient, only twenty-eight times.
“Only twenty-eight times. Your Senior Brother can hit thirty, right?” Bai Fengxi looked regretfully at Su Chen covered in ice shards.
Su Chen’s mouth twitched, silent for a moment before saying: “Practice makes perfect, you’ll catch up.”
The two hadn’t seen each other in a while, Su Chen asked about Bai Fengxi’s recent situation.
Bai Fengxi smiled without mirth, faintly exhaling cold wind: “You core seed are really busy. The Court of Justice has been so lively lately, your old friend isn’t obscure, and you didn’t know?”
She emphasized “old friend,” Su Chen grinned: “You mean the core seed selection tournament?”
To fill core seed vacancies, Chong Jingtian held a selection tournament—a grand event unseen in the Court of Justice or even Ying Feng in recent years, attracting much attention, ongoing for nearly a month.
Su Chen had heard bits, but didn’t care much, mainly because fulfilling two profession requirements left him miserable all day.
No energy for breakfast, thus skipping Zero’s info summaries.
Bai Fengxi expressionlessly summarized.
Su Chen then learned the tournament was nearing end, in quarterfinals, with several favorites.
Feng Ze, old acquaintance, first to successfully challenge and become an Inner Court Seed, later taken down by Meng Qi.
Liang Jingcheng, first core seed dethroned, now with a chance to return, going all out.
And Old Bai herself, emerging suddenly, surprising many. He learned her Second Order and Third Order were top tier professions.
Not only that, she job appointed several special professions, same path as Yuan Poshan, formidable strength.
Su Chen’s first reaction: “You praise yourself without blushing?”
“Just stating facts.” Bai Fengxi smiled.
Su Chen was speechless. Don’t let Old Bai’s current aloof girl look fool you—back as a refugee grabbing food, she was faster than a dog.
Beating Su Chen became Bai Fengxi’s job, no other changes otherwise, time continued passing.
Half a month later, in the Gravity Chamber, Su Chen restrained his surging mental power, surroundings gradually calming.
【D-grade Brahma Sound Void Breaking Meditation Method reached Master Level, gained ability—Focus: Slightly increase mental power, enhance mental resilience】
【Azure Thunder Lord: 23%】
【Mystic Arts Master: 29%】
【D-grade Crouching Tiger Body Tempering Method—Proficient: 55%】
Profession Development Degree slowly rising, today time to switch meditation method—he prepared long ago, no rush.
One more thing, Su Chen’s gaze unfocused, panel open.
【Bone Armor Berserker—Job Appointment】
“Finally, after taking hits for over a month, I can job appoint.” Su Chen felt a bit emotional.
The Forging Life Ore Vein Core arrived a month ago, by Jiang Shumo’s direct order, delivered by Internal Affairs, no waves.
With a thought, “job appoint” dissolved. Su Chen felt his heart throb, a mass of dark golden liquid suddenly floating before his chest, flowing irregularly—the Forging Life Ore Vein Core.
This dark golden liquid, as if alive, undulated on his chest, beginning to seep into the skin surface.
Contacted skin instantly gleamed metallic, liquid spreading along muscles, fine geometric patterns emerging where it passed.
As coverage expanded, Su Chen’s subcutaneous tissues emitted faint hum, glowing dark gold under liquid infusion.
“Hiss—”
Su Chen inhaled sharply, feeling countless ants gnawing his skin, the bone-deep itch and pain excruciating.
【Bone Armor User job appointment successful, gained professional ability—Living Armor: You can fuse defensive armor not exceeding your profession order, and repair its damage.】
“Fuse armor?” Su Chen read the description carefully. This ability was unexpected yet reasonable.
“Just don’t know the form.” With a thought, he took Purple Gold Scale Armor from storage space, scale armor instantly covering upper body.
Then, he activated 【Living Armament】 ability. Surface scales rippled like water, edges fusing with skin.
Gaps between scales gradually sealed, hard material turning semi-transparent.
As fusion deepened, scale edges rounded, metallic sheen becoming biological glow, fully integrating with skin.
Su Chen felt cool and comfortable, no discomfort. Surface looked normal, only faint metallic sheen under specific light.
“This way, no need to remove scale armor anymore. Not only that…” Su Chen experienced the new sensation, eyes flashing: “After fusion, my entire skin gets reinforced, even eyes—unlike before, only partial areas.”
“What about this?”
With a thought, countless fine electric arcs surged on his skin, cyan lightning snaking alive along muscles.
From fingertips to shoulders, down spine to ankles. Seemingly unchanged, but Su Chen’s eyes lit up: “It actually works…”
【Mystic Tool User】 ability still works. Indestructible Gang Thunder Armor can attach to fused skin-scale armor.
Su Chen exhaled, crackling with fine thunder: “Now my defense is body intensity + armor + added ability, all-in-one, no blind spots reinforced version.”
