Ashen God-Chapter 669 - 668: Shield Value Limit Increase

"I remember at one point, my highest balance of Soul points was over three hundred eighty thousand. This time, I’m lacking about seventy thousand points in comparison. If I could get another Drop treasure box from the Demonized Wild Boar Queen Pei Qi, maybe I could make up the difference. Unfortunately, that’s not possible."

Zhang Yanhang’s current amount of Soul points was predominantly contributed by the earnings from the Demonized Wild Boar Queen Pei Qi, totaling 87,200 points.

The first eighty thousand were all from the Demonized Four-Eyed Wild Boar Queen Pei Qi, and only the small remainder came from other Demonized Four-Eyed Wild Boars.

In the Drop treasure boxes from the Demonized Four-Eyed Wild Boar, one option is worth twelve hundred Soul points, and a treasure box with three options totals three thousand six hundred Soul points. Naturally, two Drop treasure boxes together make up the odd seven thousand two hundred Soul points.

"But although the current balance of Soul points is still some distance from breaking the record, once I’ve cleared the newly spawned monsters in Raccoon City and the Goblin Plain, it’s quite likely that I could raise my Soul points above four hundred thousand, which shouldn’t be too difficult."

Zhang Yanhang estimated that he would need to eliminate at least a few thousand monsters; collecting tens of thousands of Soul points shouldn’t be a big problem. Moreover, even if merely clearing the monsters isn’t enough, the slot machine’s third-tier jackpot could fill the gap, so achieving this really shouldn’t be too hard.

After verifying his earnings from Soul points, Zhang Yanhang quickly started to inventory the various items obtained from the Drop treasure boxes, beginning with the gains in Talents. Due to receiving only three Drop treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang gained three D-grade Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents.

Previously, Zhang Yanhang had accumulated six hundred twenty-one D-grade Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents. Now, with the addition of these three, he held a total of six hundred twenty-four Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents. Although definitely an improvement, he was still quite far from upgrading the Talent level.

"As of now, being initially a D-grade Talent, the Prehistoric Giant Beast requires seven hundred twenty-nine to upgrade the SS-grade Talent ’Ocean Rhythm’ to an even higher SSS-grade Quality. After accounting for the Talents I currently hold, I still lack one hundred four Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents."

Regarding the shortfall in Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents, Zhang Yanhang maintained his previous attitude. It might be tough to gather these one hundred four, but reducing this three-digit number to a two-digit one surely wasn’t an issue.

After all, ninety-nine is still a two-digit number, and surely obtaining another five Prehistoric Giant Beast Talents wouldn’t be too difficult.

"Progress in Talents is as slow as ever. Luckily, earnings from other aspects are quite fruitful compared to Talent."

While discussing this, Zhang Yanhang reviewed the gains from Artifacts. Although last time his earnings in Artifacts were nil, this time it was different. He acquired a Light Golden Quality, full Score "World Tree Juice (Blood Dilution)" from the Drop treasure box of the Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boar Queen Pei Qi, which was indeed quite exceptional.

Zhang Yanhang picked up the vial of World Tree Juice and briefly inspected it; the color was still that odd red and green. Although previously Zhang Yanhang was somewhat puzzled about the origin of this substance, after reading many summaries, he had completely understood how it came to be.

He believed that this vial of Light Golden Quality "World Tree Juice (Blood Dilution)" was likely concocted by Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado during a year-long confinement by the Queen’s command.

As for the materials, Zhang Yanhang assumed they were probably collected from the large crater that Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado created by smashing into the World Tree’s trunk, which accounted for the red mixed with green due to some of Azikasa’s blood mixing in from his wounds.

After briefly inspecting and reflecting, Zhang Yanhang thought he should recheck the Attribute list of the "World Tree Juice (Blood Dilution)" to avoid any issues. Thus, he quickly accessed the Attribute list of the "World Tree Juice (Blood Dilution)."

"World Tree Juice (Blood Dilution)"

[Quality: Light Golden]

[Type: Artifact]

[Origin: Ashen World, High Elf Empire, Supreme Forest, Elf Court Avando.]

[Usage Effect: Increases Life Value Limit by 180 points.]

[Usage Requirements: Constitution below 75 points.]

[Score: 350 (Light Golden items range from 261 to 350)]

[Introduction: My name is Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado, a rather ordinary War Hero, but lately, my previously dull and monotonous retired life has suddenly become much more dramatic. After the first joint petition failed, I organized another one, even bigger this time...]

"Just as expected, still Light Golden Quality with a full Score, and neither the usage requirements nor the effects have changed. Using it still increases the Life Value Limit by one hundred eighty points."

After briefly checking the attribute list of the "World Tree Juice (Blood Dilution)" and finding no changes, Zhang Yanhang directly consumed it.

Well, it went down smoothly, still with a familiar citrus aroma that Zhang Yanhang had previously discerned was added during the post-manufacture flavoring process, because it was so distinct, he had thought it was the work of a clumsy apprentice. freewёbnoνel.com

Or, rather, that it might have been created by one of Azikasa’s apprentices, but now it seemed that this rough technique had, in fact, been Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado himself.

Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado had only just begun to learn how to refine medicine, so his technique was rather crude—clumsy even—but Zhang Yanhang guessed that concoctions like the World Tree Juice were merely Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado’s initial practice works.

Therefore, he believed that a genius like Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado would definitely concoct some stronger potions later; otherwise, Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado wouldn’t appear so confident in his profile.

"But unfortunately, Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado’s subsequent works are now out of my reach, and I will most likely never encounter any other potion from him again."

To be honest, Zhang Yanhang actually quite liked the potions that Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado had concocted. Though the technique might have been a bit lacking, the effects were genuinely potent. He would drink as much as he could get his hands on; it was just a pity that these items were limited in supply and were now discontinued.

After finishing the "World Tree Juice (Blood Dilution)," Zhang Yanhang did not dwell on the taste of the World Tree Juice but immediately clicked to check his Life Value Limit, concerned about whether the potion he had just consumed had an effect.

[Shield Value: 7867/7867 (Life Value Limit × 210%, recovery speed: 20% per second.)]

[Life Value: 3746/3746 (Constitution × 21, body now officially digitized, Life Value Recovery Speed, 15 points per hour.)]

[Energy Value: 2720/2720 (Intelligence × 21, body now officially digitized, Energy Value Recovery Speed, 48 points per hour.)]

"Previously, my Life Value Limit was 3458 points, but now, after drinking another bottle of World Tree Juice, my Life Value Limit has increased from the original 3458 points to 3746 points, once again a growth of 288 points.

Of these, the World Tree Juice in total helped me boost 180 points of Life Value Limit, and the remaining 108 points increase in Life Value Limit all came from the 60% increase provided by Indestructible Golden Body·Original LV.6.

I remember before the Indestructible Golden Body was promoted to Original LV.6, it could only boost my Life Value Limit by 90 points, now providing an additional 18 points of Life Value Limit, like it was equivalent to consuming three more Red and Yellow Pills. A passive and active skill like Indestructible Golden Body indeed needs to be enhanced as much as possible."

Speaking of this Indestructible Golden Body, Zhang Yanhang was grateful for the defensive power bonus provided by it during his fight against Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boar Queen Pei Qi, which allowed him to be immune to her attacks.

So, after actually using it, he felt the significance of Indestructible Golden Body had increased on his side. Perhaps, he might need to prioritize upgrading Indestructible Golden Body·Original when he re-plans the Third Tier Skill upgrade plans. After all, staying alive is crucial, and survival never goes out of fashion.

"But although my Life Value Limit has now increased from the original 3458 points to 3746 points, there is still a considerable gap from the small goal of 4000 points I had previously set. It seems there’s hardly any hope of achieving it, it’s not as if I can just conjure another bottle of World Teacher Juice now, right?

Ah, if only I had set the small goal at 3500 points earlier, I would have definitely accomplished it by now."

Zhang Yanhang felt it might be because the rate of increase in his Life Value Limit was too fast earlier, leading him to overestimate himself. Otherwise, had he set a more realistic small goal of 3500 points, he surely wouldn’t be struggling to complete it now.

As it stands, he had already cleared the entire Demonized Swamp Zone, yet he still fell 254 points short of completing his small goal.

"However, that being said, it’s not entirely hopeless. Although it’s certain I can’t create more World Tree Juice, I could still enhance some portion of my Life Value Limit through the Red and Yellow Pills.

If the circumstances are favorable, there might still be a slim chance to achieve the small goal of 4000 points, though the chances are indeed very slim."

Besides that, Zhang Yanhang really had no other channels to increase his Life Value Limit beyond what was available. If he returned to the Main World, he could perhaps think of some way to trigger a rare encounter, seeking out things like Heavenly Demon X Crystal Grass that can boost his Life Value Limit.

But in the Ashen World, not to mention initiating them himself, even the rare encounters he usually experienced passively had all disappeared; hence, relying on such encounters to resolve his issues was definitely not feasible. This was also why Zhang Yanhang found it extremely difficult to find any normal channels in the Ashen World to increase his Life Value Limit.

"Apart from the Life Value Limit, my Shield Value Limit also increased from the original 7262 points to 7867 points, once again boosting the Shield Value Limit by 605 points. Compared to Life Value Limit, the shield coefficient of 2.1 for Shield Value Limit is indeed much more formidable.

If I had set a small goal for my Shield Value Limit at 500 points at a time, I could say that I had easily completed another small goal this time. However, unfortunately, the small goal I had earlier set was to increase the Shield Value to 8000 points.

Luckily, raising the Shield Value Limit is nowhere near as difficult as raising the Life Value Limit. I am now only 133 points away from the 8000 points Shield Value Limit. It might be challenging to achieve in terms of Life Value Limit, but for the Shield Value Limit, it’s definitely not as difficult."

Zhang Yanhang estimated that with such a small difference of about a hundred points in Shield Value, he could easily achieve it merely relying on the Life Value Increase provided by the Red and Yellow Pills in the future. After all, even if the effects of the Red and Yellow Pills were poor and the quantity was low, they wouldn’t fail to boost even a few tens of points in Life Value Limit.

Therefore, compared to the 4000 points small goal for the Life Value Limit, the goal for the Shield Value Limit, although set higher—actually doubled to 8000 points—was much simpler to achieve.

"Only, although the 8000 points Shield Value Limit small goal is quite simple, accomplishing the long-term goal of reaching ten times the Shield Value Limit of Same Tier Awakened is very difficult.

I am still about two thousand points away from reaching the 10,000 points Shield Value Limit, needing to increase a thousand points in Life Value Limit to achieve this long-term goal. That means for a Light Golden Quality, top-score potion like World Tree Juice, I’d need to drink at least four bottles to complete this long-term small goal, which indeed seems unrealistic."

Zhang Yanhang couldn’t even obtain another bottle of World World Tree Juice, let alone four bottles. It can be said that he completely lacks any prerequisite conditions to achieve this possibility.