After the skill was activated, a golden light enveloped Zhang Yanhang’s entire body like a flowing stream, making him shimmer all over as if a Buddha statue coated in gold foil was placed under the harsh sunlight, dazzling as if reflecting the glare similar to that of a building causing light pollution.
If Zhang Yanhang were to more vividly describe his current appearance, it resembled Shaolin Temple’s Eighteen Bronze Men, because not only was the outer layer of his body emitting a golden light, but even his skin was covered in gold due to the enhancement from the Golden Body effect.
Zhang Yanhang stretched out both fists and simply clashed them together, resulting in a dull sound that could only occur from a metal collision, "It’s a pity that there isn’t a suitable enemy right now for me to test out the enhanced defensive power and attack power thanks to the Golden Body Effect."
Although Zhang Yanhang could choose to punch himself to test how high the defensive power enhanced by the Golden Body effect was, he felt this masochistic method was not very reliable since his fists had a considerable attack power bonus of a varied nature. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel fire.net
Even if he could barely test it, the results would not be comparable or have any reference value when compared with other monsters.
For instance, just the basic Melee Master’s added 150% attack power, plus the Indestructible Golden Body’s added 50% attack power, already gave Zhang Yanhang an additional 200% attack power bonus, not to mention the 40% damage bonus from the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist.
Since the priority of damage bonus is higher than that of attack power bonus, when stacked, it initially calculated the 200% attack power and then added a 40% damage bonus on that basis.
That meant the overall enhancement was actually 280% rather than the simple addition of 240%, which was 40% higher than simply stacking them together.
Adding the 100% attack power provided by Zhang Yanhang himself, any punch he threw could now inflict damage equivalent to 380% attack power.
Moreover, this 380% attack power was predicated on Zhang Yanhang’s power effect being amplified by 90%, since the power effect is actually a subordinate factor of attack power, hence, the initial attack power had to be calculated with a 90% power effect bonus before gaining an additional 280% enhancement.
Thus, from this perspective, Zhang Yanhang truly did not believe that his mere 400% defensive power could withstand his own punch. Thus, if he were to punch, it would be pure self-harm with no chance of failing to break through the defensive power.
"Originally, I thought I was developing in a direction that balanced offense and defense, but now it seems that my attack power certainly far exceeds my defensive power. Perhaps in the future, I should consider enhancing my defensive power."
After a quick calculation, Zhang Yanhang was startled to realize that after just having enhanced his defensive power, he found himself lacking in it again.
"No, it’s not right to say there’s a lack of defensive power, accurately speaking, I’m lacking everything—Life Value Limit, Energy Value Limit, Attack Power, and defensive power. I urgently need to rapidly grow each of these four basic values; any individual quick growth would significantly enhance my strength."
At this moment, Zhang Yanhang felt his pressure had seemingly increased a lot, but fortunately, he was already under great pressure, so additional pressure just felt normal; after all, only when there’s enough pressure can it transform into corresponding motivation, provided one isn’t crushed by that pressure, as being crushed would render one useless.
"So, the question is, what should I do next?" After briefly using the "Indestructible Golden Body" skill, Zhang Yanhang felt that the consumption of this skill seemed quite small, basically not a problem even if used continuously for a few hours.
Of course, this referred to when Zhang Yanhang was using only the Indestructible Golden Body skill alone; if the Physical Strength consumption of Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil was included, it would significantly reduce the duration of the Indestructible Golden Body.
But fortunately, since the Indestructible Golden Body skill wasn’t needed continuously unless hunting Third Tier monsters, physical strength consumption in such circumstances would be much lower compared to consuming abilities like Death Wave.
It would only require occasional activation when facing powerful enemies, so it shouldn’t lead to a significant increase in physical strength consumption and a corresponding decrease in stamina during monster hunting for the time being.
"Although I still haven’t exchanged the Achievement Vending Machine in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalaguli, I think I can first address the issue of the Crimson Iron Teeth..."
While speaking, Zhang Yanhang took out sixteen pairs of Crimson Iron Teeth from his Waist Bag. If he did not cause any losses during the modification, then these Crimson Iron Teeth could just be fused into a set of +4 Purple Quality Equipment.
"But, although it’s about modifying the Crimson Iron Teeth, how exactly should I modify it? Speaking of this oral equipment, other than teeth, what else is there? Could it possibly be that I need to install a second set of teeth like a shark?"
Zhang Yanhang thought carefully about the image of installing a second set of teeth behind his own and felt this plan might be somewhat infeasible. Although it could hang a second set of teeth on the gums using metal hooks or similar implements, he felt the likelihood of such a bizarre equipment being recognized by the Ashen World was quite low.
"Since it’s about modifying the Crimson Iron Teeth, I’d better still modify it into something that can use the teeth equipment slot... Speaking of teeth-related equipment, surely I’m not twenty and still need to put on braces like a middle schooler? But it seems that might also work."
Since teeth are indeed very special, Zhang Yanhang felt that besides installing a second set of teeth, the only other option was probably to make himself a set of braces.
"But the braces definitely can’t be transformed into that metal ring type; that type uses too few materials and can’t fully utilize the Crimson Iron Teeth. Therefore, if I do transform the Crimson Iron Teeth into braces, it must be made into that full coverage type."
What Zhang Yanhang referred to by full coverage was the new type of braces that completely enveloped the teeth, which, compared to the traditional metal ring braces, was increasingly becoming more popular in recent years.