Suddenly, he felt an itch in his palm. Turning, he saw the Black Gem Young Dragon, Tiamat, gliding over from mid-air and gently sweeping the tip of its tail across his palm.

He pulled Tiamat from the air into his embrace, rubbed its chin, and asked, "What’s wrong?"

From Tiamat’s crystal-clear Dragon Kiss, the delicate voice of a young girl emerged.

"AWOO, Master, you’ve grown stronger again. The gap between us is getting wider and wider." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

At that moment, the Death Elf Vigus, who enjoyed staying attached to Fang Zhou and lazing about inside his body, emerged as well.

She smoothed out her little black dress and sat elegantly on Fang Zhou’s shoulder. A pair of small, jade-like feet dangled right before his eyes.

Clinging to a lock of Fang Zhou’s hair near his ear, Vigus also began to whine playfully, "Master is growing too fast. I could barely help for a little while, and now I’ve been left behind again."

Vigus was telling the truth.

Originally, she had a passive bonus effect of Double Casting, allowing her to replicate Fang Zhou’s Black Iron-tier magic and turn him into a terrifying Magic Cannon Platform.

But now that Fang Zhou had been promoted to the Bronze tier while Vigus remained at the upper Black Iron tier, she was naturally unable to use her Double Casting special effect.

Thinking of this, Fang Zhou picked up Tiamat, lifted Vigus from his shoulder, and held both spirit pets in his arms, sighing softly.

"You two Gold-guzzling Beasts. I was only happy for a moment before you came along to give me another headache. Judging from your auras, you’re not far from the Bronze tier, either. You’re both high-potential, high-energy races—a Death Elf and a Black Gem Dragon. As long as you have enough resources, your breakthrough speed shouldn’t be much slower than mine. Rest assured, I’ll gather more resources for you at the Military Academy and in Beast Fighting City. It won’t be long before you both reach the Bronze tier."

The moonlight shone upon the Black Gem Young Dragon and the Death Elf, adding a hint of sanctity to their otherwise quiet, dangerous, night-blooming cereus-like auras.

Hearing Fang Zhou’s promise, the two little ones were so overjoyed they nearly jumped.

"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"

"AWOO! I will devour all of Master’s enemies!"

...

「The next day, at the Sea City Military Academy’s office in Beast Fighting City.」

A bespectacled female staff member stared blankly at Fang Zhou. Just moments ago, he had collected a massive amount of resources he had exchanged for the previous night, worth tens of thousands of contribution points.

The single most expensive item was, of course, the ’Wisdom Incarnation’ Profession Specialization training manual. Next were four bottles of Bronze-tier Attribute Secret Medicine. After that were six pieces of Green, Excellent-quality Radiant Mage gear, as well as over a dozen Bronze-tier skill books and skill insights for Magic Professionals. The remaining Cultivation Resources, such as Mana Recovery Potions and Soul Nourishing Potions, seemed less conspicuous in comparison.

Carrying the hefty collection of Cultivation Resources, Fang Zhou returned to his hotel room.

He immediately consumed all four bottles of Attribute Secret Medicine. Leveraging his Talent, Fang Zhou completely absorbed the medicinal power from the four potions.

His four-dimensional attributes—Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Spirit—each increased by 100 points.

Fang Zhou’s attributes were now: Strength 250, Agility 250, Constitution 250, and Spirit 400.

Feeling the boiling mana within him, Fang Zhou was immensely satisfied.

That familiar feeling is back! Pay-to-win and then using cheats... this is the cultivation path I, Fang Zhou, excel at! The money’s been spent, now it’s time for the cheats. Attribute panel, time to add points!

He glanced at the remaining Soul Power on his attribute panel, took a deep breath, and brought out the data key for the ’Wisdom Incarnation’ Profession Specialization training manual he had been eagerly anticipating.

Just as he had done when learning the universal skills for his clone’s Combat Profession, Fang Zhou inserted the data key into his personal terminal. As the key was inserted, a vast amount of specialization training data instantly flooded his vision.

Normally, a Professional would face a complex and rigorous learning process when training their Profession Specialization. Following the manual’s guidance, they would start with the most basic theories and gradually transition to practical application. Only after a long period of painstaking training could a Professional deeply etch the learned specialization into their energy core, allowing them to use it freely in combat.

However, Fang Zhou’s Talent and cheats were beyond comparison to any normal person’s.

A confident smile graced his lips as he looked at the attribute panel. A line of text had already appeared, showing him the exact prompt he wanted.

"Detected analyzable profession specialization. Can consume Soul Power for quick learning. Estimated consumption: 10,000 Soul Power."

"Start learning?"

When Fang Zhou saw the required amount of Soul Power, he couldn’t help but wince. Gritting his teeth, he steeled his resolve and confirmed the choice in his mind.

After all, according to instructors Su Xinyan and Huang Qiuyue, it would take a Bronze-tier Professional a considerable amount of time and energy to learn a new Profession Specialization, with no guarantee of success in engraving the specialization into their mana core.

Time is money. I don’t have that much time and energy to waste on learning this specialization. Besides, the ’Wisdom Incarnation’ specialization is extraordinarily significant for me. In terms of a direct boost to combat power, it might even be more important than all my other skills combined. I can’t be cheap with this Soul Power.

Having figured this out, Fang Zhou quickly composed himself, ready to experience the unique sensation that came with consuming such a massive amount of Soul Power.

Inspiration surged like a tidal wave, crashing against his mind again and again. Every detail about ’Wisdom Incarnation’ unfolded vividly before him.

After an unknown amount of time, this burst of inspiration finally subsided. A prompt appeared on his attribute panel: "Successfully learned Profession Specialization [Wisdom Incarnation]."

He eagerly opened his attribute panel and carefully read the description of the newly acquired ability in the specialization section.

[Wisdom Incarnation]: A Profession Specialization awakened through a fusion of deep meditation and knowledge, resonating one’s intellect with the essence of magic. After mastering this specialization, the base damage of all Damage Magic is substantially increased, the duration of all beneficial and detrimental magic is significantly extended, the radius of all Range Magic is greatly enlarged, and Magic Penetration is massively enhanced.

Fang Zhou immersed his consciousness in his gaseous mana core and quickly located the ’Wisdom Incarnation’ Profession Specialization he had just successfully comprehended. The feedback from his consciousness allowed him to quickly grasp the specialization’s specific effects. Any Mage would dream of such an enhancement.

Imagining the glorious scene of powerful enemies turning to ash with a simple wave of his hand, Fang Zhou struck while the iron was hot and took out several more data transfer keys.

These keys stored the highest-priority Bronze-tier skills he had meticulously selected.

Fortunately, over the past few months, his main body and his clone had been progressing in tandem, allowing him to stockpile a huge amount of Soul Power. All of it was in preparation for today’s expenditure.

Fang Zhou inserted the data transfer keys into his personal terminal. With a faint hum, several prompts popped up on his attribute panel:

"Detected learnable Skill Materials. Can consume 1,000 Soul Power for quick entry."

"Start learning?"

"Detected Skill Proficiency enhancement materials. Estimated consumption of 1,000 Soul Power for perfect absorption."

"Start absorption?"

He began to learn the skills one by one. With each one he learned, he could feel a subtle energy flowing through his body, ultimately forming a complete skill schematic in his mind.

...

Several days later, Fang Zhou finally stopped his frantic learning spree. He wearily rubbed his temples, which were throbbing from the mental exertion, and then gazed at his attribute panel with deep satisfaction.