Chapter 352: Chapter 280: Skill Upgrade Summary, The Shovel Assassin Strikes (Part 2)
Furthermore, the Air Wave Attack had become more powerful. Its bonus damage against ground targets was removed because now the damage was equally intense for enemies in the air and on the ground—even more so than the previously enhanced version.
The Dizziness effect no longer required a direct hit from the air wave to trigger; anything within the skill’s range would now be afflicted with Dizziness.
The previous area-of-effect perception ability had now become a "Reveal" effect. All invisible units within the skill’s range would be forcibly revealed.
A skill upgrade meant an all-around enhancement, and Furious Waves had been improved in every aspect.
As for the last skill, Piercing Strike, being a pure damage-dealing ability, its upgrade mainly focused on enhancing its offensive power.
Previously, it gathered all his strength into a single point to unleash a piercing strike. Now, after gathering that strength, it was doubled, erupting with twice the power.
This doubled power was not to be underestimated. This was a twofold increase *after* being amplified by skills like Ant Power and Expansion, resulting in astonishing power!
Furthermore, the explosive force of Piercing Strike was already boosted by his Strength attribute, so with double the strength, the resulting explosion was naturally twice as powerful.
Next, the Plague Poison attached to Piercing Strike had been enhanced. It was now upgraded to "Weakening Poison," causing the target to rapidly enter a weakened state, taking effect much faster than before.
Although "Weakening Poison" wasn’t fatal, this Poison Attachment effect was designed to help Su Ze overcome stronger foes. Fatal poisons were often useless against enemies with a higher evolution level, but an instantly debilitating weakness was extremely useful.
Su Ze went over all his skills, then called Liou Wenxin. With her help, he began to compile and rank each of his abilities...
He took out a pen and paper and wrote down the details of his sixteen skills. After their upgrades, most of them were completely transformed.
Rhino Charge (Tier 4, S-Rank): Lock onto a target within range and initiate a charge that ignores all terrain. Any life form collided with during the charge will take impact damage and be afflicted with Dizziness. The primary target receives double impact damage and a doubled Dizziness effect. The user is immune to physical damage and difficult to hit while charging.
Ant Power (Tier 4, S-Rank): When activated, greatly increases Strength and Agility, and attacks gain a "Destruction" effect.
Piercing Strike (Tier 4, S-Rank): Gather all of the user’s strength into a single point to unleash a piercing strike with double the power. Once the Qi Force penetrates the target’s body, it triggers an explosion and infects the target with Weakening Poison.
Furious Waves (Tier 4, S-Rank): Unleash an air wave strike on the surrounding area. All life forms within range are briefly afflicted with Dizziness, and all invisible units are forcibly revealed.
Regeneration Body (Tier 4, S-Rank): Grants the user powerful regenerative abilities, allowing for the self-healing of any injury, including spiritual wounds. It also greatly increases the recovery speed of stamina and evolution power. A "Regeneration Core" can be condensed anywhere inside the body; when it shatters, the life energy within instantly heals all injuries. Life energy can also be extracted from the Regeneration Core to create a Regeneration Fruit, whose healing efficacy is determined by the amount of energy used.
Knowledge is Power (Tier 4, S-Rank): Passive. For each skill mastered, the user gains one instance of Cell Enhancement.
Celestial Sea Wings (Tier 4, S-Rank): Condense evolution power into a pair of invisible wings, granting the ability of high-speed flight and underwater travel (Water Escape).
Gravity Domain (Tier 4, S-Rank): Allows for a degree of control over gravity in the surrounding area. Can also form a Gravity Chain to pull distant targets directly in front of the user.
Thunder God Body (Tier 4, S-Rank): Stores electrical energy within the body and allows for its free control. Grants immunity to electrical damage. Can absorb external energy and convert it to recharge.
Eye of Truth (Tier 5, B-Rank): Fuse evolution power and Spiritual Power to form countless Perception Tentacles that are released from the eyes. This grants omnidirectional perception within the area covered by the tentacles. The perception range is adjustable; the smaller the range, the stronger the perception.
Unyielding Will (Tier 4, S-Rank): Merge spiritual will and physical consciousness into one. In this state, the physical body enhances Spiritual Power. The stronger the physical body, the greater the enhancement.
Liquid Life (Tier 5, S-Rank): Turn the body into a liquid (either partially or entirely). The shape of the liquefied parts can be freely altered.
Strongest Punch (Tier 4, S-Rank): Integrate the traits of three other mastered skills to deliver a single, ultimate punch.
Impact Cannon (Tier 4, A-Rank): Absorb surrounding Elemental Energy, liquids, and gases, compress them within the body, and release. The larger the user’s physique, the more powerful the skill.
Expansion (Tier 5, B-Rank): Freely control the proportional expansion of the body. The limit is determined by the user’s physical constitution and evolution level. While expanded, all of the user’s attributes and abilities receive a bonus appropriate to their current size.
Divine Grace of Evolution (Rank Unknown): Passive. For each evolution stage below the Saint level, the user gains one additional opportunity to absorb an extract.
Excluding Divine Grace of Evolution, the other fifteen skills were all Tier 4 or even Tier 5, and of extremely high quality. There wasn’t a single low-grade skill in the lot.
The Unyielding Will skill, which had originally been Tier 4, C-Rank, was also unexpectedly enhanced when Su Ze absorbed reinforcement materials. It gained an effect that enhanced his Spiritual Power, leading Liou Wenxin to rate it as a Tier 4, S-Rank skill.
