Ashen God
Chapter 318 - 317 [Technique Immunity·Original LV5]

Chapter 318: Chapter 317 [Technique Immunity·Original LV5]

Just a single First Tier One Star Crimson Iron Worker Ant could match up to three ordinary zombies, and the Crimson Iron Flying Ants and Crimson Iron Soldier Ants, with the strength of First Tier Two Stars, could each match up to seven ordinary zombies.

Furthermore, since Zhang Yanhang had killed nearly two-fifths of the total number of Crimson Iron Ants in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, he managed to accumulate more from killing ordinary monsters than even from the Lord Monster, the Crimson Iron Ant Queen.

"Including the 50,550 Soul points I just earned, I now have a total of 74,037 Soul points, finally enough to upgrade my Technique Immunity Skill..."

But although he had gathered the required 50,000 Soul points to upgrade Technique Immunity Skill, and he had always spoken of wanting to upgrade it, Zhang Yanhang suddenly became hesitant about upgrading his Skill when he actually had enough Soul points.

"If I don’t upgrade Technique Immunity Skill, not only can these 70,000 Soul points bring Indestructible Golden Body and Supreme Will Skill up to LV.MAX, but I would also have leftover Soul points to enhance the Level of Limitless Universe Skill and the Profession Level of Heavenly Destiny Master.

"If I choose to spend these 51,200 Soul points on upgrading Technique Immunity Skill, then the remaining Soul points would only be enough to upgrade Indestructible Golden Body to the LV.MAX status and nothing else."

The main reason for his hesitation was that, based on Zhang Yanhang’s previous experience upgrading Limitless Universe Skill, a simple upgrade without improving the Skill Level might not bring significant benefits.

Unless it’s a special Skill like Alchemy, which has no levels at all, such a Skill would indeed maximize its benefits upon upgrading.

"But even though an upgrade might not bring great benefits, one should always be brave enough to try. If you don’t try, you will never know whether an upgrade will yield significant benefits or not."

After hesitating for a while, Zhang Yanhang felt that although 50,000 Soul points were indeed a lot, using them for a trial wasn’t too bad. After all, he had to upgrade sooner or later, so he might as well upgrade Technique Immunity Skill now to see the specifics, and then he could plan his subsequent Skill leveling strategy.

As long as Zhang Yanhang upgraded both Indestructible Golden Body and Supreme Will to LV.MAX status, the first phase of his upgrade plan would be smoothly completed; then, he would definitely need to draft a new upgrade plan. Only by knowing what the Skill would become after the upgrade could Zhang Yanhang create the right upgrade plan.

"Sigh, I just hope that the upgraded Technique Immunity Skill won’t disappoint me... Choose! Skill Level Enhancement!"

Zhang Yanhang finally steeled his heart and decided to first spend 50,000 Soul points to try upgrading Technique Immunity Skill. As Time Pause descended, a long list of text options appeared before him.

[Would you like to enhance your Skill Level?]

[Option One: ’Gun Master LV.MAX’ upgraded to ’Gun Grandmaster LV.5’ (Use 1 Ash Source and 51,200 Soul points.)]

...

[Option Four: ’Technique Immunity LV.MAX’ upgraded to ’Technique Immunity·Original LV.5’ (Use 1 Ash Source and 51,200 Soul points.)]

[Option Five: ’Limitless Universe Skill [Second Tier] LV.5’ upgraded to ’Limitless Universe Skill [Second Tier] LV.6’ (Use 12,900 Soul points.)]

[Option Six: "Alchemy" upgraded to "???" (cannot be enhanced)]

[Option Seven: "Death Wave LV.MAX" upgraded to "Death Wave·Original LV.5" (costs 51,200 Soul Points).]

[Option Eight: "Supreme Will LV.3" upgraded to "Supreme Will LV.4" (costs 200 Soul Points).]

[Option Nine: "Indestructible Golden Body LV.8" upgraded to "Indestructible Golden Body LV.9" (costs 6,400 Soul Points).]

"Promoting Technique Immunity Skill requires one Ash Source, it seems I only have one Ash Source left now.

But fortunately, I can still claim a new Ashen Treasure Box later. Since the previous Ashen Treasure Box contained three Ash Sources, this new one should yield about the same, at least another three Ash Sources.

So, given my current rate of accumulating Soul Points, Ash Source is definitely enough for use. I shouldn’t face any embarrassing situations soon where I can’t upgrade my skills due to a lack of Ash Source.

Therefore, I choose Option Four to upgrade the Technique Immunity Skill to Technique Immunity·Original LV.5."

Even if he was just trying his luck upgrading the Technique Immunity Skill, 50,000 Soul Points was already equivalent to half of the total Soul Points Zhang Yanhang had garnered in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, and his mood was quite tense. He was praying silently that the Technique Immunity Skill at the Original Stage wouldn’t be a letdown.

After making his choice, time started flowing again. Zhang Yanhang stood there silently for a few seconds and didn’t receive any prompts or additional options regarding Technique Immunity Skill, so he opened the skill effect of "Technique Immunity·Original LV5" with a hint of disappointment.

[Technique Immunity·Original LV5 (Passive Skill)]

[Skill Effect: Generates an Energy Shield based on 100% of the "Heavenly Destiny Master’s" Life Value Limit. The defensive power of the Energy Shield is equal to that of "Heavenly Destiny Master" (including positive status bonuses to defensive power, negative statuses will not reduce Energy Shield power).

The Energy Shield automatically isolates all forms of external attacks. When not attacked and damaged by the enemy, the Energy Shield regenerates 20% of its total Shield Value per second.

In addition to automatic isolation, "Heavenly Destiny Master" can freely choose the targets to isolate and can switch the display form of the Energy Shield. In the manifested state, the Energy Shield will inherit 150% (+5%) of the "Heavenly Destiny Master’s" defensive power, and in its normal state, it will possess only 105% (+2.5%) of the defensive power.

The Energy Shield has no cooldown, no consumption, can’t be dispelled, and is immune to weakening. Duration of Energy Shield: ∞.]

[Additional Attributes: Shield Value Limit +50%.]

After reviewing the attribute list of Technique Immunity upgraded to Original LV.5, Zhang Yanhang immediately felt some regret, "51,200 Soul Points, plus one Ash Source, just increased the defensive power by 5% in the manifested state and by 2.5% in the normal state. Isn’t the cost-performance ratio a bit too low?

Under normal circumstances, it would take me about the defeat of seven thousand Crimson Iron Worker Ants to gather 51,200 Soul Points, which means clearing out almost half of the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu.

And now, after consuming so many Soul Points, the most critical part concerning Shield Value Limit of Technique Immunity hasn’t increased at all..."