Ashen God
Chapter 422 - 421: Checking for Omissions and Filling in the Gaps

Chapter 422: Chapter 421: Checking for Omissions and Filling in the Gaps

"Even though the Energy Value limit barely increased to 1,095 points, still not reaching half of the Life Value limit, at least it has surpassed one thousand points. I must continue to work hard in hopes of raising my Energy Value limit above 1,500 points as soon as possible."

That’s right, Zhang Yanhang had merely raised his next minor goal by five hundred points because even now, with the Scroll Dragon Bloodline, the Energy Value limit was still rather lackluster compared to the Life Value limit.

Thus, even though Zhang Yanhang had set a one-thousand-point mark as a minor goal for increasing his Life Value limit, he dared only aim for a five hundred point increase when it came to his Energy Value.

Because Zhang Yanhang knew that even if he were to upgrade his Scroll Dragon Bloodline to S or even SS rank, he would still be far from reaching the two-thousand-point Ability Value limit.

Zhang Yanhang figured that his only chance to boost the Ability Value limit above two thousand points would be by reaching the Third Tier, relying on the increased Energy Value limit conversion coefficient and Intelligence Attribute Value gained through Rank promotion.

In contrast, at the Second Tier, he felt that he would definitely be situated within the one to two thousand point range, and even his minor goal of 1,500 points would be quite difficult to achieve.

"Forget it, I won’t bother with these troublesome matters for now. I’ll continue clearing the Goblin Plain as planned."

Zhang Yanhang quickly sorted the various items he had gotten from the Treasure Box, putting the Medium Magic Recovery Potions and the "Thin Dragon Vein (Mixed)" into his Waist Bag, then used his Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill to scan the surroundings and locate the positions of nearby monsters.

After making a simple plan based on the locations of the monsters, Zhang Yanhang ran swiftly towards the closest group of Big Saber Goblins. Compared to the seventy or eighty Big Saber Goblins he had just encountered, this group was slightly smaller in number but still around sixty or seventy, which was very good.

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[Successfully killed a First Tier One Star Monster ’Big Saber Goblin (Elite)’ × 1, Soul points +6.]

[Successfully killed a First Tier One Star Monster ’Big Saber Goblin (Elite)’ × 1, Soul points +6.]

[Successfully killed a First Tier One Star Monster ’Big Saber Goblin (Elite)’ × 1, Soul points +6.]

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Fifteen minutes later, Zhang Yanhang, who had just pulled the trigger on his Six Roots Pure Soul Passage Spear and wiped out a group of Big Saber Goblins, was now standing in this field of green grass littered with corpses, silently waiting for the Drop Treasure Boxes to refresh.

"This batch of Goblins was the last in this area; I didn’t expect to clear three square kilometers in just fifteen minutes."

Zhang Yanhang had initially estimated that he would need around ten minutes to clear about one square kilometer, but to his surprise, during the actual combat, this number halved, only taking an average of five minutes per square kilometer.

"If it only takes five minutes to clear each square kilometer, then I can clear twelve square kilometers in an hour, and the entire Goblin Plain is only one hundred and ten square kilometers.

That means I might need only about nine hours to clear the entire Goblin Plain. Am I really that strong now?

It turns out that the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu had greatly constrained my speed, whereas the Goblin Plain, which is an open plain without any detours, allows me to maximize my strengths and abilities."

Moreover, aside from the advantage in speed, Zhang Yanhang believed there was another critical factor that increased his hunting efficiency: these Big Saber Goblins generally liked to group together.

Each Goblin group usually numbered over forty, with only a few Goblins scattered across the corners of the plain, slacking off.

According to Zhang Yanhang’s experience, the monster density in the Goblin Plain was much higher than in Raccoon City, and also much higher than in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalaguli, with over two hundred monsters per square kilometer on average.

Therefore, typically by wiping out four to five groups of Goblins bunched together, Zhang Yanhang cleared over ninety percent of the Goblins in that area, with the rest being the isolated ones scattered in various corners.

These slacking Goblins in the corners significantly reduced Zhang Yanhang’s hunting efficiency, making him go back and forth to clear them out.

Frankly, without these isolated Goblins slacking off in the corners, Zhang Yanhang estimated his hunting efficiency on the Goblin Plain would further increase.

As for whether Zhang Yanhang could choose to ignore these isolated Goblins and hunt only the large clustered groups, that was not an option.

Because to achieve a one hundred percent completion EX-rank evaluation and secure the highest level of rewards from an Ashen Treasure Box, he had to exterminate all the Goblins, although there was the Lucky Slot Machine to cover minor shortcomings for about one hundred Goblins.

A few missed Goblins here and there wasn’t a big issue, but if he missed ten percent of the Goblins per square kilometer, his final completion rate would definitely be only ninety percent, and even getting an S+ grade would be challenging, let alone S.

Hence, to obtain the highest EX-grade Ashen Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang had no choice but to wipe out all the Goblins in the Goblin Plain. After all, if he could get another game-changing Skill like Death Wave from the Ashen Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang would strike it big.

In light of such potential gains, the cost of time and efficiency could be selectively sacrificed to an extent.

However, even though he said that, clearing one square kilometer every five minutes was still well beyond Zhang Yanhang’s expectations, so overall, he was quite satisfied.

Within a few seconds, while Zhang Yanhang was contemplating, two Green Quality Drop Treasure Boxes silently appeared on a pair of Big Saber Goblin corpses. After quickly picking them up, Zhang Yanhang immediately headed towards the next new area.

While on the move, he glanced at his watch and found that it was just past nine o’clock in the evening. "That means I still have nine and a half hours before the Transmission Channel closes, so perhaps I can clear the entire Goblin Plain before it shuts down?"

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