Ashen God
Chapter 641 - 640 Drop Treasure Box

Chapter 641: Chapter 640 Drop Treasure Box

After checking his Soul points balance, Zhang Yanhang quickly poured out a large pile of Drop treasure boxes from his Waist Bag and began to count and compile statistics.

Following the inventory, Zhang Yanhang found that he had obtained a total of three hundred and twenty-three Drop treasure boxes this time. Although about forty less than the last time, it was still quite a lot.

After all, last time he had killed over seven thousand Monsters, while this time he had only killed over five thousand. The fact that the difference was only forty boxes and not a three-digit number was quite impressive - this was largely thanks to the significant contribution made by the Demonized Emperor Crocodile in this aspect.

Of the three hundred and twenty-three Drop treasure boxes obtained this time, the majority still came from the Demonized Saber-toothed Tigers. Due to the fact that Zhang Yanhang had wiped out a neat five thousand of them, they contributed a whopping two hundred and fifty-one Green quality Drop treasure boxes to his haul.

Following that, the second-largest contributor was naturally the Demonized Emperor Crocodile from the lake area. Although Zhang Yanhang only killed three hundred and fifty-nine Demonized Emperor Crocodiles this time, they contributed fifty-two Blue quality Drop treasure boxes.

Next up were some very assorted Drop treasure boxes from the third prize pool of the Lucky Slot Machine. After triple-digit and double-digit numbers, the count of treasure boxes immediately dropped to single digits.

The most contributive among these were only three boxes each, namely from the Big Goblin and Goblin Shaman, who each contributed three Blue quality Drop treasure boxes.

Then there were the Demonized Maned Beasts and Demonized Dogtooth Giant Apes that contributed two Green quality Drop treasure boxes, as well as the Ordinary zombies and Police Zombies that each contributed two White quality Drop treasure boxes.

What remained were Monsters that only contributed one Drop treasure box each, such as the Big Saber Goblin, Goblin Spear Thrower, Goblin Wolf Cavalry, Beta-type Hunter, Licker, and Zombie Dog. However, even though all contributions were a single box, those ranked at the beginning were Green quality, with only the Zombie Dog contributing a White quality Drop treasure box.

After inventorying the three hundred and twenty-three Drop treasure boxes acquired this time, Zhang Yanhang promptly selected one Green quality Drop treasure box, which naturally belonged to the Demonized Saber-toothed Tiger he had previously killed.

[Would you like to open the ’Drop Treasure Box (Demonized Saber-toothed Tiger)’?]

"Yes, open it."

After Zhang Yanhang made his choice, Time Pause once again descended upon Raccoon City instantaneously and would continue to do so three hundred and twenty-two more times in the subsequent process.

Zhang Yanhang actually sometimes wondered why passive trigger options didn’t consume Energy Value, but as he wondered and wondered, he got used to it. After all, it wasn’t a bad thing, or to put it another way, since it was utterly incomprehensible, might as well fully enjoy it.

Speaking of this Drop treasure box from the Demonized Saber-toothed Tiger, something suddenly occurred to Zhang Yanhang. That was, the three First Tier Three Star Monsters from the Demonized Swamp Zone all seemed to have the word "tooth" in their name, specifically the Demonized Maned Beast, Demonized Dogtooth Giant Ape, and Demonized Saber-toothed Tiger.

In consideration of why this was happening, Zhang Yanhang first ruled out that the Ashen World had obsessive-compulsive disorder, and secondly ruled out that the Demonized Four-Eyed Wild Boar Queen Pei Qi had some special preference in this area.

He felt the most likely possibility was coincidence, because prehistoric animals really did tend to have unusual teeth, and thus a whole host of prehistoric creatures were named after their dental characteristics, like the Double-Molar Beast, Two-toothed Beast, Beautiful Teeth Beast, and Triangular Teeth Beast...

You could say their features were quite distinctive, especially the Double-Molar Beast, which, taken literally, refers to a prehistoric creature with two large incisors on its mouth, an ancestor to modern rodents such as hamsters, squirrels, and mice. The Two-toothed Beast skewed more towards animals like capybaras and beavers.

So, if you look at it from this angle, it was indeed quite plausible, especially since there were so many prehistoric creatures with tooth-related names, like the classic Saber-toothed Shark, Sharp-toothed Shark, Scissor Toothed Shark, and Key-toothed Shark... and then there were the Giant-toothed shark, Sawtooth Shark, and Chrysodus Shark.

[Please select the specific contents of the "Drop treasure box (Demonized Saber-Toothed Tiger)"]

[Item One: ?]

[Item Two: ?]

[Item Three: ?]

[Item Four: ?]

[Item Five: ?]

"The Demonized Saber-Toothed Tiger, like the previous Demonized Maned Beast and the Demonized Canine Giant Ape, is a First Tier Three Star Monster; however, its Soul points value is slightly higher. But I suppose the Equipment or Artifacts inside the treasure box should be similar, since they are all Green quality Drop treasure box."

Zhang Yanhang guessed that if the Demonized Saber-Toothed Tiger’s Drop treasure box contained Equipment, it would most likely be of Blue quality and probably part of the same series as the Grey Maned Arm Guard and the Demon Ape Leg Armor.

However, if the new Equipment continued to be armor, then it might be time for the real Arm Guards and Leg Armor that wrap around the legs and arms. Otherwise, there might be Half-body Armor or Locking Armor that normally fits the upper body.

Of course, Zhang Yanhang didn’t have any particular preference when it came to types of armor; he liked whatever was useful to him.

Therefore, compared to the style or specific location of the Equipment, he was more concerned with it not conflicting with what he already had and was more interested in the specific enhancements it provided.

Last time he opened a Drop treasure box from the Demonized Emperor Crocodile, Zhang Yanhang’s wish was to get new Equipment that increased Physical Recovery Speed, but he ended up with a new Waist Bag that, surprisingly, increased Attack Speed. So this time, he was still hoping to get Equipment that increased Physical Recovery Speed.

Of course, if there was no Equipment enhancing Physical Recovery Speed, Equipment that boosted Attack Speed would also be gladly accepted, since he still had a significant need to improve in that area and needed to continue working hard; otherwise, the goal of Six mach might truly have to wait until the Third Tier.

"But even so, if the equipment that comes out of the treasure box dropped by the demonized saber-toothed tiger is truly from the same series as the Grey Maned Arm Guard and the Demon Ape Leg Armor, and it’s made by the same Elf Apprentice, then wouldn’t the new equipment likewise only be able to fuse up to +5?

And to fuse a Dark Purple Quality +6, I would need to prepare eight +5 pieces of Purple Quality equipment with full scores?"

Zhang Yanhang did a quick calculation, judging from his previous experience, each piece of Purple Quality +5 equipment with full score required thirty-two ordinary equipment pieces to fuse, so for eight +5 pieces, it would take two hundred and fifty-six ordinary equipment pieces.

However, he currently only had two hundred and fifty-one treasure boxes dropped from the demonized saber-toothed tiger, so the upper limit was he could only obtain two hundred and fifty-one new equipment pieces, not enough to gather the quantity needed to fuse Dark Purple Quality +6, still missing five pieces.

"I originally thought that after completely clearing out the demonized saber-toothed tigers in the Western Forest in one go, I would certainly get enough quantity to break through the limit of the new equipment, but unexpectedly, it’s still not enough, which is slightly frustrating."

Zhang Yanhang, contending with the solid air that came with a strong resistance due to Time Pause, took a forced sigh and then began to check the first item slot. After all, frustration aside, treasure boxes needed to continue to be opened.

[Item One]

[Option One: Saber-toothed Short Sword, Green Quality, Weapon]

[Option Two: 55 Soul Points]

[Option Three: 110 Soul Points]

"The first item as expected involves options related to Soul Points, and this Option One, is it actually a short sword made from the saber-toothed tiger’s teeth?"

Zhang Yanhang was not surprised that a weapon was made from the saber-toothed tiger’s teeth, as the valuable parts on a saber-toothed tiger’s body are indeed not large, and the teeth are the most valuable part. Although the teeth of the saber-toothed tiger aren’t particularly hard, they are indeed quite strong compared to regular bones.

His main curiosity lay in the fact that the teeth of a saber-toothed tiger are over a meter long, and a weapon made from such long teeth is actually called a ’short sword,’ when the length is about that of a standard long sword.

In Zhang Yanhang’s impression, a short sword shouldn’t be a meter long; half a meter would be considered decent, at most sixty or seventy centimeters. But the option here is a ’short sword’ over a meter in length, which could only mean that the creator might have some misunderstanding about what a short sword is.

"The kill value of a demonized saber-toothed tiger is eleven Soul Points, so after it’s multiplied by ten in the treasure box, it becomes an option worth one hundred and ten Soul Points; and generally, there are three options related to Soul Points in a treasure box, so each treasure box dropped by a demonized saber-toothed tiger can provide me with three hundred and thirty Soul Points.

This time I obtained a total of two hundred and fifty-one treasure boxes, so after opening all the treasure boxes, just the two hundred and fifty-one Green Quality treasure boxes from the demonized saber-toothed tigers should contribute approximately over eighty thousand Soul Points to me."

If it had been before, eighty thousand soul points might have seemed like a lot, but this time, Zhang Yanhang was convinced that the drop treasure box from the demonized Emperor Crocodile would definitely contribute even more soul points than the demonized saber-toothed tiger.

"I remember the maximum balance of soul points I ever had was only about 270,000, and now, with my original nearly 180,000 soul points and the more than 80,000 soul points from the demonized saber-toothed tiger, this already totals 260,000 soul points. This time it should definitely break the record."

Zhang Yanhang estimated that breaking through to over 400,000 might not be very likely, but surpassing 300,000 soul points was undoubtedly achievable. With that amount, he could easily gather the soul points needed to upgrade both the Indestructible Golden Body and the Death Wave Skill to Original LV.6.

After all, he had already preemptively promoted the Indestructible Golden Body to Original LV.5, so to upgrade both skills, he actually only needed another 250,000 soul points, which was more than covered just by the soul points from the demonized saber-toothed tiger.

"However, I still haven’t figured out why the demonized saber-toothed tiger is worth eleven soul points, a good two soul points more than the demonized maned beast."

Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help pondering once again, then thought that perhaps it was because the saber-toothed tiger lived in a more recent era and had undergone more complete evolution. Alright, that wasn’t really reasonable.

[Item Two]

[Option One: 11 Soul Points]

[Option Two: Demonized Bali Tiger, White Quality, Pet]

[Option Three: 110 Soul Points]

"Huh? Demonized Bali Tiger? How did a Bali tiger suddenly come into the picture? I remember the options had things like demonized spotted hyena, demonized black ape, demonized bay crocodile, and such. While those creatures are demonized, they are still alive and well in the twenty-first century, exemplifying modern evolutionary species.

But wasn’t the Bali tiger already completely extinct last century? I seem to recall that even before World War II erupted, the species had gone extinct. Of course, it was already endangered before that, but in 1937, the last known Bali tiger was killed, marking its official extinction."

If you asked why Zhang Yanhang knew so much about the Bali tiger, it was mainly because it left a deep impression; after all, it was the smallest tiger on Earth, much smaller than the contemporary smallest tiger, the Sumatran tiger.

To give an example, the weight of a male Sumatran tiger typically ranges between 100 and 150 kilograms, while a male Bali tiger weighed between 50 to 100 kilograms. Just the fact that the upper limit for a Bali tiger was only the lower limit for a Sumatran tiger shows the significant difference between the two.

Moreover, the weight of a female Bali tiger could be even less, with the lower limit around only 20 to 30 kilograms. To be specific, that’s about the same as a male adult Husky, which can truly be considered quite disappointing.

If it hadn’t been for Bali’s tropical environment, the Bali tiger probably wouldn’t have survived had it been in a temperate zone. Alright, it didn’t survive in the tropics either, but that was due to hunting, which led to its extinction. The natural extinction in a temperate zone would have been a different matter altogether.

And when comparing the smallest tiger on Earth, the Bali tiger, with the largest existing tiger, the Northeast Tiger, the gap is even more pronounced, with the Bali tiger only reaching about a third of the weight of the Northeast Tiger.