A scorching yet icy energy rapidly coursed through Gauss's body, soaking every limb and bone in this wondrous foreign energy.
The first thing to change was still the toughness of his skin.
He could feel countless streams of energy flowing into the surface of his skin, rapidly merging with that thin layer and permeating every cell, tissue, and pore.
His skin's physical protection rose once again. Gauss could also sense a state resembling a special tautness.
As long as he consciously controlled it, he could make his originally fair, smooth skin take on the texture and defensive power of tough leather or fine keratinous scales. In this actively stimulated state, the change might be invisible to the naked eye, but touching it would reveal a slight abnormality. His resistance to ordinary blades, swords, claws, and fangs increased greatly, and he might even have gained a slight resistance to special energies.
Although Gauss already had the defensive protection of the [Gauss Field], which could almost envelop him all day long, there was no such thing as having too many defensive measures.
That was because defensive effects could be stacked.
He could already imagine the despair his [Gauss Field] and [Crawling Species] would bring to his enemies after their quality continued to rise through upgrades and advancements.
Once an enemy broke through the Gauss Field, they would discover that his robes also carried defensive properties. Even if they shattered those robes, they would still be intercepted by the natural defenses granted by the Crawling Species' Talent.
Layer upon layer of defense was like nested armor, protecting him to the greatest extent possible.
Just imagining such a future filled him with anticipation.
After finishing the transformation of his skin, the foreign energy immediately flowed into the other parts of his body, including his