0p0 Chapter 498 The Cat's Paw Principle
Chapter 498 The Cat's Paw Principle
Next, Cangnian turned his attention to the third-tier skill – numerical manipulation.
This skill is very useful, whether it's applying debuffs to enemies or buffing teammates.
Now, it changes with the free attribute, and can simultaneously concentrate the values of the target's two attributes on the same attribute.
This allows it to perform better when fighting enemies or supporting teammates.
Secondly, there is a disorder in the numerical values of fourth-tier skills.
The change is also very simple. The original daily increase was 20 points, but now it has become 100 points, a five-fold increase!
Although a hundred points seems insignificant compared to my current five-dimensional attributes, which all exceed ten thousand.
But all of this is completely free!
Moreover, if you gain 100 points a day, you'll get 1,000 points in ten days, and 10,000 points in just over three months, which is equivalent to gaining almost the value of an additional attribute!
Furthermore, this is merely an improvement for Cangnian himself.
In terms of combat, this skill has now undergone new changes.
Originally, this skill was designed to work in conjunction with the third-tier skill of numerical manipulation, applying the weakened portion of the day's disorder values to the target.
But now, the skill effects have been changed.
According to the current skill description, apply this skill to the target.
If you get a single attribute randomly, then it will be reduced by 90%!
If two attributes are randomly selected, then the damage will be reduced by 70%!
If you get three attributes randomly, then reduce it by 50%!
If you get four attributes randomly, the damage will be reduced by 30%!
If all attributes are randomly selected, the damage will be reduced by 10%!
That does involve an element of luck.
According to Cangnian's prediction, if a single attribute is weakened but not a key attribute, such as an opponent skilled in melee combat, and the weakening is to the stamina or spirit attribute, the impact on their combat power will be negligible.
After all, the duration of this skill effect will vary depending on the strength of the target.
Targets that are too powerful, such as Godzilla and the black and white dragons, are a whole level stronger than themselves in terms of evolution level, and the effect only lasts for a moment.
But if you randomly get a 10% reduction in all attributes, it feels pretty useless.
However, the other three scenarios are quite good.
With two to four attributes and a 30%-70% reduction, it's easy to cover key attributes while the reduction is quite substantial.
Overall, this skill is somewhat luck-based now, but good luck can determine success or failure.
Finally, there's the fifth-tier skill, stat plunder.
The skill description has changed very little.
But in reality, the improvement of this skill is no less than that of the Overlimit Burst!
Originally, this skill was an advantageous attribute for plundering targets, ranging from 30% to 90%.
Now, this skill can steal the target's dominant and secondary dominant attributes!
In other words, the two attributes with the highest values among the five dimensions are simultaneously plundered!
Generally speaking, the attributes of evolved organisms can be divided into two categories.
The first type is like myself, whose five-dimensional attributes are relatively balanced.
The second category consists of only one or two extremely high attributes, while the rest are very poor.
Take the little sable for example. Although Cang Nian doesn't know the values of its various attributes, it is likely that its dominant attribute is spirit, and its secondary dominant attribute is speed.
The values of the other three attributes are all much lower than those of the two attributes.
Now, the numerical plunder skill, regardless of the opponent, almost completely cripples them, rendering them half-useless.
Combined with the previous numerical manipulation and numerical disorder enhancements, it can be said that even without using the Overlimit Burst skill, his one-on-one combat ability is now terrifyingly strong!
"Since all my existing skills have been improved to varying degrees."
That also shows from another perspective that the fifth stage is not the end of evolution.
Further up, although you won't gain new skills, your superpowers will continue to grow stronger...
After carefully reviewing the new changes to his skills, Cang Nian nodded with satisfaction.
According to the system's description of the [Precocious] effect, evolving to the fifth tier should grant me a higher level of supernatural ability transformation.
If there is no higher level, then logically, the superpower should remain completely unchanged.
Since there are changes, then the fifth stage is not the end.
Awooooo~!
However, just as Cangnian was pondering, the tiger girl opposite him impatiently clung to the fence and jumped around, howling loudly to attract Cangnian's attention.
Seeing this, Cang Nian smiled gently.
He was so focused on observing the changes in the superpowers that he neglected Tiger Girl.
Thinking of this, Cang Nian activated his Wind Tiger skill and soared into the air.
However, skills that I used to be quite adept at now feel a bit awkward to use.
"Uh... could it be that I'm too heavy? But my Wind Tiger skill hasn't improved at all, so the gale is having a hard time lifting me up now?"
Then, the following idea popped into Cangnian's mind.
The more Cang Nian thought about it, the more correct his guess seemed.
However, recalling what the black and white dragons had said before, one of the three inherent abilities of the fifth rank is to take flight.
Therefore, he tried to mobilize his spiritual power to make himself rise into the air.
Whoosh~!
Then, with the help of spiritual energy and the double blessing of the Wind Tiger skill, Cang Nian regained the feeling he had when he used the Wind Tiger skill before.
Without keeping Tiger Girl waiting too long, Cangnian simply familiarized himself with the feeling of using spiritual power to fly before lightly landing on the [Ark] opposite him.
Because of the large enough counterweight of the seabed section and the coordination of several gyroscopes, even though Cangnian now weighs about a thousand tons and is located on the edge of the Ark, it still does not cause the giant platform to shake significantly.
Wow wow wow~!
Seeing her older brother land beside her, Tiger Girl excitedly ran to Cangnian and looked up to admire his imposing figure.
However, even though Tiger Girl's size has been growing rapidly every day since birth, she is only a little over two meters long and weighs nearly two hundred kilograms.
Compared to the colossal Cangnian, weighing thousands of tons, Tiger Girl looked like a tiny mouse, far too small.
Paji~!
Cangnian's terrifying size was quite intimidating, but Tiger Girl knew that her older brother would not hurt her, so she boldly placed her little paws on Cangnian's paws.
However, even one of Cangnian's paws was much bigger than Humei's, and the contrast was even more striking when the two paws were placed together.
But Tiger Girl's actions inexplicably annoyed Cangnian.
Soon, Cangnian understood the source of his irritability.
The principle of "cat's paws on top"!
As felines, the feline instinct does not want its aggressive parts to be suppressed, which causes it to become uncontrollably agitated. This is an instinct that it cannot eliminate with its own will.
Thinking of this, Cangnian tried out another fifth-tier inherent ability that the black and white dragons had mentioned before...
Huh~!
As Cang Nian calmed his mind and focused his energy, his mountain-sized body visibly shrank rapidly!