Ashen God
Chapter 595 - 594 [Purple Quality Grey Mane Arm Guard +2]

Chapter 595: Chapter 594 [Purple Quality Grey Mane Arm Guard +2]

"Well," he mused, "to think that being only a C Grade talent, it has already eliminated eighty percent of the negative effects. Isn’t this ability a bit too generous? Okay, maybe it’s because the restrictions are quite strict, after all, it only mitigates the negative effects related to movement. If it could reduce all environment-related negative impacts, then perhaps a 10% reduction would’ve been considered pretty good at the initial status."

After reviewing the three abilities of the C Grade talent Biological Rhythm, Zhang Yanhang immediately opened his own attribute list for a glance.

Strength: 50 (+6[-7])

Agility: 50 (+6[-6])

Constitution: 50 (+6[-6])

Intelligence: 50 (+6[-11])

Charm: 47 (+19)

"After successfully raising a point in my Charm attribute value through the fitness ability of the Biological Rhythm talent, my Charm smoothly increased from the original 46 points to 47 points, leaving just the last three points to reach the Second Tier Limit.

Moreover, after the increase in my Charm, the fixed damage limit of my Death Wave Skill will also increase by another five points, from the original 730 points to 735 points. Although the fixed damage limit did indeed grow by five points, it’s still only capable of instantly killing enemies with a Constitution attribute of thirty-six points or less, just like before."

Zhang Yanhang’s fixed damage limit was indeed almost at its peak. Now, there were only two ways left to increase a significant amount of fixed damage limit in one go.

One way was to quickly raise the skill level of Death Wave, promote it to Original Stage, and level it up to LV.6. The second way would be to promote his own rank to Third Tier so that with a significant increase in attribute values, the fixed damage limit could also be increased.

As for which option Zhang Yanhang should choose? Kids make choices; he chose to take it all.

However, due to the leveling plan, after raising his Profession Level to LV.20, Zhang Yanhang would likely first raise Fighting Master LV.MAX to Fighting Grandmaster LV.6, then raise Indestructible Golden Body LV.MAX to Indestructible Golden Body·Original LV.6, and only then would he improve the Death Wave Skill.

Why? Well, his current damage was already very sufficient, even Second Tier Three Star Level monsters couldn’t withstand it, so he might as well enhance the Fighting Grandmaster and Indestructible Golden Body·Original first.

Of course, the significant increase in physical exertion that would likely come after the upgrades was also a big problem, so Zhang Yanhang wasn’t in a hurry to improve the skill level of Death Wave right away. He worried that after the upgrade, the consumption of Death Wave would drastically increase, leading to fewer opportunities for deployment.

This would undoubtedly affect his current hunting efficiency, which was not too optimistic already, so if it were to decrease further, it might indeed take more than four days to clear the entire Demonized Swamp.

And when considering if he wanted to raise the levels now, he didn’t have the soul points to do it. By the time he gathered the needed soul points for Death Wave, Zhang Yanhang reckoned that he would have cleared more than fifty percent of the Demonized Swamp already.

After all, both the Fighting Master, Indestructible Golden Body, and Death Wave required 150,000 soul points each, adding up to 450,000 soul points which indeed was not an easy amount to collect.

Previously in Goblin Plain, even after clearing the entire area, he had only managed to obtain about five to six hundred thousand soul points, so even though the monster level in the Demonized Swamp was higher, it still wouldn’t be easy for him to gather 450,000 soul points promptly.

"After the Charm attribute value improved to forty-seven points this time, the healthiness of my Charm attribute had further optimized. Originally, the Charm attributed from equipment accounted for a whopping forty-one percent of the Charm value, but now it has reduced by one percent, shrinking back to forty percent.

While it’s true that a reduction did occur, the overall proportion is still somewhat distorted. It might look healthier if it decreases to below thirty percent. But that said, it’s probably not possible in the Second Tier, as I’m just the last three points shy of the Second Tier Limit, barely managing to bring the proportion of Charm provided by equipment down to below forty percent."

Based on Zhang Yanhang’s experience, Biological Rhythm should not only easily fill in these three points of Charm attribute, but most likely would even overflow a few points of the Charm attribute value. Luckily, he probably wouldn’t overflow much longer, because after clearing the entire Demonized Swamp, he should be ready to promote his rank.

"So, the question arises, now that the talent has been upgraded, what should I do next?"

Zhang Yanhang thought it over and felt that perhaps he could fuse the Gray Mane Arm Guard. However, before that, he intended to test his movement speed first, since he had just received a thirty percent increase in movement speed and should really put it to the test.

But due to Raccoon City’s dense forests making it difficult to obtain accurate data, Zhang Yanhang went back to Raccoon City, which he favored very much for its road conditions.

After making a few simple kilometer sprints along the straight path created during previous clearing in Raccoon City, Zhang Yanhang discovered that his current movement speed had easily achieved his previous minor goal and significantly exceeded it.

The final test result was that the 30% increase in movement speed boosted Zhang Yanhang’s speed from the original 99 meters per second to a whopping 121 meters per second, increasing by 22 meters per second. He hadn’t encountered such a level of speed improvement for quite some time; the last time was probably when he had just promoted his rank.

"In this way, after the bonus from Spiritual Qi, my movement speed should increase from the original 0.58 Mach to 0.71 Mach, a total increase of 0.13 Mach. Not long ago—less than half an hour—I hadn’t even reached 0.6 Mach after the Qi blessing, but now it has leaped to 0.71 Mach. Talent truly lives up to its name, indeed far stronger than any equipment or artifacts and even many times more potent than achievements.

Looking at this, it might even be possible to approach a speed of about one Mach before promoting my rank. The thought of breaking the sound barrier with my body alone is indeed fantastic."

Given Zhang Yanhang’s current speed, even without Qi blessing, he could reach a speed of 436 kilometers per hour, essentially surpassing most armed helicopters, only slightly behind the fastest one.

After the Qi blessing, his speed would be 872 kilometers per hour—equivalent to the flying speed of a commercial airliner.

So Zhang Yanhang could now proudly say, he was moving at the same speed as a commercial airliner.

"Before even advancing to the third tier, I’ve reached the same speed as a commercial jet. Roughly estimating, once I advance to the third tier, I might even match the speed of a fighter jet." Zhang Yanhang had initially thought that such speed might only be attainable at the fourth tier, but now it seemed he might have underestimated himself; reaching that speed at the third tier should be about right.

After testing his movement speed, Zhang Yanhang quickly returned to the Demonized Swamp and took out the four Gray Mane Arm Guards.

However, it was only after truly inspecting the Gray Mane Arm Guards that Zhang Yanhang realized, while these artifacts were indeed named ’arm guards’ and were indeed related to the arm, in appearance they were essentially elbow pads made mostly of metal with a ferocious beast’s head engraved on the central part.

Despite feeling that the Gray Mane Arm Guards, which left both the forearm and upper arm completely uncovered except for the elbow joint, were somewhat of a misnomer, Zhang Yanhang was pleasantly surprised by how nice they were.

After all, if they only occupied the space around the elbow, it meant that later on, he should still be able to wear genuine arm guards on his forearms or upper arms, which seemed like a good thing.

"Let’s just fuse them right away; I have no idea if this fusion will smoothly upgrade the Gray Mane Arm Guards to purple quality." Zhang Yanhang immediately activated his alchemy and tossed all four Gray Mane Arm Guards into the Alchemy Array.

Perhaps due to their relatively low quality and it being their first fusion, this fusion went incredibly smoothly, even more silky-smooth than Dove chocolate.

Seeing the light flickering on the Gray Mane Arm Guards transform from blue to purple, Zhang Yanhang nodded in satisfaction. As expected, the successful +2 fusion had upgraded the quality of the Gray Mane Arm Guards to purple, and he immediately accessed the attribute list of the Gray Mane Arm Guard +2 to check it.

[Gray Mane Arm Guard +2]

[Quality: Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Demonized Swamp, Southern Forest, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 50/50]

[Defensive Power: 33]

[Additional Attributes: Physical Recovery Speed +15% (+5%).]

[Usage Requirements: Constitution 38 points.]

[Score: 90 (Purple items have a score range from 71 to 150.)]

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"After advancing to purple quality, the Gray Mane Arm Guard +2’s score has risen from the original 50 points to 90 points, an increase of 40 points in total. Averaging out for each of the two fusions, that’s about a 20-point increase per fusion, which is pretty good. If the growth rate can be maintained like this, it should be possible to reach the maximum purple quality score around the fifth fusion, and then the sixth might likely advance it to dark purple quality. However, whether it can reach dark purple quality through normal fusion alone, I can’t determine yet."

Since the first two fusions had not been difficult, even with his vast experience, Zhang Yanhang still couldn’t predict the difficulty of future fusions, so only after a few more upgrades could he make a realistic assessment of the Gray Mane Arm Guard’s fusion limit.

He should have a reasonable estimation of the upcoming fusion difficulty around the fourth fusion; thus, the specifics would only be known at that time.

"With the Gray Mane Arm Guard +2 advancing to purple quality, the usage requirements have also risen by ten points, changing from the original 28 Constitution points to now requiring 38 Constitution points, which is indeed very in line with the standard for purple quality items, considering that 38 points of Constitution is in the higher bracket for second tier attribute values."

Comparing the Constitution attribute, Zhang Yanhang clearly cared more about the degree of growth in additional attributes; although, the increase this time was not too satisfying.

"After these two fusions, the physical recovery speed bonus provided by the Gray Mane Arm Guard has only increased from the original 10% to 15%, a total improvement of 5% physical recovery speed bonus. That equates to an increase of 2.5% per fusion. I originally thought that after upgrading the Gray Mane Arm Guard +2 to purple quality, it might offer a 20% physical recovery speed bonus. But as it turns out, I was being too optimistic; after all, it has only undergone two fusions—reaching a 20% bonus would require a few more fusions."

After evaluating the attribute list for the Gray Mane Arm Guard +2, Zhang Yanhang swiftly equipped it on his elbow. This spot was actually part of the white ten-piece set he was wearing, but it was not a big deal, especially considering it would deactivate automatically after advancing to the third tier. So, it was better to switch it out for purple equipment now.

Moreover, the standardized police equipment from Raccoon City that Zhang Yanhang wore was called a white ten-piece set, but in reality, it consisted of more than ten pieces—so losing a few wouldn’t be a major issue. After all, it certainly wouldn’t reduce his Charm by one point and drop back down to forty-six.

Speaking of which, Zhang Yanhang remembered that although the white and green ten-piece sets provided an All Attributes +3 boost, of which the Main Attribute +3 part currently wasn’t very beneficial for him, the Sub-attribute part’s Charm +3 was still quite valuable as he didn’t prioritize Charm based on his naked stats.

"Although I’ll lose three points of Charm attribute value after rank promotion, the good thing is that the Rhythm Talent should spill a few points of attribute value during future upgrades, so I shouldn’t worry too much. Although, in reality, it’s still akin to a loss of three attribute points.

Wonder if I’ll have the chance to encounter any equipment that can boost Charm attribute value after advancing to the third tier."

Zhang Yanhang thought his best chance would most likely be within the new monster nest connected at the bottom of the underground tunnels by the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu. If possible, he hoped to encounter items like the Crimson Iron Ring that could be equipped in multiples, though it was admittedly improbable.

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