Ashen God
Chapter 536 - 535: Golden Artifact [Blue Dragon Essence Blood (Dawn Blessing)]

Chapter 536: Chapter 535: Golden Artifact [Blue Dragon Essence Blood (Dawn Blessing)]

"And furthermore," Zhang Yanhang had previously visited the edge of the Goblin Plain and was surprised to find that there was another forest behind it, which seemed to be even larger than the forest to the north of Raccoon City.

In such a situation, Zhang Yanhang really had no better option than to stick to the principle of proximity and start by clearing the forest to the north of Raccoon City.

"Let’s not think about these things for now. If I’m not mistaken about the next time the teleportation channel opens, it should be October 24th. Moreover, on that day, not only will the channel to Raccoon City open, but also the channel to the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu.

So I’ll need to make a trip to the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu first and then head over to clear the forest on the north side of Raccoon City."

Having just left the Ashen World, yet immediately beginning to plan his next entry, Zhang Yanhang felt he was truly diligent.

"Of course, compared to the Ashen World where I will re-enter in three days, I have even more important things to do right now. Since I’m awake, naturally, I should open the Ashen Treasure Box."

Zhang Yanhang sat up on the bed and took out the Goblin Plain exclusive Ashen Treasure Box from his waist bag, but before opening the treasure box, he first needed to check the attribute list of the Ashen Treasure Box.

[Ashen Treasure Box (Goblin Plain)]

[Quality: None (Received after completing evaluation, exclusive Ashen Treasure Box with no quality.)]

[Overall area evaluation level: EX]

[Type: Treasure Box]

[Origin: Ashen World, Goblin Plain.]

[Treasure box keywords: Giant Dragon, War, Shaman, Muscles, Lightning. (Keywords are a special attribute exclusive to the Ashen Treasure Box; the items get determined by the keywords not limited to any area; as long as the item fits the treasure box’s keywords, items from the corresponding area may be found.）]

[Durability: Indestructible (Received after completing evaluation, an exclusive Ashen Treasure Box that cannot be destroyed.)]

[Special Attribute: The higher the overall area evaluation level and the difficulty of the area, the better the rewards from the treasure box.]

[Usage Requirements: Zhang Yanhang (Received after completing evaluation, an exclusive Ashen Treasure Box, can only be used by the owner.)]

[Introduction: Received after completing evaluation, an exclusive Ashen Treasure Box that cannot be traded, destroyed, or dropped. The overall area evaluation level can raise or lower the reward’s maximum and minimum limits, with the base max and min limits determined by the area’s difficulty.]

"Giant Dragon, Shaman, Muscles, and Lightning, these four keywords I can understand, but where does this War come from? Could it be referring to the war between the Dragon Vein Goblin Kingdom ’Akbar Shaler’ and the human nations as indicated in the Talent effect? If it’s really that, then maybe I can understand it.

Speaking of which, including this Goblin Plain exclusive Ashen Treasure Box, I’ve now received three Ashen Treasure Boxes, but each one seems to have a different set of keywords.

The first Raccoon City Ashen Treasure Box’s keywords were ’Zombie, Death, Virus, Technology, Firearms,’ and the keywords of the second small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu Ashen Treasure Box were ’Insect Race, Metal, Domination, Flames, Nest.’

But it makes sense thinking about it, after all, they are completely different areas, and whether it’s the environment or the internal monsters, they’re all different. If the treasure box’s keywords were still the same under these circumstances, that would be the real oddity."

Since the treasure box’s keywords are related to the items that could be obtained, Zhang Yanhang took this matter quite seriously. These five keywords gave him a strong impression of power at a glance, so he felt that the items he might get would likely lean towards close combat.

"Now comes the thrilling moment. I hope the contents of this Ashen Treasure Box won’t disappoint me." After checking the attribute list of the Goblin Plain exclusive Ashen Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to open the treasure box.

[Would you like to open the ’Ashen Treasure Box (Goblin Plain)’?]

"Yes, open it." The situation of the Goblin Plain was different from the other two areas, so Zhang Yanhang had particularly high expectations for the Ashen Treasure Box from the Goblin Plain.

After all, for the other two areas, the Lord Monster Tracker in Raccoon City died only after transforming into the Third Stage, which is Second Tier Four Stars, and the level of the Lord Monster, the Crimson Iron Ant Queen in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, was also Second Tier Four Stars.

So, these two Lord Monsters of the same rank could produce treasure boxes that, at most, yield items of Light Golden Quality.

However, the Goblin Plain was different, where the Lord Monster, the Goblin Chief Nu Shan, was at the rank of Third Tier One-star, which meant that even the Lord’s Treasure Chest dropped by it alone could yield items of Light Golden Quality, while the Ashen Treasure Box had the potential to yield even higher quality items, potentially Golden Quality.

After all, it is still the Ashen Treasure Box; if the items inside have the same quality as the items from the Lord’s Treasure Chest, then this Ashen Treasure Box would be quite disappointing. It wouldn’t even be worthy of the name ’Ashen Treasure Box,’ and I suggest it be removed from the list.

Therefore, if things go as expected, Zhang Yanhang estimated he might finally get to see Golden Quality items this time.

Of course, it could also be a different name; after all, this Golden Quality is only speculated by Zhang Yanhang based on the Light Golden Quality, and it’s entirely possible that such quality doesn’t exist at all. But the specific name didn’t matter; as long as it’s confirmed to be higher than the Light Golden Quality, then it’s fine.

Holding his anticipation for never-before-seen Golden Quality items, Zhang Yanhang clicked on the first item slot.

[Item One]

[Option One: 1 Ash Source point]

[Option Two: 2 Ash Source points]

[Option Three: 3 Ash Source points]

"Hmm, good, the first item slot is once again the familiar choice of Ash Source points. I remember the first slots in the previous two Ashen Treasure Boxes were also Ash Source. Could it be that this thing is fixed in this position?"

As Zhang Yanhang had opened too few Ashen Treasure Boxes, he couldn’t confirm his guess. Besides, compared to being fixed in position, Zhang Yanhang actually thought it was more plausible that the first item slot had a higher probability of presenting Ash Source.

As for the theoretical basis, it stems from the fact that the first item slot in most ordinary treasure boxes always yields soul points. He felt that since both are treasure boxes, there might be some commonality in this respect.

"Last time, when I opened the exclusive Ashen Treasure Box of the small-scale Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, I said I wanted to see if a Third Tier Ashen Treasure Box could also only produce three Ash Sources to determine whether the number of Ash Sources was fixed at three or if it would increase with different ranks.

Now it seems very likely that it is fixed at only three. Of course, that’s just a high probability. We still have to see the Fourth Tier Ashen Treasure Boxes we get later.

If the Fourth Tier Ashen Treasure Boxes also only contain three Ash Sources, then it’s completely hopeless, and we can pretty much confirm that an Ashen Treasure Box only contains three Ash Sources."

If possible, Zhang Yanhang actually wanted more Ash Sources from the Ashen Treasure Boxes, after all, he is still quite short on Ash Sources. Don’t be fooled by his ability to upgrade whatever he wants, but that’s just living paycheck to paycheck.

If he hadn’t upgraded the Skill Level of "Limitless Universe Skill" before but instead promoted his "Fighting Master" from LV.MAX to "Master Level 5", then this last remaining Ash Source would definitely have been consumed, and by then, he wouldn’t have had any Ash Sources left in his hand.

But now, with these three Ash Sources from the Ashen Treasure Box, he has a total of four Ash Sources in hand, so he doesn’t have to worry about Skill upgrade expenses for the time being, after all, he currently has only three more skills that need Ash Sources to upgrade.

"But although it’s enough for now, if I were to fully upgrade my skills later and encounter a situation that requires promotion again, with the current rate of obtaining them, I’m afraid it’s completely insufficient.

Although currently promoting a Skill only consumes one Ash Source, subsequent promotions will at least require two Ash Sources, right? Maybe even three...

With a total of only three Ash Sources in an Ashen Treasure Box, how many areas do I have to clear to meet the promotion requirements for the skills I possess?"

Although this problem is still relatively far from Zhang Yanhang for the moment, he has always liked to plan ahead. After all, if he doesn’t consider solutions now, does he expect to find rescue at the last minute?

He would like it to be that easy, but the nature of the matter dictates that it can only be resolved by regular accumulation over time, and last-minute solutions definitely won’t work.

After all, it’s not like he could make a Multiple Choice at the last minute and be wholesale supplied with a bunch of Ash Sources, right? Just thinking about it, it seems completely impossible.

Zhang Yanhang quietly sighed and then proceeded to open the second item slot.

[Item Two]

[Option One: Blue Dragon Blood (Magic Power Reagent), Dark Purple Quality, Artifact]

[Option Two: Blue Dragon Essence Blood (Holy Spirit Blessing), Quality Light Gold, Artifact]

[Option Three: Blue Dragon Essence Blood (Dawn Blessing), Golden Quality, Artifact]

"Well, there really are Golden Quality items? And it’s only the second item slot that produces a Golden Quality item. Speaking of which, as soon as I saw this naming style, I felt that this might again have something to do with the Red Dragon Salcano,

Even though he had already left the Goblin Plain, why were the items related to him still popping up in the Ashen Treasure Box? "Well, it’s probably mainly because of the dragon keyword, and perhaps the lightning keyword got mixed in as well."

Zhang Yanhang had a certain understanding of blue dragons in the DND world. Although in many worlds, blue dragons are associated with water, it’s different in DND. In the world of DND, blue dragons have nothing to do with water. They not only live in deserts, but also excel at controlling lightning power.

That’s exactly why Zhang Yanhang said that this bottle of "Blue Dragon Essence Blood (Dawn Blessing)" involved both the keywords of dragon and lightning.

"So, the question is, since the Red Dragon’s Blood I obtained earlier was responsible for increasing the Life Value Limit and the Scroll Dragon’s Blood for increasing Energy Value Limit, what does this bottle of Blue Dragon Essence Blood increase?

"Please don’t let it be some useless lightning resistance. I’d much prefer another more substantial effect."

Zhang Yanhang prayed as he opened the attribute list for "Blue Dragon Essence Blood (Dawn Blessing)"

[Blue Dragon Essence Blood (Dawn Blessing)]

[Quality: Golden]

[Type: Artifact]

[Origin: Ashen World, Ferren Continent, Rodric Volcano, Red Dragon’s Nest.]

[Usage effect: Agility +5, Lightning Resistance +20%.]

[Usage requirements: Agility less than 100 points.]

[Score: 440 (Golden items score 351 to 440.)]

[Description: Ever since completing the large order for monks brought in by Scroll Dragon Desilia, Red Dragon Salcano not only completely filled the financial gap of the previous dragon nest renovation plan with the trading proceeds, but also increased the thickness of its bed once more. Even after giving a ten percent cut to Scroll Dragon Desilia, there was still a substantial surplus.

At the same time, in a good mood, Red Dragon Salcano really kept its promise, granting the two angels two hours of long vacation time. Moreover, considering that the two angels indeed seemed to be on the verge of death, Red Dragon Salcano decided to be more generous and granted them another two hours.

Seeing the angels, who had rested for a total of four hours, return to their posts and work with higher efficiency than before, Red Dragon Salcano nodded in satisfaction, feeling that the rest was well worth it. It had successfully pulled the angels back from the brink of sudden death, and their overall working time had once again greatly increased.

Since the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Sword was also a custom-made product, after fulfilling the required quantity for the order, Red Dragon Salcano had the alchemists make a few extra swords to diversify the product line and then directed the alchemists to devote more energy to developing new products. After completing two custom orders in a row, it felt it was time to introduce new products.

During the development of new products, Red Dragon Salcano did not forget its original profession. It chose a blue dragon in need of money from the friends of Scroll Dragon Desilia and brought it over to sell blood. Recently, this blue dragon, Bulso Ren, was being pressured to marry by his girlfriend, who demanded a bed of gold coins and gemstones at least five meters thick, otherwise, it would not be comfortable to sleep on.

But the gold coins Bulso Ren had prepared were only three meters thick, and thus, desperately in need of money, he thought about utilizing the traditional craft of the Old Dragon Island True Blue Banner from his memories. Unfortunately, this traditional craft was far too slow in making money. In the end, he found Red Dragon Salcano through the referral of Scroll Dragon Desilia.]