Chapter 1532: Chapter 1532
Du You continued to read further, finding the description of the close combat fighting skill mostly unchanged. Its effects were terrifying, ostensibly doubling the combat capability, but Du You’s experimentation found that not to be the case.
"It makes sense, if it truly could double the combat strength, that would be too horrific."
Du You shook his head indifferently. This 200% increase referred to the basic performance of dragon close combat skills, including strength and speed, a comprehensive improvement, which indeed amounted to a doubling of capability for those below tier seven.
However, for tier seven, what matters more are one’s own understanding of Laws and the exertion of Law powers.
In this regard, the Black Dragon hasn’t changed much. Even so, the Black Dragon’s close combat capability has significantly improved, making it a challenge for equivalent creatures, which is indicative of its power.
The next skill was originally the king of the skies, meant to enhance the dragon’s aerial combat capability.
Now, this skill has changed as well - or to be more accurate, for creatures of this caliber, there is no longer a distinction between ground and air combat, so enhancing aerial combat seems pointless.
Thus, the skill transformed into Born Ruler - aptly named, as dragons are indeed born to rule.
However, the skill’s capability has undergone drastic changes; against those with lesser comprehension of Laws, it directly doubles the combat strength. This enhancement is not merely in terms of skills but also includes suppression through Laws.
That’s right, it’s not that the power of the Law has increased, but that the Law can directly suppress opponents.
This skill, how to put it, could be said to be both useful and useless.
After some analysis, Lin Yucha finally commented: "This skill is a typical harvest skill. Against those with lesser Law comprehension, it can easily defeat the adversary who virtually has no qualifications to intercept. One could say that as long as it’s not against a special opponent, the Black Dragon can easily clear those weaker than itself."
Du You understood, "It seems the main function of this skill is to ensure that the dragon is not afraid of group battles."
Du You wasn’t sure if this skill was exclusive or if other dragons possessed it too, but having it was beneficial. Although Du You himself did not fear group battles, having a bit more capability was still good.
Moreover, turning a seemingly useless ability into something useful is in itself a gain.
Next was a defensive skill, Dark Dragon Scales. This skill belongs to a category of ultra-powerful defensive skills, and its introduction hasn’t changed much in the first half; it still provides enhancements in defense and magic resistance.
Although the skill’s effect wasn’t as apparent as before, it was not utterly useless. At least after experimenting, Du You found it still extremely powerful.
Now, with resistance against the dark turning into resistance against the Dark Law, even Du You’s own skill power has been reduced by half, which is a terrifying improvement. Especially against those with Dark Attributes, the suppression is evident.
But, it’s countered by those with Light Attributes, which could be seen as both a gain and a loss.
Still, this resistance being weakened by 20% is much better than being reduced by half as before.
Du You isn’t worried about this as the Black Dragon isn’t alone; it doesn’t need to fight solo. When facing an enemy with Light Attribute, no matter how disadvantaged the Black Dragon itself may be, Du You can still lend a hand.
The skill of riding only enhances the ability for mind and heart to act as one. No other changes are present, and this increased ability isn’t useful for Du You. If one were a melee class, they could use it as a mount to exert powerful knight abilities.
Currently, this skill has no effect on Du You and is merely wasted.
The skill Inverse Scale remains very powerful: for dragons, touching the inverse scale equates to courting death, and this is no joke.
Upon contact with the inverse scale, the Attribute of the Black Dragon increases by 30%, a special bonus state. This enhancement is comprehensive, and though it doesn’t involve Law improvement, the effects are still strong.
Most importantly, this skill can stack with other skill enhancements, significantly increasing the Black Dragon’s combat ability. Even Du You found that the Black Dragon itself could now actively trigger this skill. It doesn’t necessarily need an enemy to strike at its inverse scale to activate it, representing a significant increase in initiative.
Most crucially, under berserk conditions, the strength of the Inverse Scale increases fivefold, effectively erasing this vulnerability. Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝘯𝘦𝘵
It’s well known that the greatest weakness of any member of the Dragon Clan is the inverse scale, with other weaknesses less obvious.
Even if the inverse scale is shattered, the Black Dragon won’t die but will instead become weakened.
However, Du You considers this skill rather useless, as the Black Dragon is his Summoned Beast, not a truly independent entity. If it indeed lost its combat ability, it might be better off dead and later resurrected.
Even if kept in the summoning space, recovery would not be immediately feasible and would be quite troublesome.
The Dark Devour skill had the smallest change in description, yet its power altered the most. Although Du You couldn’t experiment extensively to avoid revealing his presence, he conducted a small-scale test.
This skill now directly creates something akin to a black hole, very similar