Ashen God
Chapter 255 - 254: Promotion of the Limitless Universe Skill to the Second Tier

Chapter 255: Chapter 254: Promotion of the Limitless Universe Skill to the Second Tier

"Indeed, the Death Wave Skill is ridiculously strong," he mused. "Having just upgraded to LV.6, I can already instantly kill the majority of First Tier Monsters and Awakeners, and this instant killing ability is an area attack.

If only I could have obtained Death Wave as soon as I entered the Ashen World. If that had been the case, my efficiency in hunting monsters would have definitely skyrocketed.

But when I think about it, it’s not realistic. Even if I had been able to immediately obtain the Death Wave Skill at that time, I wouldn’t have been able to bear the enormous energy consumption. I probably would have been completely drained after one or two uses."

Apart from the high physical strength consumption, Zhang Yanhang was actually quite satisfied with the Death Wave Skill in all other aspects.

After upgrading the Death Wave Skill, Zhang Yanhang opened his soul points balance to take a look.

[Soul Points: 17664 (-800)]

"I still have 17664 soul points left. No matter how many soul points the Limitless Universe Skill requires for upgrading, that should be enough for at least two or three levels, right? Choose! Skill Level up!" Accompanying Zhang Yanhang’s choice, Time Pause descended once again.

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After upgrading the Limitless Universe Skill, Zhang Yanhang immediately checked its effects post-promotion to the Second Tier, as he was quite looking forward to it.

[Limitless Universe Skill [Second Tier] LV.4 (Passive/Active)]

[Passive Effect: Strength +1, Agility +1, Constitution +1, Intelligence +1, Charm +1.]

[Active Effect: Actively cultivate the technique, using Spiritual Energy to enhance one’s defensive power, Attack Power, and Movement Speed. No cooldown time; the energy value is consumed according to the specific enhancement effects.]

[Additional Attributes: First Tier——Strength +6, Agility +6, Constitution +6, Intelligence +10, Charm +2.]

[Additional Attributes: Second Tier——Strength +2 (+2), Agility +3 (+3), Constitution +3 (+3), Intelligence +4 (+4).]

"It’s so strange that after being promoted to the Second Tier there’s no change in the passive effects; it’s still the same as in the First Tier Period, just an increase of +1 to all attributes. I originally thought that at least after the promotion, the passive effects would grow to all attributes +2.

But fortunately, even though there’s no increase in the passive effects, the Additional Attributes have grown quite a bit as normal. The total increase for the four Main Attributes of Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Intelligence is twelve points in Attribute value, which is really nice."

Zhang Yanhang figured that if he could upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill to its LV.MAX stage, he could potentially increase the four Main Attributes all to the Second Tier Limit just based on the Attribute bonus from the Limitless Universe Skill.

After checking the effects of the Limitless Universe Skill LV.4, Zhang Yanhang promptly reopened his Attribute list for another look.

[Strength: 47 (+3)]

[Agility: 47 (+3)]

[Constitution: 50 (+3)]

[Intelligence: 46 (+3)]

[Charm: 23 (+14)]

"Wow, I hadn’t noticed before, but I just realized that the upgrade of the Limitless Universe Skill to LV.4 brought a three-point Constitution Attribute bonus, and this bonus has pushed my Constitution Attribute right up to the Second Tier Limit."

The fact that he had upgraded his Constitution Attribute to the Second Tier Limit just two days after his own promotion to the Second Tier didn’t surprise Zhang Yanhang at all; in fact, it seemed quite normal, since it was only a few points away, and definitely not difficult to reach.

"Apart from the Constitution Attribute, both Strength and Agility have been raised to 47 points, just three points away from the Second Tier Limit, and the gap between Intelligence and Constitution has also narrowed a bit, from five points down to four.

But for me right now, the gap doesn’t really matter. After all, I’m about to reach the Second Tier Limit, and no matter how much I upgrade, I can’t possibly create a bigger gap.

The only regret is that the Charm attribute hasn’t increased, but fortunately, based on previous upgrade experience, the Limitless Universe Skill should also be able to increase the Charm attribute, albeit a slight increase."

While the Main Attributes are almost reaching the Second Tier Limit, Charm, a Sub-attribute, is still at the First Tier level, not even close to the First Tier Limit, which feels a bit awkward to Zhang Yanhang. But he is reassured that he will soon raise his Charm as well.

"After all the Main Attributes are raised to fifty points, then it will be time to aim for reaching the Second Tier Limit with naked attributes. But there’s no rush for that now."

Zhang Yanhang felt that in order to accumulate enough soul points to upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill to the LV.MAX stage based on the current growth rate, he would at least have to clear the entire Crimson Iron Ant Nest.

"Now that both Constitution and Intelligence have been increased, I suppose my Life Value Limit and Energy Value Limit have probably risen as well?" With this thought, Zhang Yanhang immediately checked his Life Value and Energy Value.

[Shield Value: 2654/2654 (Life Value Limit × 150%, recovery speed: 20% per second.)]

[Life Value: 1769/1769 (Constitution × 20, the body has now been formally digitalized, Life Value Recovery Speed, 15 points per hour (+1 point).)]

[Energy Value: 840/840 (Intelligence × 15, the body has now been formally digitalized, Energy Value Recovery Speed, 42 points per hour (+3 points).)]

"After the Constitution Attribute increased to fifty points, the Life Value Limit rose by 72 points, and the Shield Value Limit increased by 108 points, which also incidentally increased the Life Value Recovery Speed by one point."

For some reason, Zhang Yanhang found himself oddly nostalgic for the Yellow Medicine Grass from Raccoon City because, without it, the growth rate of his Life Value Limit slowed down considerably.

Especially now that the Constitution Attribute has been boosted to the fifty-point Second Tier Limit, the Life Value Limit cannot increase any further just based on the Constitution Attribute alone.

Fortunately, even though he can’t solely rely on the Constitution Attribute for increasing the Life Value Limit any further, Zhang Yanhang can still upgrade the Indestructible Golden Body Skill to continue enhancing his Life Value Limit.

Moreover, the Indestructible Golden Body Skill provides a percentage bonus, which is quite user-friendly. At just LV.4, it can enhance by twenty percent of the Life Value Limit.

"Apart from the increased Life Value and Shield Value Limits, my Energy Value Limit also went up by sixty points due to the rise in Intelligence, and the Energy Value Recovery Speed has similarly improved by three points, which isn’t too bad."

Though the increase in the Energy Value Limit should be a cause for happiness, Zhang Yanhang didn’t feel too happy about it because the Life Value Limit was approaching two thousand, while the Energy Value Limit still hadn’t reached a thousand, and the gap between the two kept widening.