204: Skip any advancement quests that don't suit your taste!

[Task complete. Rewards issued: One upgrade point, one Class Point, and one fixed Mythical Grade talent (Lin Xiao).]

[Extracting talent...]

"He found the direction on his first try?"

Shen Pan watched as everyone scrambled to support Lin Xiao, and noticed the Director of the Martial Administration Bureau standing still with a frown, seemingly having gained some insight.

He felt that things weren't that simple.

Everyone had seen the Breakthrough process clearly just now.

In the process of breaking through to Legendary and pushing open the Legendary Gate, Lin Xiao had indeed caused his blood Qi to be tinged with gold.

More than half of it had even turned gold!

In the end, although he failed at the final step due to insufficient accumulation, he had almost completed it.

It gave everyone else the impression that if he rested for a year, he would succeed in his next Breakthrough attempt.

But in the original plot, it wasn't until four years later that he succeeded on his third attempt to reach Legendary.

This meant there were conditions he hadn't discovered yet.

After all, it was impossible for the pioneer of a System to break through to Legendary faster than someone following the established Professional System, right?

Back when he was "doing problems" with Senior Sister Xia, she would always mention some knowledge about subsequent Realms before losing consciousness.

She did this to distract herself and gain a brief moment of respite.

Senior Sister Xia had said that under normal circumstances, the Rank-up tasks for the Legendary Rank would take at least a year at the fastest.

During the fourth Transcendence Awakening period, many council members who completed their Rank-up tasks generally took about two to three years.

[Talent extraction complete: Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Mythical Grade talent—Body of the War God! (Lin Xiao)]

[Body of the War God (Lin Xiao): Immune to all damage below the Epic level, and maximum health is increased by 300%!]

When taking damage, damage from Epic quality skills is reduced by 90%, Legendary quality skills by 50%, and Mythical quality skills by 30%!

When facing enemies, it comes with a built-in taunt aura (can be actively toggled on or off).

Immune to true damage! Immune to death once per day (Famous Blade effect).

As health decreases, gain an additional bonus to all attributes, with a maximum increase of up to 500% to all attributes!]

This talent!???

Shen Pan's pupils shrank as his thoughts were interrupted by the new talent.

He subconsciously looked at Senior Lin, who was constantly vomiting blood from the backlash but only appeared slightly weakened.

This [Body of the War God] is a bit overpowered, isn't it?!

It has various damage immunities, immunity to instant death, and just like his [Nine Tribulations Indestructible Body], it makes him stronger as his health drops!

He's like a cockroach that can't be killed and even evolves to get bigger!

Shen Pan now understood why the man could continuously attempt to break through to Legendary within four years.

If it weren't for his thick skin and massive health pool, a normal Martial Saint Peak would have probably died after the first failure!

Moreover... while everyone was present, it was time for him to break through to the Epic Rank!

Shen Pan took out three experience crystals from his Storage Pouch that Loli Ruan had given him.

He used them all under Jiang Ruolai's bewildered gaze!

"Shen Pan?"

Ruan Qingshu thought of something: "Are you about to break through to Epic?"

"Calculating the time, it's indeed about right."

Jiang Ruolai's mouth twitched as she spoke helplessly to her best friend.

"Qingshu, you're talking nonsense again. Rank-up tasks for the Epic Rank are very troublesome."

"Shen Pan is just reaching Rank 99 normally!"

She was counting on the time it would take Shen Pan to complete his Rank-up tasks to grind her levels.

Then, by relying on the System's point allocation, she could skip the tasks directly.

That way, she could overtake Shen Pan and Qingshu!

"No, I am indeed about to break through to Epic."

Shen Pan's tone was exceptionally calm.

He looked at the Senior Sister Xias who had stepped out from the spatial gate but were in stealth, whom only he could detect.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Staying at Ranks before Epic for too long is meaningless. It's time to take the next step!"

"After all... I still have to go to the Desolate God Realm to claim the legacies of those gods!"

As he spoke, Shen Pan used his last upgrade point.

A message immediately popped up on his Class panel.

[Rank: 99 -> 99 (100) (Rank 9)]

[Current Rank has reached the limit. You may only continue to increase your Rank after completing the Epic Rank-up tasks!]

[1. Hunt an Epic level expert! (No restrictions on race or status)]

[2. Have a record of clearing a Primordial Dungeon or a Mutated Dungeon!]

[3. Increase the level of one skill or talent to Lv7 or above!]

[4. The number of learned and recorded Spells and skills must exceed 200!]

[5. Alone...]

Shen Pan looked at the conditions, each one more troublesome than the last, including a ridiculous one requiring him to read books quietly for half a year.

He expressionlessly called out in his mind:

"System, use a Class Point and skip these tasks for me!"

[Class Point used successfully! Congratulations to the host for completing the Epic Rank-up tasks!]

[Name: Shen Pan]

[Rank: 100 (Epic)] [Experience: 0%]

[Since the Class quality is Mythical Grade, you automatically receive five skill points after reaching the Epic Rank!]

"Boom!!!"

A pressure identical to Lin Xiao's, surpassing the Epic Peak, instantly erupted from Shen Pan's body.

The sky, which had just cleared up, was suddenly shrouded in a layer of black and white mist.

All the Epic Experts present were jolted by this sudden turn of events.

They looked with horror at Shen Pan, whose aura was as majestic as a divine prison, causing everything around him—except for his two girlfriends—to lose all color.

The pressure emanating from him was still intensifying, clearly surpassing Lin Xiao's by a significant margin!!!

"This, this is! Is Shen Pan about to break through to Legendary???"

"Ridiculous! Hasn't he only been Awakened for a month!!!"

"Shen Pan was just at the start of Epic a few days ago, and now he's reaching Legendary? Even Sword Immortal Xia has been overtaken by him!"

No matter how unbelievable it seemed, this aura couldn't be faked!

That was absolutely not an aura that someone at the Epic level could possess!

And it was unclear if it was just an illusion.

In this uncomfortable black and white world.

They felt as though they had been greatly weakened.

One expert who had just broken through to Epic looked in terror as his body was gradually being assimilated by the surroundings, stripped of its color.

All of the Xia Zhaoyues were quietly watching Junior Classmate Shen Pan's Breakthrough.

"The sorrow of no light has broken through to Epic three years early."

"Next... it's time to rise in the Desolate God Realm and play a game of alien match-three, right?"

Fate still hasn't changed!