Ashen God
Chapter 281 - 280 Druid

Chapter 281: Chapter 280 Druid

"Hmm? A part-time Druid who is also an Alchemist? That’s not right, shouldn’t Druid be his main profession? After all, Alchemists don’t have combat power... But what exactly does this so-called ’special method’ refer to? Could it be that the Alchemist has developed a specific type of charm (stimulating) hallucinogenic (passion) medicine targeted at ants?"

Zhang Yanhang was so interested in this introduction because he was also an Alchemist, albeit part-time, yet his ability to develop Alchemy Tools was not impaired, which meant that if he could also find the correct Alchemy method, he might be able to rely on his own concoctions to obtain this Concentrated Hormone.

"But the prerequisite for refining Concentrated Hormone is to have normal Hormone, and I don’t seem to have a way to obtain that. Surely, I can’t force the Crimson Iron Ants to mate before killing them and the Crimson Iron Ant King, right?

Setting aside how to extract Hormone, just the language barrier alone stops me from interfering with the Crimson Iron Ant Queen and the Crimson Iron Ant King."

Moreover, Zhang Yanhang felt that if he forced them to mate first and then killed them during the mating process, it seemed a bit weird.

"Never mind, I won’t think about that for now. After all, with my level of Alchemy, even if I could normally obtain Hormones, it wouldn’t necessarily mean I’d succeed in refining.

The most important thing is the usage effect of this bottle of Crimson Iron Ant King Concentrated Hormone, which can actually increase the Charm attribute by two points. I can obtain a total of two bottles, meaning I could directly increase my Charm attribute by four points, which is really nice."

Zhang Yanhang looked at the bottle of Purple Quality Crimson Iron Ant King Concentrated Hormone feeling quite fortunate. It was a good thing that he hadn’t received a potion that could increase other main attributes because otherwise, the twenty-five-point attribute restriction would have blocked him completely.

Although it was possible to just barely increase the score of some Alchemy Potions by using Alchemy fusion, relying on this to raise the upper limit of the attribute value usage requirements would certainly be very inefficient.

Besides, with only a single fusion, it was likely that he wouldn’t be able to raise the limit to a point where it could be used by an Awakener like Zhang Yanhang, who had a minimum of forty-four points in every main attribute even without equipment.

"Although my Charm attribute value has already reached twenty-five points, which is outside the usable range, fifteen points of that Charm attribute are from equipment bonuses. So, I just need to remove some of my equipment to be able to use this bottle of Crimson Iron Ant King Concentrated Hormone without any worries.

With my current naked state only having ten points of Charm value, even if I used seven bottles of Crimson Iron Ant King Concentrated Hormone, there would be no problem. Unfortunately, the slot machine only has two bottles."

While speaking, Zhang Yanhang suddenly thought of something. Since this bottle of Crimson Iron Ant King Concentrated Hormone was sourced from the Ant King itself, could it be possible to also get a drop of this potion from the Ant King’s drop treasure box?

If it really could be found there, that would be amazing. Although there aren’t many Crimson Iron Ant Kings in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, probably only two or three, at least they could drop a treasure box.

For a second-tier monster like the Crimson Iron Ant King, the starting Quality of the dropped treasure box is usually Blue, and considering the pattern of Zhang Yanhang always being able to open an item of a higher quality from the treasure box, maybe he could indeed obtain a Purple Quality Crimson Iron Ant King Concentrated Hormone.

Every time Zhang Yanhang thought about this, he felt a bit excited. If it were really possible to obtain Purple Quality Concentrated Hormone from a Crimson Iron Ant King Drop Treasure Box, it wouldn’t matter that the number of Crimson Iron Ant Kings in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu was quite limited.

Based on his previous experiences with the slot machines in Raccoon City, as long as he could take down the Crimson Iron Ant King, this Second-tier Monster might enter the third-place prize pool just like a Second Order One Star Prototype Tyrant could.

If things could develop like that, then the slot machine in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest would become incredibly important to him.

"But even though that’s the case, the probability of such a situation occurring is actually quite low..." Zhang Yanhang felt that, given the strength of a Crimson Iron Ant King, it really wasn’t likely for its Treasure Box to contain Concentrated Crimson Iron Ant King Hormone.

So rather than hope for a drop from the Crimson Iron Ant King, it would be better to expect one from the Crimson Iron Ant Queen. After all, as a Lord Monster, it would make perfect sense for its Treasure Box to produce an item like the Concentrated Crimson Iron Ant King Hormone that could permanently increase attributes.

"So, I choose Option Two, Concentrated Crimson Iron Ant King Hormone," Zhang Yanhang made his choice, and time resumed its flow, while various patterns on the slot machine started spinning wildly. After approximately three seconds, the spinning of the patterns on the slot machine began to slow down, revealing three identical ’✬’ symbols.

Since he’d drawn a prize second only to the grand prize, the slot machine, which was already flashing golden light, suddenly set off colorful virtual fireworks, and an egg capsule popped out immediately from the prize chute.

The transparent egg capsule floated in the air, defying the laws of physics. The shell of the egg capsule quickly opened automatically, revealing a bottle of dark red thick liquid.

Zhang Yanhang picked up the bottle of Concentrated Crimson Iron Ant King Hormone and placed it directly into his Waist Bag, not in a hurry to use it. He planned to wait until he had drawn both the grand and second prizes before using them all at once.

Zhang Yanhang pulled the slot machine’s metal lever on the side with practiced ease. He had to pull the lever as many times as there were prizes in the prize pool, so every time he cleared the prize pool, he would end up pulling the metal lever around a hundred times.

He had cleared the prize pool of the slot machine in Raccoon City nine times, which meant he had pulled the lever nine hundred times. Adding this upcoming hundred pulls, Zhang Yanhang was about to reach a thousand pulls on the lever.

Repeating any task a hundred times would make one quite skilled, let alone a thousand times. He had reached a point of skill that Zhang Yanhang now felt the biggest flaw of the slot machine was that it couldn’t draw prizes automatically. Having to pull the lever a hundred times every time was really quite a nuisance.

But fortunately, this time Zhang Yanhang’s goal was only to draw the remaining grand and second prizes, so after just two pulls of the lever, he temporarily ended the drawing of prizes.

After drawing the grand and second prizes that were most important to him, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to remove his equipment.