nycdaug Chapter 40: Strength Enhancement? No! It's a Leap Forward in Strength!!
Chapter 40: Strength Enhancement? No! It's a Leap Forward in Strength!!
Source energy flowed into the extraordinary panel like a trickle, and the talent affix "Martial Arts Genius" also transformed into a stream of starlight and entered it, causing the extraordinary panel to shine with dazzling light.
At the same time, rays of light surrounded Huang Hong, and warm currents appeared out of thin air within his body, nourishing his flesh and soul.
Huang Hong's human race was a race that was born without even the ability to become extraordinary. It was only because they came into contact with extraordinary power in the Paradise World by accident that they gained the most basic level of extraordinary ability.
In other words, Huang Hong was incomplete from the very beginning.
This enhancement is a way to complete his work.
The swirling energy vaporized and transformed into streaks of light that occasionally swept across Huang Hong's body. He felt no discomfort during this process; on the contrary, he experienced a rather comfortable sensation.
About half an hour later, the light faded, and Huang Hong regained consciousness. His first feeling was: powerful! Abundant! Perfect! His body seemed to be filled with power enough to destroy mountains and shatter peaks.
Of course, Huang Hong quickly snapped out of his illusion of increased power and realized that although he had improved a lot, he was still far from being able to truly "crush mountains and shatter peaks".
After that, Huang Hong sensed even more differences.
When Huang Hong changed his class to Fighter, he received a lot of related knowledge, most of which consisted of various fighting techniques, tactics, training methods, and the extraordinary knowledge of the Tiger Immortal School. In addition, each time the Fighter's class level was increased, some scattered fragments of knowledge would appear, which contained even more advanced techniques.
It can be said that Huang Hong's combat ability improved several levels simply by receiving this fighting knowledge, without his basic attributes and skill levels remaining unchanged.
However, at this moment, Huang Hong, who possessed the talent of a "martial arts genius," suddenly realized that the fighting knowledge he thought he had mastered actually had an even more mysterious aspect.
A photographic memory, the ability to apply knowledge to new situations, and the capacity for comprehensive understanding...
In just a short while, Huang Hong reorganized and summarized all the fighting knowledge he had previously acquired, and integrated it into his own instincts.
To give a simple example, the fighting skills that Huang Hong learned can be leveled up through training. In fact, this is the normal path for professionals. Huang Hong's reliance on source energy to add points is considered cheating.
Huang Hong was naturally aware of these things, and he had been intentionally training in this area, but the time was too short and there were no significant results yet.
At this point, Huang Hong was able to deeply understand the essence of those skills and then integrate their training into his daily life. Although it was not as good as practicing skills with dedication, it was better because he persevered.
Moreover, for Huang Hong, this was as simple as 1+1=2, an instinctive behavior that required no extra effort.
And this is only part of the effect of being a 'martial arts genius'!
Huang Hong opened the Extraordinary Panel...
Name: Huang Hong
Race: Human
[Racial Template]: Dark Iron Folk
[Racial Rank]: 6/10 (0/600)
[Attributes]: Strength: 7, Agility: 7, Constitution: 9, Intelligence: 8
[Occupation]: Fighter (Rare)
[Job Level]: 6/10 (57/600)
Keystone Talents: (omitted)
[Skills]: (omitted)
[Talent]: Martial Arts Genius
The Black Iron People: Born extraordinary, although they are only at the bottom of the extraordinary race, they still have the opportunity to control the extraordinary and change their destiny.
Attributes: All attributes +1; Base attributes gain 1.5 times the modifier; Life thickness increases, and vitality is greatly improved; Soul concentration increases, and soul strength is slightly improved.
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To Huang Hong's surprise, his original race was "Black Iron", but after the enhancement, he became "Black Iron People". This seems to be a more formal race template, and the bonus is quite powerful.
The "+1 to all attributes" buff is self-explanatory; it's a simple and straightforward numerical increase.
The "basic attributes gain 1.5 times the modifier" is not hard to understand. There are natural differences between species. Even if an ant and a dragon have the same power points, the effects they can exert will be different. This improvement is equivalent to a sublimation of the race's essence, and the improvement is quite terrifying. Not to mention that it can further amplify the skill bonuses!
To put it in terms of actual numbers, compared to before the racial enhancement, his strength increased more than three times after the racial enhancement, at the same value.
As a result of the attribute enhancement, the quality of 'Qi' within Huang Hong's body has also increased significantly.
Of course, this isn't all good. The fundamental improvement in basic attributes also means that it's more difficult to increase basic attributes, which is to be expected.
"Life thickness" and "soul concentration" are rather abstract, but they can be simply understood as increased vitality and spiritual power, and enhanced resistance to abnormal states on both the physical and mental levels.
It can be said that after this enhancement, Huang Hong underwent a comprehensive transformation, and his actual combat power increased by at least ten times!
After the initial joy, Huang Hong's smile quickly faded, and he gradually became serious.
He hadn't forgotten the "billions of races" that Brother Ba had mentioned in his words. It might have been just a figure of speech, but it showed how vast the world was.
Huang Hong only completed the upgrade of his Black Iron race and already gained such a huge improvement. What would a race even stronger than Black Iron look like?!
Collecting his thoughts, Huang Hong looked past the stone pillar and into the distance.
He needs to continue improving his skills, surpassing himself, and surpassing everything!
In addition to the above improvements, there was something even more surprising to Huang Hong: his innate talent, the Myriad Manifestations Enhancement, had also undergone a transformation.
The most important change is that the loading field has been changed from one to two.
Don't underestimate this improvement; for Huang Hong, it's a qualitative leap!
When there is only one loading slot, Huang Hong can only load one item and enjoy the loading ability of one item. In this case, during battle, he can only choose the one that will increase his combat power the most, rather than the one that is most suitable.
But now that there are two, he can flexibly choose the other item during combat while the Iron Man armor is loaded.
For example, you can use [Explosive Fist] when launching a strong attack, [Cat Ear Headband] when dodging and stalling, and [Swift Shadow Blade] when unleashing a burst of power...
In a flexible and adaptable situation, his actual combat effectiveness can undoubtedly be raised to a new level.
Furthermore, the enhanced basic capabilities of the Myriad Enhancement, such as faster infection speed and stronger decomposition ability, need no further explanation.
Before Huang Hong prepared to leave the stone pillar and continue his journey, he also conducted a simple verification, and the source energy obtained from decomposing the stone pillar increased from 50 points per hour to nearly 200 points per hour.
Moreover, this is the result of Huang Hong not being fully familiar with the enhanced Myriad Manifestations. Once he becomes more familiar with it, this number can be increased even further.
Huang Hong even considered staying here and "idling" for a while longer.