Ashen God
Chapter 316 - 315: Significant Increase in Flame Resistance

Chapter 316: Chapter 315: Significant Increase in Flame Resistance

Of course, Zhang Yanhang was aware that fusion to +7 wasn’t exactly prone to failure, the real difficulty lay in how to collect the other seven Crimson Iron Heart +6 necklaces.

To fuse seven Crimson Iron Heart +6 necklaces, one would need to gather a total of four hundred and forty-eight Crimson Iron Heart necklaces. After deducting the Crimson Iron Heart +5 necklace around his neck, as well as the remaining Crimson Iron Heart +2, Crimson Iron Heart +1, and one regular Crimson Iron Heart necklace, he still needed to collect another four hundred and nine Crimson Iron Heart necklaces.

Unlike the Green Quality equipment of the Crimson Iron Ring, which was abundant and could easily be stocked, the Crimson Iron Heart Necklace, which was originally Blue Quality, could only be found in the drop treasure boxes of combat-oriented Crimson Iron Flying Ants and Crimson Iron Soldier Ants with the strength of First Tier Two Stars.

This meant that if Zhang Yanhang wanted to gather another four hundred and nine Crimson Iron Heart necklaces, he would have to kill at least eight thousand two hundred or so Crimson Iron Flying Ants and Crimson Iron Soldier Ants.

However, the total number of Crimson Iron Flying Ants and Crimson Iron Soldier Ants in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu was only about two thousand, not even a quarter of Zhang Yanhang’s requirement.

Therefore, under these circumstances, if the passages Zhang Yanhang dug later still led to small Crimson Iron Ant Nests, then the chances of him fusing a Dark Purple Quality Crimson Iron Heart +7 were slim, and at the very least, a medium-sized Crimson Iron Ant Nest would be necessary to have a possibility of achieving this minor goal.

And if he wanted to increase the chances of achieving this minor goal, Zhang Yanhang needed to find a large Crimson Iron Ant Nest.

A large Crimson Iron Ant Nest would satisfy all of Zhang Yanhang’s needs, not only helping him gather the Ant Power needed to upgrade to an SSS level but also helping him collect multiple Purple Quality Crimson Iron Rings +7 and gather Dark Purple Quality Crimson Iron Heart +7.

Moreover, considering that the Crimson Iron Ant Queen and the Crimson Iron Ant King would drop parts of the Makarov Set, Zhang Yanhang could most likely get them to help him increase the fusion times for his Makarov Earrings.

Even if he couldn’t increase the fusion times by much, even just one time would help Zhang Yanhang promote his Makarov Set from Dark Purple to Light Gold Quality.

Besides the Makarov Set, Zhang Yanhang believed he should be able to obtain the Crimson Iron Ant Queen Concentrated Hormone from killing the Large Crimson Iron Ant Queen in the large ant nest, thereby once again increasing his Charm attribute value.

After briefly pondering the prerequisites for obtaining the Dark Purple Quality Crimson Iron Heart +7 necklace, Zhang Yanhang refocused his attention on the attribute list of the Crimson Iron Heart +6.

"With the increase in fusion times, the Flame Resistance and Acid Resistance boosts from the Crimson Iron Heart necklace have increased from the original 10.5% to 11.8%, an overall increase of 1.3% for both Flame Resistance and Acid Resistance, which feels quite good."

After reviewing the attribute list of the Crimson Iron Heart +6, Zhang Yanhang immediately wore it around his neck. As for the original Crimson Iron Heart +5? He had already put it and the other three Crimson Iron Heart necklaces into his Waist Bag.

"Man, my fire and acid resistance bonuses should be pretty high now, right? Should be at least ninety percent or so?"

After equipping the +6 Crimson Iron Heart, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to calculate how high his fire and acid resistance actually were. First, there were six +6 Crimson Iron Rings, each providing a 5.8% bonus to flame resistance and acid resistance, totaling to 34.8%.

Then there were four +4 Crimson Iron Rings, each offering a 4.2% bonus to resistance, and all four combined equaled an additional 16.8%, amounting to 51.6% resistance bonus from the ten Crimson Iron Rings for both fire and acid.

Adding to that, Zhang Yanhang had just put on the Makarov Earrings, each providing a 17.5% resistance bonus, amounting to a 35% resistance bonus for the pair.

Lastly, there was the 11.8% resistance bonus from the +6 Crimson Iron Heart necklace he had just placed around his neck. Together with the Crimson Iron Rings and Makarov Earrings, these three boosted Zhang Yanhang’s resistance to 98.4% for both fire and acid.

"Wow, I had no idea until I calculated it, but I’ve got a 98.4% bonus to both fire and acid resistance. Round it up, and my defensive power against fire and acid attacks has essentially doubled."

Zhang Yanhang felt somewhat surprised by the result, yet it also seemed reasonable to him. After all, he had cleared the entire small-size Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu; it would have been illogical if he couldn’t acquire such a level of resistance.

While acid attacks were probably not very common outside the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, flame attacks were quite prevalent. So, Zhang Yanhang felt that he might often need this kind of resistance bonus going forward because there was a distinct pleasure in tanking enemy attacks and standing one’s ground during confrontations.

"Now that I’ve dealt with the four pieces of equipment I gained this time, what should I do next? Continue cataloging my other spoils? Or should I start working on the Crimson Iron Teeth modification plan?"

After some thought, Zhang Yanhang decided it was better to finish going through the contents of the treasure boxes before tackling the Crimson Iron Teeth modification plan. Of course, this was also because he didn’t have the slightest clue about how to modify the Crimson Iron Teeth yet and would need to do some research to come up with a viable modification strategy.

"But even though I say I’m going to catalog my other gains, there’s nothing left to catalog. Aside from equipment and Talent, the only artifact I got this time was the concentrated hormone of the Crimson Iron Ant Queen. Guess I’ll consume it now."

Zhang Yanhang picked up a small glass bottle from the side. As last time, even though the bottle’s capacity could easily contain several dozen slices of the Crimson Iron Ant Queen Concentrated Hormone, it was still conspicuously empty except for one slice.

If Ashen World’s Alchemist Guild had a department similar to the Main World Consumer Association, Zhang Yanhang would definitely lodge a complaint about the excessive packaging of the Crimson Iron Ant Queen Concentrated Hormone.

He sighed quietly, poured out a red ’milk slice’ from the glass bottle, and placed it straight into his mouth. After casually chewing twice, the Crimson Iron Ant Queen Concentrated Hormone melted away, leaving only a hint of fruity fragrance lingering in his mouth.