According to Zhang Yanhang’s estimate, there were at least four thousand Crimson Iron Ants left in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, and a considerable part of the remaining ants were high-level Crimson Iron Ants.
Therefore, as long as he annihilated all these ants, gathering the 24,008 soul points needed would be an easy task, and he would have extra soul points to upgrade his Limitless Universe Skill afterward.
Zhang Yanhang had previously set a two-tier skill upgrade plan: The first tier was to upgrade Death Wave, Indestructible Golden Body, and Supreme Will Skills to LV.MAX; the second tier was to begin accumulating soul points to enhance his original First Tier professional skills.
Although 50,000 soul points seem like a lot, it would not be too difficult for Zhang Yanhang if he continued hunting monsters. Just this time, in a matter of a dozen or so hours, he had acquired 35,000 soul points, leaving only 15,000 to fulfill the 50,000 upgrade requirement.
Thus, although a single hunt might not yield so many soul points, he was certain he could accumulate enough with several more hunts. Zhang Yanhang was quite looking forward to the skill effects after the Technique Immunity promotion. Considering the hefty number of soul points he expended, the benefits from the promotion must be equally delightful.
So, in order to start accumulating soul points for the Technique Immunity Skill enhancement as soon as possible, Zhang Yanhang should now redouble his efforts to upgrade the Indestructible Golden Body Skill and the Supreme Will Skill from the first phase of his plan.
[Soul points: 879 (-9660)]
"There are still 879 soul points left, just enough to upgrade the Indestructible Golden Body Skill a bit, taking it from LV.5 to LV.6. I hope the additional attributes gained after upgrading the Indestructible Golden Body Skill to LV.6 can be as useful as possible, preferably increasing my strength substantially." Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel[f]ire.net
Although the additional attribute gained when upgrading the Death Wave Skill to LV.10 was indeed very useful, the one he got at the LV.6 stage was still a bitter memory clinging to Zhang Yanhang’s mind.
"Choose! Skill Level Upgrade!" If Zhang Yanhang were to list a few ideal additional attributes, the top one would be one that could increase the Life Value Limit, followed by attributes that could boost defensive power, and only then, those that could increase Attack Power.
The current ranking also denoted the priority of the three enhancements provided by the Indestructible Golden Body. As for why Attack Power was last?
That was because compared to its defensive power, the Attack Power increase granted by Indestructible Golden Body LV.5 was quite low, merely 25%. If the Attack Power enhancement could be as substantial as the defensive power bonus, he would certainly raise the priority of Attack Power.
After all, a 125% defense bonus and a 25% Attack Power Bonus are widely disparate—the defense bonus being five times that of the Attack Power. Who could withstand such a gap?
Zhang Yanhang sat quietly on the bed, looking forward to the text option boxes from multiple choices, but unfortunately, no such thing appeared this time, indicating that Indestructible Golden Body, like Death Wave, belonged to those skills that granted fixed rewards as additional attributes.
Although he couldn’t trigger the option, Zhang Yanhang wasn’t too disheartened; he silently opened the details for Indestructible Golden Body LV.6.
[Indestructible Golden Body LV.6 (Passive/Active)]
[Passive effect: Life Value +30% (+5%)]
[Active Effect: Once the skill is activated, body parts covered by the Golden Body Effect gain +150% defensive power (+25%), and Attack Power +30% (+5%). Current coverage: Limbs. No cooldown period; consumes a small amount of Physical Strength.]
[Additional Attribute: Skillful—You have now become adept at controlling the Indestructible Golden Body Skill, acquiring the ability to transfer the Golden Body Effect to specified locations freely. When the transfer target is an external object, it will significantly increase the rate of Physical Strength consumption.]
"What’s this about? What does transferring to an external object mean? Am I able to apply the Golden Body Effect to someone else? That doesn’t seem quite right..."
Suddenly, Zhang Yanhang came up with a very reasonable explanation—the external object mentioned in the LV.6 additional attribute could likely refer to his weapon, especially cannon bullets.
Under normal circumstances, his weapons would only enjoy the enhancements from the Golden Body Effect when held in his hand; they would disappear once separated. But it seemed now that he could possibly increase the Attack Power of the cannon bullets by endowing them with the Golden Body Effect.
While at a glance, granting the Golden Body Effect might appear only to boost Attack Power by 30%, the ultimate damage dealt was bound to be far more significant. Besides the 30% Attack Power increase, the cannon bullets would also enjoy a 150% boost in defensive power.
If it were a melee weapon, a defensive power bonus might not be too useful. But since this was a ranged weapon, and bullets are quite special in ranged attacks, increasing the bullets’ defensive power would effectively be like enhancing their Armor Penetration ability.
Consequently, if the Armor Penetration ability increased, it also implied an implicit boost to the Attack Power. After all, there is a significant difference between a bullet that shatters upon hitting an enemy’s body surface and one that penetrates part of the body tissue before breaking.
Zhang Yanhang even considered a more terrifying technique: if he really could manipulate the Golden Body Effect at will, he could wait to cancel the Golden Body Effect only after the cannon bullets penetrated the enemy’s body.
The bullets, thus deprived of the defensive power bonus, would more swiftly shatter inside the enemy, breaking into tiny metal fragments for maximum lethality—plain penetrative damage could not compare with bullets fragmenting inside the body.
"But could such a good thing really be true?" Although skeptical about the Indestructible Golden Body reaching such an effect, Zhang Yanhang still maintained doubt. However, since Indestructible Golden Body was also a Heavenly Destiny Master’s professional skill, it was quite reasonable to anticipate the best.
"If it can truly achieve what I’m imagining, then this additional attribute of Indestructible Golden Body LV.6 would be incredibly powerful, elevating the entire skill’s strength to a brand-new height on the spot."
Zhang Yanhang had ample confidence in the Heavenly Destiny Master. After all, if one could gain a skill like Technique Immunity at the First Tier, it would be utterly reasonable to obtain another type of skill that was equally impressive at the Second Tier.