Ashen God
Chapter 82 [Gun Master LV.5]

Chapter 82: Chapter 82 [Gun Master LV.5]

"And moreover, in addition to being able to perceive the additional attributes of colors, I actually also want an additional attribute that can enhance the success rate of predicting the enemy’s attack behavior."

Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, besides perceiving the surroundings and enemies, its most important function naturally is to foresee the enemy’s next attack action. Regarding this ability, Zhang Yanhang had used it numerous times before when he was killing Lickers. He generally used this ability to dodge the entanglements from the Lickers’ tongues.

Well, actually, Zhang Yanhang also knew that it was unrealistic to ask for so many additional attributes all at once; he was just thinking out loud. But people must have dreams, after all; without them, what difference would there be from a salted fish?

Although, in the past, he felt that being laid-back and waiting for death was quite nice, now that it was the Spiritual Qi Recovery Era, it was impossible for him to maintain the same lifestyle as before. Since he could no longer maintain the life of a salted fish, the only option was to work hard and strive for something new for his future leisurely retirement.

After checking the skill effect of Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, Zhang Yanhang then immediately opened the skill effect of Technique Immunity. He had just upgraded Technique Immunity from LV.6 to LV.8, which cost 1600 soul points to upgrade to LV.7 and 3200 soul points to upgrade to LV.8, a total of 4800 soul points consumed.

[Technique Immunity LV.8 (Passive Skill)]

[Skill Effect: Generate an Energy Shield based on 80% (+20%) of the ’Heavenly Destiny Master’s’ Life Value Limit. The Energy Shield’s defensive power is equal to that of the ’Heavenly Destiny Master’ (including positive status bonus to defensive power, negative status does not reduce Energy Shield defensive power).

The Energy Shield will automatically block all forms of attacks from the outside world, recovering 20% of the total Shield Value per second when not attacked and damaged by an enemy.

Besides automatic isolation, the ’Heavenly Destiny Master’ can freely select the targets to be isolated and can switch the display state of the Energy Shield. In the external display state, the Energy Shield inherits 135% (+10%) of the ’Heavenly Destiny Master’s’ defensive power, while in the normal state, the Energy Shield only has 97.5% (+5%) of the ’Heavenly Destiny Master’s’ defensive power.

The Energy Shield has no cooldown, no cost, cannot be dispelled, and cannot be weakened. Energy Shield duration: ∞.]

[Additional Attributes: Shield Value Limit +20%.]

"After upgrading to LV.8, my Shield Value has increased by another 20%, which means my Shield Value Limit can be as high as my Life Value Limit—a truly comforting thought, as it feels like the safety factor has risen to a new level. And, aside from the Shield Value, the defensive power in the external state has also been increased by 10%, rising from the original 125% to the current 135%."

However, despite the defensive power having been increased by another 10%, Zhang Yanhang still lacked confidence in being able to withstand attacks from Beta-type Hunters; the key point being that even if he could withstand normal attacks, it was futile. The Beta-type Hunter’s skills could directly cause Armor Penetration Damage that ignored Physical Defense, which was really annoying.

Therefore, in future confrontations with Beta-type Hunters, Zhang Yanhang suspected he might need to be prepared to take potions at any moment. If faced with a large group of Beta-type Hunters attacking him, he might even be at risk of being instantly killed.

Of course, this premises for being killed instantly would be if he were cornered by a dozen Beta-type Hunters with no escape and then they took turns with their skill attacks. Only under such circumstances could Zhang Yanhang be instantly killed.

But the likelihood of such a situation happening was actually quite low; after all, his Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill wasn’t just for show. If he really did encounter that many Beta-type Hunters at once, he would definitely discover them in advance. By that time, Zhang Yanhang could simply use grenades or rocket launchers to blast them to death from a distance.

After all, if he really couldn’t overcome them, he could still run away. Beta-type Hunters have an Agility of only 12 points, whereas he now had as much as 25 points in Agility. If he decided to run, Beta-type Hunters would definitely be unable to catch up with him. He had already reached a Movement Speed of 17 meters per second when his Agility was 21 points, and now with an additional four Attribute points, his Movement Speed would definitely further increase.

"And besides the increased defensive power in the external state, the Energy Shield in the normal state has also received a 5% increase in defensive power, rising from 92.5% to 97.5%. If I continue upgrading it like this, it’s likely that at LV.9, my normal state Energy Shield could inherit all of my defensive power."

Zhang Yanhang could not always keep the Energy Shield in its external state, so the defensive power of the Energy Shield in the normal state was equally important to him.

"Now, when will the next additional attribute appear? LV.10? Or LV.12?" Zhang Yanhang thought that if it required twice as many levels as before, that is LV.12, to obtain the next additional attribute, then he might really struggle with such a massive consumption of soul points.

Because after that, LV.9 would require 6400 soul points, LV.10 would need 12800 soul points, LV.11 would need 25600 soul points, and LV.12 would require 51200 soul points. Even if he killed all the Zombies in Raccoon City, he might not be able to gather enough soul points needed to upgrade Technique Immunity skill to LV.12.

Therefore, by that time, Zhang Yanhang might need to head to the neighboring Goblin Plain to continue hunting monsters and harvesting Soul Points in order to gather enough to upgrade the Technique Immunity skill to LV.12.

"But it might not necessarily be LV.12. It could possibly be LV.10. If it’s just LV.10, then I can still bear the upgrading cost. I just need to accumulate another 19200 soul points to upgrade Technique Immunity to LV.10."

Zhang Yanhang thought the next level for the additional attribute to appear could be LV.10 because the limit of his First Tier Profession Level was LV.10. He felt there might be some correlation between Profession Level and Skill Level in this aspect.

After seeing the changes that occurred after upgrading the Technique Immunity skill, Zhang Yanhang then proceeded to open the skill effect of Gun Master.

[Gun Master LV.5 (Passive)]

[Skill Effect: Increases Remote Attack Power by 50% (+40%), enhancing proficiency in firearms and related long-range combat abilities.]

"Wow, after raising it four levels, it directly increased the attack power by 40%, meaning each level up provided a 10% Attack Power Bonus. This Gun Master is too fierce, isn’t it?"

Zhang Yanhang had previously looked down on Gun Master before the upgrade, feeling that it couldn’t compare with Technique Immunity and Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil. However, now it seems that, although the skill effect is simple and unadorned, the Attack Power Bonus it provides is remarkably strong—definitely a top-tier skill, just like Technique Immunity and Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil.