Zhou Huai vigorously shook his head. Since he could not figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it.

Since he could not sleep anyway, he might as well draw a Classer Avatar right now to relieve his boredom!

At the mere thought of this, Zhou Huai's eyes instantly lit up.

After successfully killing Kujo Naruya, the System's challenge mission was already declared complete.

Because his main body had fallen to the brink of death at the time, he simply had no time to check the mission rewards.

That was the ultimate reward for successfully crossing Levels to kill an SSS-Rank Expert—he obtained a guaranteed SSS-Level profession draw opportunity!

This would be his second SSS-Level Avatar.

Just thinking about it made him feel incomparably excited!

"System, open the draw panel!"

Accompanied by a slight vibration, his consciousness instantly sank into the mysterious space deep within his mind.

The huge knob machine once again quietly floated in the the void.

This time, inside the entire transparent glass cover, there were no colorful multicolored balls, only a few small balls emitting dazzling light floating around.

【One guaranteed SSS-Level profession small ball draw opportunity! Do you want to draw immediately?】

The cold System prompt tone sounded.

"Yes!"

Without hesitation, Zhou Huai's mind fiercely pressed the red 【Draw】 button.

"Boom!"

The entire knob machine instantly erupted with extremely blinding light, and the inside of the machine began to spin rapidly, stirring up a the void storm.

Those SSS-Level small balls containing terrifying power collided violently inside, and every time they collided, it felt like a thunderclap exploded in his mind.

Zhou Huai stared dead at the exit of the knob machine, unable to help holding his breath.

"Click—"

A crisp mechanical sound rang out.

The rotation speed of the knob machine began to slowly slow down.

In the end, a mysterious small ball covered with profound golden patterns on the surface and presenting a deep black color throughout rolled slowly out from the exit.

It did not erupt with brilliant splendor, but quietly floated in Zhou Huai's consciousness space.

It then transformed into a quaint profession scroll.

【Congratulations to the Host! Obtained the SSS-Level unique hidden profession: Great Sage!】

Zhou Huai's heart twitched fiercely, and his eyes suddenly widened.

Great Sage?!

Hearing this profession name,

Zhou Huai subconsciously thought of a monkey that could vault over heaven and earth and was omnipotent.

Could it be... the Monkey King?

Can the System even produce this kind of mythological character?

With an absurd yet expectant mood, he impatiently sank his consciousness to check that brand-new profession panel, only to find that he had misunderstood from the very beginning.

【Avatar Panel (Unnamed)】

【Profession: Unique Hidden Profession, SSS-Level · Great Sage】

【Level: LV1】

【Health Points】: 1800 / 1800

【Mana Points】: 1500 / 1500

【Strength】: 100

【Agility】: 90

【Stamina】: 150

【Mental】: 190

【Skill List】:

【Passive One: Merit Body: Initially comes with 100 base Merit points. For every 100 Merit points accumulated, all attributes increase by 100.

Actively rescuing the innocent, slaying evil targets (alien beasts, morally bankrupt individuals, evil entities, etc.), and safeguarding Righteous Path order (preventing plunder, punishing perpetrators) and other actions can accumulate Merit points;

Self and friendly units within a 30-meter radius are immune to all negative effects (curses, corrosion, mental control, deceleration, etc.). A soft Holy Light permanently surrounds the body, inflicting Merit scorching damage on evil targets. The higher the Merit value, the higher the damage.

When the Merit value is greater than 10,000, a Golden Merit Body can be forged, granting 50% damage reduction. The higher the Merit value, the higher the damage reduction, up to a maximum reduction of 90%.

When the Golden Body is activated, the Holy Light comes with a healing effect, restoring 5% of health per second for oneself and friendly units. The higher the Merit value, the stronger the healing effect (up to 10% / second).】

(Current Merit Value: 100.)

【Passive Two: Auspicious Body: Within a 500-meter radius, friendly units and oneself obtain Merit auspicious fortune bonuses. The higher the Merit value, the stronger the auspicious fortune effect. For the morally corrupt, bad luck blessings are inflicted.】

【Active Skill: Words Become Law: Consume 500 Mana Points, using one's own Mental Strength as a medium to transform words into the power of rules, changing objective things or applying specified effects. The higher the Mental Strength, the longer the effect duration and the wider the coverage area. However, it will suffer backlash effects. The greater the change to objective things, the stronger the backlash effect, which can be offset by Merit values. The skill has no cooldown.】

...

When Zhou Huai finished reading this terrifying skill introduction word by word, he was completely dumbfounded, and it took him a long while to recover from his shock.

Only then did he realize that he had completely misunderstood.

Turns out this Great Sage was not that Great Sage.

This was not that mythological demon monkey that stirred up heaven and earth and possessed towering Battle Intent, but rather... the Saint of the Saint!

This was an SSS-Level profession with extremely high moral standards, or even one could say, born specifically to safeguard the Righteous Path of the world!

As long as Merit was continuously accumulated, one could grow stronger without upper limits!

Every 100 Merit points could be exchanged for 100 all attributes! What kind of terrifying growth potential was this!

Not to mention the Golden Merit Body with negative effect immunity, Merit scorching, and up to 90% damage reduction, as well as the group healing aura that could be called a mobile fountain...

This was a hexagonal warrior integrating support, tank, and output!

As for the Auspicious Body of Passive Two, although the description was simple, Zhou Huai was very clear that things like luck could play a heaven-defying role at critical moments!

As for that final active skill...

Words Become Law!

Zhou Huai's heart twitched.

This was no longer within the scope of a skill; this was fundamentally the authority belonging to a deity!

Transforming words into the power of rules and changing objective things!

What a heaven-defying ability this was!

Although there was a huge backlash, it could be offset with Merit values!

This was a trump card tailored for this profession!

【System Prompt: Please name your new Avatar.】

The prompt tone woke Zhou Huai from his wild joy.

He forcibly suppressed his churning emotions and began to think seriously.

For an upright Saint profession, what kind of name should be given to match its identity?

Zhou Huai thought for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, thinking of a person's name.

Laozi, Li Er!

In his memories of the previous life, this was hailed as the head of the Three Eastern Saints, the founder of Daoism, a supreme existence close to the Dao itself!

Using his name to bear the profession of this Great Sage Avatar was thoroughly well-deserved!

Thinking of this, Zhou Huai couldn't help being stunned.

His thoughts were dragged to that mystery that had troubled him for a long time.

Xiang Yu, Da Yi, Gandalf, Gabriel, Ou Yezi...

Now, there was one more Li Er.

He suddenly discovered that the naming inspiration for all his Avatars came from those distant memories of his previous life.

Was this really just a coincidence?

Is there a possibility...

In the world of the previous life, did a Saint Professional named Li Er truly exist?

Thinking carefully now, Overlord Xiang Yu, the master archer Da Yi, Forbidden Spell Mage Gandalf, the six-winged holy angel Gabriel, Divine Artisan Ou Yezi... these people were very likely not fabricated by himself.

They most likely were brilliant and talented powerful Classer who had truly existed in the world of his previous life!

It was precisely because they were too powerful, so powerful that they left deep marks in the long river of history of that world, that they were branded in his subconscious!

Therefore, whenever he needed to name a Avatar, these names could always uncontrollably pop out from his mind at the very first moment!

The more he thought about it, the more Zhou Huai felt that this possibility was extremely high!

"If that's really the case..." Zhou Huai muttered to himself, his gaze turning complex, "then my nightmare, as well as my so-called Transmigration memories, perhaps... are not entirely groundless either."

He shook his head, suppressing these chaotic thoughts.

Let's call him Li Er!

【System Prompt: Naming successful! Avatar Li Er created.】

【System Prompt: Please sculpt the appearance for Avatar Li Er.】

Next was the face-shaping segment.

This time, Zhou Huai did not refer to any images in his memory.

Based on his own understanding of a Saint, he began to meticulously sculpt.

He shaped Li Er into the appearance of an elderly man with crane-like hair and a child-like complexion.

His face was lean and thin, with long eyebrows extending into his temples. A pair of peaceful eyes contained the ultimate principles of the Universe's stars, able to pierce through all falsehoods in the world.

Although his figure was not stalwart, it exuded a transcendent demeanor in harmony with heaven and earth.

Throughout the whole process, Zhou Huai was incomparably focused and invested.

It took a full two hours before he finally completed this "artwork" that could be called perfect.

As Zhou Huai silently chanted "Complete" in his heart, a flash of white light appeared in the center of the room!

That elderly man dressed in a simple gray Taoist robe and possessing a refined, otherworldly temperament appeared out of thin air in the room.

He stood there quietly, his eyes slightly closed, resembling a sculpture unchanging through eternity.

However, at the very moment Li Er appeared—

An abnormality suddenly arose!

"Rumble—!"

Outside the window, the sky that had just broken dawn and still carried a trace of fish-belly white suddenly changed drastically!

The originally peaceful clouds were instantly stirred by an invisible force, crazily converging towards the airspace above Donghai City!

Following that, strands of dazzling rosy light tore through the sea of clouds and burst out!