"Even with the 20% remote attack power bonus provided by the additional attributes, my upgrade this time has increased my remote attack power by a total of 30%. Additional attributes are indeed powerful."
Next, Zhang Yanhang planned to continue upgrading the Fighting Master skill level, bringing Fighting Master to LV.6 as well, so that Fighting Master would get an additional attribute too.
Then, after upgrading Fighting Master, Zhang Yanhang’s next step in his upgrade plan was to bring Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, Fighting Master, and Gun Master all to LV.10. That way, all three skills would gain another additional attribute. The first step in this plan, Zhang Yanhang planned to first upgrade Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, just as before, followed by Gun Master and Fighting Master.
But this upgrade plan was for later because Zhang Yanhang now only had enough soul points for one more upgrade of Fighting Master LV.6. After he cleared the middle layer of Raccoon City, he might collect enough soul points to raise Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to LV.10.
"Choose! Skill Level Upgrade!"
[You have obtained the skill ’Fighting Master LV.6’, and a random additional attribute is being drawn.]
[Option One: Wrestler (After choosing Wrestler, ’Fighting Master LV.6’ will add a suffix ’Wrestler’ and slightly specialize the skill’s original bonus effects.
Specific specializations include, but are not limited to, a slight decrease in melee attack power bonus effects, a moderate increase in the judgment attributes of ’Grabbing’, ’Takedown’, ’Blunt Strike’, and the addition of an extra ’Power Crush’ effect...)]
[Option Two: Melee Weapon Master (After choosing Melee Weapon Master, the ’Fighting Master LV.6’ skill will completely mutate to ’Melee Weapon Master LV.7’.
Specific mutations include, but are not limited to, a slight decline in melee attack power bonus effects, a moderate increase in additional melee weapon attack power bonus effects, an improvement in ’Block’, ’Dodge’, ’Vulnerability Strike’ and other judgment attributes...)]
[Option Three: Melee Attack Power +20%]
"Wrestler, just the name doesn’t sound too promising." Like Fast Gunman, Zhang Yanhang felt that Wrestler could also potentially give rise to ambiguity, easily bringing to mind philosophy and locker rooms, so he passed on the first option Wrestler without any hesitation.
"As for the second one, Melee Weapon Master, that’s even worse."
Even if Zhang Yanhang were to accept Wrestler, he wouldn’t take Melee Weapon Master because he doesn’t use weapons when fighting in close quarters; instead, he relies entirely on his fists. That definitely wouldn’t give him an attack power bonus.
So, if he chose Melee Weapon Master, it wouldn’t increase his melee attack power, but would actually decrease it.
That’s why, if Zhang Yanhang were to choose the pitfall that is Melee Weapon Master, it would be even more of a loss than choosing Sniper Master.
"So, I choose Option Three."
Yes, Zhang Yanhang once again chose the simplest and most brutal attack power increase, which was the only one that truly suited his wishes.
Of course, if super-powerful additional attributes appeared in the subsequent LV.10 options, he could forgo this kind of attack power increase. The premise was that the additional attribute truly had to be so impressive that after selecting it, he would easily dominate Second Tier Second Star Lord Monsters to such an extent that Zhang Yanhang would consider it pretty much adequate.
After choosing the additional attribute for Fighting Master LV.6, Zhang Yanhang immediately opened up the skill effect to take a look.
[Fighting Master LV.6 (Passive Skill)]
[Skill Effect: Increases Melee Attack Power by 60% (+10%), enhances proficiency in fighting and related close combat abilities.]
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"Including the additional attribute, it’s the same 30% attack power increase." If before the upgrade Zhang Yanhang was confident in tearing apart a Licker with his bare hands, now he felt confident in taking on a Beta-type Hunter, even trying his hand against a Tyrant.
By the way, when Zhang Yanhang tested the attack power of the Beta-type Hunter, he lost sixty-five points of shield value to one of its Death Claws, with fifty points coming from the armor penetration damage attached to the Death Claw, and the remaining fifteen points being the actual normal attack damage of the Beta-type Hunter.
So, now Zhang Yanhang didn’t really have to worry too much about Beta-type Hunters anymore; he could hunt them just like he had the Lickers before, ah, this was probably what they meant by the hunter eventually being hunted.
"Ah, the soul points are all spent again, they really burn a hole in my pocket. If only I could activate some sort of unlimited soul points cheat, I’d instantly hit the max level in a blink of an eye, becoming a peerless champion. Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as cheats in the real world." While talking, Zhang Yanhang opened his data panel.
[Name: Zhang Yanhang (First Tier)]
[Profession: Heavenly Destiny Master]
[Shield Value: 860/860 (Life Value Limit × 150%, recovery rate: 20% per second.)]
[Life Value: 573/573 (Constitution × 15, the body has officially been dataized, life value recovery speed, 5 points per hour.)]
[Energy Value: 250/250 (Intelligence × 10, the body has officially been dataized, energy value recovery speed, 15 points per hour.)]
[Constitution: 25 (+3 [-4])]
[Intelligence: 25 (+3 [-3])]
[Luck: ??? (This attribute is a hidden attribute.)]
[Talent: 1, Multiple Choice (???). 2, Chunling Endless (S-grade).]
[Skills: 1, Limitless Universe Skill LV.MAX (Passive/Active). 2, Alchemy [Incomplete] (Active Skill). 3, Gun Master LV.6 (passive skill). 4, Fighting Master LV.6 (passive skill). 5, Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil LV.6 (Passive/Active). 6, Technique Immunity Skill LV.MAX (Passive Skill).]
"520? Is this soul points balance a coincidence? It feels a bit nauseating. It’s not like it’s Valentine’s Day on February 14, yet here I am with a number that seems like it would only be used by someone with a girlfriend."
Zhang Yanhang checked his watch; although it was already October 6th, there was still more than four months until Valentine’s Day and likewise more than four months until his birthday, which would be just four days earlier than Valentine’s Day.
"Wow, 860 points of shield value, it’s almost reaching four digits. A 50% shield increase is seriously fierce."
Zhang Yanhang did a quick calculation; his shield value had increased by 287 points compared to after he took the red and yellow pills. If these 287 points were converted to life value, at least 20 points of constitution attribute would be needed to achieve such an increase.