Chapter 288: Awakening Talents Begins, System Reappears

The Undead Legion's corpses vanished, leaving a huge mass of bodies.

No need to laboriously clear the battlefield; the Ancient Battlefield's mysterious property ensures these bodies are devoured completely by the field within less than half a day.

The entire Ancient Battlefield is like a man‑eating beast, silently digesting the corpses to nothing.

Jiang Chen left carrying a large amount of Dragon Crystals, and no one dared to stop him.

Some were envious, some were jealous, but if anyone dared to step forward and block Jiang Chen, no one would have the slightest audacity.

The tragic state of the Abyss Demon and the Dragon Race makes people understand that Jiang Chen's Skeleton is not someone to be trifled with.

After walking for half an hour, they were already more than ten kilometers away from the battlefield and stopped at a clean spot.

Jiang Chen asked, "Who will go first?" He was referring to using Dragon Crystals to awaken a talent.

It requires trying piece by piece.

Now he has 273 Dragon Crystals, more than enough for three people to use.

Yi Ning explained, "The probability of awakening a talent with a Dragon Crystal is roughly between 10% and 15%. In other words, 7 to 10 Dragon Crystals might awaken a talent. But this is only an approximate chance; some people needed 20 Dragon Crystals to succeed, while others succeeded with just one."

"In short, as long as the number of Dragon Crystals is sufficient, the talent will inevitably be awakened."

Qiao Zhixin agreed, "Yes, I've heard that too."

Jiang Chen, however, was hearing this for the first time; his knowledge in this area was still somewhat lacking.

It was like his previous ignorance of the Abyss Illusion Demon; otherwise he might have understood it long ago.

He took out ten Dragon Crystals and said, "Who will go first?"

Yi Ning smiled, "I'll go first, it's just that my second Job Change"

didn't awaken a talent at the time, so it won't affect the Dragon Crystal probability."

Saying that, they took a Dragon Crystal and activated one of them.

The Dragon Crystal instantly burst into a hazy glow, turning into a Light Orb that enveloped Yi Ning's entire body.

A strange power spread.

The aura of the Dragon Crystal is very complex.

Within it there is the aura of the Abyss, the aura of the Dragon Race, and also some indescribable aura.

After intertwining, it formed its unique appearance.

A moment later, the Dragon Crystal's glow vanished.

When a talent awakens, an omen usually appears, but Yi Ning evidently had none.

There was no disappointment on Yi Ning's face; calmly, they picked up the second Dragon Crystal and continued the activation.

The hazy Light Orb once again enveloped Yi Ning.

A spark lit Qiao Zhixin's eyes; thinking that she would soon use a Dragon Crystal to activate a talent, she felt a little excited.

Like Yi Ning, she awakened a talent—Combat Instinct—during her first Job Change.

Later, at Level 40 during the second Job Change, she did not awaken a new talent.

It should be said that most Talented Professionals are like this.

Being able to awaken a talent is already something very enviable.

Among professionals, such people are as rare as a phoenix feather.

The overwhelming majority of professionals go through life without even a single talent.

"I don't know what talent Yi Ning might awaken," Qiao Zhixin whispered.

Jiang Chen shook his head, indicating he didn't know.

Qiao Zhixin muttered to herself, "There are countless talents; some are useless, and if you awaken a useless talent, it's a waste."

"I hope Yi Ning can awaken a useful talent."

The glow faded, and the second Dragon Crystal still had no effect.

Continue...

Third one, fourth one...

All the way until the ten Dragon Crystals were used up, Yi Ning still hadn't

awakened a talent.

However, Jiang Chen sensed that on Yi Ning's body seemed to be an additional special aura.

It was the accumulation caused by repeatedly using Dragon Crystals within their body.

Jiang Chen took out another ten Dragon Crystals and said, "Continue."

"Hmm!" Yi Ning didn't hesitate, picking up the eleventh Dragon Crystal.

Eleven, twelve...

Jiang Chen felt that the aura of the Dragon Crystals on Yi Ning grew increasingly intense.

Finally, when activating the sixteenth Dragon Crystal, the aura on Yi Ning reached its peak.

It was as if a boundary was broken, and the aura exploded outward.

Jiang Chen's eyes lit up, "It's done!"

A great radiance burst from Yi Ning, who shut their eyes tightly and slowly rose into the air.

The whole figure resembled a goddess, beautiful and holy.

"How beautiful!" Qiao Zhixin exclaimed.

At this moment, Yi Ning radiated an unimaginable beauty.

After this lasted a full half‑minute, Yi Ning finally descended back to the ground.

Their gaze was filled with deep joy.

Qiao Zhixin hurriedly asked, "So, what talent did you awaken?"

Yi Ning said, "I have awakened the Holy Flame Talent; from now on my attacks will carry Holy Flame, greatly boosting damage, especially against Abyss Demons, at least several times more damage."

Yi Ning is a Holy Spirit Summoner, and all of their skills bear holy power.

Holy power has a countering effect on Abyss Demons, increasing damage by at least 50 %.

With an extra layer of Holy Flame, Yi Ning's attack power against Abyss Demons is even stronger.

The Holy Flame Talent matches Yi Ning's profession perfectly; it can be called ideal.

Qiao Zhixin congratulated, "That talent is really good, it suits you well."

Yi Ning was in a great mood at this moment, very satisfied with the Holy Flame Talent,

"Thanks, it's your turn!"

Qiao Zhixin hummed, picked up a Dragon Crystal, and activated it directly.

The first one, unsurprisingly, failed.

Qiao Zhixin then picked up the second Dragon Crystal.

It still failed.

With Yi Ning's experience, Qiao Zhixin was not disappointed, but continued holding the Dragon Crystals.

Anyway, Jiang Chen has plenty of Dragon Crystals, Qiao Zhixin doesn't mind.

Jiang Chen sensed the special aura emanating from Qiao Zhixin.

As the Dragon Crystals were used, the aura kept intensifying.

When Qiao Zhixin used the fifth Dragon Crystal, Jiang Chen suddenly said, "Twelve."

Yi Ning looked over curiously, "What twelve?"

Jiang Chen said lightly, "She needs twelve Dragon Crystals."

Jiang Chen gave his reasoning.

Yi Ning could not sense the aura Jiang Chen mentioned at all.

However, they didn't doubt Jiang Chen's words, instead suggested Jiang Chen go back and ask Hong Jishi, perhaps an answer could be found.

Sure enough, when Qiao Zhixin activated the twelfth Dragon Crystal, the Light Orb changed.

She also floated in the air like Yi Ning.

Qiao Zhixin's looks are no worse than Yi Ning's, and her figure is even more so.

At this moment, she looked equally stunning.

But in Jiang Chen's steel‑hard straight‑man eyes, there was no difference between the two, not even a proper glance of appreciation.

He was still pondering why he could sense this unusual aura.

Half a minute later, Qiao Zhixin landed again, the awakening ended.

Without waiting for Jiang Chen and Yi Ning to ask, Qiao Zhixin happily revealed hers.

"I have awakened the Certain Hit Talent."

"During the talent's activation, my skills have 100 % hit rate, and the special effects within the skills also work at 100 %."

After hearing Qiao Zhixin's words, Jiang Chen's mouth twitched slightly.

This girl who wields a Giant Hammer seems even more perverse.

This talent combined with her Stun skill is practically a cheating weapon.

Jiang Chen thought that bringing her to fight bosses in the future would make things countless times easier…

Qiao Zhixin didn't notice Jiang Chen's slightly odd gaze at all, and cheerfully shouted, "My talent is awesome, right?"

Yi Ning didn't know Qiao Zhixin had a Stun skill, but simply said that this talent was indeed good.

Any skill that can hit 100 % is, of course, a good talent.

A light glowed, and Jiang Chen began activating the Dragon Crystals.

After using two Dragon Crystals in succession, Jiang Chen deduced that he needed eight Dragon Crystals.

Then he directly took out six Dragon Crystals and activated them together.

The six Dragon Crystals burst into brilliant light enveloping Jiang Chen; he only felt himself surrounded by the Dragon Crystals' special aura.

Then the aura peaked and exploded with a bang.

"Talent Acquired: Summon Life Chain"

"Summon Life Chain: Within a certain range, a life chain forms among Summoned Entities, and all damage is shared by the Summoned Entities in that range. Range: 20 meters."

Jiang Chen was slightly stunned, realizing it was such a talent.

Thus, within a 20‑meter radius, the Skeletons either live together or die together.

Jiang Chen thought for a moment: if facing a monster whose attacks are especially strong but whose range is not large.

Skeletons that might have been instantly killed before can now share damage among the Skeletons within 20 meters.

This would greatly reduce the casualty rate.

However, similarly, if a Skeleton takes damage far beyond the limit—tens of times a Monster's—

then the other Skeletons linked in the life chain

will also suffer massive damage, possibly wiping out the whole group.

This skill has both pros and cons.

The specifics depend on the situation.

Jiang Chen felt a bit disappointed; this talent wasn't that great.

But he had no right to regret, only to accept.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in his mind.

"System: Host has awakened a New Talent."

Begin optimizing talent!

What!