Ashen God

"Although the skill 'All Four Elements are Void' is a bit underwhelming this time, the second skill 'All Things are Impermanent' has grown quite nicely. I remember last time the damage bonus against lifeform enemies only increased by 12.4%, but this time it has conveniently doubled, directly increasing to 24.8%."

"And after gaining this 24.8% bonus, my damage bonus against lifeform enemies has increased from the original 52% directly to 76.8%. That's quite a substantial increase."

After all, although it appears to have increased only by 24.8% on the surface, due to the doubling effect of 'All Things Special Attack Bonus', Zhang Yanhang actually enjoys a whopping 49.6% damage bonus against lifeform enemies during actual combat.

Moreover, although it's referred to as lifeform enemies, Zhang Yanhang has hardly encountered any non-lifeform enemies up to now; even things like electromagnetic railguns contain flesh components inside that operate the machinery, so they are considered lifeform enemies.

Therefore, it can be said that ever since Zhang Yanhang obtained this bonus related to lifeform enemies, it has been effectively active throughout, never once letting Zhang Yanhang down, especially since it's twice as effective all the time.

"After doubling the 76.8%, it leads to an extraordinarily high 153.6% damage bonus, which means against any enemy, after landing a critical hit, I will recalculate, adding the lifeform special attack to achieve a total damage of 2.5 times the original."

Based on Zhang Yanhang's past experience, he believes even having a 24.8% increase in lifeform special attack within a single legendary tier is quite insane, considering the lifeform special attack could have a slightly narrower range compared to normal attack bonuses, making it less valuable; but even less valuable ones can't withstand an increase of over twenty percent in one go.

Not to mention, the lifeform special attack can double; a single doubling makes it fifty percent. When you think about it, it's even more insane.

At the current lifeform special attack bonus rate of up to 76.8%, Zhang Yanhang even feels that just relying on such a high lifeform special attack from 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' is already comparable to typical legendary equipment, while everything else might as well be a bonus; although it's questionable whether such a statement should be made, it's an undeniable fact on some level.

In response, Zhang Yanhang can only conclude that rare weapons that are upgradeable are indeed naturally more formidable than ordinary weapons.

Moreover, Zhang Yanhang noticed that after the upgrade this time, the equipment score of 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' also reached a legendary full score.

"Originally, the score for 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' was 830 points at red quality full score, and now it has increased by a full 150 points, directly boosting it to a 980 point legendary full score state, a classic replication."

Zhang Yanhang is unsurprised by the 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' upgrading to a legendary full score; after all, if even a weapon like 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist', which due to continuous upgrades has become somewhat 'overmodelling' in various aspects, can't achieve full scoring, then presumably no weapon can.

"And accompanied by the growth of additional attributes, the usage requirements for 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' have synchronously increased. I remember the previous upgrade only raised the attribute requirement by ten points, while this upgrade to legendary level increased the attribute value by an additional 15 points."

"Initially needing eighty points of Strength, seventy-five points of Agility, and seventy-five points of Constitution Attribute for usage requirements have now all risen to ninety-five points of Strength, ninety points of Agility, and ninety points of Constitution Attribute to use."

But fortunately, despite an increase of fifteen points at a time, these usage requirements are still easily met by Zhang Yanhang. Even without relying on 'No Taboos', his own total of one hundred points of the four main attributes easily satisfies this portion of the usage demands.

Moreover, although this requirement has increased, for legendary sixth-tier equipment, even the highest demand of ninety-five Strength isn't significant, completely unmatched to its inherent value; but this is characteristic of upgradeable weapons: easy to access yet provides extremely high returns.

"Of course, the most important aspect is the change in upgrade conditions for 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist', now requiring two 'Buddha Relics' for each upgrade, and they must be of legendary or higher quality."

"Alas, I should have foreseen this; there's no such thing as unlimited upgrades with just one 'Buddha Relics'; indeed, it requires a combination of quality and quantity for upgrades."

Although he didn't have high expectations for upgrading two levels with two 'Buddha Relics' earlier, Zhang Yanhang still felt a bit disappointed when it couldn't be achieved; the disappointment lay in the shattered dream.

"Additionally, from the current situation, the subsequent upgrades of 'Buddha Relics' are likely to shift to increasing the quantity of 'Buddha Relics' with each upgrade, and correspondingly improve their quality."

But Zhang Yanhang has used this method to upgrade six times already, so there's nothing to resist really; more of a habit formed, or rather, it's hard not to get used to it.

"Furthermore, although the bad news is subsequent 'Buddha Relics' will need gradually increasing quantities to enhance 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist', the good news is upgrading using 'Buddha Relics' doesn't share the upgrade count with weapon upgrades."

Initially, at red quality, 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' required seven weapons of the same quality to upgrade, and now despite upgrading to legendary level, it still only needs seven weapons of the same quality to upgrade, indicating upgrading with 'Buddha Relics' and using weapon upgrades don't interfere with each other.

Otherwise, according to past practices, when 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' upgraded to legendary quality, the next upgrade to epic quality would have already increased the number of same-quality weapons required to eight.

For this single piece of good news, Zhang Yanhang feels relieved; after all, compared to the elusive and uncertain Buddha Relics availability, surely it's easier for him to simply acquire same-quality weapons or upgrade materials, as he's used this method to upgrade six times already, so naturally, he should have some insight.

"I originally thought that maybe after a few more upgrades to 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist', the upgrade conditions might soar directly to two digits, but now with 'Buddha Relics' helping to temper the process, that may significantly slow down the pace at which the usage demands for same-quality upgrade materials exceed two digits."

Of course, all this depends on Zhang Yanhang obtaining more 'Buddha Relics'; if not, then it only slightly alleviates, a mere temporary solution to a deeper issue.

After examining the attribute list of 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' at its legendary quality, Zhang Yanhang immediately equipped it back onto his arm.

"Now with talents, equipment, artifacts, soul points, and even materials all reviewed, what should I do next?"

Zhang Yanhang pondered for a moment, realizing there wasn't anything else pressing to handle, so he promptly opened the data panel for a glance.

[Name: Zhang Yanhang (Fourth Tier)]

[Race: Human]

[Gender: Male]

[Age: 20]

[Profession: Heavenly Destiny Master]

[Level: LV.40 (Legendary Essence [0/4], Ash Source [0/10])]

[Soul Points: 112957427]

[Shield Value: 203306/203306 (Life Value Limit × 470%, Recovery Speed: 20% per second)]

[Life Value: 43256/43256 (Constitution × 88, current body has been officially datafied, Life Value Recovery Speed, 71 points per hour)]

[Energy Value: 19844/19844 (Intelligence × 67, current body has been officially datafied, Energy Value Recovery Speed, 222 points per hour)]

[Strength: 100 (+3[-7])]

[Agility: 100 (+3[-4])]

[Constitution: 100 (+3[-16])]

[Intelligence: 100 (+3[-8])]

[Charm: 100 (+16[-1])]

[Luck: ???[+5] (This attribute is a hidden attribute)]

[Talent: 1. Multiple Choice (???). 2. Infinite Life (XXX Level). 3. Longbo's Power (XX Level). 4. Mature Scroll Dragon [Bloodline Purification] (SS Level). 5. Sky Rhythm (SSS Level).]

[Skills: 1. Limitless Universe Skill[4th Tier]LV.MAX (Passive/Active). 2. Alchemy·Origin (Active Skill). 3. Gun Master·Original LV.6 (Passive Skill). 4. Martial Arts Master·Original LV.6 (Passive Skill). 5. Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil·Origin LV.6 (Passive/Active). 6. Technique Immunity·Origin LV.6 (Passive Skill). 7. Death Wave·Origin LV.6 (Passive/Active). 8. Supreme Will LV.MAX (Passive Skill). 9. Indestructible Golden Body·Origin LV.6 (Passive/Active). 10. Heavenly Earth Form · Original Scripture LV.6 (Active Skill). 11. Three-Headed Six-Armed LV.MAX (Active Skill). 12. Heaven and Earth Devourer·Original LV.6 (Passive/Active). 13. No Taboos LV.MAX (Passive Skill).]

"Compared to before, this time, because a bunch of drop treasure boxes plus the Ashen Treasure Box were opened, the change in the data panel is indeed quite significant, especially the Life Value Limit, Shield Value Limit, and Energy Value Limit, which all had a comprehensive enhancement, increasing significantly."

However, although they are all increasing, the gap between the Life Value Limit and Energy Value Limit has widened again.

Zhang Yanhang remembers that last time he barely managed to reduce the gap between the Life Value Limit and Energy Value Limit to just over twenty thousand, that is, 20225 points, but this time it has directly risen back to 23412 points, even higher than the previous peak.

After all, the previous highest point was only a difference of twenty-one thousand, but now it's a difference of twenty-three thousand, which is quite a substantial increase.

"But luckily, because of the simultaneous rise, although the Life Value Limit increased more this time, the multiple gap between the two has grown very little."

Yes, very little indeed, specifically, it only increased by 0.01 times.

Last time, after his efforts, the multiple between the Life Value Limit and Energy Value Limit dropped from 2.51 times to 2.17 times, and this time it only increased by 0.01 times, that is, to 2.18 times.

Zhang Yanhang feels this should be the essence of the profound skill that everybody gets money but it doesn't mean money wasn't given out, which is closing the wealth gap among everyone. After all, the growth in the Life Value Limit is almost double the Energy Value Limit, yet it only created a 0.01 times increase in the disparity, which indeed is the essence of closing the wealth gap.

Moreover, this 2.18 times is actually the result after rounding up; if not rounded, the actual multiple is 2.179, which after trimming off the thousandth place, is still 2.17 times.

So, in a sense, giving money to everyone is indeed useful, at least allowing low income to catch up with high income, letting both synchronize in growth, indirectly lowering high-income assets while increasing low-income assets, which is known as optimizing the structure.

At least it's true between the Life Value Limit, the advanced, and the Energy Value Limit, the laggard.

Of course, for Cyrus, who even stingily issues consumption coupons with limited time and quantity, and all are big discounts for full spending, it doesn't matter much, winning is all that matters, it's like Emperor Qin Shi touching the electric wire—winning too much.

"Apart from the Life Value Limit side here, my Attribute List has also changed significantly because after removing the Green Ten-piece Set, all Four Main Attributes dropped by two points, only the sub-attribute Charm rose by two points against the trend thanks to the upgrade of the SSS Level talent Sky Rhythm."

This reliance on Sky Rhythm to increase two points in Charm Attribute causes Zhang Yanhang's Charm Attribute to reach one hundred points and even overflow by one, which is indeed quite impressive.

"And besides the Five Major Conventional Attributes' growth, the hidden attribute Luck this time also increased from [+4] to [+5], thanks to the quality improvement of the Divination Tarot Card Set."

But then there's not much change in the Talent List, only the newly upgraded SSS Level talent [Sky Rhythm] counts as the only change.

However, its upgrade finally made Zhang Yanhang's SS Level Scroll Dragon Bloodline the lowest-quality talent in his list, but fortunately, after the next promotion to the Fifth Tier, Zhang Yanhang will strive to improve it, and the Scroll Dragon Bloodline should not stay at the bottom for too long.

The subsequent Skills List remained unchanged, as basically all of Zhang Yanhang's skills have been leveled to the maximum, naturally there won't be much change.

"And since even the data panel has been reviewed, it's finally time to advance in rank."

For the promotion to the Fifth Tier, Zhang Yanhang has been looking forward to it for a long time, or rather, ever since the group leader mentioned her promotion to the Fifth Tier, Zhang Yanhang has been anticipating it.

After all, it's well-known that he has always had a small wish to catch up with the mainstream awakeners' progress in rank like the group leader, and now he's only one step away from completing this small goal.

So, Zhang Yanhang immediately clicked on Rank Promotion on the Data Panel!