Ashen God
Chapter 435 - 434: The Spear Goblin

Chapter 435: Chapter 434: The Spear Goblin

"I hope that the materials on the First Tier Three Stars Goblins as well as Second Tier Goblins are of slightly higher quality. Only then will they be worth refining into alchemy potions."

While speaking, Zhang Yanhang clicked on the third item. He had previously harvested a large amount of Refined Crimson Iron for his own use from the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu. Therefore, he always thought about scrounging for free useful materials in the Goblin Plain to enhance his own strength.

[Item Three]

[Option One: Thin Dragon Vein (Mixed), Quality E, Talent]

[Option Two: Dragon Vein Goblin (Goblin Spear Thrower), D-Level Quality, Talent]

[Option Three: Dragon Vein Goblin (Big Saber Goblin), Quality E, Talent]

"Two consecutive options concerning Energy points and the third option finally arrives at Talent. It’s no surprise it’s from the First Tier Two Stars Elite Monster. The Racial Talent of the Goblin Spear Thrower has reached the same level as the First Tier Three Star ordinary Beta-type Hunter and the Crimson Iron Breeding Ant."

Zhang Yanhang had previously deduced the pattern through observation; normally, only those who had reached the strength of First Tier Three Stars could gain D-Level Talents. So, it was quite normal for the Goblin Spear Thrower to have this level of Talent Quality.

"So, if I were to extrapolate based on this pattern, if I want to acquire Talents that are initially at D-Level, then the monsters in that area must possess at least First Tier Three Stars strength, or even a step closer, possessing the strength of Second Tier or above."

Goblin Plain covers an area of one hundred and ten square kilometers, of which Zhang Yanhang has cleared about ten square kilometers. That means there is still a vast area of one hundred square kilometers left that needs his attention, almost equivalent to the combined area of the Southern City District and the North City District of Qin Island City.

Although the area is quite extensive, Zhang Yanhang’s clearing speed is quite fast too, able to clear an area of about one square kilometer every five minutes. Hence, with the remaining one hundred square kilometers, it will likely take him less than eight and a half hours to clear.

After clearing the entire Goblin Plain, Zhang Yanhang plans to go to the forest to the east of Raccoon City to have a look. He feels that the strength of the monsters there is much greater than that of the Goblins, and perhaps even the weakest monster possesses the strength of First Tier Three Stars.

If this condition can be met, then Zhang Yanhang will be able to verify whether the correlation between Talent Level and monster strength that he hypothesized in the forest north of Raccoon City is correct. If nothing unexpected arises, Zhang Yanhang believes that his guess is mostly correct.

As for the specific method of verification? It’s quite simple. Although Zhang Yanhang cannot directly see the monsters’ specific Talent Levels from the Attribute list, he can check the quality of the Talents that the monsters possessed in life through the Treasure boxes they drop upon death.

Therefore, he only needs to hunt a batch of monsters in the forest area and casually open the Treasure boxes to immediately verify the correctness of his guess.

Once verified successfully, Zhang Yanhang’s process of upgrading his Talent should become smoother. To be honest, ever since he learned that advancing beyond SS-Level would require the consumption of 2187 Initial Talents, Zhang Yanhang really felt that upgrading Talent had become a rather torturous affair.

And if the initial Talent’s Level Quality increases, although he would still experience the painful feeling of trying hard but feeling that all efforts are in vain with subsequent upgrades, at least this pain could be delayed for a while. That would be quite nice.

"Now only the last two items remain. I hope the next two options will yield equipment or artifacts that could improve either Movement Speed or Attack Speed." Zhang Yanhang silently prayed in his heart as he clicked on the fourth item.

[Item Four]

[Option One: 10 Soul points]

[Option Two: Spear Goblin, White quality, Pet]

[Option Three: 100 Soul points]

"The fourth option still did not yield any equipment or artifacts related to Movement Speed or Attack Speed. It seems this must be reserved for the last option.

I didn’t expect that in addition to the treasure boxes dropped by Big Saber Goblins, even those dropped by Goblin Spear Throwers would yield pets, and both are equally of White quality pets at that. ’Spear Goblin,’ just by the name alone, seems to be an inferior version of the Goblin Spear Thrower."

Out of curiosity, Zhang Yanhang roughly checked the Attribute list of the Spear Goblin. As he had guessed, the Spear Goblin indeed turned out to be an inferior version of the Goblin Spear Thrower, both in terms of Race and strength.

After checking the Attribute list of the Spear Goblin, Zhang Yanhang realized that, although it was an Ordinary Goblin, its strength had reached the First Tier One Star level. This was significantly stronger than the Stick Goblin, which was only at First Tier Zero Star level. Well, perhaps only marginally stronger.

However, even though it has reached the strength of First Tier One Star, in terms of status, the Spear Goblin is about the same as the First Tier Zero Star Stick Goblin, both regarded as the most bottom-level Ash Goblins. They are always at the forefront to meet the enemy (to be sacrificed and stall for time) whenever they encounter strong enemies or during attacks.

When it comes to this spear, Zhang Yanhang had actually considered retrieving some spears from the Goblin Spear Throwers, thinking about repurposing them, but the reality was that they were not worth repurposing at all, as they broke easily in his hands.

In the first option just now, Zhang Yanhang learned the specific Quality of the spears carried by the Goblin Spear Throwers – they were just Green quality Weapons.

After learning the specific quality of the spears, Zhang Yanhang completely abandoned the idea. After all, if they were only of Green quality, no matter how much they were processed, they did not hold much value, and at most could only be upgraded to Blue quality.

Of course, considering the large numbers of Goblin Spear Throwers and accordingly the quantity of spears, if one really tried, it would not be difficult to enhance the spears to Purple Quality by brute force through sheer numbers.

But the problem was, Zhang Yanhang was not in need of weapons. The lowest quality weapon he currently wielded was the Six Roots Pure Soul Passage Spear of Dark Purple Quality. Why would he bother with such a garbage spear that could barely be upgraded to Purple Quality?

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