CHAPTER 627: CHAPTER 626: DARK PURPLE QUALITY【GRAY MANE ARMOR +6】

"The Lightning Totem Pole’s score increased from 238 to 270 after the fusion to Light Golden Quality +4, resulting in a total score increase of 32 points.

Since it was just a normal fusion, not a breakthrough of the limit, although it indeed ascended to Light Golden Quality, the score didn’t increase much but maintained approximately the same growth rate as before.

However, I remember that the previous fusions of the Lightning Totem Pole averaged only a thirty-point increase in score, but this time it was two points higher. Could it be due to the quality improvement? That seems more likely."

As for the exact reason, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t be bothered to ponder any longer, after all, it was only an increase of two points in score, not twenty, so the difference was not significant compared to the previous fusions.

Furthermore, even with the additional two points, the score of the Lightning Totem Pole merely changed from a high Dark Purple score to a low Light Golden score, and one might even say it just barely passed the threshold, considering the lowest Light Golden score is 261 points, and 270 points is just barely nine points higher than this minimum.

Therefore, compared to the changes in equipment score, Zhang Yanhang was more concerned with the usage requirements of the Lightning Totem Pole.

"The previous Dark Purple Quality Lightning Totem Pole had a usage requirement of forty-five points, while after ascending to Light Golden, the requirement increased to fifty-five points.

Although it only increased by ten points in the Intelligence Attribute, it wasn’t a significant amount, and a requirement of fifty-five Intelligence is quite normal for a piece of Light Golden Quality equipment, considering it’s meant for Third Tier Awakened to use.

But the problem is that now, with my Intelligence Attribute capped at fifty points as a Second Tier Awakened, I’m no longer able to use the Lightning Totem Pole."

Thankfully, Zhang Yanhang was due to advance to the Third Tier after clearing the Demonized Swamp, at which point he would be able to continue using the Lightning Totem Pole, needing only to wait another two days.

Moreover, since not much Energy Value was needed during the clearing of the Demonized Swamp, the temporary lack of the boost from the Lightning Totem Pole wasn’t a big issue.

After all, although the benefits of the Lightning Totem Pole could no longer be utilized, the Magic Totem Pole, which provides a 90% Energy Value Recovery Speed Bonus, was still functioning normally, so indeed there wasn’t much of a problem.

"This time, after fusing the Lightning Totem Pole to +4, it gained an additional 10% Energy Value Recovery Speed Bonus, increasing the total bonus provided from 60% to 70%. Unfortunately, although improved, it became unusable, which is somewhat frustrating."

It’s worth mentioning that originally, Zhang Yanhang managed to reduce the time to fully recover all Energy Values to twenty hours by relying on the bonuses from both the Lightning Totem Pole and the Magic Totem Pole.

However, because the increase in Energy Value Recovery Speed couldn’t keep up with the increase in the Energy Value limit, the time Zhang Yanhang took to recover one full bar of Energy Value had now increased from the original twenty hours to twenty-three hours.

In other words, if he were to rely solely on automatic Energy Value recovery, he would only be able to recover about one bar of Energy Value in a whole day’s time.

If Zhang Yanhang could now normally use this Lightning Totem Pole and benefit from its bonus effect, he would be able to shorten the twenty-three hours it takes to fully recover his Energy Value to twenty-two hours.

But unfortunately, that was just a hypothesis. In reality, because Zhang Yanhang couldn’t equip the Lightning Totem Pole +4, not only was he unable to gain the increased bonuses that came with it, but he even lost the original bonuses.

As a result, the time Zhang Yanhang needed to recover a full Energy Value had increased from the original twenty-three hours by a further seven hours, requiring thirty hours now to recover all his Energy Value. In other words, he couldn’t even restore one Energy Value in one day’s time.

"But it’s a good thing I have an extra Lightning Totem Pole," Zhang Yanhang said as he attached the spare, ordinary Lightning Totem Pole to his belt, which provided a 42% Energy Value Recovery Speed Bonus. That was 28% less than the Lightning Totem Pole +4, but it would be okay for temporary use.

With the ordinary Lightning Totem Pole equipped, although the recovery time wouldn’t return to its original efficiency, at least it was certain that he could recover one Energy Value within a day.

After settling the issue with the Lightning Totem Pole, Zhang Yanhang quickly started to check his other equipment, all of which came from the Demonized Swamp.

First up was the Demon Ape Leg Armor from the Demonized Dogtooth Giant Ape. Although the Demonized Dogtooth Giant Apes of the Demonized Swamp were likely extinct, Zhang Yanhang had still managed to get two more pieces of Demon Ape Leg Armor, thanks to the third prize from the Lucky Slot Machine in the Demonized Swamp.

However, just because he had fused a Dark Purple Quality Demon Ape Leg Armor +6 the day before, the ordinary Demon Ape Leg Armor was now of no use to Zhang Yanhang. He could only throw it into his Waist Bag to serve as an inventory reserve.

After fusing the Dark Purple Quality Demon Ape Leg Armor +6, Zhang Yanhang was left with thirty-one ordinary Demon Ape Leg Armors, and when taking into account the two more he acquired, it tallied up to thirty-three pieces in total. That was enough to fuse a Demon Ape Leg Armor +5 and have one ordinary piece left over.

Even though Demon Ape Leg Armor +5 was of no real use to Zhang Yanhang, following the principle of clearing inventory, he took out thirty pieces of the ordinary Demon Ape Leg Armor from his Waist Bag along with the two he had just won from the Lucky Slot Machine and fused them together on the spot.

Eventually, he successfully fused a Demon Ape Leg Armor +5, which Zhang Yanhang promptly placed back into his Waist Bag, since he couldn’t equip two pieces of leg armor at the same time.

Besides the Demon Ape Leg Armor, Zhang Yanhang also got three hundred and forty-four pieces of the Gray Maned Arm Guard from the Demonized Maned Tooth Beasts.

With ample quantity this time, Zhang Yanhang didn’t bother to take any stock out from his Waist Bag or remove any Equipment from his body. He directly counted out two hundred and fifty-six Gray Maned Arm Guards to start attempting the fusion of a Dark Purple Quality Gray Maned Arm Guard +6.

Although Zhang Yanhang threw all the two hundred and fifty-six Gray Maned Arm Guards into the Alchemy Array and piled them up together, it was not a big problem. After all, not everything in the Alchemy Array would simply melt away—only the selected items entered the fusion process.

So, after a total of more than a dozen batches and spending over half an hour, Zhang Yanhang finally fused eight Gray Maned Arm Guards +5, reaching the fusion limit.

To ensure there would be no mishaps in the subsequent fusion process, Zhang Yanhang decided to check the Attribute List of Gray Maned Arm Guard +5 first.

[Gray Maned Arm Guard +5]

[Quality: Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

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

[Durability: 56/56]

[Defensive Power: 38]

[Additional Attributes: Physical Recovery Speed +22.5% (+2.5%).]

[Usage Requirements: Constitution 38 points.]

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

[Introduction: My name is Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado, a rather ordinary war hero. Ever since I made a name for myself in the war against the Dwarves a thousand years ago, I have been drawing my pension without any mental burden. Perhaps it is because I retired shortly after reaching adulthood that my life has been somewhat dull and boring...]

"The previous four fusions only increased the score of the Gray Mane Armor by twenty points each. This fusion, unsurprisingly, also increased the score by twenty points, raising it from one hundred thirty to one hundred fifty, successfully transforming it from a high-score Purple Quality Equipment to a full-score Purple Quality Equipment.

Now, I can proceed with my breakthrough without worries. Moreover, the addition to the Physical Recovery Speed Bonus has increased once more by 2.5%, from the original 20% to 22.5%."

The bonuses previously provided by the Gray Mane Armor allowed Zhang Yanhang to work for twelve hours but only needed to rest for ten hours. Now, he could work for twelve hours and fifteen minutes before needing that ten-hour rest.

Following this trend, Zhang Yanhang felt that as long as he could continue to push himself, a three-to-two work-to-rest ratio was not entirely impossible.

After briefly reviewing the attributes of the Gray Mane Armor +5, Zhang Yanhang promptly restarted the Alchemy Array and began the fusion for the Dark Purple Quality Gray Mane Armor +6.

Perhaps it was because he had just freshly fused a Dark Purple Quality Demon Ape Leg Armor +6 crafted by the same Elf the day before that this fusion felt easier to handle. In the end, it took less than half an hour to complete the Gray Mane Armor +6 fusion.

Although he saved some time during the breakthrough, because the previous fusion of the eight pieces of Gray Mane Armor +5 had taken more than half an hour, it still took almost an hour in total to complete the Gray Mane Armor +6 fusion.

Looking at the still visually identical Gray Mane Armor +6, now flickering with a dark purple glow, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to check its attribute list.

[Gray Mane Armor +6]

[Quality: Dark Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

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

[Durability: 60/60]

[Defensive Power: 40]

[Additional Attributes: Physical Recovery Speed +29% (+6.5%).]

[Usage Requirements: Constitution 48 points.]

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

[Introduction: My name is Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado, a rather ordinary war hero. Ever since I made a name for myself in the war against the Dwarves a thousand years ago, I have been drawing my pension without any mental burden. Perhaps it is because I retired shortly after reaching adulthood that my life has been somewhat dull and boring...]

"After the Gray Mane Armor is fused to Dark Purple Quality +6, the usage requirements remain the same as before, just with an increase of ten Constitution points.

The usage requirements for the Gray Mane Armor have increased from needing thirty-eight Constitution points to forty-eight. Although this is indeed an increase, it still falls within the range I can normally use, unlike the Light Golden Quality Lightning Totem Pole +4 which became unusable.

Had the Gray Mane Armor also become unusable, it would have been quite distressing for me because the Physical Recovery Speed it provides is far more important to me than the Energy Value Recovery Speed provided by the Lightning Totem Pole.

If the Gray Mane Armor became unusable, it would definitely affect my efficiency in clearing the Demonized Swamp. In the worst case scenario, it might not be possible to save the time needed to clear Raccoon City and the Goblin Plain, which would really be uncomfortable."

Because of the earlier lesson learned from the Lightning Totem Pole, Zhang Yanhang’s first concern after fusing the Dark Purple Quality Gray Mane Armor +6 was the usage requirements.

Fortunately, the Gray Mane Armor +6 on this front did not disappoint Zhang Yanhang. It did not suddenly impose additional requirements. Otherwise, even an increase of three points in Constitution would have made it impossible for Zhang Yanhang to continue using the Gray Mane Armor +6.

"Apart from the usage requirements, after fusing to Dark Purple Quality +6, the score of the Gray Mane Armor increased from the original 150 points to 210 points, transforming directly from a full-score Purple Quality Equipment to a medium-score Dark Purple Quality Equipment, an increase of sixty points in score, which is three times the increase of previous single fusions."

Zhang Yanhang remembered that the Demon Ape Leg Armor also had increased by sixty points in score when it was fused to Dark Purple Quality +6, so he wasn’t particularly surprised this time. He thought that this might be a characteristic, or rather a difference, of the Equipment from the Demonized Swamp.

After all, each piece of Equipment will inevitably differ based on the forger, and it’s entirely normal for mass-produced items to be unable to achieve 100% uniformity, with small variations always manifesting somewhere. The fact that the Equipment from the Demonized Swamp differs from that of other regions after fusion is quite normal.

Compared to the aspects of score and usage requirements, what Zhang Yanhang valued most was still the change in the additional attributes. "The Physical Recovery Speed Bonus provided by the additional attributes of the Gray Mane Armor +6 has once again increased by 6.5% compared to before, rising from 22.5% to 29%."