My profession is too unique.

Chapter 137 Getting Beaten Up! Taking Up the Job of the Armored Bone Warrior

“This…” Xue Fei hesitated, “Judge Jiang has already given the order, but if you insist…”

“Jiang Shumo?” Wei Yufan’s expression turned serious. He shook his head and said, “Since it was the presiding judge who gave the order, let’s follow the rules.”

Xue Fei's face stiffened slightly, and after a long silence, he managed a weak smile. "Yes."

Coward!

Both of them cursed inwardly, but Wei Yufan skipped the topic, saying, "The 'Jade Concealing Radiance Potion' I want..."

"Oh, oh..." Xue Fei opened the desktop terminal to check, and after a moment shook his head: "Unfortunately, the two months' worth has already been redeemed, you'll probably have to wait..."

"The next fixed quota for the resource pool belongs to the Security Division. If you don't want to wait, you'll have to buy it yourself."

Wei Yufan frowned and said disappointedly, "I understand."

……

"Is this old fox investigating me because of what happened last time?" Su Chen wondered as he left Jiang Shumo's office.

Should I only investigate myself, or should I investigate all core seeds?
“Yashan City…” He thought about it carefully, and his predecessor indeed had no related memories. “This place must be extraordinary. Otherwise, Jiang Shumo wouldn’t have gone out of his way to test it.”

"Looks like I'll have to behave myself for a while." Su Chen wasn't too worried.

He has nothing to fear if he is upright, as long as no one sees him transform into the Black Priest and kills him on the spot.

It was only eight or nine o'clock when Su Chen got back to his residence. He went straight into the gravity training room and started training.

To meet the professional requirements of the [Reverse Element], Su Chen trained thoroughly. He didn't leave the gravity chamber until the next morning, and he used up three doses of various potions.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

Su Chen lay on his back in the gravity chamber, panting heavily. He didn't want to move a single finger. He felt dizzy and lightheaded, having pushed himself to his limit.

Looking at the panel, the second requirement for the [Reverse Element] is to completely consume physical and mental energy, and I have advanced by 1%.

"You have to train to this extent to be completely exhausted..." Su Chen didn't want to move at all, but unfortunately it wasn't over yet.

A short while later, a faint knocking sound was heard, followed by the sound of the door opening. After a low commotion, silence returned.

After waiting a few more moments, the knocking sounded again. Soon after, the gravity chamber door opened, and Bu Siqi, standing at the door, was startled to see Su Chen lying on the floor.
"Junior brother... are you alright?"

His expression changed, and he quickly moved closer.

Upon discovering that Su Chen had only breathed a sigh of relief after exhausting himself, he was speechless. "Are you crazy? Why did you push yourself to such limits?"

“Attack me.” Su Chen’s voice was very low.

"Huh?" Bu Siqi was taken aback. After figuring it out, he didn't suspect that Su Chen was sick. Instead, he seemed thoughtful: "Is this some kind of job requirement? No wonder there are people from the medical department outside."

"How large is the attack range?" he asked.

"Standard Tier 3 is fine...don't make it too high." Su Chen said with his eyes closed.

“Alright…” Bu Siqi grinned and said, “Junior brother, just bear with it.”

Bu Siqi raised his hand, and viscous blood-red light particles separated from the void, gradually forming a blurry fist shape. When it reached a certain point, his entire blood fist suddenly contracted and hardened, and plummeted downwards with a shrill whistle that tore through the air.

boom!
Su Chen's body jolted, producing a muffled thud. The recoil propelled him up from the floor, only to crash back down heavily.

"Tsk, junior brother, your physical strength is amazing." Bu Siqi looked at Su Chen's slightly sunken chest and couldn't help but be surprised. "You didn't even have any active defense, and you only have such minor injuries."

"Cough, cough..." Su Chen coughed twice, speechless. "Continue..."

This is the method Su Chen came up with: first, train himself to the limit to meet the requirements of the [Reverse Yuan], then let someone beat him to meet the requirements of the [Armored Bone].

Since defense isn't allowed anyway, the state after training to the limit is just right.

Now he needs to determine exactly how severe the injury must be to ensure that his injuries are almost fully healed by the time his physical strength has recovered.

Bu Siqi continued his assault on other parts of Su Chen's body, still not satisfied.

The medical staff came in, first giving Su Chen two mouthfuls of green medicine, and then taking out various instruments to examine his injuries.

"If advanced recovery potions are used, these injuries should heal in about three hours."

The medical director estimated that "it should take about four hours to recover from exhaustion to peak condition, and one dose of high-grade recovery potion will suffice."

"I see, senior brother, give me a couple more hits." Su Chen said thoughtfully.

Bu Siqi was happy to oblige and punched Su Chen twice more.

"In this way, the recovery time for injuries and the recovery time for physical strength will be balanced. I can probably withstand about twenty blows a day, and I can complete the requirement in a little over a month," Su Chen estimated.

However, the cost of the medicine will increase again.

Advanced recovery potions are not cheap, costing over 500,000 gold per dose. With a medical team on standby at all times, the price is equally high.

Su Chen lay on the ground to rest, while Bu Siqi sighed.
"...Sigh, we don't know what's going on with the adjudication department either. Old Teng won't say whether to release them or take any further action..."

“Even if it’s confirmed that there are no problems, the adjudication office won’t release him easily. His probing this time has had a very negative impact…” Su Chen said after regaining some strength.

Even Su Chen didn't want to see those fifth-tier professionals, or even section chiefs, testing him at will.

“Yes…” Bu Siqi understood this as well. “I guess we’ll have to wait until this negative impact has completely subsided.”

The two chatted for a while, agreed on a time for their next visit, and then Bu Siqi left.

In the days that followed, Su Chen's life became more regular. Every day consisted of exercising, exhaustion, being beaten, and recovery, while his job application was progressing steadily.

Every few days, I would go to the translation office to assist in deciphering the sacred stone.

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Su Chen trained to exhaustion once again, waiting for the gravity chamber to open.

This time, however, it wasn't Bu Siqi who came, but...

"Old Bai?" Su Chen was surprised to see the slender figure standing at the door. "Where's Senior Brother Bu?"

"He got a secret mission at the last minute and didn't have time to inform you, so he had to ask me to fill in for him." Bai Fengxi's gaze swept over Su Chen's bare upper body.
"You've advanced to the third rank?" Su Chen asked in surprise.

Bai Fengxi's pretty face darkened slightly. "He was promoted a month and a half ago."

“Uh…” Su Chen really didn’t know about this.

She walked straight up to him, looking him up and down. Su Chen's brow twitched as he heard her say, "What your senior brother said was very simple: he just wanted to beat you up, right?"

At Su Chen's signal, the head of the emergency medical team standing outside the gravity chamber came in and explained, "You need to use a normal level three attack intensity, preferably just barely reaching the level three."

"When attacking, do not attack the head, heart, or..." The person in charge looked embarrassed, "basically, do not hit vulnerable areas." "The attack area should be minimized, and the same area should not be attacked twice."

After a month of cooperation, the person in charge had long understood Su Chen's needs and continuously optimized the system, which allowed Su Chen to be hit nearly thirty times after exhaustion, but the recovery time remained unchanged.

"I understand." Bai Fengxi circled around Su Chen, seemingly looking for a place to strike.

Old Bu isn't very reliable either... Su Chen felt inexplicably uneasy.

Whoosh! A biting wind is blowing!

Bai Fengxi's right arm was covered in crystalline ice armor in the cold wind, and the ice layer spread from his shoulder to his fingertips at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His entire arm transformed into a sharply defined ice crystal hammer. After charging up, the fist, carrying a bone-chilling cold, crashed down like a falling star.

The impact on Su Chen's chest caused a ring of ice mist to explode, and spiderweb-like cracks spread rapidly from the point of impact, scattering ice crystal fragments.

Fortunately, Bu Siqi was unreliable, but Lao Bai was relatively reliable and strictly followed the instructions of the medical director.

However, he wasn't very skilled at fighting Su Chen the first time and only managed to fight him twenty-eight times.

"Only twenty-eight times? Your senior brother can probably do thirty, right?" Bai Fengxi looked regretfully at Su Chen, whose body was covered in ice shards.

Su Chen's lips twitched slightly. After a moment of silence, he said, "Practice makes perfect. You'll catch up."

Having not seen each other for a long time, Su Chen asked about Bai Fengxi's recent situation.

Bai Fengxi's smile was forced, and a chill seemed to emanate from his mouth. "You, as a core seed, are certainly quite busy. The courtroom has been so lively lately, and your old friend isn't exactly unknown. How could you not know him?"

She emphasized the words "old friend," and Su Chen grinned, "You mean the core seed selection competition?"

In order to fill the gap in core seeds, Chongjingtian held a selection tournament, which is a grand event that the Tribunal and even Yingfeng have not held in recent years, attracting widespread attention and has been going on for nearly a month.

Su Chen had heard about it occasionally, but didn't pay much attention, mainly because he was busy fulfilling the requirements of two jobs and was having a miserable time.

No one was in the mood for breakfast, so the information gathering process for No. 0 was skipped.

Bai Fengxi gave a brief, expressionless account.

Su Chen then realized that the selection competition was nearing its end and had entered the quarterfinals, with several hot contenders.

Feng Ze, an old acquaintance, was the first to challenge and successfully cultivate the inner court seed, but was later defeated by Meng Qi.

Liang Jingcheng, the first core seed to be eliminated, is now putting in all his effort as he sees another chance to return to the core seed list.

And then there's Lao Bai himself. Her sudden appearance surprised many people. Only then did he realize that Lao Bai's second and third tiers were both top-tier professions.

Not only that, but he also took up several special jobs, following the exact same path as Yuan Poshan, and his strength was considerable.

Su Chen's first reaction upon hearing this was: "You praise yourself without even blushing?"

"Just telling the truth," Bai Fengxi smiled.

Su Chen was speechless. Don't be fooled by Lao Bai's current aloof and cold demeanor. Back when she was a refugee fighting for food, she shoveled food faster than a dog.

Bai Fengxi became the one who hit Su Chen, but other than that, nothing else changed, and time continued to pass.

Half a month later, in the gravity chamber, Su Chen calmed his boiling mental energy, and the surroundings gradually calmed down.

[Upon reaching the Master level in the D-rank Sanskrit Chant Breaking Void Meditation Technique, the user gains the ability—Concentration: Slightly increases mental strength and enhances mental resilience.]

[Azure Thunder Master: 23%]

[Master of Arcane Arts: 29%]

[Rank D Crouching Tiger Body Tempering Technique - Proficiency: 55%]

His career development is gradually improving, and today is the day to change his meditation method. He has already prepared for it, so there's no rush.

There was one more thing. Su Chen's eyes were unfocused, and the control panel had already been opened.

【Armored Bone Berserker - Job Admission】

"Finally, after enduring dozens of days of beatings, I can finally take up my post." Su Chen couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

The core of the Duansheng ore vein was delivered a month ago, with the order personally given by Jiang Shumo and delivered by the Internal Affairs Department, without any disturbance.

With a slight thought, the words "taking office" dissipated, and Su Chen felt a jolt in his heart. Suddenly, a dark golden liquid appeared on his chest, flowing irregularly. It was the core of the Forging Life Mine.

The dark golden liquid seemed to have a life of its own, rising and falling across his chest and beginning to seep into his skin.

Upon contact with the skin, the liquid instantly shimmered with a metallic sheen, spreading along the skin's texture and leaving behind intricate geometric patterns.

As the coverage area expanded, Su Chen's subcutaneous tissue emitted a subtle buzzing sound and shimmered with a dark golden luster as it was soaked in liquid.

"hiss--"

Su Chen gasped, feeling as if countless ants were gnawing at his skin. The intense itching and pain that went deep into his bones made him extremely uncomfortable.

[The Bone Armorer has successfully assumed the profession, gaining the ability "Living Armor": You can fuse with defensive armor up to your own profession tier and repair any damage to it.]

"Fusion Armor?" Su Chen carefully read the description. This ability was both unexpected and anticipated.

"I just don't know what form it will take." With a slight thought, Su Chen took out the Purple-Gold Scale Armor from his storage space. The scale-like armor covered his upper body in the blink of an eye.

Then, he tried to activate the [Living Armor] ability. The scales on his body rippled with water-like patterns, and the edges began to blend with his skin.

The gaps between the armor plates gradually closed, and the hard material took on a peculiar semi-transparent appearance.

As the fusion deepens, the edges of the scales become rounded, and the metallic luster transforms into a halo similar to biological tissue, completely blending with the skin.

Su Chen felt a cool sensation without any discomfort. There was no abnormality visible on the surface of his skin, except that it had a faint metallic sheen under certain light conditions.

“In this way, I don’t even need to take off the scales anymore. Not only that…” Su Chen experienced the new sensations, his eyes flashing slightly, “After the fusion, all the skin on my body has been strengthened, even my eyes are the same, unlike before, when I could only defend certain areas.”

"What about this?"

With a thought, countless fine arcs of electricity suddenly shot up on the surface of Su Chen's skin, the pale blue electric light moving through his skin like living things.

The fluid flowed from his fingertips to his shoulder blades, then along his spine to his ankles, seemingly without any change, yet Su Chen's eyes lit up, "It actually works..."

The [Secret Tool User] ability can still function; the Thunderous Undying Armor ability can be attached to the scales fused with the skin.

Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief, accompanied by crackling sounds from the scattered arcs of lightning. "In this way, my defense becomes a combination of physical strength, armor, and enhanced abilities, a comprehensive and enhanced version."

(End of this chapter)