My Professions Have Too Much Personality

"Cough, cough..."

Su Chen collapsed to the ground. His chest heaved like a bellows as he gasped for the warm air around him, his throat thick with the taste of blood.

This victory had been far more difficult than the last. He had played almost all his trump cards, but no matter what, he had still won in the end.

A blinding light caught the corner of his eye. He looked up to see that the outermost layer of Fog Ashes had already dispersed. However, the inner and core layers of Fog Ashes were churning endlessly, as if they had been agitated.

The Flame Fire, enveloped in the center, flared dozens of yards high. Despite being so close, Su Chen didn’t feel any discomfort. Instead, it felt like a gentle spring breeze, warm and soft against his skin.

SZZT... CRACKLE—

Su Chen faintly heard the noise. The remaining Fog Ashes, as if trying to suppress the active Flame Fire, drew closer to the center, piling on top of each other and surging upward.

The Flame Fire fought back, and a sizzling sound erupted between the two forces.

’What is...?’ Su Chen turned to look at the Bronze Ancient King, about to ask what was happening, but was met with a stream of green light that flowed into his body.

Su Chen shuddered. Immediately, he felt the faint, stabbing pains in his organs and limbs, the taste of blood in his throat, and the weakness in his body all disappear. All his latent injuries were gone.

It was as if he had instantly returned to his peak condition.

"What is this ability?" Su Chen was stunned. He carefully checked himself and confirmed he was truly back at his peak, without a single injury.

Even his slightly tattered clothes were restored to their original state, as if time had been reversed and the battle had never happened.

He couldn’t help but look at the Bronze Ancient King, who was gazing back at him with an even more complex expression—a mixture of excitement, joy, and disbelief.

’I really didn’t expect this...’ the Bronze Ancient King marveled inwardly, the shock in his eyes yet to fade.

To be able to purify Fog Ashes just after reaching Tier Six... If Su Chen had purified it after developing his Tier Six class to its peak, the shock wouldn’t have been nearly as intense as it was now.

When fighting within the same tier, one is only at their absolute peak after developing their class one hundred percent. Su Chen still had a long way to go to reach his Tier Six peak.

’Forget the outer layer—he might even have a chance to completely purify the inner and core layers of Fog Ashes...’

A strange light glinted in the Bronze Ancient King’s eyes. Even he couldn’t help but feel his spirit stir. The Bronze Sect’s Flame Fire legacy had existed for ten thousand years and had never suffered such a great catastrophe.

It had all started because of him. If he couldn’t resolve this problem, he wouldn’t be able to rest in peace even in death.

"Master..." Su Chen called out softly, feeling his hair stand on end under the Bronze Ancient King’s intense gaze.

The Bronze Ancient King’s eyes narrowed. He didn’t look at Su Chen again, but instead turned to the incredibly brilliant Flame Fire. "Step back."

With that, his figure appeared in front of the Flame Fire.

"Oh, right..." Su Chen quickly agreed. After a moment’s hesitation, he snatched the Fog Source floating before his eyes and only then retreated.

A cyan torrent of data, like a monstrous tidal wave, surged from the Bronze Ancient King’s body and into the Flame Fire that was entangled with the Fog Ashes.

The brilliant golden Flame Fire churned within the Fog Ashes, occasionally sputtering sparks. The Fog Ashes, like a living creature, tried to strangle the Flame Fire. Some kind of particle floated within the pitch-black mist, forming a translucent, blurry silhouette as it gathered and dispersed.

As soon as the data torrent joined in, it intertwined with the Flame Fire, faintly forming a cyan-gold figure that battled the Fog Ashes. With this Guiding, the Flame Fire became even more turbulent and ferocious.

’It’s so intense...’ Su Chen’s eyes narrowed.

Soon, the Bronze Ancient King’s slightly solemn voice came again. "Go to the Ancient King Hall and wait for now."

Before he could respond, Su Chen felt the world spin around him. When his vision cleared, he was already inside the Ancient King Hall.

His eyelids twitched. He saw that the Ancient King’s main body, which had been sitting cross-legged, had now risen to its feet. An immense pressure washed over him—the complete suppression of a higher Life Tier. The terrifying oppressive feeling filled every corner of the Ancient King Hall.

Su Chen’s breath hitched. He felt like a small boat in a raging storm, on the verge of being capsized at any moment.

"Wait for me here."

The Ancient King’s main body spoke in a deep, resonant voice. Su Chen’s vision blurred, and he saw the Bronze Giant had already vanished. Currents of air swirled around, blowing through his hair and filling the space where the giant had been.

...

「Meanwhile, in the Dust Star Sea, on a remote planet.」 Dust and sand swirled, shrouding the world in perpetual twilight.

Observed from high above, one could faintly see figures in black robes moving about beneath the raging sandstorm.

In a silent, desolate place underground, a vast area had been hollowed out, stretching for an unknown distance. Countless black-robed people were prostrated in the ravines. Their hoods were pulled low, obscuring their faces, while gaunt, pale-white knuckles emerged from their robes to grip the crevices of the rock. They were faintly chanting some sort of dirge.

Pitch-black markings snaked out from beneath them, converging on a stone platform in the distant center, where two figures stood on either side.

On the platform lay a naked body. It was slender, completely hairless, and bore the mark of a vertical pupil woven from black lines on the crown of its head.

"..."

As the chanting grew louder, ripples appeared in the void. Space was torn open like a bolt of silk, and an oily black substance flowed out, gradually submerging the naked body on the stone dais.

Suddenly, the body began to twitch as if stimulated. The black oil seeped in through its pores, slithering like little snakes beneath its skin.

When the waves of prayer reached their crescendo, the naked body suddenly fell still, now completely dyed black. It abruptly opened its eyes, its pitch-black pupils glowing with a strange, eerie light.