October 30th, Friday, five days after Double Ninth Festival, and also the first day Zhang Yanhang left the Ashen World. At ten o'clock in the morning, in the Main World, Qin Island City, Xingfuli District, apartment 505, bedroom.

After confirming his promotion in rank, a small piece of dazzling yet gentle golden light gradually emerged on Zhang Yanhang's palms and soles. Since it was his third rank promotion, he already felt quite familiar with this golden light.

This soft but surging golden light, starting from the extremities, quickly extended upwards. In less than a blink of an eye, it had completely swallowed Zhang Yanhang's limbs and then converged towards his torso. As soon as the torso was quickly consumed, the brilliant golden light further surged through his spine into his brain.

Zhang Yanhang had anticipated the next sequence, and indeed, as he had expected, the golden light that entered his brain abruptly turned its attack strategy, retreating back into his limbs and then vanished immediately, upon just encountering the pale blue 'Multiple Choice' Talent Light that surrounded his brain.

"So, why does the golden light not enter the brain? Is the brain not worth transforming?"

However, Zhang Yanhang was too lazy to think about the reason, as it had no impact on the rank promotion itself.

Of course, the main reason was that a plethora of notifications about his rank promotion had already appeared in front of Zhang Yanhang, which were indeed more important than the golden light.

[Profession Level successfully increased to LV.31, Free Attribute Points +6.]

[Heavenly Destiny Master successfully promoted to Fourth Tier, Attribute Value Limit increased to 100 points.]

[Heavenly Destiny Master successfully promoted to Fourth Tier, 'Multiple Choice' Talent enhanced.]

[Congratulations, you have acquired the skill 'Heaven and Earth Devourer'.]

[Congratulations, you have acquired the skill 'Hundred Taboos'.]

"After enduring countless hardships (over one day), I've finally succeeded in being promoted to the Fourth Tier. This promotion, like previous ones, also granted me two new professional skills.

These skills 'Heaven and Earth Devourer' and 'Hundred Taboos' sound even more tyrannical than the 'Fatian Xiangdi' and 'Three-Headed Six-Armed' I received at the Third Tier. I wonder what the specific skill effects will be…"

Since the professional skills of Heavenly Destiny Master always maintained a good custom—what the skill name suggested was exactly the effect, without any falsehood—Zhang Yanhang was genuinely looking forward to these Fourth Tier professional skills.

But it wasn't the time to check the skill effects yet, as more notifications about his rank promotion continued to emerge in front of Zhang Yanhang.

[Heavenly Destiny Master Maximum Life Value Conversion Coefficient enhanced.]

[Heavenly Destiny Master Maximum Energy Value Conversion Coefficient enhanced.]

[Heavenly Destiny Master Life Value Recovery Speed enhanced.]

[Heavenly Destiny Master Energy Value Recovery Speed enhanced.]

"It's my favorite time, the rank reward time again. According to past experiences, I am sure to significantly increase the Maximum Life Value Conversion Coefficient and Maximum Energy Value Conversion Coefficient. No surprises there—it should set a new record for both Maximum Life Value and Energy Value enhancements."

Zhang Yanhang only had time to reflect briefly before even more notifications emerged in front of him. Simultaneously, with the appearance of these notifications, Time Pause was also triggered.

That familiar Time Pause, long absent, descended upon Qin Island City. Accordingly, with the arrival of Time Pause, a vast array of textual option boxes also appeared before his eyes.

[Detection: Main attribute 'Strength' of the Heavenly Destiny Master has reached an attribute value limit of 75 points during rank promotion, main attribute bonus awarded…]

[Do you wish to pick the Strength attribute reward?]

[Option One: Shock (After killing ten enemies in a row without taking any damage, there is a chance to cause a 'Shock' effect on nearby enemies, reducing their combat will and Attack Power, with a certain possibility of triggering a 'Fleeing' state if the enemy fails the related willpower check).]

[Option Two: Fierce (Strength Effect Bonus +75%).]

[Option Three: Innate Divine Strength (Strength +5).]

"I remember the last time there was a Fierce Courage effect, which would boost a certain attack power and Attack Speed after launching three consecutive attacks.

Although it was also somewhat weak, it was at least somewhat useful. But what is this Shock?

You call this Shock? It's more like 'I want to fight ten enemies!'"

Zhang Yanhang's ideal Shock would be a stare that directly makes enemies collapse or wet their pants, but this Shock seemed more like a compromise when facing a horde of enemies, by demonstrating power through killing part of them to make others flee, thus reducing pressure.

"But the problem is, the more monsters, the more excited I get. At least a hundred monsters should die under each cast of Death Wave. If I really choose this, I might trigger it every time and make the enemies all 'Fleeing', which would actually be unfavorable for my hunting activities."

If possible, Zhang Yanhang would still prefer to have a taunting ability. If there really was one, he could completely forsake other options, as taunting abilities are indeed much more useful to him than simple attribute enhancements.

"Option Two's Fierce provides a 75% Strength Effect Bonus, and Option Three's Innate Divine Strength provides an increase of 5 attribute points. So here comes the question: should I choose Fierce or Innate Divine Strength?"

Zhang Yanhang was somewhat torn as five points of the Strength attribute was already equivalent to a Golden quality artifact, such as the Golden quality artifact he had obtained in Goblin Plain earlier [Blue Dragon Essence Blood (Dawn Blessing)], which could enhance five points of Agility attribute value.

"But it seems like I don't really lack Strength attribute value for the time being. So comparatively, the 75% Strength effect provided by Fierce might be more useful…"

The Flame God's Crown +3, which Zhang Yanhang had previously fused to an almost Orange quality with full score, could only provide a 50% Strength Effect Bonus. This 'Fierce' option was already equivalent to 1.5 pieces of the Crown +3, indeed very powerful.

"So, I choose Option Two, Fierce, power effect +75%." After briefly thinking it over, Zhang Yanhang quickly made his decision.

Although he had just received a substantial increase in power effect bonuses in the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, Zhang Yanhang always adhered to the mentality that more is better when it came to attribute bonuses.

After making his choice, Time Pause momentarily disappeared, but soon a new notification appeared before his eyes, and Time Pause was triggered again, plunging him back into a state of Time Pause with a new array of text options emerging before him.

[Detected that the main attribute 'Agility' of the 'Heavenly Destiny Master' profession has reached the attribute value limit of 75 points upon promotion, earning a main attribute reward...]

[Would you like to draw for the Agility attribute reward?]

[Option One: Rapid Movement (Movement Speed +70%)]

[Option Two: Flying (In non-combat state, gain the 'Flying' status, receives a 90% bonus to movement speed, moderately reduces physical strength consumption during movement.)]

[Option Three: Swift (Agility +5)]

"I remember last time when I was promoted, the agility side of the attribute rewards were all about increasing attack speed bonus, but this time all the bonuses have switched to movement speed, which is still pretty good as it can enhance my hunting efficiency.

Speaking of which, being Fourth Tier is really different, huh? The strength of the rewards has increased quite a bit..."

Zhang Yanhang remembered that the main attribute rewards during his promotion from Second Tier to Third Tier were only about a twenty-some percent increase, but now it had tripled, starting at seventy percent.

"Although the attribute value increase from Swift is useful, compared to my meager bonus in movement speed, the first two options, Rapid Movement and Flying, are indeed more useful.

Flying allows for a 90% increase in movement speed in non-combat states and also reduces physical strength consumption, whereas Rapid Movement straightforwardly grants a 70% increase in movement speed without conditions, but which one should I choose?"

Zhang Yanhang thought carefully and felt that perhaps the most straightforward Rapid Movement was a bit more useful for him, given that his 'non-combat state' was really hard to define, nearly always in a non-stop status during monster hunting, with no chance to disengage.

That meant, apart from resting, he was almost always in a combat state, making the Flying, which only activated in non-combat states, particularly hard to trigger.

Moreover, to be honest, Zhang Yanhang felt his physical strength was quite abundant recently, not feeling any issues with insufficient stamina at all, so moderately reducing physical strength consumption during movement wasn't really necessary.

After all, the physical strength consumed during movement was only a small part; it was primarily consumed by the Death Wave, which was quite intensive.

In some ways, if he simply moved without using any Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to scout, perhaps the energy consumed by movement wasn't even as fast as the recovery rate.

Therefore, overall, even though Flying provided a higher bonus to movement speed, Zhang Yanhang genuinely preferred the straightforward Rapid Movement.

"So, I choose Option One, Rapid Movement, Movement Speed +70%."

After weighing the pros and cons between the two options, Zhang Yanhang immediately made his choice, and Time Pause disappeared.

But just because Time Pause had disappeared, it did not mean that it could not be triggered again; so, the next second, Zhang Yanhang found himself back in Time Pause due to another notification.

[Detected that the main attribute 'Constitution' of the 'Heavenly Destiny Master' profession has reached the attribute value limit of 75 points upon promotion, earning a main attribute reward...]

[Would you like to draw for the Constitution attribute reward?]

[Option One: Health (Constitution +5)]

[Option Two: Robust (Maximum life value +800)]

[Option Three: Iron Wall (defensive power +80%)]

"First, the Iron Wall option is definitely out of the question, since I am not lacking in defensive power, and I can substantially increase it later in the Main World by scavenging more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

So, compared to Iron Wall, 'Health' which provides five points of Constitution attribute and 'Robust' which provides eight hundred points in life value limit are indeed much more useful..."

Zhang Yanhang calculated carefully; with his current Maximum life value conversion coefficient of forty-three points, he would need about nineteen points of Constitution attribute to increase his life value limit by eight hundred points.

Even now, with the increase in the Maximum life value conversion coefficient due to his promotion, such a large gap would still be hard to bridge, still needing at least ten points of Constitution attribute to increase by eight hundred points.

"The highest quality artifact I've used to increase life value limit before was only the Light Golden Quality [World Tree Juice (Blood Dilution)], which could only increase the maximum life value by one hundred eighty points.

In other words, this 'Robust' offer of eight hundred points in life value limit is roughly equivalent to four and a half bottles of World Tree Juice, and not choosing it would indeed be something I might regret."

Considering the area he would need to clear next was opposite the abandoned transmission channel in the sewers of Raccoon City, and he was there to promote his Talent Level, he would theoretically gain a significant amount of Constitution attribute by upgrading the SS-level Talent [Longevity Mountain and Fortune Sea], so he wasn't actually short on Constitution attribute.

"Although the Constitution attribute also relates to defensive power, Abnormal State Resistance, Life Value Recovery Speed, and a whole host of related branch attributes, eight hundred points in life value limit equals at least over ten points in Constitution attribute, so overall, its value is still much higher."

With the addition of eight hundred points in life value limit and the recent growth in Maximum Life Value Conversion Coefficient from his promotion to Fourth Tier, Zhang Yanhang estimated that the life value limit he could increase this time should be at least over three thousand points, easily exceeding the record by a comfortable margin.

"So, I choose Option Two, Robust, life value limit +800."

Of course, the reason Zhang Yanhang chose this eight hundred points life value limit bonus was not only because he felt its value was higher.

Mainly, it was also because he wanted to maintain the small goal of Same Tier Awakened with four times life value limit that he had just achieved and which had only lasted three hours before becoming ineffective after his promotion.

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