Ashen God
Chapter 303 - 232: Purple Drop Treasure Box

Chapter 303: Chapter 232: Purple Drop Treasure Box

Of course, since the Death Wave Skill could be promoted further, Zhang Yanhang felt that if he raised the Death Wave Skill to a certain level, he might be able to obtain the kind that had no limit on the number of uses.

But these thoughts were still too far off for Zhang Yanhang at the moment, as just amassing the fifty thousand soul points needed for promotion would take a considerable amount of time, and it was certain that the Death Wave Skill would not simply abolish the usage limit after just one promotion.

If the Death Wave Skill were really to remove the usage limit immediately after one promotion, generally speaking, there would only be two scenarios: one, Zhang Yanhang was dreaming, and the other was that Zhang Yanhang had strayed into a different world line, one in which he became invincible without any effort after his appearance.

Therefore, the idea of the Death Wave Skill eliminating its limits after a single promotion and consequently thrusting Zhang Yanhang into an invincible state was something that simply could not happen in the real world.

As Zhang Yanhang pondered various matters while waiting for the Crimson Iron Ant King to die automatically, he suddenly thought of another issue just as crucial as the last hit: if a monster died automatically because it was in a dying state, would it count as suicide or as his kill?

"Though under normal circumstances such a thing would definitely be judged as my kill, what if it’s really judged as suicide? To minimize possible unexpected losses, I should kill one Crimson Iron Ant King first. That way, if the other two are used for experiments and it’s really judged as suicide, my losses won’t be too big."

No sooner had Zhang Yanhang thought this than he immediately stepped on the head of the Crimson Iron Ant King that had fallen before him.

With a slight force of his foot, there was a ’bang’, and the head of the Second Tier Second Star Elite Monster, the Crimson Iron Ant King, burst open like a ripe watermelon upon contact.

The strange brain tissue, fundamentally different in structure from that of humans and mammals, mixed with fragments of the crimson-red exoskeleton splashed onto the nearby walls, making bizarre squelching noises.

[Successfully defeated Second Tier Second Star Monster ’Crimson Iron Ant King (Elite)’ ×1, Soul Points +120.]

After crushing the head of the dying Crimson Iron Ant King, Zhang Yanhang immediately heard the killing prompt sound he had been longing for, "This Crimson Iron Ant King, as a Second Tier Second Star Elite Monster, is actually worth one hundred and twenty soul points, which is equivalent to the value of four Prototype Tyrants."

"It’s just a pity that, compared to the fifty Prototype Tyrants, there are only three Crimson Iron Ant Kings, so I guess at most only one treasure box would drop."

Zhang Yanhang had also been in Ashen World for almost half a month, and thus he had roughly summarized some patterns regarding the treasure box drop rates, which might or might not be reliable. Among them was the pattern that ’when defeating new monsters, the first one will always drop a treasure box’.

So far, the rule that Zhang Yanhang had concluded was mostly validated; he would obtain a treasure box almost every time he hunted a new monster, such as with the Crimson Iron Flying Ants and the Crimson Iron Soldier Ants, which dropped a green treasure box upon their first encounter.

This time, although the Crimson Iron Ant King was a same tier monster, and the treasure box drop rate wouldn’t decrease, due to their limited numbers, even if Zhang Yanhang killed them all, he could only hope for that one guaranteed drop treasure box. That’s why he chose to kill one to cut his losses, while he continued to use the other two for experimentation.

If he just wanted to do a simple test, one Crimson Iron Ant King would suffice, but experiments always required a control group. So, keeping two seemed more rigorous.

Zhang Yanhang stood still for a few seconds, and sure enough, a treasure box shimmering with purple light appeared on the corpse of the Crimson Iron Ant King.

"Hmm? A second tier two-star elite monster can actually drop a purple quality treasure box? Does that mean I could directly get dark purple quality equipment from this treasure box? That’s way too powerful, isn’t it?"

Previously, Zhang Yanhang thought at most monsters like the Crimson Iron Ant King could only drop a blue quality treasure box, and only a Lord Monster like the Crimson Iron Ant Queen could drop a purple quality one. But to his total surprise, the Crimson Iron Ant King could also drop a purple quality treasure box.

"Moreover, apart from dark purple quality equipment, there’s also a certain chance to get Crimson Iron Ant King Concentrated Hormone of dark purple quality from this treasure box. Truly, aside from the Crimson Iron Ant Queen, it’s the strongest ant from the Crimson Iron Ant Nest. It’s just a pity that their numbers are so few.

If they had dozens like the T-001 Prototype Tyrant, it would be perfect, but since the Crimson Iron Ant King is a normal life form after all, if too many were produced at once, the Crimson Iron Ant Queen might not be able to handle such an intense mating frequency and could die from overexertion, or in other words, worked to death."

Although currently there were only three Crimson Iron Ant Kings in the nest and he had already killed one, with the other two on the brink of death, Zhang Yanhang felt that he should still be able to continue killing Crimson Iron Ant Kings through other means.

Take the slot machine, for instance. Previously, the third prize pool of the slot machine Zhang Yanhang played in Raccoon City wasn’t cleared, so it remained in its initial state. However, based on Zhang Yanhang’s experience, when the slot machine refreshed the next day, there might be Crimson Iron Ant Kings in the prize pool.

Zhang Yanhang had already verified this with the slot machines in Raccoon City. The third prize pool of the slot machine would indeed refresh according to his progression through the game’s map. As long as he killed a certain monster, other than a Lord Monster, that type of monster would usually appear in the slot machine’s refreshed pool to some extent.

In Raccoon City, from ordinary zombies at first tier zero stars to second order one-star Prototype Tyrants, the slot machine covered all the monster types Zhang Yanhang had encountered. Therefore, in this respect, he thought the slot machines here in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest should be similar to those in Raccoon City.

Though, as a second tier two star elite monster, the slot machine might not refresh with many Crimson Iron Ant Kings, potentially only symbolically refreshing with one like the Prototype Tyrants in Raccoon City. But even if it’s only one a day, as long as he could clear it out a few times, getting the second treasure box would definitely be easy.

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