Ashen God-Chapter 1040 - 1039: Linking with Senior Sister
Moreover, even if it's the Eighth Rank, with the skill enhancement of the Heaven and Earth Devourer, Zhang Yanhang feels it's unlikely that he would lack the Charm attribute. Therefore, the issue of his Charm attribute deficiency can be said to be completely resolved once and for all.
Zhang Yanhang even thinks there's no need to upgrade his Sky Rhythm as a Charm attribute Talent.
Well, perhaps there is some necessity, after all, although Sky Rhythm appears to be a Charming Talent, it's actually a real Agility Talent. The enhancement to Movement Speed is very appealing, and Zhang Yanhang cannot refuse.
Moreover, Zhang Yanhang also hopes that as Sky Rhythm evolves, it might develop some ability to increase Attack Speed. For it to be considered healthy, both Attack Speed and Movement Speed must be enhanced together.
After checking the data panel, Zhang Yanhang then opens the Skill Effect of the Heavenly Earth Form to take a look. After all, a dozen hours have passed, and theoretically, his body size should have increased quite a bit.
[Heavenly Earth Form · Original Scripture LV.6 (Active skills)]
[Active Effect: After skill activation, the Heavenly Destiny Master can freely transform (enlarge) the body, with a maximum transformation limit of 2400%+2700%=5100% [current size is 2442 meters (+621 meters)], Power Effect +600%. No cooldown time, slightly consumes Physical Strength.]
[Additional Attributes: Maximum transformation limit +2700%.]
"Originally, my body size was only 3150 centimeters, but now due to having passed another dozen or so hours, my body size has increased to 4789 centimeters, equivalent to an increase of 1639 centimeters, which means I increased by half my height in just half a day. Not bad."
And tomorrow, Zhang Yanhang's body growth speed will be even higher, increasing by more than forty meters in a single day.
"Along with the rise of my body size, my maximum transformation limit has also risen from the original 1821 meters to 2442 meters, easily surpassing Heng Mountain's initial target of 2017 meters."
Beyond Heng Mountain, one of the Five Mountains, West Mountain Hua at 2160 meters has also been surpassed. West Mountain Hua is the highest peak among the Five Mountains, so Zhang Yanhang's current maximum transformation limit has surpassed East Mountain Tai, West Mountain Hua, Southern Mountain Heng, Beiyue Hengshan, and Zhongyue Songshan, collectively the Five Mountain ranges.
Currently, Zhang Yanhang's maximum transformation limit is about the same as Qingcheng Mountain. As one of the famous Taoist mountains, Qingcheng Mountain is 2434 meters tall, about eight meters shorter than Zhang Yanhang now.
And Zhang Yanhang's next small target to surpass is Wutai Mountain at 3058 meters. Currently, he's just six hundred meters short of this small target, which shouldn't be difficult to achieve. In fact, it might be completed by noon tomorrow.
"So, the question is, what should I do now?"
After finishing the matter of capturing ghosts, Zhang Yanhang suddenly finds that he seems to have nothing to do, since the cleaning of the Permanent Teleportation Channel is scheduled for the fifth. He currently has a day and a half with nothing to do.
"Since there's nothing to do, let's take a rest."
Primarily, Zhang Yanhang currently has no interest in capturing ghosts. He plans to check tomorrow to see if there are any Permanent Teleportation Channels left in Africa to clean up.
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November 4, Wednesday, the third day after Halloween, also the second day since Zhang Yanhang left the Ashen World, 2:35 PM, Qin Island City, Xingfuli District, Unit 505, bedroom.
Due to having nothing to do, Zhang Yanhang spends most of his time at home, but this morning he made a rare trip to school. The teacher asked him if he had successfully broken through the bottleneck he mentioned when he requested leave earlier?
He replied that he broke through successfully, advancing from Second Tier to Fifth Tier in one go.
Then he told the teacher he plans to start preparing to break through to the Sixth Tier, and intends to request several more days off.
The teacher's evaluation of his month-long absence was 'Maybe you should quickly arrange for a withdrawal, so you don't delay your path to becoming an Urban Immortal Emperor. Are you planning to ascend tomorrow?'
However, Zhang Yanhang chose to reject the teacher's goodwill. Although he is nearly at the same level as the Bodhisattva Guanyin, he still plans to get his diploma. It might not be useful, but at least he can keep it as a memento.
Moreover, since he's already paid, why shouldn't the school give him the certificate?
Doesn't the school have any moral baseline for customer service?
As for whether this field belongs to the service industry, Zhang Yanhang thinks 'serving the people' explains it well enough, and since it is a revenue-generating project, it is definitely the service industry, though the consumer association might not be able to manage it. Zhang Yanhang can have Zhou Muxi from the relevant department help manage this kind of illegal irregularities.
Under Zhang Yanhang's persuasion, the teacher regained rationality and once again helped him apply for a long vacation according to his wishes.
Of course, Zhang Yanhang did not go to the school just to ask for leave from the teacher, which is the most trivial purpose. In fact, his secondary purpose was to check if his five unreliable roommates had returned.
Predictably, his five unreliable roommates were still nowhere to be seen, possibly really buried in some mass grave in remote wilderness.
Given this situation, it's naturally impossible for Zhang Yanhang to look for them. Since they are neither family nor close friends, he is just an innocent commuter student with no emotional ties to these dorm roommates. Compared to them, he feels more for the host's cousin, whom he has only met once, than for these five roommates, since affection inevitably breeds familiarity.
Therefore, Zhang Yanhang simply sighed quietly and put the matter behind him once again.
However, it must be mentioned that due to fortuitous encounters, he has traveled to many places in various provinces nationwide, yet no related figures were detected.
Consequently, Zhang Yanhang even suspects they may have died in the Ashen World, which is possible. For instance, if one among them accidentally awakened a superpower and then fell into the Ashen World, they might have been directly killed by the Monsters there.
This is indeed a very likely occurrence. After all, newly awakened Awakeners often don't know much about the Ashen World, just like Zhang Yanhang at the beginning, who even had to ask other experienced Awakeners to understand what the Ashen World is.
And if an inexperienced and clueless newbie Awakener rushes in, the death rate is indeed quite high. Although it's not to the extent that half would die, losing a tenth or two is quite normal.
Therefore, Zhang Yanhang now suspects that his roommate might have accidentally died in the Ashen World, and the corpse is probably long digested by the monsters.
Moreover, these newly awakened Awakeners definitely enter through low-level transmission channels, like First Tier or Second Tier. Even if the corpse remains there, Zhang Yanhang wouldn't be able to enter, so recovering the body is definitely out of the question.
But luckily, he never intended to do that anyway, as he's too lazy to waste time, even though he has a lot of free time now.
Of course, after solving the two least important objectives of finding a teacher and a roommate (did he really solve them?), Zhang Yanhang moved on to his main objective.
As for the main objective, naturally, it was to find someone at the school who could help him establish a link, as he now has five link slots, which is a bit excessive.
Thus, Zhang Yanhang thought of the school and attempted to find a Linker here. Of course, he didn't look for his classmates because the relationships weren't very strong, so Zhang Yanhang found a senior. Someone he used to contact often but hadn't been in touch with much lately.
This was the senior who had previously left him a bottle of transparent liquid (likely saliva). When he saw this senior covered in rainbow-colored light again, Zhang Yanhang chatted with her briefly, and she agreed without difficulty.
Considering the senior's good attitude, even possibly mixed with some special elements, after discovering that she was about to advance to Fifth Tier, Zhang Yanhang casually gave her some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, hoping she would soon advance and become Qin Island City's second Fifth Tier Awakened.
He vaguely recalled that this senior was already a Fourth Tier Awakened long ago, even before he became an Awakener himself. Her qualifications were older than the group owner's, yet she only recently began preparing to break through the bottleneck.
Zhang Yanhang believed it was mainly because he supported the group owner with many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures along with other resources, whereas the senior relied on her efforts for cultivation.
Therefore, Zhang Yanhang had enough reason to suspect that, without his support for the group owner's cultivation, this senior might have become the first Fifth Tier Awakened in Qin Island City. Of course, this list excludes Zhang Yanhang himself, as he advanced through cheats, which cannot be compared to these talented cultivators who achieve Fifth Tier through their efforts. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Perhaps due to not seeing each other for a long time, the senior and Zhang Yanhang talked a lot, but when it came to cultivation questions, Zhang Yanhang's response was a lot of 'I don't know.' Despite being a Fifth Tier Awakened, he truly didn't understand cultivation.
Regarding cultivation issues, Zhang Yanhang felt it was better to forward the senior to the group owner, as they were both normal cultivators and might have more topics to discuss.
Yet some remaining rationality led Zhang Yanhang to dismiss this somewhat risky idea, as he didn't want to see a bloodbath, although that might indeed be intriguing.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Yanhang proactively bid farewell to the senior. Certainly, always calling her 'senior' might not be appropriate, so Zhang Yanhang thought he should try to refer to her by name—Liu Ruotong—in the future.
Still, Zhang Yanhang did prefer calling her 'senior' over her name, just like he continued to call Gu Mingyue 'group owner,' which was a matter of habit.
After resolving matters at school, Zhang Yanhang naturally returned home and started pondering where to find the remaining two linkers.
Of course, one linker was already reserved for Zhao Yalan, so he actually only needed one more linker slot. If things got desperate, Zhang Yanhang thought he might have to ask for help from the group owner's cousin.
Given that he already found another linker, Zhang Yanhang took the opportunity to review his Eternal Demon Body's skill effect.
[Eternal Demon Body LV.6 (Passive Skill)]
[Skill Effect: 'Heavenly Destiny Master' generates 1 Magic Energy Crystal inside. Under the influence of the Magic Energy Crystal, 'Heavenly Destiny Master' gains the 'Magic Energy Cycle' effect, automatically restoring Life Value every second by 277307 [Life Value Limit] × 6% + 4100 [Life Value Recovery Speed] × 60% = 19099 points.
'Heavenly Destiny Master' triggers 'Magic Power Surge' with each attack, gaining 4100 [Life Value Recovery Speed] × 60% = 2460 points of extra damage bonus.
'Heavenly Destiny Master' triggers 'Magic Energy Gathering' with each attack, absorbing 2460 [Extra Damage Bonus] × 60% = 1476 points of Life Value from enemies to heal self. Excess Life Value is stored within the Magic Energy Crystal if Life Value is full.
The current Magic Energy Crystal Life Value storage limit is 277307 [Life Value Limit] × 192% (+48%) [120% + 72% (+48%)] = 532429 points (+133107 points). Life Value stored in the Magic Energy Crystal can be used anytime, with no cooldown, no consumption, and cannot be destroyed.]
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"Because I previously found Zhou Muxi and my senior, I now have three linkers, and the Magic Energy Crystal Life Value storage limit has increased by 48%, from the original 120%+24%, to 120%+72%, totaling a 192% Life Value storage limit."
After finding three linkers, Zhang Yanhang essentially had two extra lives, which was far more comfortable than when he only had one life.
However, even with two extra lives, Zhang Yanhang certainly couldn't feel satisfied. He still needed to quickly complete the remaining two linkers.
"But it's uncertain whether the Eternal Demon Body will further open up more linker slots. If there are more, linking could get even tougher."
Of course, if things got desperate, Zhang Yanhang thought he could randomly ask some Awakeners frequently entering the Ashen World to hunt monsters to help link.
"With the increase in linkers, my current Magic Energy Crystal Life Value storage limit has grown from 399322 points to 532429 points, a corresponding rise of 133107 points in Life Value storage limit."
After reviewing the Eternal Demon Body's skill effect, Zhang Yanhang felt a sense of having nothing to do again, thankfully he wasn't entirely out of things to do.
