After a slight hesitation, Fang Zhou asked again, "Instructor Lu Hu, for ordinary human Combat Professionals, when a universal Apprentice Stage skill like [Brutal Strike] is raised to Instinct Proficiency, can it directly advance to its Black Iron Tier version, [Brutal Strike]?"
Lu Hu was slightly taken aback before he reacted, waving his hand. "How is that possible? Do you think everyone has monstrous Talent like you? Don't you know this basic fact? The vast majority of Professionals can't raise a skill to [Instinct] Proficiency. The Human Alliance divides the Skill Proficiency of Professionals into six levels—Beginner, Master, Skilled, Mastery, Perfection, and Instinct—precisely because most Professionals can only raise their skills to [Perfection] Proficiency.
