My talent panel can be increased

"It's much weaker than I imagined, and its base attributes are lower than expected," Ye Mingqiu replied.

He originally thought that these psionicists would have high base stats, but that was not the case. Many level 10 hero psionicists had stats that were not as high as Ye Mingqiu's level 4 stats.

The reason is simple: although Ye Mingqiu is currently only level 4, he is a legendary level with high basic growth. He has also learned four basic passive skills that enhance his physical potential and has improved his physical potential in various ways.

His base attributes are much stronger than those of heroes of the same level, even those at the same level. More importantly, Ye Mingqiu has multiple passive abilities, which increase his base strength and agility by 130%.

In other words, one attribute point he gains is equivalent to two or three attribute points for a normal psionicist. Without top-tier talent, a hero-level psionicist's base attributes would be directly suppressed by Ye Mingqiu. Only a level 10 hero psionicist with powerful talents would have base attributes similar to Ye Mingqiu's.

"That's why they were there."

Tang Ruobing sighed and said, "The strength of a psionicist has an absolute limit. The more desperately one tries, the more one can feel that limit."

"When everyone maximizes their basic attributes to the limit that their physical potential can withstand, and optimizes their equipment to the dark gold level, the difference in talent will create a huge gap in strength."

"Effort can bring you to your lower limit, but what truly determines your upper limit has always been talent, unless you have something that can defy fate."

Tang Ruobing lowered her eyes, and her hands paused. If she hadn't obtained the [Ancient God Aura] from Ye Mingqiu, her potential would have been predictable.

The power of the ancient god realm allowed her to break through her original limits and possess even greater power. Now, her total spiritual energy has increased many times over compared to before, and her strength is no longer on the same level as her original self.

Are you confident you can beat them?

Ye Mingqiu asked.

"I'm not sure, but I can give it a try."

Tang Ruobing replied.

She was unsure of herself because she felt that her spellcasting skills and precision were not as good as the two people below the stage. Although she had also been learning spellcasting since childhood, talent is talent, and even among geniuses, there are differences in skill level.

Those two were even greater geniuses, possessing spellcasting talents far surpassing hers.

Her only advantage is that she has ten times the total psionic energy of a hero-level magic-based psionicist. She's unlikely to win in a skill-based contest; her only option is to expend all her psionic energy, using [High-Speed ​​Interruption Casting] to instantly unleash spells and deal massive damage.

Hey!

The only advantage is in the numerical values!

"I understand that feeling."

Ye Mingqiu also sighed, gently rubbing his forehead with one hand, and continued, "I can feel that my combat skills, while not bad compared to other psionicists of the same level, are clearly inferior to those top experts."

"When facing them, I dared not fight them with skills at all. I could only try my best to overwhelm them with strength and predict them with my instincts, and try to kill them with one blow. My skills are far inferior to theirs. This feeling was very agonizing."

"Sigh~" ×2

The two of them sighed at the same time.

"Speaking of which, it hasn't even started yet, so why are they starting to fight now? Is there some hidden rule?" Ye Mingqiu asked curiously.

"The arena allows for sparring and competition. There are two types of competitions: one that doesn't involve rankings, and the other that involves changes in rankings," Tang Ruobing replied.

"Oh? Then can we go and challenge someone right now?"

"Yes, but the other party can refuse. Only during the final stage of the challenge is it unavoidable to refuse."

Then, Tang Ruobing paused, a playful smile appearing on her face, and continued, "However, there is a special case here, which is the placement challenge."

"Placement matches?"

"That's right. Psionicists who have enough strength but are not ranked because they haven't started a challenge can choose to initiate a placement match challenge. By challenging other psionicists in the placement match, they can change their ranking. They can challenge three times, and the range of challenges is relatively large."

"I see."

Looking at the nearly half of the ranking slots that were empty, Ye Mingqiu said, "If nothing unexpected happens, the will of the Spirit Realm means that spiritualists with sufficient strength can directly fill the slots that are vacated due to advancement to the second tier, right? It's a kind of perk for the mutants."

"Yeah, that's pretty much it."

Tang Ruobing nodded slightly and said, "However, you have to be able to enjoy these benefits. If you participate in the placement matches in advance, others will most likely watch your matches and make a general judgment on your strength level, and then make corresponding adjustments. There is a price to be paid behind these benefits."

"However, the advantage is that by directly playing placement matches, if you are strong enough, you can climb to a very high ranking, or even reach the top. In the third stage of the challenge, under normal circumstances, you will not be able to challenge enemies with a large ranking gap, which can save a lot of time and energy."

"Then I'll go first."

[Hint: Should placement matches be started/not started?]

Yes.

[Announcement: The Psionicist - Divine Lord has begun placement matches, challenging the leaderboard]

The same message was repeated three times, and all the psionicists in the entire Sky Ladder Arena knew about it.

[Hint: Please select your challenge target]

[Currently selectable challenge targets: Rankings 37-62 on the leaderboard]

Challenge for 37th place.

Half of the positions on the leaderboard are empty, as the original psychics automatically moved up, so the lowest ranking is 62 instead of 100.

[Confirm selection?]

Yes.

The next moment, Ye Mingqiu's figure appeared in the Heavenly Ladder Arena. The Heavenly Ladder Arena has many venues that can accommodate many battles at the same time.

A figure dressed in black robes slowly emerged from the other side of the battlefield, uttering a hoarse and chilling voice: "Heh, you ignorant fool, daring to challenge me. Very well, I'll show you what true strength is."

"."

Ye Mingqiu did not answer.

In a place like this, there's a high probability that there's no real arrogance or domineering attitude. Since the other party said that, they must have a hidden purpose. It's best to be more careful during the fight.

After all, this is ranked play, and this is his first time playing placement matches.

[Hint: The battle will begin in 3 seconds]

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2

1

The battle begins!

As the battle commencement announcement sounded, Ye Mingqiu instantly entered combat mode, activating his [Instinctive Perception] to its fullest extent, staring intently at the black-robed man's movements. However, strangely, there was no trace of the attack within his perceived field of vision.

No trajectory?

Does he want to attack me?

[Hint: The Eye of Omargon prevented one curse check for you]

[Note: The Eye of Omargon triggered the passive effect - Curse Devour, retaliating against the opponent with an instant-death effect.]

[Hint: Successful detection]

【Battle Victory】

"."

Ye Mingqiu stood there, looking at the black-robed man lying in front of him, not knowing what to say.

Grass!

What rubbish!

Of course, this wasn't because the opponent was too weak, but because Ye Mingqiu had nurtured the Eye of Omargon too well. The Eye of Omargon itself was a top-tier piece of equipment with growth potential, capable of absorbing cursed power to grow.

In the world of the Silent Corridor, the Eye of Omargon has devoured a massive amount of curses. Previously, it had difficulty digesting them, but now it has gradually finished digesting them, and the curses are much stronger than before.

While it's not very effective against Overlord or God-level enemies, it's quite useful against Hero-level enemies.

Like just now, it was done in seconds.

After the battle ended, the man in black robes immediately came to Ye Mingqiu's side.

"Ok?"

Ye Mingqiu frowned slightly, thinking: Is this guy going to make another threat?

"thump!"

The man in black robes immediately knelt down, saying with utmost humility, "Father, I was wrong, I was really wrong! Please don't hold it against me, or... or I'll pay you some protection money! You can have as much as you want!"

"."

Ye Mingqiu was stunned.

Tang Ruobing lowered her head and typed.

Shattered Star: Those who play with curses are all black-hearted. He treats you like a curse master. If you provoke a curse master, you can basically forget about having a good life in the future.

Shattered Star: Hmm, if you don't accept, he should be able to make you kowtow a few times on the spot.

God: This is outrageous?

Shattered Star: He's already trained in the Curse School, what use is face? Besides, precisely because he himself is a Curse School cultivator, he understands even more clearly how terrifying it is to be targeted by another, stronger Curse School cultivator.

Shattered Star: Just kill him without holding back, and he'll actually give you what you want.

"I have a skill I want to upgrade, but I don't have the necessary items. It's really frustrating," Ye Mingqiu said casually.

"Dad, I'll get it for you. I can get it for you in a month at most!"

The man in black robes smiled, feeling a great weight lifted from his shoulders.

He was a curse user and had some understanding of cursed equipment. Although he didn't know the specific attributes of the Eye of Omargon, he could tell that it was definitely not simple and was the kind of equipment that could likely kill its host.

The fact that this cursed equipment would obediently serve the deity indicates that the other party is not simple and likely possesses some special power, making them no ordinary person.

Silently, the Eye of Omargon in Ye Mingqiu's hand opened its eyes. It stared at the man in black robes with a contemptuous and mocking gaze, while simultaneously conveying to Ye Mingqiu: Look how powerful I am! Shouldn't you reward me with another Dark Gold-grade equipment? Advancement items are incredibly expensive!

"I'll get you something to eat when we get back."

Ye Mingqiu smiled and touched the Eye of Omargun, speaking softly.

Eat?

The man in the black robe felt a chill run down his spine.