Ashen God
Chapter 253 - 252: Crimson Iron Ring +4

Chapter 253: Chapter 252: Crimson Iron Ring +4

Just like when he had faced the onslaught of the Crimson Iron Ant Swarm before, as long as the monster density was high enough, Zhang Yanhang could kill over two hundred Crimson Iron Ants in less than a second.

It was precisely because the Death Wave skill, inherited from the ancient Death God Yeager, was so overpowering that Zhang Yanhang had conceived the desire to raise his Charm attribute value. Up until then, Zhang Yanhang’s sole attitude towards the Charm sub-attribute had been one of disregard, after all, his previous Charm value had truly been useless.

After reviewing the attribute list, Zhang Yanhang sighed as he looked at the three Crimson Iron Rings he had just removed from his finger.

The three Crimson Iron Rings consisted of a Crimson Iron Ring +2, a Crimson Iron Ring +1, and a plain Crimson Iron Ring. If he could add the remaining Crimson Iron Ring +3 from a previous fusion, Zhang Yanhang now regretted that he was only one plain Crimson Iron Ring short of being able to fuse another Blue quality Crimson Iron Ring +4.

"I had thought that maybe I could gather all ten rings this time, but to my surprise, I ended up with only nine Blue quality Crimson Iron Rings +4 after the final fusion. It’s frustrating that I’m only missing the last ring to complete the set, but this will have to wait until next time."

With Blue quality Crimson Iron Rings +4 on each of his nine fingers, only the right thumb remained bare. Zhang Yanhang felt his OCD starting to kick in, but there was nothing he could do about it until next time.

In a temporary effort to fill the void, Zhang Yanhang put on the most fused Crimson Iron Ring +3 he had to make up the numbers.

Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help but mention a characteristic he had discovered a long time ago about wearing rings: the equipment in Ashen World could adapt to the wearer’s body size. This was why he could simply don a standard-issue uniform from the Raccoon City Police Department.

Though he could easily adjust shapes and sizes using Alchemy, if the Ashen World equipment had this inherent adaptability, it would save Zhang Yanhang a lot of effort.

This adaptability was exactly why whether Zhang Yanhang wore the Crimson Iron Ring on his pinky or thumb, it fit snugly without falling off, as the ring would automatically shrink or expand to match the thickness of his finger.

Overall, this characteristic was quite user-friendly, and Zhang Yanhang saw it as a mercy from the Ashen World. After all, it would be very frustrating to find a high-quality piece of equipment that couldn’t be worn because it didn’t fit the body.

After fitting rings on both hands, Zhang Yanhang put the extra three Crimson Iron Rings into his Waist Bag, then immediately picked up the Purple Quality Crimson Iron Heart Necklace and put it around his neck.

After putting on the Purple Quality Crimson Iron Heart Necklace, Zhang Yanhang opened his Attribute list once again to take a glance.

[Strength: 45 (+3)]

[Agility: 44 (+3)]

[Constitution: 47 (+3)]

[Intelligence: 42 (+3)]

[Charm: 23 (+14)]

"Sigh, after equipping the Crimson Iron Heart Necklace, my Charm attribute value is becoming more and more disproportionate. Out of a total of twenty-three Charm points, over half are coming from equipment bonuses.

If I remove those bonuses derived from equipment, my original Charm stat wouldn’t even reach double digits, barely scraping by at nine points."

Zhang Yanhang felt that he could perhaps use free attribute points to enhance his Charm attribute, a sub-attribute, since the enhancement effects from equipment were almost maxed out. He was only one Blue Crimson Iron Ring short of filling all ten fingers with rings, and the Crimson Iron Heart Necklace could not currently be upgraded to Dark Purple Quality.

So, if Zhang Yanhang wanted to continue increasing his Charm attribute value, unless he could obtain other equipment that would also increase his Charm, he would have to rely on free attribute points.

"Twenty-three points of Charm attribute value is not enough for me, I haven’t even reached the First Tier Limit. Along with my promotion to Second Tier, not only has the attribute restriction for my main attributes been unlocked to fifty points, but the cap for Charm, a sub-attribute, has also been raised to fifty points."

Zhang Yanhang felt that since the Second Tier attribute value limit was fifty points, he should at least try to raise his Charm attribute value to above forty points.

Zhang Yanhang estimated that the other, higher-level Crimson Iron Ants in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest would certainly drop equipment that could increase the Charm attribute.

Even if it was not obtainable from ordinary monsters, the Crimson Iron Ant Queen would definitely have it, so Zhang Yanhang felt that as long as he used a small number of free attribute points during the process, raising his Charm attribute value above forty points should definitely not be a difficult task.

After reviewing the attribute list, Zhang Yanhang did a simple calculation of the Flame Resistance and Acid Resistance enhancements from his equipment.

Previously, they were only about twenty percent, but now, they had directly increased to more than fifty percent. Overall, both Flame Resistance and Acid Resistance had nearly doubled compared to before.

"Fifty percent Acid Resistance and Flame Resistance, I wonder how exactly this is calculated. Guess I’ll wait until I get back and ask the group owner. After all, testing this by myself seems like quite a hassle."

Zhang Yanhang’s intuition told him that it definitely wasn’t the kind of convenient thing where accumulating one hundred percent would grant immunity to all fire and acid damage, but was more likely an additional enhancement effect on his own defensive power against fire and acid damage.

"Anyway, Acid Resistance and Flame Resistance were just incidental gains in the process of obtaining Charm value enhancement. Next, let’s just upgrade a skill. Choose! Skill Level Enhancement." As Zhang Yanhang initiated the selection, time paused once again.

[Do you wish to enhance Skill Level?]

[Option One: ’Gun Master LV.MAX’ upgraded to ’Grandmaster LV.5’ (Consumes 51,200 Ash Source Soul Points.)]

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[Option Five: ’Limitless Universe Skill LV.MAX’ upgraded to ’Limitless Universe Skill [Second Order] LV.1’ (Consumes 2,100 Soul Points.)]

[Option Six: ’Alchemy’ upgraded to ’???’ (Cannot be enhanced)]

[Option Seven: ’Death Wave LV.5’ upgraded to ’Death Wave LV.6’ (Consumes 800 Soul Points.)]

[Option Eight: ’Supreme Will LV.1’ upgraded to ’Supreme Will LV.2’ (Consumes 50 Soul Points.)]

[Option Nine: ’Indestructible Golden Body LV.4’ upgraded to ’Indestructible Golden Body LV.5’ (Consumes 400 Soul Points.)]

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