Ashen God
Chapter 169 - 168: Enjoying the Silkiness

Chapter 169: Chapter 168: Enjoying the Silkiness

Counting the six Crimson Iron Rings that came from the treasure boxes of the six Crimson Iron Worker Ants Zhang Yanhang had encountered before, Zhang Yanhang now had a total of fifty-five Crimson Iron Rings. He could fuse three Crimson Iron Rings +4 or one Crimson Iron Ring +5.

So, Zhang Yanhang prepared to fuse some Crimson Iron Rings next, to see if promoting them to Blue Quality would result in any useful changes.

Zhang Yanhang pulled out five Crimson Iron Rings from his waist bag, then took off the one he was wearing, and piled them all together with the forty-nine Crimson Iron Rings he had taken from treasure boxes.

Just as Zhang Yanhang was about to start the Alchemy, he suddenly remembered that his Energy was almost depleted, probably not enough to support the consumption of the Alchemy, "I’m out of Energy, what should I do? Should I use ’Limitless Universe Skill’ to actively recover it?"

Zhang Yanhang still had about fifty minutes of free time, maybe he could take half an hour out of it to restore his Energy.

"But I don’t want to wait that long, so I’ll just drink a small Magic Recovery Potion instead."

Previously, Zhang Yanhang had obtained nine small Magic Recovery Potions from the Goblin’s Prank Box. He had used two during the battle with the T-001 Prototype Tyrant, so he still had seven left, although he might need them later in the battle with the Lord Monster Tracker.

But six small Magic Recovery Potions should be quite sufficient, given that his total Energy Value limit was only two hundred fifty, and six potions were enough to restore three hundred points of Energy, fifty points more than his limit. So, drinking one now shouldn’t be a problem.

Moreover, after he finishes clearing Raccoon City, he would go to the Goblin Plain, where he would definitely get a lot of small Magic Recovery Potions since that’s their Origin. It wouldn’t be possible that he couldn’t get any at their Origin, right?

Therefore, regarding the small Magic Recovery Potions, Zhang Yanhang felt there was no need to save them, and he should just use them when necessary.

As for why Zhang Yanhang didn’t wait a while longer to fuse the Crimson Iron Rings but insisted on doing it now,

It’s like when a player is drawing cards in a mobile game, and the wifi suddenly cuts off, preventing the result from displaying. Most people wouldn’t wait patiently for the wifi to be restored before checking the results; they’d probably turn off the wifi and switch to mobile data.

So, Zhang Yanhang just couldn’t wait; he immediately wanted to know the changes that would occur after the Crimson Iron Rings were promoted to Blue Quality.

Having made up his mind, Zhang Yanhang quickly drank a small Magic Recovery Potion. His hands illuminated an Alchemy Array that covered twenty Crimson Iron Rings. As Energy was infused, the twenty Crimson Iron Rings slowly melted into pools of crimson liquid and paired up for fusion.

If Zhang Yanhang were to describe the smoothness of this fusion process, it was like he had organized a ballroom dance party, then gathered twenty skilled and bright individuals, each bubbly with an extrovert’s charm.

The moment he announced the start, these twenty people immediately found their dance partners and began dancing enthusiastically. Yes, the process was that smooth, perhaps even smoother than a Dove chocolate.

After all, it was just a +1 fusion, so it was normal to have such smoothness.

As the first batch of ten Crimson Iron Rings +1 completed fusion, Zhang Yanhang began to fuse the remaining Crimson Iron Rings. After some time, twenty-seven Crimson Iron Rings +1 appeared before him with the one from his hand being left out.

No choice, since the ring from his hand was an odd number, not even; otherwise, none would have been left out.

Once the fusion of the Crimson Iron Rings +1 was completed, Zhang Yanhang glanced at the attributes and found not much change; they were still Green Quality. So, he decided to continue and fuse into Crimson Iron Rings +2.

The Alchemy that had just paused was immediately restarted. Twelve Crimson Iron Rings +1 began to slowly melt and fuse with each other nearby. Although this fusion speed was slightly slower compared to before, the overall speed was still extremely fast.

This speed could still be compared to the previously mentioned dance party. After Zhang Yanhang had danced with the twenty attractive men and women for an hour and paid them, he asked them not to leave yet.

He told them that if they were willing to dance for another hour, they could get another paycheck and even some overtime pay. Under such circumstances, the twenty beauties hesitated only slightly before agreeing to Zhang Yanhang’s request.

So, the fusion +2 process was very much a mutual agreement, and the speed was quite fast.

After wasting a bit more time, thirteen Crimson Iron Rings +2 appeared before Zhang Yanhang, but due to the odd number, there was again one Crimson Iron Ring +1 left alone.

Zhang Yanhang quickly checked the Attribute List of the Crimson Iron Rings. Even though it was now +2, they were still Green Quality. He decided to continue and start the fusion of Crimson Iron Rings +3.

With the launch of the Alchemy, the Crimson Iron Rings +3 covered by the Alchemy Array melted into a liquid just as before and began to gradually fuse. However, the speed of fusion was noticeably slower than during the +1 and +2 fusions.

If during the +2 fusion, the twenty handsome men and beauties were still willing to work overtime, this time, it was like the situation where Zhang Yanhang delayed paying them. But although he delayed the payment, he promised that if they were willing to dance for another hour, they could receive two hours of salary and the corresponding overtime pay.

So, under these circumstances, although those twenty people were a bit reluctant to continue dancing, they did so unwillingly for their salaries and overtime pay.

After the fusion was complete, six Crimson Iron Rings +3 appeared on Zhang Yanhang’s table. He checked the Attribute List of the Crimson Iron Rings +3. He had hoped that fusing to +3 would upgrade the Crimson Iron Rings to Blue Quality, but unfortunately, the Crimson Iron Rings +3 were still Green Quality.