Chapter 620
Chapter 620 - 600: Integration
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The heavily-armored warrior stood there, and as he extended his right hand, the blue ghostly flames gathered beneath him.
The next moment, an automatically constructed ghostly warhorse followed suit, stepping into reality.
It was a blue ghostly warhorse, huge and illusory, with its fiery hooves leaving a shadowy scent in the air.
The massive knight, riding an even more massive ghostly warhorse, completed a charge in just three seconds, hitting a towering tree head-on.
The intangible ghostly steed had no restriction on its material size, which Lu Ping’an had originally worried about. The explosive mobility that seemed to float was precisely what he needed now.
"Perhaps, it could be considered a shortterm flying ability... floating ability." The ghostly warhorse could float for a short period of time, but apparently not after being loaded, and the maximum intensity was also somewhat low.
Even so, this greatly expanded Lu Ping’an’s tactical repertoire. The ghostly warhorse could disregard terrain limitations when necessary... as the major advantage of the Ghostly Cavalry series, its impact could only be considered average among special cavalry, but its flexibility and terrain disregard offered extra tactical options.
Only this single Divine Grace could completely change Lu Ping’an’s fighting style.
This was the "gift" of the gods.
The few Divine Graces in Lu Ping’an’s hands provided incredible functionality and could become the core of the battlefield.
Divine Grace was clearly stronger than the same-level abnormal profession abilities, with its "functionality" and "traits" being the most lacking for low-level professionals, such as the Soldier Path’s Lover of Chess "Rook Sidestepping" chess piece and the Gardener Path’s Pavilion Master’s "Magic Plants Tripling."
Any of these, could become the tactical core for a professional, in a sense, tempting which path to take, but admittedly, the combat effectiveness of these Divine Graces could sometimes be considered advanced Decree-level traits.
𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
Its strength need not be mentioned, and if a weak point must be found, it would probably be the "limited use" as the source isn’t you, but the number of times the god has given you the ability.
Naturally, it has almost no growth potential (exceptions are assembly-type Divine Graces). The Divine Grace remains the same as when received and essentially doesn’t receive any boost from your core abilities. Your "martial arts", "Power of Life", and "Flame Manipulation" are basically unrelated to the effects of Divine Grace, while professional abnormal abilities can benefit from the boost.
Accompanying your growth, the peak performance of Divine Graces may one day be relegated to the second line... but since most people only have two or three tiers in their lifetime, those who can develop their professional abnormal abilities to a level surpassing the Divine Graces are ultimately a minority.
Such an overly extravagant worry is actually unnecessary for most professionals.
"Use Divine Grace, but don’t rely on it, and don’t proactively pursue it... it’s always the ’bait’ They throw out,"
It was an interesting approach by the Big Cat.
But under her guidance, Lu Ping’an also knew that professional skills were the foundation of everything, while professional abnormal abilities were explosive trump cards, and Divine Grace could be seen as an "external object" like Taboo weapons... Use it as much as possible when available, but its absence wouldn’t affect anything much.
It’s worth mentioning that Lu Ping’an’s chess piece was recovered, but it was already broken.
The Bronze-tier chess piece had its face crushed by a Rule-level Dragon species in an ultra-berzerk state, and it was further shattered by a scornful Dragon Descendant triple attack, leaving nothing but debris.
Although it was retrieved afterwards, even after consulting with craftsmen with the wreckage, the "Divine Grace" within had noticeably dissipated, rendering repairs virtually impossible.
However, if one thinks carefully, this thing was designed to be disposable from the beginning.
If you really use it to escape from a desperate situation, your opponent will surely vent their anger on it, and anyone with a bit of common sense wouldn’t give you a chance to recover it.
"It’s a bit of a pity. When I advance to a third-tier Soldier, maybe I can receive a similar Divine Grace... Uh, but I don’t plan to follow the ’Warlord’ route of a Lover of Chess for my third-tier Soldier. Do I need to revise my plan? Perhaps, this is one of the ’bait’ effects of Divine Grace. Chris, is it worth having dual professions?"
"It’s not worth it. Breaking your original profession planning for a Divine Grace that is not guaranteed is the most foolish thing to do. Besides, the higher the tier, the lower the probability of obtaining Divine Grace. Unless you’re really outrageous, don’t even think about getting Divine Grace every time you advance."
As high-level Divine Graces consume more divine power on the part of the deities, naturally the amount of grace given is lower.
In this respect, Pavilion Master is more generous.
[Giant in Hand (Upper Brass-tier Divine Blessing) - this ability belongs to a combination of fragments of the high-level Abnormal Ability Universe in the Sleeves (tier unknown). Collecting a certain number of fragments can evolve and perfect this ability.]
It seems that the Divine Grace of Magic Plants Tripling has some growth potential if you continue down this path and complete it on your own.
"...You’re thinking this way because you plan to follow the main Gardener’s Path. If other people got this, wouldn’t they be more inclined to follow the Gardener’s Path? It’s just the difference between a one-time lottery and a guaranteed draw. They are all of the same kind."
Lu Ping’an shook his head and stopped thinking about these "externalities."
What he needs to improve is the core of professional skills and Abnormal Abilities. That’s the foundation of everything.
"Long-handled Specialist lv12, Blood-soaked Armor-wearer (Heavy-armor Mastery) lv6, Life Affinity (Middle Brass-tier Passive Occupational Abnormal Ability), War Weapon Mastery lv9 (Active Weapon Specialization) and War Memory lv8, Coexistence of Flames and Flame Control (Dual Upper Brass-tier Passive Occupational Abnormal Ability), and lv15 Holy Fire Exorcism Skill (Flame wielding ability), stagnant Taboo Assimilation lv6 and Taboo Amplification lv5 (Tamer series)..."
At this time, Lu Ping’an reviewed his battle-profession Abnormal Abilities, among which the highest were lv12 Long-handled Specialist and lv15 fire-wielding ability. The ones that had developed a "professional core" were the Gardener series’ Life Affinity and the two Brass-tier Fire Elemental Affinity passives in the Flaming series.
Data can be used as a reference, and just from this, it can be seen that his battle profession has reached a certain level, but the actual core abilities are Fire Elemental and Life Elemental... Magic series?
"It seems that I still have some shortcomings in my battle-profession."
"Even though you have gained a lot of practical experience from others, you lack your own practical experience... I mean the kind that involves close combat with punches and blades, not just throwing bombs and setting fires everywhere."
Lu Ping’an faintly felt that he seemed to have encountered a bottleneck in the "battle profession" level.
The shared combat experiences and professional skills, no matter how good or strong, are still someone else’s. You need to have your own "path" and have the "foundation" as the basis to gradually build on it.
Lu Ping’an didn’t put time and energy into breaking through the barriers of his battle-profession and finding his own path. As a result, he naturally encountered obstacles.
Recently, the experience he gained in his battle profession had significantly decreased, and he still could not awaken the "foundation-level" Occupational Passive Abilities, which was also due to this reason.
"Is there any solution?"
"Do you need to ask? Don’t you know it yourself?"
Of course, Lu Ping’an knew, so he picked up his Battle Axe and Lance and set off once again.
— End of Chapter 620 —