Chapter 1: The Phenomenon Was Actually F-Grade, A Bottom-Feeder Hero!

Tianlan Xing, Shenxia Empire.

Tianhua City, Tianhua No. 1 High School.

At this moment, black clouds rolled across the sky above the Playground like a flood.

The hissing sounds of unknown creatures emanated from within.

Suddenly, the clouds shifted.

They transformed into various ferocious undead creatures.

There were forms such as skeletons, ghosts, and ghost Dragons.

The crowd present stood frozen in place, their hearts filled with astonishment and fear.

The scene before their eyes was exactly what people called a Soul Profession phenomenon.

The appearance of such a phenomenon often signaled the emergence of a Hidden Soul Profession.

And such a scene had not appeared for a very long time.

However, this phenomenon did not look like an auspicious sign at all; instead, it looked more like the scene of a Calamity Invasion.

Soon, the phenomenon in the sky dissipated instantly, finally condensing into a coffin that submerged into Zhou Chu's body.

"Rocket Class senior Zhou Chu, bound to the unique Hidden Combat Soul Profession—Necromancer!"

Beside the binding Soul Stone, the invigilator Su Chang announced with an incomparably excited expression.

"Wow, it's actually a Hidden Soul Profession? What kind of dumb luck did that idiot Zhou Chu have!"

"Fools have foolish luck! From now on, this pushover is going to become a tough nut to crack!"

"He can get tough just because he awakened a Hidden Profession? He'll still just be making wedding clothes for others! His intelligence is his fatal flaw!"

But at this moment, the excitement on the face of the invigilator Su Chang suddenly froze.

She pushed up her black-rimmed glasses, frowned, and stared at the binding Soul Stone for a long time, before saying slowly in an incredulous tone: "Uh—Soul Profession quality…… F-Grade?"

"Life Soul Artifact, D-Grade, Dead Man's Coffin!"

Once these words were spoken, the whole place was in an uproar.

"What? A Hidden F-Grade Soul Profession? Isn't that just a total Bottom-Feeder Hero?"

"Did Zhou Chu break a record? He must be the first person to bind an F-Grade Soul Profession, right!"

"There's a Combat Soul Profession that's F-Grade? How weak must that be?"

"I think Zhou Chu will only be able to work at a funeral home in the future, haha!"

"A Necromancer is just a Soul Profession that deals with the dead. A job at a funeral home suits him quite well!"

"I heard the benefits at the funeral home are pretty good, five days on and two days off, with statutory holidays, marriage leave, maternity leave, paid leave, and the five social insurances and one housing fund..."

"Damn, civil servant benefits, even I'm tempted!"

As the noisy discussions rang in his ears, Zhou Chu looked around with a slightly vacant gaze.

Immediately after, a stream of unfamiliar memories surged and merged within his brain.

In an instant, Zhou Chu finally realized that he had transmigrated into a world where Soul Professions were supreme.

Hundreds of years ago, the Calamity descended.

Countless monsters broke through the Abyss Rifts, bringing death and disaster.

People had to struggle to survive in the cracks.

After unremitting efforts, they finally pioneered the Soul Profession binding system, allowing even weak humans to possess extraordinary power.

Every person would bind a Soul Profession exclusive to themselves on the day they came of age.

Whether one could bind a high-quality Soul Profession almost determined a person's future destiny.

Zhou Chu never expected that he would lose at the starting line just after transmigrating.

At this time, the invigilator Su Chang on the side was full of sympathy; after all, she was the head teacher of the Rocket Class.

And Zhou Chu was a student she valued quite highly.

This child Zhou Chu was excellent in both character and learning, and his Soul Power Value ranked first in the entire grade.

But his biggest shortcoming was that his personality was too honest and he was too cowardly.

Yet, after a phenomenon that hadn't appeared in a long time, Zhou Chu had unexpectedly bound the lowest F-Grade Hidden Soul Profession, which was truly shocking.

As everyone knew, the probability of binding an S-Grade was low, but the probability of getting an F-Grade was the same.

In his situation, not only was the College Entrance Exam hopeless, but he didn't even have the need to participate in the Novice Dungeon assessment tomorrow morning.

One had to know that the monsters in the lowest-difficulty Copy were at least D-Grade in quality.

An F-Grade Soul Profession had absolutely no chance of winning.

Instead, he would be completely crushed by the monsters!

In order not to put greater psychological pressure on Zhou Chu, she could only comfort him softly: "Don't be discouraged, student Zhou Chu. Although an F-Grade Soul Profession is the lowest, it is at least a Combat Soul Profession, which is already quite good."

"Perhaps there will be a chance to awaken again in the future, definitely don't give up!"

"Thank you, Teacher Su!" Zhou Chu thanked her.

Su Chang then took out a gray scroll from her Space Ring and handed it over: "Congratulations on binding a Combat Soul Profession, this is your reward."

Any student who successfully bound a Combat Soul Profession, regardless of the quality, could receive a reward.

Combat Soul Professions had always been the most valued by the school.

Even though Zhou Chu bound a Necromancer with the lowest quality, it was still a Combat Soul Profession.

The binding reward was naturally indispensable.

And the reward was a random Skill Scroll of Normal quality.

After using it, one could randomly comprehend a Normal-difficulty skill for their current Soul Profession.

Taking the Skill Scroll, Zhou Chu turned and walked down.

Su Chang looked at Zhou Chu's back and couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "The child is a good child, it's a pity..."

【Ding! Detected that the host has bound a hidden F-Grade Soul Profession—Necromancer, successfully triggering the hidden talent—Divine Fusion!】

【Do you wish to bind?】

Just at this moment, a mechanical voice suddenly flashed through his mind, causing a glimmer of light to flash in Zhou Chu's pupils.

This is?

The golden finger essential for a transmigrator has arrived?

Zhou Chu's heart gave a sudden jolt, and he chose to bind without the slightest hesitation.

【Successfully bound!】

【Divine Fusion (Hidden Unique): Soul Power can be fused with any target. After fusion, it can make that target reach God-level quality!】

【Note: A target can only be fused once. Current fusion count: 1. (Every 5 levels gained grants 1 fusion count)】

Zhou Chu was immediately shocked by the heaven-defying attribute effect of this hidden talent.

Any target fused by the Divine Fusion talent would reach God-level.

Zhou Chu was incredibly excited inside.

If he used Divine Fusion on himself, would he become a legendary God-level Soul Profession?

One must know that, currently, apart from top-tier SSS-rank Soul Professions, no God-level Soul Professions exist.

So-called God-level Soul Professions are nothing more than people's delusions.

But at this moment in Zhou Chu's eyes, a God-level profession seemed within reach.

Just as Zhou Chu was about to use Divine Fusion on himself, a powerful arm draped over his shoulder.

Immediately following, a voice full of mockery rang in his ear.

"IQ at the bottom, even the bound Soul Profession is at the bottom, I think I'll just call you 'Bottom-Feeder Hero' from now on! Hahaha!"

The owner of this voice was named Chen Bo.

Chen Bo was the second young master of the Chen Family in Tianhua City.

The Chen Family could be considered to have a bit of strength in Tianhua City.

It was precisely by relying on the advantages of his family that Chen Bo dared to act like a tyrant at school.

Harassing female students and bullying classmates were the norm.

As the soft persimmon that everyone in school wanted to bully, Zhou Chu had risen to the Rocket Class based on being first in both liberal arts and Soul Power Value, which tragically made him the object of everyone's jealousy.

He had even become Chen Bo's primary target for bullying.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Bo had just bound an S-rank Soul Profession, Druid.

He was the first student at Tianhua No. 1 High School to bind an S-rank Soul Profession in years.

At this moment, his heart was higher than the sky, and he was at a point of extreme arrogance.

Now, seeing that Zhou Chu had bound an F-rank Soul Profession, he couldn't help but want to bully Zhou Chu some more.

"Zhou Chu, don't forget what we agreed on earlier," Chen Bo said with a smile, putting his arm around Zhou Chu.

A sense of disgust immediately rose in Zhou Chu's heart.

In the original owner's memories, Chen Bo had demanded that if Zhou Chu bound a Combat Soul Profession, the reward must be handed over to him.

If it were the original owner, he definitely would have obediently handed it over.

But at this moment, that weak and honest predecessor had long been replaced by a new soul.

Want to occupy the reward?

I'll give you a big slap!

A nameless fire suddenly rose in Zhou Chu's chest; he suddenly raised his palm and, with a *slap*, fiercely struck Chen Bo's face.

The people around were stunned to see this scene.

"Holy crap, is this still the Zhou Chu who usually lets people walk all over him?"

"He actually hit his master, Young Master Chen!"

"Did he eat a bear's heart and leopard's gallbladder? Isn't it nice to just be a pet and be protected? Why seek death on his own?"

"It's over, it's over, Zhou Chu is done for this time!"

The surrounding crowd all held a gloating attitude, watching the show.

They all wanted to see with their own eyes how miserably Zhou Chu would be abused.

And Chen Bo was even more dumbfounded by this strike from Zhou Chu!

Zhou Chu, who usually didn't even dare to breathe loudly when bullied by him, had actually gone against the norm and slapped him across the face.

Chen Bo's face instantly turned liver-colored, and he clenched his fists, intending to give Zhou Chu a sound beating in front of everyone.

At this moment, Zhou Chu's face was full of silly smiles as he raised his palm and said: "There was a mosquito on your face, I swatted it to death!"

Seeing the corpse of the mosquito flattened in Zhou Chu's palm, Chen Bo's face turned as red as a monkey's butt, and his ears were almost spitting fire.

Just as he was about to deal a heavy blow to Zhou Chu, he saw several teachers from the School Discipline Office looking in this direction.

Chen Bo's cheek twitched violently a few times, and he forcibly suppressed his anger, deliberately pretending that everything was fine.

He gritted his teeth, patted Zhou Chu's cheek with his hand, and threatened: "If you hand over the item during tomorrow morning's assessment, I will consider letting you off; otherwise, I will make your life worse than death every day from now on!"

Because all rewards obtained have a 12-hour ownership period.

Apart from being able to use them directly, they cannot be traded or transferred to others.

So no matter how anxious Chen Bo was, he couldn't get Zhou Chu's Skill Scroll immediately.

This was a measure specifically taken by the school to protect newcomers.

Chen Bo knew that even if he gave Zhou Chu a hundred guts, he wouldn't dare to use it privately.

He would definitely keep it obediently for him.

Furthermore, as someone with a tail-end F-rank Soul Profession, he was simply unworthy of possessing this reward.

"Remember, don't be late tomorrow morning; if you annoy me, I will make you disappear forever!"

Chen Bo had been slapped by Zhou Chu for no reason, and at this moment, he felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a dead fly.

He couldn't be bothered to pay any more attention to Zhou Chu, as he needed to hurry off to find the other few targets he had been bullying.

By the time the assessment exam arrived tomorrow, he would have several more skills than the others.

When that time came, by using the proficiency potion his family had prepared for him, it would be impossible for his S-Grade Soul Profession not to take off!

Yet, what Chen Bo did not notice was that the very moment Zhou Chu turned around, a cold, sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.