"Of course, the effect after compression is what matters most, so Zhang Yanhang quickly tried focusing and compressing it, and he found that if he only used normal compression—maintaining about twenty times the defensive power—he could already cover his entire body.

In other words, whereas before Zhang Yanhang often had to keep moving the position where the Golden Body Effect was applied to block enemy attacks, he could now achieve an all-around application without having to worry about moving positions anymore.

Without a doubt, this would make his defense more thorough and perfect, and he would no longer have to worry about encountering wide-ranging attacks that the Golden Body Effect couldn't cover. Therefore, it was indeed a significant improvement in defense.

However, after upgrading the Indestructible Golden Body to the Original LV.MAX, Physical Strength consumption also increased, but fortunately, the consumption of the Indestructible Golden Body itself wasn't high, and even with the increase, it was still nothing much for Zhang Yanhang, who, with his robust Physical Strength, would definitely have no problem fighting continuously for several hours.

So, there was no need to worry about not being able to use the Indestructible Golden Body due to insufficient Physical Strength at critical moments.

Zhang Yanhang was very interested in the first half of this Additional Attribute, which increased the energy of the Golden Body, but he also placed great importance on the latter half—the increased manipulation distance—because such effects seemed very suitable for enhancing attack effects, especially when applied to Remote Attacks.

Zhang Yanhang previously had an idea to apply the Golden Body Effect to cannon bullets. Although he hadn't needed to use it because the cannon bullets were powerful enough, no doubt, this Additional Attribute's enhancement to the manipulation distance of the Golden Body Effect should greatly support this idea.

Besides that, Zhang Yanhang thought he could also apply the Golden Body Effect to other Remote Attacks to increase damage.

Moreover, he had an even bolder idea: he believed that with the Indestructible Golden Body Effect, he might be able to achieve the effects of Gunfighting Skill—that is, to make bullets turn corners and automatically track enemies.

The general execution steps weren't too difficult; the main task was to manipulate the Golden Body Effect attached to the bullets, trying to change the trajectory of the bullets so that every cannon bullet he fired could be controlled as if by an extension of his arm, hitting the target every time.

Although his current Grandmaster Level shooting skills, combined with the Nine Mach speed of the cannon bullets, meant few enemies could dodge them, it's cool! And besides, making bullets turn corners is really fun.

Of course, if Energy was required, Zhang Yanhang could also use the First Tier Spell "Guided Shooting" to achieve this, but Guided Shooting was ultimately automated guidance, and he wouldn't be able to manipulate it freely.

Moreover, as a First Tier Magic, its path intelligence was lower; it couldn't avoid obstacles in front of the enemy. It would shoot straight at the obstacle and only attack the enemy behind it after penetrating the obstacle.

But if Zhang Yanhang could freely control the bullets to turn corners, he could take a detour around obstacles and hit enemies directly, and most importantly, without consuming Energy Value, only Physical Strength.

Still, how to accomplish this specifically, Zhang Yanhang didn't have any clues for the moment, so, he would wait until he had the time to work on it.

"Now that I've checked the Skill Effect of Indestructible Golden Body, it's time to hurry up and look at my Life Value Limit next—unless something unexpected happens, my Life Value Limit should increase by at least four digits this time."

As he spoke, Zhang Yanhang opened up his Life Value Limit to start checking.

"Life Value: 8690/8690 (Constitution ×34, the current body has been formally digitized, Life Value Recovery Speed, 30 points per hour.)"

"This time, the increase in my Life Value Limit is indeed substantial, jumping from the original 6952 Life Value Limit to 8690, which means another rise of 1738 Life Value, and moreover, this increase in Life Value Limit all came from the Life Value Limit bonus of Indestructible Golden Body."

Zhang Yanhang remembered that when he was promoted in Rank, he had only gained an increase of 2368 Life Value Limit through Attribute value growth and Maximum Life Value Conversion Coefficient—now, just upgrading the Skill Level of Indestructible Golden Body resulted in only six hundred points less than the Rank increase, which was certainly quite high.

But since there's only one Indestructible Golden Body, Zhang Yanhang estimated that it would be challenging to see such a significant one-time growth in Life Value Limit again, unless he could find a Monster that could drop Artifacts that increase Life Value Limit in large numbers, so he could stack up through quantity.

"This time, the increase from 6952 to 8690 points in Life Value Limit has allowed me to hit two minor goals at once, 7000 and 8000 Life Value Limit goals. The next minor goal now can be set at 9000 points.

Currently, I am still 310 points short of reaching this minor goal, which should not be too difficult to achieve.

But the subsequent goal of 10000 Life Value Limit will probably be more challenging to reach."

Although Zhang Yanhang was eager to raise his Life Value over ten thousand points, there was no need to set such ambitious minor goals for now and better to transition with nine thousand points first.

After all, the opportunity to enhance Indestructible Golden Body and boost the Life Value Limit through the bonus effect only came once, and he would likely have to wait a long time to fill the gap of those extra thousand-plus Life Value Limit points.

"Back when I was Second Tier, my Life Value Limit was about four times that of the Same Tier Awakened. After working so hard for such a long time (less than a day), I am finally about to return to that level. Right now, my Life Value Limit has reached 3.86 times that of the Same Tier Awakened. Just the last 310 points to go and I will be back to four times the Life Value Limit."

As to why it's 310 points here, it is because 2250×4=9000. Thus, reaching this minor goal of 9000 points would also mean that Zhang Yanhang's Life Value Limit had reached four times that of the Same Tier Awakened, which was one of the main reasons he set the next minor goal at nine thousand points.

After checking his Life Value Limit, Zhang Yanhang quickly proceeded to open up his Shield Value Limit.

"Shield Value: 30415/30415 (Life Value Limit ×350%, recovery speed: 20% per second.)"

"The increase in my Shield Value Limit this time is also quite significant, going from the original 24322 Shield Value Limit to 30415 points—surpassing six minor goals and increasing by another 6093 Shield Value Limit points.

"It's much higher than the increase in Shield Value Limit I got from my last promotion," Zhang Yanhang recalled. "When I promoted, I only gained less than five thousand points on my Shield Value Limit. But having said that, it's still not as much as the nearly ten thousand points I got from upgrading my 'Technique Immunity' Skill to the Original LV.MAX."

With that in mind, Zhang Yanhang thought he should now set his next minor goal at thirty-one thousand one hundred points. He was still short by five hundred eighty-five points from the next minor target.

"Previously, my Shield Value Limit was only 10.8 times that of an Awakener of the same Rank, but now it has increased to 13.5 times. The increase is another 2.7 times, but I'm still 1.5 times short of the last set target of fifteen times."

However, Zhang Yanhang felt achieving this 1.5 times goal shouldn't be too difficult. Since his Shield Value Limit was 3.5 times his Life Value Limit, he would achieve it with a growth of about one thousand Life Value points. Well, if it were a thousand points, he may have to wait for some time, as it was not achievable at the moment.

"Although the complete version of the fifteen times minor goal wasn't achieved, reaching a combined total of Life Value Limit and Shield Value Limit that's fifteen times that of an Awakener of the same Rank—this incomplete version of the minor goal—was quite easy."

At present, Zhang Yanhang's Life Value Limit and Shield Value Limit combined had reached 17 times that of an Awakener of the same Rank, especially since he had just improved his 'Indestructible Golden Body Skill' and significantly enhanced his defensive strength.

Thinking about it now, even if a large group of same Rank and Fourth Tier Awakened were to attack him, and even if he just stood still without retaliating, he would definitely be able to hold out for quite a while. His life was greatly secured.

"Now that the 'Indestructible Golden Body Skill' has successfully been promoted to Original LV.MAX, it's time to promote the other two skills. Choose! Skill Level Upgrade!" Zhang Yanhang didn't hesitate to actively trigger the selection.

As Zhang Yanhang triggered the option, Time Pause quickly descended, and a long line of familiar text options once again appeared before him. Next, he planned to enhance his 'Gun Mastery Skill'.

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October 29th, Thursday, the fourth day after the Double Ninth Festival, and also the first day Zhang Yanhang entered Ashen World, at 9:16 PM. Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, Central Region.

After triggering the option four times consecutively and raising 'Gun Mastery' directly from LV.6 to LV.MAX, just as expected, Zhang Yanhang had barely freed himself from the Time Pause when he triggered a new option and once again entered the Time Pause.

[You have acquired 'Gun Mastery LV.MAX' skill, now randomly selecting Additional Attributes.]

[Would you like to choose 'Gun Mastery LV.MAX''s Additional Attribute?]

[Additional attribute one: Gunner (Choosing 'Gunner' adds a suffix 'Gunner' to 'Gun Mastery LV.MAX' and specializes the original Skill Effect to a certain extent.

The specialization includes, but is not limited to, a slight reduction in Remote Attack Power Bonus, a medium increase in attributes related to 'Burning,' 'Explosion,' 'Impact,' and an additional 'Flame Shooting' effect…)]

[Additional Attribute Two: Assault Master (Choosing 'Assault Master' will completely transform 'Gun Mastery LV.MAX' into 'Assault Master LV.MAX'.

The transformation includes, but is not limited to, a significant reduction in Remote Attack Power Bonus when attacking with heavy and super-heavy Weapons; a medium increase in Remote Attack Power Bonus when using light and standard Weapons; and a medium increase in attributes related to 'Dodge,' 'Charge,' and 'Mobile'…)]

[Additional Attribute Three: Remote Attack Power +60%]

"Gunner?"

At first glance, Zhang Yanhang thought 'Gunner' referred to the ones from the medieval era, the kind that stood in a line to face a firing squad and needed to be ignited to shoot, like matchlock guns or flintlock guns.

But after reading the full description, he realized that this 'Gunner' was not a reference to the historical term, but simply a gunman who used flame attacks, hence the name.

"It's a pity that this is just a suffix. If there were a skill called something like 'Firearm Grandmaster,' maybe I could summon a few gunmen to join me in the joys of the firing squad era."

Overall, Zhang Yanhang was not that interested in the 'Gunner' suffix because he thought flame shooting effects were unnecessary. After all, with just a bit of magic, he could easily achieve a similar effect. There was no reason to sacrifice some attack effect bonus for something like this.

Moreover, besides these kinds of effects, Zhang Yanhang could also directly enchant cannon bullets with alchemy spells, achieving a much more powerful effect than simple flame shooting.

The only reason he hadn't done so was that the cannon bullets' damage was already significantly overflowing, but this didn't mean he couldn't, he just didn't feel the need.

If he wanted, he could even make the cannon bullets have seven-colored effects, so each bullet would be accompanied by seven Ray Spells when fired — the Frost Freeze Beam, Holy Light Beam, Scorching Ray, Exhaustion Ray, Gravity Beam, Dissociation Beam, and the Biological Immobilization Technique that could fire Golden Rays.

The main reason he didn't pursue this was that it seemed unnecessary; whether enhanced or not, a single shot would kill an enemy. Also, not having time for such endeavors was a main reason.

"As for this 'Assault Master,' it indeed doesn't seem that great. The Remote Attack Power significantly decreases when attacking with heavy and super-heavy Weapons, and bonuses are only given when using light and standard Weapons. Moreover, the related attribute bonuses are all useless to me, like 'Dodge,' 'Charge,' and 'Mobile.'"

From this perspective, Zhang Yanhang felt that 'Assault Master' was the exact opposite of the 'Heavy Firepower Master' he'd encountered before.

He even thought the second option shouldn't be called 'Assault Master' at all. Renaming it to 'Light Firepower Master' would be more fitting and accurate.

Naturally, Zhang Yanhang was not fond of this 'Assault Master.' After all, he believed that the 'Six Roots Pure Soul Passage Spear' he was using was in no way a light or standard weapon. Choosing this would be purely a negative gain.

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