Chapter 291 - 259: Complete Transformation (4)
Chapter 291: Chapter 259: Complete Transformation (4)
Zhao Chi reached out and swept her up in his arms.
Although there wasn’t a scale, Tang Ruan was always asking him to carry her, so Zhao Chi had a pretty good sense of her weight.
"Hmm... you’ve gained about 5-10 kilograms. You weigh about the same as Gu Qing now."
Tang Ruan wrapped her arms around Zhao Chi’s neck and said, "Does that mean my speed will be lower again?"
Zhao Chi gently set her down. "It’s fine. Your speed won’t be that much different. Besides, you don’t need to manifest this scale skin while moving around. Just form it when you’re about to fight."
"Okay."
"Next, we need to test its strength."
Zhao Chi grabbed a knife from nearby.
Before, Zhao Chi would never have hurt Tang Ruan so casually.
But as time went on, Zhao Chi came to understand Tang Ruan better and better.
Tang Ruan’s Talent had a huge influence on her.
Zhao Chi couldn’t bear to hurt her before, but she would always get herself covered in wounds during training.
All sorts of injuries, one after another.
And she did it on purpose.
But she also had the Super-speed Self-Healing Talent, so she could recover quickly every time she was injured.
She was always hoping Zhao Chi would be rougher with her, instead of just giving her a light pat on her perky bottom.
So, Zhao Chi had cast aside those old-fashioned, pedantic thoughts.
Since she really wanted it, he would oblige.
It was just like when Gu Qing would often tell him to be faster, go deeper, and be rougher—Zhao Chi would always comply.
Zhao Chi wouldn’t go slower, shallower, or lighter just because he might hurt Gu Qing.
If he did that, Gu Qing would probably pounce on him and eat him alive.
It was the same with Tang Ruan.
Every time Zhao Chi was a little rougher, Tang Ruan would grin with satisfaction.
So Zhao Chi let go of his mental hangups.
That’s why when Zhao Chi brought out the knife, Tang Ruan broke into a smile.
"Come on, my lord!"
Tang Ruan looked at him expectantly.
Zhao Chi said, "Brace yourself. I’m going to test your cheeks, neck, arms, chest, waist and hips, legs and feet, and maybe... between your legs."
When Tang Ruan heard this, she could barely contain herself. "Yes~ Please hurry, my lord~"
First, her arm.
Even though Tang Ruan’s body felt hard to the touch, she was still completely naked.
Hacking at her directly with a knife still felt a bit much.
Using 20% of his power.
He swung the knife.
THWACK!
"Eek~"
A crisp sound, a sharp cry.
It was like striking jade.
"Are you okay?" Zhao Chi asked quickly.
Tang Ruan giggled. "You startled me, but I didn’t feel a thing."
Zhao Chi quickly looked for the wound.
But what wound?
Tang Ruan’s arm was completely unharmed, with only a faint, shallow white scratch.
It disappeared with a light rub of his finger.
"The strength is decent," Zhao Chi said in amazement.
"Yeah, the strength should be very high. My lord, you don’t have to hold back. Give me your full strength!"
She hadn’t been hurt this time, so she hadn’t gotten her fix.
Zhao Chi smiled. "Alright, then be careful. This time, I’ll use my normal power."
"Bring it on!" Tang Ruan grew expectant again.
100% power, a normal swing.
THWACK!
Tang Ruan’s body tilted slightly, but her arm was still unharmed. The slash on her skin was just a little deeper this time.
To the touch, the scratch felt distinct.
But it still hadn’t broken through her defense.
’Not bad, the durability is pretty high.’
’Continue!’
After several more slashes, he even used a Combat Skill.
Cracks finally appeared on Tang Ruan’s Skin Armor.
And she was finally injured.
She excitedly savored the pain Zhao Chi was inflicting.
Zhao Chi didn’t stop, continuing to test different locations.
Finally, he was able to roughly summarize the Attributes of her Skin Armor.
First, the Defense Power was the same all over her body.
The Skin Armor’s Defense and Durability were identical on her face, neck, chest, legs, feet, and so on.
Overall, its strength was less than Iron Armor but much stronger than Leather Armor.
It was somewhere between Leather Armor and Iron Armor.
Or like Thin Iron Armor.
"Not bad. The strength of this Skin Armor is good. This gives you double protection. This test is pretty crude. Let me think about how to test it for you in more detail."
Hearing this, Tang Ruan suddenly covered her mouth and giggled.
"What’s so funny?"
Tang Ruan chuckled coquettishly. "My lord, this Skin Armor has its own information. You can see it if you click on it."
"Huh? Why didn’t you say so earlier? I just slashed you dozens of times..."
Tang Ruan giggled mischievously. "If I had told you earlier, you wouldn’t have slashed me. It’s not often I get a chance like this."
Zhao Chi said helplessly, "Alright, let me see."
He opened the gene information, and indeed, the specific data for the Skin Armor appeared.
’And here I thought there would only be a description of the Genes...’
[Name] Hardened Scale Skin
[Quality] Standard
[Durability] 188/300
[Defense] 15→52
With the data, everything was much clearer.
The most ordinary, standard Leather Armor has 150 Durability, while Iron Armor has 400.
This Skin Armor has 300, which is still a lot less than Iron Armor, but it’s very good.
points of Durability is equivalent to three times the Life of an ordinary person with 5 points of Constitution.
Tang Ruan has 8 points of Constitution, giving her a base Life of 160. This is equivalent to directly increasing her Life by nearly double.
Not bad at all.
The Basic Defense of this Skin Armor is 15 points.
The most ordinary Leather Armor has 7 Defense, and Iron Armor has 26.
So 15 points for this Skin Armor is not bad.
However, this 15 Defense is only the Basic Defense.
After adding Tang Ruan’s 144% Defense Bonus from Enhancement, plus the 100% Defense Bonus from various outfits, the Skin Armor’s Defense shoots up to 52 points.
No wonder he couldn’t break through Tang Ruan’s defense just now, even when he swung with all his might.
It was only after he had depleted the Skin Armor’s Durability that Tang Ruan finally took damage.
But even if the Skin Armor is broken, Tang Ruan still has a certain degree of defensive ability.
For example, the 20% Damage reduction from her masochistic hobby, and the 20% Damage reduction from her 20 points in Martial Arts, for a total of 40% Damage reduction.
This little woman is one tough tank.
Now, with the addition of these Genes, her strength has risen to another level.
These Genes really are a perfect fit for Tang Ruan.
The effect was much better than if Zhao Chi had undergone the Modification himself.
"My lord, look."
Tang Ruan pointed to her body.
Her body was covered in blood, but the wounds had already healed.
’Look where?’
Zhao Chi looked her up and down, but didn’t see anything strange.
Her whole body was still glossy and lustrous.
If not for the blood, she would look like a work of art.
Huh?
’Why does she look so perfect?’
Just moments ago, for the sake of the experiment, he had covered her Skin Armor in slashes and wounds, but now... they had almost all disappeared.
"You’ve... recovered?"
Zhao Chi looked at the Durability again.
[Name] Hardened Scale Skin
[Durability] 261/300
The Durability was rapidly recovering.
"Yes." Tang Ruan nodded repeatedly. "This Skin Armor is considered skin, a part of my body, so it also gets the Bonus from Super-speed Self-Healing."
Zhao Chi was dumbfounded.
’That’s so badass?’
In other words, Tang Ruan’s Skin Armor could self-heal at super speed, just like her body.
Giving her this gene Improvement was absolutely worth it!
Thankfully, he had insisted just now and hadn’t used the Modification on himself.
However, Zhao Chi remembered the gene Explanation stating that manifesting this Hardened Scale Skin required the consumption of some sort of body State.
"Tang Ruan, what’s the Consumption for this Skin Armor?"
"It requires 30 points of Energy."
"And then?"
"And then? That’s it."
’Good, good, good.’
’Very good.’
The Consumption is completely acceptable.
"Can you dismiss it at any time?"
Tang Ruan nodded. "Yes, but if I dismiss it, I’ll need to spend Energy to manifest it again."
Zhao Chi raised the knife. "Wait, let me deplete your Skin Armor’s Durability, then you can dismiss it and harden it again."
Tang Ruan looked at Zhao Chi raising his knife, pleasantly surprised, and said sweetly, "Okay~"
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
Soon, cracks appeared all over Tang Ruan’s Skin Armor.
Tiny, round scales fell off as blood spurted out.
Tang Ruan cried out in ecstatic pain.
"My lord, watch closely."
The glossy sheen on her skin instantly vanished.
It returned to a fine, delicate luster, no longer looking greasy.
Immediately after, Tang Ruan once again hardened her skin into the Skin Armor.
However, the Skin Armor wasn’t pristine; it was still covered in cracks, but the cracks were rapidly healing.
So.
Once this Hardened Scale Skin is destroyed, resummoning it won’t instantly restore it to full health.
But it can be repaired through self-recovery or Treatment-type Skills.
He more or less understood now.