Chapter 42: New Skill + Opening Treasure Chests!

Mo Xuanyu slowly opened his eyes after the transmission stabilized, only to see a huge full moon hanging high in the dark sky before him.

That moon was exceptionally bright and dazzling.

"Nightmare Moon"
Category: Void, Melee, Undead, Illusion
Description: A fusion of profession, bloodline, and ideals, ultimately giving birth to a group of people known as the Nightmare Moon.
The specific era of their birth is lost to history, but what they represent is a developmental path that instills fear across all realms of the universe, earning them the title of "Nightmare" from the myriad worlds.
Make no mistake, they are not the kind of nightmares that meddle in other people's dreams, but rather nightmares who, through terrifying combat prowess, literally scare others into having nightmares!
Growth Potential: SS

"Double-S? Does this kind of growth potential really exist?" Mo Xuanyu asked in surprise.
[Holy Geometry: Generally speaking, it does not exist.]
[SS-rank represents more of a growth potential known as infinite possibility.]

Simply put, a profession rated as SS-rank is not bound by skill trees.
To give a simple example, if Mo Xuanyu chose an S-rank profession called [Origin of the Primordial Fire], his subsequent development path would be to grow stronger step by step, continuously unlocking the skill trees of this profession, and ultimately becoming a peak-level mage capable of wielding the primal fire.
However, "Nightmare Moon" is different. Its SS-rank growth potential means that, under the intervention of Mo Xuanyu's own will, it can derive new skill trees.

To describe it in simpler terms:
The future of the former is locked, because you are walking an old path that has already been built to its end.
While the future of the latter is infinite.

S-rank professions, bloodlines, and the like possess uniqueness.
The advantage of uniqueness is that as long as you obtain this profession, your future will be bright, and you won't have to worry about competitors with the same profession.
The disadvantage is: once you bind yourself to this uniqueness, you are completely locked to the rules represented behind it.

For the vast majority of Divine Chosen, this disadvantage is practically non-existent, because every S-rank option is the absolute peak within its respective field.
For instance, [Origin of the Primordial Fire] has already walked the path of fire to its absolute limit, and any other fire magic is merely a clumsy imitation of it.

Yet what now lay before Mo Xuanyu was a choice vastly different from conventional S-rank options.
"Perhaps... you can give me a reason to choose you?"
Mo Xuanyu tried asking the full moon before him.

Upon seeing this, the full moon emitted a soft glow, and then a series of rapidly flashing images appeared before Mo Xuanyu's eyes.
He saw someone standing atop billions of flesh and bones, slaughtering countless alien races in an instant, with a scarlet moon gradually rising behind him.
This was: [Bloody War of Myriad Races]

In the next image, Mo Xuanyu saw someone standing amidst the starry sky, slowly drawing the pitch-black long blade at their waist, destroying a massive galaxy called the "Heavenly Realm" with a single slash.
This was: [Heavenly Realm Empire]

In yet another image, he saw an eight-armed demon god gradually awakening in the abyss, devouring countless worlds and living beings, only to finally have its head lopped off by the blade light of a waning crescent moon.
This was: [War Demon]
...
Image after image flashed past Mo Xuanyu's eyes.

Gods, stellar spirits, ancient gods, zerg swarms, divine dragons, alien species, mages, demons, skeletal remains...
Almost every race or profession that had once prospered and dominated the universe had been slain by the Nightmare Moon.
And every single time, the Nightmare Moon slew the absolute strongest among those races or professions.
They cut down one so-called favored child of heaven after another beneath their blades.

At this moment, when Mo Xuanyu looked back at the options in the S-rank list, the shock they brought him was even more indescribable.

He finally understood why the positions of these supreme entities, which clearly possessed uniqueness, had vacancies.
The answer was: they were killed by the Nightmare Moon.

[Holy Geometry: The Nightmare Moon urges you, believing that you are undoubtedly the best candidate for this generation of the Nightmare Moon!]
"Alright... I agree."
Mo Xuanyu felt he had no reason to refuse the Nightmare Moon.
The reason he joined Holy Geometry was to become stronger—stronger to the point where he could master his own fate, stronger to the point where he could act as he pleased.
No matter how dangerous the future of this path might be, he had no regrets.

[You have become: "Nightmare Moon"]
[The Awakening Ritual is about to begin]
Note: "Nightmare Moon" possesses occupational, bloodline, and ancestral heritage properties simultaneously, and its growth potential is SS-rank.
You can still absorb other professions/bloodlines/heritages into yourself later to create infinite possibilities.

The huge full moon suddenly shattered, transforming into countless streams of silver light that surged into Mo Xuanyu's body like a school of fish in the deep sea.
Mo Xuanyu slowly closed his eyes, feeling a newborn power taking shape within his soul.

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When Mo Xuanyu awoke, he had already returned to his personal space, and the prompt from Holy Geometry appeared before his eyes.
[Divine Chosen, please check your professional panel.]
Mo Xuanyu poked at it.

Profession: "Nightmare Moon"
Summary: The Nightmare Moon fears no one; nothing can stop you. If there is anything, kill it!

Professional Skill 1
Body of God-Slaying: Lv.1 (Passive Skill)
Description: The core skill created by the first Nightmare Moon for successors, it will make you fearless against any race! Even the gods high above will fear your might!
Skill Effect 1: Your Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Intelligence are all increased to 110% of their original attributes.
Skill Effect 2: Your cellular activity increases by 10%, neural reflex speed increases by 10%, abnormal status resistance increases by 10%, and soul resistance increases by 10%.

Professional Skill 2
Eye of the Moon: Lv.1 (Active Skill)
The core skill created by the second Nightmare Moon for successors, it will allow you to see through all illusions in the world and reach the primal truth.
Skill Effect: Upon activation, your eyes transform into the Eye of the Moon, granting +10% neural reflex speed, +10% mental strength, and immunity to illusion control lower than twice your own attributes.
Simultaneously in combat, possessing the Eye of the Moon will make it easier for you to catch flaws in others' moves.
(When the Eye of the Moon is active, it will continuously consume the Divine Chosen's mana and mental energy, automatically shutting down when depleted. Forcing it open will cause overload damage to the Divine Chosen's brain domain and eyeballs.)
...

Upon completing the professional awakening of the Nightmare Moon for the first time, Mo Xuanyu acquired two core skills forged by past generations of Nightmare Moons for their successors.
The first core skill, named Body of God-Slaying, could be called a divine skill. Its effect was direct and brutal, providing Mo Xuanyu with comprehensive, dead-zone-free attribute enhancements.
From then on, his 20 points of attributes and someone else's 20 points would completely cease to be the same concept.
Moreover, this skill also provided bonuses to hidden attributes like abnormal resistance and soul attributes, which was extremely rare and precious.
This also fit the description of the Body of God-Slaying perfectly.
It was a skill created by the first Nightmare Moon specifically to slay gods.
Since the goal was to slay gods, all your attributes had to be maxed out without leaving any shortcomings, otherwise the mental pollution of the Evil God system alone would be enough for you to handle.

Meanwhile, the Eye of the Moon enhanced Mo Xuanyu's own combat effectiveness and granted immunity to illusion control under twice his own level.
In the foreseeable future, Mo Xuanyu would undoubtedly become a presence that terrified his enemies.

With terrifyingly high numerical values in every category and immunity to illusion control twice his own, this was no longer a Divine Chosen's data panel; it was clearly a boss panel.

[Holy Geometry: Because you successfully passed the fifth enlightenment trial and your various data are exceptionally high, you will bypass the advancement world and directly become a Tier 2 Divine Chosen.]
"Do I really have the strength of a Tier 2 Divine Chosen?"
As Mo Xuanyu spoke, a weak and pitiful expression flickered in his eyes.
He still wanted to contend for it; after all, if he could muddle through one more Tier 1 world, the difficulty would be low while the rewards he gained would be even greater.

[Yes, please do not belittle yourself.]
The general meaning of Holy Geometry was: Who would believe your combat power is that of a Tier 1 Divine Chosen? Stop bullying newbies here and hurry up to Tier 2.

Mo Xuanyu could only sigh helplessly at this, the pitiful look in his eyes vanishing into thin air.
Temporarily closing his professional panel, Mo Xuanyu set about checking all his gains from this mission world.

First were the 18 attribute points gained this time. Mo Xuanyu's distribution strategy was as follows: Strength +6, Agility +4, Constitution +6, Intelligence +2.
His personal panel now looked like this:

Name: Mo Xuanyu
Level: Tier 2 Divine Chosen
Strength: 25 points (including 3 points from equipment bonuses)
Agility: 25 points (including 3 points from equipment bonuses)
Constitution: 22 points
Intelligence: 22 points
Charm: 21 points
Luck: 1.1 points

The current Mo Xuanyu could be said to have completed a qualitative leap in strength in a single instant.
He moved his body around in the room, stretched his muscles, and felt that his condition was beyond excellent.

Next were the remaining gains.
Adding up the scattered mission rewards:
[Current Total Points: 40,000 points.]
[Divine Soul Crystal x26]
Chest items: Blue Equipment Chest (category selectable) x2, Blue Random Chest x1.
Others: Knight's Glory (Blue), Sun Knight Professional Scroll, Sun Core Blueprint (Incomplete), Flame Warrior Professional Scroll, several green chests dropped from the battlefield.

Mo Xuanyu suddenly asked Holy Geometry: "How can I change the room layout?"
[Holy Geometry: You can change it yourself using blueprints.]

Upon hearing this, Mo Xuanyu found the room blueprints and randomly selected a template from them.
The next instant, his personal space transformed from a blank concrete shell into a finely decorated room.
Afterwards, he went to the bathroom, took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, washed his hands meticulously, and only then returned to sit on the sofa, taking out the first blue chest.

This blue chest had no modifiers; it was a purely random chest, so Mo Xuanyu had no idea what it would produce.
He took a deep breath and slowly opened the chest:
[You have obtained: Angel's Hair Ribbon (Blue)]

A pure white hair ribbon, about the width of a finger, slowly landed in Mo Xuanyu's hand.

"Angel's Hair Ribbon"
Description: Devout believers will receive the protection of God. It is said that this is a hair ribbon once used by an angel, and the holy power upon it lingers long, bringing you good luck.