"It has many names, but essentially they are all the same kind of thing."
"——They are specialized enhancements for combat, magic, survival instincts, and professional characteristics, which can also be regarded as a concrete manifestation of your past experiences."
In just a second, Xia Nan linked the content described by the other party to the [Specialty] on the system panel.
Upon careful reflection, his first specialty in this world, [Chopping Master], was acquired after [Vortex Slash] reached Full Level, wasn’t it?
"But what does this have to do with obtaining Professional Levels?"
A cold wind suddenly blew through the camp, which was warmed by a flickering flame.
Visibly, Ice Crystal rapidly condensed in the air, forming into a tangible miniature snowstorm that swirled around the Obsidian small axe.
Countless tiny snow particles rubbed and collided against the axe’s surface, producing a crisp and dense sound.
The already sharp axe blade, brushed by the ice and snow, emitted a glimmer that seemed capable of slicing through the night.
He was sharpening the axe.
"This special skill isn’t as superficial as your physical enhancements, like the Ice Crystal hidden beneath highland snow; many people, even for a lifetime, aren’t aware of their talents in certain areas."
"And in most cases, without bloodline heritage or some rare special experiences, the only way to acquire this ability is through day-to-day arduous training, practicing battle skills to the ’Master’ level to increase the probability."
Simply put, if a "profession" is likened to the necklace on a barbarian’s chest.
Then, the three battle skills required to gain Professional Levels are like the chain links forming the necklace body, interlinked at both ends.
And the "specialty" is like the pendant adorned between the chain links of the necklace.
In most cases, even if it’s just a bare chain without any pendant.
It doesn’t affect its completeness.
Just looks a bit unattractive, but the necklace still exists.
——"Profession" doesn’t require a "specialty."
Conversely, if you only have a few exquisite pendants in hand, but no chain links to connect them together.
Then it cannot be called a necklace.
——"Specialty" is not a prerequisite for gaining Professional Levels.
In this situation, if you want to fuse three battle skills from different branches together to form a brand new profession entirely different from its category.
It’s like forcefully buckling parts from three necklaces together.
Even if it barely succeeds, the chain connection points are often distorted due to different sizes and thicknesses, tempting the invisible mighty force known as "rules" to tear them apart.
In this premise, if you happen to have a few good "pendant" specialties.
Interwoven to cover up those ugly connecting parts.
Then even if this necklace looks strange, half-gold chain, half-bone chain, with a leaf hanging in the middle.
As long as it doesn’t appear to have any obvious flaws.
No one would voluntarily come to tug at your necklace.
"Talent Specialization can greatly improve the probability of gaining Professional Levels."
But the specific type of profession you’re engaged in is like that hodgepodge necklace that barely takes shape relying on pendants to cover up.
"It depends on your specialties."
Xia Nan sat by the fire, the roasted meat in his hand turning cold in the chilling wind.
His mind was quickly digesting the advancement knowledge he had just heard.
Yet the expression on his face gradually became peculiar.
For the people of this world, with a system panel, he could clearly see his Attributes and Skill information.
He even acquired multiple specialties due to several lucky encounters.
But as Frogon mentioned earlier, if specialties significantly influence the type of profession while raising the success rate of employment...
[Chopping Master] was fine, it was a proper melee specialty, likely linked to basic professions like "warrior";
[Bathed in Light] was somewhat troublesome, as Light Resistance was also part of Constitution-type resistance, but if, like the existence noted in its annotation, it gave him a niche profession in the Evil Camp requiring corresponding means to upgrade, he may have no choice but to go astray;
As for [Copper Bones]...
Xia Nan couldn’t imagine,
when this specialty, clearly from the Otherworld and never appeared in this world before, became part of the employment conditions.
And fusing it with the other two completely unrelated specialties, along with [Vortex Slash] and [Teeth Hunting]...
What kind of thing would emerge from this combination.