Ashen God
Chapter 93 Energy Shield

Chapter 93: Chapter 93 Energy Shield

If it came to relying on luck, then fusing four Waist Bags +4 into one Waist Bag +5, although the success rate was very low, was actually still possible. However, Zhang Yanhang didn’t really want to gamble on such things, because if the fusion failed, all four of his Waist Bags +4 would be rendered useless.

If all those Waist Bags +4 were to become useless, then all Zhang Yanhang would have left was a single Waist Bag +1 that he could freely use. At that point, it would truly be a genuine case of back to square one, which would be a real tragedy. He would have only four slots to use, and out of those, he would still need to free up two slots, or at least one slot, for a Storage Box, further reducing his efficiency.

If that really happened, Zhang Yanhang might have to resort to using the bags made from old clothes for storing items again, and the retired family heirloom shoulder bag would also have to be re-employed and continue to work overtime—it was a miserable situation indeed.

Zhang Yanhang certainly didn’t want to end up in such a pitiful state, so he decided to give up on the Waist Bag +5. After all, Waist Bag +4 was just as usable; it was simply a matter of stacking waist bags indefinitely, which was certainly better than not being able to use them at all.

"The items from the Treasure Box have all been sorted. Next up, let’s upgrade a skill. This time, I must upgrade Technique Immunity to LV.10. Choose! Skill Level Enhancement!"

Zhang Yanhang hoped that he could gain additional attributes by stopping Technique Immunity at LV.10 because he really couldn’t afford LV.12.

"Would you like to enhance a Skill Level?"

"Option One: ’Gun Master LV.5’ to ’Gun Master LV.6’ (requires 800 Soul Points)."

"Option Two: ’Fighting Master LV.5’ to ’Fighting Master LV.6’ (requires 800 Soul Points)."

"Option Three: ’Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil LV.6’ to ’Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil LV.7’ (requires 1600 Soul Points)."

"Option Four: ’Technique Immunity LV.8’ to ’Technique Immunity LV.9’ (requires 6400 Soul Points)."

"Option Five: ’Limitless Universe Skill LV.MAX’ to ??? (Cannot be enhanced)."

"Option Six: ’Alchemy [Incomplete]’ to ??? (Cannot be enhanced)."

"I choose Option Four and elevate Technique Immunity Skill to LV.9!" Without any hesitation, Zhang Yanhang directly selected the target he had wanted to upgrade for a long time.

After upgrading Technique Immunity, Zhang Yanhang didn’t immediately check the effects of the skill. Instead, he looked at his Soul Points balance.

"Soul Points: 2120 (-19200)"

"Twenty-one thousand Soul Points, the result of twelve hours of hard work, and just like that, upgrading a skill with a few clicks used up nineteen thousand two hundred Soul Points." Spending the fruits of twelve hours of labor in just two seconds inevitably made Zhang Yanhang feel a bit of heartache.

"Having spent 19200 Soul Points, I hope that upgrading Technique Immunity to LV.10 doesn’t disappoint me." Zhang Yanhang sighed silently and then opened the skill effects of Technique Immunity.

Zhang Yanhang had upgraded Technique Immunity by two levels this time, from the original LV.8 to the current LV.10. The upgrade to LV.9 cost him 6400 Soul Points, and the upgrade to LV.10 cost 12800 Soul Points, totaling 19200 Soul Points, which instantly depleted his balance.

To upgrade Technique Immunity to LV.11 and LV.12 would require 25600 and 51200 Soul Points, respectively. He really couldn’t bear such a huge consumption of Soul Points. By then, even if he cleared out Raccoon City and then moved on to clean up Goblin Plain, he still couldn’t guarantee he would accumulate enough Soul Points.

"Technique Immunity Skill LV.MAX (Passive Skill)"

"Skill Effect: Generates an Energy Shield based on 100% (+20%) of the ’Heavenly Destiny Master’s’ Life Value Limit. The defensive power of the Energy Shield is equal to the defensive power of ’Heavenly Destiny Master’ (including positive status enhancement in defense; negative status will not reduce the Energy Shield’s defensive power).

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

Besides automatic isolation, the ’Heavenly Destiny Master’ can freely select the objects to isolate, and can also switch the display form of the Energy Shield. In its visible state, the Energy Shield will inherit 145% (+10%) of ’Heavenly Destiny Master’s’ defensive power, whereas in its normal state, the Energy Shield will only have 102.5% (+5%) of ’Heavenly Destiny Master’s’ defensive power.

The Energy Shield is generated with no cooldown time, no consumption, cannot be dispelled, and cannot be weakened. Energy Shield duration: ∞."

"Additional Attributes: Shield Value Limit +50% (+30%)."

"Thankfully, LV.10 has already reached LV.MAX. Otherwise, I definitely would not be able to afford the subsequent Soul Points cost in a short time. Also, the additional attribute has increased, adding 30% to the Shield Value, and along with the upgrade increase of 20%, I’ve added a total of 50% to the Shield Value this time."

Zhang Yanhang was rather satisfied with the outcome. Although the upgrade cost was indeed high, it was truly worth it. His Shield Value had become even higher than his Life Value, jumping to 150% of his Life Value. His survival capability had once again greatly increased.

"Moreover, in addition to Life Value, the upgrade also increased 10% of the defensive power in the visible state and 5% in the normal state, successfully making my normal state defensive power 2.5% higher than my original body."

Zhang Yanhang felt that if there were monsters that could easily break an Energy Shield with a defensive power higher than his own body in the future, then his body itself definitely wouldn’t be able to withstand the attack of that monster. Of course, if such a situation did arise, Zhang Yanhang could resort to the Spiritual Power enhancement; it wouldn’t mean that breaking the Shield would force him to flee immediately.

"Since Technique Immunity, Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, Gun Master, and Fighting Master are all skills obtained at the First Tier, I wonder if Heavenly Destiny Master would provide me with new skills after my promotion to the Second Tier? It should, right?" Zhang Yanhang figured that as common sense dictated, once a Profession experienced an improvement in strength, it should unlock more powerful subsequent skills; otherwise, if all the skills were unlocked right at the start, it wouldn’t be called a Profession.

"I hope the skills unlocked later are as practical as Technique Immunity and Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil." Apart from unlocking new skills, Zhang Yanhang felt that with his Rank promotion, his Multiple Choice Talent should also experience some improvement.

In this aspect, it’s already common knowledge among Awakeners; even though some Superpowers may seem mediocre initially, as Awakeners grow in strength, their Superpowers also gradually become stronger, and certainly won’t remain as weak as in the initial phase. So now, it’s time to utter that classic motivational phrase: there are no useless Superpowers, only useless Awakeners.

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