Chapter 145

【Totem Activated】

【Specialty Selection】

Tang Zheng's spirit was shaken; what really made him care about the "Totem Possession" skill was the extended choice of the skill.

As the totem tattoo on his arm was completed, the value of the "Physical Defense" attribute on the attribute panel increased by 50 points.

"So the Forest Sage King Hamsuke's totem increases the base attribute of physical defense; this is indeed the field the other party excels in."

Tang Zheng took a look at the attribute changes on the attribute table.

He had already studied it when dealing with the large number of beasts and monsters in Ogre Gu's area; the attribute range that could be increased was between "10~50" points.

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke was a monster of level 30-something, after all, so the increased attribute value was within expectations.

"Shaman Mentor" was only a mid-rank class, after all; the real focus of the class skills was still on the extended choices of the skills.

In Tang Zheng's view, the increased base attributes were more like compensating for the disadvantage of the class's passives having absolutely no amplification.

【Totem Activated】 was the way of using it like "Fighting Demon" Jiro.

Tang Zheng's original purpose was indeed for this point; for him, whether it was the early stage or the mid-to-late stage, amplification-type skills were the ones with high cost-effectiveness.

However!

When he discovered that this skill actually had another way of choosing, he changed his mind.

"Specialty Selection!"

Tang Zheng's eyes were slightly fixed, and he recited silently in his heart.

Hum—

Information on the attribute panel began to rapidly emerge with the specialty abilities possessed by the Forest Sage King Hamsuke.

【Choose one of the following abilities to fix; once chosen, it cannot be changed. Please choose an ability that fits your own race, class, and characteristics, otherwise, phenomena of weakening or inability to use will occur:

1: Vigilance

2: Agile Body

3: Night Vision

4: Blindness

5: Jungle Acceleration

12: Toughness

13: Physical Armament

Please make a choice】

Tang Zheng looked at the series of specialty abilities and couldn't help but be stunned; he had originally thought there were only a few options, but he hadn't expected there to be so many.

This "Specialty Acquisition" ability seemed to have wider applicability than he had imagined.

Tang Zheng pondered slightly.

In the "Yggdrasil" game, there wasn't too much introduction to the specific information of the Shaman system, but according to the introductions about the Shaman system in various games of his past life.

This class system had similarities with the Druid class system; both could use some abilities of beasts or monsters.

Tang Zheng scanned through these abilities one by one, and when he saw the last option, "Physical Armament," his pupils dilated slightly.

"Even this ability can be chosen?" Tang Zheng was a bit surprised.

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke's somewhat exaggerated defensive ability, aside from being due to its racial characteristics, was also partly due to its innate "Physical Armament" passive.

In the "Yggdrasil" game, this ability belonged to a type of skill.

Among the Floor Guardians of the Great Tomb, Cocytus's conspicuous light blue, armor-like outer skin was Physical Armament.

Aside from Cocytus, Shalltear, Demiurge, and others also possessed the "Physical Armament" ability.

The biggest advantage of this skill was that the strength of "Physical Armament" changed with the user's own values; that is to say, the higher the user's level, the higher the level of "Physical Armament."

Because Physical Armament was a part of the body itself, even if it suffered damage, it could be restored using healing-type magic.

But the disadvantages were also equally obvious.

The parts of "Physical Armament" could not wear equipment, so Shalltear, Demiurge, and others only performed partial Physical Armament.

At the same time, no matter how high the strength of "Physical Armament" was, under normal circumstances, it was only at the level of "Legendary" equipment, unless through adding a large amount of precious materials like data crystals, it might barely reach the strength of "Divine" level.

"If I remember correctly, this ability should only be usable by some demi-humans or heteromorphic races."

Tang Zheng recalled the information on the skill: "What would happen if I chose it?"

The fact that the parts of Physical Armament couldn't be equipped was indeed a big disadvantage, but the problem was, he didn't have much equipment at the moment either.

Additionally.

Due to the characteristics of the "Cursed Knight," ordinary equipment didn't have much use in his hands and would soon be corroded and destroyed.

He didn't mind trying it, though.

At most, it would just waste a totem tattoo, and it could also serve as a reference.

"Choose Physical Armament!"

Hum—

The attribute panel vibrated slightly.

【"Physical Armament" has been chosen......】

【The adaptation rate of this skill with the user is relatively low...... weakening has occurred】

Skill: Physical Armament → Degraded · Physical Armament

Consumption: None (Passive) → 10% hp (Active)

Introduction: Can choose partial Physical Armament or full Physical Armament; the parts of Physical Armament cannot use equipment, and the defense value is equal to the sum of one's own defense values.

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Degraded · Introduction: This skill is changed to an active skill; after use, can choose partial Physical Armament or full Physical Armament; the parts of Physical Armament cannot use equipment, and the defense value is equal to half of one's own defense values.

"Degraded skill, it can even be like this." Tang Zheng's expression was a bit strange.

Could it be that this is the degradation phenomenon unique to the Other World?

Passive becomes active!

Tang Zheng was also seeing such a situation for the first time; once the "Physical Armament" skill was learned, it was like a passive in the game, and there was no situation of it being dispelled.

And the degraded Physical Armament before him had actually become an active skill, which meant it could be dispelled on its own.

Additionally!

This consumption was also a bit scary, 10% of hp; this was a pure percentage consumption.

"Since that's the case, then full-body Physical Armament is clearly more suitable!" Tang Zheng's gaze was solemn, and he let out a low shout: "Physical Armament!"

【hp: 233 → 209】

Wow!

A mist-like energy suddenly sprayed out from the pores of Tang Zheng's whole body, wrapping his entire body.

In the blink of an eye!

This energy quickly solidified, turning into a bright gray full-body armor similar to the color of nails, and even his head was wrapped in a helmet, completely covering Tang Zheng's figure.

Sunlight from the sky shone down.

The bright gray full-body armor reflected slightly, emitting a subtle metallic luster.

Click! Click!

Tang Zheng lifted his arm; the joints of the armor on his body rubbed, emitting a slight sound.

Through the vision of the helmet, Tang Zheng could clearly see this bright gray armor on his body; it was very light in weight.

If he hadn't clearly seen that he was wearing a layer of full-body armor, Tang Zheng would have thought he was just wearing a slightly thicker piece of clothing.

"Item Identification!" Tang Zheng.

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Degraded Physical Armament · Full-Body Armor

Level: Lower Rank (11~20)

Durability: 138

Physical Defense: 84

Magic Defense: 54

Effect: None

Introduction: None

"Physical defense and magic defense are each half of one's own attributes, and durability is the sum of the two attributes."

Tang Zheng looked at the armor attributes and soon analyzed what these values represented.

"Dispel!"

Tang Zheng recited silently in his heart.

The bright gray full-body armor flashed, then turned back into white energy mist and surged back into his body.

Tang Zheng's figure reappeared, and he stood in place pondering for a while: "Physical Armament!"

He activated the skill again.

Tang Zheng's left arm was covered by a layer of bright gray bone-like material.

This time he performed partial Physical Armament; seeing that the consumption was still 10% hp, Tang Zheng's mouth twitched.

Using the "Item Identification" magic again, Tang Zheng discovered that the attributes of partial Physical Armament were the same as the attributes of the full-body armor, with absolutely no change.

"Same consumption, partialization has absolutely no cost-effectiveness."

He dispelled it again.

Looking at his arm, which had recovered as before, Tang Zheng muttered to himself with an increasingly strange expression: "Why does it feel like the degraded Physical Armament seems easier to use than the non-degraded Physical Armament?"

However!

The defensive nature of the degraded Physical Armament was indeed not high.

Regardless, the "Totem Possession" skill and the degradation phenomenon unique to this world allowed Tang Zheng to see more possibilities.

Coming back to his senses.

Tang Zheng walked to the Forest Sage King Hamsuke's corpse, reached out and touched it, and the huge corpse instantly disappeared, collected into the item box.

"Fly"!

Magic light flashed.

Tang Zheng soared into the air, flew toward the sky, and returned to Ogre Gu's territory.

With the death of the Forest Sage King Hamsuke.

Having lost the rule of this dominator, the great forest in the southern region began to become chaotic, but soon.

The Demon Snake Naga began to enter the great forest in the southern region with a large number of subordinates; under the suppression of the Demon Snake Naga, the chaotic jungle returned to order.

At the same time, a large number of powerful beasts and monsters began to be transported to the forest rift.

In just one month in the Tob Forest, the drastic changes didn't affect the outer areas of the forest at all; instead, with the disappearance of some powerful monsters, the living environment for ordinary beasts and monsters suddenly became much better.

Ten days later.

Forest Rift.

The Demon Snake Naga bent his waist, standing at the cave entrance with a look of awe.

"My lord, the powerful beasts and monsters in the depths of the forest have already been cleared out." The Demon Snake Naga's hoarse, respectful voice rang out.

After finishing.

The Demon Snake Naga's peripheral vision glanced toward a direction outside the cave, and a look of fear flashed in his eyes.

That was exactly where Ogre Gu was.

However, the other party's appearance at this moment was completely different from before; the originally strong body had shrunk by a large circle, and even his aura had weakened a lot.

More importantly!

Fresh blood was constantly flowing from the other party's body and falling into the wooden bucket below.

The Demon Snake Naga swallowed his saliva; he felt that if it weren't for Ogre Gu's powerful regenerative ability, he probably would have died countless times just from bleeding.

"Since that's the case, let's stop for the time being."

Tang Zheng walked out of the cave, holding a wooden bucket in his hand, and looked at the Demon Snake Naga with a smile:

"By the way, Your Excellency Rulalus, how about you also shed some blood?"

Seeing the large wooden bucket that was half a person tall.

The Demon Snake Naga's whole body went limp, and his tone carried a hint of crying: "My lord, my lord, I don't have that kind of recovery ability like an ogre."

Tang Zheng was startled, reached out and scratched his hair: "Sorry, I forgot about that; I'll change you to a smaller one."

The Demon Snake Naga's body stiffened.

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