October 29, Thursday, the fourth day after the Double Ninth Festival, and also Zhang Yanhang's first day in the Ashen World, 4:23 PM, Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, Outer Zone.

[Successfully killed Second Tier Three Star Monster 'Crimson Iron Destruction Ant (Elite)' x1, Soul points +160.]

[Successfully killed Second Tier Three Star Monster 'Crimson Iron Destruction Ant (Elite)' x1, Soul points +160.]

[Successfully killed Second Tier Three Star Monster 'Crimson Iron Destruction Ant (Elite)' x1, Soul points +160.]

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Under Zhang Yanhang's rapid hunting, dozens of Crimson Iron Destruction Ants originally surrounding him were cleared within a second or two, and the loud blasts and collisions echoed far into the distance along a corridor twenty to thirty meters wide, creating continuous waves of echoes.

Although Zhang Yanhang knew the Fifth Tier Spell High-level Silence Field, it was obviously unnecessary at this time; after all, he would rather have other large Crimson Iron Ants hear the noise and come to check what had happened.

After dealing with about forty more Crimson Iron Destruction Ants, Zhang Yanhang didn't rush to leave but wanted to wait a little for the Refresh of the Drop Treasure box.

Although he had said before that waiting like this was a waste of time, this was his first Drop Treasure box since entering the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, and it was worth the wait; after all, it was good to first explore the specific situation, which would make hunting more motivating.

"That said, this Crimson Iron Destruction Ant really deserves to be a Second Tier Three Star Level Elite Monster. Although it's the weakest monster in the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, it's still worth a hundred and sixty Soul points, which is even ten points higher than the legitimate Second Tier Four Star Monster, the Molten Lava Giant Turtle, that I hunted at the Permanent Teleportation Channel area before. It's really not bad."

While Zhang Yanhang felt they were almost the same, he had to admit, though the Crimson Iron Destruction Ant didn't possess any proper offensive means, it indeed surpassed the Molten Lava Giant Turtle in strength.

In the case of the Molten Lava Giant Turtle, although it is a turtle, its defensive power is quite ordinary among Second Tier Four Stars, and it's mainly strong in ranged attacks.

As for the Crimson Iron Destruction Ant, Zhang Yanhang felt its defensive power was as fragile as a sheet of paper, which was very normal. After all, in front of him, even the defensive power of a Third Tier monster felt as fragile as a sheet of paper, at most it's just like folding the paper.

But there was indeed a difference, Zhang Yanhang felt the defensive power of the Crimson Iron Destruction Ant was definitely much stronger than that of the Molten Lava Giant Turtle. Although not reaching the level of Third Tier, it still had the level of Second Tier Peak, which might also be why it had ten more Soul points than the Molten Lava Giant Turtle, reaching a killing value of one hundred sixty Soul points.

"I remember when I first scanned the whole Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, there were also at least fifty to sixty thousand Large Crimson Iron Ants. Although the number is a little less than the over eighty thousand at the Permanent Teleportation Channel, the quality definitely surpasses that of the Permanent Teleportation Channel."

Zhang Yanhang guessed that just from the Soul points directly gained from killing monsters, the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano would be more than the Permanent Teleportation Channel, and the final total income should start from at least ten million, indeed only such a level of income would match his current Soul points consumption needs.

"That said, I wonder what the current Treasure box drop rate for killing Second Tier monsters is, it can't be the same as the one for First Tier monsters, where one drops every thirty kills, right? That would be rather frustrating…"

But Zhang Yanhang felt it shouldn't reach that ridiculous situation. It's more likely similar to the situation before he promoted to Third Tier when he was hunting First Tier monsters; roughly every twenty kills would drop a Treasure box.

During Zhang Yanhang's contemplation, three Purple Quality Drop Treasure boxes gradually started to refresh on the corpses of the forty-plus Crimson Iron Destruction Ants he had just killed.

"Excluding the Drop Treasure box that I fixedly obtained from the First Kill, the other forty-plus Crimson Iron Destruction Ants collectively dropped two boxes? That's actually not bad. Or rather, just as I expected."

Although he had just started hunting Second Tier monsters, Zhang Yanhang estimated if he continued in this manner, he should have the same need to kill about twenty monsters to drop a Treasure box when he hunted other Second Tier monsters later, which was indeed good news.

Even if the drop rate had halved compared to before, it was at least much better than needing to kill thirty First Tier monsters to obtain a Drop Treasure box.

Zhang Yanhang quickly moved forward to pick up the few Purple Quality Drop Treasure boxes and placed them into his Waist Bag. He had just casually scanned the surrounding Crimson Iron Destruction Ants and found that some really started moving toward him after hearing the echo.

However, although the previous Zhang Yanhang might have waited for them to slowly crawl over, the current Zhang Yanhang was different—he disliked their slow pace and preferred a bidirectional rush, which was faster, so he quickly advanced along the corridor toward the group of Crimson Iron Destruction Ants.

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October 29, Thursday, the fourth day after the Double Ninth Festival, and also Zhang Yanhang's first day in the Ashen World, 4:33 PM, Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, Outer Zone.

Zhang Yanhang quietly released a Death Wave and then started to wait for the arrival of the killing prompt sound. Accompanied by a circle of transparent, invisible waves rapidly spreading from his body, he immediately started hearing the dense killing prompt sounds in his ears.

[Successfully killed Second Tier Three Star Monster 'Crimson Iron Destruction Ant (Elite)' x1, Soul points +160.]

[Successfully killed Second Tier Three Star Monster 'Crimson Iron Destruction Ant (Elite)' x1, Soul points +160.]

[Successfully killed Second Tier Three Star Monster 'Crimson Iron Destruction Ant (Elite)' x1, Soul points +160.]

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"Taking into account this Death Wave, I should have cleared an area of almost twenty square kilometers, but it only took ten minutes. This cleaning efficiency is much better than initially estimated, around just half a minute, that is, thirty seconds to clear an area of one square kilometer."

Although it was indeed fast, the speed was still greatly lacking compared to the clearing of the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, where it only took fifteen seconds to clear one square kilometer.

If I were to continue clearing at this efficiency, it would probably take me at least five to six hours to completely clear the entire area of the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, and that doesn't even include the time to pick up the treasure boxes. If I add that time, I'm afraid seven and a half hours will definitely not be enough."

Although he had just started clearing the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, Zhang Yanhang felt that he needed to take a break first, or rather, go back and pick up some treasure boxes and see if he could find equipment that would improve his hunting efficiency.

If not, he would probably need to adjust his clearing plan and find other ways to increase his hunting efficiency.

After all, although his current hunting efficiency was already fast, if he went on in this current manner, the final seven and a half hours would definitely not be enough. He would definitely run into the issue of not being able to clear all the monsters before the teleportation channel closed, which would be a bit tricky.

"Previously, when I first arrived in a new area, I would usually kill a few monsters to obtain treasure boxes and immediately open them. This time, however, I cleared twenty square kilometers before opening my first treasure box, which is indeed a progress brought about by the improvement in hunting efficiency.

After all, if it was the old Demonized Swamp, clearing those twenty square kilometers would have taken at least two hours, whereas here, it only took ten minutes to complete."

Zhang Yanhang said this while pausing time to locate the specific positions of the dropped treasure boxes before officially starting to collect them.

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October 29th, Thursday, the fourth day after the Double Ninth Festival and also the first day Zhang Yanhang entered the Ashen World, 4:37 PM, Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, outer zone.

"Holy cow, spending ten minutes hunting monsters is one thing, but I didn't expect picking up a treasure box would take an extra three to four minutes. Now the speed to clear one square kilometer has almost dropped to forty seconds, which is truly unbearable."

So if I calculate at this efficiency, Zhang Yanhang figured that it should take precisely seven and a half hours to clear the entire large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, without any stops or delays, let alone opening treasure boxes; he must keep killing non-stop to achieve this efficiency, which is obviously completely unrealistic.

"I really should find some ways to improve the hunting efficiency. But I'll think about this after I open the treasure boxes. Right now, the most important thing is to open the treasure boxes since they might directly yield new equipment that could enhance my hunting efficiency."

Zhang Yanhang sat cross-legged on the ground, dumped the dropped treasure boxes from his waist bag onto the ground, and started counting them.

After finishing the count, Zhang Yanhang found that he had obtained a total of one hundred twelve dropped treasure boxes this time, all of which were Purple Quality dropped from the Crimson Iron Destruction Ants.

"In the past, my avenues to obtain Purple Quality dropped treasure boxes were primarily high-level monsters in various areas, often very few in number, and having five or six was considered a lot. But now, with the advancement in rank, Purple Quality treasure boxes can be opened indiscriminately, easily obtaining over a hundred."

Zhang Yanhang was genuinely moved by this, as such quality of treasure boxes were something he could only obtain from defeating monsters like the Crimson Iron Ant King, Goblin Chief Shaman Maka Bagga, and Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boar George.

But before starting to open the treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang first checked his Soul points balance to know how much he had earned by clearing that twenty square kilometers of monsters.

[Soul Points: 1731934 (+336160)]

"Crimson Iron Destruction Ants are indeed Second Tier Three Star Elite monsters. Just by clearing twenty square kilometers, purely through killing gains, I have already gained 336160 Soul points, increasing my Soul points balance from the original 1395774 to 1731934."

Zhang Yanhang couldn't help but think back to the recently cleared small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, where even after clearing forty square kilometers, he had only gained just over ten thousand Soul points, including the treasure box gains, which was at least a fifty-fold difference.

And if he were to include the upcoming treasure box gains, it should easily surpass a hundred-fold difference.

During this hunting session, Zhang Yanhang had more or less figured out the monster density in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano.

In this regard, compared to the Demonized Swamp where each square kilometer had only a few dozen monsters, the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano was much better, typically having just over a hundred monsters per square kilometer, essentially within the 100-120 range.

Only in very rare cases would there be fewer than a hundred, but even if it dropped below that, it would still be at least in the nineties of Crimson Iron Destruction Ants, certainly far outpacing the Demonized Swamp.

Although it's not as high compared to those high-density areas he encountered before, where each square kilometer had two to three hundred monsters.

But it's also about the size difference. If the body size of the Crimson Iron Destruction Ants were as small as that of the Crimson Iron Worker Ants, then Zhang Yanhang felt that their average density might well reach two to three hundred.

But given that the volume of Crimson Iron Destruction Ants was as large as rhinos, it's clearly unrealistic to have two to three hundred of such size packed into one square kilometer.

If it were flat land, there might be a slight possibility, but here, after all, it's an underground cave, filled with solid Crimson Iron Ore, with only a small part being excavated as open space and passages. Therefore, having about a hundred per square kilometer is already quite a lot.

"I've killed around twenty-one hundred Crimson Iron Destruction Ants this time and obtained 112 dropped treasure boxes, it seems my previous estimates about the drop rate were pretty accurate—roughly every twenty Crimson Iron Destruction Ants killed would drop one Purple Quality treasure box."

Zhang Yanhang even felt he didn't need as many as twenty; probably just nineteen would suffice to obtain one Purple Quality dropped treasure box, although his current sample size for this statistic isn't yet sufficient—it's better to wait until after killing more Crimson Iron Destruction Ants to determine the true treasure box drop rate.

Zhang Yanhang was genuinely attentive to this issue concerning the treasure box drop rate, as it related directly to the speed of enhancing his Talent.

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