After checking his soul points balance, Zhang Yanhang quickly picked up a purple-quality treasure box from the pile nearby and chose to open it; after all, they were all drop treasure boxes from Crimson Iron Destruction Ants, so it didn't matter which one he opened first.

"Would you like to open the 'Drop Treasure Box (Crimson Iron Destruction Ant)'?"

"Yes, open it," Zhang Yanhang immediately confirmed without any hesitation, as he was eager to obtain equipment that could enhance his hunting efficiency.

"Please choose the specific content of the 'Drop Treasure Box (Crimson Iron Destruction Ant)'"

"Item One: ?"

"Item Two: ?"

"Item Three: ?"

"Item Four: ?"

"Item Five: ?"

"For my current situation, the equipment that could improve my hunting efficiency is varied, with the most direct being equipment that increases movement speed, which could help me save time moving in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano.

Next would be equipment that could increase my stamina limit, allowing me to cast Death Wave more times, which would also improve my hunting efficiency.

After that, if I could get an ability like the Wall Penetration Technique, it would be even better, ensuring my hunting efficiency in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano instantly catches up to that in the plains."

Although the last idea wasn't quite realistic, Zhang Yanhang felt the first two ideas were very likely to be achievable, as both types of bonuses were quite common.

"Forget it, let's not think about these for now, just open the treasure box and take whatever comes, with multiple choice options, they're sure not to shortchange me," Zhang Yanhang mumbled as he clicked open the first item.

"Item One"

"Option One: Mystic Steed Power, C-level Quality, Talent"

"Option Two: Large Crimson Iron Ant (Destruction Ant), C-level Quality, Talent"

"Option Three: Large Crimson Iron Ant (Young Ant), D-level Quality, Talent"

"Did the first item directly reveal a talent? The C-level quality of Mystic Steed Power really lives up to the second tier four stars strength of a Crimson Iron Destruction Ant.

I had originally thought that even after moving up to third tier, it would still be hard to immediately get a talent that starts out at C-level because C-level talents mean that the weakest monsters in the region have to be above second tier three stars, but surprisingly, the first region I encountered after entering the third tier reached this level."

Zhang Yanhang guessed that his S-level Talent "Bear Power" could likely be upgraded many times now.

"Logically, as a C-level Talent, Mystic Steed Power should be equivalent to nine E-level 'Ant Powers', but exactly how it is, I'll only know after trying it."

If a Mystic Steed Power really equates to nine Ant Powers, then Zhang Yanhang estimated that, just with the portion of treasure boxes he currently has, he should be able to easily meet the requirements to upgrade his S-level Talent "Bear Power" to SS-level.

"Item Two"

"Option One: Crimson Marrow (500 grams), Purple Quality, Material"

"Option Two: 800 Soul Points"

"Option Three: 1600 Soul Points"

"It really inherits the excellent tradition from the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, directly revealing the Crimson Marrow mentioned in the talent, and it indeed is a Purple Quality material, as expected."

Zhang Yanhang had previously felt that Crimson Marrow should at least be a Purple Quality material since even the ordinary Crimson Iron Ore here is of Blue Quality. After the digestive process of extracting the dregs and taking the essence by the Crimson Iron Destruction Ants, if the quality did not increase but remained at Blue Quality, that would truly be utterly illogical.

Of course, what Zhang Yanhang really cared about wasn't the Crimson Marrow; he was interested in a material of even higher quality than Crimson Marrow, a type he didn't know the name of, packed full in several caves in the middle layer of the area.

Now that even Crimson Marrow is of Purple Quality, Zhang Yanhang estimated that this higher quality material should at least be of Dark Purple Quality.

"This way, it seems quite secure to gather a few Golden Quality weapons to enhance the quality of the All Four Elements are Void Pure World Fist."

Zhang Yanhang had previously obtained a piece of Golden Quality "Demonized Crystal (Essence)," and now, just by gathering three more pieces of Golden Quality materials in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, it should be achievable.

"Item Three"

"Option One: 160 Soul Points"

"Option Two: 800 Soul Point"

"Option Three: 1600 Soul Points"

"Is the third choice again a matter related to soul points? If one option is 1600 soul points, based on past experience, there should be at least three options regarding soul points, adding up to a total of 4800 soul points.

This means, roughly two treasure boxes can help me collect nearly ten thousand soul points."

Zhang Yanhang remembered that he had opened 65 drop treasure boxes at the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu and had only obtained 7530 soul points, but now, having opened just one drop treasure box in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, he had already gained 4800 soul points, equivalent to two-thirds of the total earnings from the boxes at the previous Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu.

"Upon a quick calculation, a drop treasure box from the Crimson Iron Destruction Ants is almost like forty times that of the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu's drop treasure boxes."

This quick calculation by Zhang Yanhang suddenly made him realize that the hundredfold difference he had calculated before was indeed not at all exaggerated.

"Item Four"

"Option One: Crimson Marrow Nailed Hammer, Purple Quality, Weapon"

"Option Two: 800 Soul Points"

"Option Three: 1600 Soul Points"

"The fourth option is still about soul points? That makes three options related to soul points one after the other. It seems like options related to equipment or artifacts will only appear in the last item slot."

Besides wanting new equipment to increase his hunting efficiency, Zhang Yanhang also wanted to acquire some new artifacts, like ones that could increase his Life Value Limit.

His previous stable channel for obtaining Yellow Medicine Grass had been cut off, and he was now eager to establish a new stable channel. Moreover, even if it wasn't an artifact that increased his Life Value Limit, having one that could increase his Energy Value Limit was also very desirable.

Although Zhang Yanhang's Life Value Limit and Energy Value were not in urgent need of an upgrade, more is always better, especially since the strength of his Multiple Choices was directly linked to his Energy Value Limit.

[Item Five]

[Option One: Crimson Iron Mask, Blue quality, Equipment]

[Option Two: Crimson Marrow Face Mask, Purple quality, Equipment]

[Option Three: Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask, Dark Purple quality, Equipment]

"True to a Second Tier Three Stars Elite Monster like the Crimson Iron Destruction Ant, even a casual opening of a Purple quality treasure box yields Dark Purple Quality Equipment. Normally, I could only acquire such quality equipment through Fusion in most cases, but now I've easily obtained an initially Dark Purple Quality piece."

As long as the equipment score of this Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask isn't too abysmal, such as barely meeting the pass mark of Dark Purple Quality, then I should easily be able to fuse it and upgrade it directly to Light Golden Quality.

Moreover, given that the name 'Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask' implies it's a mask type of equipment, this is perfect as my White Ten-piece Set is no longer effective and I am currently in need of mask type equipment. Nice."

The moment Zhang Yanhang thought of this, he immediately opened the attribute list of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask.

[Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask]

[Quality: Dark Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, Nameless Blacksmith.]

[Durability: 55/55]

[Defensive Power: 40]

[Additional Attributes: Critical Strike Rate +15%.]

[Usage Requirements: Agility 35 points.]

[Score: 200 (Dark Purple quality items score between 151 to 260.)]

[Description: After escaping deep into the mountains, I suddenly feel that it is indeed more liberating here. I can freely obtain forging materials and no one comes to disturb me.

Since the outside world is fraught with danger, I think it's better to stay inside the Crimson Iron Ore Vein and focus on honing my forging skills.

By the day my forging skills reached a transcendental level, no one outside would probably care about me anymore. Then, I would be able to boldly take up my blacksmith shop, reopen it, and lead a stable and harmonious life with my incredible forging techniques.

— From a Nameless Blacksmith who secluded himself deeply in the mountains

"I didn't expect this Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask to also be forged by that Nameless Blacksmith from the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalaguli... Although it's possible that this Nameless Blacksmith could be some other unnamed blacksmith, the description definitely indicates it's the same Nameless Blacksmith from before.

Speaking of which, so secluding oneself deeply in the mountains meant returning to the Crimson Iron Ore Vein, huh? I always thought that the Nameless Blacksmith had retired to the mountains and ceased dealing with worldly matters altogether.

Although digging down seventy-seven kilometers to find the new area of the giant ore vein certainly qualifies as being in the 'deep' mountains, it still seems a bit far-fetched."

Zhang Yanhang had indeed suddenly come to a realization—if the deep mountains that the Nameless Blacksmith had secluded himself in were the Crimson Iron Ore Vein, then he would not have been able to produce the Dark Purple Quality Makarov Earring sets.

After all, both Makarov's Regret and Makarov's Regret were clearly forged by the Nameless Blacksmith, that is, by Makarov after the incident had been exposed or maybe even after he secluded himself in the deep mountains of the Crimson Iron Ore Vein.

"Makarov's techniques seem pretty solid, though. The Crimson Rings and Crimson Hearts he forged at the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest, Dalagu, were Green and Blue quality equipment. But once he got to the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest, Tarano, he started from Dark Purple Quality equipment."

Of course, apart from the improved skills of the incognito Nameless Blacksmith Makarov, Zhang Yanhang felt that the main reason was probably that Makarov had access to better materials, allowing him to forge stronger equipment.

As a total materials-based player, Zhang Yanhang was indeed quite envious of Makarov, a king-class player whose skills and materials grew synchronously.

After all, if he had the skills of the Nameless Blacksmith Makarov, why would he need to rely on opening equipment from treasure boxes? He could just directly forge whatever type of equipment with whatever enhancements he wanted.

Zhang Yanhang even felt that he might never reach the level of the Nameless Blacksmith in terms of skill, especially since he really didn't have much time to practice.

"The equipment bonus on this Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask is actually a Critical Strike Rate bonus? While a 15% Critical Strike Rate bonus is indeed very nice, and I do certainly need it, an increase in Critical Strike Rate won't enhance my hunting efficiency..."

With Zhang Yanhang's current strength, when fighting the Crimson Iron Destruction Ants in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest, Tarano, possessing Second Order Four Star strength, the damage he caused already included a vast amount of overflow. He could easily kill the Crimson Iron Destruction Ants with just a few casual hits, let alone produce critical hits, which would only lead to even greater damage overflow.

Thus, in this respect, a Critical Strike Rate increase indeed doesn't greatly enhance hunting efficiency. The real use of Critical Strike Rate is to help Zhang Yanhang kill strong enemies more quickly—to put it simply, it serves to indirectly increase Attack Power.

"I was just hoping that the equipment score of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask wouldn't be just a passing score. I didn't expect it to indeed exceed a passing score, but it's just a slightly below average score of 200.

But even though it's below average, considering the tens of thousands of monsters in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest, Tarano, achieving fusion to break through the limit shouldn't be difficult."

While how many fusions the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask would need to break the limit wasn't clear, Zhang Yanhang was very confident about the quantity of the Crimson Iron Destruction Ants.

Of course, what Zhang Yanhang really cared about was that the equipment type of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask was a mask, which he thought was very good. He now had three heads and could wear at least three masks. By then, his Critical Strike Rate would definitely skyrocket.

"I originally had a 24.5% bonus to Critical Strike Rate. Now, if I add three or even four Crimson Marrow Ghost Masks that can increase the Critical Strike Rate, my Critical Strike Rate could easily break through to 80% or even over 90%.

After all, just the basic Dark Purple Quality Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask alone offers a 15% Critical Strike Rate bonus. Four Crimson Marrow Ghost Masks together account for a 60% Critical Strike Rate bonus, and adding my original 24.5%, that instantly becomes an 84.5% Critical Strike Rate."

Thinking about this, Zhang Yanhang even felt that a 90% rate was nothing; there was a real possibility that during his time in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest, Talano, his Critical Strike Rate could directly jump to over 100% in one go, which would be quite terrifying as it meant he could achieve a critical hit anytime, anywhere.

Unless, of course, the enemies on the other side happened to have some rare Critical Resistance, but such rare properties usually didn't require much worry. Most enemies would only receive a minor passive increase in Critical Resistance due to an increase in their Constitution Attribute.

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