3: Shen Pan is a calamity-level demon god!

"Select the first wish as the current main quest!"

[Ding! Main quest confirmed! Main quest background has been updated!]

[Shen Pan, both parents deceased, grew up alone since childhood. He was specially admitted to Tianhai No. 2 High School due to his excellent grades.

He withdrew dejectedly during the entry assessment for Professionals, and his whereabouts became unknown after rejecting an A-rank contract from the Imperial Capital Academy.]

[His second appearance was three years later. Having obtained an unknown talent, Shen Pan had already broken through to the Epic Rank.]

[Furthermore, he devoured and killed several Epic Experts and the capital of Sakura.

After clashing with the Great Xia Sword Immortal Xia Zhaoyue, he fled to the Otherworld.]

[He was listed as the second most wanted criminal on the Blue Star bounty rankings, code name: sorrow of no light.]

[During the fourth Transcendence Awakening period, he became a presence entrenched in the Otherworld, eyeing Blue Star.

A Catastrophe-level Demon God of level 200 or higher!]

[And if I can be reborn, I must invest in advance, get close to him, and become his friend!]

[Ding! The wish diary for the current main quest has finished loading. The Host can receive milestone rewards after completing each small node!]

[In his previous life, Shen Pan was plotted against during the Professional entry assessment due to the flaws and drawbacks of his own profession in the early stages.

This led to the total annihilation of his teammates from the same class, and he himself withdrew with heavy injuries.]

[Mission: Please provide assistance when Shen Pan encounters danger during the assessment and lead him to pass the assessment smoothly.

Reward: A small increase in basic attributes and one random Epic-Rank Talent!]

Jiang Ruolai: "???"

Wasn't he just an ordinary Epic-rank Professional?

What the hell is a Catastrophe-level Demon God!

Did she choose the most difficult mission?

Jiang Ruolai, feeling as though she had been scammed by the System, had no choice but to participate in today's Awakening ceremony to meet that future Demon God.

And she had a Genius idea:

If she directly invited Shen Pan to form a team, wouldn't she be able to protect him the whole time?

And she was confident she could lead him to achieve an s-rank score!

So, after seeing Shen Pan finish his Awakening and slip out to take the elevator earlier, she had also quietly followed him, preparing for an accidental encounter.

As for the possibility of Shen Pan refusing her invitation...

She had never considered it. After all, she was the school beauty with a Legendary Class; how could anyone refuse her carrying them!

As a result, she was brutally exposed and suffered a quick defeat.

Her pure school beauty persona shattered into pieces... [Because the 'Great Investigation' you meticulously prepared was so sudden,

it fully described Jiang Ruolai's schemes and the crimes she committed, severely intimidating her.

It successfully caused Jiang Ruolai to lose her composure for a moment, her face flushing red with shame and embarrassment, and her arrogant aura was greatly weakened.]

[Mission completed. Reward issued: [Arcane Master] upgraded to the Mythical Rank Profession [Myriad Law Heavenly God]!]

In front of the school beauty, whose eyes were dodging and whose face was full of regret, Shen Pan silently completed his transformation.

"Haha~ Classmate Shen Pan really knows how to joke. This clearly isn't me; it must be those people who are jealous of me deliberately making things up!"

As usual, Jiang Ruolai, intending to use cuteness to gloss things over, revealed a sweet and soft smile.

"My Legendary-rank Profession is [Heart of the Source Stream], and I can handle both melee and ranged combat.

As one of the only two Transcendent Profession awakeners in No. 2 High School, I sincerely invite you once again to team up and take first place in this year's assessment!"

For the sake of the main quest and the Mythical profession, Jiang Ruolai endured the embarrassment and ignored the shame in her heart to invite him again.

Shen Pan would indeed be very strong in the future, but right now he was just a Level 1 Mage with no active attack abilities.

Without teammates, how could he get a good score in the assessment?

"A Legendary Class, not bad."

"However, I plan to challenge my limits and take the assessment solo."

During the one-month review period after the Awakening ceremony,

students without backgrounds would find it difficult to get opportunities to enter dungeons to grind monsters and level up.

Therefore, Shen Pan intended to grind monsters alone during the entry assessment and try to reach Level 10!

Watching Shen Pan walk away, a thoughtful expression appeared on Jiang Ruolai's face.

"As expected of a future Catastrophe-level, he's indeed tricky.

Well, if there were a bug to exploit, the System wouldn't have given me a mission."

Her clean, neatly trimmed fingertips toyed with a strand of her soft hair as Jiang Ruolai prepared to go home and rest with an indifferent look.

Anyway, as long as she ensured he didn't fail the assessment, she could still achieve her goal without teaming up!

...After the Awakening ceremony ended, the students began to converse in low voices.

The topics mostly revolved around the three big shots in Tianhai City who had awakened Epic-rank Professions this year.

"It seems our Class Two has good luck; only ten Classmates failed to awaken, and Shen Pan is even an Epic Rank Transcendent Profession!"

Old Wang, whose hairline was starting to recede, felt somewhat emotional.

Years of hard study ultimately couldn't compare to a single moment on stage for a lucky person.

There were former competition prodigies who failed to awaken in an instant, becoming nobodies on the street.

Not only were they brutally dumped by girlfriends and backstabbed by brothers, but they were also mocked by their families and kicked out of their homes.

There were also slackers who skipped class and left early but awakened powerful professions, receiving everyone's praise and completing a reversal of fortune.

The Awakening ceremony was just that heartless.

Not everyone could awaken a profession or have martial arts talent!

Every year, nearly half of the students could not step onto the path of transcendence and were forced to leave the stage.

Prodigies who were too dazzling only made those children feel more inferior and bitter.

After all,

even students who awakened life-related professions could level up by grinding dungeons.

However, their limit was only Level 39, and they had no skills and low basic attributes.

But they could still get a job in the Special Affairs Bureau or Martial Administration Bureau in an ordinary county town!

"Shen Pan, do you want to team up for tomorrow's entry assessment? There are a few Rare Professions in the class."

Old Wang looked at Shen Pan, who had wandered back from who-knows-where, the corners of his mouth curling up unconsciously as he asked considerately.

Basically, professions at the Epic Rank and below could be looked up on the Blue Star web.

So everyone was very clear about the early-stage drawbacks of an [Arcane Master],

as well as its Late Stage power!

Shen Pan, who had only awakened today, probably wouldn't have time to learn and analyze others' skills. He could only rely on the meager attributes provided by an Epic magic profession to fight in melee... To put it bluntly, in terms of actual combat,

a Level 1 [Arcane Master] who hadn't learned any other skills

might not even be as good as a Rare-rank Swordsman or a Rare-rank Grappler.

After all, their professions came with certain combat techniques!

Even the previous proctoring teacher happened to appear and advised earnestly:

"That's right, Classmate Shen Pan, it's very dangerous for you alone. The mortality rate of the assessment is as high as 4%!"

"No need, I've learned some small Spells and am confident in soloing the assessment dungeon." Shen Pan shook his head.

If it were before the System loaded, he would certainly have been happy to have strong teammates.

But now, even the highest s-rank score was no pressure for him. Teaming up would instead drag down his leveling speed.

In such a short time, what Spells could Shen Pan have learned?

Even if he spent all night analyzing, at most he would learn the simplest Fireball or Ice Bolt!

The proctoring teacher frowned slightly.

But thinking of the other's Epic-rank Profession, he seemed to understand something and said with relief:

"True, anyway, as long as you kill five monsters, you can get a D-rank score and pass the assessment with the lowest evaluation.

Anyone else would certainly be unable to enter a good academy, but you are an [Arcane Master], the Imperial Capital Academy will be scrambling for you!"

At the same time, he planned to apply for a life-saving item to give to Shen Pan, in case he failed the assessment.

He would also help apply for the two Epic prodigies from Tianhai No. 1 High School.

Special talents receive special treatment.

Although the current situation on Blue Star was quite good,

one could say it was flourishing, with very little external pressure.

The mutated beasts that appeared due to the emergence of the martial arts system were being gradually suppressed by the Martial Arts Association and the military.

The high-difficulty dungeons brought by the Professional System were also being successfully cleared under the leadership of Sword Immortal Xia.

But there were always some vermin who were not satisfied with the status quo and wanted to split Blue Star!

Therefore, the safety of prodigies was very important.

They couldn't let a Prodigy feel discouraged because the authorities didn't value them, only to be lured away by other forces in the end.

In the past, many geniuses of the martial arts system left in disappointment because most resources were controlled by noble families and individuals, leaving no chance for advancement.

Eventually, they created the non-official force known as the Transcendent Alliance.

It recruited talents globally, competing with various countries for people.

After the Professional System emerged,

Great Xia, under the leadership of the former pillar of the nation, began to change, giving wild prodigies a chance to stand out.

Of course, this was limited to prodigies of the Epic Rank and above.

With so many people in Great Xia, it was impossible to take care of everyone.

"Classmate Shen Pan, feel free to participate in the assessment. Even if you don't pass, don't worry. I have acquaintances in the Imperial Capital Academy; an A-rank contract is still obtainable."

The proctoring teacher flexed the muscles on his body with confidence; he was also a Prodigy who graduated from the Imperial Capital Academy!

When the time came, he would just mention it to a mentor, and one action would earn him two favors—a huge profit!

Shen Pan was a Late Stage [Arcane Master] who was publicly acknowledged to be comparable to a weak Legendary, and he was a local from Tianhai City.

Not making an investment now would be doing a disservice to his status.

"Thank you, teacher. I will take the assessment seriously." Shen Pan was in no hurry to explain anything.

Tomorrow, after he took the highest score, people would naturally justify his actions!

Thinking of this, Shen Pan silently looked at his invincible Mythical Rank Profession.

"This is so broken; I'm afraid other people's game experience is going to be ruined."