Ashen God
Chapter 503 - 502 Purple Quality Equipment [Lightning Totem Pole]

Chapter 503: Chapter 502 Purple Quality Equipment [Lightning Totem Pole]

"I didn’t expect the racial talent of a Dragon Vein Goblin like the Goblin Shaman, which possesses Second Tier two-star strength, to be only of D-grade quality," he thought. "It seems like only monsters with at least Second Tier three-star strength could have C-grade racial talent."

Although he had suspected this from the start, it still felt a bit disappointing. Zhang Yanhang had hoped that if a monster with Second Tier two-star strength could possess a C-grade talent, he might have been able to leapfrog directly to focusing on C-grade initial talents.

But now, it seemed like there was little hope for such a leap, considering how rare monsters initially at Second Tier three stars were, especially from his current perspective.

Right now, the only Second Tier three-star monsters Zhang Yanhang had encountered were the Crimson Iron Ant King of the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalaguli and the Chief Shaman Goblin Maka Baga on the Goblin Plain. Moreover, neither was a genuine Second Tier three-star monster; they just possessed the strength of Second Tier three-star elite monsters.

Since even among high-tier monsters it was this rare to encounter an actual Second Tier three-star monster, Zhang Yanhang figured that finding one that was initially at that level would be even more challenging, compounding the difficulty.

"Monsters that are initially at Second Tier three stars are likely not mid-tier but rather Third Tier monsters, and the ultimate Lord Monsters probably reach the Fourth Tier. Whether I can defeat them remains a critical question. After all, overcoming a two-tier difference, the opponent might just crush me with physical fitness alone."

Thus, worried about not being able to defeat them, Zhang Yanhang felt he could only wait to try to obtain a C-grade quality talent after advancing to the Third Tier, when it should presumably be easier for him to handle.

"There are three options left. I remember that the last time a Barbaric Stone Bandage appeared was in the third option of the treasure box dropped by the Big Goblin. So, perhaps the next choice could reveal new equipment, and hopefully, its additional attributes would be somewhat useful."

Zhang Yanhang said this as he clicked on the third item.

[Item Three]

[Option One: Goblin Shaman’s arm (right arm), quality blue, material]

[Option Two: 300 Soul points]

[Option Three: 600 Soul points]

"Not equipment but soul point options? It seems that the equipment options might traditionally appear among the last two item slots." Zhang Yanhang didn’t really care about the tardiness of the new equipment’s emergence. What mattered to him were its additional attributes, which were the most crucial.

"It seems like the material that came out of the treasure box dropped by the Big Goblin before was one of its right arms. I didn’t expect that the material in the treasure box dropped by the Goblin Shaman would also be a right arm."

Zhang Yanhang thought carefully and guessed that both instances were right arms possibly because Goblin Shamans, like Big Goblins, preferred to swing weapons with their right arms. There were no left-handers, so the right arm was likely stronger than the left.

"It’s a pity about this Goblin Shaman’s right arm. I recall that unlike ordinary Dragon Vein Goblins, which only had their palms and soles covered with dragon scales, the Goblin Shaman had its entire lower legs and forearms covered with dragon scales, making it look pretty formidable."

Initially, Zhang Yanhang had thought of using materials stripped from the body of the Goblin Shaman to refine some Alchemy Potions. Even if the result was just potions increasing lightning resistance, it would still be okay since he could at least gather some related experience.

Regrettably, like its weapon, the body of the Goblin Shaman had been completely destroyed by the Thermo-baric Bomb +5, making it impossible to fully restore through Alchemy.

Hence, the prospect of using the Goblin Shaman’s body to practice manufacturing Alchemy Potions was thoroughly dashed. It was only left to see if he could strip some materials from Chief Shaman Goblin Maka Baga for potion-refining experience in the future.

Zhang Yanhang primarily planned to accumulate a bit of experience first, mainly to minimize the waste of materials stripped from Goblin Chief Nu Shan.

Even though Goblin Chief Nu Shan might be taller, it was, after all, just a Goblin, not some Storm Giant, so the amount of flesh that could be stripped was naturally quite limited.

With Zhang Yanhang’s poor skills, whether he could refine a useful product was indeed uncertain. However, it must be mentioned that his success rate in potion-making was probably very high.

After all, he had been infused with Alchemy techniques, not guaranteed a hundred percent completion, but ninety-nine percent wasn’t an exaggeration.

This success rate included the concoction of effect-less Alchemy Potions and those with useless usage effects—anything non-toxic and not completely defective was not counted as a failure.

Thus, after losing the materials from the Goblin Shaman’s body for accumulating experience, Zhang Yanhang estimated that the probability of producing useful products from the materials of the Goblin Chief had decreased considerably. However, considering the original probability wasn’t that high anyway, it might not be that bad.

"Forget it, I shouldn’t dwell on these uncertainties." Zhang Yanhang sighed quietly, then proceeded to open the fourth option.

[Item Four]

[Option One: Goblin Totem Pole, quality green, weapon]

[Option Two: Shaman Totem Pole, quality blue, weapon]

[Option Three: Lightning Totem Pole, quality purple, equipment]

"At last, new equipment from the fourth option. But what’s up with the Shaman Totem Pole? The same item can appear in two product slots? Absurd!

Moreover, it’s preposterous that both the first option for the Goblin Totem Pole and the second option for the Shaman Totem Pole are weapons, but the third option for the Lightning Totem Pole turns out to be equipment."

Having briefly used the Shaman Totem Pole before, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t figure out where on the body a totem pole, normally more than two meters long and thicker than an adult’s waist, could be worn to function properly.

"Could it be one of those decorative objects worn on the back as a Load, like the cross nailed behind Jesus?"

Zhang Yanhang thought hard but couldn’t figure it out; after all, it seemed foolish to carry something as massive as a building’s load-bearing column on one’s back.