Ashen God
Chapter 644 - 643: The Problem Is Not Big

Chapter 644: Chapter 643: The Problem Is Not Big

"And moreover, this is only the drop rate of a Second Tier treasure box. If it were Third Tier, it wouldn’t be impossible to have four hundred thousand zombies, and that would indeed be a veritable sea of corpses.

Even so, among the one hundred ninety-five countries around the world, it’s a minority that has a population over a hundred million. In fact, one-third, or sixty-six countries, don’t even have a population of four hundred thousand.

Moreover, this is just talking about sovereign states. If you add in various independent regions, there would be even more, easily reaching seventy or eighty, rounding up to a hundred is no problem at all.

In other words, four hundred thousand zombies, if placed in the Main World, would immediately reach the top two-thirds in terms of national population rankings, that is, a mid-level standard. With so many zombies, who knows where they could be found. Even in the Empire, they would directly amount to a County Level city’s population. Indeed, it is a bit too much."

Zhang Yanhang had only ever seen a maximum of over twenty thousand Dragon Vein Goblins in the Goblin Plains, which barely exceeded five digits. He hadn’t even seen a normal five-digit monster area yet, let alone an area with six-digit numbers of monsters; it is truly a case of seeking without being able to find.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang could only silently pray that the new area opposite the abandoned Transmission Channel would have a higher number of monsters, preferably reaching six digits, or that the Talent starting level would reach D or above.

Otherwise, that new area might not play a significant role in his Talent upgrade, only just managing to promote the SS Talent Longevity Mountain and Fortune Sea to SSS, then possibly running out of steam and falling back into a deadlock.

After tallying up the quantity of Slow Corrotion, Zhang Yanhang quickly moved on to count the number of Thin Dragon Veins. This time, he still managed to acquire nine E Talent "Thin Dragon Vein (Mixed)" from the Goblin Plain’s Lucky Slot Machine third prize pool, a number he was quite accustomed to since he always received nine.

Zhang Yanhang previously had a total of two hundred ninety-nine Thin Dragon Veins, and with these nine, he finally surpassed three hundred, reaching a total of three hundred and eight.

Although the accumulation rate was twice as fast compared to Slow Corrotion, Zhang Yanhang was certainly still not satisfied. However, he would definitely be able to harvest a large number of E Talent Thin Dragon Veins in one fell swoop after clearing the Demonized Swamp and then clearing the Dragon Vein Goblins that respawned in the Goblin Plains.

"To elevate the Talent Level of Scroll Dragon Bloodline from SS to SSS, a total of 2187 E Talent Thin Dragon Veins are required. After subtracting the 308 Thin Dragon Veins I already have, there’s still a shortage of 1879 Thin Dragon Veins. Comparatively speaking, it’s not much better than Longevity Mountain and Fortune Sea."

Slow Corrotion had already found a solution, Ant Power had found one as well, and even Prehistoric Giant Beast had a solution, but Zhang Yanhang still had no answer for the Thin Dragon Veins needed to upgrade Scroll Dragon Bloodline. Luckily, he wasn’t in a hurry to upgrade, so for the time being, it wasn’t a big problem.

After consecutively counting the quantities of Slow Corrotion and Thin Dragon Veins, Zhang Yanhang immediately began tallying the most crucial D Talent Prehistoric Giant Beast.

This time, after completing the Third Stage and Fourth Stage of the Demonized Swamp clearing plan and thoroughly clearing the Western Forest area’s Demonized Saber-toothed Tigers and the lake area’s Demonized Emperor Crocodile, he collected a total of three hundred and seven D Talent "Prehistoric Giant Beast."

Compared to the pitiful single-digit yields of Slow Corrotion and Thin Dragon Veins, a two-magnitude increase to three hundred and seven Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents was undoubtedly much more.

After upgrading the S Talent Earth Rhythm to the SS Talent Ocean Rhythm last time, Zhang Yanhang had two hundred eighty-four D Talent Prehistoric Giant Beast remaining. Together with the three hundred and seven Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents he obtained this time, he now had a total of five hundred ninety-one Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents.

"Compared to E Talent Slow Corrotion and Thin Dragon Veins, the Prehistoric Giant Beast Talent, which starts at D, only needs 729 to upgrade to SSS.

So, to upgrade the SS Talent Ocean Rhythm to SSS, I’m only short by one hundred and thirty-eight Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents.

Under normal circumstances, it would indeed be very easy to collect, but unfortunately, I’m now in the Fifth Stage of the Demonized Swamp clearing plan, and only the swamp part of the entire Demonized Swamp Zone has yet to be cleaned.

According to the monster list from the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box, even including the Lord Monster, the Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boar Queen Pei Qi, there are only two hundred and eight demonized creatures in the swamp area.

Unless every creature in the swamp drops a treasure box, there’s no way to make up for the shortfall of one hundred and thirty-eight Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents.

Although in the course of my three-day hunting, areas previously cleared have started to respawn intermittently, they would only refresh a few hundred at most, which is still not enough to cover the shortfall of one hundred and thirty-eight Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents.

Therefore, if I want to raise the Talent Level of the SS Talent Ocean Rhythm to SSS, I’ll have to wait to re-enter the Transmission Channel to Raccoon City and hunt the newly respawned demonized creatures."

Zhang Yanhang would be back after four days, and based on his previous experience, once the entire Demonized Swamp Zone is completely cleared and the monster respawn speed is maximized, two to three thousand demonized creatures in four days is not a problem.

Moreover, even if his Rank increases and the treasure box drop rate for First Tier Monsters drops further, he shouldn’t need to worry too much. After all, he hasn’t cleared the swamp area yet and should definitely still be able to collect some Drop treasure boxes. Plus, the Demonized Swamp Lucky Slot Machine third prize pool can still contribute a few Drop treasure boxes to him tomorrow.

Even if the lucky slot machines in the Demonized Swamp and those in Raccoon City both refreshed their prize pools before six in the morning, he would be able to farm the prize pools one more time before leaving Ashen World, securing a few more drop treasure boxes.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang felt that there really wasn’t much to worry about the gap in the Prehistoric Giant Beast Talent; although it was definitely unattainable now, it would surely be achievable the next time he visited.

After tallying up the gains in the Talent department, and because the quantity of Prehistoric Giant Beast Talent obtained this time was not enough to upgrade the Rhythm Talent, Zhang Yanhang promptly collected all three colored small light balls into his waist bag, then began to tally the gains in the Artifact department.

However, since the treasure boxes dropped by the demonized creatures in the Demonized Swamp didn’t contain any artifacts, this time’s Artifact gains still all came from the third prize pools of the lucky slot machines in Raccoon City and Goblin Plain.

Zhang Yanhang’s gains in the Artifact department this time included three Red Medicine Herbs, three Green Medicine Grasses, one bottle of Emergency Spray, three bottles of Medium Magic Recovery Potion, and most importantly, a larger quantity of Yellow Medicine Grass than last time. All in all, it was very similar to the previous occasion, with the only difference being the increased number of Yellow Medicine Grasses obtained.

Last time, because Zhang Yanhang had only obtained one drop treasure box from a Licker, he only managed to gather one Yellow Medicine Grass, but this time was different. He had gained an additional drop treasure box from a Beta-type Hunter, which resulted in two more Yellow Medicine Grasses than before—a total of three.

Moreover, during the previous hunting process or rather the clearing of the third prize pools of the lucky slot machines in Raccoon City, Zhang Yanhang had collected a total of five Yellow Medicine Grasses. Now, with the three from this time included, he had eight Yellow Medicine Grasses in hand.

Zhang Yanhang had previously said that just by clearing the third prize pools of the lucky slot machines in Raccoon City, he would be able to obtain a two-digit number, meaning more than ten Yellow Medicine Grasses.

Now, it seems his estimation was quite accurate, as he could still clear the third prize pools of the lucky slot machines in Raccoon City twice more before leaving the Ashen World, and recollecting two additional Yellow Medicine Grasses wouldn’t be an issue at all. After all, the guaranteed drop treasure box from a Licker could satisfy this need.

"Eight Yellow Medicine Grasses would normally, in combination with Red Medicine Herbs, be refined into red and yellow pills and increase my Life Value Limit by a total of forty-eight points. Moreover, because the Indestructible Golden Body can provide a fifty percent bonus to Life Value Limit, these forty-eight points would actually offer me a seventy-two point increase.

When converted into Constitution Attribute, that’s equivalent to three to four points of the Constitution Attribute. And soon, the Skill Level of Indestructible Golden Body will increase, which means the Life Value Limit bonus it provides will grow even higher, likely reaching the equivalent of four Constitution Attribute points...

But unfortunately, since my current Constitution Attribute has reached fifty points, I can no longer normally use the red and yellow pills. Fuse them, and maintaining two-thirds of their effectiveness would already be quite a lot, so these eight Yellow Medicine Grasses might at most increase my Life Value Limit by fifty points."

However, while the effectiveness of the red and yellow pills would decrease after fusion, Zhang Yanhang this time relied on quantity to prevail. Ultimately, increasing his Life Value Limit by a three-digit number was still not a problem because he wasn’t only relying on the third prize pools of the lucky slot machines in Raccoon City to get Yellow Medicine Grasses.

Apart from clearing the slot machine’s prize pool, Zhang Yanhang could also obtain more Yellow Medicine Grass by clearing the monsters that were refreshed in Raccoon City.

Zhang Yanhang’s previous estimate was that he should be able to get about ten Yellow Medicine Grass from there, so, in total, he should be able to obtain about twenty Yellow Medicine Grass before his promotion in rank.

This quantity was still quite large; even though the medicinal effect of the fused Red and Yellow Medicinal Herbs would definitely be reduced, the combined effect would certainly still be considerable.

After taking stock of his artifacts, Zhang Yanhang quickly placed the Green, Red, and Yellow Medicinal Herbs, the Emergency Spray, and the Medium Magic Recovery Potion into his Waist Bag. Except for the Yellow Medicine Grass, the rest of the items were not of much significance to him. Their only use was to expand his inventory, preparing in advance for a time in the future when they might be needed.

Having taken stock of his weapons, talents, and artifacts, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to inventory his equipment gains, which were second only in importance to his talents.

First of all, was the Dragon Power Bracelet from the Goblin Spear Thrower. Because he only killed twenty Goblin Spear Throwers in the Lucky Slot Machine third prize pool in Goblin Plain, Zhang Yanhang still only got one Dragon Power Bracelet this time.

Before, Zhang Yanhang had a total of one Dragon Power Bracelet +4, one Dragon Power Bracelet +2, one Dragon Power Bracelet +1, and one regular Dragon Power Bracelet, which together were equivalent to twenty-three Dragon Power Bracelets. With the addition of this one, it was now twenty-four Dragon Power Bracelets.

Since with this latest Dragon Power Bracelet he could now fuse to create another Dragon Power Bracelet +3, Zhang Yanhang quickly started Alchemy and fused them. After the fusion, he only had one Dragon Power Bracelet +4 and one Dragon Power Bracelet +3 left, appearing much tidier.

Next, were the Swift Leggings from the Goblin Wolf Cavalry. Because the number of Goblin Wolf Cavalry in the Lucky Slot Machine third prize pool on Goblin Plain was also insufficient, he only gained one Swift Legging.

Before, Zhang Yanhang only had two extra ordinary Swift Leggings. With the addition of this latest Swift Legging, he had a total of three Swift Leggings. Since the quantity was small, he felt too lazy to fuse them and directly placed them into his Waist Bag.

Following that were the Lightning Totem Poles from the Goblin Shaman. Because the drop rate of the Same Tier Monster Treasure Box was normal, Zhang Yanhang obtained a total of three Lightning Totem Poles this time.

Since he had almost used up his Lightning Totem Poles because he had fused a Light Golden Quality Lightning Totem Pole +4 last time, he only had one ordinary Lightning Totem Pole left. If he added this Lightning Totem Pole he had just gained, then he would have two ordinary Lightning Totem Poles in total, which were just right for fusion.

Compared to the Swift Leggings which had already reached their limit, since Zhang Yanhang still fantasized about further increasing the Fusion Times of the Lightning Totem Pole and fusing it into a Lightning Totem Pole +5, he quickly launched Alchemy again and took out the previous Lightning Totem Pole from his Waist Bag.