Ashen God
Chapter 517 - 516 [Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil·Original LV.6]

Chapter 517: Chapter 516 [Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil·Original LV.6]

"Upgrading the Limitless Universe Skill from LV.8 to LV.9 would require 25,860 soul points, which means I definitely won’t be able to upgrade the skill level of the Limitless Universe Skill this time.

After all, just raising Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to the Original LV.6 consumes a hundred thousand soul points, and then upgrading either Gun Master or Fighting Master to Grandmaster LV.6 would require another hundred and fifty thousand soul points. With my current balance of two hundred and seventy thousand soul points, there simply won’t be 25,860 soul points left over."

Zhang Yanhang sighed quietly.

"But compared to the less than five thousand soul point increase for Limitless Universe Skill, the amount of soul points required to upgrade Technique Immunity is truly terrifying—it has doubled again, jumping from 102,400 to 204,800 soul points.

If we look at it this way, the pattern of soul point growth for Technique Immunity might be the same as in the First Tier period, where it doubles with each level up. If that continues, by the time we reach LV.MAX, it might need over a million soul points."

Because the soul points needed to upgrade Technique Immunity were rising too aggressively, Zhang Yanhang estimated that, at the Second Tier, he could at most bring all his skills up to Original LV.6. As for levels above that, LV.7 to LV.MAX, they would definitely be a task for the Third Tier.

After all, given his current income of soul points, he could barely support reaching Original LV.6, and anything beyond was clearly out of reach, and it definitely belonged to the Third Tier category.

It was just like how he thought ten thousand soul points was a fortune during his First Tier period, and now a hundred thousand soul points didn’t seem like much at all.

By the time he reached the Third Tier, Zhang Yanhang estimated that his improved efficiency in hunting would make accumulating a million soul points as difficult as it was now to gather a hundred thousand. There was absolutely no need to rush to upgrade all the professional skills to LV.7 or higher now.

"So, I choose Option Three and raise the skill level of Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to Original·LV.6." Zhang Yanhang planned to upgrade other skills after improving Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, as he hadn’t yet decided whether to prioritize upgrading Gun Master or Fighting Master.

After making his choice, Time Pause vanished in an instant, and Zhang Yanhang immediately began reviewing the attribute list of Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil·Original LV.6.

If he had held out hope for triggering additional attributes before, he felt no such anticipation now, as the additional attributes of Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil were of a fixed nature.

[Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil·Original LV.6 (Passive/Active)]

[Passive effect: Neural Reflex Speed +30.0% (+5.0%)]

[Active effect: Perceive the locations of enemies within the perception range and predict their next attack to some extent. Current perception range is 3000 (+500) + 50×50 [Intelligence] = 5500 meters (+500 meters). No cooldown, consumes a small amount of physical strength.]

[Additional Attributes: Skillful—You can now skillfully manage Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, freely adjusting the coverage of your perception and fully grasping the silhouettes of enemies within that range.]

[Additional Attributes: Mastery—Your control over Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil has become highly proficient, enhancing the penetration power of your perception, allowing you to acquire colors within your perception range by concentrating your energy.]

[Additional Attributes: Specialization—After considerable effort, your control over Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil is nothing short of specialized, further enhancing both its penetration power and anti-interference ability. Your perception of the surroundings becomes even more precise.]

"The passive effect’s boost to neural reflex speed had increased once more, directly by 5%, bringing the enhancement from the original 25% to 30%."

Zhang Yanhang remembered that before the promotion to the Original stage, each level up of Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil would provide only a 2.5% increase to neural reflex speed. After the promotion, it seemed like the growth rate had doubled.

"Moreover, aside from the neural reflex speed enhancement, my perception range also increased by another 500 meters, extending my range from the original 5000 meters to 5500 meters. The only disappointment was that the Intelligence Conversion Coefficient didn’t increase further."

Regarding the Intelligence Conversion Coefficient, Zhang Yanhang surmised that it would likely only increase during promotions, and unless something unexpected happened, it probably wouldn’t rise again; doubling the perception range was a rarity indeed.

"This increase in perception range might only account for a tenth of the growth, but in terms of coverage area, it amounted to almost a fifth increase, expanding the coverage from the original twenty square kilometers to twenty-four, adding four square kilometers."

Zhang Yanhang felt that encountering a doubling or more of the coverage area would likely have to wait until he reached the Third Tier. By then, his Intelligence Attribute should see a rapid surge, and accordingly, due to the conversion coefficient, his perception coverage would significantly expand.

Of course, compared to the neural reflex speed bonuses and perception range, Zhang Yanhang felt that the most important aspect for him were the additional attributes provided by Original LV.6.

"So this time, the additional attributes include not only increased penetration power but also enhanced anti-interference ability? That’s fantastic; I was just in need of this anti-interference ability."

Zhang Yanhang had long wanted to improve his anti-interference ability. Previously, although his perception could thoroughly scan Awakeners of Zhao Yalan and Zhou Muxi’s level, it struggled against someone like the Fourth Tier Awakened group leader, coming off blurry, like looking at a mirage.

To put it more plainly, when he scanned the group leader before, the massive amount of spiritual energy within and around the group leader obscured his vision, like everything was covered with a thin layer of mosaic, revealing only rough outlines. Now, however, his perception would automatically configure a decoder, rendering everything crystal clear and unobstructed.

Of course, beyond that, Zhang Yanhang was decidedly more concerned with combat-related matters. Previously, with a low resistance to interference, facing high-level monsters (Fourth Tier Monsters) in combat and relying on Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil would have likely been impossible.

But now, things were much better. Even against Fourth Tier enemies, he should be able to anticipate their actions in advance, making preparations early on. With such foresight, knowing both himself and the enemy, his combat effectiveness would surely increase tremendously.