Moreover, this fifteen-fold would be calculated after taking into account various attack power bonuses, which could be said to be truly terrifying. Unfortunately, a mere 9% trigger probability still made it difficult for Zhang Yanhang to trigger this idea at the right moment and turn it into reality.

Although he could definitely figure it out by trying it himself while hunting monsters, it might be quite challenging to achieve One-shot Soul during boss fights since it almost took eleven attacks to trigger one extra attack.

Overall, however, this extra attack was indeed very powerful, as the current 9% trigger probability was still not the complete form of the extra attack.

With the subsequent increases in the Talent Level of Throwing Elephant Power, the probability of triggering the extra attack would definitely continue to increase, along with the practicality and the likelihood of achieving One-shot Soul.

Moreover, aside from the extra attack, Zhang Yanhang also paid close attention to the Double Strike, a new feature that came with Throwing Elephant Power's upgrade to SS rank.

If Zhang Yanhang understood correctly, the upgrade to SS rank had added a Double Strike, which exchanged the reduction of trigger probability by half for a doubling of the attack power bonus, resulting in a current trigger probability of only 4.5% but with a 350% attack power bonus.

Zhang Yanhang did some quick calculations; if he could use All Four Elements are Void to trigger an extra attack first and then the extra attack would trigger a Double Strike, then his Double Strike version of All Four Elements are Void would double again, directly causing a terrifying 3108% of the attack, equivalent to thirty-one times the damage.

Unfortunately, although the Double Strike was indeed impressive in terms of attack power, Zhang Yanhang figured out, if he wasn't wrong, that his chance of triggering Double Strike was only 4.05‰, roughly only four times triggered in a thousand attacks or once every two hundred fifty attacks.

Faced with such an exasperatingly low trigger probability, Zhang Yanhang felt that he shouldn't have too high hopes for gaining any substantial practical impact during battles; it was really just something to observe.

Of course, this was mainly because the current trigger probability of Zhang Yanhang's Double Strike was too low. After an upgrade, there should definitely be an improvement; keeping it at a probability of one in a thousand or once every two hundred fifty attacks was indeed a bit insulting.

"Ability Three, Possessing Strength in Three Aspects, has also gained an enhancement. Previously, each upgrade of Possessing Strength would increase Strength Effect Bonus by 15%, but this time it doubled, resulting in a 30% boost in Strength Effect Bonus, lifting Throwing Elephant Power's Strength Effect Bonus from the original 85% to 115%. That's quite impressive."

Compared to the newly added Double Strike with only a 0.4% trigger probability, Zhang Yanhang felt that the basic Strength Effect Bonus was still the most useful.

After examining the Talent Effect of SS-tier Throwing Elephant Power, Zhang Yanhang quickly began testing his own strength.

However, since he had promoted to Third Tier, the reinforced concrete from Raccoon City in his Waist Bag was running out, so he directly used local materials by digging up some Crimson Iron Ore nearby.

It had to be said, the Crimson Iron Ore located at the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano was truly formidable. Zhang Yanhang remembered that the density of Crimson Iron at the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalaguna was only about less than ten tons per cubic meter, just slightly higher than ordinary metal.

Although the Crimson Iron Ore density at the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano was double that of the other places, almost twenty tons per cubic meter, which could rank it in the top ten in density in the Main World, it was nearly on the same level as gold, considered a high-density material.

After utilizing local materials, Zhang Yanhang soon began to test his strength. Out of confidence, he first placed 350 tons of Crimson Iron Ore on his right hand but felt that there was still some room left, so he added another half cubic meter, which is ten tons of Crimson Iron Ore, and still, there was a slight room available.

After progressively testing, Zhang Yanhang ultimately discovered that his single-hand strength had now reached 368 tons, which was an increase of 34 tons from his previous 334 tons, almost another ten percent increase.

"Only a 30% Strength Effect bonus, it really doesn't compare to the enhancement brought by five points in Strength Attribute."

Zhang Yanhang remembered that when he had previously increased his Strength Attribute by five points, his single-hand strength had directly increased by 127 tons, almost three times this increase.

"I have to admit, direct enhancement of Attribute values gives the highest returns, but unfortunately, I can only wait to continue enhancing my Strength Attribute until I advance to Fourth Tier."

Although the increase of 34 tons this time was more than twice his total strength at Second Tier, the now Third Tier Zhang Yanhang was still somewhat dissatisfied.

Because he was dissatisfied, he felt he needed to work even harder on increasing the level of Throwing Elephant Power Talent, a mere SS rank was completely insufficient, even SSS rank was not enough.

Since there were so many Large Crimson Iron Ants in the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano this time, Zhang Yanhang was sure he needed to elevate the Throwing Elephant Power to a higher level than SSS rank, believing that level of Talent would definitely satisfy his current needs.

"Although right now, my single hand only has 368 tons, if it were both hands, I could reach 920 tons of strength, which is nearly a thousand tons."

While at Second Tier, Zhang Yanhang had imagined what level his strength would be at after advancing to Third Tier, but it was always just within the hundreds of tons.

But now, he was about to witness his regular state's double-handed strength approaching a thousand tons. Just a slight enhancement with Spiritual Energy, and instantly it was close to two thousand tons, about the same as his strength right after using Fatian Xiangdi when he had just advanced, definitely outrageous since this was just a slight enhancement in a normal state with Spiritual Energy.

But this also indirectly showed that Zhang Yanhang's strength was indeed growing rapidly, mainly due to successive enhancements in Strength Attribute and the Strength Effect Bonus provided by the advanced level of the Throwing Elephant Power Talent. Otherwise, achieving this rate of progress would have indeed been difficult.

"Feeling like if I continue on this path, I estimate by the time I'm at Fourth Tier, I might just cosplay as the Light Giant to fight small monsters."

Although Ultraman easily flaunts strengths in the range of tens of thousands of tons to hundreds of thousands of tons, Zhang Yanhang felt that such casually written flimsy settings to fool kids were very insubstantial and didn't match actual performance; he probably wouldn't need to reach that level to achieve a more impressive destruction effect than Ultraman.

Moreover, although several hundred thousand tons might seem high, Zhang Yanhang guessed that perhaps after his actual promotion to Fourth Tier, it might indeed be achievable, even though it would absolutely be impossible in regular status, but in Hundred Feet Dharma Body State, there was still a possibility it could be achieved, given the tremendous power bonus that size advantage brings.

"So, here comes the question. Now that Talent has been upgraded, what should I do next?"

Zhang Yanhang thought for a moment, first packed the remaining thirty-one Mystic Steed Powers back into the Waist Bag, and then started to count the remaining benefits from the Treasure Box.

Although he referred to them as the remaining benefits, he had actually only opened two items from the Drop Treasure Box of the Crimson Iron Destruction Ants. One was Mystic Steed Power, and the other was naturally the Dark Purple Quality Equipment, the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask. Zhang Yanhang had also opened a total of one hundred and twelve of these this time.

Before starting the Fusion, Zhang Yanhang picked up a Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask and observed it briefly, only to realize that although it was called a mask, it was more like a lower face cover, covering only the lower half of the face, from the nose to the chin.

However, while the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask may not have been a normal mask, the suffix "Ghost Mask" was quite fitting. Even though it was only the lower half of the face, the design was like that of an evil ghost with a crimson face and fierce teeth, and the teeth were even specially made golden, making the whole mask look an attractive mix of gold and red.

From this aspect, Zhang Yanhang felt that not only did the forging skills of the Nameless Blacksmith Makarov improve during his time in the Crimson Iron Ore Vein, but his sense of aesthetics had seemingly improved as well compared to before.

However, just like his own light-novel-like story, the aesthetic of this mask was somewhat Japanese, resembling those Japanese evil spirit Hannya masks. But it must be admitted, it was quite good-looking indeed.

After briefly observing, Zhang Yanhang quickly started the Alchemy, controlling the Alchemy Array and began to fuse these Crimson Marrow Ghost Masks.

Due to the large quantity, Zhang Yanhang fused only the most basic +1 for four rounds and then obtained sixty-one Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +1s, then he continued to fuse +2. After two rounds of fusion, he created thirty Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +2s.

Then Zhang Yanhang successively began fusing the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +3, +4, and +5.

In the end, Zhang Yanhang had fused a total of three Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +5s, one Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +4, one Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +3, and one Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +1, which meant he was lacking six ordinary Crimson Marrow Ghost Masks to fuse another new Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +5.

Although Zhang Yanhang only fused up to +5, it did not mean he couldn't continue to fuse further. In fact, after completing the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +5, he still felt some leeway. Merging into a Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +7 might not be realistic, but merging into a Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +6 was definitely still possible.

The reason he didn't use the three newly fused Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +5s to directly create a Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +6 was that he currently had three heads, and merging only one Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +6 wasn't enough to distribute; it was better to have each head wear a Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +5.

Observing the freshly baked Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +5 shining with a light golden glow, Zhang Yanhang immediately started to check the attribute list of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +5, wanting to know how much the additional attributes had been enhanced by the fusion.

[Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +5]

[Quality: Light Golden]

[Type: Equipment]

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

[Durability: 60/60]

[Defensive Power: 45]

[Additional Attributes: Critical Strike Rate +22.5% (+7.5%).]

[Usage Requirements: Agility 45 points.]

[Score: 325 (Light Golden items score range from 261 to 350.)]

[Introduction: After retreating into the deep mountains, I suddenly felt that it was indeed more free and carefree here. I can freely obtain forging materials and also no one will come to bother me; considering the stringent conditions outside, I think it is better to stay inside the Crimson Iron Ore Vein and calmly refine my forging skills...]

"After five fusions, the Equipment Score of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask rose from the mid-to-low 200 points within the Dark Purple Quality to the higher score bracket of the Light Golden Quality, and in fact, it was quite close to the perfect score.

This five-time fusion increased the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask's score by 125 points, with an average of 25 points per fusion. By this calculation, just one more fusion, which is creating a Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +6, would increase the score by another 25 points, reaching the perfect 350 points for Light Golden Quality."

Zhang Yanhang felt the scoring increment was quite favorable, especially compared to the Crimson Iron Equipment from the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalaguli he remembered before, where each fusion seemed to only increase the score by twenty points, much lower than this.

"Indeed, the Critical Strike Rate enhancement provided by the Light Golden Quality Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask increased significantly. After five fusions, it improved from the original 15% Critical Strike Rate to 22.5%, increasing by another 7.5%. Averaging it over five fusions, approximately each fusion increased the Critical Strike Rate by 1.5%."

Apart from the increase in Critical Strike Rate, Zhang Yanhang also noticed that the usage requirement of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask had increased by ten points due to the upgrade to Light Golden Quality, from the original thirty-five points to forty-five points.

If it had been before his promotion to Second Tier, Zhang Yanhang might have started to consider giving up further fusion, to avoid enhancing it to Golden Quality and thereby failing to meet the usage requirements of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask.

But now, things were different. He had already been promoted to Third Tier, and the rank limitation had been lifted to seventy-five points. The possible fifty-five points of Agility required to reach Golden Quality in the future were completely trivial to him now.

As for why Zhang Yanhang was now starting to consider subsequent fusions, it was quite natural after all. Considering the large number of monsters in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, if everything went as expected, he should certainly be able to easily gather the necessary equipment quantity for breaking limits, and then Golden Quality would naturally come naturally.

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