After realizing that the seawater inside the Stomach Space could be absorbed just like steel and used to convert Energy Value, Zhang Yanhang immediately set the absorption efficiency of the steel cubes he had just swallowed to 0%, as he intended to keep these steel cubes for future strength testing.

Unfortunately, although Zhang Yanhang adjusted it in time, due to the rapid absorption efficiency of the Stomach Space, half of the steel cubes had already been absorbed, leaving only five hundred thousand tons, but fortunately, it should still be enough for now.

Moreover, Zhang Yanhang felt that he could later refine more steel cubes to replenish the Stomach Space, as it would be too troublesome to refine them every time he wanted to test strength. Having a surplus in the Stomach Space would be more convenient.

The Stomach Space is large enough that a bit more space won't be an issue. Even if not used later, they can be absorbed safely, environmentally friendly, and without pollution.

A few minutes later, as Zhang Yanhang continued to devour the seawater and seabed, his entire body suddenly trembled, expanding outward by a centimeter from his original height of 1.90 meters to 1.91 meters.

"So, this is the effect of body size increase? The growth rate is quite fast."

However, since it was only an increase of one centimeter, the change wasn't very significant. After a brief moment of feeling it, Zhang Yanhang returned to focusing on devouring the seawater and seabed.

During the continuous devouring process, due to the relatively slow flow of the ocean currents, Zhang Yanhang started to devour the air as well. Like a giant vacuum pump, he emptied the surrounding air in a few seconds.

Although the surrounding air continued to flow in his direction, it was much slower than the seawater, creating a short-lived vacuum environment around him with no water, seabed, or air, everything was swallowed into the Stomach Space.

He didn't even spare the deserted island beneath him. Although the saying goes, "the rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow," it wasn't exactly his burrow. After his promotion to Fourth Tier, he didn't need a landing spot and hovered over the deserted island.

But as the saying goes, if the ocean doesn't come to me, I'll go to it. After devouring the entire deserted island, with a diameter of just over a thousand meters, Zhang Yanhang started flying and devouring at the same time. Since waiting for seawater to flow automatically was slow, the proactive approach was slightly more efficient, especially as flight didn't consume Energy Value.

......

October 30, Friday, the fifth day after the Double Ninth Festival, also the first day Zhang Yanhang left the Ashen World, at eleven thirty-five in the morning, Philippine Sea, Northern Mariana Islands, Mariana Trench.

After a while of flying and devouring, Zhang Yanhang felt that although it consumed no energy, flying and devouring simultaneously wasn't as comfortable as standing still.

So, because Indonesia happens to be near the Philippines, and near the Philippines is the world's deepest trench, the Mariana Trench, Zhang Yanhang directly flew to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The gravitational factors in the deep-sea environment caused seawater to replenish much faster than in shallow water.

Zhang Yanhang stayed there cosplaying as the sea eye and absorbed seawater for an hour, ultimately creating another deep-sea vortex while also widening and deepening the Mariana Trench.

According to the seawater coverage area in the Stomach Space, he must have swallowed nearly two hundred million cubic meters of seawater in that hour. If converted to freshwater, that would be one-fifth of Qin Island City's annual water usage, enough for two or three months of normal consumption.

Moreover, in the hour, as the Stomach Space continuously absorbed seawater converting energy, his height increased from 191 centimeters to 202 centimeters, an 11-centimeter growth.

"Based on the current absorption efficiency, on average, it only takes 7.5 minutes for my height to increase by a centimeter, meaning I can grow eight centimeters in an hour, and 192 centimeters in a day.

Man, could my body size double in just one day?"

Initially, Zhang Yanhang thought the Heaven and Earth Devourer skill wasn't too strong, but now it seemed exceptionally powerful. With this skill, he felt that even without hunting monsters in the Ashen World, just by absorbing seawater to increase his body size, he could achieve world invincibility.

After all, body size growth might not be beneficial to other Awakeners, but for him, it meant strength growth. The Heavenly Earth Skill amplified based on his body's size limit."

Before, he could only amplify up to seventy meters, but once his height increased to four meters, he could amplify directly to one hundred forty meters, effectively doubling the amplification rate.

And this is just in one day; in the days to come, he could increase his body size by two meters daily. In over a month, without any bonuses, he could naturally increase his base size to seventy meters. At that point, it would be about being unstoppable, definitely enough to dig up Shariputra.

"Oh, such a strong growth skill. It would have been nice to have it during the First Tier Period. If I had it at the first tier, by now, my base size would probably be sixty meters.

But luckily, it's not too late now. If I count my Fifth Tier promotion in a week, my base size should reach at least a dozen meters by then."

To say nothing else, just getting the base size to ten meters means he could ordinarily use the Heavenly Earth Skill to amplify his size to three hundred and fifty meters, far surpassing the Hundred Feet Dharma Body state augmented by the third-tier Giant Transformation four-piece set.

Also, the Giant Transformation three-piece set's Hundred Feet Dharma Body is essentially a bug, making one feel light and floaty after transformation. But if the base size is increased to ten meters, the amplified three hundred fifty meters would undoubtedly be more solid, without feeling so insubstantial.

"Based on the one-hour average efficiency, I should absorb around forty million cubic meters of materials daily. So, the two hundred million cubic meters of materials swallowed in the last hour could sustain me for about five days..."

Zhang Yanhang considered that absorbing for five days should suffice since he couldn't fill his stomach entirely with seawater. He also planned to go to the desert next to absorb some sand. The main point is that absorbing too much seawater and seabed can cause oceanic and tsunami, but deserts don't have such concerns."

"So, the question is, what do I do now?"

Zhang Yanhang no longer wanted to stay at the Mariana Trench. He pondered whether he should go home, but then remembered that he hadn't used his Red Quality Fire God Hephaestus Forging Hammer yet.

Zhang Yanhang teleported to a nearby deserted island and took out the hammer.

"Although I want to use it, what should I use it to enhance, equipment or weapon? Unfortunately, the Taro Card is a set; otherwise, I'd definitely enhance it.

Should I enhance the Totem Pole then? Like the Lightning Totem Pole? If I could upgrade it to Orange Quality Equipment, it would undoubtedly provide a significant Energy Value Recovery Speed bonus.

That way, my Heaven and Earth Devourer Skill could absorb energy more rapidly. Maybe then my body size could increase over two meters a day."

Zhang Yanhang felt that such items that could enhance another to Orange quality regardless of its current quality would certainly bring greater benefits the lower the quality of the item. After all, since all things are elevated to Orange quality, naturally, the lower the initial quality, the greater the improvement.

If you were to use it to enhance Dark Gold quality equipment, you would only be able to improve one quality level, which truly seems wasteful.

"Considering this, perhaps it's better to enhance a weapon rather than equipment."

Of course, Zhang Yanhang was not referring to the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist, since it was already of Orange quality, and didn't need enhancement.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang was more inclined to enhance the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun. He used it frequently and, as it currently was only of Dark Purple quality and remained a Third Tier piece of equipment, it indeed felt a bit outdated.

While it certainly could be used, and with the various bonuses he possessed, defeating Fourth Tier Monsters was quite easy, it still seemed more prudent to continue enhancing it in preparation for the future.

Moreover, the flight speed of the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun cannon bullets was a bit slow, only reaching Mach 10, while his Movement Speed had already reached Mach 14 under normal circumstances, and his fist speed was almost Mach 30. Thus, it seemed worthwhile to enhance the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun.

With this decision made, Zhang Yanhang took out the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun and tapped it with the Forging Hammer of Fire God Hephaestus.

After a gentle tap from the Forging Hammer of Fire God Hephaestus, it instantly dissipated into a brilliant golden light, quickly merging into the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun.

After a few seconds, the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun began to glow with an orange light.

Zhang Yanhang estimated that this meant the enhancement had succeeded, so he immediately began checking the attribute list of the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun.

[Six Roots Pure Soul Passage Spear]

[Quality: Orange]

[Type: Weapon]

[Origin: Ashen World, Land of the Buddha Country, Heretic Conversion Agency.]

[Durability: 210/210]

[Attack Power: 192 (+140) [Fluctuates with the update of bullets, currently using 90mm caliber heretic conversion agency specialized bullets (shells).]]

[Magazine Capacity: 10000 rounds (+9500 rounds)]

[Fire Rate: 1000 rounds (+900 rounds) per second]

[Special Attributes: 1. Six Roots Pure (Buddha). 2. Five Elements are All Emptiness (Buddha).]

[Six Roots Pure (Buddha): Activation locks mode, significantly increasing bullet concentration after firing, and increases Fire Rate to 2000 rounds (+1800 rounds) per second. Duration 2 seconds (+1 second), cooldown 60 seconds, no consumption.]

[Five Elements are All Emptiness (Buddha): Weapon auto-generates ammo, defaulting storage to host's designated location upon generation. Magazine generation rate is 1 every 30 minutes (-30 minutes), magazine capacity 10000 rounds (+9500 rounds), concurrent limit of 20 (+10).

Energy Value can be used to generate ammo, with each magazine consuming 1000 points (+950 points) of Energy Value. Energy Value-generated ammo need not be reloaded, appearing directly on the machine gun.]

[Usage Requirements: Strength 125, Intelligence 120.]

[Score: 680 (Orange item scores range from 531 to 680.)]

[Description: When Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practices deeply the Perfection of Wisdom, he perceives that the five aggregates are empty and crosses all suffering.

When converting heretics, I often can't help but see this scripture imprinted on the 'Specialized for Heretic Conversion·Arhat-level Buddhist Sect Execution (Conversion) Heavy Machine Gun,' and each time, I feel my understanding of Buddhism deepens. — From a Sotapanna level Conversion Agency Executioner]

"As for this enhancement, the Additional Attributes haven't changed much — no new Additional Attributes appeared, but the effects of the existing ones have greatly increased."

Overall, Zhang Yanhang felt that this enhancement for the Six Roots Pure gun was an epic-grade transformation.

"First of all, in terms of Attack Power, the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun's Attack Power increased from 52 points to 192 points, a direct increase of 140 points, effectively tripling, although the specific power increase must be much more.

Meanwhile, the bullets loaded in the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun have changed from ordinary 30mm machine gun bullets to 90mm standard shells.

Then there's the magazine capacity; the original machine gun bullets of the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun were only 500 rounds, but now it has grown to 10000 rounds; one can only say that space magazines are incredible, capable of expanding capacity at will."

According to Zhang Yanhang's observations, although the bullet caliber of the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun indeed became larger, and its magazine capacity increased, the gun as a whole remained the same size as before, with a length of just over two meters, not undergoing any volumetric change; this can probably be attributed to space expansion technology.

"Apart from the larger machine gun magazine capacity, the Six Paths of Purity Soul-crossing Gun also has a faster fire rate, initially only capable of firing a hundred rounds per second, now increased by nine hundred rounds to a thousand rounds per second."

Zhang Yanhang initially worked hard to enhance the Attack Speed Bonus, only to raise the fire rate to just over three hundred rounds per second previously. Now, with just one upgrade, it directly increased tenfold compared to before. His emotions at the moment were somewhat complicated and difficult to describe.

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