Ashen God
Chapter 510 - 509 Dark Purple Quality [Lightning Totem Pole +3]

Chapter 510: Chapter 509 Dark Purple Quality [Lightning Totem Pole +3]

Incidentally, Zhang Yanhang had indeed used a baton before, but it was one of those retractable metal batons, even equipped with an electrical stun feature. However, since it was hardly useful against zombies and took up too much space on his belt, he had thrown it back into his waist bag.

After figuring out the specific placement for the Lightning Totem Pole, Zhang Yanhang immediately attached all eight of the Lightning Totem Poles to his belt, only to discover that only one of the poles’ effects could be activated at a time.

"Ah, it seems I really can’t use all eight Lightning Totem Poles at once; after all, these aren’t rings or amulets but simply a piece of equipment. Well, maybe not just a simple piece, as they still work when attached to the belt without taking up a normal equipment slot."

Zhang Yanhang had originally fantasized that combining all eight Lightning Totem Poles could give him a total of a 336% boost in Energy Value Recovery Speed, which would have been quite practical.

Unfortunately, he could now only equip one Lightning Totem Pole, granting only a 42% boost in Energy Value Recovery Speed, and that was somewhat insufficient. Given that his current recovery speed was notably low, at just forty-five points per hour, it would take about 45 hours to fully recover his 2030 Energy Value.

Even with a 42% increase in recovery speed, this only reduced the automatic recovery time from 45 hours to 32 hours, merely cutting down 13 hours. Relying solely on automatic recovery, he wouldn’t even meet the modest goal of fully restoring his Energy Value within a day.

By the way, if Zhang Yanhang operated the Limitless Universe Skill, he could recover all his Energy Value in just nine hours due to the fivefold speed increase.

"No, why has it fallen to nine hours? I remember it used to take only about four or five hours to fully recover my Energy Value?" Zhang Yanhang pondered for a moment and then suddenly realized it might be because his Energy Value limit had increased too sharply recently.

"My Energy value limit wasn’t even a thousand before I entered the Ashen World, and now, after achieving two minor goals, it has risen to 2030 points—which more than doubles it. No wonder the Energy Value Recovery Speed has decreased so much."

Thinking about this, Zhang Yanhang suddenly recalled an important question: since the Lightning Totem Pole is used to increase Energy Value Recovery Speed, could it also enhance the efficiency of operating the Limitless Universe Skill?

"It seems highly likely. If that’s the case, then this Lightning Totem Pole could indeed become very useful, especially since I can’t rely on pills all the time to restore energy; normally, in the Main World, it would primarily be through operating the Limitless Universe Skill."

However, specific testing would have to wait, as he planned to first fuse the Lightning Totem Pole into a +3 version. Once it was upgraded to +3, the bonus to Energy Value Recovery Speed would certainly increase, and he could test it then.

Zhang Yanhang placed all eight Lightning Totem Poles into the Alchemy Array and immediately began the fusion process.

Since merging to a mere +3 posed hardly any difficulty, Zhang Yanhang successfully fused the eight Lightning Totem Poles into one +3 Lightning Totem Pole, then promptly checked its attribute list.

[Lightning Totem Pole +3]

[Quality: Dark Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Goblin Plain, Nusha Tribe, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 70/70]

[Defensive Power: 50]

[Additional Attributes: Energy Value Recovery Speed +60% (+18%).]

[Usage Requirements: Intelligence 45 points.]

[Score: 238 (Dark Purple Quality items score from 151 to 260.)]

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"Huh? The score enhancement seems different from before; after fusing the Lightning Totem Pole to +3, the score directly jumped from 148 to 238 points, an increase of 90 points in score, averaging 30 points per fusion. Whereas those previous items like the Dragon Power Bracelet, Swift Leggings, and Barbaric Stone Bandages only increased by 22 points per fusion, could it be that the Alchemist used some new manufacturing process when making this Lightning Totem Pole?"

Because only a brief mention of the development of a new product was made in the introduction of the Lightning Totem Pole, Zhang Yanhang could only roughly guess the reason for this change.

"Of course, compared to the score, the most important thing is that after merging to +3, the additional attribute of the Lightning Totem Pole also increased the Energy Value Recovery Speed from the initial 42% to 60%, an increase of 18%."

After quickly reviewing the attribute list of Lightning Totem Pole +3, Zhang Yanhang immediately attached it to his belt and began to operate the Limitless Universe Skill.

Just starting, Zhang Yanhang immediately felt a difference; the Energy flow he absorbed was significantly thicker, more than half as much, and it was too obvious to ignore.

After a brief test, Zhang Yanhang stopped operating the Limitless Universe Skill, "I didn’t expect it to actually increase the working efficiency of the Limitless Universe Skill. With this Lightning Totem Pole, I might need only six hours to fully recover my Energy Value, although there is still a significant difference compared to the previous four to five hours, it’s still quite good."

"With this, the Lightning Totem Pole also resolves my urgent need, no longer needing to worry about high Energy Values causing slower recovery speeds. Moreover, with the additional Energy Value Recovery Speed enhancement from the Lightning Totem Pole increasing to 60%, the time I need to automatically recover Energy Value will also decrease further.

Previously at 48%, it took 32 hours, but now, it only takes 28 hours, yet again cutting down four hours."

Although it’s still impossible to fully recover Energy Value within 24 hours, Zhang Yanhang felt that he was at least a step closer to achieving this modest goal.