My talent panel can be increased

Ye Mingqiu: Ang.

Kiriame: Why do you only reply with one word every time? Who taught you to do that?

Ye Mingqiu: You.

Hmph, the offensive and defensive strategies are quite different!

Kiriame: Anyway! You're not allowed to make me angry, or I won't talk to you anymore!

Ye Mingqiu: Received.

Kiriame: Come to my training room at 3 PM tomorrow.

Ye Mingqiu smiled, turned off the screen, and stretched lazily on the bed.

Do you want to see the other teammates?

If nothing unexpected happens, the teammates from other departments should have all officially become psionicists. Only the support department has relatively low combat power, and there is a possibility that some high school seniors preparing for the college entrance examination may not have become psionicists yet.

Of course, if the other teammates are all highly talented, it is also possible to successfully join the college entrance examination preparation team even before becoming a psionicist.

The next day, Ye Mingqiu arrived at Tang Ruobing's training room early. The girl, dressed in a blue robe, was sitting in meditation, with waves of spiritual energy rippled and echoing around her.

She slowly opened her eyes, her slightly cold gaze fixed on Ye Mingqiu, and said, "You're early. Wait here first. Also, I've already submitted the application for your private training room, and it shouldn't be long before it's approved."

"it is good."

Ye Mingqiu didn't waste any words. He skillfully picked up a staff in the training room and began to practice.

"Hey."

"Ok?"

"During the trials in the spirit realm, all sorts of situations may arise. Some trials involve hunting alien races, while others involve power struggles, which may involve battles between people. Therefore, if you find yourself in a trial where you have to attack others, do not hesitate or be afraid."

"I see."

The cold voice reached his ears, but what resonated in his heart was a warm current. The cruelty of the Spirit Realm Trials had long been written into textbooks and incorporated into common sense. Ye Mingqiu had also heard Chen Ran tell many tragic stories. Of course, this was to solidify his resolve to give up.

However, it's not a big problem. In short, Ye Mingqiu actually knows the relevant information and will be mentally prepared to enter the Spirit Realm Trial.

But

That sounds quite pleasant, doesn't it?

He thought to himself with a smile.

Chapter 18 The Frost Witch

"Boom boom boom!"

Shortly after, there was a knock on the door; it was the other reserve team members.

"Enter."

Tang Ruobing said.

Soon, a muscular man who was 1.9 meters tall walked into the training room. He had an extremely imposing presence, and just standing there, he was like a mountain peak. Without a doubt, he was the tank in the college entrance examination preparation team.

The college entrance exam preparation team has five members: a warrior, a tank, a mage, a support, and the last one could be an assassin or a marksman.

Ye Mingqiu thought it was most likely the archer, because the core of this team was Tang Ruobing, a mage. Assassins are good at stealth and pursuit, but they are not very helpful to support magic-based combat. Archers' arrows have more ability to apply negative effects, and they can also supplement the team's output and share the pressure of being assassinated. Their role is obviously more important than that of assassins.

The muscular man looked at Tang Ruobing, and when he met her cold eyes, he trembled, clearly recalling some unpleasant past.

So he quickly turned his gaze away and looked at Ye Mingqiu, who was waving his staff to the side. He took the initiative to step forward and said with a smile, "Hey, brother, how are you? I'm Lei Peng, the tank in our team."

"Hello, hello, I'm Ye Mingqiu, a support-type player," Ye Mingqiu said politely.

"Oh, so it's a support type. I heard that support types are quite difficult. The initial attribute must be mainly spirit, and the other attributes are basically not high. It's very difficult to pass the Spirit Realm Trial," Lei Peng sighed.

"It's really difficult."

Ye Mingqiu also sighed with emotion.

Actually, not all support classes need to have Spirit as their primary attribute. It's just that Spirit is the most common primary attribute for support classes, so Spirit is the primary attribute for support classes.

Support classes that primarily use Constitution as their attribute do exist, and they have a higher chance of passing the Spirit Realm Trial. Therefore, there are occasional cases where tanks switch to support, but such cases are extremely rare. If all support classes used Constitution as their primary attribute, then it is estimated that more than 98% of support classes would have to become tanks.

The already scarce support class will become even scarcer.

"Bro, you're pretty brave. You actually dared to train in her private training room. Aren't you afraid?"

Lei Peng leaned against Ye Mingqiu and whispered, but halfway through his sentence, he felt a sharp, piercing gaze directed at him. He turned his head awkwardly, thinking: Wasn't Tang Ruobing supposed to be meditating? How could she notice what I was saying? I was clearly far away and my voice wasn't loud, how could she possibly know what I was saying?

"What did you say?"

Tang Ruobing questioned.

"Nothing."

Lei Peng answered timidly, avoiding eye contact with Tang Ruobing, while casting a pleading look at Ye Mingqiu, looking utterly pitiful.

"He said he wanted to exchange contact information with me, since we're all teammates, it's always good to be united," Ye Mingqiu said with a smile, trying to smooth things over.

"Oh."

Tang Ruobing responded with a sound, then continued meditating without saying anything more.

"Whoo~"

Lei Peng breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Ye Mingqiu with gratitude, as if to say: Good brother, you are really loyal to me, you even dared to speak up.

Ye Mingqiu just smiled.

He led Lei Peng to a corner, took out a communicator to add contact information, and said, "Brother, she's actually quite reasonable. I arrived early and thought I had nothing to do sitting around, so I decided to borrow her space to exercise. I told her in advance, so I was able to exercise here."

Of course, this is false.

Ye Mingqiu didn't tell Tang Ruobing beforehand that he was training here; it was simply because Tang Ruobing ignored him.

"Oh, I see. You and she both have mental specialties and can use staffs. Also, your private training room probably hasn't been approved yet. She must have thought of these things when she let you train in her training room," Lei Peng said in realization.

However, he quickly nudged Ye Mingqiu with his incredibly broad and strong shoulder and said, "But you're really bold to actually say that to her. I wouldn't dare to say it at all."

"Ah? Why."

Why? Because

Lei Peng instinctively wanted to speak, but fearing that Tang Ruobing would discover him, he quietly took out his communicator and secretly typed something on it.

She's the legendary Frost Witch. During her trials in the Spirit Realm, she single-handedly destroyed a nation to complete her mission, and now she's known as the "Nation Destroyer." You ask me why I'm afraid? Do you know how powerful she is?

After typing, Lei Peng deleted the message he had edited on his phone.

Just kidding, he wouldn't dare post that!

On the other side, Ye Mingqiu fell into deep thought.

The destroyer of a nation?

He suddenly remembered that Tang Ruobing had mentioned to him casually during a previous chat that if she encountered a particularly difficult task while completing a mission, she could not solve it with her intelligence, but she could solve the problem of the person who created it.

So, should she kill the person who caused the problem in order to complete her mission?

Ye Mingqiu said he should.

She then asked whether she should join an assassin organization to kill the entire country's top leadership if the country's entire leadership was extremely corrupt, even though this would lead the country to its destruction.

Ye Mingqiu said he should.

She continued, "What do you think we should do if we have to kill a lot of people to complete the Spirit Realm Trial, including not only greedy ministers but also innocent soldiers?"

Ye Mingqiu replied: When soldiers choose to protect ministers, they are no longer innocent. When an avalanche comes, no snowflake is innocent.

They talked about this topic for a long time that day.

Looking back now, perhaps beneath her cold and resilient exterior lay a delicate and tender heart, needing to conceal her identity and seek comfort from others.

"Now you know what fear is, right?"

Lei Peng said with a smile.

"Fortunately, the Spirit Realm Trials can present all sorts of situations, good or bad. If the entire country is in dire straits, with treacherous officials in power and an emperor utterly corrupt, then the destruction of the country might not be such a bad thing," Ye Mingqiu replied with a smile.

"Uh?"

"Tell me about your profession, or just tell me about the Spirit Realm Trials."

"It's a profession!"

Lei Peng instantly became smug, puffed out his chest, and said with immense pride, "My profession is Paladin, a lord-level profession, and I even have the Heroic Advancement of Holy Knight. Isn't that amazing?"

"awesome!"

Ye Mingqiu's heartfelt praise.

A lord-level tank, with the potential to advance to hero level, is incredibly powerful even in high school. No wonder he's a top-tier tank who can be considered for the college entrance exam preparatory team; he truly lives up to his reputation.

I also need to complete the Spirit Realm Trial as soon as possible and get a Hero-level class!

Chapter 19 Stars and Dust

"By the way, bro, you were probably trying to practice your long weapon skills by waving your staff earlier, right? Are you still missing a good wooden stake?" Lei Peng said with a chuckle.

"It's alright, it's enough for our needs."

Ye Mingqiu replied.

Tang Ruobing's private training room does have training dummy trees, but since she is a magic user, the custom-made dummy trees are specifically designed for magic users and are not suitable for training with melee long weapons, so the effect is not very good.

However, Ye Mingqiu wasn't picky. Anyway, he was only practicing for this period of time. After he officially got his profession, he probably wouldn't need to practice long weapons anymore. After all, he was a support, and there was no need for him to keep practicing melee.

"The best wooden stakes are right in front of you right now, aren't they? Hmm? Hmm?" Lei Peng grinned, winking at him.

"Uh? That's not a good idea."

"What's the big deal? You have a temporary spirit interface panel, right? Let me show you my new skill." Lei Peng smiled and put his arm around Ye Mingqiu's shoulder, displaying his simplified skill panel.

Petrified Skin (Passive/Active)

Skill effect: Increases the body's natural defense. When activated, it can reduce a certain amount of damage.

A decent defensive skill. Fixed damage reduction is very effective for tanks, because tanks already have high base constitution and defense. With fixed damage reduction, many high-frequency, low-damage skills will likely become immune to damage.

"My skill is pretty good, right? But the proficiency increases by getting hit. You hit me with your staff, you practice your specialization, and I increase my skill proficiency. Isn't that a win-win situation?" Lei Peng laughed, his smile full of freedom and ease.

"This is fine, but Lei, what level are you? I'm afraid I might accidentally hurt you." Ye Mingqiu felt a little resistant; he always had a feeling that this muscular guy was a bit gay.

"Level 3, impressive, right? Not many people in the whole school have reached this level. Follow me, and no one can hurt you in raids from now on!" Lei Peng proudly showed off his muscles, his smile widening, his facial muscles stacked up like a ferocious and terrifying iron tower.

"so smart?"

"Of course, I can take a beating!"

"Then let's have a go."

"Ok?"

Lei Peng suppressed his smile. He felt that the voice sounded a bit off. It didn't sound like Ye Mingqiu's voice, and it sounded familiar and cold, like a girl's voice.

"Gudong!"

He swallowed hard, turned around stiffly, and a feeling of utter despair welled up inside him. His low-angle gaze swept behind him, and a deep blue robe with gold stripes appeared in Lei Peng's eyes.

Spicy! Spicy! It's all over!

The legendary Frost Witch slowly raised her staff, and a chilling aura spread out, a terrifying telekinetic force precisely targeting Lei Peng.

"You want to increase your proficiency, right? I'll help you."

The next moment, the level 3 lord tank was thrown into the air uncontrollably, tossed around like a toy by telekinesis, slamming into this place and that. Screams filled the air.

While casually waving her scepter, Tang Ruobing said casually, "Among psionicists, level is the most important thing. One level higher, even a lord-level profession can suppress a hero-level profession with the advantage of attributes. Two levels higher, a lord-level profession can crush a hero-level profession. So, don't waste time, level up as quickly as possible."

"Uh-huh!"

Ye Mingqiu nodded repeatedly. At the same time, he felt that he would not be able to get rid of the shadow of this woman for a long time. A level 8 mage could take down an entire team without a mage at this stage by himself.

Then he asked, "Are you alright?"

"It's alright, that's just how he is. He always likes to act like a jerk because he's from the Tan line. He always smiles even when he annoys others and they get beaten up. It's because others can't hurt him. He's afraid of me because I can hurt him," Tang Ruobing said calmly.

"Oh."