Ashen God
Chapter 496 - 495: I Will Lead the Charge!

Chapter 496: Chapter 495: I Will Lead the Charge!

"Hmm? A Goblin Shaman from the Nu Dao Tribe? Isn’t this an old acquaintance? What a coincidence! Previously, all other Goblins from the Nu Dao Tribe, including the Big Goblin, had come, and you were the only ’deserter.’ Now, finally, I can send you to join them."

Zhang Yanhang felt quite surprised that the Goblin Shaman he was checking in the Attribute list came from the Nu Dao Tribe.

After all, there were only fifty Goblin Shamans in total, averaging about three Goblin Shamans per branch tribe, so the probability of encountering a Goblin Shaman from the Nu Dao Tribe was only about one in ten.

By the way, these fifty Goblin Shamans were all now around Zhang Yanhang, and most of them had already raised their two-meter-long totem poles and started attacking Zhang Yanhang, but he chose to ignore them for the time being.

"Speaking of which, it was the Goblin Chief who demanded that these Goblin Shamans stay at the branch tribes’ locations. No wonder this Goblin Shaman hadn’t come with the Dragon Vein Goblin to surround and kill me previously, otherwise it might have joined the Big Goblin to form a ’Charge Team’."

Speaking of this ’Charge Team’ mentioned in his Talent, the first image that popped into Zhang Yanhang’s head was the Goblin Shaman shouting ’I will form the head’ and then leading the charge, or something like ’I will lead the charge,’ ’Goblins will never be slaves,’ or ’Give me liberty or give me death.’

"Although this Charge Team is meant for siege warfare, can the Goblin Shaman and Big Goblin really form a Charge Team?

The Constitution Attribute and Strength Attribute of the Goblin Shaman were similar to those of the Big Goblin, but its Agility attribute had twenty points while the Big Goblin had only twelve points, a whole eight points less in Agility."

While Zhang Yanhang also saw that the Goblin Shaman had a Skill called ’Activated Muscles (Lightning)’ that could increase Movement Speed by 30%, this increase in Movement Speed would also benefit the Goblin Shaman itself, so the speed difference between the Goblin Shaman and the Big Goblin should not change.

But then Zhang Yanhang thought it over carefully—this was a siege battle, not a plain battle, so perhaps speed was not important. What mattered was advancing steadily step by step. From this perspective, perhaps that Charge Team should actually be called an Assault Team, which would make more sense.

"Moreover, on average, each branch tribe has about three Goblin Shamans. These three Goblin Shamans could perfectly form a triangular arrowhead, one at the very front, and the other two protecting the left and right wings. Combined with their own branch tribe’s Big Goblin, they could indeed immediately form a ’Charge Team.’"

Considering the Big Saber Goblins, Goblin Spear Throwers, and Goblin Wolf Cavalry under these tribes, Zhang Yanhang had every reason to suspect that these so-called ’branch tribes’ were actually a kind of alternative military organization, which could be immediately transformed into a complete force during a siege.

"Ah, so why is the Goblin Chief’s summoning efficiency so low?" Zhang Yanhang still couldn’t figure it out.

Fortunately, Zhang Yanhang was too lazy to bother with such matters, for he was about to annihilate all the Dragon Vein Goblins soon. However, before the annihilation, he couldn’t help but criticize the ’Activated Muscles (Lightning)’ Skill.

"This Activated Muscles Skill seems a bit too strong, doesn’t it? It can increase Movement Speed, Attack Speed, and Attack Power by 30%. I’m almost envious.

But its disadvantages are also very clear—the duration lasts only thirty seconds, and the cooldown time is up to ten minutes, plus it has a high Energy cost, requiring 180 Energy points.

But the advantages are also very obvious. Besides the enhancement bonus, it can also be paired with Lightning Four-Strikes, allowing an additional 15% Lightning damage in the activated state.

The original Lightning Four-Strikes already adds 35% additional Lightning damage after hitting, and when added together, the extra Lightning damage per hit is as high as 50%.

Not to mention this Lightning damage can be further increased by an additional 10% through the Thin Dragon Vein Talent, bringing it directly up to 60%. Isn’t this horrifying? If all hits land, the Lightning damage alone would be as high as 240%...

Moreover, the key point is that the physical damage part of Lightning Four-Strikes, when all four attacks are combined, amounts to 560%. Coupled with the 240% Lightning damage, the overall damage can reach as high as 800%? Is this the damage a second-tier monster can deal? It seems a bit too bugged, doesn’t it?

Even my All Four Elements are Void is just a one-time extra 699% physical attack, and even if you include my own 100%, it totals only 799%, even 1% lower than Lightning Four-Strikes?"

Fortunately, Zhang Yanhang was relieved that the 800% damage of Lightning Four-Strikes is the cumulative damage from four successive attacks, averaging only 200% per attack. Perhaps it could break through his defense, but thinking it could cause massive damage to him was undoubtedly wishful thinking.

"Fortunately, this Activated Muscles cannot stack, otherwise a Charge Team’s three Goblin Shamans could temporarily add an extra 90% Lightning damage per attack? That would be too frightening.

But even if it can’t stack, the three Goblin Shamans together would be enough to increase the duration of the activated state to three times the original, directly from half a minute to a minute and a half."

At this thought, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help but glance at the fifty Goblin Shamans around him. The presence of so many Goblin Shamans could certainly maintain the Activated Muscles state indefinitely, bypassing the cooldown and becoming a sort of standard enhancement.

And now, they seemed to be buffing up. Checking the attribute list had only taken Zhang Yanhang a few seconds, and now they were just finishing their buffs and preparing to attack him.

Zhang Yanhang switched his Energy Shield to its initial eggshell shape to try and withstand the initial testing, to see how fierce the Goblin Shamans’ attacks were.

After all, even a Second Tier Three-Star Crimson Iron Ant King with a single Acid Liquid Fireball could only take off two or three points of his Shield Value. He felt these mere Second Tier Two-Star Goblin Shamans, even after finishing their buffs, probably couldn’t cause much damage.

Right in front of Zhang Yanhang, the freshly buffed Goblin Shaman from Nu Dao Tribe immediately swung its thick totem pole, now swirling with vast amounts of Lightning, smashing it down onto Zhang Yanhang’s Energy Shield.

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

The Goblin Shaman’s totem pole hammered on the top of the Energy Shield at a rapid pace, like hammering in nails, with four continuous strikes.

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