Ashen God-Chapter 1037 - 1036: Profession Level LV.47!
In this way, he now has a total of 402 drop treasure boxes from Crimson Iron Destruction Ants and 230 drop treasure boxes from Crimson Iron Flame Ants on his body, for a total of 632 drop treasure boxes.
Of course, besides these drop treasure boxes from the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, one must also add the 91 drop treasure boxes Zhang Yanhang previously obtained from the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu. Therefore, Zhang Yanhang now has a total of 723 drop treasure boxes in his hand, finally breaking the 100 mark.
After a simple count of the drop treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang was planning to try reducing the time required to open the treasure boxes. Under normal circumstances, opening a treasure box takes about three seconds for him. The 723 treasure boxes he got this time would take at least thirty to forty minutes to open, which indeed wastes some time.
After all, it took him less than a minute to clear the entire large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, and even less than a minute if you include clearing the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu. But opening the treasure boxes would waste over half an hour; is that appropriate? That's definitely very inappropriate.
So, Zhang Yanhang had resolved to reduce this box-opening time back in the Fourth Tier, and now, at the Fifth Tier, after just forcibly refreshing the prize pool of the Lucky Slot Machine, Zhang Yanhang is equally confident that he can reduce the box-opening time, as it shouldn't be difficult to achieve.
Speaking of this issue regarding multiple choice options, we must also mention the issue of energy value consumption. Zhang Yanhang found that the previous forced refresh of the Lucky Slot Machine's prize pool consumed far less than he had imagined.
Refreshing the Lucky Slot Machine at the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu only cost a thousand points of energy value. The subsequent refresh at the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano cost only two thousand points of energy value. For him now, it takes just a few seconds to recover automatically.
Therefore, Zhang Yanhang thinks that even if opening the treasure boxes consumes some energy value, based on his current energy value recovery speed, it should be absolutely not difficult to sustain, possibly even very easy.
But compared to the non-consuming box opening in the past, consuming energy definitely makes him feel somewhat uneasy.
"Choose! I want to shorten the box-opening time."
Zhang Yanhang believes that the multiple choice options should understand what he means.
As expected, after Zhang Yanhang attempted to trigger the option, a related text option box immediately appeared before him.
[Whether to open the drop treasure boxes simultaneously?]
[Option One: First Tier One-star Ordinary Monster Crimson Iron Worker Ant drop treasure boxes (You have a total of eighty White quality drop treasure boxes from Crimson Iron Worker Ants, and you choose to open them all at once.)]
[Option Two: First Tier One-star Elite Monster Crimson Iron Flying Ant drop treasure boxes (You have a total of eleven Green quality drop treasure boxes from Crimson Iron Flying Ants, and you choose to open them all at once.)]
[Option Three: Second Tier Three-star Elite Monster Crimson Iron Destruction Ant drop treasure boxes (You have a total of four hundred and two Purple quality drop treasure boxes from Crimson Iron Destruction Ants, and you choose to open them all at once.)]
[Option Four: Second Tier Four-star Ordinary Monster Crimson Iron Flame Ant drop treasure boxes (You have a total of two hundred and thirty Purple quality drop treasure boxes from Crimson Iron Flame Ants, and you choose to open them all at once.)]
"The Fifth Tier is indeed a tier with a lot of changes, and indeed, it easily achieves what I couldn't do before - opening all the drop treasure boxes simultaneously.
Just currently, it seems that only the same kind of drop treasure boxes can be opened simultaneously, rather than all of them at once. But fortunately, that's not a big problem, as I currently have only four kinds of drop treasure boxes. Even if one kind takes three seconds, opening all four kinds would only take twelve seconds, much faster compared to the previous half-hour."
So, Zhang Yanhang is quite satisfied with the current situation. As for simultaneously opening all different kinds of drop treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang thinks it might require reaching the Sixth Tier to achieve, thus requiring hopeful anticipation and continuous waiting.
"Therefore, I choose Option One, to open all the Crimson Iron Worker Ant drop treasure boxes simultaneously."
After briefly reviewing the four options, Zhang Yanhang quickly made his choice. And as he made his choice, a large familiar text option box appeared before him.
[Please choose the specific content of 'Drop Treasure Box (Crimson Iron Worker Ant)']
[Item One: ?]
[Item Two: ?]
[Item Three: ?]
[Item Four: ?]
[Item Five: ?]
...
After briefly reviewing the five item slots of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant drop treasure box, Zhang Yanhang found that it was identical to the ordinary Crimson Iron Worker Ant drop treasure boxes he had opened before, so he quickly made his choice.
"Therefore, I choose 'Ant Power,' '30 Soul points,' '30 Soul points,' '30 Soul points,' and 'Crimson Iron Ring.'"
After making the choices, the Time Pause vanished instantly, and at the same time, all eighty Green quality drop treasure boxes from Crimson Iron Worker Ants in front of Zhang Yanhang began to open slowly, providing Zhang Yanhang simultaneously with the benefits of Ant Power, Crimson Iron Ring, and ninety Soul points.
"It seems the multiple choice option has integrated all drop treasure boxes and simultaneously merged all item options of the drop treasure boxes into one. As a result, although I made the choice only once, I still opened all eighty drop treasure boxes simultaneously."
Zhang Yanhang feels that the development of multiple choice options has indeed gotten more outrageous, gradually beginning to blatantly alter some of the basic rules of the Ashen World.
But fortunately, there is no world consciousness or Ashen Will in the Ashen World, so even if he forcibly changes some rules, no one will sanction him. Otherwise, with the situation of multiple choice options, he might not even survive the First Tier before being directly sanctioned to death.
After opening the drop treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang checked the energy value consumption and found that this time the energy value consumption was also not high, consuming only eighty points of energy value, and it automatically recovered before he could see clearly.
This eighty-point energy value is certainly not a coincidence. Zhang Yanhang estimates that opening a single box consumes one point of energy value, so eighty drop treasure boxes together consumed exactly eighty points of energy value.
As for whether this is truly the case, it can be easily verified with a few more option executions later.
"Choose! Open all the drop treasure boxes."
After opening the Crimson Iron Worker Ant drop treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang continued to open the other drop treasure boxes.
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November 3, Tuesday, the second day after Halloween, and also the first day Zhang Yanhang entered the Ashen World, at 3:31 PM, Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, Lucky Slot Machine.
After opening all the drop treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to tally his related gains, firstly, of course, focusing on the gains in Soul points. Therefore, he immediately began to check his Soul points balance.
[Soul Points: 82,460,800 (+6,725,360)]
"Previously, I had a total of 75,735,000 Soul points, and as expected, in line with my previous estimates, I gained only over six million Soul points this time. Counting this newly acquired 6,725,360 Soul points, I now have a total of 82,460,800 Soul points, still insufficient to upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill."
However, given the possibility of refreshing the prize pool of the Lucky Slot Machine in Raccoon City later, Zhang Yanhang is not anxious to upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill immediately.
After all, if he maxed out the attribute values, he wouldn't be able to use artifacts anymore. Moreover, those low-quality artifacts in Raccoon City are only usable at the Fifth Tier, becoming invalid at the Sixth Tier. Hence, they naturally shouldn't be wasted.
This is precisely why Zhang Yanhang, who was originally in a rush to upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill, can now afford to delay the upgrade process. But even so, with barely over 80 million soul points, it's still not enough for Zhang Yanhang to upgrade a skill. After all, upgrading a skill now requires 400 million soul points.
Therefore, if he really wants to upgrade, Zhang Yanhang's current balance of soul points can barely upgrade the profession level of the Heavenly Destiny Master.
Considering that he will later clear the Fifth Tier Permanent Teleportation Channel to acquire a large amount of soul points, Zhang Yanhang thinks there's no need to hold onto these 80 million soul points for now. If he can upgrade, he will upgrade directly. Besides, he's eager to see the next tier promotion conditions unlocked after reaching LV.50.
So, Zhang Yanhang immediately opened his level panel for a quick look.
[Name: Zhang Yanhang (Fifth Tier)]
[Race: Human]
[Profession: Heavenly Destiny Master]
[Level: LV.44 (0/20000000)]
[Soul points: 82460800]
"To raise the Heavenly Destiny Master's profession level to LV.45 requires consuming 20 million soul points. With my current balance of 80 million soul points, it's more than sufficient, so let's upgrade directly."
Zhang Yanhang immediately clicked on upgrade on the level panel.
[Would you like to spend 20,000,000 soul points to increase the profession level to LV.45?]
"Yes, increase the profession level to LV.45."
Although Zhang Yanhang's current balance of soul points isn't much, he feels that upgrading two or three levels shouldn't be a problem.
[Profession level successfully increased to LV.45, free attribute points +6.]
"I haven't used the six free attribute points obtained from upgrading to LV.44 before, and with the six new free attribute points, that's a total of twelve free attribute points.
Speaking of which, since it seems highly likely that the free attribute points will not be used in the future, could I possibly accumulate an unprecedented forty-two free attribute points this time?"
Needless to say, given the current situation, Zhang Yanhang feels that this is indeed very likely to happen.
[Name: Zhang Yanhang (Fifth Tier)]
[Race: Human]
[Profession: Heavenly Destiny Master]
[Level: LV.45 (0/25000000)]
[Soul points: 62460800 (-20000000)]
"I used to have over 80 million soul points before, and just now, I spent 20 million soul points to upgrade to LV.45, leaving me with only 60 million soul points."
But because the balance of soul points is still sufficient, Zhang Yanhang immediately clicked upgrade again.
[Would you like to spend 25,000,000 soul points to increase the profession level to LV.46?]
"Yes, increase the profession level to LV.46."
Zhang Yanhang estimates that he should be able to upgrade the Heavenly Destiny Master's profession level to LV.47 this time, but the remaining three levels will have to wait until later to upgrade.
[Profession level successfully increased to LV.46, free attribute points +6.]
"Including the six attribute points obtained from the previous upgrade, I now have eighteen free attribute points in total, which is amazing."
Seeing the number of free attribute points in his hand gradually increase, Zhang Yanhang feels very happy. After all, having resources makes him feel secure.
[Name: Zhang Yanhang (Fifth Tier)]
[Race: Human]
[Profession: Heavenly Destiny Master]
[Level: LV.46 (0/30000000)]
[Soul points: 37460800 (-25000000)]
"I originally had over 60 million soul points left, but since I spent 25 million soul points to upgrade to LV.46, and need to spend another 30 million soul points to upgrade to LV.47, I'm now left with only 37 million soul points. It seems I can only upgrade to LV.47."
While speaking, Zhang Yanhang clicked upgrade on the panel.
[Would you like to spend 30,000,000 soul points to increase the profession level to LV.47?]
"Yes, increase the profession level to LV.47."
Because upgrading a profession level now requires tens of millions of soul points, Zhang Yanhang previously dismissed the 6 million soul points obtained from clearing the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano and the Small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu.
In fact, none of the 6 million soul points acquired earlier were used in this upgrade; it was all done using previous reserves to improve the profession level.
[Profession level successfully increased to LV.47, free attribute points +6.]
"After the last upgrade, I had a total of eighteen free attribute points. Adding the six free attribute points obtained from upgrading to LV.47, I have, in total, twenty-four free attribute points."
Because the number of Fifth Tier free attribute points this time might break records and because for future Sixth and Seventh Tiers he definitely won't lack charm attribute values, Zhang Yanhang believes that he will absolutely avoid the awkward situation he faced at the end of the tier without maxing out his main attribute value after two days of being promoted.
Given his current situation, Zhang Yanhang believes the next promotion to the Sixth Tier might replicate the situation of the Fourth Tier, where he maximizes all attribute values immediately upon promotion. According to his current status, he has a high probability of achieving this.
