Chapter 433 Cheng Tian's Second S-Rank Skill
Origin of Psionic Combat: S-Rank Skill/Lv1, Exclusive Skill, Composite Skill. Developed by powerful psionic users, it is a method of applying psionic energy that can create various abilities based on the user's characteristics; after the interweaving of light and darkness from Holy Radiance and Demonic Nightmare, the fixed upgrade path that originally contained a large number of 'Vega' traits has been shattered and fused. This psionic combat method will be more aligned with your own characteristics.
When you need to perform resistance checks related to Strength or Agility attributes, you can use your Spirit attribute for a full substitute check.
The Origin of Psionic Combat allows your Life and Spirit to mutually transform at appropriate moments of balance —
Actively activate 'Origin' state. For the next 60 seconds, your HP and MP bars will be interconnected, allowing for arbitrary flow and change according to your needs, and sharing recovery rates for both HP and MP; during this period, any HP or MP recovery skills or items you use will simultaneously affect both your HP and MP bars; the cooldown for Origin state is 10 minutes.
You can channel psionic energy, consuming varying amounts of MP to release different physical interference phenomena.
Based on your own characteristics, your psionic energy can transform into — Fire, Lightning, Frost, Whirlwind, Holy Light, Shadow. (Template residual influence, class characteristic linkage)
You can also try to develop more other derivative effects using psionic energy.
You can externalize these psionic-driven phenomena, or imbue them into any physical strikes and martial arts skills, forming additional attack effects.
Origin of Psionic Combat is the ultimate application of psionic combat. Once activated, it will not be forgotten by the body; even when magic is sealed, it can still be activated and used instinctively.
This skill cannot be upgraded with regular skill points. Only special 'Golden Skill Points' and extensive combat experience using Origin of Psionic Combat can increase its skill level.
Additional Comment: It feels like just putting the words 'Origin' after a game title makes it sound very impressive.
Originally, Vega's Psionic Combat was an A-rank skill. Although upgrading it would be difficult, it could be upgraded normally with skill points. Moreover, if it could be upgraded to key nodes, namely levels 4, 7, and 10, one would inevitably acquire a skill related to Vega's psionic usage during his lifetime.
Things like Psionic Bomb, Electric Poison Dragon Drill, or Teleportation were theoretically directly obtainable as additional skills, because it was theoretically a transmission of power usage.
However, after an accident occurred with Cheng Tian, the unique imprint of Vega, originally contained within the combat method, was directly shattered!
This caused Cheng Tian to directly lose the stable path of inheriting Vega's skills... but gained greater freedom.
It can be seen from the skill's upgrade to S-rank that the combat potential of Origin of Psionic Combat must be higher than that of Shadow Psionic Combat.
Putting everything else aside, the ability to substitute Spirit attribute for Strength and Agility in resistance checks, the 'Origin state' that interconnects HP and MP, and the description of being able to use it forcibly even when magic is sealed, already signify that it far surpasses 'Psionic Combat: Shadow'!
If the previous Vega had possessed Origin of Psionic Combat, the blue Tremor Orb's magic seal would not have affected him at all, and naturally, there would likely not have been a subsequent perfect kill.
But then again, for Vega, who was wholeheartedly immersed in darkness and had no light, obtaining the Origin of Psionic Combat, which balances light and darkness and integrates holy and demonic power, was inherently impossible.
Psionic energy is similar to psychic energy and such, and its external manifestations are usually fire, lightning, and frost, which vary from person to person.
Under normal circumstances, Cheng's psionic external manifestation was Holy Light and Shadow, derived from Holy Radiance and Demonic Nightmare. It had no elemental effects, just pure magical strikes.
However, because Cheng Tian, despite not having settled in the Makaimura instance, still retained the 'Zust' character template—the feeling and adaptability of wielding a magic book and genuinely using fire, lightning, frost, and whirlwinds—that experience was preserved and extended to his application of psionic energy.
Of course, compared to the Holy Light and Shadow Taiji Sphere, which could be immediately used in combat, these four elemental orbs were not very useful; they just looked good. If he wanted them to be truly useful in combat, he would need a lot of subsequent training and practice, or simply clear Makaimura and complete the final settlement.
According to Cheng Tian's current initial experience, the S-rank 'Origin of Psionic Combat' skill doesn't seem to provide the immediate and noticeable self-improvement that other skills do after learning them. It's more like it has opened up a completely new path of cultivation for him, or even successfully allowed him to undergo a second job change.
There was a strange atmosphere that was both vague and free, difficult to describe.
It made the wall surrounding Cheng Tian's spirit noticeably thinner, giving him a feeling that with a bit of effort and finding the right spot, he could break through in one go and step into Diagon Alley.
"Freedom… rules… shackles…"
Sitting in the sidecar of the Lightning Rhythm, with a Wutan on his shoulder, Cheng muttered to himself. Eileen, who was speeding, couldn't help but pinch Cheng Tian's cheek.
"Ew~! Why are you sweating so much? Are you feeling weak?"
Eileen, with a look of disgust, wiped her hands on Cheng Tian's clothes, while December in the right sidecar remained unfazed.
"A little…"
To Eileen's surprise, Cheng Tian actually admitted it, and she couldn't help but glance at Cheng Tian again.
It was only when she glanced again that she saw a wide-open Taiji True Eye on Cheng Tian's forehead, which was exposed as his bangs fluttered.
Just as she thought it was some new decoration, that Taiji True Eye, similar to Erlang Shen's vertical pupil, blinked at her right then and there.
Screech!
The Lightning Rhythm made a sharp turn, nearly throwing Cheng Tian and Wutan out!
Listening to Cheng's explanation, still somewhat dazed, Eileen, whose face was contorted with a sour expression, understood that this was Cheng Tian's new talent. She rushed to the front of the SIN Department building in a hurry.
For Cheng's gains, Eileen was genuinely happy, but also genuinely envious.
My good brother, you got a Land Rover, what about me? I want one too!
This plunder, no matter what, must yield some good stuff!!!
Cheng, who had endured the bumpy ride, suddenly thought, should he get a vehicle capable of transporting a large number of troops?
At this very moment, deep within the building, "Seth," the head of the SIN Department, who was as smooth as refined mercury and had indirectly participated in the attack on the laboratory by letting Han Ju-ri go, trembled almost instinctively.