Selecting [Assassin], her reflection in the mirror changed into a tight-fitting short robe, and the Long Sword in her hand transformed into a shorter dagger.
Selecting [Mage]...
[Archer]...
Having looked at herself in all five Professions one by one, Yu Zhu, who had grown bored of playing around, grinningly re-selected the Priest Profession and then chose [Yes].
The surface of the mirror bloomed with endless light, enveloping Yu Zhu who stood outside the mirror. When the light faded, the mirror had disappeared, and she had changed into the image she had seen in it.
A new line of text appeared before her eyes.
[You have selected your Initial Profession: Priest. Drawing your Priest Profession Talent...]
"Is it here..." she thought, unable to stop herself from tightly gripping the Priest’s Book in her hand.
Before entering the Divine Revelation World, she had boasted about "the Dragon King’s return" and taking Yu Zhun under her wing. However, having memorized the talent drawing probabilities, she knew better than anyone how difficult it was to draw an Advanced talent.
D-Rank Talent Probability ≈ 40%
C-Rank Talent Probability ≈ 30%
B-Rank Talent Probability ≈ 20%
A-Rank Talent Probability ≈ 10%
S-Rank Talent Probability: less than 1 in 10,000.
SS-Rank Talent Probability: less than 1 in 1,000,000.
SSS-Rank Talent Probability: less than 1 in 100,000,000.
Let alone drawing an SSS-Rank talent like Yu Zhun, Yu Zhu felt that she would be incredibly lucky even if she just drew an S-Rank talent.
"No, I shouldn’t be too greedy. An A-Rank is actually quite good," she told herself. Silently chanting, "A-Rank, A-Rank, A-Rank," in her heart, she couldn’t help but close her eyes as the light flashed before her.
After quite a while, she slowly opened one eye. What entered her vision was a line of rainbow-colored text.
[Your Profession Talent is "Extremes lead to opposites" (SSS)]
Huh? Huh?!!
Yu Zhu froze in place, her pupils slowly dilating.
"An... SSS-Rank talent?!" she thought.
Before she could recover from her shock, the chaotic space around her quickly shattered, and she found herself standing on a street full of Otherworld flair.
[You have entered the Divine Revelation World. We wish you a happy game.]
"It’s the Newbie City." Yu Zhu quickly realized her current location and casually opened her personal panel. Then, she saw the complete description of her talent.
[Profession Talent: Extremes lead to opposites (SSS-Rank): When using Priest Skills, the actual skill effect is 1000% of the skill description, and the skill effect is reversed.]
"Hah?!"
Yu Zhu stood dumbfounded, a bewildered expression on her face. Could someone tell her what "skill effect is reversed" meant?
"Does healing turn into... losing health?" she wondered.
At this moment, Yu Zhu thought of the professional declaration she had once made to Yu Zhun: "I want to be the best healing Priest!"
Yu Zhu was speechless. Oh no, she seemed destined to become the deadliest Priest.
Feeling the subtle, evaluating gazes from the surrounding players, Yu Zhu’s face grew tense. Remembering what she had previously learned about the dangers of the Newbie City, she chose to log off without hesitation.
Sitting up from the sofa at home, Yu Zhu met Yu Zhun’s nervous gaze.
"How was it? What talent did you draw?" Yu Zhun couldn’t help but ask eagerly. "B-Rank? Or A-Rank?"
Yu Zhun had perfectly grasped the opportunity to let Yu Zhuzhu show off!
Hearing his words, Yu Zhu’s expression immediately became a bit strange. "It should be just a little bit higher than A-Rank..."
"Oh?" Yu Zhun revealed a perfectly timed look of pleasant surprise. "An S-Rank talent?"
"No... A little higher than that."
"An SS-Rank talent?!" Yu Zhun was truly a bit surprised this time.
"No..." Yu Zhu blinked. "A little higher still."
Yu Zhun stared at her in confusion. He silently took out his phone and found the Divine Revelation Talent Chart.
[94th Place: SSS-Rank Talent "Extremes lead to opposites"]
"It’s actually... true!" he thought. Yu Zhun suddenly looked at Yu Zhu beside him, his eyes shining. "What’s the effect?"
Hearing this question, Yu Zhu’s expression instantly turned somewhat awkward.
"Um..." Yu Zhu averted her gaze to the side. "The effect of Priest Skills becomes ten times stronger, but the effect is reversed."
Yu Zhun was dumbfounded. "Have you... tried it yet?" he asked, looking at Yu Zhu in silence.
"I didn’t dare to..." Yu Zhu shrank her neck back. "I was afraid I would instantly kill myself."
According to the talent’s effect, if she used her current and only initial skill, [Healing], it would cause a loss of Life Value equal to 600% of her Magic Attack. Her initial Magic Attack was 100 points, which meant... one heal would cause a loss of 600 points of Life Value. Meanwhile, her own Life Value was only 240 points.
"Of course you can’t test it on yourself," Yu Zhun said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I’ve already asked for a leave of absence from your school. Until you level up to Lv5 and put on the Equipment I prepared for you, you’re still in a bit of danger.
"Do you have any plans for your upcoming leveling?"
Although Yu Zhu’s talent gave her damage that a normal Priest wouldn’t have—making it no problem to instantly kill the early-game experience monsters, the Little Demon Sheep—skills were ultimately not normal attacks; they had cooling. Therefore, Yu Zhun was still not quite at ease letting her act alone. If Yu Zhu didn’t have any helpers of her own, Yu Zhun planned to seek help from the Divine Revelation Hall to arrange someone for her.
"I do, I do!" A suitable candidate appeared in Yu Zhu’s mind. "Yu Zhun, do you still remember Qin Ying?"
"That classmate of yours?" Yu Zhun had some impression of her. According to Yu Zhu, she was a well-known delinquent girl in their grade, but due to some coincidences, she was very protective of Yu Zhu. Yu Zhu had top-notch grades and was cute, so she was often envied by other students at school because of this. If it hadn’t been for Qin Ying, Yu Zhu might have suffered quite a bit of bullying.
Yu Zhun had met her once before; she was a girl who looked fierce but had a very soft heart.
"She entered the Divine Revelation World half a month ago, and she’s still in the Newbie City now!" Yu Zhu couldn’t wait to take out her phone to contact her.
"What Profession?"
"I think she’s a Warrior," Yu Zhu said without even lifting her head. Her fingers tapped rapidly; evidently, she had already gotten in touch with the other party.
"Then pay attention to your safety. Once you leave the Newbie Area, you can have her join the [Godslayer] Guild together with you," Yu Zhun said with a smile.
Since Yu Zhu had her own plans, he didn’t intend to intervene too much. Of course, necessary precautions were still needed. Yu Zhun planned to inform the Divine Revelation Hall that Yu Zhu had an SSS-Rank talent so that they would secretly send people to protect her.
After finishing his somewhat cold breakfast, Yu Zhun informed Ji Ruoxu—whose contact information he had added yesterday—about the situation, and then looked at Yu Zhu, who was still curled up on the sofa.
"I’m going to the guild first. I need to take them to clear the Lv40 special Dungeon today.
"I transferred a hundred million into your account. Use it for now, and remember not to show off your wealth and get targeted by anyone."
"Okay~" Yu Zhu raised a hand and waved. A little while after Yu Zhun left, she suddenly stood up from the sofa. "Done!"
She had already arranged everything with Qin Ying, and the other party was already online.
"Charge, charge, charge, time to level up~" With an excited face, Yu Zhu slipped back into her room and logged back online.
After exchanging locations, a beautiful red-haired figure soon strode toward her. "Hey, little Yu Zhuzhu!"
[Qin Ying, Lv6]
Turning her head at the sound and seeing her waiting classmate, Yu Zhu’s eyes lit up. She raised her hand to greet her. "Ying... Wu~"
Before she could finish her greeting, Qin Ying rushed up and squished her chubby cheeks, rubbing them playfully.
"Ah~ Perfect!" Qin Ying wore a satisfied expression. "Let’s go, let’s go. I’ll take you to level up.
"When I fight monsters and level up alone, I still have to buy health potions to recover. Now that you’ve changed your Profession to Priest, I’ll draw the monsters and deal damage while you handle the Healing. It’s perfect!"
Qin Ying began to envision a wonderful leveling life, completely oblivious to Yu Zhu’s increasingly strange expression.
"Right, what monsters should we fight?" Qin Ying thought of this important question. "The Little Demon Sheep give too little experience; Gray Demon Dogs are okay."
"We’re not fighting those. As for what to fight..." Yu Zhu paused. "Ying, how much Life Value do you have?"
"Over seven hundred, I guess," Qin Ying replied casually. "The green Armor and accessories I just bought added quite a bit of Life Value..."
[Life Value -600]
Qin Ying was perplexed.
"Here, here, for you." Yu Zhu pulled out a health potion and spoke cheerfully. "Hurry up and replenish it. Thanks for your hard work."
Qin Ying was utterly bewildered.
"No, wait... Where did my massive health bar go?" Qin Ying thought. "And aren’t you a Priest? What kind of Priest pulls out health potions to heal their teammates?!"
Accepting the health potion with a confused face and drinking it, Qin Ying’s health rapidly regenerated over two seconds until it was completely full. This recovery speed... This health potion was actually an Advanced item, she realized.
CLASP!
Yu Zhu grabbed the confused Qin Ying’s hand. "Let’s go fight Spiky Porcupines!"
Qin Ying was utterly lost for words. "Are you crazy?" Qin Ying couldn’t help but glare. "Spiky Porcupines range from Lv7 to Lv9. Although their Life Value is only around five hundred, their Physical Defense and Magic Defense are the highest in the Newbie Area, a whopping two hundred and fifty!"
Even if Qin Ying attacked with all her might, she wouldn’t even be able to pierce their armor!
"I’m not crazy." Yu Zhu had a serious look on her face. "That’s the one."