Global Composite Master: Compositing an Undead Army from the Start Chapter 4: Five-Stars Concealed, Infinite Fusion Master!_1

After making this comparison, it's easy to see why the Skeleton Mage is regarded as the feeblest of all two-star professions.

It's inferior to even one-star professions, and no one quite understands how it earned a two-star rating.

No outstanding Skeleton Mages have appeared yet, so the profession carries a dismal reputation.

Predicting any major shifts in the future remains impossible.

To achieve strong damage as a Skeleton Mage, the skeleton must possess great power. Yet, by concentrating entirely on boosting the skeleton's stats through points in Wisdom and Spirit, the mage ends up incredibly vulnerable.

When vulnerability strikes, death lurks much closer.

This isn't a mere game—it's the actual world, where death means permanent end. You're truly gone.

That is, unless a reviver with resurrection powers steps in to bring you back, though such an act is far from simple.

For starters, discovering your corpse in the wilderness after death is far from guaranteed.

Even if found, the discoverer has to be willing to expend effort hauling your body back to the city.

And even upon return to the city, your family requires sufficient riches to cover the steep cost of employing a resurrection specialist.

Certainly, possessing kin or allies with resurrection capabilities offers far better survival odds than for average folks.

Should 24 hours elapse post-death sans revival, the opportunity vanishes eternally. Hence, lacking influential networks, individuals must labor to improve their own endurance.

Nevertheless, as noted earlier, the Skeleton Mage faces an impossible dilemma. Allocating points to bodily resilience weakens the skeleton, while enhancing the skeleton undermines personal toughness.

Moreover, the talent hinges on the mage personally attacking beasts to stack the Focus Fire effect, which amplifies the skeleton's damage.

Skeleton Mage offensive Spells rank among the elite, far surpassing what typical individuals can acquire or master.

This renders the Skeleton Mage's talent essentially worthless.

Indeed, how can a delicate Skeleton Mage endure close clashes with monsters?

In contrast to other professions, whose talents deliver real impact.

From a Mage's boosted magical harm, a Knight's rising resilience, to a Warrior's amplified strikes.

Based on existing records, every basic Skill for a Skeleton Mage connects to Skeleton Monsters. Without robust Skeleton Monsters, the Skeleton Mage proves ineffective from the outset, scarcely surpassing a lifestyle profession in strength.

Chen Mo himself had come to loathe his two-star combat profession by now.

Thankfully, as a seven-star professional, he stood apart from standard two-star ones. With a wealth of attribute points at his disposal, his Skeleton Monsters—empowered by these superior stats—would surpass those of typical Skeleton Mages upon gaining power.

Putting aside this futile two-star profession momentarily, Chen Mo turned his focus to his concealed profession.

[Initial Hidden Profession·Lifestyle]: Infinite Fusion Master★★★★★

[Occupational Talent]: Infinite Fusion

〖Infinite Fusion〗: You can freely choose three materials of the same grade for fusion according to the fusion rules to get a new and better material. You can also combine different materials by learning the corresponding recipes.

Lifestyle professions typically lack Skills, featuring only a talent effect.

Viewing this talent in isolation, its strength in a lifestyle profession might not be immediately apparent.

Yet, comprehending the scarcity of superior-grade items reveals the profound potency of this talent.

This holds particularly true for the Skeleton Mage profession. Equipped with elite Skills, it could reverse its downturn and at minimum fulfill its two-star designation.

Thanks to the Infinite Fusion Master profession, securing top-tier Skills becomes far less challenging.

Chen Mo felt an urgent desire to experiment with it right away.

Having examined his five-star lifestyle profession, Chen Mo exited the Awakening Array with elevated spirits, taking measured steps.

Beside him, Yan Yingyue—who had freshly awakened a five-star combat profession—had only just begun recovering from her latest ordeal.

Only moments before, an Alien had tried to interfere with her Awakening vision. Had that intruder managed to dispel her vision, Yan Yingyue's five-star profession awakening would have collapsed, most likely erasing her five-star status and reducing it to a basic one-star profession.

The divide between a one-star and five-star profession looms enormous, leading to sharply divergent paths ahead.

Naturally, Yan Yingyue felt terror in the aftermath of such a close call.

Once her feelings settled, a clear expression of delight finally appeared on her face.

Yan Yingyue wasn't the only one elated by her five-star combat profession awakening; her homeroom teacher and the school Principal brimmed with joy as well.

A throng of well-wishers surrounded her, showering congratulations while clustering like planets around a star.

In the meantime, Chen Mo slipped back to his class's waiting zone unobtrusively, drawing little attention.

The initial six students who completed their awakenings lounged about in relaxed poses. As Chen Mo neared, Shen Bingbing parted her lips as though to speak, yet held her tongue.

Rather, the boy beside her addressed Chen Mo, "Mr. Mo, don't get discouraged. It's typical for strong daily trainers to stumble in awakening. Brush it off. At least it's superior to my miserable one-star profession."

At those words, a nearby girl swiftly smacked the boy's back with contempt and jeered, "With a yap like yours, better grab some 'mute medicine' and swallow it!"

After chiding him, she faced Chen Mo and added, "No need to fret; a combat profession beats a lifestyle one hands down. Early mediocrity isn't the end—your first transition offers ample opportunities to reshape your fate."

Though the girl's advice held merit, all understood how rare it was to raise a profession's star rating via transition.

Achieving one additional star in a profession transition proves straightforward, but gaining multiple stars presents a formidable challenge.

The maximum addition in one transition caps at five stars. Still, most attempt only two extras. Even that two-star trial boasts a 10% fatality rate. Higher star challenges carry even steeper death risks. To safeguard their survival, countless individuals shy away from such grueling trials.

Chen Mo recognized his classmates' intent to console him. He gave a faint smile and replied, "No worries, you all; I'm okay. I was ready for this."

With that, he settled quietly among them.

Observing Chen Mo's steady composure, the group assumed he masked his disappointment and had accepted his lot. Consequently, they wisely refrained from further comments.

Yet, Shen Bingbing grew mildly concerned by Chen Mo's response.

She edged gradually toward Chen Mo, paused momentarily, then softly inquired, "Chen Mo, do you have a set team for tomorrow's rookie examination?"