"Alchemy had become non-upgradable after completion, probably because my Talent Level strength is still too low. Perhaps I can unlock higher levels of Alchemy after advancing to the Third Tier."
Because he knew earlier that the raise in Skill Level was actually due to an increase in Talent Strength, Zhang Yanhang figured that before his Rank Promotion, there might not be any other channels through which he could continue upgrading his Alchemy Level.
When he had just promoted to the Second Tier, Zhang Yanhang had already set up an upgrade plan for the Second Tier part. He planned to first enhance the Death Wave, Supreme Will, and Indestructible Golden Body Skills that he had just gained after reaching the Second Tier, then during this period, based on the specific situation, he would upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill and the Profession Level.
This time, Zhang Yanhang had 18,464 Soul points. He planned to first raise the Death Wave Skill to LV.6, and then use the remaining Soul points to enhance the Limitless Universe Skill.
If there were any Soul points left after upgrading the Limitless Universe Skill, he might consider using those leftover points to upgrade the Indestructible Golden Body Skill Level.
As for the Supreme Will, the upgrade was not urgent. Although Supreme Will was really strong, after all, there were no Monsters in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest that specialized in that type of attack. Thus, even if the upgrade was a bit delayed, it wouldn’t affect anything.
"So, I choose option seven and raise the Death Wave Skill level to LV.6," he decided after thinking through the specific upgrade plan and immediately made his final choice.
After making his choice, Zhang Yanhang sat and waited for a bit, but he did not see the expected text box about choosing additional attributes. "It seems that the additional attributes of the Death Wave Skill raised to LV.6 are fixed content, just like Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil and Technique Immunity." Get full chapters from novelFɪre.net
After waiting in vain for the additional attribute options, Zhang Yanhang immediately opened the Skill Effect for Death Wave LV.6 to take a look.
[Death Wave LV.6 (Passive/Active)]
[Passive Effect: Weaken enemy’s defensive power by 6% (+1%).]
[Active Effect: When activated, cause 150 (+25) + 3.0 (+0.5) × 42 (Intelligence) + 3.0 (+0.5) × 23 (Charm) = 345 points (+75 points) of Fixed Damage to all covered within a 300-meter (+50 meters) range, and only deal damage once to the same target within 24 hours. No cooldown time, consumes a small amount of Physical Strength.]
[Additional Attribute: Skillful—You have now become skillful in controlling the Death Wave Skill. You have gained the ability to mark friendly targets. Marked subjects will be immune to Fixed Damage from the Death Wave Skill.]
"The additional attribute this time, well, you could say it’s useful, or you could say it’s really not. I just finished saying I was afraid of accidentally injuring innocent group owners and did not dare use the Death Wave Skill in the Main World. Then, right after upgrading, came an ability that allowed marking of friendly targets."
Though this additional attribute might be somewhat useful in a sense, such as allowing Zhang Yanhang to freely use the Death Wave in the Main World against enemies without fear of injuring innocents,
But what’s the use of that, as Zhang Yanhang would hardly ever encounter combat in the Main World. Even after becoming an Awakener, Zhang Yanhang’s daily life remained quite regular - studying or resting at home, or waiting for the Transmission Channel at the East River District, and nowhere else.
Given Zhang Yanhang’s solitary nature, it was also unlikely to provoke hostility from other Awakeners; they hardly ever saw him, how could an enmity chain possibly form? That was definitely impossible.
Therefore, even though Zhang Yanhang had been an Awakener for over a month, he had never been involved in any confrontations. So generally speaking, the Main World was really quite safe. Only if one intentionally sought trouble by going to remote forests could an undisciplined wild Demonic Beast potentially snatch them away.
Under normal circumstances, Zhang Yanhangurniture would only leave home during his rest days if triggered by some necessary adventure, but even then, he wouldn’t face combat with other Awakeners over reasons like snatching Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
Because the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that Zhang Yanhang obtained during his adventures were mostly completely unnoticed by others, or they appeared at specific moments and would directly disappear if someone was a bit late or early.
Although the abilities of Awakeners were varied and strange, not every Awakener had detection and precognitive abilities; naturally, it was completely unlikely for them to appear exactly at those moments.
Thus, Zhang Yanhang hardly had any use for the Death Wave Skill in the Main World.
And in the Ashen World, this LV.6 additional attribute was even less useful. After all, there was only him, an Awakener, in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, and no possibility of accidental harm existed; could he possibly mark Monsters as friendly targets?
So, in some sense, this additional attribute of the Death Wave was indeed useful, but it was completely useless in enhancing Zhang Yanhang’s combat efficiency or hunting prowess, and what Zhang Yanhang truly wanted was an additional attribute that could increase combat effectiveness and hunting efficiency.
"Alas, although they are both labeled as skillful, this additional attribute of the Death Wave Skill really can’t compare to the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill. The two additional attributes of the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill are one for enhancing scanning accuracy, and the other for enhancing scanning strength. Each is very useful."
Even though the additional attribute obtained this time was really of little use, luckily the Death Wave Skill itself was already strong enough, so Zhang Yanhang felt that even without the boost from an additional attribute, it really wouldn’t be much of a problem.
"Having enhanced the Death Wave Skill to LV.6, the Fixed Damage increased from the original 270 points to the current 345 points, a total increase of 75 points, or about one-quarter. Among these, the Charm Attribute had the largest proportion.
Previously, the Charm Attribute only provided a 40-point bonus, but now, with the increase in the Charm Attribute Value and the conversion coefficient, it has become a 69-point Fixed Damage bonus, an increase of 29 points of Fixed Damage."
Using the ratio from the First Tier Period, where each Constitution Attribute point provides fifteen Life Value points, Zhang Yanhang quickly calculated. 345 points of Fixed Damage could wipe out all hostile targets with Constitution Attribute Values of twenty-three or less.