Because clearing the area section by section felt burdensome, Zhang Yanhang decided to give the remaining Crimson Iron Ants a bit of preparation time, allowing them to gather voluntarily before coming to besiege him.
Based on his current observations, it would take barely five minutes for the remaining Crimson Iron Ants in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu to begin gathering towards Zhang Yanhang’s location, and the assembly could be completed in just a few minutes.
In other words, Zhang Yanhang only needed to wait about ten more minutes to see all the remaining Crimson Iron Ants from the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu appear before him.
"Since I have ten minutes, I might as well check the attribute list," Zhang Yanhang said as he opened the attribute list.
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[Constitution: 50 (+3)]
[Intelligence: 47 (+3)]
"My strength attribute is just a point shy of reaching fifty points, the second tier limit. If I use the soul points from killing the remaining Crimson Iron Ants and the Crimson Iron Ant Queen to continue enhancing the attributes of the Limitless Universe Skill, gathering this bit of strength should not be difficult."
Zhang Yanhang had always felt that after clearing the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, his strength attribute would most likely increase to the second tier limit. Now it seemed this was almost guaranteed.
"Forty-nine points in strength attribute with an 85% strength effect bonus provided me with eleven tons of strength. Once I increase the strength to fifty points and further upgrade the S-grade talent Bear Power to SS-grade, I should easily be able to lift a tens of tons roller with one hand and attack the enemies."
Zhang Yanhang recalled that when he had first entered the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, even lifting a tens of tons roller with both hands was difficult. But now, he was soon able to lift it with one hand, a significant growth and transformation.
After checking the attribute list, Zhang Yanhang began to ponder whether he should start trying to modify the Crimson Iron Teeth into usable equipment now.
"But considering it’s only ten minutes, I feel it may not be enough. Moreover, after the modification, it will still need to be fused, which takes even more time."
Feeling that there most likely wouldn’t be enough time, Zhang Yanhang decided he should perhaps wait until after he had killed the remaining Crimson Iron Ants and the Crimson Iron Ant Queen before thoroughly considering the specific modification plan for the Crimson Iron Teeth.
"Since I can’t resolve the Crimson Iron Teeth issue due to a lack of time, what should I do in these ten minutes?"
While pondering the issue, Zhang Yanhang put the Crimson Iron Ring, Crimson Iron Heart Necklace, and the Crimson Iron Teeth he had laid on the ground back into his waist bag. Along with them, he also put back the ten E-grade talents of Ant Power that remained after he had upgraded his S-grade talent Bear Power.
"I remember my current balance of soul points is around ten thousand, right? Should I upgrade the Indestructible Golden Body Skill in the meantime?"
Zhang Yanhang felt that since he was already free, he might as well upgrade the skill. This would give him more confidence when facing the Crimson Iron Ant Queen. Although he was already in a very confident state, increasing it a bit more could not be a bad thing.
"Selection! Skill Level Enhancement!" Since he was determined to upgrade a skill, Zhang Yanhang proficiently made his autonomous choice. Accompanied by the advent of Time Pause, a familiar row of text option boxes appeared in front of him.
[Do you wish to enhance the skill level?]
[Option One: ’Gun Master LV.MAX’ to be upgraded to ’Grandmaster Level 5’ (consumes 1 Ash Source and 51200 soul points.)]
[Option Five: ’Limitless Universe Skill [Second Tier] LV.5’ to be upgraded to ’Limitless Universe Skill [Second Tier] LV.6’ (consumes 12900 soul points.)]
[Option Six: ’Alchemy’ upgrade to ’???’ (Cannot be enhanced)]
[Option Seven: ’Death Wave LV.MAX’ to be upgraded to ’Death Wave·Original LV. 5’ (consumes 1 Ash Source and 51200 soul points.)]
[Option Eight: ’Supreme Will LV.3’ to be upgraded to ’Supreme Will LV.4’ (consumes 200 soul points.)]
[Option Nine: ’Indestructible Golden Body LV.6’ to be upgraded to ’Indestructible Golden Body LV.7’ (consumes 1600 soul points.)]
"Twelve thousand nine hundred soul points, upgrading the Limitless Universe Skill is really expensive, just the soul points required to upgrade to LV.6 are more than double what I need to upgrade my profession level to LV.14. I choose option nine, to upgrade the Indestructible Golden Body Skill to LV.7."
Zhang Yanhang’s soul point balance was only 10389, falling short by 2511 soul points needed to upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill to LV.6, so this time he could only slightly upgrade the Indestructible Golden Body Skill.
However, while he currently couldn’t upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill, Zhang Yanhang believed that once he had completely cleared the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, relying on the soul points obtained from various Crimson Iron Ants’ treasure boxes and the treasure boxes of the Crimson Iron Ant King and Queen, he should be able to upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill by several levels.
Zhang Yanhang remembered that from the treasure box of a Tracker alone, he had previously obtained thirty thousand soul points. As a second tier four stars Lord Monster, he felt the Crimson Iron Ant Queen should not be far off in this regard and could certainly provide him with tens of thousands of soul points with just one option.
Then not to mention upgrading the Limitless Universe Skill, he might even be able to gather the fifty-one thousand two hundred soul points needed to upgrade the Technique Immunity Skill.
If he could really gather them, he would certainly upgrade the Technique Immunity Skill immediately to test the waters and see what state these skills, which were elevated to LV.MAX and had their limits unlocked through promotion, were in.
If the results were promising, Zhang Yanhang would be even more proactive in gathering the three hundred thousand soul points needed to promote other skills.
And if the results were average, Zhang Yanhang would still need to strive to gather the three hundred thousand soul points required to promote other skills, as this was all to enhance his strength. Even if the outcomes were average, it would still increase his strength, making it worthwhile to pursue the enhancements.