Ashen God
Chapter 584 - 583 Dark Purple Quality [Swift Leggings+5]

Chapter 584: Chapter 583 Dark Purple Quality [Swift Leggings+5]

Zhang Yanhang had previously used a significant amount of Medium Magic Recovery Potions in the Main World, causing his inventory to drop from over three thousand bottles to two thousand nine hundred. These three Medium Magic Recovery Potions might be a mere drop in the bucket, but at least they could slightly replenish what was lost.

After taking stock of his Talent and Artifacts, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to inventory the most important gains: his Equipment. He started with two pieces of the Raccoon City standard police set parts from the Police Zombie, followed by a Waist Bag.

Zhang Yanhang checked the number of Waist Bags on him, finding five Waist Bags +4 that could no longer be upgraded and seven ordinary Waist Bags. With the newly obtained one, he could just manage to fuse another Waist Bag +3.

Considering the need to save space, Zhang Yanhang immediately activated the Alchemy Array to fuse the new Waist Bag +3. As he was quite Skillful in the technique, he swiftly succeeded in fusing a new Waist Bag +3.

After fusing this new Waist Bag +3, Zhang Yanhang now had a total of 144 Waist Bag slots, which was an increase of sixteen slots compared to before. However, since the original number of slots was already sufficient, this fusion was merely icing on the cake.

"Even after clearing Raccoon City for so long, I only have five Waist Bags +4 and one Waist Bag +3 on me," he thought. "I’m still far from gathering eight Waist Bags +4 for a forced Promotion of Quality. I’m missing two Waist Bags +4 and one Waist Bag +3.

However, to be honest, even if I could gather eight Waist Bags +4, I have no intention of fusing them. After all, not all Equipment is suitable for breaking through limits by fusion. Some are inherently better used in sets of eight, such as Waist Bags, and perhaps, the Crimson Iron Ring is a half-case in point."

Even if it was somewhat cumbersome for Zhang Yanhang to carry so many Waist Bags, at least the slot capacity was plentiful. If he were to fuse into a Purple Quality Waist Bag +5, it might not be the case anymore.

Although in previous fusions the number of slots was always inherited, ensuring no loss of slots each time, fusing a +5 was different—it was about breaking the limit.

Zhang Yanhang felt that the newly fused Waist Bag +5 would likely not inherit all the slots from eight Waist Bags +4, and if only a portion could be inherited, then it would indeed be better to not fuse at all.

Cumbersome as it may be to hang several Waist Bags, at least it ensured a larger number of slots. It would be rather distressing if the fusion resulted in a shortage of slots, and Zhang Yanhang would certainly find that difficult to bear.

Besides the two set parts and a Waist Bag contributed by the Police Zombie, the remaining Equipment contributions were provided by the monsters of Goblin Plain, starting with a pair of Dragon Power Bracelets from the Goblin Spear Thrower.

However, Zhang Yanhang’s Dragon Power Bracelets had already been upgraded to Dark Purple Quality Dragon Power Bracelets +5, so these ordinary Dragon Power Bracelets were temporarily of no use to him.

Zhang Yanhang previously had twenty pairs of Dragon Power Bracelets left in his Waist Bag after fusing the Dark Purple Quality Dragon Power Bracelets +5. Now, with this pair, he had a total of twenty-one pairs.

Although he could take out sixteen pairs of Dragon Power Bracelets to fuse into a pair of Purple Quality Dragon Power Bracelets +4, Zhang Yanhang chose to decline. He decided to just let them be, as his Dragon Power Bracelets +5 could no longer be upgraded anyway.

Apart from the Dragon Power Bracelets, Zhang Yanhang also gained three Barbaric Stone Bandages this time. Compared to the previous Blue quality Dragon Power Bracelet, the Barbaric Stone Bandages, which are initially of Purple Quality, are undoubtedly much more important to Zhang Yanhang.

"Speaking of which, I originally thought that there was no hope of fusing the Barbaric Stone Bandages to +5, since the refresh rate of Big Goblins on the Goblin Plain is just too low.

But to my surprise, a twist of fate occurred. Although the refresh rate of Big Goblins on the Goblin Plain is indeed quite slow, the refresh rate in the slot machine’s third prize pool is quite rapid, capable of producing twenty out of thin air every day."

Zhang Yanhang remembered that the designated number of Big Goblins in the Goblin Plains was a total of only one hundred and forty, which meant that the third prize pool of the slot machine could refresh one-seventh of the designated number of Big Goblins every day, filling up the entire designated number in a week.

"I need a total of 32 ordinary Barbaric Stone Bandages to fuse a +5 Barbaric Stone Bandage. Previously, I had one +4, one +1, and three ordinary Barbaric Stone Bandages in my possession, which is equivalent to twenty-one Barbaric Stone Bandages.

Originally, I would still be short of eleven bandages, but I just got my hands on three more, so now I only need eight more.

Based on the estimate that clearing the prize pool once could yield about three bandages, it should take me, at most, three days to gather the number needed to fuse a +5 Barbaric Stone Bandage. And three days should be just enough time to collect them all before I leave the Ashen World, not bad at all."

Zhang Yanhang had always been pessimistic about fusing the Barbaric Stone Bandages to +5, but unexpectedly, the third prize pool of the Goblin Plain’s lucky slot machine was far too generous, helping him accomplish this task solely based on the pool’s refreshes.

Zhang Yanhang took out the remaining +1 and three ordinary Barbaric Stone Bandages from his Waist Bag. Together with the three new bandages he acquired this time, he could now fuse them into a +3 Barbaric Stone Bandage.

After inputting the spare bandages into the Alchemy Array, Zhang Yanhang quickly fused a brand-new +3 Barbaric Stone Bandage. Now, he had one +4 and one +3 Barbaric Stone Bandage in hand, just one +3 away from starting the fusion of a +5 Barbaric Stone Bandage.

After successfully fusing the +3 Barbaric Stone Bandage, Zhang Yanhang immediately put it back into his waist bag and then picked up the Lightning Totem Pole beside him. In addition to the three Barbaric Stone Bandages, he had also acquired three Lightning Totem Poles, which were equally important to Zhang Yanhang.

"Previously, my Lightning Totem Poles couldn’t be elevated above +3, because I had only managed to obtain exactly eight of them. But this time, I’m sure there won’t be any problem. To fuse it to +4, I only need sixteen Lightning Totem Poles."

The +3 Lightning Totem Pole Zhang Yanhang had was equivalent to eight totem poles, and now that he had gained three more, he had a total of eleven. Therefore, he was only five short of being able to fuse a +4 Lightning Totem Pole.

Unlike the Barbaric Stone Bandages, which even if fused to +5 are still likely to remain Dark Purple Quality, based on Zhang Yanhang’s previous fusion experience, once the Lightning Totem Poles are fused to +4, they might directly advance to Light Golden Quality, which would significantly boost his Energy Value Recovery Speed.

"The Treasure box drop rate from Second Tier Dragon Vein Goblins on the Goblin Plain is one from every seven, so to get the remaining five incomplete Lightning Totem Poles, I need to defeat about thirty-five Goblin Shamans.

The third prize pool of the slot machine can refresh nineteen Goblin Shamans a day, thirty-eight in two days. Even if the Treasure box drop rate fluctuates, it should only take me at most two days to get these five incomplete Lightning Totem Poles."

Zhang Yanhang’s only thought now was that the Goblin Plains slot machine jackpot refresh was truly outrageous. It was known that there were only a total of fifty Goblin Shamans in the Goblin Plains, yet the slot machine jackpot could refresh nearly two-fifths of that number every day.

That equated to the Goblin Plains slot machine being able to refresh almost twice the designated number of Goblin Shamans in just five days.

"It feels like if it keeps refreshing at this rate, not to mention a Lightning Totem Pole +4, even a Lightning Totem Pole +5 is not out of reach. After all, based on the current situation, it would only take six days to gather another sixteen Lightning Totem Poles.

Unfortunately, the theoretical situation and the actual situation still have a certain gap. It takes two days to gather enough for a +4 and another six days for a +5, which adds up to a total of eight days.

Although eight days doesn’t seem too bad in theory, the problem is that I’ll most likely be promoted to Third Tier in four days, and then there will be Rank Penalties when going after Second Tier monsters like the Goblin Shamans.

At that time, it will probably become the same as hunting First Tier monsters now, with twenty yielding one, which would mean fusing a Lightning Totem Pole +5 is basically impossible."

But fortunately, for Zhang Yanhang, being able to fuse the Lightning Totem Pole to +4 was already satisfying enough. He hadn’t even thought about fusing to +5 before, so he wasn’t going to dwell on that possibility.

After placing the three Lightning Totem Poles into his Waist Bag, Zhang Yanhang picked up the most important item of equipment he gained last, the Blue quality Swift Leggings.

To fuse Dark Purple Quality Swift Leggings +5, a total of eight pairs of Swift Leggings +4 were needed, which meant a total of one hundred and twenty-eight pairs of ordinary Swift Leggings. Zhang Yanhang already had one hundred and twenty-seven pairs, just one pair short of being able to start fusing Dark Purple Quality Swift Leggings +5.

Faced with the long-awaited Swift Leggings +5, Zhang Yanhang immediately took off the pair of Swift Leggings +4 he was wearing and took out 111 pairs of ordinary Swift Leggings from his Waist Bag.

After piling those 111 pairs of ordinary Swift Leggings with the pair he just acquired, Zhang Yanhang immediately started the Alchemy process.

However, although they were indeed piled together, due to the large quantity, Zhang Yanhang could only smelt one-fifth at a time. It took him five batches to fuse them into 56 pairs of Swift Leggings +1, and then two more batches to further fuse them into 28 pairs of Swift Leggings +2.

The next step was relatively simple. It took Zhang Yanhang only one batch to fuse out 14 pairs of Swift Leggings +3. Although there were many batches involved, the entire process took less than ten minutes in total, which was much more user-friendly compared to the twenty to thirty minutes typical of pushing to limits through normal fusion processes.

After spending another round of fusion to fuse the Swift Leggings in the Alchemy Array into 7 pairs of Swift Leggings +4, Zhang Yanhang immediately threw in the pair of Swift Leggings +4 he had just taken off his legs.

But Zhang Yanhang didn’t start the fusion immediately. He took a brief breath before starting. As expected, during the +5 fusion, the rate of melting the Swift Leggings was much slower than before, and the resistance between the Swift Leggings during the fusion suddenly increased significantly.

Eventually, it took Zhang Yanhang close to twenty-five minutes to successfully fuse the eight pairs of Swift Leggings +4 into a pair of Swift Leggings +5. Although it was a bit slower than when he fused the Dragon Power Bracelet +5, it was within the normal range of fluctuation.

Although the appearance of the Swift Leggings +5 showed no difference from the Swift Leggings +4 after the successful fusion, the Dark Purple halo proved that the fusion was indeed successful.

Zhang Yanhang immediately began to check the attribute list of the Dark Purple Quality Swift Leggings +5.

[Swift Leggings +5]

[Quality: Dark Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Goblin Plains, Outer Zone, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 62/62]

[Defensive Power: 41]

[Additional Attributes: Movement Speed +14% (+3%).]

[Usage Requirements: Agility 45 points.]

[Score: 205 (Dark Purple Items Score ranges from 151 to 260).]

[Introduction: Feeling that the money-making channels were too one-sided, the Red Dragon Salcano, with the purpose of supply-side reform in mind, introduced Dragon Power Bracelets crafted from the old scales and the keratin layers (Dragon Skin) of Giant Dragons, and had them additionally Enlightened by Angels summoned by a Bishop...]

"The usage requirements for the Swift Leggings +5 indeed increased by ten points to Agility 45 points, similar to the Dragon Power Bracelet +5, raising from the original requirement of thirty-five points of Agility, but that’s fine. It still falls within the range of Second Tier attributes, as long as I can use them normally.

In addition to the usage requirements, the Score of Swift Leggings +5 also showed an increase, and it was quite a jump. Previously at +4, they only had a Score of 148 points, an item close to the full Score for Purple Items, but now it went up by 57 points to become a medium-scored Dark Purple Item with a Score of 205 points."

To this, Zhang Yanhang could only say that pushing to the limit was truly different from ordinary fusion. He remembered that during normal fusion, the Score would generally only increase by about twenty-two points each time.