"Hey! Did you hear?"
"Hear what?"
"Our school's top student, Qin Chen, only awakened an ordinary Mage class during the awakening ceremony."
"Really? With his incredible talent, how could he not awaken a hidden class? What a waste."
"No kidding. Looks like he's destined to be mediocre. He was such a star pupil, yet he ends up like this just because he didn't get a good class. How pathetic!"
"Sigh, seriously."
……
"Come quick, there's a show!"
"What's going on?"
"Looks like someone's giving Qin Chen a hard time."
……
Meanwhile, in Class 1, Senior Year of Jidi Academy.
A crowd of students had gathered around the classroom entrance.
Everyone stood on tiptoes, craning their necks to get a better look inside.
Right at the center of attention was Qin Chen, sitting quietly at his desk with a dazed and bewildered expression.
He looked around his surroundings, secretly pondering his next move.
Since he had only awakened an ordinary Mage class, the path of an extraordinary being seemed closed to him.
"Qin Chen, don't think you can just play dumb and brush this off."
"I'm warning you again: stay away from Su Li, or I'll beat you every single time I see you."
......
The noisy chatter finally pulled Qin Chen back to reality.
He raised his eyes to look ahead, where a young master-type was glaring at him with extreme displeasure, flanked by a few lackeys.
After a brief moment of thought, Qin Chen immediately pieced together what was happening.
He was being picked on?
Yet somehow, this plot felt terribly cliché.
......
Isn't this a bit too cliché?
Qin Chen couldn't help muttering inwardly.
Seeing that Qin Chen remained silent for so long, Zhou Tianqi assumed he was terrified and felt a wave of sheer satisfaction.
He never thought he would actually get a chance to exact revenge.
Back then, Qin Chen was the top student in their grade—gifted with extraordinary talent, favored by everyone, and adored by the school leadership and teachers.
Even the school belle, Su Li, was his childhood friend.
This had filled Zhou Tianqi with burning jealousy and envy, especially after some past friction between them had left him full of resentment.
He had assumed he would never be able to settle the score.
Yet he never expected such a delightful surprise to come out of nowhere.
During the grade-wide awakening ceremony, everyone had pinned high hopes on Qin Chen, only for him to completely flop.
Everyone expected him to awaken an ultra-rare hidden class, but in the end, he only managed to get a dime-a-dozen, utterly ordinary Mage class.
Thinking of this, Zhou Tianqi felt a surge of overwhelming pride.
As for himself, he had unexpectedly awakened a hidden class—Psychic.
Although it was a relatively common hidden class, it was still countless times stronger than dime-a-dozen classes like Mage or Warrior.
A Psychic, as the name implied, focused on psychic power for cultivation, combining offense and defense. Both his combat methods and other abilities were top-tier, holding immense potential.
Zhou Tianqi took a deep breath.
His future was bright!
And so, today he was going to take back everything he had lost.
His reputation, his status and power, and the beauty.
Starting today, he, Zhou Tianqi, had finally stood up.
That was why he couldn't wait to come and give Qin Chen a hard time.
He planned to collect some interest first by driving Qin Chen away from Su Li, the school belle he had been pining for.
Qin Chen was destined for mediocrity and no longer worthy of Su Li; only he, Zhou Tianqi, was a match for her.
......
Hearing Zhou Tianqi's words, Qin Chen wore a peculiar expression.
This trope... he was too tired to even complain; it was the epitome of clichés.
He couldn't even summon the energy to reply.
Did every single transmigration and rebirth have to follow this exact face-slapping routine?
"Oh."
Ignoring Zhou Tianqi, Qin Chen simply gave a casual, indifferent reply.
He had zero interest in these face-slapping plots; right now, he was far more eager to figure out his current situation.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
Seeing Qin Chen's perfunctory attitude, Zhou Tianqi felt as though his sensitive nerves had been triggered, and he grew somewhat agitated.
He had come today to reclaim everything that was his.
Yet his rival acted completely dismissive, making him feel as though he had thrown a full-force punch into a pile of cotton—utterly frustrating.
Just as Qin Chen wanted to wave him off and tell him to stop bothering him, a digital, mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
Talent System activated.
[Talent: Attribute Traits. Every time you level up, you can randomly draw a Golden Legendary Trait and bestow it upon yourself.]
"Huh?" Qin Chen looked at the system prompt in a daze.
He quickly opened his status panel.
——————
Name: Qin Chen
Level: 1
Class: Mage
Attributes: Strength 5, Intelligence 6, Mental Power 11, Stamina 5, Speed 4
Skills: Fireball
Talent (Activated): Golden Trait. Every time you level up, you can randomly acquire a Golden Trait and bestow it upon yourself!
Current Level: 1. You can randomly draw one Golden Trait.
Would you like to draw?
Qin Chen subconsciously confirmed.
In the next instant, countless golden traits spun wildly in his mind, rapidly forming a golden chain that looped around.
Ding!
Draw successful!
Trait acquired! [Invincible Physical Body]
[Invincible Physical Body]: Grants a massive bonus to Stamina. Stamina is multiplied by 10 based on current base attributes, and received damage is reduced by 80%.
(Note: No other strengths, just pure meat!)
With a thought from Qin Chen, the golden light instantly merged into his body.
[Trait "Invincible Physical Body" successfully bestowed]
As the system message arrived, his status panel underwent new changes.
——————
Name: Qin Chen
Level: 1
Class: Mage
Attributes: Strength 5, Intelligence 6, Mental Power 11, Stamina 50, Speed 4
Skills: Fireball
Looking at his status panel, even as someone who had lived two lives, Qin Chen couldn't help his heart racing with excitement.
With an invincible physical body right at the start, how was anyone supposed to play against this?
An attribute value as high as 50 had already reached the level of a level 10 player.
Plus, it reduced damage taken by 80%.
Simply savage.
Still, why did the style feel a little weird?
Why would a Mage need such high Stamina?
......
Seeing Qin Chen remain dazed and silent, Zhou Tianqi felt completely ignored, and anger surged into his heart.
Acting on impulse, he lashed out with a fierce punch toward Qin Chen in his seat.
He held back slightly, though; he only wanted to teach the guy a lesson.
Since his class was Psychic, his attributes had been enhanced, and even at level 1, he had 8 points of Strength—much stronger than ordinary classes.
He was afraid that hitting too hard might actually break Qin Chen the Mage, which would be difficult to explain to the school teachers later.
"Whoosh!"
Zhou Tianqi's fist moved at lightning speed, cutting through the air with a whistling sound straight toward Qin Chen's face.
The surrounding onlookers gasped in shock.
They hadn't expected Zhou Tianqi to actually resort to violence so suddenly.
Yet right at that moment, Qin Chen abruptly stood up from his seat.
Caught completely off guard, Zhou Tianqi landed his punch squarely on Qin Chen's body.
"Bang!"
A dull impact echoed through the room.
Zhou Tianqi felt as though he had punched a solid steel plate, his fist tingling with numbness.
The immense rebound force threw him backward into the air, tumbling across the floor several times before finally coming to a stop looking thoroughly pathetic.
It took him a long time to crawl back up from the ground, staring blankly at Qin Chen with a bewildered expression.
"Ah???"
He had no idea what had just happened.
The onlookers were also left dumbfounded by this bizarre turn of events.
"What just happened?"
Why was it Zhou Tianqi lying on the ground?
The entire classroom fell instantly silent as everyone exchanged blank stares.
Qin Chen looked down at the fallen Zhou Tianqi and was momentarily speechless.
"Is that it?"
Just then, an elegant and graceful figure hurried into the classroom—none other than Qin Chen's childhood friend, Su Li.
......