1: Super God-level Talent

“Ye Xiao, my parents don't want us to be too close, so…”

Yun City First Middle School, playground.

Bai Xiaoxiao looked at Ye Xiao in front of her, her expression extremely indifferent.

“Bah! Bai Xiaoxiao, I know you awakened an SSS-rank Talent and look down on us ordinary people. Don't use your parents as an excuse.”

Beside Ye Xiao, the straightforward chubby Chu Xiaofeng unceremoniously exposed her.

Bai Xiaoxiao ignored him.

“This is between me and Ye Xiao.”

Chu Xiaofeng was furious, “If Yezi hadn't saved you back then, would you still have the chance to stand here flaunting yourself?”

“I admit he saved me back then, but for the past three years, I've been more than fair to him. Is he going to use that incident to tie me down for the rest of my life?”

“You…”

Chu Xiaofeng was about to say more when a large hand gently pressed on his shoulder, “It's alright, Fatty, she's right.”

The one speaking was Ye Xiao, the person Bai Xiaoxiao had mentioned.

However, he had another identity.

A Transmigrator who had been born into this world.

Three years ago, Bai Xiaoxiao was being robbed by a few thugs who hadn't yet awakened their powers.

Ye Xiao, who was passing by, happened to witness it.

The thugs didn't even think and decided to rob Ye Xiao as well.

Unfortunately, they encountered Ye Xiao, who had focused on training since childhood. Not only did they fail to get money or anything else, but they also lost an additional source of income.

Since then, Bai Xiaoxiao, a minor side character from the Bai family, developed affection for him and often appeared with Ye Xiao.

However, everything changed yesterday.

A hundred years ago, a game called “Eternal World” descended upon Blue Star, and the world underwent earth-shshattering changes.

Eighty years ago, the Abyss descended, and demonic creatures poured into reality, wreaking havoc. Humanity worldwide united to resist.

Since then, the forces of the old era became history.

Now, Blue Star is controlled by an alliance of top-tier game players with incredibly strong Talents and terrifying power.

And relying on these players, countless massive forces have gradually formed.

Just like Bai Xiaoxiao, she comes from a branch of the Bai family in Yun City, but she's from a distant branch.

Over the past century, the Bai family has produced many S-rank Talent users. Such a lineup is enough to keep the Bai family firmly in the second-tier forces.

And with Bai Xiaoxiao awakening an SSS-rank Talent—Divine Heart.

Outsiders speculate that this item can provide an additional 200% amplification to all divine skills, but some also guess that this Talent is not that simple, otherwise it wouldn't be rated as an SSS-rank Talent.

And everyone knows that having an SSS-rank Talent means having one foot in the first-tier forces.

Regarding the rise and fall of the family, the Bai family naturally would not allow Ye Xiao, who had only awakened an F-rank Talent, to hold Bai Xiaoxiao back.

Ye Xiao was well aware of this.

And hearing Ye Xiao's words, Bai Xiaoxiao's anger subsided slightly, and her expression returned to indifference.

“Things have come to this; there's nothing more to say between us. I hope you take care of yourself.”

After speaking, she drifted away.

Watching Bai Xiaoxiao leave, Chu Xiaofeng was indignant.

“Yezi, do women really change so easily? Before yesterday, she was so timid, and it's only been one day.”

Ye Xiao's face was calm.

From the moment Bai Xiaoxiao actively approached him, the unintentional hint of opportunism she revealed made Ye Xiao realize that this seemingly timid woman was not as simple as she appeared.

Fortunately, he hadn't invested anything, so there was nothing to be angry about.

“Alright, Fatty, saying more is useless. In this world, only by becoming stronger can you avoid being bullied.”

More than ten years ago, after a large-scale Abyss invasion claimed the lives of his parents in this life.

Ye Xiao already understood.

To survive in this world where games descend into reality, only becoming stronger is the eternal truth.

And Bai Xiaoxiao's words just now further solidified this idea in Ye Xiao's mind.

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiaofeng's expression also became incredibly solemn.

“You're right. Although you awakened the trashiest F-rank Talent, don't you still have me, your A-rank Talent brother? I'll work hard, and I'll protect you in the future.”

Ye Xiao was stunned for a moment, then laughed and cursed, and walked towards the center of the playground.

Today was the first day for this batch of newly awakened Professionals to enter the Eternal World.

Looking at the majestic teleportation platform ahead, Ye Xiao's heart was also a little stirred.

He had waited eighteen years, and finally, today had arrived.

As for whether an F-rank Talent was trash?

Ye Xiao admitted, it was very trashy.

But who said his Talent was F-rank?

Ye Xiao thought, and couldn't help but open his Talent panel.

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【Infinite Skill Bar (Super God-rank)】

【Effect One: You possess an infinite number of Skill Bars, and are not restricted by skill learning conditions.】

【Effect Two: Each of your skills provides you with 1 point of Intelligence attribute.】

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Just yesterday, after awakening, his F-rank Talent inexplicably evolved.

Although he didn't understand what 'Super God-rank' meant, it didn't stop him from being shocked by the power of this Talent.

One must know that for all Professions in the Eternal World, Skill Bars are extremely scarce.

Although additional Skill Bars can be obtained through Profession advancement and certain specific quests.

But for most Professionals, it's still a struggle.

The difference between a first-tier skill and a third-tier skill is obvious to a fool.

But if you don't learn first-tier skills, how do you upgrade to third-tier?

Although the Eternal World has a team function, the experience calculation method is based on contribution.

This means that no matter how strong your background is, at most you can only save one or two Skill Bar slots.

As of now, humanity has concluded that the maximum number of Skill Bars Professionals can generally obtain is 20.

This does not include incredibly rare items that increase Skill Bars.

And out of these 20 Skill Bars, after deducting the leveling skills needed during the growth process.

There aren't many left for Professionals to use against powerful enemies.

Additionally, there's another point: skills in the Eternal World have a uniqueness rule.

For example, Sage's Revelation and Light of Knowledge are two general aura skills that increase experience.

The former provides an additional 15% experience gain, while the latter provides 20%.

But if you learn Sage's Revelation, you cannot learn Light of Knowledge, nor can you learn other skills with similar functions to Sage's Revelation.

Of course, ordinary Professionals would generally not waste precious Skill Bars on these skills.

Therefore, how to reasonably and effectively allocate skills has become a lifelong choice for every Professional.

However, for Ye Xiao, who possessed an Infinite Skill Bar, none of these issues were problems at all.

At the same time, one skill could provide an additional point of Intelligence attribute.

It might not seem like much, but what if Ye Xiao had hundreds, thousands, or even billions of skills?

He couldn't imagine how his enemies would cope.

With such a heaven-defying Talent, what was an SSS-rank Talent worth?

Soon, as all the students of this batch arrived, the announcement on the playground also sounded.

“Greetings, students. Today is your first day entering the Eternal World.”

“Now, please enter the teleportation array in an orderly fashion. You will be sent to one of Yunhai Town, Yunxiang Town, or Yunshan Town. These are within our Yun City's sphere of influence, so safety is relatively guaranteed.”

“Finally, I wish you all a smooth journey in the Eternal World.”

As the words fell, expressions of excitement and nervousness appeared on the faces of over two thousand students.

“Yezi, let's go, I can't wait any longer.”

Chu Xiaofeng shouted.

Ye Xiao smiled and stepped onto the teleportation platform with him.

“Buzz!”

A dizzying sensation.

When his vision returned, Ye Xiao was already in an ancient, rustic town.

Yunhai Town.

Ye Xiao scanned his surroundings as a gentle breeze blew.

The intense sense of reality completely shocked him.

Is this the Eternal World?

A surge of excitement rose in Ye Xiao's heart.

【New player detected. Please name yourself.】

Ye Xiao: “Night Shadow.”

【Ding! Naming successful. Please choose the Profession you wish to transfer to.】

Twenty-five illusory shadows representing different Profession characteristics appeared in his vision.

Ye Xiao didn't hesitate.

“Mage.”

【Ding! Successfully transferred to Mage Profession. Gained Constitution +1, Intelligence +3, Fireball Skill Stone *1, Mana Spring Skill Stone *1, Novice Realm Entry Ticket *1.】

Mage late-game skills are widely recognized as powerful, but just the basic four-element skills occupy four slots, plus auxiliary damage-boosting skills, that's at least seven or eight.

However, Mages can only have eight Skill Bars at the earliest when they reach Fourth Tier.

By then, the damage of these primary skills would gradually fall behind.

Therefore, Mages became an awkward existence.

Unless some new players with strong backgrounds and power could quickly raise their level relying on various resources.

Ordinary people would never dare to touch this Profession.

And even so, most Professionals who choose Mage often specialize in one type of elemental damage.

But in that case, they would appear very weak when encountering elements they are countered by.

This was also a drawback.

Otherwise, Mages would definitely be a T0 existence at the same level.

And precisely, these drawbacks were completely non-issues for Ye Xiao, who possessed an Infinite Skill Bar.

Naturally, there was nothing to consider.

He glanced at the Novice Realm Entry Ticket in his backpack.

Ye Xiao wasn't in a hurry to use it.

Instead, he opened the Trade House panel, searched for Skill Stone, and then sorted them in descending order.

“Swish!”

Instantly, rows of Skill Stone information appeared.