Ashen God
Chapter 262 - 261 Firepower Coverage

Chapter 262: Chapter 261 Firepower Coverage

Since he often encountered situations like this, Zhang Yanhang had grown quite accustomed to it by now. After recalling the relevant routes in the vicinity, he headed straight for the last dozen or so Crimson Iron Worker Ants in the fourth area.

After picking up the sole White Treasure Box dropped by those worker ants, Zhang Yanhang formally confirmed that he had successfully cleared the entire fourth area, and since there were only eight areas in total to clear in the First Tier, his completion rate for this stage of the cleaning plan had reached fifty percent.

"Just two more hours and forty minutes of hard work and I can completely finish the First Tier Crimson Iron Ant Nest cleaning plan. But before I go to clear the Crimson Iron Ants in the fifth area, I need to pick up those two Green treasure boxes dropped by the Crimson Iron Flying Ants just now," Zhang Yanhang said as he turned into a side path, still two side paths away from the corridor where the Crimson Iron Flying Ants were located.

After swiftly arriving at the Crimson Iron Flying Ants’ corpses and picking up two Green treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang intended to head back the way he came, but he suddenly noticed a group of unfamiliar Crimson Iron Ants at the edge of his ’Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil’ perception range—ants he hadn’t seen before.

Compared to the Crimson Iron Worker Ants, which were about the same size as ordinary Zombie Dogs, and the Crimson Iron Flying Ants, which were about the size of a Samoyed dog, these unfamiliar Crimson Iron Ants were even larger, almost the size of young calves, with a more vivid exoskeleton color.

Based on their size and the color of the exoskeleton alone, Zhang Yanhang felt sure they were some kind of Crimson Iron Ant higher in level than the flying ants, but he would have to get closer to check their specific Attribute list.

According to Zhang Yanhang’s observation, this group of larger Advanced Crimson Iron Ants was constantly advancing towards the position of the Crimson Iron Flying Ant corpses, seemingly wanting to converge with the others. Unfortunately for them, what they didn’t know was that Zhang Yanhang had already taken them down in advance.

"There’s no rush to start the cleaning plan in the fifth area. For now, let’s go see what exactly these larger Crimson Iron Ants are," Zhang Yanhang said, then immediately sprinted at top speed toward the location of the larger group of Crimson Iron Ants.

By the way, because his Agility attribute had increased by another three points, Zhang Yanhang’s Movement Speed was now considerably faster than before.

Previously, his Movement Speed without the boost of Spiritual Qi Blessing was at best fifty-seven meters per second, but now, according to his tests, it had reached sixty-five meters per second—an increase of eight meters each second.

Converting sixty-five meters per second to an hourly rate gives a velocity of two hundred and thirty-five kilometers per hour. If Zhang Yanhang’s Movement Speed used to be comparable to that of a train before, now it had become faster than that.

Continuing at this rate of improvement, Zhang Yanhang estimated that he would soon be able to match the speed of a high-speed train under normal conditions.

"The increase in strength of an Awakener is really astonishing. During the First Tier Period, it didn’t seem like much, but after promoting to Second Tier, it suddenly reaches a superhuman stage. By the time he reaches Third Tier, probably it might be possible to compete with airplanes in speed, or even surpass them."

With Zhang Yanhang’s current Movement Speed, just running at full speed was enough to smash an ordinary person into mush. If there were any buildings in his path, he could smash right through them as if they were made of paper.

As for the specifics, one could consider a train derailing and hitting a train station, or to be more precise, it would be like a super train head, not only traveling at a frightening speed of two hundred and thirty-five kilometers per hour but also with a density and mass that are alarmingly high, smashing into buildings. A single impact could easily bring down an entire building, right?

Perhaps it is because with just their raw physical fitness alone, Second Tier Awakened can cause immense damage to buildings and ordinary people in the Main World, that they were evaluated as capable of rapidly destroying Village-level units in the early stages of the Spiritual Qi Recovery.

After all, even with this train-level speed, it was possible to plow through an area of a Village-level unit, which was not that large in size, in a short period.

Moreover, when faced with such speed, it was impossible for normal caliber heat weapons, operated by ordinary people to affect an Awakener skilled in speed, unless covered by heavy firepower. Simply put, they couldn’t hit the target and even if they did, it might not be enough to penetrate the defense and cause damage.

For this very reason, although a Company Level Unit might have been sufficient to surround and kill an Awakener who had just promoted to Second Tier, by the time the Awakener reached the Peak of Second Tier, even a Battalion-level unit of five hundred people might not be quite enough to deal with them.

Aside from the increase in Zhang Yanhang’s Movement Speed due to his improved Agility attribute, there was also another significant development worth mentioning: his Strength had also grown due to the increase in Attribute value.

During the previous period, besides testing his Movement Speed, Zhang Yanhang had also spared some time to test his current Strength.

Although compared to the time when he upgraded the A-level Talent ’Power of Bull Demon’, Zhang Yanhang had only incidentally increased his Strength Attribute by two points through leveling up his Limitless Universe Skill, the impact of these two extra strength points was enormously significant.

Just after upgrading the A-level Talent Power of Bull Demon, Zhang Yanhang’s one-handed Strength had reached approximately seven tons, but now, his one-handed Strength had increased directly to eight and a half tons. With just a two-point increase in Strength, there was an increase of one and a half tons.

At this moment, Zhang Yanhang profoundly understood that the increase in Attribute value was more outrageous later on because every time an Attribute increased, it was based on a fixed ratio, leading to even more ludicrous levels in the later stages.

For instance, during the First Tier, each one-point increase in Zhang Yanhang’s Strength Attribute would only yield an increase of a few tens of kilograms. But now, each additional point in Attribute value could raise his Strength by several hundred kilograms.

Zhang Yanhang estimated that once his Strength Attribute was pushed to the Second Tier Limit, he should be able to achieve at least ten tons of power.

Of course, this ten-ton figure was only possible after enjoying the Power Effect increase from the Power of Bull Demon. Without the enhancement from the Talent Effect, an ordinary Awakened with fifty points in Attribute value might only have a Strength of about five or six tons at best—certainly much lower than his.