Although the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill could have been used for testing, it is heavily disrupted inside the Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano; hence, Zhang Yanhang released a Death Wave that was unaffected and could cover all enemies within its range, even through walls, to test an actual Skill Coverage Range Bonus.

After releasing the Death Wave, Zhang Yanhang quickly realized that the Skill Coverage Range Bonus likely increased the diameter of the coverage area, as his Death Wave, initially covering a diameter of 1200 meters, now reached nearly 1400 meters.

An increase to the coverage area alone would definitely not achieve this extent; after all, according to the formula for the area of a circle, a 15% increase in coverage area would require a diameter of less than 1300 meters to achieve.

Thus, Zhang Yanhang concluded that the Skill Coverage Range Bonus definitely increased the diameter of the coverage range, and the Death Wave that now covered nearly 1400 meters was actually 1200 meters × 1.15, resulting in a coverage diameter of 1380 meters, an increase of 180 meters over the previous coverage.

Correspondingly, the coverage area also expanded from the original 1.13 square kilometers to 1.5 square kilometers, which was a significant increase of 0.37 square kilometers, far greater than a 15% bonus—a growth rate of over 30%.

Of course, more than this, Zhang Yanhang was even more concerned about the physical strength consumption of the Death Wave; if the increase in coverage area also increased the energy consumption, it would be quite bothersome.

Fortunately, when he released the Death Wave, he felt that the consumption of the skill, despite its increased range, was similar to before.

This meant that although the coverage of the Death Wave had expanded, he could still use it nearly 500 times at full power, as before, which very much defied the law of energy conservation.

But discussing science in the Ashen World didn't make sense anyway, especially since Zhang Yanhang possessed many abilities that defied the law of energy conservation, such as pausing time without any energy consumption.

"Although my Rank will soon be promoted, and I can undoubtedly see a fierce increase in my stamina limit thanks to the Rank increase, I should ideally not worry too much about the increase in energy consumption. Still, it's always best to minimize energy consumption."

Having had the experience where the energy consumption of the Death Wave Skill surged, limiting his uses to just a few dozen times, Zhang Yanhang was particularly sensitive to this aspect, fearing that he would repeat the same mistake and affect his hunting efficiency.

Moreover, he now had many instances where the Death Wave Skill had not yet been promoted, and once his Rank is upgraded, the Death Wave will surely be promoted as well; who knows how many times the physical strength consumption would multiply after the promotion, so in terms of additional energy consumption, less is definitely better.

"Apart from the Death Wave, another skill related to coverage range, namely the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, has also seen an increase in coverage."

Regarding how Zhang Yanhang knew this, it was because he had just used the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to scan and determine the coverage range of the Death Wave.

"The original coverage range of my Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil was only 8750 meters, but now, it has unexpectedly increased to 10063 meters, an additional increase of 1313 meters in sensing range.

I originally thought that I would have to wait until my Rank promotion and rely on the subsequent promotion of the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill to expand the sensing range beyond ten thousand meters, but surprisingly, a mere coverage range bonus from a tarot card made this easily achievable."

Of course, this 10063 meters is the coverage range under normal conditions; in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, there would be significant attenuation.

According to the test results, Zhang Yanhang's original sensing range here was only about 2500 meters, but just now, he extended it to nearly 3000 meters, an increase of about 500 meters compared to before.

"If my original sensing coverage was only about 60 square kilometers, it has now expanded to 80 square kilometers, an increase of 20 square kilometers compared to before. Combining the Southern City District and the Northern City District of Qin Island City adds up to only 93 square kilometers.

As such, my small wish to simultaneously scan the Southern and Northern City Districts feels like it could soon be fulfilled."

With an 80 square kilometer scanning range, Zhang Yanhang could now scan two places like Raccoon City, each only about 40 square kilometers in size, at once; even for something slightly larger, like the Goblin Plain with an area of 110 square kilometers, he could already scan a significant portion simultaneously.

After testing the coverage ranges of the Death Wave and the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, Zhang Yanhang quickly began to research the even more crucial quality upgrade of tarot cards.

But he quickly discovered that the quality upgrade of tarot cards was unexpectedly simple, not requiring any other conditions; just putting them together and making a simple selection sufficed to complete the upgrade, instantly changing from emitting blue light to purple.

Looking at the tarot card in front of him, which had completed the upgrade but whose card illustration remained exactly the same, with only a change in the flashing color on the surface, Zhang Yanhang felt that this was very similar to the upgrade process of his Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist.

However, compared to the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist's upgrade, the materials needed here were somewhat harder to gather.

After completing the upgrade, Zhang Yanhang quickly picked up the Divination Tarot Card·Sun he had just obtained and began to examine its attribute list.

[Divination Tarot Card·Sun[Inferior] (Gate of Truth)]

[Quality: Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Heavenly God Continent, Sizitak Empire, Akbar Village underground black workshop.]

[Durability: 42/42]

[Defensive Power: 29]

[Additional Attributes: Skill Coverage Range +10% (+5%)]

"Upgradable, Upgrade Conditions 1: Possess 'Divination Tarot Card·Strength[Inferior] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card·Justice[Inferior] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Hanged Man[Inferior] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1).

Upgrade Conditions 2: Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Pope[Inferior] (Gate of Truth)' (1/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Wheel of Destiny[Inferior] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card·Judgement[Inferior] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1)."

"Usage requirements: Possess Alchemy or other related alchemy skills."

"Score: 150 (Purple Items score ranges from 71 to 150)."

"Set Effect One: Power is Justice (Long live the Hanged Man!)—Power Effect +15% (+7.5%), Attack Power +15% (+7.5%)."

"Set Effect Two: Trinity (Star Gathering)—Power Effect +5% (+2.5%), Attack Power +5% (+2.5%), Attack Speed +20% (+10%)."

"Set Effect Three: Unrivaled (Conqueror's Journey)—Critical Strike Rate +15% (+7.5%), Critical Strike Damage +30% (+15%)."

"Set Effect Four: In the Name of God (Bringing down the Judgment of Destiny on Heretics)—Critical Strike Rate +5% (+2.5%), Critical Strike Damage +10% (+5%), Skill Coverage Range +20% (+10%)."

"Set Effect Five: Heavenly Destiny Gathering (Deserved)—Luck +1."

"Introduction: The Sun is one of the 78 cards of the Tarot, ranking 19th among the 22 Major Arcana. It is the most auspicious card in the Major Arcana, symbolizing knowledge and vitality. The card features a child riding a horse, praising the life force brought by the Sun Goddess and receiving the energy bestowed by the sun..."

"Holy shit! It's so powerful! Worthy of being a super set of twenty-two pieces! Having just collected six pieces and merely promoted to purple quality, it has already reached such intensity. It's outrageous."

Zhang Yanhang took a closer look and found that although it was only upgraded from blue quality to purple quality, the additional attributes provided by the tarot cards themselves and the bonuses provided by the tarot card sets had all doubled compared to before.

"Moreover, these set effects have also combined into one complete set due to the upgrade. In the future, if I collect a full set of twenty-two pieces, wouldn't I be able to activate more than a dozen set effects at once?

Currently, six tarot cards have five set effects. Is it too much to expect twenty set effects from twenty-two tarot cards? Well, I'm daydreaming."

Zhang Yanhang noticed that after this upgrade to purple quality divination tarot cards, in addition to merging the set effects, a new set effect had also appeared, which is Set Effect Five [Heavenly Destiny Gathering (Deserved)].

"I had been previously thinking about finding a place to get some luck attribute bonuses, but unexpectedly I got it directly through the merging of the tarot card set. Although it's only a small amount now, it's a great start."

After all, since I already have related bonuses, the set effect will certainly improve with the enhancement of the quality of the Divination Tarot Card, thus granting me more bonuses to the Luck attribute value.

"But just how significant an effect can this bit of luck value actually create?"

Zhang Yanhang thought it would be a perfect opportunity to test this during his planned cleanup of the Lucky Slot Machines' third prize pools at the Small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu and the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, observing whether his Treasure box drop rate would increase.

The reason Zhang Yanhang wanted to obtain a Luck Value bonus was to mitigate some of the Rank Penalty, but since he'd only gained a bit for now, he did not yet know how much of the Rank Penalty he could successfully avoid or how much he could mitigate; only real practice would reveal the truth.

"I hope this bit of Luck Value bonus can help me avoid quite a bit of the Rank Penalty."

Although Zhang Yanhang felt that his Luck Value should theoretically be maxed out, considering that Luck Value is still an attribute and all attributes grow proportionally rather than by a fixed amount, he thought it was still possible to experience some growth in luck through this small boost in Luck Attribute.

Hence, unless something unexpected happens, Zhang Yanhang believed he should still be able to quite noticeably feel the change in his luck.

After checking the bonus provided by Set Effect Five, which boosts Luck Value, Zhang Yanhang quickly shifted his focus back to the other normal set effects of the Tarot Card, and he reviewed the Attribute list of the other five tarot cards again, confirming that the overall Additional Attributes indeed doubled.

"Now after the Divination Tarot Card Set was upgraded to Purple Quality, the total bonus offered to Power Effect, Attack Power, Attack Speed, Critical Strike Rate, and Skill Coverage range increased from the original 15% by another 15% to 30%, while the Critical Strike Damage Bonus increased by another 30%, bringing the total bonus from 30% to 60%.

30% of Power Effect and Attack Speed Bonus, this is already similar to the boosts provided by Golden Quality equipment."

For instance, the Golden Quality Demon Pig Bracelet +3 on Zhang Yanhang's arm provides an Additional Attribute of 31% Attack Speed Bonus.

Now, just a single Purple Quality Divination Tarot Card reflects an Additional Attribute almost similar to this Golden Quality Demon Pig Bracelet +3, spanning across Purple, Dark Purple, Light Gold, and Golden qualities; it could only be said that the set effects activated once the Set parts are complete are incredibly powerful.

And it's remarkable that just one Divination Tarot Card is equivalent to a piece of Golden Quality equipment, and now Zhang Yanhang has six tarot cards activating the Set Effect, which is essentially like having six pieces of Golden Quality equipment out of thin air, and these six pieces of Golden Quality equipment don't even occupy any equipment slots; they just need to be placed in the Waist Bag to take effect, which is the most outrageous part.

Zhang Yanhang knew this, which is why he has been eager to obtain more Divination Tarot Cards and work to improve their Quality.

After all, just at Purple Quality, they can rival Golden Quality; if it's upgraded just a bit more, to Dark Purple Quality, wouldn't it compare to Dark Gold Quality? And it would be equivalent to nine pieces of Dark Gold Quality equipment!

Considering the number of parts in this set and their upgrade potential, Zhang Yanhang even felt that the enhancement effects provided by the Divination Tarot Card Set, once a certain number is collected, could surpass the total enhancement effects provided by the additional equipment slots obtained from his Four-Headed Eight-Armed enhancement.

After all, the number of Set Effects in the Divination Tarot Card isn't fixed and will increase with the number of Tarot Cards, hence, forming a terrifying positive cycle; the fact that even Purple Quality Divination Tarot Cards are comparable to Golden Quality equipment already hints at the remarkable potential.

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