25: Breakthrough Level 3

Lin Ye's skills were all Minor Achievement, and his Force Emission reached Great Achievement, which took him twenty days.

The advancement of his skills led to the progress of the Energy Diagram. Driven by four highly proficient skills, the Energy Diagram reached the Proficient level, and Muscle Master was also upgraded to Great Achievement, with a Great Achievement level upgrade surprisingly requiring eight points.

Host: Lin Ye

Level: Tier 2 (86.7%)

Abilities: Star Force (Great Achievement 2.1%) Muscle Master (Great Achievement 0.4%)

Cultivation Methods: Tiangang 36 Forms (Proficient 0.5%) Energy Diagram (Proficient 1.3%)

Skills: Force Emission (Great Achievement 1.3%) Cannon Fist (Minor Achievement 3.5%) Inch Step (Minor Achievement 1.3%) Serpent Body (Minor Achievement 0.6%)

Skill Points: 1

The Energy Diagram entering the Proficient level gave his cultivation speed a qualitative leap. With supplements and the Proficient level Energy Diagram, he felt he could break through to Tier 3 in about ten days.

The power of the Great Achievement level Muscle Master was terrifying, directly pushing Tiangang 36 Forms to Proficient.

Body tempering methods are essential for every physical profession. Physical professions rely heavily on the body, and Lin Ye's physical progress has always far exceeded that of his peers, allowing him to constantly challenge higher tiers.

After all his skills reached Minor Achievement, he began to fully push for Tier 3.

Finally, ten days later, he broke through to Tier 3.

Coming out of the guidance room, Lin Ye adapted to his comprehensively improved physique.

Both Star Power and his physical body received doubled enhancements.

After experiencing it, he began to absorb the Strength Energy Control ability seed.

It must be said that Strength Energy Control lives up to its name as a core ability; merely getting started pushed Lin Ye's skill cultivation speed to an even higher realm.

Previously, with Minor Achievement Muscle Master plus Minor Achievement Star Force, it would take Lin Ye about a month to reach Minor Achievement in a silver-tier ability.

Now, with Great Achievement Muscle Master, Great Achievement Star Force, and Strength Energy Control upgraded to Proficient with the points accumulated over these ten days, his skill training speed has seen rapid growth.

He is confident he can reach Minor Achievement in the gold-tier skills Jiang Xiaoyu gave him within a month.

Jiang Xiaoyu taught him quite a few skills this time.

Advanced gold-tier skills for Cannon Fist, Inch Step, and Serpent Body, plus the control skill Ruyi Strength, the penetration skill Breaking Air Force, and Lin Ye's long-desired ranged skill Vacuum Wave.

Ruyi Strength is also a ranged skill, primarily focused on control, not powerful. It transmits Force Energy from the ground to set traps, achieving a control effect.

Breaking Air Force can penetrate defenses, causing damage to vulnerable internal organs.

Vacuum Wave is incredible, a very famous skill among Martial Artist skills. It has a wide propagation range and strong power, condensing Force Energy into an colorless, formless ripple force. Once unleashed, it's impossible to guard against and extremely powerful.

Lin Ye loved Vacuum Wave, but after trying Ruyi Strength, he couldn't stop; this skill was too suitable for a sunny and cheerful big boy.

After being ambushed several times, Lin Ye decided he would also ambush others.

There is still over half a month until the Star Realm, and Lin Ye hopes to get started with several gold-tier skills before then, trying to practice one to Proficient.

The team-up craze also arrived.

With the Star Realm approaching, the warnings from teachers and senior brothers made the new students dare not be careless. For the sake of their lives, good teammates were indispensable.

Magic University specially developed an app for this purpose. After uploading one's information from the Magic University test, along with battle achievements from the competition, a score would be given. Students could then choose teams based on this score.

Lin Ye also took the time to go. His Tier 3 strength, terrifying ability proficiency, skill proficiency, and the first-place record in the competition gave him an extremely high score.

Private messages from those wanting to team up with him were endless.

A team usually consists of five people; there can be more, but never fewer.

Physical attack, magical attack, defense, support healing, and reconnaissance. These are essential configurations for a team.

If the configuration is incomplete, there will be weak links.

Without physical attack, they would be helpless against opponents with strong magic resistance.

Without magical attack, they could only scratch at opponents with strong defense.

Defense is indispensable, for taunting, controlling, and tanking damage.

Support healing is indispensable, to improve the team's endurance.

Reconnaissance is the eyes of the team, detecting dangers, and assessing the strength and configuration of opponents, so they are not clueless in the Star Realm, and also able to use speed advantage to cut the enemy's backline during combat.

Lin Ye plans to limit the team size to five people; more would be cumbersome and wouldn't significantly improve overall strength.

Ma Junjie sent a message.

"Brother, what are you considering? Come to my side, I will never let you suffer."

After the competition, Ma Junjie frequently contacted Lin Ye to build rapport, even coming to Prosperity to treat him to meals and implying he would take him out to enjoy himself.

Lin Ye naturally kept his distance from the latter, but he was happy to see Ma Junjie's other actions.

Ma Junjie's strength is beyond doubt, and the Dragonman's power allows him to handle reconnaissance, physical and magical dual-wielding output, and, when necessary, even temporarily fill in for defense.

The Dragonman's versatility makes their status in every team extremely prominent, and coupled with their generally wealthy background, they are usually team leaders.

Lin Ye recognized Ma Junjie's strength and believed his teammates would also be top-tier. Furthermore, in terms of intelligence, news, and resources, Ma Junjie could definitely rely on his family to provide a lot.

The current hesitation was about team leadership.

He didn't covet the captain's position, but having spent little time with Ma Junjie, he didn't know his character.

Could he handle conflicts fairly, could team interests be distributed reasonably, and would he abandon teammates in danger?

These were simply too important.

A team's theoretical strength is important, but more important is team building. If brothers are united, even with a poor setup but good cooperation, they can still defeat the strong with the weak.

If people are not united, the team is hard to lead, and ten-tenths of strength can only be exerted as one or two-tenths.

If he led the team himself, at least the first few points he could ensure his own interests were not threatened.

However, after much consideration, he still decided to choose Ma Junjie's team; the gesture of three visits gave him a certain level of confidence.

"Brother Jun, alright, I'll join. How is the team configuration?"

Ma Junjie was overjoyed. After being defeated in the competition, he had wanted to recruit this great general.

He excitedly said, "Brother, you agreed! Then our combined efforts will be invincible! For the other three team members, I have prepared more than a dozen candidates. Do you have any requirements? Just say them."

Lin Ye didn't expect Ma Junjie to value him so much, even letting him suggest team members.

So, he began discussing with Ma Junjie.

They reached a consensus on the current needs of the team.

They certainly didn't lack physical output; Ma Junjie was a dual-wielder, and Lin Ye was an extreme physical output. The magic side wasn't particularly lacking either, as Ma Junjie could also fill in, and his ultimate skill Dragon Breath could be considered the ultimate magical output at this stage.

Therefore, they unanimously agreed that they must have a good tank and support. Ma Junjie could also fill in for reconnaissance, so it wasn't strictly necessary.

After the discussion, Lin Ye was particularly impressed by the Dragonman's versatility. However, a Martial Artist, if he trains his skills well, can actually be very versatile too. It's just that Lin Ye's cultivation time was too short, and he hadn't yet touched upon skills in those areas.

For reconnaissance, Martial Artists have Listening Force, Vibration Perception, Ripple Force, Mind's Eye, etc., which he hadn't learned yet. The magic side isn't strictly necessary; Martial Artists have many Force Energy techniques that ignore defense, and the defense side also has various skills.

Unfortunately, he hadn't learned any of these yet. Serpent Body could fill in for defense, but it was limited to physical defense. It could also defend against things like ice spikes from the ground, but to defend against the magic side, it would need to be combined with Force Energy Body Protection.