American comic book: My Father is Superman, am I just an NPC?

Chapter 7: A Wisdom That Will Astound! The Path to Power!
Acquiring an extraordinary profession brings about remarkable advancement.

At this moment, Ian truly felt that he had become stronger, not just psychologically, but also in terms of a real improvement in his four-dimensional attributes.

Name: Ian Kent

[Common Occupation: Student lv7 [35/640]]

[Special Class: Berserker LV1 [0/10]]

[Global Recognition: Ordinary NPC]

【Strength: 3.5】

[Physique: 3.0]

【Intelligence: 2.3】

【Spirit: 2.7】

[Talent Skill: Reverse Blood Furnace]

[Professional Skills: None]

[Professional Skill Points: 1]

[General Skill: Learning [Elite]]

[General Skill Points: 7]

The four-dimensional attributes on the personal panel have received a very good boost, especially the strength and constitution attributes, which have directly reached about three times the level of an ordinary person.

Strength primarily affects muscle explosiveness, while physique is the ability to withstand blows and the speed of recovery. The two together affect reaction speed, while spirit represents willpower and perception.

These are all experiences Ian summarized after obtaining the system. There's no way around it; his system is rather rudimentary, lacking the sweet, intelligent dialogue features found in others.

"My abs are really nice." Ian stood in front of the mirror and took off his clothes. Before, his body fat was not low, but now he had a physique that was not exaggerated but had obvious muscle lines.

Perhaps the fat was directly converted into muscle? It's hard to say. All the changes seemed to happen in a very short time, and Ian didn't even have a chance to fully experience them before it was over.

It's cheating, isn't it?

No matter how many time travelers there have been, it has always been like this.

“I feel like I could take down a Jonathan with one punch right now, or 1.5 Jordans.” Ian clenched his fist tightly, his muscles bulging, displaying the artistic beauty of the human body.

Such self-admiration is indeed a bit vain.

However, Ian was genuinely overjoyed and didn't even care much about the unchanged identity in the "World Recognition" section anymore. Acquiring a superhuman profession had shown him the path to self-salvation.

Perhaps his current strength and abilities are still only those of a small karami in this extremely dangerous world, but this is only the beginning, and his future holds a much wider world.

"Keep it up, play it safe and don't be reckless!"

Ian's self-encouragement showed a degree of self-awareness. After calming his turbulent emotions, he then looked at the talent skills that had appeared after he acquired the [Berserker] class.

【Reverse Blood Furnace: Damage received will accumulate experience points for you. Each effective instance of damage will grant you a corresponding increase in experience points based on the severity of the injury.

All negative status effects and physical damage will allow you to accumulate rage. When your rage is full, your strength, constitution, and pain resistance will be greatly enhanced.

When you are simultaneously subjected to 5 or more negative status effects, or are near death, you can activate the "Flesh and Blood Remains" status: all attributes +30%, but sanity and intelligence will continuously decrease.

have to say.

The power brought by extraordinary professions is indeed somewhat heaven-defying, especially the ability that is the core skill of the profession, which is so comprehensive that it is difficult for both the rich and the poor to mutate.

"Getting injured makes you stronger?"

Ian even felt that his talent could be renamed and used as a ready-made cheat code. He finally felt that his system was finally working.

"There's also a skill tree."

Ian opened the newly appeared option again.

next moment.

A large, branch-like image appeared in his mind, with each shimmering "fruit" representing a skill he could learn using his skill points. Almost instantly upon opening the skill tree, Ian was drawn to the skills available at level 100 at the very top.

【Eternal Fury: If you die with ≥25 negative status effects, consume all status effects to revive and restore all power, gaining the [Blood Rebirth] effect that doubles all attributes】

Despite the long cooldown of up to a day, this can definitely be called a resurrection skill! With this skill, Ian felt that he might not have to worry so much about being carried away by the sacrificial dog!

He even allowed himself to be used as a sacrifice for his family once a day!
"What a pity! Reaching level 100... is easier said than done!" Ian sighed, withdrawing his lingering gaze. He only had three skills he could learn at the moment.

After all, it's only a level one profession.

[Resonance of Demise: When the body is mutilated (limbs severed, blindness, missing internal organs), the remaining organs will work overtime to compensate for lost functions and gain additional strength and constitution bonuses.] [Healing Frenzy: Restores 1% of maximum health per second, healing all injuries including fatal wounds, but movement and attacks are impossible during healing and recovery.]

[Poisonous Stomach Sac: Your stomach sac will be modified, allowing you to convert ingested food into stored poison, which will be attached to your attacks when needed.]

All three skills are pretty good.

However, Ian felt he only had one choice. Both [Remnant Resonance] and [Venomous Gland Stomach] sounded rather tragic.

Moreover, their views on things don't align well.

"Learn the skill [Self-Healing Frenzy]!"

Ian made a decisive choice to select and learn the skills.

He's played quite a few games in his life, and based on his limited understanding and research, he believes that when playing games, you should definitely choose skills with percentage-based effects.

Take the skill [Self-Healing Frenzy] for example. It sounds like it has a lot of limitations, but it allows you to become a hero again in just 100 seconds. It is definitely the best skill to upgrade with [Reverse Blood Furnace].

Regarding future plans.

Ian has his own ideas.

"I don't like going out to find someone to torture. As long as I torture myself hard enough, no one outside can torture me!" Ian's wisdom has always been very strange.

This is not.

He simply pulled a small knife out of the drawer.

"Swish, swish, swish~"

It's like cutting paper.

Ian accidentally cut a large gash on his arm.

[Health points lost, experience +1]

Waited for a while.

Ian had already collected a large glass of blood before he finally received feedback from the system. To be honest, gaining experience was more difficult than he had imagined, but it was still acceptable.

"Heal yourself, my body!"

Ian activated his skill, and the next moment, he felt as if he had turned into a statue, completely unable to move. His injuries were also healing at a visible speed. Ian could sense that if this frozen state were interrupted, the healing effect would stop.

and.

Along with the activation of the self-healing ability, the body also begins to feel hungry, which is clearly a skill consumption. It has many limitations, and perhaps for a warlike person, it is just a useless skill.

but.

"Every accident is a step towards becoming stronger!"

There was one experiment.

Without saying a word, Ian proceeded to give his arm seven or eight "accidental" treatments. Following the principle of not wasting anything, he even gulped down the blood that had flowed out.

It has a slightly rusty taste, but that's fine. As long as it's nutritious and healthy, that's all that matters. Haven't you heard those weight loss bloggers recommending low-calorie, high-protein foods? You can totally show them off.

[Health points lost, experience +1]

This time, the system's response speed was much faster.

Ian, whose face was slightly pale, was overjoyed. However, he was still immersed in the joy of leveling up and becoming stronger, and did not notice that outside his room window, a man wearing a red and blue cloak and battle suit was hiding in the darkness, staring at what was happening inside the window with a complicated expression.

"Oh, poor Ian."

Clark looked incredibly upset.

He never expected that he had only gone out to save a chemical plant from an explosion, and before he even landed and started changing his clothes, he would find his youngest son self-harming in his room.

Because Clark controls his super vision in front of his family, he didn't notice the changes in Ian's body; he only saw Ian cutting his arm with a knife.

"It seems that... he really needs to start taking the medicine."

Clark, his heart heavy, quickly changed his clothes and slowly landed in the deserted courtyard. He began to think about how he could knock on the door and communicate with Ian without being abrupt.

To be fair, if Clark had some doubts about the psychiatrist's diagnosis before, he now truly believes that his youngest son is 100% sick.

Or it must be a serious illness.

(End of this chapter)