Ashen God-Chapter 670 - 669 Light Golden Quality [Demon Pig Bracelet +1]

Chapter 670: Chapter 669 Light Golden Quality [Demon Pig Bracelet +1]

"Speaking of which, it seems like it’s been quite a while since my Energy Value limit has increased," Zhang Yanhang reflected. "It still stays at 2720 points, which feels quite far from the small target of 3000 points, but it’s not a big issue since I’m not in a rush to increase the Energy Value limit."

Although Zhang Yanhang currently had no common means to increase his Energy Value limit, he was sure that he would significantly increase it through Rank promotion in the future, which would be an unprecedentedly large amount. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

There was even a great possibility that it would exceed the increase provided by the SS-level Scroll Dragon Bloodline, possibly by a significant margin. Hence, he was indeed looking forward to the Rank promotion.

After checking the changes in the Life Value limit and Shield Value limit, Zhang Yanhang quickly started to inventory other items, which naturally included the gains from weapons. Unfortunately, the gains in this area were still nonexistent.

Previously, Zhang Yanhang usually found weapon-related options inside the Drop treasure boxes of Lord Monsters, like the Light Golden Quality Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Sword he got from the Drop treasure box of Goblin Chief·Nu Mountain.

Of course, he could have obtained a weapon this time too—there was a Light Golden Quality weapon called Hallheid Deformed Heavy Hammer in the Drop treasure box of the Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boar Queen Peppa—but he didn’t choose it.

Instead of weapons, Zhang Yanhang chose the Divination Tarot Card·Star, which led to no gains in weapons, but it was fine since he didn’t really need Light Golden Quality, especially melee weapons.

Therefore, after sequentially taking stock of gains in Soul points, Talent, Artifacts, and weapons, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to account for the last but most important category of gains, which was about Equipment.

For Equipment, the initial gain was Zhang Yanhang obtaining two pairs of Dark Purple Quality Full-score Demon Pig Bracelets from the Drop treasure box of a Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boar, which he could now fuse.

Without hesitation, Zhang Yanhang began the fusion of the Demon Pig Bracelets, promptly activating the Alchemy and placing the two pairs of Demon Pig Bracelets he had just obtained into the Alchemy Array.

Since it was his first time fusing, the process went exceptionally smoothly—smoother than even the finest silk. Zhang Yanhang hardly exerted any effort and successfully completed the fusion.

Looking at the pair of Demon Pig Bracelets +1 now twinkling with a Light Golden glow, he immediately started checking the Attribute list of the Demon Pig Bracelets +1.

[Demon Pig Bracelets +1]

[Quality: Light Golden]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Demonized Swamp, Swamp Area, Peppa Mud Pond, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 63/63]

[defensive power: 44]

[Additional Attributes: Attack Speed +21% (+2%).]

[Usage requirements: Agility 50 points.]

[Score: 295 (Light Golden items score range from 261 to 350).]

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"Huh? This Demon Pig Bracelet just fused to +1, but the Equipment score boosted fiercely, growing straight from the initial 260 points to 295 points—that’s a 35-point increase from just a single fusion, just five points away from being a 300+ score.

Of course, even though it hasn’t reached 300 points yet, the Demon Pig Bracelet is now effectively upgraded from a Dark Purple Quality Full-score Equipment to a Medium Score Light Golden Quality Equipment, which is incredibly impressive.

But as amazing as that is, it’s just a one-time wonder. After all, there are only seven Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boars in the Demonized Swamp, and I’ve already killed them all. Who knows when the Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boars would respawn.

So, unless something unexpected happens, I no longer have a chance to obtain other Demon Pig Bracelets. Even if the Lucky Slot Machine in the Demonized Swamp were to refresh the prize pool with a Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boar, past experiences suggest that at most only one might appear.

If only one Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boar gets refreshed, with my current Second Tier drop rate, it would take a week to get a new Demon Pig Bracelet, let alone now that I’m about to be promoted to Third Tier. After the promotion, it’s uncertain whether I’ll be able to get a new Demon Pig Bracelet once every two or three weeks.

Moreover, crucially, I need at least two new Demon Pig Bracelets to fuse into a Demon Pig Bracelet +2, which means it would take more than a month to gather enough of them."

Therefore, from this perspective, Zhang Yanhang had ample reason to believe that Demon Pig Bracelet +1 was likely at its limit and couldn’t be enhanced further.

But it wasn’t a big problem, as Equipment obtained from high-level monsters in this region never had much chance of improvement, and Equipment from other areas was the same, often remaining in their initial state. So, not being able to upgrade wasn’t something regrettable; rather, it was something he had already grown accustomed to—it had become normal.

"The Demon Pig Bracelet+1, after being upgraded from Dark Purple Quality to Light Golden Quality, saw its usage requirement increased from the original forty Agility attribute points to fifty Agility attribute points, which was a ten-point increase in the Agility attribute requirement. Fortunately, it still remained within the Second Tier Limit, and I could still use it normally."

Furthermore, even if it had exceeded the Second Tier Limit of fifty points, it wouldn’t have been a big problem for Zhang Yanhang, as he only had to clear up Raccoon City and Goblin Plain and then wait for his rank promotion.

Therefore, although he might not be able to use it now due to attribute restrictions, in a day or two, once the rank restriction is lifted for promotion, usage requirements and the like would naturally no longer be an issue.

Or rather, it would all be resolved smoothly unless the new equipment he acquired immediately imposed a usage requirement of seventy or eighty points. But clearly, that was not possible; he didn’t have such ’heaven-defying’ equipment on hand at the moment.

After paying attention to the Equipment score and usage requirements of the Demon Pig Bracelet+1, Zhang Yanhang quickly shifted his focus to the most crucial Additional Attributes.

"The original Dark Purple Quality Demon Pig Bracelet provided a 19% Attack Speed Bonus, but after fusing into the Light Golden Quality Demon Pig Bracelet+1, it again increased the Attack Speed Bonus by 2%, bringing the total Attack Speed Bonus provided by the Demon Pig Bracelet+1 to 21%.

Although the change wasn’t too significant compared to before, after all, it had just been fused to +1; indeed, one shouldn’t have too many expectations."

Based on Zhang Yanhang’s past experience, it was rare for equipment to undergo drastic changes with just one fusion, especially as the Quality gradually increased. It would typically require several more fusions to see a significant change.

"Moreover, to a certain extent, the Demon Pig Bracelet was already quite good, with only one fusion it promoted to Light Golden Quality and increased the Attack Speed Bonus to 21%.

The previous +5 Emperor Crocodile Belt underwent five fusions using thirty-two Equipments to reach Light Golden Quality and yet, the final Attack Speed Bonus was only 20%, which is 1% less than that of the Demon Pig Bracelet+1."

It was precisely because of such a huge disparity between different Qualities that Zhang Yanhang always pursued higher Quality Equipment; naturally, high-quality foundations required fewer fusions.

After reviewing the attribute list of the Light Golden Quality Demon Pig Bracelet+1, Zhang Yanhang quickly equipped it on his arm. He was currently wearing the Grey Maned Arm Guard on his elbow and the Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor on his shoulder, but the position on the upper arm between the elbow and shoulder was unoccupied, perfect for equipping this Demon Pig Bracelet.

Moreover, whether it was because the Forging Apprentice had changed his approach, this Demon Pig Bracelet was not like the Grey Maned Arm Guard or the Cloud Tiger Shoulder Armor, which were more about show than substance; it was a very plain silver Bracelet.

Of course, plain referred to the color—the overall pattern and other elements of the Demon Pig Bracelet were anything but plain, consistently inheriting the Elf Clan’s characteristic ornately intricate carvings, featuring a small wild boar carved into one segment, while the rest was filled with runes and patterns that Zhang Yanhang couldn’t understand at all.

After successfully equipping the Light Golden Quality Demon Pig Bracelet+1 and obtaining a 21% Attack Speed Bonus, the firing rate of Zhang Yanhang’s Six Roots Pure Soul Gun Cannon bullets would now increase by 21 shots, from originally firing 197 cannon bullets per second to firing 218 cannon bullets per second.

Moreover, with the increase in the firing speed of the cannon bullets, Zhang Yanhang had also further improved the speed at which he could empty the magazine of the Six Roots Pure Soul Gun, reducing the time needed from 2.5 seconds to 2.3 seconds, shaving off another 0.2 seconds.

"Though it was a long-term minor goal, I didn’t expect that I would nearly complete it so soon. The current speed is only 0.3 seconds away from my earlier minor goal of reducing the magazine emptying time to under two seconds.

But though 0.3 seconds might not seem like much, from the perspective of the plan’s progress, it still accounts for a remaining 30% of progress to be made in order to achieve this minor goal, so it is actually still a bit difficult."

Fortunately, this was a long-term goal to begin with, and Zhang Yanhang had never expected to achieve it immediately.

In addition, besides the increased firing speed of the Six Roots Pure Soul Gun cannon bullets, the bullets’ flight speed had also similarly increased. Zhang Yanhang’s cannon bullets’ flight speed had jumped from the original 5.9 mach to 6.5 mach, a direct increase of 0.6 mach.

This 0.6 mach, if converted into meters per second, corresponds to an increase of about 204 meters per second, which surpasses his own movement speed of just 193 meters per second.

"Although I have long anticipated achieving the long-term goal of increasing the bullet flight speed to six mach soon, I didn’t expect to complete it so quickly. Moreover, after achieving the six mach goal, it even exceeded by 0.5 mach, reaching a terrifying 6.5 mach."

If Zhang Yanhang were to give an example, the flight speed of this cannon bullet was already at the level of a short-range ballistic missile, just like Russia’s Iskander short-range ballistic missile, which has a maximum speed of only 6 mach, even 0.5 mach slower than the cannon bullet.

Though the flight speed of the cannon bullets was now faster than a short-range ballistic missile, there was still a considerable gap from a medium-range ballistic missile, which generally can reach speeds around ten mach, indeed a level he currently finds difficult to reach.

"Although ten mach is still a bit far off, based on my rate of improvement, I should definitely be able to achieve it eventually, though exactly when that will be is uncertain."

Even though he was eager for the cannon bullets’ flight speed to reach that of medium-range ballistic missiles, Zhang Yanhang felt it better not to aim too high and set his next minor goal at nine mach instead.

"If it’s nine mach, it’s only a three mach difference from my last minor goal, much easier to achieve. Moreover, I have already completed an advance of 0.5 mach, which is one-sixth, or rather 16.7% of that minor goal, but there is still 83.3% of progress left to be made."

Like the previous minor goal of increasing the cannon bullet flight speed to six mach, Zhang Yanhang considered this new goal of reaching nine mach also to be a long-term goal. If the original six mach speed was just enough against Fourth Tier monsters, then nine mach would definitely be very sufficient. Although it’s only two more ’very’s in description, the significance is completely different.

"As for subsequent improvements in attack speed bonus, although there isn’t much hope from equipment alone, perhaps I could continue to enhance the quality of the ivory pendant to gain some attack speed bonus, but achievements should not disappoint."

Zhang Yanhang planned to head to the achievement vending machine to exchange for achievements right after finishing tallying the equipment gains.