Chapter 260 – Legendary Level Profession

The black giant crow couldn’t dodge in time and was hit by the pure white arrow.

The arrow exploded inside the black giant crow, transforming into boundless white light.

The white light, as sharp as a blade, directly sliced large chunks of flesh from the black giant crow.

The black giant crow was in excruciating pain, its enormous, black hole-like mouth opened wide. From the bottom of its spiral, saw-toothed throat, white light shot out.

Even the 999 eyes on its head exploded one after another…

In just a few breaths, the once world-ending black giant crow was rendered utterly miserable under the attack of the pure white arrow.

Countless feathers broke off and drifted away from its body.

One feather slowly descended from the void, eventually landing on the ground of Ancient Brent, which had turned into an underworld…

“Swish-“

In a quiet room, Lu Yuan silently opened his eyes.

He saw a light blue ceiling and a circular light strip emitting soft white light.

Hospital? Treatment room?

Lu Yuan noticed that he was wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown, lying on an oversized three-by-three bed. His chest and arms were covered with various metallic patches, and there were medical instruments on both sides of the bed that he couldn’t understand.

It seemed that the Golden Bear ID card he threw out before fainting had indeed worked.

Lu Yuan was awake but didn’t move, not wanting to immediately attract the attention of medical staff.

He lay on the bed, fully relaxed, continuing to contemplate the memory of the “black giant crow.”

“So, the feather I obtained is actually just an ordinary feather from the black giant crow that destroyed the Ancient Brent civilization?”

Lu Yuan instinctively used his mental power to probe his body.

He found that the feather was quietly floating inside his chest.

But strangely, Lu Yuan could “see” it and sense its presence.

When he tried to touch it with his mental power… the feedback he received was pure nothingness.

“It was born just to fulfill some mission, taking only ten days and nights from birth to destroy a once-glorious ancient civilization.

A feather that fell from its body could create a powerful figure like the sovereign Jocklus of Ancient Brent…

So… just how powerful is this black giant crow with a head full of eyes? Isn’t that too insane!”

And such an ultimate creature from the underworld was severely wounded by a little pure white arrow shot from an unknown distance. It’s unclear if it eventually died or not. The person who shot that arrow… is the real ultimate powerhouse.

“Without a doubt, the one who sniped the black giant crow with an arrow must be the goddess of the holy light sect. Her followers were slaughtered and pillaged clean, I’d be hopping mad too if I were in her shoes…”

This time, Lu Yuan had truly witnessed those beings, once thought to exist only in myth and legend, and the tremendous powers of deities.

Although the entire process felt like watching a movie.

It couldn’t be denied that Lu Yuan’s understanding of this world’s levels of strength had greatly increased by several tiers.

The most powerful person he had encountered so far was Yuwen Tong.

In the [imaginary enemy] space, one’s consciousness would melt upon entering her domain.

But in front of the goddess of the holy light sect… oh no, even in front of the black giant crow, she would be like an ant.

And Lu Yuan, wouldn’t even be counted as an ant, more like a speck of dust, easily blown away with a puff of breath.

“The road ahead is full of challenges…”

Lu Yuan sighed self-deprecatingly, but his mind was once again filled with swirling thoughts.

“Before Jocklus dissipated, he said this feather was specifically left for me.

Who is ‘He’?

That black giant crow with a head full of eyes?

Or the woman in a black dress resembling the crow deity Lamashtu, whom I saw in the Crow Dreamscape?”

“Why did He specifically take note of me? Isn’t Ancient Brent supposed to have been destroyed for countless years?”

“How did He know I would appear in the Wailing Ruins, eventually solve the puzzle, and obtain this underworld crow feather?”

“Or maybe He wasn’t actually waiting for me, but I happened to be the first one to pass Jocklus’s test?”

“And how do I explain the constant calls that appeared in my mind?”

“And, what is the true origin of the secret realm?”

Lu Yuan had too many questions filling his mind. He clearly learned some truths, yet felt even further from the real answers.

“Forget it, there’s no point in thinking about so many useless things. Even if I figured everything out now, what difference would it make? I’m still just a speck of dust, changing nothing…”

Lu Yuan tossed aside his chaotic thoughts and pulled up his professional panel to check his gains.

The first notification on the panel gave him an immense surprise.

[Congratulations on obtaining a legendary level material—Hundred-eyed Nether Crow Feather!]

“Legendary level?! Hundred-eyed Nether Crow Feather! So that crow with a head full of eyeballs is called the Hundred-eyed Nether Crow! And just one feather is of legendary level?!”

Lu Yuan felt a shock in his heart and continued to scroll down.

[Do you choose to advance your profession?]

[Preconditions unmet, advancement failed.]

[Do you choose panel fusion?]

[Preconditions unmet, fusion failed.]

Lu Yuan directly ignored this long string of prompts until he saw a specific notification below—

[Legendary level profession unlock conditions unmet, current progress: legendary level material (1/3)]

Legendary level profession unlock!

Lu Yuan’s pupils constricted sharply.

Legendary level profession.

Now he understood why the professions [Death Messenger], [Spear Bearer], and [Elephant Deity: Emissary Stance] all had (extraordinary) marked next to them.

It turns out that above extraordinary professions, there are legendary level professions!

“As long as I collect three legendary level materials, I can unlock a legendary level profession.”

Lu Yuan’s heart pounded wildly; he could hear his own increasingly heavy breaths.

At this moment, he seemed to see an unprecedented, golden, glowing door waving at him.

A line of dialogue slowly echoed in his mind—”At this moment, the gears of fate begin to turn… chugging and clanking…”

“Whew—”

Lu Yuan took several deep breaths to calm himself down.

He now had a clear direction for his next steps—find the other two legendary level materials to unlock his first legendary level profession!

“Secret realms! I need to explore more secret realms! The higher the level of the evil deity secret realms, the more likely it is to obtain legendary level materials like the Hundred-eyed Nether Crow Feather…”

Lu Yuan’s eyes shimmered as he made up his mind.

The first thing that came to Lu Yuan’s mind was the curse of the Elephant Deity on his right chest.

Who knows, maybe defeating that mysterious figure with three heads and six arms at the top of the demon mountain might drop a second legendary level material.

Lu Yuan had a whirlwind of thoughts for a good while before he calmed himself down and continued to check the changes in his professional panel.

[Strength Points: 22 (Limit Break 1)]

[Agility Points: 22 (Limit Break 1)]

[Constitution Points: 22 (Limit Break 1)]

[Intelligence Points: …]

Everything seemed normal on the attribute panel until Lu Yuan saw the Intelligence Points. He noticed a change.

Originally, his Intelligence Points were at 24, but now they had surged to 28!

An increase of 4 points, equivalent to 8 attribute points!

“Absorbing such a huge wave of memory images and gaining 4 points in Intelligence… seems reasonable.”

Lu Yuan tested the current range of his mental power detection.

“Whoosh-“

His vaporous mental power suddenly spread out, extending several kilometers in an instant. Along the way, it must have interfered with numerous instruments and devices, as ear-piercing alarms rang out endlessly.

Feeling a bit guilty, Lu Yuan quickly retracted his mental power.

“The maximum detection range is approximately three and a half kilometers, comparable to a small radar…”

“Reflecting this onto True Intent, I wonder how much it would expand.”

Lu Yuan attempted to condense his True Intent slightly, only to see invisible little vortices appearing in the air around him.

A sudden gust of wind rose in the room… he quickly stopped and dared not continue experimenting.

Next, he continued to review.

[Profession: Death Messenger (Extraordinary) lv11 (10034/102400)]

[Basic Professional Skills: Crow Language lv6 (10/3200)]

[Eye of Doom lv5 (1508/1600)]

[Death Energy Entanglement lv12 (245/204800)]

[Basic Professional Skill: Underworld Garment lv7 (124/6400)]

[To be unlocked, to be unlocked]

[Core Professional Skill: Panic Boiling lv1]

Lu Yuan blinked. His [Death Messenger (Extraordinary)] profession had leveled up from lv9 to lv11.

[Crow Language] had increased by three levels, [Eye of Doom] by two levels, [Underworld Garment] by three levels, and [Death Energy Entanglement] by one level.

The rate of progression for the first few skills was within his expectations. However, the fact that [Death Energy Entanglement] had only leveled up once surprised him.

He recalled that before he lost consciousness, the death energy of nearly the entire Wailing Ruins had converged towards him, pouring into his body continuously.

With so much death energy absorbed, how could [Death Energy Entanglement] only increase by one level? It didn’t make sense.

“Could it have all been consumed by it?”

Instinctively, Lu Yuan touched his chest, referring to the Hundred-eyed Nether Crow Feather within.

This seemed to be the only plausible explanation.

Although slightly disappointed, this level of enhancement was already significant.

Particularly, [Underworld Garment] had jumped to lv7 in one go.

Lu Yuan was quite eager about this skill and had already started imagining just how cool the death energy armor generated by lv7 [Underworld Garment] would look after being activated.

Moreover, two basic professional skills at the same level as [Underworld Garment] had also become available for unlocking.

Putting that aside for now, Lu Yuan checked his [Martial Artist] panel.

What he saw made him let out a surprised “huh.”

[Profession: Martial Artist lv12 (Max Level)]

“Max level?”

[Martial Artist] had maxed out at lv12.

“Is this the limit for non-extraordinary professions?”

Lu Yuan’s eyes flickered slightly.

Looking at the [Martial Artist] panel, it was filled with fully unlocked skills, and all three core skills had reached their maximum level.

He had even comprehended two super killer moves.

The only part remaining unlit was a small black area above the super killer moves.

Max level… It did seem logical.

“The next thing to consider is advancing my profession.”

“Breaking through to Grandmaster might allow the [Martial Artist] panel to achieve advancement…”

Lu Yuan suddenly realized that, unknowingly, he had progressed to this point.

“With Intelligence Points increased to 28, True Intent must be at least hundreds of meters tall… it seems like the difficulty of breaking through to Grandmaster has increased significantly…”

Lu Yuan wasn’t sure whether to be happy or worried. Shaking his head, he continued to review.

Finally, he checked the fusion progress of his [Student] and [Ancient Language Expert] professional panels.

He took a glance.

The fusion progress of these two professions was currently at 45%.

He estimated that another exploration event similar to the Wailing Ruins would help complete the fusion.

The fusion process didn’t affect the activation of skills on each panel, so Lu Yuan wasn’t in a rush. He figured the fusion could complete whenever it was ready.

Scrolling to the bottom of the panel, Lu Yuan saw that he currently had 3 attribute points and 3 skill points available.

He was just considering how to allocate the points when suddenly he heard footsteps approaching from outside the room. Deciding to wait, Lu Yuan continued lying quietly on the bed.