Ashen God

Chapter 747 Dark Gold [Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist]


After completing the measurements, Zhang Yanhang quickly began using alchemy to split and fuse the refined crimson marrow stored in the mine. With his current intelligence attribute as high as seventy-five points, such basic operations could be handled in just a few seconds, and even large-scale splitting wouldn't take too much time.

After all, if the alchemy was too slow, he might as well just break it by hand, seeing as his current single-handed strength of several hundred tons was almost comparable to a humanoid hydraulic machine.

Although the quality of the refined crimson marrow was quite high, about dark purple quality, in his hands it was really no different from dough—easily kneaded and shaped. However, for large-scale splitting, alchemy was indeed more useful.

Although Zhang Yanhang didn't know exactly how much would be enough, he first split fifty tons of refined crimson marrow, which is to say, a thousand portions of fusion materials to have on hand.

After the splitting was done, Zhang Yanhang swiftly restarted the alchemy array to begin fusing the freshly split refined crimson marrow. Since it was just a normal fusion, the entire fusion process went very smoothly.

The only downside was that Zhang Yanhang found that it took a full seven fusions for his refined crimson marrow to finally reach what seemed like its fusion limit. For this, he consumed a total of 128 portions of fifty-kilogram refined crimson marrow, which is 6.4 tons.

"Who would have thought that just to reach this level of fusion would already require 6.4 tons of refined crimson marrow?" Zhang Yanhang sighed silently as he looked at the dark red metal ingot before him that was only big enough to make a watermelon knife. Who would believe, that 6.4 tons of refined crimson marrow would barely be enough to produce this.

"The Jingu Bang itself only weighs 13,500 jin, which converted is 6,750 kilograms, or 6.75 tons—only a tiny bit more than what was consumed by this chunk of refined crimson marrow."

Of course, Zhang Yanhang wasn't complaining about the consumption of 6.4 tons of materials being too much. This level of consumption was actually acceptable to him. What he really felt was that so many materials had gone into the fusion, and the result wasn't even light gold with a full score, but merely close to that level.

Luckily, he wasn't expecting to upgrade the refined crimson marrow to golden quality just with ordinary fusion. Next, he would have to continue pushing beyond the limits.

"But breaking the limit requires eight identical refined crimson marrows +7. Just one refined crimson marrow +7 consumed 6.4 tons, so wouldn't eight of them require 51.2 tons of refined crimson marrow? Does this mean that the fifty tons I initially split is actually not enough?"

At first, Zhang Yanhang thought that splitting fifty tons of refined crimson marrow was cautious enough, preparing multiple portions for breaking limits. Yet, to his surprise, it wasn't even enough for one, let alone three or four.

"A single golden quality refined crimson marrow +8 requires 51.2 tons of ordinary refined crimson marrow, so wouldn't four golden quality refined crimson marrow require 204.8 tons? Good lord, this mine might barely be enough."

Fortunately, another mine also had two to three hundred tons of refined crimson marrow available. Zhang Yanhang felt that even if the subsequent synchronized attempts to break the limits failed, he would definitely still have the opportunity to start over, wasting only some time.

Although it would be completely inappropriate to waste time for the sake of saving time, that was a concern for after a possible failure. He didn't need to consider such needless matters just yet.

Upon realizing that the initially split refined crimson marrow was not enough, Zhang Yanhang simply decided to go all out and split all the refined crimson marrow in the whole mine into fifty-kilogram portions. It wouldn't be too time-consuming, and such mass operations always saved time with greater quantities. If he found that he didn't have enough later on, trying to make up for it would be more of a time-waste.

After completing the division, Zhang Yanhang expanded the coverage of the Alchemy Array even further, enveloping the entire mine within it. This way, there was no need to consider issues about delivering and fusing materials, allowing for even greater time savings.

It must be mentioned, although Zhang Yanhang had always found the speed of alchemy fusion quite slow, Alchemy, after all, had a hidden bonus to the Intelligence Attribute. Once he reached the Third Tier and his Intelligence Attribute hit seventy-five points, the fusion speed had become much faster than before.

This had happened at the Second Tier as well, but at that time, perhaps because the Intelligence Attribute was relatively low, and it increased in a stepwise manner, the speed of alchemy was improving bit by bit. It wasn't as noticeable as now when he maximized his Intelligence Attribute immediately after advancing in rank, providing a maximum power, full-load operating experience.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang's speed of fusing the refined Crimson Marrow +7 was actually quite fast now, and due to it being on a large scale, the more time-consuming later stages could be fused together, significantly increasing the speed.

For example, the final sixty-four pieces of refined Crimson Marrow +6 were fused into thirty-two pieces of refined Crimson Marrow +7 in just two rounds.

However, having said all that, when Zhang Yanhang finished the fusion and checked his watch, he found that he had still spent a shocking forty minutes. It was now seven-thirty-five. But this was inevitable, as the initial stages of fusion really did consume too much time due to the large quantities involved.

"I never imagined that the most time-consuming aspect of my trip to the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano for monster hunting wouldn't be the hunting or opening treasure boxes, but fusing equipment. Sigh, I really need to upgrade my Alchemy!"

After solidifying his resolve to improve his Alchemy, Zhang Yanhang decided to clear out the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano as quickly as possible later on and obtain the Ash Source to enhance his Alchemy.

Or rather, because he had already spent too much time on fusing and upgrading materials, far exceeding his expectations, he might run short on time later on. Thus, it was imperative to continue enhancing his hunting efficiency.

"Who would have thought that I would spend a full forty minutes just on the initial fusion process? I remember the last time I fused materials in the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, it took me less than half an hour. Usually, in forty minutes, not to mention the initial fusion phase, I guess I would have even completed the breakthrough phase already."

After heaving a silent sigh, Zhang Yanhang began preparing for the final fusion. He shrunk the Alchemy Array, which was originally covering the entire mine, back to normal size and focused all his energy on pushing past the limits with the thirty-two pieces of refined Crimson Marrow +7.

To Zhang Yanhang's surprise, this step was unexpectedly quick. Despite simultaneously fusing four golden refined Crimson Marrow +8 pieces, the process only consumed about fifteen minutes to complete.

"At the beginning, breaking through limits would take me about half an hour, then it gradually decreased to twenty minutes. Now, with the advancement in rank and the improvement of my Intelligence Attribute, it's been cut in half to just fifteen minutes? Although fifteen minutes is still quite a lot."

Zhang Yanhang felt that if the time could continue to be reduced, then five minutes might be a barely acceptable duration. Well, that was just wishful thinking.

For these fifteen minutes, Zhang Yanhang was actually very surprised. After all, this was the first time he had broken through the limits during the fusion process since he advanced to the Third Tier. He really hadn't anticipated that even the time needed for this part would see a reduction, albeit not a huge one, but it was indeed a good thing.

Of course, compared to that, Zhang Yanhang felt that the truly important part was the revelation that it was indeed possible to fuse multiple items simultaneously during the process of breaking through the limits without affecting the success rate or fusion time. The quality was guaranteed, and it was accomplished all at once.

"With this, time can also be saved when fusing other equipment in the future. That's really great."

Zhang Yanhang spoke as he once again activated the Alchemy Array and began shaping. Although the current Refined Crimson Marrow +8 had been upgraded to Golden Quality, it was still just a chunk of metal and needed to be turned into a Weapon before it could be used to upgrade the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist.

"Speaking of which, this means I can keep that piece of Golden Quality Demonized Crystal in my Waist Bag. Even if it's not useful now, maybe I can sell it later for something useful. It's definitely worth more just sitting in my Waist Bag than being used up in the upgrade process of the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist."

Since it was just a simple shaping, soon, four Golden Quality Choppers, which were somewhat like blank templates, appeared before Zhang Yanhang. He glanced at their Attribute list and, unsurprisingly, they only had a passing Score for Golden Quality.

But the Score wasn't important, as long as it was Golden Quality, so he immediately took off the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist from his arm. He'd been waiting too long for this moment, a whole hour, in fact.

"Choose! Upgrade the Quality of the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist!"

Although he could upgrade the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist normally, Zhang Yanhang preferred to directly trigger the relevant option, which felt more secure to him.

With the arrival of Time Pause, a familiar yet unfamiliar row of option boxes that he hadn't seen many times but were always memorable appeared before Zhang Yanhang.

[Would you like to upgrade the 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' Quality?]

[Option One: Yes (Use four Golden Quality Weapons 'Refined Crimson Marrow Great Chopper (Unnamed)' to upgrade the 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' Quality to Dark Gold.)]

[Option Two: Yes (Use one 'Buddha Relic' to upgrade the 'Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist' Quality to Dark Gold.)]

[Option Three: No (Although you already have four spare Golden Quality Weapons, you've suddenly lost interest in upgrading the Quality of the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist. You feel you might find a way to get greater value from these Golden Weapons, even though you've no idea what other use these Choppers might have.)]

"Although the name sounds pretty low-grade without a proper name, they're still Golden Quality Weapons and can be used. As for Option Two, I really want to get my hands on some Buddha Relics."

Although the option to use Buddha Relics always appeared, Zhang Yanhang couldn't select it, either because he didn't possess any or because his Energy Value wasn't strong enough to manifest Buddha Relics for the upgrade. It was always greyed out, unselectable.

"I remember saying I wanted to find the Land of the Buddha Country, which might have Buddha Relics, once I reached Fourth Tier. Though the Fourth Tier is close now, I still have no idea where the Land of the Buddha Country actually is."

Zhang Yanhang felt he might make some effort in this regard, of course, after clearing the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano. There was no time at the moment.

"Forget it, let's not think about that for now. It's more important to upgrade the Quality of the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist. So, I choose Option One, using four Refined Crimson Marrow Great Choppers to upgrade the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist to Dark Gold."

Though there were three options, with the second unable to be chosen and the third not allowing for an upgrade, Zhang Yanhang naturally selected the first option without hesitation.

After Zhang Yanhang made his choice, the four Golden Quality Choppers that lay on the ground like trash instantly vanished, and the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist immediately started to shimmer with a circle of Dark Gold light.

After the Quality promotion was completed, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to examine the Attribute list of the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist.

[Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist]

[Quality: Dark Gold]

[Type: Weapon]

[Origin: Ashen World, Land of the Buddha Country, Heretic Conversion Agency.]

[Durability: 240/240]

[Attack Power: 232 (+47)]

[Additional Attributes: Critical Strike Rate+18% (+6%)]

[Special Attribute: 1. All Four Elements are Void (Buddha). 2. All Things are Impermanent (Buddha).]

[All Four Elements are Void (Buddha): Generate a Vajra (Gravity) Domain to attract nearby enemies and cause Dizziness (Physical) for 4.0 seconds (+0.4 seconds).

After using this Skill, the next attack within 5 seconds will deal an additional 888% (+100%) Physical Attack to the target and surrounding enemies, knocking them back. Cooldown 30 seconds, Energy Value cost 90 points (+15 points).]

[All Things are Impermanent (Buddha): Increases all damage dealt to life form enemies by 31.1% (+7.4%), with a double bonus when attacking targets such as Attack Armor, Clothing, Beimao, and similar types.]

[Upgradable, Upgrade Conditions: Consume Buddha Relic (0/1) or Dark Gold Quality Weapon (0/5).]

[Usage Requirements: Strength 60, Agility 55, Constitution 55.]

[Score: 530 (Dark Gold Items score between 441 and 530.)]

[Summary: For some reason, a foreigner who recently saw me putting on this Heretic Specialized·Buddha-level Buddhist Sect Conversion (Execution) Gloves to routinely convert Heretics began calling me 'One Punch Man' out of the blue. ——From an Arhat-level Conversion Agency Executioner]

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