[Number of draws: 1 (Purple)]
This was his first time coming into contact with a talent of this level.
The blue-level talent is already powerful enough, but what about the purple ones?
What kind of qualitative change will it bring?
No rush! He would wait until he returned home and washed his hands clean before proceeding.
A moment like this deserved a sense of ritual.
Shinichi closed the panel, raised his head, and walked towards home, facing the biting cold wind.
Behind him, the silhouette of the Hokage building gradually blurred into the gray sky.
...
After returning home, Shinichi closed the door, shutting out the cold wind outside.
He went into the bathroom, carefully washed his hands with hot water, changed into clean clothes, and sat quietly by the window for a while to calm his mind completely.
He had performed this ritual many times to the point it had become a habit. Although he knew that this would not affect the result of the draw, he still wanted to maintain the proper sense of ritual.
After doing all this, he took a deep breath and focused his mind on the system panel that only he could see.
His gaze fell on that line of text, [Number of draws: 1 (Purple)].
Then he silently recited in his heart, draw!
The next moment, a deep and dazzling purple light suddenly bloomed in the depths of his consciousness, completely different from the previous blue and green radiance, carrying a mysterious and noble texture, as if it had touched some deeper rules.
Amidst the light, a brand new line of writing slowly coalesced and solidified.
[Lightning Speed Reflex Level 1 (Purple): Your reflexes, dynamic visual perception, and hand-eye coordination have reached the pinnacle of your field. In your eyes, an enemy's attack trajectory is as clear as slow motion; you can discern their intentions in the blink of an eye and react with the utmost precision.]
Wait a moment!
Upon seeing this, Shinichi was taken aback.
Although the talent he obtained was exactly the type of reaction-based talent he currently needed most, it essentially filled in his shortcomings completely.
But this Level 1?
Shinichi's gaze fell on the Level 1 after the name of the Lightning Speed Reflex talent, and his brows twitched slightly.
What does this mean?
Do purple-level talents have different tiers?
This is something that has never been seen before for any other color quality attribute!
Before he could even think about it properly, a new introduction popped up on my system panel.
[Your system privileges have been upgraded because you have obtained a purple-quality talent.]
[Starting today, you can freely equip and unequip all the talents you already own. Equipping and unequipping have no cooldown or cost; they can be done instantly with just your mind.]
(A/N: To prevent people from saying I am suppressing the protagonist's combat power or causing unnecessary controversy, I will explain here directly: Except when the protagonist is training and cultivating alone in private, where he will remove talents that directly add numerical values, at all other times, in any place and any battle, he will equip all talents. Removing talents is only to allow the protagonist to train his normal stat to achieve a true 1+1, or even n+1 numerical effect.)
(Note: This excludes talents related to clones; their allocation still needs to be adjusted through contact between the main body and the clone.)
Shinichi's gaze lingered on those few lines of text.
Freely equip and unequip talents?
With a slight thought, the panel in front of him immediately changed. The talents that were originally arranged in a fixed manner now had a small check mark next to each of them.
He tried to use his mind to uncheck the Bloody Battle (Green) talent.
In that instant, a subtle feeling welled up in my heart, as if something that had always been there had been temporarily removed. The body's own strength and qualities were not affected, but the feeling of being able to passively stimulate stronger potential in injury or adversity disappeared.
Shinichi tried to imagine the battle scene and found it difficult to conjure up that special state of mind that made him more courageous in battle and stimulated his fighting spirit.
He checked the box again, and that familiar feeling returned.
Shinichi raised an eyebrow, his gaze falling on the few blue talents.
Bronze Skin and Iron Bones (Blue) and Splitting Rocks and Cleaving Gold (Blue).
He had another thought and simultaneously unchecked both entries.
In an instant, a strong sense of weakness surged over him like a tidal wave!
Shinichi's body swayed slightly, and he subconsciously grabbed the edge of the table. It felt as if the two pillars that had been supporting him had been suddenly pulled away, leaving him feeling light and powerless.
But then, Shinichi quickly regained his balance, took a deep breath, and knew that it was just an illusion.
Even without the enhancements of the two talents, Bronze Skin and Iron Bones (Blue) and Splitting Rocks and Cleaving Gold (Blue), his physical attributes are still extraordinary.
The foundation he has built over many years remains, the overall boosts from talents like Genius and Master Swordsman are still there, and the powerful vitality brought by Endless Vitality is still present.
However... Having grown accustomed to the feeling of being full of strength and physically powerful in every move, the sudden loss is bound to be disheartening.
Shinichi used his thoughts again to recheck the two talents.
The feeling of strength returning was clear and real, and that feeling of weakness was instantly dispelled.
He stood still, moved his wrists, and felt the abundant power within his body again.
"This feature of freely equipping and unequipping talents would be a great help to me; it could even be said it's revolutionary!"
Shinichi's heart goes down the dark path.
With the accumulation of powerful talents such as Bronze Skin and Iron Bones (Blue) and Splitting Rocks and Cleaving Gold (Blue), his basic physical attributes have been elevated to an extremely terrifying level. However, this has also brought about a hidden bottleneck, a significant decrease in training efficiency.
It became extremely difficult for him to train and improve his body through conventional physical training, such as weight training and resistance training.
To give a simple example, his physical abilities might be just average, but with the addition of various talents, he has been elevated to the level of peak Tyson.
This means that his training should be conducted according to the standards of peak Tyson. If he then goes on to hit the sandbag or lift weights, these training methods, designed for ordinary people or excellent athletes, will have no effect.
Because of the peak Tyson level of physique, any improvement, even by a fraction, would require an enormous level of training and effort.
Just like a weightlifter: going from lifting 100 kilograms to 200 kilograms is a clear improvement, but going from 200 kilograms to 205 kilograms, that 5-kilogram increase, may require far more sweat than the previous 100-kilogram improvement.
He was currently in that 200-kilogram state.
But now, with the freely equipping and unequipping function, everything is different!
He could easily shed the numerical attributes that directly and significantly enhance his physical attributes, such as the Bronze Skin and Iron Bones (Blue), Splitting Rocks and Cleaving Gold (Blue), and Light As The Wind (Blue) during his daily cultivation and basic training.
Then retain only those talents that enhance his comprehension and learning efficiency, such as Genius and Clear Comprehension, as well as auxiliary talents like Endless Vitality and Gourmet, to ensure the recovery and optimize energy intake.