Ashen God
Chapter 336 - 335 Activate Tarot Card Set Effect

Chapter 336: Chapter 335 Activate Tarot Card Set Effect

After observing the Proof of Dominator, Zhang Yanhang picked up the bottle of Red Dragon’s Blood. Perhaps because the Red Dragon excelled in Flame Power and could easily swim in magma, the inside of this bottle of Red Dragon’s Blood inexplicably resembled fresh magma, emitting a bright red glow and continuously bubbling.

Even the temperature of this Red Dragon’s Blood was different from various types of Enhancing Potions Zhang Yanhang had encountered before. It felt a bit warm to the touch, as if it had just been heated in a microwave.

"Although with my current defensive power, even if I really were to drink a bottle of magma, it shouldn’t reduce my Shield Value too much, theory is just theory and practice is just practice. When it comes down to actually drinking an Enhancing Potion that looks almost like magma, the values instilled during my time as an ordinary person somewhat resist it.

However, it is, after all, an Artifact certified by the Ashen World, so logically there shouldn’t be any problems. I might as well just drink it. Although according to various fantasy stories, if someone with insufficient Constitution Attribute drinks Dragon Blood, their esophagus and related organs might melt and carbonize. But that probably doesn’t relate to me."

Since Zhang Yanhang possessed an Energy Shield and was an Awakener, he was completely fearless about these matters. So, he immediately unplugged the stopper and poured the Red Dragon’s Blood into his mouth.

It must be said that immediately after he opened the stopper of the potion bottle, Zhang Yanhang felt a wave of intense heat wash over him, but he didn’t hesitate and drank it anyway.

Upon entering his mouth, the Red Dragon’s Blood gave Zhang Yanhang a fiery sensation, a bit like drinking the sauce of a whole bottle of fire chicken noodles. As he swallowed the Red Dragon’s Blood into his esophagus, this fiery sensation quickly spread to his digestive and respiratory organs, making him start to feel a bit uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the fiery sensation was fleeting and soon transformed into a mild warm current that began to strengthen Zhang Yanhang’s body.

"As expected of Dragon Blood, out of all the Enhancing Potions I’ve used, this one gave the most intense reaction, although that’s not saying much."

Having slightly felt the warm current in his body, Zhang Yanhang put the empty bottle back into his Waist Bag. To hold Red Dragon’s Blood, this bottle itself must be of decent material. He might use it in the future for concocting Magic Potions and Medicine.

In fact, he had always paid attention to recycling such potion bottles. Being able to use ready-made ones was certainly more convenient than having to concoct one on his own later, and the quality of these potion bottles produced by the Ashen World would mostly be better than those he might make himself.

After dealing with the first three items, Zhang Yanhang continued to examine the Divination Tarot Card - Emperor. This Tarot Card was similar in material and size to the previous Divination Tarot Cards, and the Array pattern on the back looked exactly the same, only the front pattern was different.

In Zhang Yanhang’s memory, the original Tarot Card - Emperor should depict an old, white king with a large white beard and a Golden Crown on his head. In his left hand, the old king held a Golden Scepter, symbolizing total control, and in his right hand, a Golden Treasure Ball, symbolizing smooth diplomacy.

Moreover, even though the old king was cloaked in a red robe on the outside, beneath it, he wore solid iron Armor, symbolizing his readiness to fight and die on the battlefield for his country’s fate. His face maintained a calm and confident expression, giving off a very reliable impression.

However, the front pattern printed on the Divination Tarot Card - Emperor that Zhang Yanhang held was almost entirely the opposite of the described version. The old king who should be sitting on the throne was gone, replaced by a golden-haired young girl wearing a wide red cape seated on the throne.

When she sat, her legs didn’t even reach the ground, and the wide, heavy red cape wrapped around the golden-haired young girl tightly like a quilt, making it impossible to see any part of her body.

Although the golden-haired young girl seemed quite nonsensical overall, the crown on her head still expressed her identity.

However, the crown designed for adults was loose on her head, barely supporting itself, as if it would slide off the next second. For this golden-haired young girl version of the Emperor, Zhang Yanhang gave a fair comment: ’Full of majesty,’ a good material for an emperor.

Because it was completely impossible to see the body covered by the red cape, Zhang Yanhang could not tell whether the young girl Emperor was holding a Golden Scepter, a Golden Treasure Ball, or wearing Armor.

But the difference could be discerned from their expressions alone—the old king’s face always maintained calm and confidence, while the young girl Emperor’s expression appeared as if she was sleep deprived but kept forcing herself to stay awake, looking particularly cute and making one tempted to urge her to sleep.

After examining the front pattern of the Divination Tarot Card - Emperor, Zhang Yanhang took out another Divination Tarot Card - Fool and placed it alongside it. Only by doing this could the Set Effect be officially activated.

"Since both the Fool and the Emperor enhance Strength Effect and Attack Power, I hope the Set Effect can also enhance these capabilities." Zhang Yanhang silently prayed and then opened the Attribute list of the Divination Tarot Card - Fool.

[Divination Tarot Card - Fool[False] (Gate of Truth)]

[Quality: Blue]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, Alchemist.]

[Durability: 37/37]

[defensive power: 25]

[Additional Attributes: Strength Effect +5%.]

[Upgradable], Upgrade conditions 1: Possession of "Divination Tarot Card·Strength[Fake] (Gate of Truth)" (0/1), Possession of "Divination Tarot Card·Justice[Fake] (Gate of Truth)" (0/1), Possession of "Divination Tarot Card·Hanged Man[Fake] (Gate of Truth)" (0/1).

Upgrade condition two: ...]

[Usage requirements: Must possess Alchemy or other related alchemy skills.]

[Score: 70 (Blue items have scores from 31 to 70.)]

[Set Effect One: Power is Justice (Long live The Hanged Man!)—Power Effect +7.5%, Attack Power +7.5%.]

[Set Effect Two: Trinity (Unlocks with three-piece set)]

[Introduction: The Fool is one of the 78 tarot cards and one of the 22 major arcana. The Fool does not have a number (or is considered 0 or 22), representing both the beginning and the end of all tarot cards and symbolizing infinite possibilities.

However, all the above is irrelevant to this counterfeit, poorly printed product from a small workshop.]

"Power is justice is well said, and the set effect is even better. It can add 7.5% to the power effect and attack power. With the Fool and the Emperor’s own 5% strength and attack power effects, I now have a total of 12.5% enhancement in power effect and attack power.

Sets are truly worthy as sets. It really only shows its true value after activating the set effect. And, if the duo alone is this powerful, what will the trio be like?"

You should know that even when Zhang Yanhang upgrades the Ant Power series of talents once, each level only gains a 15% enhancement in power effect. That’s just talent, and it’s quite natural for talent to be this strong.

But the tarot card set, being only of blue quality, can already enhance the power effect by 12.5%. That’s only 2.5% less than what you’d gain from upgrading the Ant Power talent. That seems overly powerful."

"No wonder it’s a super set of twenty-two pieces. Just gathering two tarot cards has already begun to show its power. If this were to continue to upgrade, say to purple or dark purple, the increase in power effect and attack power will soar further.

It might even increase by twenty or thirty percent, and by then, I will activate more enhancement effects and set attributes by collecting more tarot cards."

Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help feeling happy about his promising future, although that was still to come. As for collecting the remaining twenty tarot cards, Zhang Yanhang still had no clues.

At most, after he fully restores his energy value, he would see if he could acquire the third Divination Tarot Card through multiple choices. However, the likelihood of success wasn’t high.

After all, Zhang Yanhang had just obtained a Divination Tarot Card through multiple choices, and hoping to immediately obtain another one to activate the set effect didn’t quite seem realistic.

"It’s interesting that Set Effect One, named ’Power is Justice (Long live The Hanged Man!)’, coincidentally shares the name with the first upgrade condition, which also requires the Strength, Justice, and The Hanged Man tarot cards."

Zhang Yanhang felt this similarity wasn’t coincidental and perhaps signified something else, like the tarot card supposed to add to the power effect, Divination Tarot Card·Strength, having its role taken over by The Fool.

Although Zhang Yanhang didn’t know what The Fool originally boosted, he felt it was unlikely that Divination Tarot Card·Strength would keep the same power effect enhancement as The Fool.

"From this perspective, Set Effect Two might also be closely linked to Upgrade Condition Two, but I haven’t gathered the third Divination Tarot Card yet, so I can’t activate Set Effect Two. This can only be verified after I eventually gather the third tarot card."

Zhang Yanhang checked the activated set effects of the Divination Tarot Cards briefly before putting them directly into his Waist Bag.

"So, what’s next?" Zhang Yanhang glanced at the time. It was 9 p.m. on October 15th, just over two hours since he last hit the slot machine jackpot, so he probably didn’t need to worry about the slot machine and could check it out again tomorrow.

"It seems that apart from digging passages, there’s truly nothing else I need to address right now, or actually, maybe there is. Like, first restoring my energy value to full to see if I can trigger another option regarding the Divination Tarot Card."

But Zhang Yanhang wasn’t in a rush; he could test his strength increase before restoring his energy value. The recent 7.5% power effect bonus he gained should significantly boost his strength.

Skillfully, Zhang Yanhang took a ten-ton piece of reinforced concrete from his waist bag and placed it in his right hand, then he added three one-ton pieces of reinforced concrete on top. After placing the third one-ton block, he immediately felt his strength was nearly maxed out and couldn’t support any more weight.

"It appears that my strength has grown to around thirteen tons, roughly half a ton more than the twelve and a half tons before the enhancement."

If Zhang Yanhang could previously only lift a light single-wheel roller when he first entered the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, he could now easily lift a heavy roller or even a ten-meter long, eight-wheeled concrete mixer truck with just one hand.

Indeed, any vehicles that could normally drive on the road, he could now likely lift without issue, able to crash a bus around like a toy car.

"Second Tier truly deserves to be called extraordinary, in every sense of the word..." Zhang Yanhang mused quietly as he repacked the reinforced concrete into the waist bag.

"Although the growth in strength is certainly rapid, it might be more difficult to keep improving from here. Besides routinely upgrading the S-tier talent ’Bear Power,’ I doubt I can get further power effect enhancement in another way."

Though upgrading the Divination Tarot Card Set could similarly grant more power effect enhancements, Zhang Yanhang currently didn’t even know where to acquire the third Divination Tarot Card, let alone gathering three more. Therefore, any enhancement from the Divination Tarot Cards would be off the table for a considerable time, leaving only upgrading the S-tier talent ’Bear Power’ as Zhang Yanhang’s viable method for further strength increases.