My career aspirations have come true.

Chapter 9 The New Cheat Code

The Second Academy, Central Square.

With a deafening gunshot, the stone fang's head exploded, scattering rubble everywhere.

Pei Xuan stood amidst the rubble, holding a demonized pistol, wisps of smoke still rising from the muzzle.

"Amazing, they took down all three stone fangs!"

"As expected of Pei Xuan."

"To win against three opponents alone, his score in this assessment must be quite high."

Hearing the surrounding chatter, a hint of smugness flashed in Pei Xuan's eyes. He then turned his gaze to the legion examiner not far away, a hint of anticipation hidden in his eyes.

Pan Bo put down the scoreboard and looked at Fang Yuxing beside him with a smile.

"This graduate is quite capable, Dean Fang. He should be the star student of your college this year, right?"

Fang Yuxing nodded with a smile: "There are three Level 2 professionals among this year's graduates, and Pei Xuan is one of them."

Pande nodded knowingly, a hint of anticipation rising in his heart.

In the past two years, the problem of manpower shortage in the legion has become increasingly prominent, especially in Chilian City.

Especially in the chaotic North District, the arrogance of the major guilds is growing, with the likes of Gangfist, Bloodhawk, and Blackrock repeatedly provoking the federal law. They urgently need fresh blood to strengthen their grassroots combat power in order to better suppress these guild forces that have taken over the area.

If I can recruit a few good candidates while presiding over the graduation assessment at the Second Academy, it will alleviate the manpower shortage in the Northern District Detachment to some extent.

Composing himself, Pan De gathered his thoughts and continued watching the next student's assessment.

The assessment process proceeded smoothly, and soon it was Liu Hao's turn.

He spent a lot of effort dealing with the stone demon and was even injured; his performance was only mediocre.

But when Liu Hao returned after recovering from his injuries, there was no sign of frustration on his face; instead, he wore an undisguised smile.

For him, as long as he could join the legion, he didn't care about the rank.

"It's up to you now." Liu Hao patted Lin Ze on the shoulder to encourage him. "You'll definitely do better than me."

Lin Ze smiled and nodded, about to reply, when suddenly his expression froze. He felt a surge of power unexpectedly coursing through his body.

He suppressed the pounding in his heart and gave Liu Hao a few perfunctory words without showing any emotion until Liu Hao's attention was drawn back to the assessment on the field, at which point he brought up his professional panel.

Looking at the soaring attribute values ​​on the panel, Lin Ze felt an overwhelming joy welling up inside him.

Just as he had thought, the Executioner's potential was far superior to that of the Sword Soul. According to the Federation's classification of professions, it was at least an A-level profession, and the attribute boost after a successful job change would certainly be considerable.

And that was indeed the case; the attribute boost of up to 7.4 directly allowed him to break through to become a Level 2 professional, greatly increasing his strength.

Looking back a month ago, he was still worried about changing jobs, but now he is already a Level 2 professional. Lin Ze couldn't help but sigh to himself.

That's the benefit of having a cheat code.

"With my current strength, even among level 2 professionals, I would definitely not be at the bottom."

Lin Ze secretly made his plans.

Zhao Feng and his two henchmen were both Level 2 professionals. Jingzhe was able to kill Zhao Feng at the beginning entirely by using a surprise attack and the astonishing speed of her sword draw.

However, after changing his class to Executioner, he crushed the other two in a head-on battle, which is enough to prove that with the support of a series of talents and skills, his true strength has long surpassed that of an ordinary level 2 professional.

And this was all after he had just been promoted.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Ze calmed his inner turmoil and began to examine his newly acquired talents.

In a sense, the executioner was the only hidden profession he had tailored for the protagonist of his novel in his previous life.

Its advantages are not only limited to its top-notch combat power among one-star professions, but also to its two special talents: Eye of Judgment and Soul Baptism.

The Eye of Judgment can clearly see the "sin value" on a professional, which is specifically manifested as a red glow around their body.

The deeper the sin, the stronger the red aura surrounding the person.

Executioners can draw soul energy from killing professionals who have accumulated sin.

The higher the sin value, the purer the soul energy obtained.

When soul energy accumulates to a certain threshold, it will trigger a soul baptism, which will comprehensively enhance one's attributes, skill levels, and even talent effects.

Even the number of clones that form an external entity will increase accordingly.

This is the core effect of the Soul Baptism talent!

This is also the key to how the executioner can become the protagonist's second cheat ability!

Lin Ze closed his eyes slightly, focused his mind, and could clearly "see" a delicate rhombus-shaped crystal deep in his mind.

The crystal was a translucent star-blue color, with an ethereal beauty. At the very bottom, a small section had solidified completely—the soul energy absorbed from killing the two henchmen.

Once all the rhomboid crystals have solidified, the soul baptism will be triggered.

"It was originally designed for the protagonist to punish evil and uphold justice, but I never expected to become the messenger of justice instead."

With a slight thought, Lin Ze's Eye of Judgment talent was instantly activated.

A faint golden light quietly enveloped his pupils. He raised his eyes and scanned the crowd in the square. But as far as he could see, whether they were students, teachers, or legion examiners, they were all clean and tidy. He did not see even a trace of the red light that represented evil.

Come to think of it, those present were either students and teachers or members of the Legion. Finding a villain among them wouldn't be that easy.

Shaking his head, Lin Ze put away the Eye of Judgment and continued looking at the panel.

The prerequisite job for becoming the Ultimate Slayer Sword has been achieved; all that remains are attributes, skills, and talents.

Lin Ze mentally outlined the job advancement requirements for the Extreme Slaughter Sword.

属性：力量14.3、敏捷13.8、体质10.6、精神8.2、感知10.1

Skills: Max out any slashing skill and any speed skill.

Talent: Blade of Limit Break

The attributes are easy to handle; just upgrade them step by step.

In terms of skills, it's enough to upgrade Draw Sword and Swift Step to the maximum level (Lv10).

The only thing that's not easy to achieve is talent.

Breaking Limit Blade is an excellent-level talent.

Its effect is that all attacks can ignore part of the target's defense, which is equivalent to having forced true damage, making it a god-like skill in actual combat.

However, precisely because of its powerful effects, acquiring this talent is extremely difficult.

Whether you awaken your talent through training or by acquiring the corresponding talent cards, it's not an easy task.

Comparatively speaking, it might be simpler to collect the prerequisite talents first and then synthesize them.

"Forget it, let's get through this assessment first."

Lin Ze collected his thoughts and focused on his graduation exam.

Just then, a gasp suddenly rang out from the crowd.

He looked up and saw Tang Wangshu slapping his palms against a stone fang, a red talisman flashing briefly between his palms.

Flame Seal - Explosion!

boom!

A burst of scorching fire erupted from Tang Wangshu's palm, instantly shattering the stone into pieces, with countless fragments scattering in all directions with the surging heat.

The surrounding students instinctively retreated hastily, exclamations rising and falling. However, a barrier master had already set up a defensive barrier at the edge of the assessment area. The pale blue light screen instantly lit up, blocking all the splashing debris, not even a single spark could escape.

Once the heatwave subsided, Tang Wangshu slowly withdrew her hand. Her clean face remained expressionless. She merely glanced at the examiners before calmly turning and walking off the field.

"Not bad." A hint of appreciation flashed in Pande's eyes.

A B-rank profession with extremely high potential, more worthy of development than that Demon Gunner named Pei Xuan from before.

If recruited into the legion and given some training, they will definitely become a formidable fighting force in the future.

After Tang Wangshu, it was Zhuang Yi's turn to take the stage.

Unfortunately, with Tang Wangshu and Pei Xuan as shining examples, his performance as a D-rank sword soul class, though also impressive, failed to create much of a stir and only garnered a few scattered praises.

Needless to say, the students who took the stage after that mostly performed adequately and didn't have any outstanding performances.

When only three or four students remained to be assessed, the legion examiners, including Pande, all showed a hint of nonchalance.

"Team Leader Pan, this assessment went well. Now you have something to report back to."

An examiner put away the scoreboard, smiled, and spoke in a relaxed tone.

The other examiners also smiled and agreed.

"The simultaneous emergence of three Level 2 professionals is rare in previous graduation assessments. Our team will likely gain a significant influx of fresh talent."

"Not only that, there's also a B-rank rune master. This is a real talent. If we nurture him properly, he will definitely be the backbone of the legion in the future."

"If nothing unexpected happens, this girl named Tang Wangshu should be the top graduate of the Second Academy this year."