Ashen God
Chapter 1031 1030: Love Goddess's Secretions
"I remember Huang Mountain is about 1864 meters, so now my highest transformation limit is roughly the same as Huang Mountain. I've improved so fast."
But there's still a certain distance from Zhang Yanhang's previous small goal of two thousand meters at Heng Mountain.
However, if it's just a distance of a little over a hundred meters to less than two hundred meters, Zhang Yanhang feels he should be able to achieve it by noon, considering how quickly his size is increasing.
After checking the Heavenly Earth Skill, Zhang Yanhang suddenly felt like he had nothing to do again.
Just as Zhang Yanhang was thinking about this, he suddenly received a message from the group owner, saying she had found an artifact to enhance Charm attributes that Zhang Yanhang needed. However, it was only Golden quality, but luckily Zhang Yanhang didn't mind, not even bluing if it's Blue quality. After all, something is better than nothing.
So, Zhang Yanhang immediately traded it with the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he picked up in Niger.
Then Zhang Yanhang obtained a bottle of strange, sticky liquid that seemed unusual. Upon briefly inspecting it, he found out it was a secretion from the Love Goddess. As for why it was called secretion, it's because Zhang Yanhang felt this Love Goddess might have some cervical discharge issues, which resulted in such sticky matter.
But fortunately, it's not a big deal. Even if the Love Goddess had cervical erosion plus intrauterine pus, Zhang Yanhang wouldn't mind. After all, he's just going to swallow it into the Stomach Space, and there's no sense of taste involved.
Moreover, the dignified Love Goddess is not the Love Goddess. Zhang Yanhang thought this bottle of secretion from the Love Goddess appeared abnormal yet might actually be quite normal, although the probability is nearly zero.
Of course, regardless of all that, the usage effect is the most important. This bottle of secretion from the Love Goddess, as a Golden quality artifact, can enhance Zhang Yanhang's Charm attribute by six points. Just this alone already made him completely unable to resist falling under the skirt of the Love Goddess, wanting merely to open his mouth wide and sip hard.
Thus, after doing a simple inspection of this Golden quality Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, Zhang Yanhang immediately swallowed it into the Stomach Space.
While absorbing, Zhang Yanhang simply sensed it, and indeed felt no weirdness while absorbing, just like with ordinary artifacts, and it was instantly absorbed by the Stomach Space.
After drinking this bottle of secretion from the Love Goddess, Zhang Yanhang promptly checked his attribute list.
[Strength: 125 (+3[-2])]
[Agility: 125 (+3[-1])]
[Constitution: 125 (+3[-2])]
[Intelligence: 125 (+3[-3])]
[Charm: 125 (+17[-7])]
"Originally, I had a total of 120 points of Charm attribute including equipment bonus. The Golden quality Love Goddess's secretion only provided six points of Charm attribute, yet post the Heaven and Earth Devourer's 100% bonus, it enhanced my Charm attribute by 12 points, taking it to 132 points now.
But since the Fifth Tier's tier limit is only one hundred twenty-five points, I am overshooting by seven Charm points now."
Zhang Yanhang initially thought his Fifth Tier Charm attribute would grow very slowly, yet contrary to that, it's his fastest-growing attribute. While other attributes max out at only three overflow points, the Charm attribute surged to seven. If it increases by another three points, it would almost spill into double digits.
"But this overflow of Charm attribute nicely allows me to retire some old equipment that was already nearing retirement."
The first to be retired by Zhang Yanhang was the Crimson Iron Shark Teeth. Even the highest quality Crimson Iron Shark Teeth +4 on him was merely Purple Qualit, destined to be completely retired at the Sixth Tier. So, why not retire it now and adapt to life earlier?"
Zhang Yanhang's fifth head didn't carry the Crimson Iron Shark Teeth due to stock limitations, while the other four heads were equipped with one Purple Quality Crimson Iron Shark Teeth +4 and three initial Blue quality Crimson Iron Shark Teeth.
After removing all four pieces of Crimson Iron Shark Teeth, Zhang Yanhang rechecked the attribute list.
[Strength: 125 (+3[-2])]
[Agility: 125 (+3[-1])]
[Constitution: 125 (+3[-2])]
[Intelligence: 125 (+3[-3])]
[Charm: 125 (+12[-2])]
"A Blue quality Crimson Iron Shark Teeth provides a +1 Charm attribute bonus, and cumulatively three provide a +3 Charm attribute value bonus, while a Purple Quality Crimson Iron Shark Teeth +4 can offer a +2 Charm attribute value bonus.
Thus, after removing these four Crimson Iron Shark Teeths, my Charm attribute equipment bonus immediately decreased by five points, dropping from seventeen points to twelve points, although the Charm attribute still overshoots by two points."
Zhang Yanhang thought for a moment and felt that the overshoot of two points was still somewhat bothersome. Thus, he removed a Purple Quality Crimson Iron Heart +3 from his neck.
On Zhang Yanhang's neck were five Crimson Iron Heart Necklaces, four of Purple Qualit and one Blue Quality. Zhang Yanhang just wore the Blue quality Crimson Iron Heart Necklace yesterday.
However, since the Blue quality Crimson Iron Heart Necklace can only provide a +1 Charm attribute bonus, that's why Zhang Yanhang decided to remove a Purple Quality Crimson Iron Heart Necklace.
After removing that Purple Quality Crimson Iron Heart Necklace, Zhang Yanhang checked the attribute list once more.
[Strength: 125 (+3[-2])]
[Agility: 125 (+3[-1])]
[Constitution: 125 (+3[-2])]
[Intelligence: 125 (+3[-3])]
[Charm: 125 (+10)]
"Great, now the two previously overflowing attribute bonuses are gone. My base Charm attribute value is now one hundred and fifteen points, and with the ten-point equipment bonus, it just hits one hundred and twenty-five points."
But Zhang Yanhang plans to further eliminate some of the remaining equipment bonuses, as most of them come from the Crimson Iron Heart Necklace's Charm attribute bonus. However, the Crimson Iron Heart Necklace is only of Purple Quality and won't hold up to the Sixth Tier, so it's better to eliminate it early if possible.
As it stands, Zhang Yanhang has almost cleared all the equipment that provides Charm attribute bonuses, with basically only the Markarov Set and the Crimson Iron Heart Necklace left.
However, the Markarov Set is a Third Tier set of Light Golden Quality and won't be completely phased out until the Seventh Tier. So it's not very urgent at the Fifth Tier, just the Crimson Iron Heart Necklace needs to be phased out promptly.
Moreover, the Markarov Set is much more important to him than the Crimson Iron Heart Necklace, since besides the Charm attribute, it also provides three attribute values to all the Four Main Attributes: Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Intelligence, which are quite useful.
For example, without the three-point attribute bonus from the Markarov Set, he definitely wouldn't have reached one hundred and twenty-five attribute points yet. Or, he might have only gathered Intelligence, and still needed to work on Strength, Agility, and Constitution.
"And along with the enhancement of my Charm attribute, the healthiness of my Charm attribute has also greatly improved. When the Charm attribute equipment bonus was seventeen points, it accounted for 14.2% of the Charm attribute. Now that only ten points remain, the equipment's contribution ratio immediately dropped to 8%."
Meaning this time the equipment ratio was directly reduced by 6.2%, successfully bringing it below the ten percent mark that Zhang Yanhang had always been eager to achieve.
Although the current Charm attribute is healthier than ever, Zhang Yanhang still intends to set his next small goal at 5%. Of course, this small goal is even more difficult to accomplish. Without significantly reducing equipment contribution, it's impossible to achieve through mere attribute improvement.
After all, if the equipment bonus remains at ten points, Zhang Yanhang would need a two-hundred-point Charm attribute to lower the ratio to 5%. But that's clearly impossible. So, instead of increasing the Charm attribute, it's more reliable to reduce equipment contribution. In other words, it's about decreasing dependency rather than self-improvement.
Well, considering the special nature of equipment bonuses, this saying might not fully apply. The bonus from the Crimson Iron Heart Necklace, as obsolete productivity, will inevitably be phased out sooner or later. He just wants to phase it out a bit earlier. It's all about preventing future worse scenarios with preparation.
"However, I really don't have many effective ways to enhance the Charm attribute right now. I can't rely on lucky encounters to boost it, can I?"
Of course, it's not unfeasible, and theoretically, it's possible to achieve it. But it depends on whether the Multiple Choice accommodates it. However, compared to the Charm attribute, Zhang Yanhang is currently more eager for the Multiple Choice to provide more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that can enhance the Energy value limit.
Apart from lucky encounters, Zhang Yanhang thinks he might seek help from Zhou Muxi later, as she seems to have gained some standing in the concerned departments now.
As the saying goes, a life without a personal agenda is incomplete. Zhang Yanhang thinks it's time for the other party to better experience the realities of society. Through more social temptations and ordeals, one can grow faster and better.
Moreover, Zhang Yanhang thinks he might pull the other party into the Eternal Demon Body's list of Linkers. After all, he doesn't have many friends; let alone splitting group purchases, he can barely fill the five Linker slots of the Eternal Demon Body.
Zhang Yanhang even thinks that if things really don't work out, maybe he can ask the group leader's cousin to help out, as he really wants that extra storage limit.
After checking the attribute list, Zhang Yanhang opened the Skill Effect of the Death Wave·Origin LV.MAX to examine it since, with the improvement in Charm attribute, the Fixed Damage Limit of the Death Wave Skill should have improved again.
[Death Wave·Origin LV.MAX (Passive/Active)]
[Passive Effect: Weakens enemy's defensive power by 40%.]
[Active Effect: Upon skill activation, deals 1000+20×125[Intelligence]+20×125(+5)[Charm]=6000 points (+100 points) fixed damage to everyone within the covered range.
Coverage range: 2000×240%=4800 meters. Can only deal damage once to the same target within 6 hours. No cooldown time, moderate Physical Strength consumption.]
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"Accompanying the increase of my Charm attribute from one hundred and twenty points to one hundred and twenty-five points, my Fixed Damage Limit increased from five thousand nine hundred points to six thousand points, meaning the Fixed Damage Limit increased by another one hundred points."
Of course, the Fixed Damage Limit needs to be paired with the execution range. Previously, Zhang Yanhang's Death Wave Skill had an execution limit of only 9833 points. Now, it has increased to exactly ten thousand points, an increase of 167 points in the execution limit.
Calculating based on a Fifth Tier Monster, Zhang Yanhang's current Death Wave can already annihilate a Fifth Tier Monster with a Constitution attribute of 154 points. Unfortunately, the attribute value limit for a Fifth Tier Monster is only 125 points, with a maximum Life Value Limit of 8125 points. Thus, his execution limit has exceeded by 1875 points.
As a result, Zhang Yanhang should look into pursuing how to instantly kill a Sixth Tier Monster next.
However, based on Zhang Yanhang's experience, he believes a Sixth Tier Monster should have at least an eleven thousand-point Life Value Limit, whereas he's still a thousand points short of maximum execution even with full attribute boost and Skill Level.
So, slaying a Sixth Tier Monster is likely out of reach at the Fifth Tier, and he should focus on making an effort at the Sixth Tier.
Moreover, Zhang Yanhang currently has no need to instantly kill a Sixth Tier Monster. There's really no necessity to forcefully achieve such a small goal.
Of course, if it really needs to be done, it's not impossible, just highly unlikely.
Specifically, if Zhang Yanhang could find some specific boosts in the future, such as those increasing skill power or specific boosts to enhance the Fixed Damage Limit, he might achieve instant kills on Sixth Tier Monsters at the Fifth Tier with Death Wave.
But such specific boosts are extremely rare. Even after five tiers, Zhang Yanhang still hasn't found any. However, considering that each Divination Tarot Card provides different bonus effects, Zhang Yanhang believes it might be worth looking forward to getting some help from there later.
If he truly finds a bonus that can enhance the Fixed Damage Limit from the Divination Tarot Cards, Zhang Yanhang feels he might soar on the spot.
Given that the current Death Wave is already close to instantly killing a Sixth Tier Monster, should he further acquire a significant specific boost, especially from a high-quality Divination Tarot Card, then not only Sixth Tier Monsters but maybe even Seventh Tier Monsters could be instantly killed.