After successfully obtaining the Ashen Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang quickly sat down on the spot to start opening the treasure box, but before that, he opened his Soul points balance to take a look, although he didn't expect the harvest to be much.

"Soul points: 18049717 (+46013)"

"Did I actually gain 46013 soul points? I originally thought at most it would be a four-digit number of soul points..."

Zhang Yanhang thought that the reason why he was able to gain more than forty thousand soul points just from killing earnings definitely had nothing to do with the previous clearing of the Crimson Iron Worker Ants and the Crimson Iron Flying Ants in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalaguli, but mainly because he had just cleaned up the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano's lucky slot machine third prize pool.

After all, there were twenty Crimson Iron Prince Ants inside, and each Crimson Iron Prince Ant was worth eighteen hundred soul points, and even subtracting a commission of one hundred sixty soul points, there was still a net profit of sixteen hundred forty soul points.

Thus, just these twenty Crimson Iron Prince Ants alone provided him with over thirty thousand soul points, and the other monsters simply filled up the rest of the minor amounts.

As for the small part of Crimson Iron Worker Ants and Crimson Iron Flying Ants killed in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalaguli, although there were more than two hundred of them, it was uncertain if they could even provide him with a thousand soul points, barely equivalent to half the value of a Prince Ant's soul points, and could basically be ignored.

"The 46013 soul points I gained this time increased my soul point balance from the original 18003704 soul points to 18049717 soul points. Although the increase isn't much, at least the last digit finally stopped being constantly fixed on '4' and has changed to '7'."

Zhang Yanhang felt that seven looked much more pleasing than four.

After checking his soul point balance, Zhang Yanhang quickly took out the drop treasure box he had just obtained from his waist bag and counted the total, eventually tallying up to 25 drop treasure boxes including the Ashen Treasure Box.

These twenty-five drop treasure boxes consisted of eleven white quality drop treasure boxes (contributed by nine Crimson Iron Worker Ants and two Crimson Iron Flying Ants), two green quality drop treasure boxes (contributed by one Crimson Iron Soldier Ant and one Crimson Iron Breeding Ant each).

Two purple quality drop treasure boxes (contributed by one Crimson Iron Destruction Ant and one Crimson Iron Flame Ant each), six dark purple quality drop treasure boxes (contributed by one Crimson Iron Flame Demon Ant and one Crimson Iron Hell Ant each), three light golden quality drop treasure boxes (solely contributed by Crimson Iron Prince Ants), and the most important Ashen Treasure Box.

After a quick count, Zhang Yanhang immediately picked up the Ashen Treasure Box from the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano and began to check its attribute list.

"Ashen Treasure Box (Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano)"

"Quality: None (Exclusive Ashen Treasure Box received after evaluation settlement, without quality.)"

"Related Area Comprehensive Evaluation Level: EX"

"Type: Treasure Box"

"Origin: Ashen World, Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano."

"Treasure Box Keywords: Flames, Metal, Divine, Sun, Hell. (Keywords are the special property exclusive to Ashen Treasure Boxes, and the Ashen Treasure Boxes decide the items to be opened based on the keywords, not limited to any region, as long as the region contains the corresponding keywords, the items can potentially be opened.)"

"Durability: Indestructible (Exclusive Ashen Treasure Box received after evaluation settlement, cannot be destroyed.)"

"Special Attribute: The higher the comprehensive evaluation level and regional difficulty, the better the treasure box rewards."

"Usage Requirements: Zhang Yanhang (Exclusive Ashen Treasure Box received after evaluation settlement, only usable by the individual.)"

"Introduction: Exclusive Ashen Treasure Box received after evaluation settlement, non-tradable, indestructible, and non-droppable. The comprehensive evaluation level of the related area can further increase or decrease the reward limits, with the base upper limit and lower limit of the treasure rewards determined by the regional difficulty."

"Good gracious, even though it's the Ashen Treasure Box of the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, there's not even a single clearly related keyword in the treasure box keywords, which is outrageous."

Zhang Yanhang remembered that the keywords for the Ashen Treasure Box obtained from cleaning the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu were 'Insect Race, Metal, Domination, Flames, Nest,' with the first being Insect Race and the last being Nest, both of which were fairly obvious keywords.

But this time the keywords seem a bit off, or rather, it seems like the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena has taken all the spotlight.

"With a total of five keywords, Flames, Sun, Divine, Hell, all related to the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena, the Lord of Hell; only Metal seems unrelated, but Metal is because the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano is located within the Crimson Iron Ore Vein, so Metal is considered an environmental keyword."

Zhang Yanhang had originally thought that the keywords for this large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano would be similar to those of the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu. It now appears that only Flames and Metal are the same, but the final items opened will likely be worlds apart.

"Although I don't know what good items will come out, but logically, this Ashen Treasure Box should definitely open items above the orange quality. I wonder what the next quality will be."

In Ashen World, where nothing follows conventions, Zhang Yanhang could no longer guess anything about the item quality.

"Although I'm eager to open the Ashen Treasure Box, before opening the treasure box, I still need to make some relevant selections first, not wanting to waste the opportunity to obtain a Divination Tarot Card."

Because he had previously obtained a purple quality Divination Tarot Card - Pope from the drop treasure box of the Crimson Iron Queen Ant, Zhang Yanhang estimated that the new Divination Tarot Card he opens this time would not still be of blue quality, but would rather start off as purple quality like the Divination Tarot Card - Pope.

"Choice! How can I possibly obtain a new Divination Tarot Card - Pope[Weak] (Gate of Truth) that might or might not be related to the original through a relatively normal means?"

Zhang Yanhang skillfully triggered a choice related to the Divination Tarot Card, and as expected, the Time Pause descended once again upon the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, and the familiar text option box instantly appeared before Zhang Yanhang.

[Do you want to obtain the Divination Tarot Card?]

[Option One: Yes (Since you've completely eradicated all the large Crimson Iron ants including the Fourth Tier Four Star Lord Monster 'Crimson Iron Queen Ant [God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena]' in the entire large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano and gradually found nothing else to do, you went to collect the Ashen Treasure Box of the Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano region from the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box.

After calculating the evaluation and completion of the region, you unsurprisingly received the highest EX-grade Ashen Treasure Box, and upon opening this exclusive Ashen Treasure Box of the Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano region, you unexpectedly obtained the Divination Tarot Card you desired.)]

[Option Two: No (Although your first Divination Tarot Card was obtained in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu related to the Nameless Blacksmith Makarov, and the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano is also related to Nameless Blacksmith Makarov, you still don't believe you can get a new Divination Tarot Card here.

So, after some thought, you successfully persuaded yourself and gave up the idea of obtaining other Divination Tarot Cards, saving yourself the trouble, believing you could spend that time doing something more meaningful, such as exploring other new areas before the teleportation channel opens.)]

[Option Three: Not found (Because you wanted to find other Divination Tarot Cards, you were prepared to explore the entire large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano again. Although the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano didn't have much to do with the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, this place had the presence of the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena.

As a location where a divine entity appeared, you felt that some miracles might happen here, but unfortunately, even after searching the entire large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano back and forth three times begrudgingly, you still did not find any traces of the Divination Tarot Cards and had to admit that sometimes, miracles don't exist, especially for a nonbeliever like you.)]

"How should I put it, these options are the same as always, but this time the third option really discriminates against nonbelievers, huh? Nonbelievers don't deserve miracles? Though I really wasn't expecting any miracles anyway."

Primarily, rather than hoping for miracles, Zhang Yanhang felt it was indeed more reliable to make decisions using Multiple Choice. Moreover, he wasn't just a nonbeliever; he was also a God Slayer, having killed the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena. Could he still expect her, his enemy, to waste divine power to show him a miracle? Absolutely not.

"This first option feels similar to the previous ones, so logically, it should still highly likely let me obtain both Tarot Cards... and they would both be Purple Quality Divination Tarot Cards..."

Zhang Yanhang felt that since there had been a precedent, this time it should probably go similarly, as the Multiple Choice in this respect was always very reliable and never messed up.

"As for this second option, though exploring new areas is indeed meaningful and worth doing, the teleportation channel will open in less than an hour, and I'm eager to go back to the Main World to promote my Rank, so exploring new areas should wait until I have time later on. It's really not feasible right now."

If Zhang Yanhang needed to continue enhancing the Divine Power of Longbo to the next level, he would certainly be in a rush to explore new areas, but currently, he had no such need.

After all, he had just cleaned up the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, and he also had another area to clear opposite the abandoned teleportation channel in the Raccoon City sewers, so for now, it indeed wasn't necessary.

"So, I choose Option One, yes, to obtain the Divination Tarot Card I desire from the EX-class Ashen Treasure Box exclusive to the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano area."

After making his choice, Zhang Yanhang saw Time Pause vanish instantly, and he immediately picked up that EX-class Ashen Treasure Box again.

[Would you like to open "Ashen Treasure Box (Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano)"?]

"Yes, open it." Zhang Yanhang was quite looking forward to the quality above orange, and of course, the Divination Tarot Card was equally important.

[Item One]

[Option One: 3 Ash Source Points]

[Option Two: 6 Ash Source Points]

[Option Three: 9 Ash Source Points]

"Hmm? Nine Ash Source Points? Can an Ashen Treasure Box really yield nine Ash Source Points at once?

Compared to the previous Third Tier Ashen Treasure Box, this Fourth Tier Ashen Treasure Box has tripled its output. So, here comes the question; are these nine Ash Source Points from the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano normal for Fourth Tier, or are they available due to the influence of the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena?"

Zhang Yanhang tended to believe that the nine Ash Source Points were likely the normal level for Fourth Tier. After all, moving up to Fourth Tier from Third Tier was akin to entering a new realm, somewhat a sublimation of the life hierarchy, so it was normal for the Ash Source of the Fourth Tier to triple compared to the Third Tier, especially given the significant difference.

"Previously, I was worried that using up the remaining seven Ash Source Points on my person for promotion would mean I'd have none left for skill enhancement when I reached Fourth Tier. But now, it seems there's no need to worry about that."

Now, even if Zhang Yanhang used up all seven Ash Source Points on his person for rank promotion, he would still have nine Ash Source Points left for use, though it was uncertain if nine points would be sufficient.

"The only skill I've promoted twice so far is Alchemy. To enhance it a second time, it required two Ash Source Points. Thus, by the same token, it's likely that other skills would also need two Ash Source Points for their second promotion.

This means that the nine Ash Source Points I have could only enhance four skills, which is clearly not enough. Moreover, future promotions will certainly require more Ash Source Points, so even after reaching Fourth Tier, I will still need to strive to acquire more Ash Source Points."

Zhang Yanhang had now fully realized that what had always hindered his rank promotion were neither soul points nor attribute values, but the Ash Source. Mainly because the ways to obtain Ash Source were too scarce, limited to just being found in Ashen Treasure Boxes, with only one box available per area.

Although he had also obtained Ash Source from the Lord's Treasure Chest of the Crimson Iron Queen Ant, that was mostly an exception, likely because he defeated the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena; next time might not be the same.

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