CHAPTER 612: CHAPTER 611 DARK PURPLE QUALITY [DEMON APE LEG ARMOR +6]

"After the Grey Maned Arm Guard was fused to +4, the bonus that the additional attributes provided to Physical Recovery Speed increased from 17.5% to 20%, a further increase of 2.5%. Not bad, it finally reached 20%.

Thus, originally I needed 10 hours of rest after working 11 hours and 45 minutes, but now I can work for 12 hours and then rest for 10 hours. I can work an extra 15 minutes before resting. As long as this continuous exploitation goes on, having a work-rest ratio of three to two is indeed promising, at least it’s already six to five now."

However, achieving a three to two work-rest ratio with just one Grey Maned Arm Guard would definitely not be enough, even if I can continue to enhance it through fusion.

Therefore, to truly achieve a three to two work-rest ratio, Zhang Yanhang felt he should rely on other new equipment that could also increase the Physical Recovery Speed Bonus. He believed there was a good chance that other monsters could continue to drop equipment that enhances Physical Recovery Speed.

However, that might be part of the third-stage cleaning plan, since the next area he was about to clear, the Eastern Forest of the Demonized Swamp, seemed to only contain the Demonized Maned Beasts.

Of course, it’s possible there’s a small number of other monsters that Zhang Yanhang missed, but the number would definitely be very small, so small that maybe a First Kill might yield a Drop Treasure Box, but a normal hunt might not even get one.

After all, if the number was truly large, reaching the level of the Demonized Maned Beasts in the Southern Forest, then Zhang Yanhang wouldn’t have missed them during the scanning process.

After checking the Attribute List of the Gray Maned Arm Guard +4, Zhang Yanhang immediately re-equipped it on his elbow, waiting to tally the Treasure Box gains before going to sleep. By that time, the Gray Maned Arm Guard would come into play.

Having equipped the Gray Maned Arm Guard +4, Zhang Yanhang then turned his gaze to the Demon Ape Leg Armor heaped into a small mountain on the bed beside him, totaling two hundred and sixty-four pieces.

If not for the fact that it only covered the knees and thus was lighter, these piled-up Demon Ape Leg Armors could have even collapsed the old wooden bed beneath Zhang Yanhang, which had been with him for a long time. Even now, the old wooden bed had already started to creak, feeling like it was about to collapse.

Zhang Yanhang planned to reinforce the bed after tallying the Treasure Box gains using Alchemy, such as fusing some Crimson Iron Ore into it, at least to make its load capacity reach over a ton. That might allow for its normal use, instead of now, where a few hundred kilograms including Zhang Yanhang himself made the underlying board creak.

Currently, Zhang Yanhang only had one Demon Ape Leg Armor +4 and needed thirty-two Demon Ape Leg Armors to fuse a Demon Ape Leg Armor +5. Since he had two hundred and sixty-four pieces in hand, he immediately picked thirty-two pieces, put them into the Alchemy Array, and began the fusion.

The initial fusions of +1, +2, +3, +4 went smoothly due to Zhang Yanhang’s experience, although the overall speed was slightly slow, but fortunately, the fusion was successful. However, when the fusion process reached +5, the pressure on Zhang Yanhang suddenly surged, and it was like each side suddenly turned from a well-behaved boy into a rebellious teenager, hard to control.

Thankfully, Zhang Yanhang was experienced and finally managed to suppress the rebellion and successfully complete the fusion. However, after completing the +5 fusion, he realized that this was probably the limit for the Demon Ape Leg Armor, as it really couldn’t be fused any further.

To put it metaphorically, his suppression just now was somewhat like a disciplinary headteacher. While he can suppress rebellious teenagers, next time they might join a vibrant club, pool money, and lay in ambush with some axe men by the school gate to attack him after work.

Although he could counterattack or call the police, the end result would be those rebellious teenagers, who had joined the vibrant club, definitely getting arrested and sentenced, and he himself would definitely be injured. So it would be a case of mutual destruction."

Therefore, the next fusion could only be accomplished by breaking through limits, but before that, Zhang Yanhang first opened the attribute list of the Demon Ape Leg Armor +5 and took a look. He needed to confirm whether the Demon Ape Leg Armor +5 had successfully become Purple Quality Full-score Equipment.

[Demon Ape Leg Armor +5]

[Quality: Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Raccoon City, Dulda Apartment, Room 301, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 57/57]

[Defensive Power: 39]

[Additional Attributes: Defense +12.5% (+1.5%).]

[Usage Requirements: Constitution 38 points.]

[Score: 150 (Purple items score from 71 to 150.)]

[Introduction: My name is Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado. I am a fairly ordinary war hero who, since distinguishing myself in a war with Dwarves a thousand years ago, have been drawing my pension without any psychological burden and began a tedious retired life...]

"After fusing the Demon Ape Leg Armor to +5, like the previous four fusions, it gained another 20 points in score, bringing the total from 130 to 150 points, thus transforming from a high-score Purple Quality Equipment to a full-score Purple Quality Equipment. With this, I feel more confident in the fusion process."

Since it was the first time fusing this series of equipment to +5, a limit, Zhang Yanhang had initially worried if anything would go wrong in the process. But now it seemed his worries were completely unnecessary as the Demon Ape Leg Armor remained quite stable after being fused to +5.

"Moreover, this fusion also increased the defense bonus by another 1.5%, bringing the Additional Attributes’ defense bonus from the original 11% to 12.5%.

Although the increase isn’t much, fortunately, I can still rely on breaking through limits to fuse it into a Dark Purple Quality Demon Ape Leg Armor +6 later on, where I hopefully can increase the defense bonus further."

After briefly reviewing the attribute list of the Demon Ape Leg Armor +5, Zhang Yanhang immediately picked out thirty-two pieces of Demon Ape Leg Armor from the pile next to him to start fusing them into Demon Ape Leg Armor +1.

This precisely matched amount was also almost his limit for a single batch of fusions, as his Alchemy Skill Level hadn’t improved for a long time. Since his promotion to Second Tier, his alchemy had always been limited to simultaneously processing only about twenty to thirty items.

According to his experience, hoping to increase the maximum number of simultaneous fusions through practice alone was hopeless; otherwise, he wouldn’t still see no growth after fusing so many pieces of equipment. The only improvement was becoming more adept.

Thus, the only way to increase the maximum number of simultaneous fusions was to raise his Alchemy Skill Level, but regrettably, this could only be accomplished upon reaching the Third Tier.

Moreover, due to the lack of Ash Source, he couldn’t immediately promote after progressing to the Third Tier but had to wait even longer, until clearing the new area, to retrieve the Ash Source needed for the promotion.

Due to needing eight pieces of Demon Ape Leg Armor +5 for breaking the limit, Zhang Yanhang used two hundred and twenty-four pieces of ordinary Demon Ape Leg Armor, fused in seven batches to produce one hundred and twelve pieces of Demon Ape Leg Armor +1, and then these were further fused in five batches to make fifty-six pieces of Demon Ape Leg Armor +2.

Following that, as the number of Demon Ape Leg Armors decreased, fusing became much more convenient. Zhang Yanhang managed to fuse twenty-eight pieces of Demon Ape Leg Armor +3 in just two batches, and then consecutively fused fourteen pieces of Demon Ape Leg Armor +4 and seven pieces of Demon Ape Leg Armor +5 in one batch each.

Although Zhang Yanhang was experienced and adept in fusing, the significant number of fusions meant he spent half an hour just on these preliminary preparation stages.

Furthermore, he expected to spend another half hour on the actual limit-breaking fusion of Dark Purple Quality Demon Ape Leg Armor +6, thus totalling an hour, but since he had enough time, Zhang Yanhang indicated it wasn’t a big issue.

After fusing seven pieces of Demon Ape Leg Armor +5, Zhang Yanhang immediately placed the previously fused piece of Demon Ape Leg Armor +5 into the Alchemy Array and started the alchemy process.

If previously Zhang Yanhang’s fusion of +6 would have been ambushed by rebellious teenagers from an energetic club wielding axes, the same would still happen now.

However, this time he had already received a warning and prepared accordingly, also arranging for a group from another energetic club to ambush nearby, confronting the rebellious teenager’s hires in a fierce firefight right at the school gate.

He took advantage of the situation to directly storm the Dragon’s Nest, locating the rebellious teenager to deliver several slaps and powerful kicks, knocking these rebellious youths unconscious, then taking them back to school for a slow reformation.

Of course, this is a metaphorical description and contains some artistic embellishments; refer to the actual item for the specific fusion process.

Ultimately, after spending half an hour on the fusion, Zhang Yanhang successfully produced a piece of Demon Ape Leg Armor +6. Although its appearance remained the same as the original, the dark purple radiance flickering upon it confirmed the fusion’s success.

Zhang Yanhang immediately began checking the attribute list of the Dark Purple Quality Demon Ape Leg Armor +6.

[Demon Ape Leg Armor +6]

[Quality: Dark Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Raccoon City, Dulda Apartment, Unit 301, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 58/58]

[Defensive Power: 40]

[Additional Attributes: Defense bonus +16% (+3.5%).]

[Usage Requirements: Constitution 48 points.]

[Score: 210 (Dark Purple Quality Items score from 151 to 260.)]

[Introduction: My name is Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado, a rather ordinary war hero. Since making significant achievements in the war with the dwarves a thousand years ago, I have been drawing my pension without any psychological burden and have since led a dull retired life...]

"Although it’s a breakthrough, the score increase of the Demon Ape Leg Armor after fusing to +6 to achieve Dark Purple Quality is too much, isn’t it? It jumped from an original score of 150 points straight to 210 points, an increase of 60 points.

I remember that originally, each fusion of the Demon Ape Leg Armor only increased the score by 20 points, so this time the fusion was equivalent to a three-times increase in the normal score, directly turning the Demon Ape Leg Armor from a Full-score Equipment in Purple Quality to a Medium score in Dark Purple Quality.

Normally, eight Demon Ape Leg Armor +5 can indeed be fused three times, but a three-times score increase still seems a bit outrageous. After all, the Dark Purple Quality Swift Leggings +5 that I fused yesterday only increased by 57 points, and each fusion normally increases the score by 22 points."

Therefore, after a simple comparison, Zhang Yanhang felt even more that the Demon Ape Leg Armor +6 was somewhat outrageous. However, fortunately, the overall score increase wasn’t much, nor was it really that preposterous, because, if we compare based on the total score increase, the Demon Ape Leg Armor +6 only increased by three points more than the Swift Leggings +5, still within a normal range.

"After this fusion is completed, the usage requirement of the Demon Ape Leg Armor has changed from the original 38 points of Constitution to needing 48 points, but fortunately, I am still able to use it normally. Besides, for the current me, even an increase to over fifty points doesn’t really matter, as I’m going to advance to the Third Tier soon, so it’s just a matter of waiting a few more days before using it."

Compared to the usage requirements, Zhang Yanhang was more concerned about the increase in additional attributes.

"The defensive power bonus on the Demon Ape Leg Armor +5 was 12.5%, and now after fusing into the Dark Purple Quality Demon Ape Leg Armor +6, it has increased to 16%, adding a total of 3.5% in defensive power.

Normally, each fusion could only increase the defense bonus by 1.5%, but this time it was an additional 2% bonus, which just shows that breaking through limits truly lives up to its name and the utilization of eight Demon Ape Leg Armor +5 has indeed been very effective."

Taking into account the 1.5% defense bonus previously obtained from the +5 fusion, Zhang Yanhang’s newly acquired Demon Ape Leg Armor has increased his defensive power by a total of 5%. With this 5% increase in defensive power, he even felt that under normal circumstances, Goblin Chief Nu Shan would no longer be able to...

Well, that might be a bit too much. Goblin Chief Nu Shan, as a Third Tier One-star Lord Monster, is still a bit too much for him now; he guessed that his defensive power could at most resist monsters within the Second Tier.