"I had originally thought that my modest goal of raising my Life Value Limit to over four thousand points would definitely be unattainable before advancing in rank," Zhang Yanhang mused, "but to my surprise, I not only obtained an excess of Yellow Medicine Grass, but also acquired an Everlasting Golden Pill from an Ashen Treasure Box, making the completion of this modest goal a cinch."

As he spoke, Zhang Yanhang opened his Life Value Limit and Energy Value Limit to check them.

[Shield Value: 9056/9056 (Life Value Limit × 210%, recovery rate: 20% per second.)]

[Life Value: 4312/4312 (Constitution × 24 (+3), the body has now fully digitized, Life Value Recovery Speed, 15 points per hour.)]

[Energy Value: 2960/2960 (Intelligence × 24 (+3), the body has now fully digitalized, Energy Value Recovery Speed, 48 points per hour.)]

"Sure enough, just as I expected, the modest goal of a four thousand Life Value Limit was easily met. My Life Value Limit increased by another 566 points, rising from the original 3746 points to 4312 points. Of these 566 points, the smallest contribution came from the Golden quality Everlasting Golden Pill. Due to my Constitution Attribute being capped at the Second Tier Limit, the Everlasting Golden Pill only provided 150 Life Value Limit, quite a bit less than the 204 points provided by the 17 Red and Yellow Pills +1."

Zhang Yanhang could not help but marvel; sometimes quantity indeed can surpass quality.

However, while the 204 Life Value Limit points provided by the 17 Red and Yellow Pills were substantial, the majority of the increase came from the 60% Life Value Limit bonus provided by the Indestructible Golden Body·Original LV.6. The remaining 212 points of the Life Value Limit were all thanks to this bonus.

"With that said, my next Life Value Limit target can be set at five thousand points. Although I no longer have any items that can increase my Life Value Limit, I'm sure that the promotion in rank will make it possible."

At this point, Zhang Yanhang suddenly realized something. The large handful of Red and Yellow Pills he had just consumed really was the last batch he would ever consume. This also meant he had permanently lost a reliable method of steady improvement that had, at times, even surpassed Golden quality Artifacts. Even if he were to acquire more Yellow Medicine Grass in the future, using them would be out of the question. It might be feasible to increase by fifty-five points, but seventy-five points? That seemed impossible.

"Thankfully, the last boost from the Red and Yellow Pills increased my Shield Value Limit from the original 7867 points to 9056 points—a direct increase of 1189 points almost catching up to the increase I got when I raised Technique Immunity to Original LV.6. Back then, I managed to barely increase my Shield Value Limit by 1,500 points with a 60% bonus from Additional Attributes. But this time, just by consuming some extra Red and Yellow Pills, I fell short by only three hundred points."

"And with this increase of 1189 points to my Shield Value Limit, I was able to accomplish two modest goals at once, surpassing both the eight thousand and nine thousand Shield Value Limit targets and embarking toward the ultimate goal of ten thousand points."

Unfortunately, the goal of ten thousand points remained unattainable in the end; the increase of 1189 points to his Shield Value Limit represented Zhang Yanhang's current limit.

"Alas, I felt quite hopeful about achieving the modest goal of raising the Shield Value Limit to ten times that of a Same Tier Awakened's Life Value Limit within Second Tier. Despite failing, I came close—it's only the last thousand points. I suppose it's a case of a noble defeat."

Zhang Yanhang could now only reach more than ten times that of a Same Tier Awakened by including his Life Value Limit, which was roughly about thirteen times greater. Although he indeed did not accomplish that long-term goal, he genuinely considered his achievement to be quite impressive, and he could only comfort himself in this manner.

"So it seems, reaching ten times the Shield Value Limit of a Same Tier Awakened can really only be strived for once I reach the Third Tier." Fortunately, Zhang Yanhang was about to be promoted to the Third Tier, so he wasn't discouraged.

Compared to the shield value limit, which increased by four digits, and the life value limit, which after rounding could also be considered to have increased by four digits, the energy value limit fell far short.

It had merely increased from the original 2720 points to an energy value limit of 2960 points, not even reaching a minor goal. He was still short of forty points to achieve the minor goal of a 3000-point energy value limit.

But considering that my energy value limit is relatively low, this still accounts for an increase of roughly 10%."

Zhang Yanhang had no way to address the disappointing increase in the energy value limit since the Everlasting Golden Pill only provided a conversion coefficient of 3 points for maximum energy value. Additionally, his Intelligence Attribute, like his Constitution Attribute, was capped at the fifty points limit of the Second Tier, so he gained only 150 points in the energy value limit.

The additional ninety points in energy value limit naturally came from the 60% energy value bonus provided by the SS-Rank Scroll Dragon Bloodline.

"It's true that the Everlasting Golden Pill only helped increase my life value limit and energy value limit by 150 points each, but when you add them together, that's 300 points. The Golden quality is indeed much stronger than the simple Yellow Medicine Grass.

To truly match the Golden quality Everlasting Golden Pill, you'd need at least fifty Blue quality Yellow Medicine Grass."

After assessing his growth in life value limit and energy value limit, Zhang Yanhang quickly packed away all the artifacts he just inventoried into his Waist Bag, and then began to tally the most important part—his equipment gains.

The first were the equipments from the Goblin Plain, namely twenty-five Dragon Power Bracelets from the Goblin Spear Thrower, twenty Swift Leggings from the Goblin Wolf Cavalry, three Barbaric Stone Bandages from the Big Goblin, and three Lightning Totem Poles from the Goblin Shaman.

Since the equipment from the Goblin Plain were already virtually fused to their limits by Zhang Yanhang, he directly packed them into his Waist Bag.

Then came the equipment from Raccoon City, which was rather more straightforward as the only equipment that could be found in dropped treasure boxes from Police Zombies was the standard police equipment set parts from the Raccoon City Police Department, and thus he once again acquired thirty-four pieces on this occasion.

However, regrettably, the White Ten-piece Set, like the Green Ten-piece Set, was soon to be phased out by Zhang Yanhang, and these set parts would subsequently become even less useful, serving only as 'smuggling' molds specifically for transferring items from the Ashen World to the Main World.

Of course, while the set parts of the White Ten-piece Set might indeed be of little use, Zhang Yanhang also managed to obtain seventeen Waist Bags from the Police Zombies' Drop Treasure Box, which are quite handy. He planned to fuse these together.

Previously, Zhang Yanhang had a total of five Waist Bags +4, one Waist Bag +3, and three regular Waist Bags on hand. Now he was able to fuse together another new Waist Bag +4.

After taking out the regular Waist Bags that were nested like matryoshka dolls from the Waist Bag, Zhang Yanhang placed them together with the Waist Bags he had just obtained and immediately began fusing them together. Due to being very skillful, Zhang Yanhang quickly produced a new Waist Bag +4 and a Waist Bag +2.

"Now, I have a total of six Waist Bags +4, one Waist Bag +3, and one Waist Bag +2." After completing the fusion, Zhang Yanhang was able to carry 216 cubic meters worth of items in his Waist Bags alone, not counting the Storage Box; it could be said that he was more than sufficiently equipped.

After fitting the fused waist bag back into his inventory, Zhang Yanhang quickly started to inventory the remaining equipment.

Next naturally came the equipment from the Demonized Swamp Zone, which included an arm guard from the Demonized Maned Beast, leg armor from the Demonized Dogtooth Giant Ape, two shoulder armors from the Demonized Saber-Toothed Tiger, and six belts from the Demonized Emperor Crocodile.

But for Zhang Yanhang, none of these items were immediately useful. The arm guard and the leg armor had already been fused to their limit, while the shoulder armor and the belts were still lacking five and twelve pieces, respectively, to undergo the next fusion.

Therefore, even after discounting the shoulder armor and belts he had just acquired, Zhang Yanhang at least needed to gather three more pieces of shoulder armor and six more belts to perform further fusion.

Thus, the only truly useful items for Zhang Yanhang were the last two types of equipment, namely the six Ivory Pendants from the Demonized Mammoth and the six Demon Pig Bracelets from the Demonized Four-Eyed Wild Boar.

Zhang Yanhang first fused two Ivory Pendants into an Ivory Pendant +1, then took out the other Ivory Pendants +1, +2, and +3 from his waist bag and placed them into the Alchemy Array together. Finally, Zhang Yanhang detached the Ivory Pendant +4 from his belt and added it into the array, immediately initiating the alchemy process.

Perhaps because it hadn't reached its limit yet, Zhang Yanhang successfully fused all the variously fused Ivory Pendants together, creating a brand-new Ivory Pendant +5. Gazing at the Ivory Pendant +5, which was flashing a light golden light, Zhang Yanhang nodded satisfiedly and began to inspect the attribute list of the Ivory Pendant +5.

[Ivory Pendant +5]

[Quality: Light Golden]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Main World, Qin Island City, Xingfuli District, Room 505, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 68/68]

[Defensive Power: 50]

[Additional Attributes: Attack Speed +22% (+4%).]

[Usage Requirements: Agility 50 points.]

[Score: 270 (The rating score for light golden items ranges from 261 to 350.)]

[Introduction: My name is Azikasa Storm Saint Silvado, a seemingly mundane war hero who, upon closer inspection, isn't quite as mundane. Such is the ambiguous me, currently living a bland and boring retired life, drawing a specialized pension with no psychological burden…]

"The Ivory Pendant really did advance to light golden quality as normal, its score raising from the original 240 points to 270 points. Although just barely making the grade, it's indeed a piece of light golden quality equipment. Furthermore, its usage requirement also increased by 10 points, from the original 40 points to 50 points."

However, compared to these minor details, Zhang Yanhang was more concerned with the boost in the additional attributes. The Ivory Pendant +5 had gained another 4% to its attack speed bonus upon rising to light golden quality, pushing it from the original 18% to 22%, which was quite decent.

After re-equipping the light golden quality Ivory Pendant +5 to his belt, Zhang Yanhang removed the Demon Pig Bracelet +1 from his arm and placed it along with the recently obtained six Demon Pig Arm Guards into the Alchemy Array and immediately began the alchemy.

Since it was merely a fusion +3, which posed no difficulty, Zhang Yanhang quickly completed it. To his surprise, after just two rounds of fusion, the Demon Pig Bracelet started to shimmer with a golden light, prompting him to immediately begin examining the attribute list for the Demon Pig Bracelet +3.

[Demon Pig Bracelet +3]

[Quality: Golden]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Main World, Qin Island City, Xingfuli District, Room 505, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 71/71]

[Defensive Power: 52]

[Additional Attributes: Attack Speed +31% (+10%).]

[Usage Requirements: Agility 50 points.]

[Score: 365 (The score for golden items ranges from 351 to 440.)]

[Introduction: My name is Azikasa Storm Saint Silvado, a seemingly mundane war hero and savior of the Empire who, upon closer inspection, isn't quite as mundane. As someone whose ordinariness remains a question, I'm currently living a bland and boring retired life, drawing a specialized military pension with no psychological burden…]

"Is this what golden equipment is? Incredibly powerful indeed. Even though it's only been fused twice, the bonus attack speed from the additional attributes jumped directly by 10%, increasing from 21% to 31%, an average of 5% per fusion."

Of course, Zhang Yanhang knew that wasn't really how it worked. Instead, it must be that the Demon Pig Bracelet, upon advancing to golden quality, had suddenly increased a large amount of attack speed bonus, allowing just two rounds of fusion to enhance the attack speed by 10%.

"Under normal circumstances, a piece of purple quality equipment could only increase the attack speed bonus by 10%. Or in other words, the Ivory Pendant before fusing was at that level, and later even after advancing to light golden, it only increased by an additional 12% attack speed bonus."

That was the result of five fusions, but this Demon Pig Bracelet had nearly matched it with just two fusions, nearly equivalent to obtaining another piece of purple quality equipment for Zhang Yanhang for free. Indeed, it's preposterously powerful.

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