"But the problem is, although the chance of triggering the extra attack has indeed increased by a lot, isn’t the Attack Power of this extra attack too low? Only 25%? If it can only maintain at 25%, then this Double Strike might as well be considered useless."
Of course, under normal circumstances, this shouldn’t happen. Zhang Yanhang estimated that, accompanied by the subsequent Talent Level upgrade, the Attack Power of this extra attack should also correspondingly increase. In any case, it definitely wouldn’t just increase the triggering chance alone.
"Given the number of monsters in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, upgrading Ant Power to the same S rank as Chunling Endless shouldn’t be a problem, and it’s even possible that it could be promoted to a rank above S. After a few more level-ups, the attack effect of this Double Strike should become quite significant."
Zhang Yanhang was still quite optimistic about the prospects of Double Strike. It seemed weaker at the moment only because the Talent Level was limited, having just upgraded to D rank. With subsequent upgrades, Double Strike would definitely bring about a significant enhancement in his strength.
After checking the Talent Effect of Ant Power, Zhang Yanhang opened his Attribute list to take a look.
[Strength: 25 (+3[-1])]
[Constitution: 25 (+3[-4])]
[Intelligence: 25 (+3[-3])]
"The Strength Attribute is now two points away from the First Tier Limit, but with the later upgrades of Ant Power, these two points should be easily completed." According to the previous upgrade pattern of Chunling Endless, if he upgraded Ant Power two levels further, Zhang Yanhang would gain another two Strength Attribute points.
Currently, upgrading ’Ant Power’ to C rank required nine E rank Talents ’Ant Power’, and if he wanted to further upgrade ’Ant Power’ to B rank, he would likely need twenty-seven E rank Talents ’Ant Power’.
After upgrading D rank Ant Power, Zhang Yanhang still had two ’Ant Power’ left. This meant that, in the following three-plus hours, Zhang Yanhang needed to gather another thirty-four ’Ant Power’ to upgrade Ant Power to B rank. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel~fire~net
If he needed only thirty-four ’Ant Power’, Zhang Yanhang estimated that he would need to kill about three to four hundred Crimson Iron Worker Ants, which seemed achievable given the remaining time.
Once he upgraded Ant Power to B rank and gained the remaining two points in Strength, Zhang Yanhang’s Strength would finally reach the First Tier Limit. By doing so, he would receive extra rewards during his Rank Promotion.
"So now, the only problem left is Agility. Currently, my Agility attribute is three points away from the First Tier Limit. How am I going to complete these three points?"
Zhang Yanhang hadn’t yet come up with a good method to increase his Agility attribute. If he still hadn’t found a solution before the Rank Promotion, he would have to use his stock of Free Attribute Points to fill in these three points. Otherwise, he would miss out on the corresponding extra rewards.
Just as Zhang Yanhang was contemplating how to increase his Agility attribute, a group of Crimson Iron Worker Ants, which were closest in distance, had already approached. "Forget it, let’s continue monster hunting."
Zhang Yanhang quickly raised his M4A1 rifle and opened fire on the Crimson Iron Worker Ants. The muzzle flashed with gunfire, a succession of bullets accurately entering the heads of the Crimson Iron Worker Ants, which had large claw-shaped mouthparts, wreaking havoc within their fragile and scanty brains before exiting from the lower side of their bodies.
After their brains were damaged, several Crimson Iron Worker Ants at the front immediately fell silent and lay motionless on the ground, while those at the back fearlessly trampled over the bodies of their companions, continually advancing toward Zhang Yanhang.
But against the bullets fired from Zhang Yanhang’s M4A1 rifle, these dauntlessly advancing Crimson Iron Worker Ants’ exoskeletons offered not the slightest bit of defense, instantly shattering upon impact.
Even the mouthparts of the Crimson Iron Worker Ants—which were the hardest part of their exoskeleton—were no different. After piercing through the mouthparts, the bullets would not be deviated from their trajectory, merely slowed down slightly. But even with reduced speed, they could still easily perforate the bodies of the Crimson Iron Worker Ants.
Accompanied by continuous gunfire from Zhang Yanhang, one Crimson Iron Worker Ant after another fell along their path of advance. The broken exoskeletons mixed with thick crimson bodily fluids made the already softly glowing tunnel even more vivid and bright.
[Successfully killed a First Tier One Star Monster ’Crimson Iron Worker Ant (Common)’ ×1, Soul points +3.]
[Successfully killed a First Tier One Star Monster ’Crimson Iron Worker Ant (Common)’ ×1, Soul points +3.]
[Successfully killed a First Tier One Star Monster ’Crimson Iron Worker Ant (Common)’ ×1, Soul points +3.]
"These Crimson Iron Worker Ants feel even more reckless than zombies. They rush at the enemy immediately, not caring if they can beat them or not..."
Although the recklessness of the Crimson Iron Worker Ants was a bit unexpected, Zhang Yanhang still quite liked this type of enemy. As long as he stayed still, the Crimson Iron Worker Ants would keep coming one after another. According to Zhang Yanhang’s perception, there were five squads of Crimson Iron Worker Ants currently moving in his direction.
Just when Zhang Yanhang was about to pick up the Treasure Boxes, three more squads of Crimson Iron Worker Ants ran up to him and began trying to surround him.
This time, Zhang Yanhang deliberately waited until these Crimson Iron Worker Ants were close to him before he started shooting. Although the Crimson Iron Worker Ants seemed reckless, he was afraid that too many dying might result in them attempting escape behaviors.
Zhang Yanhang found it irritating to chase fleeing monsters, so he chose to let the monsters get closer to him. That way, with Zhang Yanhang’s shooting range, the monsters would have no chance to escape once they decided to flee and would have to be obediently killed by him.
Half an hour later, no matter how much gunfire was used to generate vibration, there were no more monsters around Zhang Yanhang. He had taken out roughly more than a dozen squads of Worker Ants, totaling the killing of more than two hundred Crimson Iron Worker Ants.
After killing so many Crimson Iron Worker Ants, Zhang Yanhang had obtained a total of twenty-six White Treasure Boxes, which wasn’t a lot, even a bit few.
After killing over two hundred Crimson Iron Worker Ants, Zhang Yanhang felt he had roughly figured out the issue with the Treasure Box drop rate. Unlike Raccoon City, where about seven or eight Zombies would drop a Treasure Box, here in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, Zhang Yanhang had to take down eight or nine ants on average to get a Treasure Box.
Compared to Raccoon City, the drop rate of Treasure Boxes in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest had decreased, but it was still within normal fluctuation range, as it was not possible for all monsters to have the same Treasure Box drop rate.