Magic barrier, target trial secret realm

“Liu Ruyan, Hidden Class, Aura Master!”

As the announcement rang out, the entire Awakening Plaza erupted in cheers.

“An Aura Master, a support-type Hidden Class!”

“It’s been two hundred years since Binjiang No. 1 Middle School last saw a Hidden Class appear!”

“What a pity. This class is incredibly expensive to train in the early stages. Without a major power cultivating her…”

“She might not even be as effective as a rare class Shaman’s amplification.”

The appearance of a Hidden Class caused a flurry of discussion among the surrounding students.

Just then, the Awakening Crystal Ball at the very center emitted two more blinding rays of light!

“Zhai Bing, Rare Class, Wanderer!”

“Cai Kun, Rare Class, Shadow Dancer!”

Two rare classes in a row instantly pushed today’s Awakening Ceremony to a climax.

As of now,

the school had already seen three rare classes and one hidden class awaken.

Compared to previous years, this was already a very good result.

Below the stage,

Lin Xuan and Zhang Fan were chatting.

Zhang Fan glanced at a spot not far away, shook his head, and said,

“Xiao Xuan, it seems you were right not to agree to Liu Ruyan.”

Following Zhang Fan’s gaze,

Liu Ruyan could be seen chatting and laughing with Zhai Bing, who had just awakened the rare class Wanderer.

Lin Xuan looked for a moment, his heart completely unmoved.

If Liu Ruyan was his female simp,

then Zhai Bing was Liu Ruyan’s simp.

The difference was that he had always openly rejected Liu Ruyan.

But Liu Ruyan had always kept Zhai Bing on a string at school.

At this moment, Liu Ruyan, contrary to her usual behavior, did not come to find Lin Xuan.

It was obvious that the disparity in their class awakenings had led to different thoughts.

“The Hidden Class Aura Master has almost no offensive skills.”

“With the college entrance exam approaching, if she wants to achieve good results, she really needs a strong teammate.”

“Wanderer is a relatively strong class in the early stages, so her approach isn’t wrong.”

“Haha, you’re still so open-minded,” Zhang Fan responded with a laugh.

At Binjiang No. 1 Middle School, many people actually saw Lin Xuan and Liu Ruyan as a match made in heaven.

After all, they had grown up together, childhood sweethearts.

And in this small Binjiang No. 1 Middle School, they fit the image of a perfect couple.

Now, Liu Ruyan’s actions…

While not wrong, they would inevitably draw some criticism.

However, since Lin Xuan didn’t say anything,

Zhang Fan also didn’t feel it appropriate to say more.

He changed the subject and said, “Xiao Xuan, there’s only one week left until the college entrance exam.”

“Are you planning to level up outside the city, or go to the Newbie Trial Secret Realm?”

“One week…” Lin Xuan frowned slightly and replied, “I haven’t decided yet, but I’ll probably go to the Trial Secret Realm.”

Although the Blue Star seemed to have become a game,

the skills of support classes like Priests, Doctors, and Alchemists could not revive people.

Only when entering large dungeons on Hard difficulty or higher modes,

could these classes’ resurrection skills be triggered.

This also led to the fact that,

no matter where one went to grind monsters and level up,

a team with a reasonable composition became a necessary condition.

Even the martial arts exam allowed examinees to form teams of no more than three people.

“Xiao Xuan, I know your personality, you don’t like to interact much with others.”

“However, I still recommend you team up and go to the Newbie Trial Secret Realm.”

“There are only monsters from level one to ten there.”

“And the professionals are all new awakeners like us, so they’re easier to get along with.”

“More importantly, as long as you defeat the three major BOSSes within the Trial Secret Realm,”

“you will randomly receive a skill book that matches your class when you exit the Secret Realm.”

“This is very suitable for you.” Zhang Fan saw his hesitation and slowly offered his suggestion.

“Skill book?”

After Zhang Fan’s reminder,

Lin Xuan finally remembered this matter.

He nodded, “Okay, I’ll go to the Trial Secret Realm.”

Every professional upon awakening

would only randomly receive one skill and three skill slots.

Afterward, a new skill would unlock and an additional skill slot would be added every ten levels.

He had currently unlocked Summon Undead, and still had two empty skill slots.

Of course, there were many ways to expand skill slots.

The simplest way was to equip a Magic Card with skill slot expansion effects.

Magic Cards were the core of the entire professional system.

Many professionals with low class strength could even defy fate by possessing a Magic Card that perfectly matched their class.

In his memory,

the strongest Necromancer in Xia Kingdom was precisely like this.

He possessed a Magic Card that caused the summoned Skeletons to generate ripples with every attack.

“If only I had one too, I could give Skeleton Soldierss crowd control effects.”

Lin Xuan thought to himself, deciding on his destination.

Currently, he couldn’t afford good skill books or skill expansion Magic Cards.

The Newbie Trial Secret Realm was a very good place for him.

After chatting with Zhang Fan for a while longer, Binjiang No. 1 Middle School’s Awakening Ceremony reached its concluding stage.

Unfortunately, after Cai Kun, who awakened the rare class Shadow Dancer, all subsequent awakenings were ordinary classes.

Ultimately, out of over five thousand successful awakenings, there were only three rare and one hidden class.

Not many, but with a Hidden Class, the principal couldn’t stop smiling when giving his speech.

After the ceremony, the third-year graduates filled out their martial arts exam and academic exam selection forms, then were off until just before the college entrance exam.

Lin Xuan and his friend Zhang Fan finished filling out the martial arts exam form together, preparing to leave.

“Is that you, Lin Xuan?”

Just as Lin Xuan finished filling out the form and was about to go home, he saw a pair of a man and a woman walking side by side towards him.

These were none other than Liu Ruyan and Zhai Bing, who had awakened the rare class Wanderer.

Zhai Bing had some renown at school.

Although he wasn’t particularly handsome,

his family owned a supermarket chain, making him a wealthy second-generation rich kid.

“Lin Xuan, I’m sorry, but Ruyan and I are just more compatible.”

Zhai Bing wore a small suit, his hair slicked back and face powdered.

As he spoke, he took Liu Ruyan’s left hand and gestured towards Lin Xuan.

It was as if he was declaring their sovereignty as a couple.

Lin Xuan saw his behavior and smiled faintly.

“An Aura Master, to get through the weak early stages, truly needs to find a strong combat class.”

“Lin Xuan, I… I’m not.”

Liu Ruyan’s face flashed with a hint of awkwardness upon hearing this, wanting to explain but not knowing what to say.

Zhai Bing, on the other hand, was full of youthful exuberance.

Having changed to a rare combat-type class and finally winning the favor of the goddess in his heart,

today was his lucky day!

Just then, the man in the suit noticed the form in Lin Xuan’s hand.

“Martial arts exam, you signed up for the martial arts exam?”

He widened his eyes and laughed.

“Lin Xuan, everyone says you’re the smartest student in school, but I think that’s just so-so.”

“Come on, Ruyan, let’s go sign up for the martial arts exam too.”

“Student Lin, the scholar, has lost his mind after changing to an ordinary class.”

“Let’s show him the difference between classes together…”

…

Liu Ruyan’s matter was a minor interlude, and Lin Xuan didn’t take it to heart.

If one were to truly discuss class disparity, in the later stages, a Wanderer facing an Necromancer would be a dead end.

Lin Xuan and Zhang Fan walked and chatted.

At a crossroads, the two parted ways.

“Xiao Xuan, in high school grades, I’ve been chasing you for two years. This time, it’s your turn to catch up to me in leveling up.”

As he left, Zhang Fan waved with a smile.

“Is that so? Then you’ll have to work hard, I don’t level up slowly,” Lin Xuan responded with a smile.

Graduation season, also separation season.

Lin Xuan knew that Zhang Fan was returning to his original city to take the college entrance exam.

Watching his friend leave, Lin Xuan put away the form.

He went to a shop and bought a set of ordinary white-grade equipment.

He also spent a large amount of gold coins to buy blue potions for mana recovery and red potions for health.

Having prepared everything, Lin Xuan rushed home.

Upon returning home,

looking at the small rented room of less than twenty square meters,

Lin Xuan felt a surge of helplessness.

Sure enough.

Transmigrators always came with poverty.

Fortunately, his original body was as clean as he was.

Lin Xuan took off his coat and sat on the sofa.

He checked his skills.

【Skill: Summon Undead · Lv1】

【Cooldown: 10 minutes】

【Note: The maximum skill level is ten. Each upgrade significantly reduces cooldown time. After level five, each upgrade unlocks new troop types!】

【Mana Cost: 10】

【Effect: Summon two Skeleton Soldierss to fight for you!】

【Note: With each skill level, the summoned quantity doubles, and the Skeletons’ strength greatly increases!】

“A ten-minute cooldown, no wonder this class is so trash.”

“However, as long as I have enough mana, I can keep accumulating Skeleton Soldierss by my side.”

“It doesn’t seem weak either.”

According to the knowledge in textbooks,

after Summon Undead reaches max level, the cooldown is only three seconds, and it can summon 1024 Skeletons each time.

It only takes one minute for an Necromancer to summon tens of thousands of Skeleton Soldierss.

Thinking about it carefully, it really is a late-game class.

Of course.

If he was lucky in the early stages, equipped some cooldown reduction gear, and obtained some skill points to raise his skill level,

as long as an Necromancer had enough mana, they would never lack Skeleton Soldierss.

Furthermore, with subsequent combinations of offensive skills like Bone Spear, Soul Fire, Bone Spikes, and Soul Scythe,

they could deal damage, tank, and output, completely having time to develop into the late game.

“I almost forgot, others don’t have true damage effects, and they also need to reserve mana for shields and Flash and other life-saving skills.”

Most Necromancers in the early stages would invest skill points into life-saving and displacement skills, which is why their development was slower.

But with his talent, he had no worries at all.

【Summon Undead successfully cast, consumed ten mana points, Max HP + 10】

“Ten Max HP stacked every ten minutes, in two hours I can double my Max HP.”

“For others to become like this, they would need to level up at least five times.”

“Hehe, an Necromancer with a way to save himself is no longer an ordinary class.”

Lin Xuan was very satisfied with his talent and opened the mobile shopping app, Mi Taotao.

This was a professional trading platform, and he planned to buy a suitable skill book.

“My base Physique attribute is ten, and my Max HP is one hundred.”

“Which means each point of Physique only increases Max HP by ten.”

“This is too far off from heavy armor classes like Paladin and Berserker, which can reach fifteen points or more.”

“I don’t need to reserve mana for life-saving skills.”

“As long as I have enough mana and a long enough health bar,”

“in the early game, I just need a sufficient number of Skeleton Soldierss.”

“In the late game, as skill levels increase, cooldowns shorten, mana consumption increases, and more HP is stacked.”

“I can consider offensive methods like Soul Fire and Bone Spear.”

“However, to be safe, it’s better to learn a short-cooldown shield-type skill to stack HP for now.”

Time slowly passed, and Lin Xuan spent an hour still unable to find a suitable skill book.

During this time, he even moved to the rooftop.

No choice, the room couldn’t fit twelve Skeleton Soldierss.

Whoosh—

A cool breeze blew past.

The clattering sound of bones colliding echoed around.

“Mi Taotao, Mi Taotao.”

“Indeed, you need more rice to sift well.”

Lin Xuan muttered, continuously filtering skill book information on the exchange.

“Soul Guardian, Curved Warp, Bone Shield…”

Looking at the expensive skill books on the app,

Lin Xuan shook his head helplessly.

There were indeed quite a few, but unfortunately, the kind he wanted, which could amplify damage based on HP, wasn’t there.

Such skill books had an extremely low drop rate and were highly sought after.

They were usually bought by front-line tanks like Berserker, Iron Defense, and Paladin as soon as they appeared.

However, there was no need to rush now.

His current HP was still low, so even if he bought one, the effect wouldn’t be significant.

Lin Xuan browsed for a while and indeed gave up on searching for other skill books.

Finally, after another two hours of selection,

Lin Xuan decided on a skill book that was temporarily suitable for him.

【Skill: Magic Barrier】

【Cooldown: 3 minutes】

【Mana Cost: 15】

【Effect: After casting, a protective barrier can be formed on the skin. The barrier possesses a small amount of magic resistance and physical resistance.】

A Level 1 skill with a three-minute cooldown, if upgraded to max level ten,

the cooldown time would be less than ten seconds.

In the future, paired with a set of cooldown reduction equipment, the cooldown time could reach within three seconds.

Very suitable for stacking Max HP.

The seller noted that this skill was universal for all classes and was listed for five thousand gold coins.

Lin Xuan counted his savings and had over seven thousand gold coins left.

Among the suitable skill books currently available, this one was the lowest priced.

Lin Xuan thought for a moment, and after some chatting and bargaining,

he finally settled on four thousand five hundred gold coins.

He filled in the shipping address.

Placed the order and paid.

He didn’t wait long on the rooftop.

His phone popped up a message about home delivery.

After signing for it,

Lin Xuan recalled his Skeleton Soldierss and returned to his room.

【Magic Barrier successfully cast, Max HP + 15】

“Not bad, I thought it would be like venom, but it’s transparent.”

Looking at his skin, which seemed to be covered by a thin film of water, Lin Xuan grinned.

Professionals in the main city could not cast offensive skills.

After summoning skills were cast, they also couldn’t command them to fight.

After learning the Magic Barrier skill,

as long as he had enough mana, he could stack Max HP every three minutes.

This was much better than suddenly summoning two Skeletons on the street.

The skill had no issues.

He checked his attributes.

Max HP had already stacked to 305.

It didn’t seem like much.

But in reality, some Level 5 monsters only had three to five hundred HP.

“Next is to level up to five, then enter a dungeon to farm skill points.”

“As for skills, I’ll prioritize leveling up the Summon Undead skill, so I can ensure better results in the martial arts exam.”

Having made up his mind,

Lin Xuan stacked Max HP while researching information.

Until two in the morning,

when he couldn’t stay awake any longer,

he slowly fell asleep.

Early the next morning,

after waking up,

Lin Xuan simply washed up and ate breakfast.

After going out to buy some more blue potions,

he returned home to continue stacking Max HP.

Until ten at night,

when his Max HP had stacked to three thousand, Lin Xuan finally arrived at the Dungeon Hall.

At this moment, there were still two hours until the Newbie Trial Secret Realm entrance closed.

“Newbie Trial Secret Realm, four missing one, quick, a Mage!”

“Level 1 to 10 newbie professional equipment, big sale!”

“Newbie Assassin seeking to be carried…”

At the Secret Realm entrance, people came and went.

Various hawking sounds were just like in an online game.

Lin Xuan took a quick stroll around.

Before entering the Secret Realm,

he spent his last five gold coins on a Silver Scale Round Shield.

Now, he was completely a zero-asset individual.

But Lin Xuan didn’t care at all.

Before the college entrance exam,

even in the Newbie Trial Secret Realm,

the high-quality equipment and materials dropped by monsters inside could sell for a good amount of money.

Moreover, the data showed that,

in the Secret Realm, a Level 5 Elite monster’s HP was only around three thousand.

And he now had…

Three thousand and fifteen…