87: Chapter 87 [The Heart of Myth]! Is it the path to invincibility or the path of curse?

Just as Sun Yu stepped into the Star Gate, two girls were teleported out simultaneously.

Merely looking up at the leaderboard, their expressions changed drastically.

"Sister, we are in danger!"

They, who had initially ranked third and fourth, had actually fallen to the ninth and tenth positions.

Although they barely managed to stay within the top ten, the result was far too different from their expectations!

Kamishiro Chio's gaze fell into memory.

Japan had previously been banned from recruiting students by Galaxy Academy for five years, and the entire national strength had been affected to a certain extent because of this.

As the most outstanding apprentice Professional of this generation, besides the pursuit of her own strength, she also carried the expectations and future of her entire country.

She could not lose!

Although the candidate ranked 11th only had 4200 points, which was a significant gap from her, she still felt a profound sense of crisis.

"Xiaoxue, we cannot wait any longer."

Han Xueyao opened her mouth wide, "Sister, are you saying...?"

Kamishiro Chio's eyes were firm.

"The path of the legendary rank, let it begin from now!"

"The so-called path of the legendary rank means that before the second job advancement, all learned skills must be of legendary rank." Yan Han introduced solemnly.

Wang Fei was somewhat dismissive, "Isn't that very simple?"

"With our strength, the expenses and experience consumption for legendary rank skills aren't any issue."

Zhang Jian nodded, also feeling a bit puzzled.

"It is not simple!" Wei Donglai's voice was deep and heavy, instantly making the atmosphere tense.

"During the second job advancement, having all skills upgraded to maximum level is the most basic hard requirement."

"Just the experience required to max out nine legendary rank skills might mean having to stay before the second job advancement for a long time."

"It is very likely that someone at the same Rank as you could advance two years, or even longer, before you, simply because they learned two fewer legendary rank skills."

"If you are fast in one step, you are fast in every step; the gap will only grow larger!"

"Not only that, but learning only legendary rank skills will also greatly increase the difficulty of the test during the second job advancement."

"It is very easy to fail the job advancement, and then waste more time waiting; the losses outweigh the gains!"

"After the second job advancement, you will be permanently restricted to only learning skills no lower than legendary rank, which means your requirements will always be greater than others!"

Wang Fei was lost in thought.

"In that case, the difficulty is indeed not small."

The reason he had previously learned two rare skills first was because he felt that while higher-quality skills had stronger effects, they were also much more difficult to upgrade.

Given his family background, pursuing things that were too high-end would instead land him in a difficult situation.

After listening to what the two of them said, Zhang Jian was somewhat confused.

"Since this path of the legendary rank is so difficult and requires even greater continuous investment, is there no benefit at all?"

Wei Donglai smiled knowingly, "Brother Jian is still the smart one; naturally, there are benefits."

"If one can successfully complete the second job advancement, a Professional who takes the path of the legendary rank will obtain a passive entry called [Legendary Heart]."

Zhang Jian said expectantly, "Is the effect strong?"

"Not strong." Suddenly, a voice interjected.

The four of them looked up in surprise and saw the Galaxy Reception Envoy floating in mid-air.

"Greetings, my lord!" The few bowed respectfully.

The Reception Envoy nodded and continued.

"The effect of [Legendary Heart] alone is incredibly weak; it can only increase one's own damage by 1% and provide 0.5% damage reduction."

"But if you learn all epic Rank skills during the second job advancement, it will advance to [Epic Heart] before the third job advancement. The entry skill will be upgraded, allowing one to possess 10% increased damage and 5% damage reduction."

The group suddenly understood.

In that case, it wasn't bad.

The Reception Envoy looked at them with amusement, "Do you think this is very simple?"

"A single epic Rank skill easily costs tens of millions. If you learn one at every Rank stage of the second job advancement, you need nine books, requiring at least over a hundred million huaxia coins for support."

"Moreover, finding skills that suit your own profession and combat style is not easy either."

"The price will be even higher, perhaps even hundreds of millions might not be enough."

"An average second-job advancement Professional might not earn that much money in their entire life."

Wei Donglai nodded in deep agreement.

His father had worked his whole life and only learned two epic Rank skills. Even that was due to good luck and Opportunity, as well as owning his own business.

For other second-job advancement Professionals, it would only be more difficult.

Seeing them deep in thought, as if they had listened, the Reception Envoy continued.

"Furthermore."

"The experience consumed to upgrade one epic Rank skill to the maximum level is comparable to the total experience required to level up from Rank 50 to 59."

"If it's nine skills, calculate how much that would consume?"

Although his tone was very heavy, Zhang Jian didn't care much; instead, he felt a longing.

"Then, accumulated in this way, one's own strength will always be the strongest among the same Rank."

The Reception Envoy's eyes showed admiration.

"That is indeed the case."

"Your skill quality is higher than others, your skill Rank is higher than others, so your strength naturally surpasses theirs."

"In fact, Professionals who possess [Epic Heart] are basically near-invincible powerhouses within the same Rank."

"However." His eyes suddenly became desolate.

"Although [Epic Heart] is not easy to obtain, there are still some powerhouses who can achieve it."

"But [Mythical Heart] is different!"

"This thing is simply a curse!"

Zhang Jian was surprised to discover that an expression of fear even appeared on his face.

The Reception Envoy shuddered violently and continued.

"The effect of [Mythical Heart] is 100% increased damage and 50% damage reduction."

"Damn, wouldn't that be invincible!" Wang Fei exclaimed.

The Reception Envoy laughed self-deprecatingly.

"You are right, everyone thinks that way."

"But in reality..."

"Wanting to possess the Mythical Heart means that from Rank 70 onwards, you can only learn mythical Rank skills within every Rank interval."

"The value of this thing is one thing; you can buy a mediocre one for a few hundred million or even more."

"A third-job advancement Professional can accumulate some money slowly over time."

"But the difficulty is not here!" The Reception Envoy emphasized his tone.

"As the highest quality skill, it cannot be replaced or overwritten."

"By the third job advancement, who is willing to casually learn a skill that doesn't fit them well?"

"But who doesn't want a skill with good attributes? Truly top-tier mythical Rank skills cannot be bought with any amount of money!"

"In pursuit of perfection, for that dream of invincibility, I don't know how many people have fallen because of this!"

"They rush about in various dungeons, doing things they don't like just to earn money."

"Some have even betrayed humanity and defected to alien races."

"But how many have truly achieved their goal?"

He looked deeply at the group.

"Take Yun Feiyang from your Long Province for example; back then, he was also a Genius youth who shocked Huaxia, hailed as a candidate for a nation-protecting powerhouse, and even had the possibility of sprinting to become the strongest in Huaxia."

"But to pursue this path of the Mythical Heart, he has been trapped at Rank 79 for several years."

"Those whose strength was once inferior to his are now distinguished as one of the ten strongest in Huaxia."

"Only he is still struggling in his pursuit, pursuing that impossible dream..."

"If you want to take this path, you must think it through completely." Finally, he said meaningfully.