Ashen God
Chapter 977 976: [Eternal Demon Body LV.1]: Breathing Regenerates Health!
"Moreover, even in the current initial state, the three-segment blood bar has actually already helped me slightly increase my Life Value Limit. The total of the three segments adds up to 102%, which is actually 2% more Life Value Limit than the normal state of 100% blood bar."
Speaking of this three-segment blood bar, Zhang Yanhang couldn't help but ponder another question: Would this thing affect the Shield Value Limit of the Energy Shield?
Zhang Yanhang believed it definitely would, but to what extent was unknown.
But no matter what, since his Life Value Limit had increased, the Shield Value Limit would surely increase accordingly. However, this would have to be checked later. He planned to wait until he had increased various Attribute values before checking his Life Value Limit, Shield Value Limit, and Energy Value Limit all at once.
"And compared to the three-segment blood bar, the 'Domineering body' effect already mentioned in the skill name 'Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body' is equally important..."
Zhang Yanhang noticed that the Skill Effect specifically noted that the Domineering body could also be triggered when the Life Value dropped to zero in the Third Stage. To translate this simply, in the past, if he was killed, he really died.
But from now on, after being killed, he could forcibly struggle longer due to the Domineering body effect. If he could kill the enemy during this period to successfully counter-kill, that would be the best outcome. If he couldn't, he could use this time to run away, as preserving oneself is always more important.
"During the Domineering body period, I can be immune to all damage and any other interference factors, such as environmental factors like destroying the entire world to cause displacement or other disruptions. This is really quite impressive."
Zhang Yanhang felt that his current immunity to various negative interferences was basically complete. After all, while activating the Domineering body effect, he could also rely on the Supreme Will to be immune to various spiritual and soul damage, curses, weakenings, and other types of negative harm.
Meanwhile, he could also rely on the Hundred Taboos to ignore all kinds of restraining effects like space, arrays, barriers, and other taboo effects that might impact him.
Therefore, combined with the Domineering body effect, it's safe to say that if Zhang Yanhang wanted to run, the enemy couldn't stop him even if they blew up the entire world. This is extremely important because, in the absence of any Passive Resurrection Ability, staying alive is always the top priority.
"With this in mind, the Domineering body effect is indeed powerful. No wonder it's designated by the Multiple Choice as a Fifth Tier Professional Skill of the Heavenly Destiny Master. Its strength never fails to amaze, but rather always surprises."
In addition to this, Zhang Yanhang also noticed that each time he enters a new Domineering body stage, he gains a new effect.
In the current First Stage, it can enhance his Attack Strength by 20% and his Life Recovery Speed by 10%. Moreover, these enhancements are overall enhancements, meaning no matter how strong his original attack was, it increases by 20% based on that. Currently, because the skill is only at LV.1, it only provides 20%, but it would surely gain a substantial increase upon leveling up.
Additionally, the Life Recovery Speed is also an overall enhancement for himself, forcefully increasing by 10% based on any original amount he had. This is indeed very impressive.
Considering his current Life Value Recovery Speed bonus of 2580%, even with just LV.1 providing 10%, it effectively achieves 258%, which is even higher than Epic-grade Equipment bonuses, which is simply outrageous.
Initially, Zhang Yanhang might not have paid much attention to Life Value Recovery Speed, but now, he had to take it seriously because the last line of the Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body skill clearly marked that only when his current First Stage Life Value is fully restored can he switch stages. Therefore, it's really hard not to pay attention.
"Upon entering the Second Stage Domineering body, I will gain one opportunity to use the Heavenly Mastery Wave Fist (originally called Heavenly Mastery Shock Wave, but renaming it felt more appropriate), which can deal true damage with an initial state multiplier of 1000% Attack Power to enemies over a large area."
Considering that this is, after all, a Fifth Tier Professional Skill, Zhang Yanhang thought that with it noting 'over a large area,' the range will definitely be larger than he imagined. As for exactly how large, that will only be known after actual testing.
From the Skill Effect, Zhang Yanhang assumed the Heavenly Mastery Wave Fist was mainly meant to clear out surrounding mobs or groups of elite monsters to prevent being overwhelmed by monsters to death.
The specific targets would probably be those that Death Wave couldn't kill, or those that only lost a portion of their Life Value after a Death Wave attack but still had the strength to counterattack him.
Based on the fact that Heavenly Mastery Wave Fist naturally includes space anchoring and airspace suppression, it can be seen that the skill aims to prevent nearby monsters from escaping, ensuring they don't return to the battlefield to counter him after the attack ends.
"And if the Second Stage's Heavenly Mastery Wave Fist is meant to clear out nearby groups of monsters, then the Third Stage's Heavenly Mastery Explosion Fist is intended as an attempt at a desperate counter-kill. Just at LV.1, it can already deal one inevitable attack with 2000% Attack Power, truly a terrifying description."
However, Zhang Yanhang could understand such a high Attack Multiplier. After all, activating the Third Stage Domineering body equates to his blood bar being completely emptied, symbolizing he's half a foot into death. At this point, a strong attack would naturally be needed to counter-kill the enemy. If he fails, then he'd be the one to die.
"This is also why the last strike must not miss and cannot fail to hit, so the Heavenly Mastery Explosion Fist is even an inevitable attack. No matter the form of the attack, it can forcibly hit the enemy.
Moreover, even if the enemy is hit with a solid Heavenly Mastery Explosion Fist and isn't dead, it can be forcibly banished to the void turbulence and cosmic wilderness, rendering it unable to attack me anymore.
It can be said that the core principle of the Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body skill is to spare no effort in preserving my life, preventing me from falling into the realm of death."
However, in some regard, Zhang Yanhang thought the Heavenly Mastery Explosion Fist was still conservative. He felt that if the enemy survived being hit with it, then rather than banishing the enemy to the void turbulence and cosmic wilderness, it would be better to send himself there to hide for a while. A few seconds later, he should be back to full strength.
"And since the Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body is already this strong, surely the Eternal Demon Body wouldn't be too weak either, right?"
Zhang Yanhang, after checking the skill effect of Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body, immediately opened the skill effect of Eternal Demon Body to see if the strength limit of the Fifth Tier skills might reach a new high.
[Eternal Demon Body LV.1 (Passive skill)]
[Skill Effect: 'Heavenly Destiny Master' generates a Magic Energy Crystal within the body, which grants the effect of 'Magic Energy Cycle', automatically restoring 58286 (Life Value Limit) ×1%+3028 (Life Value Recovery Speed) ×10%=886 Life Value per second.
Each attack by 'Heavenly Destiny Master' triggers the effect of 'Magic Power Surge', gaining an additional damage bonus of 3028 (Life Value Recovery Speed) ×10%=303 points.
Each attack by 'Heavenly Destiny Master' triggers the effect of 'Magic Energy Gathering', absorbing 303 (additional damage bonus) ×10%=30 Life Value from the enemy to restore self-Life Value. If the self-Life Value is full, excess Life Value will be stored within the Magic Energy Crystal.
Currently, the Life Value storage limit of the Magic Energy Crystal is 58286×20%=11657 Life Value, and the Life Value stored therein can be used at any time, with no cooldown, no consumption, and cannot be destroyed.]
"Goodness, these skills now are flashier and more complex each time..."
Looking at the full page of various usage effects of Eternal Demon Body, and previously the lengthy skill effects of Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body, Zhang Yanhang couldn't help but miss the simplicity yet powerful beauty of Technique Immunity and Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil from the First Tier Period.
For example, Technique Immunity merely provided an Energy Shield, and all subsequent improvements focused on enhancing the shield's strength, while Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil just offered a scanning ability and all enhancements focused on boosting scan strength.
This time, the Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body and Eternal Demon Body gained are entirely based on their primary effects with several additional branch effects, making them more complex compared to before.
Fortunately, these two newly acquired skills, Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body and Eternal Demon Body, are passive skills, so there's no need to worry about usage and consumption issues; they simply auto-perform their effects.
Regarding the skill effect of Eternal Demon Body, Zhang Yanhang summarized it simply: its primary effect is akin to breathing health recovery, automatically restoring Life Value every second and providing additional damage bonuses based on the Life Value Recovery Speed; essentially a Blood Demon Flow tactic — faster life recovery speed translates to higher damage bonus.
Moreover, while attacking enemies, it can recover additional Life Value based on damage bonus, namely a sucking blood effect, which the excess Life Value can be stored for later use, akin to having a portable big health potion — use it whenever tired.
"From this perspective, this Eternal Demon Body is entirely a complementary skill with Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body."
Of course, this certainly can't be called a coincidence; it can only be said that Heavenly Destiny Master, or rather Multiple Choice, has paired them appropriately. After all, all previous Professional skills inherently had certain synergies with each other, for example, the physical defense of Indestructible Golden Body synergized with Supreme Will's mental defense.
To further illustrate, the synergy between transformation-type skills like Three-Headed Six-Armed and Fatian Xiangdi.
Thus, combining all aspects, Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body and Eternal Demon Body are also part of such synergy.
"My Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body skill requires full recovery of Life Value to automatically switch back to the previous stage health bar, whereas Eternal Demon Body coincidentally is a life recovery skill, and one that has no consumption — a breathing health recovery type skill."
Zhang Yanhang even felt Eternal Demon Body resonated with the Energy Shield of Technique Immunity in this respect, as the Energy Shield was essentially a conventional breathing health recovery ability.
"Moreover, besides breathing health recovery, Eternal Demon Body can directly achieve the effect of a portable big health potion through the Magic Energy Crystal, so even if my full Life Value was exhausted and activated the Third Stage of Domineering body, there's really no need to fear.
Just retaliate during the Domineering body phase, then after it ends, extract the Life Value from the Magic Crystal directly for full health revival, allowing for a second round against the enemy immediately."
He imagined, if the Life Value storage limit of the Magic Energy Crystal was substantial enough in the future, he might directly compete with the enemy for health, battling through numerous, even dozens of rounds until the enemy is worn out.
Of course, this assumes a significant Life Value Storage Limit; if it only restores one or two bars of health, such tactics aren't feasible, and he'd more likely use it for escape rather than staying in place to put up a blood fight.
"But, undeniably, even at just LV.1, the Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body and Eternal Demon Body already clearly exhibit explosive strength."
Zhang Yanhang estimated that he should upgrade the Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body and Eternal Demon Body next, perhaps to LV.6, to see what effect the additional attributes might trigger.
As for why not directly upgrade to LV.10, naturally, based on Zhang Yanhang's past experience, these newly advanced Fifth Tier Professional skills should already be in a new stage of skills, and cannot be further promoted like the previous tier's Heaven and Earth Devourer, only possible when advancing to the Sixth Tier.
After all, having advanced through four rank tiers, Zhang Yanhang is too familiar with these unwritten rules and mainly because improvements every two ranks are just too systematic and hard to forget.
In other words, though he hasn't checked the specific upgrade requirements yet, the Heavenly Mastery Dominator Body and Eternal Demon Body are most likely consuming a similar level as the Heaven and Earth Devourer·Original, which means upgrading to LV.6 would probably cost tens of millions of soul points.
In such circumstances, Zhang Yanhang could only attempt to upgrade to LV.6 as a test, given his current soul points balance of barely less than a hundred million, higher levels are indeed unaffordable to upgrade.