At first, her movements were a bit stiff, but after only three moves, her body completely adapted to the flow of power, and the Millelith's memory and game intuition merged perfectly!
She could even subconsciously predict the attack trajectory of a "hypothetical enemy", use the staff to block and unload the force in advance, and then take advantage of the opening to thrust at them!
The staff came alive in her hands, bringing with it a sharp whistling sound as it danced.
A bloody, battlefield aura that was incompatible with the soft priest robe and the cute staff appearance began to permeate.
Although they were just basic moves, the stance was steady and the force was rigid and fierce, actually possessing a hint of oppressive feeling.
Just as she performed a powerful turning strike, the tip of the staff cutting through the air, feeling that she could go a few rounds with a warrior—
"Sis! What are you doing?! Demolishing the house?! Or did a Domain monster suddenly refresh in our living room?!"
Selene's voice came from the door, full of shock and sarcasm.
Celeste's movements froze, and she quickly retrieved the staff and turned around.
Her sister stood in the entryway, holding a bag full of snacks, dumbfounded, her eyes scanning back and forth between the pink staff in her hand and the priest robe on her body, her expression as if saying "Did I open the door the wrong way?"
"Uh... just loosening up." Celeste hid the staff behind her back a little guiltily, although this thing couldn't be hidden at all.
Selene rushed over, circling her sister like she was examining a rare monster, her gaze precisely capturing the changes in her sister's temperament and her more upright and agile posture, her voice changing in pitch:
"Loosening up?! You use this staff to loosen up?! Sis, tell the truth, were you possessed by some ancient battle priest spirit?! And this temperament of yours... you weren't like this before I went out!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Celeste forced herself to stay calm, put the staff back into the system space, and coughed, "I am... in order to deal with the martial arts exam, I am researching some... um, special combat techniques."
She hadn't figured out how to explain the sudden change in her physical fitness and combat skills, so she could only be vague.
"Special combat techniques?! The effect is this immediate?! Do you think this is drinking a strength potion?"
Selene's mouth twitched, and she reached out to gently poke Celeste's visibly tighter arms:
"Sis, your style is already starting to get weird! Other people's priests at most carry a dagger or a small shield for self-defense; you're better, directly wielding a staff like a club! I just saw those few moves of yours... the foundation is solid, it doesn't look like you're cramming at the last minute at all! And this strength of yours..."
Celeste's brain worked rapidly, deciding to muddle through first: "This... it's a long story, I'll explain it to you later. Anyway... your sister might have had some fortuitous encounters recently."
"Fortuitous encounters?!"
Selene's eyes widened even more, but seeing her sister's "I don't want to talk about it now" attitude, she had to suppress her curiosity, eventually turning it into a long sigh, and patted Celeste's shoulder,
"Sis, although I don't know what happened to you, but... as long as you're happy. Just be a little restrained during the martial arts exam, don't scare the examiners."
Celeste: "..."
I'll try?
After finally coaxing her overly curious sister back to her room, Celeste sat back on the sofa elegantly, and only then did she focus her attention on the icon flashing with "Gacha time!" glare.
The interface unfolded, and two completely different styles of card pools appeared.
On the left, the background color was a relatively gentle light blue, marked with [Novice Welfare Pool (Limited)].
[Description: Limited time open, can only draw ten times twice. Guaranteed one purple quality (Excellent) reward. The pool contains some special novice items, and the draw probability is slightly increased. 1280 joy value / ten draws.]
[Remaining draw counts: 2 / 2]
On the right, the background color was a deeper, dark purple that seemed to contain endless stars and chaos, marked with [Ten Thousand Worlds Joy Permanent Pool].
[Description: Connecting the heavens and ten thousand worlds, all-encompassing, everything is there. Reward quality ranges from white (Common) to gold (Legendary), content is completely random, anything is possible. Maybe it's a wisp of an Aeon's breath, maybe it's a powerful character card, or maybe... just a steaming Teyvat fried egg? Joy, after all, the most important thing is surprises! 160 joy value / draw, 1600 joy value / ten draws.]
[Pity mechanism:??? (Exploring the unknown is also part of the joy ~)]
"..."
Celeste looked at the "Teyvat fried egg" example in the permanent pool, and a helpless yet amused smile appeared on her lips.
This flavor is just right, pure Aha style!
You never know if the next draw will bring a shortcut to the path of the strong, or a joke that gives you high blood pressure.
She only has 100 joy value now, not even enough for one draw.
The novice pool requires 1280 for a ten-draw, which is even further out of reach.
"It seems that creating fun to save up joy value is the primary task for the next step." She tapped the sofa armrest lightly, her eyes flashing with eager light.
She couldn't wait to see, if she drew a character card, in what form would it appear?
Summoning the character?
"Forget it, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it... probably."
She shook her head, casting the stray thoughts to the back of her mind.
joy value is still far off, the most practical thing right now is to adapt to this strengthened body and the new buff, and make full preparations for the upcoming martial arts exam.
With a thought, the heavy black tassel spear (pink staff appearance version) was in her hand.
Feeling the surging power in her body, she began to try to integrate the steady and fierce Thousand Rock Army Spear Technique with her original agile support skills in the limited space of the room for a "hardcore" fusion.
The light of [Veritas: Shield] just lit up on her body, her footsteps changed flexibly, and the staff in her hand was like a viper coming out of its hole, thrusting forward fiercely!
While casting [Quick Healing] to stabilize her own health, she swung the staff to pose for blocking a hypothetical enemy's attack!
During the process of charging with the staff, she cast [Recovery] spell on herself, continuously restoring health!
This kind of playstyle of "I'll heal myself while poking you to death" was full of tearing sensations at first, but soon, a pleasure of breaking the shackles of the profession and controlling both the rhythm of offense and defense arose spontaneously.
While fighting, a flash of inspiration appeared in her mind.
This combat mode is unusually familiar—able to fight, able to tank, and can take time to heal herself, isn't this the profession that made her love and hate it when she played a certain large-scale online game in her previous life...
"Wait, my style, why is it getting more and more like... Enhancement Shaman?"
She stopped her movements, her expression a bit subtle.
That profession that swung Stormstrike while stealing time to cast Healing Wave in the melee pile, loved and hated by teammates, is a unique template in this world.
"No, considering that I use a staff and don't have the ability to manipulate elements, it feels more like a Monk..."
"Good guy," she weighed the staff in her hand, "A staff is a staff, a Zen staff is also a staff, am I going to create a new profession in this world?"
This discovery turned her from initial amusement to an excitement of "making a big news".
"Perhaps... being a priest who can fight and heal, and can give opponents and audiences a little 'joy shock' at any time, is the true version answer?"
She looked at her eyes in the mirror, which were exceptionally bright because of being full of power and expectation, and a smile of eagerness curled up on the corner of her mouth.
[Ding-dong!]
Just then, her phone sounded a notification.
It was an official notice from the Education Bureau.
[Regarding the registration notice for this year's College Entrance Examination Martial Arts Tournament and Domain Point Competition:...]
The tournament is in three days, held by city.
The Domain Point Competition is in ten days, held by county.
All candidates in Yi City who are level 15 or above can sign up.
The tournament is a personal single-elimination, and the Domain competition allows teams of up to four people.
Celeste signed up without hesitation at the first opportunity.
Selene looked at her sister's appearance of rubbing her hands and shining eyes after successfully signing up, and then thinking of that elusive staff, she couldn't help but cover her forehead and complain:
"Sis, are you sure you're just going to participate in the martial arts exam, and not going to demonstrate the 'feasibility of staff melee in support professions'?"
"Also, what's going on with the length of that precious staff of yours? Doesn't the priest's equipment space capacity require careful calculation even for stuffing a few extra bottles of healing potion?"
Celeste expertly twirled the staff, feeling the completely different power surging in her body, and gave her sister an inscrutable smile:
"Secret. Just wait and see, the'surprises' on the ring might be even more than you imagine."
She added silently in her heart: "After all, who would have thought that a priest holding a pink staff is actually a monk who is good at melee?"