"Hey brother, you were swinging the Magic Staff just now to train your Long Weapon Specialty, right? Are you still in need of a good training dummy?" Lei Peng chuckled.
"It's alright, as long as it works."
Ye Mingqiu replied.
In Tang Ruobing's exclusive training room, there are indeed training dummies, but since she's in the Magic System, they're customized for Magic System specialties and not suitable for training with melee long weapons, so the effect isn't great.
However, Ye Mingqiu isn't picky. He plans to train for this period, but after he formally gets a profession, he likely won't need to train with long weapons anymore. After all, he's in Support, so there's no need to train in melee.
"The best dummy is right in front of you now, right? Hmm? Hmm?" Lei Peng grinned and made funny faces.
"Uh, isn't this inappropriate?"
"What's inappropriate, you have a temporary Spirit Realm Interface Panel, right? Let me show you my new skills." Lei Peng said, putting his arm around Ye Mingqiu's shoulder and displaying a simplified skill panel.
Petrifying Skin (Passive/Active)
Skill Effect: Naturally increases body defense power; when activated, it can reduce certain amounts of damage.
A nice defense skill; the fixed damage reduction works well for Tank System since their basic constitution and defense power are already high. With fixed damage reduction, many high-frequency, low-damage skills might directly be immune to damage.
"Isn't this skill great? But the proficiency increases by getting hit. You use the Magic Staff to hit me; you train your specialty and I increase my skill proficiency. Isn't this a win-win for both of us?" Lei Peng laughed, his smile full of carefree and easygoing vibes.
"This could work... um, Brother Lei, what level are you? I'm afraid I might accidentally hurt you." Ye Mingqiu was slightly resistant; he always felt this muscle guy had a bit of a flamboyant vibe.
"Level Three, impressive, right? There aren't many at this level in the whole school. Stick with me, and in future team battles, nobody will be able to hurt you!" Lei Peng proudly flexed his muscles, his smile widening, and his facial muscles stacked up like a terrifying tower.
"That impressive?"
"Of course, I can handle a thrashing!"
"Then let's spar."
"Hmm?"
Lei Peng's smile faded; he felt the voice was a bit off, not like it was Ye Mingqiu's, and it sounded familiar, a bit cold, like a girl's voice.
"Gulp!"
He deeply swallowed his saliva, stiffly turned around, and had a sense of impending doom. His low-angle vision swept behind, revealing the golden-striped blue Magic Robe before his eyes.
Oh damn! Oh damn! It's all over!
The legendary Frost Witch slowly raised her Magic Staff, a chilling coldness spreading, with a terrifying Telekinesis precisely acting on Lei Peng.
"Looking to increase proficiency, right? Let me help you."
The next moment, the Level Three Lord Tank System could not control himself and flew in the air, being tossed around like a toy with Telekinesis. One time he smashed here, the other time there; the screams continued unabated.
Tang Ruobing casually waved her staff and said casually, "In Spiritualists, level is the most important thing. One level higher, a Lord Level profession can suppress a Hero Level profession with attribute advantage. Two levels higher, the Lord Level can stomp on Hero Level. So.... never waste time; upgrade as quickly as possible."
"Mm-hmm!"
Ye Mingqiu nodded repeatedly; at the same time, he felt he could not escape this woman's shadow for a long time now, an 8-Level Mage could single-handedly take down an entire team without a Mage.
He then asked: "Is this alright...?"
"It's fine. He's just like that, loves using his Tank System ability to play pranks everywhere. Even when he provokes others and gets beaten up, he laughs. Because others can't hurt him, he's afraid of me because I can make him feel pain." Tang Ruobing said calmly.
"Oh."
"You better behave too!"
"Okay~"
Ye Mingqiu lowered his eyes.
He felt weird now, clearly being protected should be warm and happy, but there was a strange agitation inside. He felt this back when he was very young.
It was an unease caused by his lack of ability. Constantly bettering myself can dispel the unease, but facing reality head-on, seeing the gap clearly makes unease rise uncontrollably as a reflex.
I thought I overcame this
Ye Mingqiu thought.
Once, in his initial conversation with Tang Ruobing, he noticed her excellence. She seemed like a glittering sun; wanting to travel with the sun requires you to become a star.
Even if you're just a speck of dust.
True stars glow brightly; only dust wants to reflect light.
That's why I did that silly thing while playing games before, right? Trying to prove my financial power through casual game payments is undoubtedly foolish, but at the peak of unease and fear, one loses basic judgment.
Now thinking back, Ye Mingqiu realizes his counterpart possibly noticed long ago yet didn't say anything, quietly handling things in her own way.
I'm such a fool...
Now the real chance for transformation is right before me; Spirit Realm trials will be my best opportunity.
"Oh right, you don't need to be scared of him. This guy's character isn't bad, just purely cheeky, asking for a beating." Tang Ruobing added.
"Mm."
Meanwhile, beaten and finished, Lei Peng lay collapsed on the ground, moaning, his body twitching unnaturally, as if he might die any moment.
"I controlled my strength well; he probably lost less than 20% of his health, just screaming dramatically. I really am helpless with this guy." Tang Ruobing sighed.
Soon after, the other two members of the college entrance examination preparatory team arrived.
Lin Feng from the Warrior System, Level 2, Lord Level profession; Ke Fanxing from the Shooter System, Level 2, also a Lord Level profession. This is the standard setup for the preparatory team, aside from Support, other systems need to be at least Level 2 to compete, and Lord Level profession matters greatly.
"Brother Lei, you messed with the boss again?" Lin Feng stood next to the collapsed Lei Peng, schadenfreude in his voice.
"No, I'm innocent, I just wanted to find newbies from the Support System to train together, but I got beaten. Boo hoo, I'm so pitiful!" Lei Peng tear-eyed, his masculine tears shedding.
Lin Feng thought about his usual behavior and almost guessed the situation at the time, so he laughed and said: "Then your beating isn't unjust, finding Support System for training, how can you say this out loud."
"What do you know, this is called unity and friendship!"
"I think you're just asking for another beating."
"Then punch me, come on, come on!"
"Boss!"
...
"Sigh!"
Tang Ruobing sighed and said, "Stop messing around, everyone. Gather, it's meeting time."