Ashen God
Chapter 598 - 597 Laughable, a mere heart tear such a fatal injury, I can last at least 2 seconds

Chapter 598: Chapter 597 Laughable, a mere heart tear such a fatal injury, I can last at least 2 seconds

"And furthermore, the most powerful aspect of the half-demonized skill isn’t the attribute bonus, but rather the ability to increase the chances of triggering spiritual suppression and demonization infection. Moreover, the dark shock wave skill, which could only be used after becoming half-demonized, could also increase the chances of triggering spiritual suppression and demonization infection.

Combining these two skills with the Prehistoric Giant Beast Talent, the originally 20% chance of triggering spiritual suppression suddenly surged to an absurdly high 65%, more than doubling the initial rate. Additionally, the chance of triggering demonization infection also jumped from the original 2.5% to 8.5%, more than doubling as well."

Previously, Zhang Yanhang did not want the body suppression ability from the Prehistoric Giant Beast Talent for this reason; without the appropriate skills to complement it, the output would undoubtedly be terrible, and might not even reach the triggering probability of a native demonized canine giant ape even if upgraded to S rank.

And given that a single demonized canine giant ape achieved this level, Zhang Yanhang estimated that the triggering probability of the second-tier monsters in the demonized swamp should also at least reach around seventy to eighty percent.

With such high triggering probabilities, coupled with debuff-specialized attack skills, the damage dealt would definitely be quite high.

For instance, the demonized canine giant ape in front of Zhang Yanhang had four skills; aside from half-demonization and dark shockwave, which increased negative status triggering probabilities, the other two skills were focused on debuff attacks, showing a very clear division of labor.

"The Wild Heavy Punch skill of the demonized canine giant ape normally deals 150% physical damage and has a 10% chance of triggering armor penetration attacks. When the enemy is under the effects of spiritual suppression and demonization infection, it additionally boosts the physical damage by 22.5% and the chance of triggering armor penetration attacks by 5%.

Moreover, the most impressive thing is that these negative status bonuses can stack so if an enemy simultaneously has both spiritual suppression and demonization infection effects, the final damage can be 195% physical damage, with a 20% chance of triggering armor penetration."

Zhang Yanhang vividly remembered the armor penetration attacks because the Beta-type Hunters and T-001 Prototype Tyrants had given him a lot of trouble by depleting a large amount of his shield value with their ’Death Claw’ skill, causing significant problems when he first entered the Ashen World.

Thus, from Zhang Yanhang’s past "scratching" experiences, if the wild heavy punch skill really triggered an armor penetration attack, the threat it posed could be quite significant.

It could even be said that as a first tier three-star monster, the threat posed by this demonized canine giant ape to Zhang Yanhang might be even greater than that from Goblin Chief Shaman Maka Bagga in the Goblin Plain who possessed second tier three-star power.

After all, if nothing went wrong, a single armor penetration attack hitting him could deal at least triple-digit damage, whereas even with full buffs, Maka Bagga could only cause double-digit damage per attack, requiring an entire sequence of Lightning Four-Strikes to reach triple-digit damage.

Therefore, in this respect, the demonized canine giant ape was indeed very strong, but only after triggering armor penetration damage. However, Zhang Yanhang felt he didn’t really need to worry too much about the situation where he suddenly could be surrounded and killed by dozens of demonized canine giant apes due to the base 10% chance of triggering the skill.

"And also, this Wild Charge skill is equally outrageous; initially it only had a 17.5% bonus, but if compounded with the negative states of spiritual suppression and demonization infection, it immediately boosts the movement speed bonus to 52.5%. Seeing such a high increase, I’m even feeling a bit envious."

When Zhang Yanhang was still examining his skills, the demonized canine giant ape nearby, which had been ignored, got angry. It roared and then raised its fist high, smashing it towards Zhang Yanhang’s chest.

Almost at the same time, while checking the attribute list, Zhang Yanhang suddenly found that his shield value had inexplicably dropped by more than a hundred points, and noticeable waves and ripples surfaced on his blue energy shield.

"Damn, it’s our first encounter, and I haven’t been affected by spiritual suppression or demonization infection, but just with a 10% trigger probability, it directly launched an armor penetration attack on me. Who is the Heavenly Destiny Master, you or me?"

Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help but complain.

"Moreover, it actually took off more than a hundred shield points. If this trend continues and about fifty demonized canine giant apes come and each one can trigger armor penetration damage, they could directly shatter my energy shield. This demonized canine giant ape is too strong!

Alright, actually, fifty demonized canine giant apes each triggering armor penetration damage at once is indeed impossible. But if I find five hundred demonized canine giant apes and they take turns attacking me, according to a 10% trigger probability, they can also break my energy shield. It really is very strong.

After all, if it were the first-tier three-star monsters from Goblin Plain, even five hundred, five thousand, or fifty thousand wouldn’t be able to cause any damage to me."

Zhang Yanhang truly thought the demonized canine giant ape was strong, or rather, that armor penetration attacks were strong. If possible, he would like to equip himself with an armor penetration attack, though achieving that currently would likely require new talents or skills, and probably couldn’t be achieved merely through equipment and artifacts.

Zhang Yanhang originally wanted to keep this demonized canine giant ape to observe what the so-called half-demonized skill actually looked like. He had always killed too quickly in the past and had never seen a demonized creature use this skill, so he was quite curious.

However, compared to the half-demonized skill, the thought that this creature could possibly break his energy shield with just fifty more rounds of attacks was a significant threat, so he decided to kill the demonized canine giant ape right away.

At that moment, the demonized canine giant ape, finding that its wild heavy punch still had no effect on Zhang Yanhang, opened its mouth and continuously gnawed at Zhang Yanhang’s neck with its sharp canine teeth, probably thinking that part was thinner and more likely to be bitten off.

Facing this blood-filled mouth, Zhang Yanhang chose to ignore it. He silently opened his palm and thrust straight into the chest of the demonized canine giant ape.

The thick chest muscles of the demonized canine giant ape provided no protection at all under Zhang Yanhang’s onslaught. In an instant, these muscle tissues were torn apart along with the ribs behind them, and Zhang Yanhang easily reached into the chest cavity of the demonized canine giant ape, directly pulling out its heart and inadvertently shattering its spine.

His main intention this time was to test which had more robust life force, the demonized creatures or the Dragon Vein Goblins from Goblin Plain. The Dragon Vein Goblins could last a few more seconds even without their hearts, living up to their Dragon Descendant reputation. He felt that the demonized creatures here should logically not be too weak by comparison.

"But in the end, it could only be said that Zhang Yanhang might have overestimated the demonized creatures; or perhaps, the stacked fatal injuries of a shattered spine and torn heart, enhanced by a critical hit, caused Zhang Yanhang to barely pluck out the heart when he immediately heard the kill notification for the demonized canine giant ape.

"[Successfully killed a First Tier Three Star ordinary monster ’Demonized Canine Giant Ape’ ×1, Soul points +10.]"

"It looks big, but it doesn’t seem very useful, clearly larger than the Big Goblins on the Goblin Plain, but it couldn’t even withstand a second.

It appears that demonized creatures really can’t compare to Dragon Descendants, or maybe it’s also related to the rank difference; after all, there’s a huge gap between a Second Order One Star and a First Tier Three Star, and one Second Order One Star should easily be able to beat tens of First Tier Three Stars right?"

Moreover, Zhang Yanhang felt that the unimpressive performance of this demonized canine giant ape might also be due to its lack of activated half-demonized skill. After all, with ’demonization’ in its name, it only truly counts as a demonized creature after activating half-demonization.

When that happens, even something as lethal as heart tear should allow it to hold on for a couple of seconds before it dies.

Well, maybe not definitely, since Zhang Yanhang usually doesn’t attack the heart directly; it’s mostly because his cannon bullets, in most cases, blast half the body away, making it indeed difficult to only target the heart without hitting the spine behind it.

"Speaking of which, compared to those demonized maned beasts yielding only nine soul points that I killed before, this First Tier Three Star ordinary monster, the demonized canine giant ape, earns a more standard ten soul points, just like other ordinary First Tier Three Star monsters."

Zhang Yanhang had always felt that the demonized maned beasts in the Demonized Swamp must be the monsters with the lowest soul point value, and now it seems he was right; nine points is indeed an anomaly, and it’s creatures like this ten-point demonized canine giant ape that represent the mainstream monsters.

"So, here comes the question. Since the description says the demonized canine giant ape prefers to live in groups, then those like the one I killed that was solitary should be in the minority.

Compared to the demonized maned beasts which typically group up in threes or fives, my hunting efficiency for these demonized canine giant apes should be much higher."

Based on Zhang Yanhang’s scan, not far from here, there was a location where about a dozen demonized canine giant apes were gathered. If all demonized canine giant apes maintained this behavioral pattern, then his hunting in the Southern Forest should be smoother, with a hopeful completion of collecting enough D-level talent soul points to upgrade the C-level Talent "Biological Rhythm" to A-level before sleeping.

However, although there indeed was a group nearby, Zhang Yanhang did not rush over to hunt them immediately; instead, he quietly stood still, silently watching as the body of the demonized canine giant ape that had tried to bite through his neck slowly slid off him and ultimately fell to the ground, splattering a large amount of dark red blood.

After waiting for several seconds, a Green quality Drop treasure box quietly emerged from the body of the demonized canine giant ape with a huge hole in its chest.

"Another new Green treasure box, not sure what new things it could contain? Sigh, if only every monster could be considered an individual entity, then just by first kills I could reap heaps of soul points benefits, gaining thirty times the soul points for every monster killed.

But unfortunately, there are no such good things, or maybe there are indeed areas with a large variety of different kinds of monsters, like Night Parade of Hundred Demons or something like Pokemon, but meeting that would be who knows how many lifetimes away."

Speaking of this issue, Zhang Yanhang suddenly remembered something. It was that back in the Main World, a large number of Transmission Channels had been permanently opened recently, and when opened, they would compulsively refresh a large number of monsters; it was just unknown whether killing those freshly spawned monsters would yield soul points and drop guarantees.

If the yield rate was fairly normal, then Zhang Yanhang thought he might discuss with Zhou Muxi to see if she could find him a permanently open Transmission Channel to farm soul points through the relevant departments.

After all, once he returned to the Main World, he should be promoted to Third Tier, which without accident, should definitely also acquire new Professional skills and thus, he would substantially need more soul points.

"Never mind, let’s not worry about those issues that can only be resolved after returning to the Main World for now. Compared to those, it’s more important to clear the Demonized Swamp. Currently, the Southern Forest has barely been cleared 3.3%, and before sleeping, I should at least push the progress to over 10%."

Zhang Yanhang felt that if it was just this level, it should indeed not be too much of a problem.

After picking up the dropped Green quality treasure box and placing it in his Waist Bag, Zhang Yanhang immediately started heading towards the previously scanned location where the group of about a dozen demonized canine giant apes was.

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October 25th, Sunday, Double Ninth Festival, also Zhang Yanhang’s first day of repeatedly flipping between the Main World and the Ashen World, 3:40 AM, Demonized Swamp, Outer Zone, Outer Southern Forest.

"[Successfully killed a First Tier Three Star ordinary monster ’Demonized Canine Giant Ape’ ×1, Soul points +10.]"

"[Successfully killed a First Tier Three Star ordinary monster ’Demonized Canine Giant Ape’ ×1, Soul points +10.]"

"[Successfully killed a First Tier Three Star ordinary monster ’Demonized Canine Giant Ape’ ×1, Soul points +10.]"

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After taking down thirty-two scattered demonized canine giant apes within five hundred meters using a single Death Wave Skill, Zhang Yanhang thought it might be time for a rest."""

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