At the same time, since there is recently a lack of Charm attributes, Zhang Yanhang still hopes that this time after the Ocean Rhythm upgrade, he can gain more Charm attribute bonuses.

[Merger completed.]

[You have obtained the SSS-level Talent 'Sky Rhythm'.]

"After experiencing Earth Rhythm and Ocean Rhythm, now finally evolved Sky Rhythm... Just hearing the name is way stronger than Earth Rhythm and Ocean Rhythm.

Besides, it used to only bring the earth and ocean into the rhythm range, but now it's finally bringing the atmosphere in, isn't it?"

Zhang Yanhang had already predicted this beforehand, and now seeing the upgrade to Sky Rhythm actually happen, he indeed feels very gratified.

"However, since it is already Sky Rhythm, will some abilities related to the sky be evolved?"

From an emotional standpoint, Zhang Yanhang certainly hopes for such abilities to appear, but from a rational standpoint, he feels that upgrading from SS to SSS level probably shouldn't increase any new abilities.

Moreover, he felt that the flying ability he acquired after being promoted to the Fourth Tier was quite useful, and he doesn't really need any new flying ability, as it's entirely devoid of any physical strength or energy consumption, actually more similar to a zero-consumption passive ability, and there should be very few flying abilities that can match it.

"But to know the specifics, one indeed has to take a look to know." Zhang Yanhang said as he began to check the talent effects of the newly upgraded Sky Rhythm.

[Sky Rhythm]

[Quality: SSS (0/2187)]

[Ability One: Bodybuilding — Charm +8 (+2).]

[Ability Two: Aerobic exercise — Movement speed +135% (+30%) when exercising in environments with oxygen (unlimited oxygen molecule concentration).]

[Ability Three: Outdoor sports — Negative impact (movement) reduced by 150% (+20%) when exercising in solid outdoor environments (including but not limited to deserts, snowy plains, swamps...), and reduced by 130% (+30%) when exercising in liquid outdoor environments (including but not limited to oceans, oil fields, magma...).]

"After upgrading to SSS level, the number of Talents required for Sky Rhythm to continue upgrading has indeed tripled again, from the previous 729 D-level Prehistoric Giant Beast Talent increased to needing 2187 D-level Prehistoric Giant Beast Talent.

This is just upgrading with D-level Talent, otherwise, under normal circumstances using Slow Corrosion and Thin Dragon Vein, kind of E-level talent for upgrading, would already directly require 6561 talents.

But to say 2187 Prehistoric Giant Beast Talent's upgrade requirement isn't considered too much, but for now, I indeed can no longer complete it."

Zhang Yanhang previously had a total of 795 Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents, but 729 Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents were consumed during the recent upgrade, leaving only the final 66 Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents now.

"Facing the upgrade demand of as high as 2187 D-level Talents, the 66 Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents in my hand indeed make no difference, not even enough for a fraction, even if completely filled, there are still 2121 Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents short."

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang felt that after this upgrade completion, he indeed couldn't rely on Demonized Swamp to upgrade Sky Rhythm anymore, even when he cleared the monsters refreshing there at the Fourth Tier now, only over a hundred Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents were gained.

When he clears after being promoted to the Fifth Tier, because of the increased Rank Penalty, the number of treasure box drops will definitely become even fewer.

"Therefore, subsequently, new related areas must be sought to clear and upgrade talents to proceed."

However, Zhang Yanhang has already planned to upgrade the Scroll Dragon Bloodline Talent next, so Sky Rhythm can only be postponed slightly and upgraded later when there's time.

"After upgrading to SSS level, Ability One Bodybuilding again increased by two points of Charm attribute, letting its total bonus increase from the previous six points to eight points.

Previously I was worrying about how to fill the two points Charm attribute gap after the Green Ten-piece Set expires, but now, it's like getting a pillow when you want to sleep, I shouldn't worry anymore about the Charm attribute reducing after Tier promotion."

Zhang Yanhang immediately removed some parts of the Green Ten-piece Set from his body, and then looked at his attribute list.

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

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

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

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

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

"After taking off the Green Ten-piece Set, my attribute list immediately made quite a change, instantly moving from the previous All Attributes +5 to All Attributes +3.

By this, my Intelligence attribute, which originally exceeded into two-digit overflow, now fell back to only overflowing to a single-digit level, this has a bit of regret.

Originally my Strength attribute overflowed by nine points, just one short to enter two digits, and now because the Green Ten-piece Set is removed, fell back to only overflowed seven points, it seems that the previous little dream of three Main Attributes' two-digit overflow is indeed completely unreachable.

And the Agility attribute is even more like a setback on top of each other, originally only overflowed a small six points, now it further fell back to only overflowed four points, which then reduced by three points from equipment bonus, totaling only overflowed one real Agility attribute, somewhat being unbearably pathetic."

But although the three main attributes of Strength, Agility, and Intelligence didn't perform well, Zhang Yanhang's Constitution main attribute remained remarkably steadfast due to the XXX-level Talent Immortal Life. Even with a reduction in two points of equipment bonus, it only fell back from an overflow of eighteen points to an overflow of sixteen points, so the issue isn't too significant.

After all, Zhang Yanhang's Constitution attribute is genuinely high. Even if the equipment bonuses are completely removed, the actual overflow of the Constitution attribute would still be as high as thirteen points, maintaining a two-digit figure.

Unlike Intelligence, which has a seemingly false overflow of two digits, relying entirely on five points of equipment bonus to forcefully reach an overflow of ten points, and unsurprisingly falling back to eight points as the Green Ten-piece Set becomes ineffective.

"Of course, compared to the growth and reduction on the side of the main attributes, the most important is the enhancement of the Charm attribute. Although the Charm attribute declined by two points due to the Green Ten-piece Set becoming ineffective, the upgrade of the SSS-level Talent Sky Rhythm provided two new Charm attribute points, perfectly filling this gap.

Even though the overall value of the Charm attribute hasn't changed, still maintaining its original overflow of just one point, with the reduction in the equipment bonus proportion, my Charm attribute has become healthier once again."

Zhang Yanhang had originally eighteen points of equipment bonus in his Charm attribute, approximately 17.8% in proportion, but now it has decreased by two points, leaving only 16 points of equipment bonus. Accordingly, the proportion of equipment bonus in his Charm attribute has also decreased to 15.8%, equivalent to another 2% drop in equipment proportion.

"And this was before a Rank Promotion, already dropping to 15.8%. Should a Rank Promotion occur, it's likely to quickly lower to a proportion of 15% or even below 10%."

While the equipment proportion could still barely tug-of-war with his own Charm attribute, Zhang Yanhang hoped to maintain the equipment bonus proportion without further reductions. But seeing the overwhelming trend now, Zhang Yanhang could only lay down, inversely pursuing a rise in health level, which is an unclear choice.

"Apart from the increase in Charm attributes, this time the aerobic exercise also increased the Movement Speed in the oxygen environment by 30%, raising its total Movement Speed bonus from the previous 105% to 135%.

Although said to be in an oxygen environment, it can essentially be directly viewed as a normal Movement Speed bonus.

In the past, a 30% Movement Speed bonus was very useful for me, but now it's not so noticeable; it's just ordinary."

There's nothing that can be done about this. Before, Zhang Yanhang was only Second Tier, so a 30% Movement Speed bonus naturally helped a lot in enhancing movement speed. But now, as a Peak Fourth Tier and soon ascending to Fifth Tier, it's no longer comparable. Accordingly, this 30% Movement Speed bonus seems lacking.

"But this is only an SSS-level Rhythm Talent after all. From my previous experience, if it can be upgraded to X-level, it would at least yield a 60% Movement Speed bonus, which is quite good."

Unfortunately, Zhang Yanhang certainly has no way to keep upgrading in the short term.

"Luckily, although Ability Two only raised the Movement Speed bonus by 30%, Ability Three outdoor sports also increased a part of the Movement Speed bonus. Earlier, Ability Three outdoor sports could only reduce the 130% negative impact in solid environments, but now it has increased by another 20%, totaling a 150% reduction in negative impact.

Any reduction exceeding 100% negative impact directly transforms into a speed bonus, thereby, this time equates to an additional 50% Movement Speed bonus."

A 30% Movement Speed bonus may mean little for Zhang Yanhang now, but a 50% Movement Speed bonus is quite decent, likely helping to enhance his movement speed a lot.

"Moreover, apart from reducing 150% of the negative impact during movement in fixed environments, Ability Three also lowered the negative impact during movement in liquid environments from the original 100% directly to 130%, which means a 30% increase."

Zhang Yanhang initially thought the growth extent of reduced negative impact in solid and liquid environments should be the same, but unexpectedly, after this upgrade, he found out that the reduction in negative impact in the liquid environment increased more, 10% higher than in the solid environment.

Zhang Yanhang is quite pleased with this, since it essentially gives the liquid environment a chance to catch up, preventing it from being continuously left behind by the solid environment. It's likely that after ascending another level or two, it might even catch up directly.

"Now that the Talent effects are thoroughly reviewed, indeed there's still no new abilities emerging, although I rationally thought there might be none, I didn't expect Ashen World to really follow reason, can't it be a little more humane?

It's clearly Sky Rhythm, why can't it maneuver into giving me an ability to ignore negative impacts in gaseous environments? Now it's just one step away from completing solid, liquid, gas tri-phase..."

Although he said he didn't want a new flying ability before, Zhang Yanhang did say those words flippantly, in fact he still desires it in his heart, because having more skills never harms.

Moreover, the Fourth Tier's inherent flying ability cannot be used once gravitationally detached from the planet, so naturally he desires a more advanced flying ability, but unfortunately, Ashen World doesn't honor his wishes at all.

"Forget it, next, I'd better test the Movement Speed first."

After reviewing the usage effects of the SSS-level Talent, Zhang Yanhang immediately found a deserted island somewhere overseas and teleported there to test his Movement Speed on it, and then teleported back to his bedroom.

Finally, according to the test results, Zhang Yanhang's current Movement Speed, after this 50% bonus, has increased from the original 8438 meters per second to 8923 meters per second, an increase of 485 meters per second, which is quite substantial.

If converted to Mach speed, Zhang Yanhang's current Movement Speed has already risen from the original 24.8 Mach to 26.2 Mach, equating to another increase in Movement Speed of 1.4 Mach.

Zhang Yanhang's fastest speed prior to ranking up was only 2.8 Mach as a Peak Third Tier, whereas now it's about a 0.5 times increase of Third Tier speed, indicating a quite rapid ascent.

"I originally thought I might still have to rely on the Movement Speed Coin to get Movement Speed above 25 Mach, but I didn't expect the suddenly upgraded SSS-level Talent Sky Rhythm to complete this small goal directly...

Though, while achieving the 25 Mach small goal was easy, completing the 30 Mach small goal is quite difficult, because I currently have nothing else on me that can further enhance Movement Speed..."

Currently, Zhang Yanhang is 3.8 Mach short of the small goal of 30 Mach in normal mode, making any further improvement quite challenging, and Zhang Yanhang believes he shouldn't hold out much hope before ranking up.

"Speaking of which, if the 3.5% Movement Speed bonus on the Green Ten-piece Set were still effective, I should be able to enhance my Movement Speed a bit more now, but the Green Ten-piece Set was actively removed by me."

Therefore, theoretically speaking, Zhang Yanhang this time didn't actually achieve a 50% Movement Speed increase, but rather only achieved a 46.5% Movement Speed increase.

But truth be told, for him right now, whether it's more or less of that 3.5%, it indeed doesn't make much difference; at most, it can add a few dozen meters to the Movement Speed, but expecting the current Movement Speed to rise directly from 8923 meters above 9000 meters is certainly impossible.