Ashen God
Chapter 642 - 641 [Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor]

Chapter 642: Chapter 641 [Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor]

Moreover, the largest Northeast Tigers can even grow to almost four hundred kilograms. Although such individuals are extreme cases, they almost catch up to the average weight of the Demonized Saber-toothed Tigers that Zhang Yanhang had previously killed, which is indeed quite impressive.

It also sidelong proves that felines indeed evolved earlier. Creatures like the saber-toothed tigers, aside from having a short tail and two long fangs, actually don’t differ much from modern Northeast Tigers, it’s just that they might’ve been slightly larger due to the richer oxygen concentration back then.

Thus, if we use the largest Northeast Tiger as an example, it would take four Bali Tigers, and that too, adult males grown to their limits, to match up to one Northeast Tiger. If we compared it to those lower-end Bali Tigers that only weigh fifty kilograms, you’d need eight Bali Tigers to stack up to one Northeast Tiger.

Judging by this situation, or rather, the tonnage and size difference in terms of combat power, Zhang Yanhang figured that a Northeast Tiger fighting a Bali Tiger would mostly be like swatting little kitties with one palm. It’s just that tropical animals really can’t compare with cold-climate creatures like the Northeast Tiger. Moreover, the Bali Tiger is indeed a bit too miniature.

Of course, if you could actually gather eight Bali Tigers and they coordinated with each other tacitly, they might be able to take down a Northeast Tiger by the strategy of ’many ants killing an elephant’. After all, no matter how weak the Bali Tiger is, it’s still a tiger, and its fighting power is definitely unmatched by any other cat.

However, regrettably, Bali Tigers, like regular tigers, prefer solitary lives and it’s impossible to assemble eight of them to attack a Northeast Tiger at the same time.

[Item Three]

[Option One: Saber-tooth of a Demonized Saber-toothed Tiger (one), Green quality, Material]

[Option Two: 55 Soul points]

[Option Three: 110 Soul points]

"I never expected to see three options in a row related to soul points; I thought the third item slot would bring up talent-related options or maybe equipment-related options, but it seems talent and equipment options are pushed further back now.

And I wonder if the new equipment from the Demonized Saber-toothed Tiger’s drop treasure box will continue that little story from before, to let me see what happened after that anniversary, or rather, what happened after ’clearing the court.

Although from the previous Emperor Crocodile Belt introduction, it seems Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado probably didn’t face severe punishment, I’m seriously curious about the fate of that tailor who tricked the Elf Queen into not wearing clothes.

Compared to someone like Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado, a war hero from the High Elf Empire, that tailor had neither power nor status, let alone any reputation. In fact, he could be instantly labeled as notorious and an object of public scorn. No matter how I think about it, the punishment should be anything but light.

Even if the Elf Queen could forgive her, I doubt the ministers would let her off; after all, from the plot in the previous introduction, although Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado may not be too bright, other ministers and nobles in the High Elf Empire possess normal levels of intelligence and emotional intelligence.

At least that one minister who hoped Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado could learn to read the room better was pretty normal. It’s just a pity that ’reading the room’ did not apply here, and all the effort was in vain."

According to the brief story Zhang Yanhang had looked at before, most of the elves that Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado encountered were quite normal, such as his numerous friends who were forging masters, ministers, nobles, and other retired senior high elves at Sunset Red Youthful Elder Leisure Entertainment Park.

This could prove that the IQ and EQ of most high elves were definitely very much intact, so he really couldn’t understand why Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado had grown into the character described in the synopsis, saying perhaps Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado had traded his EQ for his cultivation Talent.

"As a First Tier Three Star ordinary monster, the best material from the Demonized Saber-toothed Tiger is, unsurprisingly, its saber-tooth, but it’s slightly disappointing that it’s only of Green quality. Or rather, it’s too fragile. Materials of Green quality, I reckon, would only appeal to me when cleaning up zombies in Raccoon City.

After all, when I later went to the minor Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu located at the Crimson Iron Ore Vein, materials of this level were everywhere, and the cave even stored a large amount of Refined Crimson Iron of Blue quality.

Speaking of this, I’m not sure if the new area underneath the minor Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu has higher Level materials. If it does, perhaps I can use those materials to try and create some Golden quality upgrade components for the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist.

After all, if I want to continue advancing the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist to Golden quality and beyond, I will need four pieces of Golden quality weapons. Relying on opening Treasure boxes one by one might indeed be a bit slow; I need to find other channels."

However, these were things that Zhang Yanhang would definitely wait to address after his Promotion to Third Tier. Right now, even if he were given four pieces of Golden quality weapons, he wouldn’t upgrade because the upgraded All Four Elements are Void Pure World Fist would certainly raise the usage requirements, rendering it unusable.

[Item Four]

[Option One: Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor, Blue quality, Equipment]

[Option Two: Giant Tiger Shoulder Armor, Green quality, Equipment]

[Option Three: Tiger Head Shoulder Guard, White quality, Equipment]

"Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor, Giant Tiger Shoulder Armor, Tiger Head Shoulder Guard... The fourth Item slot indeed revealed options related to Equipment. However, this Tiger Head Shoulder Guard, according to previous patterns, if nothing goes wrong, should be a White quality Equipment forged from materials from a Bali tiger."

Out of curiosity, Zhang Yanhang briefly reviewed the Attribute list and thumbnail of the Tiger Head Shoulder Guard and discovered that it was indeed made using a Bali tiger, and it might have even used two tigers.

That was because when Zhang Yanhang checked the thumbnail, he realized that this so-called Tiger Head Shoulder Guard was actually a pair of fluffy tiger heads lying on each shoulder. Thus, unless the Bali tiger was a mutant species naturally born with two heads, it was likely the materials were taken from two tigers.

By the way, the Tiger Head Shoulder Guard was indeed quite cute.

But cute as it may be, cuteness can’t be eaten, so Zhang Yanhang definitely wouldn’t choose the Tiger Head Shoulder Guard, not now at least. After all, he didn’t have enough Treasure boxes on hand to collect 256 pieces of Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor.

Choosing a Tiger Head Shoulder Guard now would mean needing an extra Treasure box later to fuse for a Dark Purple Quality Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor +6.

Moreover, considering that Zhang Yanhang had killed all the demonized saber-toothed tigers in the western forest area of the Demonized Swamp, and they couldn’t respawn en masse for quite a while, the only potential source for dropped treasure boxes he could count on was now the third-place prize pool of the Demonized Swamp’s Lucky Slot Machine.

So, if he decided to choose a Tiger Head Shoulder Guard here because it seemed cute, he might have to wait an extra day to gather the 256 Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armors of Dark Purple Quality +6 necessary for fusion.

After checking the attribute list of the Tiger Head Shoulder Guard, Zhang Yanhang promptly proceeded to examine the Giant Tiger Shoulder Armor’s attribute list, and unsurprisingly, this shoulder armor was made from materials found on the body of a demonized saber-toothed tiger. From this perspective, Zhang Yanhang felt that compared to the Giant Tiger Shoulder Armor, it would be more fitting to call it the Saber-toothed Tiger Shoulder Plate.

"Compared to things like Tiger Head Shoulder Guards and Giant Tiger Shoulder Armor, what’s most important is obviously the Blue Quality Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor. Just by looking at the name, it’s clear that it must belong to the same series as the Grey Maned Arm Guard and the Demon Ape Leg Armor from before. It’s just a pity they don’t make a set. If they were part of a set, I would have been able to gain some extra attribute bonuses."

Speaking of sets, Zhang Yanhang suddenly remembered that he hadn’t received any sets for a long time, but perhaps that was normal—after all, set equipment, which granted additional attribute bonuses when a certain number of pieces from a series were collected, was indeed rarer than ordinary equipment and naturally harder to obtain.

"Even someone like me, a Heavenly Destiny Master with maxed out Luck Value, has only obtained a total of three sets. Although the White Ten-Piece Set and Green Ten-Piece Set are considered two separate sets that provide bonuses after upgrading, they are essentially just one set—it’s really just a matter of the degree of fusion.

Thus, ever since obtaining the Makarov Set and the Tarot Card Set in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, I haven’t received any new sets for a long time now, and I’ve gone through two areas without getting any new sets."

Though Zhang Yanhang had not yet completely cleared the Demonized Swamp, there weren’t many monsters left, and according to the current situation, it was nearly impossible for the remaining monsters to drop a set, so Zhang Yanhang thought he would probably have to wait until after his promotion to Third Tier and the clearing of new areas to find a way to procure a new set.

"Anyway, I should quickly check the attribute list for the Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor now. The business of sets can wait." Zhang Yanhang muttered to himself as he opened the attribute list for the Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor.

[Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor]

[Quality: Blue]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, High Elf Empire, Supreme Forest, Elf Court Avando.]

[Durability: 45/45]

[Defensive Power: 30]

[Additional Attributes: Physical Recovery Speed +10%.]

[Usage Requirements: Constitution 28 points.]

[Score: 50 (Blue item score ranges from 31 to 70.)]

[Introduction: My name is Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado, and I am a war hero who is mostly ordinary, yet not quite so ordinary after all. Since my great achievements in the war with the dwarves a thousand years ago, I have shamelessly collected the Empire’s special retirement pension based on my profound qualifications and thus began my dull and uninteresting retired life.]

Today is an important day for the High Elf Empire—it is the two-thousand-year anniversary of the Queen’s coronation. As an Imperial War Hero, I unsurprisingly received an invitation to attend the coronation anniversary ceremony. However, more pressing to me was the fact that my previous ’joint petition’ had been rejected twice.]

I originally planned to find time to advise the Queen after the ceremony, but unexpectedly, at the beginning of the ceremony, an incident occurred. For some reason, the Queen appeared at the ceremony wearing only a black lace lingerie. Colleagues at court, be they ministers or nobles, as well as military representatives like myself, all fell into silence.]

In order to break this sudden embarrassment, I boldly spoke up to the Queen and loudly praised her, but I don’t know what went wrong—the Queen suddenly kicked me from the palace all the way to the World Tree. Now, I am embedded in the branches of the Elf Tree in the shape of a big character, coughing up blood continuously.]

Since the end of the war, it had been a long time since I suffered such a severe injury. I had imagined getting hurt while hunting magical beasts, being assassinated by dwarves, or while protecting civilians. However, I never expected that the first injury I would sustain after the war would be from an attack by the Elf Queen.]

I felt my internal organs tumbling violently, as if a force twisted them together like wringing out a towel. I couldn’t help but cough up blood while gradually feeling my brain grow dizzy. Just then, I saw the Queen chasing out of the palace, seemingly wanting to continue her attack on me.]

Last time I was caught off guard, but this time, I instinctively gathered all my Magic Power at the surface of my body, feeling that if I let the Queen attack me again, I might die. The Queen raised her foot towards my head. A huge sonic boom followed as her palm reached me in a flash, accompanied by fierce winds.]

But I don’t know whether my defense worked or if the Queen showed mercy, for I didn’t feel much pain from that kick, just a dizzier head. In this state of unclear consciousness, I somehow felt that the Queen’s foot was fragrant, white, and soft, and in a possessed moment, I extended my tongue and licked it.]

After that, I don’t know what happened, just that I seemed to faint for no apparent reason. When I awoke, my whole body was in pain, as if every part of me had been hammered by a Dwarf Lord’s Storm Hammer.]

However, to my surprise, the Queen was still beside me, seemingly guarding me. It seems that the Queen isn’t so ruthless toward a distinguished Imperial War Hero after all.]

After I came to, the Queen told me that I was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment and, moreover, forbidden from forging items for the next ten years. My God, how am I to live without forging, not only my strongest skill but also one of the few things that brings joy to my boring retired life?]

But then the Queen told me that when I get bored in prison, I could learn a bit about potion crafting to pass the time, which I obediently did.]

Since there were no assistants, materials, or study materials in the prison, I applied to have the tailor, who was also in custody, help me collect the blood I had vomited as material for exploring potion crafting.]

Although I had never learned potion crafting before, I eventually managed to craft a true medicine, relying on my one percent effort, ninety-nine percent Talent, and an unknown proportion of Luck. When the Queen heard about this from the Elf Prison Warden, she was reportedly very surprised.]

But for me, this was not something surprising at all. Although I don’t particularly enjoy potion crafting, I always give my all to the Queen’s missions. After all, I am the renowned Imperial War Hero Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado. No one in the entire Elf Clan knows better than me how to pass time in prison, hahaha!]