Ashen God
Chapter 582 - 581: Mechanical Arm

Chapter 582: Chapter 581: Mechanical Arm

Zhang Yanhang carefully checked the third-prize pool refresh status of the Lucky Slot Machine in Goblin Plain and found that the content of the prize pool was oddly balanced.

This balance was specifically reflected when Zhang Yanhang carefully counted and discovered that no matter if it were the Big Saber Goblin with First Tier Two Stars, the Goblin Spear Thrower with First Tier Three Stars, the Goblin Wolf Cavalry, or the Big Goblin with Second Tier One Star, all these four types of monsters had twenty each, really an even distribution.

Then, coming next were the Goblin Shamans with Second Tier Two Stars. The quantity of these Goblin Shamans was slightly less, only nineteen, while the last monster was the Goblin Chief Shaman Maka Bagga with Second Tier Three Stars power.

"So, rounding up, apart from Maka Bagga, the numbers of the other five types of Dragon Vein Goblins all maintain at twenty," he thought.

Zhang Yanhang found this situation quite puzzling as previously, whether in Raccoon City or the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu’s Lucky Slot Machine, the number of monsters in their third-prize pools generally inversely correlated with their power — the stronger they were, the fewer there were.

However, this Lucky Slot Machine in Goblin Plain broke that pattern, and if it weren’t for the limit of one hundred prizes in the third-prize pool, Zhang Yanhang even suspected that the Goblin Shamans would also be arranged to have twenty in quantity.

"But although it’s indeed quite strange, in some ways, it’s also a good thing. After all, once the number of monsters becomes balanced, it means that the stronger monsters can occupy more slots, which in turn, means that the rewards I could gain from clearing the slot machine’s prize pool would be higher."

Zhang Yanhang was overall quite happy with the current situation.

"I originally thought that named monsters like Maka Bagga wouldn’t likely appear in the prize pool of a Lucky Slot Machine. But unexpectedly, although named, Maka Bagga is treated almost the same as mass-produced monsters like the Prototype Tyrant and the Crimson Iron Ant King, and if nothing goes wrong, it would likely be refreshed daily as well."

Zhang Yanhang hadn’t managed to personally kill Maka Bagga while it was alive. This time, it also gave him an opportunity to rectify his regret. Of course, more importantly, it was about the Drop Treasure Box of Maka Bagga.

If he could again obtain a Drop Treasure Box of Maka Bagga, then Zhang Yanhang could obtain another set of \[Maka Bagga’s Alchemy Set\].

The \[Maka Bagga’s Alchemy Set\] that Zhang Yanhang had previously obtained hadn’t been opened yet, and as a Dark Purple Quality full score Artifact, if Zhang Yanhang could obtain another \[Maka Bagga’s Alchemy Set\], he should be able to elevate it to Light Golden Quality through fusion.

By then, the Artifacts in the \[Maka Bagga’s Alchemy Set\] would likely also undergo an improvement in Quality, and possibly enhancements in types and other aspects as well.

Zhang Yanhang thought that since he didn’t have time to tinker with Alchemy right now, it might be better to keep this \[Maka Bagga’s Alchemy Set\] and see if he could get another one before leaving Ashen World, as there would be no loss anyway.

"Besides the potential Drop treasure box from Maka Bagga, the most important thing in the Goblin Plain slot machine prize pool for me right now is actually the Goblin Wolf Cavalry. Since there are twenty Goblin Wolf Cavalries in the prize pool, according to the normal treasure box drop rate, there should definitely be a treasure box that will drop.

Thus, I should be able to start fusing the Dark Purple Quality Swift Leggings+5 immediately. Previously, my Movement Speed was stuck at 97 meters per second and couldn’t break through 100 meters per second, but this time it should definitely be possible.

So, I choose Option One, First Tier One-star Elite Monster Big Saber Goblin."

Previously, Zhang Yanhang used to dig a pit specifically to clear out the monsters in the prize pool. Yes, I’m talking about that pit in Raccoon City. But ever since he acquired the Death Wave Skill, Zhang Yanhang never did that kind of thing anymore.

Mainly because there was no need, as digging pits in Raccoon City was actually to increase hunting efficiency, but since acquiring the Death Wave Skill, hunting efficiency had been directly pushed to the limit, killing all the monsters in the prize pool in just about a second, so Zhang Yanhang no longer needed to dig pits.

But now for some reason, Zhang Yanhang felt a bit like digging pits again, not for the reason of increasing killing efficiency, but because he feared that these Dragon Vein Goblins emerging from the prize pool might escape. If these Dragon Vein Goblins really escaped, clearing the third-prize pool would suddenly become troublesome.

After all, though chasing Dragon Vein Goblins was not difficult, it would definitely waste extra time. Thus, Zhang Yanhang primarily wanted to dig another pit to save time.

Of course, whether to dig a pit or not would still depend on the performance of these Dragon Vein Goblins in the prize pool. Zhang Yanhang felt that as long as he didn’t attack, these Dragon Vein Goblins probably wouldn’t immediately run away.

Based on Zhang Yanhang’s previous experience clearing the Goblin Plain, despite Dragon Vein Goblins indeed possessing escape skills, they weren’t really cowardly to the extent of running away immediately upon seeing an enemy. Only when they clearly knew they were outmatched would they flee.

So, these Dragon Vein Goblins are not timid due to cowardice; they are merely bullies who only fight when they have the upper hand, and in an adverse situation, they uniformly deploy their escape skills all together, a sight that Zhang Yanhang always found astonishing.

Zhang Yanhang even once doubted whether there was some kind of telepathy or mental connection hidden ability among them; otherwise, why would their escape be so synchronized?

After Zhang Yanhang made his choice, Time Pause instantly vanished, and the slot machine’s dispensing chute accordingly ejected a transparent capsule; upon opening, a Big Saber Goblin jumped out and immediately, without any hesitation, raised the big saber in its hand and slashed towards Zhang Yanhang’s abdomen.

Because he feared the Big Saber Goblin might run away, Zhang Yanhang didn’t make any superfluous movements but directly started pulling the metal lever on the side of the slot machine again.

In fact, this was generally the process when he cleared the prize pool—focusing on pulling the lever in the early stages and directly using a Death Wave to annihilate all the monsters in the prize pool in the later stages, which was also considered the most efficient process."

...

About five minutes later, Zhang Yanhang, enduring the "Activated Muscles (Lightning)" of the Shaman Goblin, pulled the metal lever on the side of the slot machine with renewed determination.

Perhaps because Zhang Yanhang had greatly enhanced his defensive power in the Main World earlier, the Shaman Goblins, who were deficient in breaking his Energy Shield without using their Lightning Four-Strikes skill, were now completely unable to breach his defenses.

This resulted in the nineteen Shaman Goblins constantly launching attacks on Zhang Yanhang’s head along with Big Goblins, but not inflicting a single point of damage, keeping his Shield Value at full all along.

Their arrogance mainly stemmed from Zhang Yanhang’s fear that they would escape, so aside from pulling the slot machine lever, his body remained utterly motionless throughout, like a humanoid mechanical arm.

And perhaps it was this harmless act that did not scare away the Dragon Vein Goblins that popped out from the prize pool, allowing them to persistently attack Zhang Yanhang, which was precisely what Zhang Yanhang wanted to see.

With Zhang Yanhang making his last choice, a lively Maka Bagga jumped out from the transparent egg. Zhang Yanhang originally thought that after greatly enhancing his defensive power, even a Second Tier Three-Star power monster like Maka Bagga would not be able to break through his defense.

However, he soon realized he was being too naïve, for Maka Bagga’s Activated Muscles could actually stack with the Activated Muscles of a regular Goblin Shaman.

Once the two stacked, not only did the regular Goblin Shaman breach his defense, causing single-digit damage again, but Maka Bagga was able to reduce his Shield Value by double digits each time.

"Man, am I glad I took this guy out in advance. Otherwise, with such a figure leading the Goblin Shaman and giving buffs to the Goblin Chief, wouldn’t the Goblin Chief be able to stack three layers of buffs?

Then, when the Goblin Chief launched his Lightning Five-Strikes, I might lose a four-digit Shield Value, maybe even two thousand points, which would account for more than a third of my total Shield Value."

After such a calculation, Zhang Yanhang could only consider himself fortunate to have taken out Maka Bagga in advance, or else...

Well, actually, it’s no big deal. After all, even with the enhancement from Maka Bagga and other Goblin Shamans, Zhang Yanhang figured the Goblin Chief would at most only take out half of his Shield Value before dying, which wasn’t really a concern since it’d fully recover in three seconds.

"However, it looks like the Goblin Chief really is at his strongest when he is with other Goblins, not only able to stack three layers of buffs but also able to Burst Seed upon near death... ah, how annoying. Can’t you stop hammering away?"

While Zhang Yanhang pondered about the Goblin Chief, Maka Bagga did not cease his attack in the slightest.

This guy, having undergone the empowerment from Activated Muscles, had swelled up to three meters tall and was all bulging muscles. Besides, his weapon, a four-meter-long Totem pole, wasn’t much different from the regular Goblin Chief in its normal state, whether in height or appearance.

Of course, it might also be because Zhang Yanhang had face blindness. After all, he couldn’t even distinguish the facial features of Nige, who was black but at least human, let alone Goblins, who weren’t human at all. It was indeed difficult for Zhang Yanhang to discern the differences in their appearances.

Unless it was a Dragon Vein Goblin with extremely abnormal facial features, only then could it be distinctly recognized by Zhang Yanhang, but clearly, Maka Bagga was not one of them; thus, in this state, it was indeed difficult for Zhang Yanhang to differentiate it from Goblin Chief Nu Shan.

Zhang Yanhang originally wanted to grab Maka Bagga’s Totem pole with one hand and then explode it with a punch, and finally strike a pose, as he thought that would look very cool.

But he ran into a problem at the first step, because Maka Bagga’s four-meter-long Totem pole was nearly half a meter thick, too large for Zhang Yanhang’s hand to grasp. Yet he still attempted to force his grip, resulting in the Totem pole shattering directly; it really wasn’t his fault, it’s just that the Totem pole’s material was unexpectedly brittle.

Looking at the Totem pole broken into two pieces in his hand, Zhang Yanhang silently sighed and couldn’t be bothered to make any more flamboyant moves. He simply activated his Death Wave skill.

A transparent Twisted force field quickly spread from Zhang Yanhang as the epicenter, and Maka Bagga, who had constantly been attacking him, was the first to be hit.

Under the effect of the Twisted force field, the thick scales that served as critical protection on Maka Bagga’s chest instantly shattered, fragmenting into irregular-shaped keratin remnants. The sternum that was supposed to protect the heart followed suit, immediately breaking and tearing, causing a deep inward depression in his chest cavity.

The sternum, which should have protected the heart, instead punctured Maka Bagga’s enlarged heart that had been enhanced by Magic Potions, starting to obstruct blood flow and oxygen exchange. Although with its vitality it might have withstood such damage a little longer.

But this was only a minor coincidental effect after the activation of Death Wave. When the Twisted force field began destroying the heart, the potion-enhanced heart seemed so fragile and powerless.

In just a moment, Maka Bagga’s chest cavity felt like it was being tightly squeezed by an invisible big hand, turning the entire heart into a pile of minced flesh.

Simultaneously, large volumes of blood were forcibly pumped out through the torn wounds on Maka Bagga’s body surface, gushing out at least ten liters of dark green blood onto the surrounding lush green grass, making the already vibrant grass appear even more lively.

Under such an intensity of attack, although Maka Bagga’s vitality was more vigorous compared to a regular Dragon Vein Goblin, it was obviously not enough to sustain, especially since, although he was the Chief Shaman Goblin, he did not possess a heart elementalization ability like the Goblin Chief.