Ashen God
Chapter 347 - 346: Penetration Damage

Chapter 347: Chapter 346: Penetration Damage

Despite the fact that Zhang Yanhang had not experienced a significant increase in his attributes, he still managed to gradually get used to it all by sheer endurance. One can only say that the human capacity to adapt is truly a terrifying power.

Under the effect of the Death Wave, all First Tier Crimson Iron Ants fell into a state of silence, and the only Second Tier Crimson Iron Ant, the Crimson Iron Ant King, in the cave didn’t fare much better. In fact, being the closest to Zhang Yanhang, it was the first to experience the full brunt of the Death Wave’s Twisted Force Field.

Even though the Crimson Iron Ant King was a Second Tier Two Star Elite Monster, it was as defenseless as the ordinary Crimson Iron Worker Ants under the effect of the Death Wave. The Crimson Iron Ant King, which had just been released from the Gacha Egg, didn’t even have time to move before it was directly torn apart by the Twisted Force Field, tearing its crimson exoskeleton armor to shreds.

As a kind of Penetration damage, after tearing the Crimson Iron Ant King’s exoskeleton armor, the Twisted Force Field naturally continued to invade its vulnerable internal flesh and various internal organs.

If even the strongest part of its body, the exoskeleton armor, couldn’t withstand the force of the Death Wave, then the fragile flesh was even less of a concern, which was immediately torn into shreds.

Now this Second Tier Two Star Elite Monster, the Crimson Iron Ant King, was lying breathlessly at Zhang Yanhang’s feet, exemplifying the ’breathing in more than breathing out’ state. After all, its body was full of narrow wounds torn open by the Twisted Force Field, leaking from everywhere.

"Sigh, I hope this Crimson Iron Ant King will drop a Purple Treasure Box," he thought, as the drop rate should indeed dictate a treasure box drop by now.

Counting the four Crimson Iron Ant Kings from the previous four prize pools, Zhang Yanhang had by now killed a total of seven Crimson Iron Ant Kings. With the exception of the first which guaranteed a drop of a treasure box, none of the other Crimson Iron Ant Kings had dropped a treasure box.

Hence, the Crimson Iron Ant King at Zhang Yanhang’s feet would be the eighth one he has killed.

Based on the drop rate he experienced during the First Tier Period in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest where he had to hunt eight or nine Crimson Iron Worker Ants and Crimson Iron Flying Ants to get a treasure box, he felt this Crimson Iron Ant King really had a good chance of dropping a treasure box.

Moreover, since he had reached this number, Zhang Yanhang guessed that even if this Crimson Iron Ant King beneath his feet did not drop a Treasure Box, it should definitely be possible to get another Drop treasure box after another one or two slot machine prize pool clearings at the most.

After all, Zhang Yanhang’s Luck was there for all to see. He wasn’t some kind of luckless Awakener like the group leader, but rather an Awakener whose Awakening Talent directly maximized his Luck Value. The probability of killing ten Same Tier Monsters in a row without a treasure box drop was indeed very low.

Although Zhang Yanhang did occasionally encounter situations where he had to kill a dozen or more monsters in a row to get a treasure box, the probability of such cases was so low that he would typically encounter them only once after collecting several dozen treasure boxes. Most of the times, he would maintain a normal drop rate.

Zhang Yanhang silently prayed, then exerted a little force with his foot and immediately crushed the head of the Crimson Iron Ant King.

Since the Crimson Iron Ant King had a body size comparable to a rhinoceros, and an ant’s head is typically quite large, this meant that despite the fact that the head of the Crimson Iron Ant King was flat and already close to the ground, it still stood over half a meter tall.

Sure enough, when he stepped on the head of the Crimson Iron Ant King, Zhang Yanhang felt an unexpected sensation, as though he were raising his leg high. The feeling underfoot was even more subtle, like bursting a water tank filled with liquid.

Specifically, the moment he stepped down, he briefly enjoyed the sensation of being tightly engulfed by something wet, slick, and soft. However, the brain tissue and the exoskeleton armor would then disperse rapidly with the force of the impact, spreading outwards. So, all in all, it was quite a delicate experience, and even slightly disgusting.

[Successfully killed a Second Tier Two Star Monster ’Crimson Iron Ant King (Elite)’ ×1, soul points +120.]

After successfully taking out the Crimson Iron Ant King, Zhang Yanhang stood in place and waited for a few seconds. A small metal treasure box, flickering with purple light, appeared above the corpse of the Crimson Iron Ant King, floating quietly in mid-air.

"Drop treasure box, as expected. My previous estimate was quite accurate, but I just don’t know whether this Crimson Iron Ant King’s treasure box can only drop Makarov’s Regret or if it can also drop Makarov’s Regret along with the earring.

If both are possible to drop, perhaps I could use just the slot machine’s Crimson Iron Ant King to upgrade the Makarov Earring into a light golden set.

Back then, the white quality ten-piece set, when upgraded to green quality, saw its Set Effect One change from All Attributes +1 to All Attributes +2, and the other bonuses to Attack Power and Movement Speed were also significantly increased.

It’s reasonable to expect that the Makarov Earring’s attributes would experience a huge transformation after being upgraded. Not to mention other improvements, even if it’s just an increase from All Attributes +2 to All Attributes +3, it could already match the bonus effects of a white quality ten-piece set.

In that case, I can replace the white quality ten-piece set without any concern. Moreover, the light golden quality Makarov Earring will likely offer more than just an increase to All Attributes +3, after all, aside from the set effect getting a boost, the add-on effects of the two individual pieces of equipment are also likely to improve."

However, although Zhang Yanhang really wanted to obtain the light golden quality Makarov Earring, acquiring the complete set would probably have to wait until his next visit to the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu.

After all, no matter whether the treasure box dropped Makarov’s Regret or Makarov’s Sorrow, in the end, he could only obtain one Makarov Earring. Therefore, to upgrade the entire set, he would need at least one more treasure box from the Crimson Iron Ant King for it to be possible.

After noticing the purple treasure box dropped by the Crimson Iron Ant King, Zhang Yanhang immediately went over to pick it up, and at the same time, he also casually collected the treasure boxes dropped by the other Crimson Iron Ants.

There were five boxes in total: two from the Crimson Iron Worker Ants, one from the Crimson Iron Flying Ant, one from the Crimson Iron Soldier Ants, and one from the Crimson Iron Breeding Ant.

"The haul this time isn’t bad at all, having acquired a total of six treasure boxes," Zhang Yanhang said after picking up the boxes. He then ignored the slot machine and directly headed deeper into the C-shaped corridor.

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