"The story of the Nameless Blacksmith actually has a continuation? And this time the continuation is quite long..." Zhang Yanhang was attracted by the introduction when he first saw the Crimson Iron Heart’s attribute list, as it was quite lengthy.
"But this introduction seems to have nothing to do with the Crimson Iron Heart, well, there is a bit of a connection—the creator of the Crimson Iron Heart was also the Nameless Blacksmith, so the introduction actually tells the story of the Crimson Iron Heart’s creator."
After reading the introduction, Zhang Yanhang just wanted to mourn the Brave Apprentice for a second, but luckily the apprentice was male, so he could lick the Crimson Iron Ball. If it had been a female hero, she might not have licked it.
And also, the method of body fluid fusion might have been changed to something else.
Of course, since he didn’t know the blacksmith’s preferences, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t make hasty judgments, so theoretically, there was also the possibility of the blacksmith dragging a male hero to the back room to have his way with him. After all, heroes that are just starting out are usually teenagers in the prime of their youth, and the blacksmith might just have a taste for that.
"Alright, the introduction isn’t really important; what’s important are the additional attributes of the Crimson Iron Heart." Zhang Yanhang saw that the blue-quality Crimson Iron Heart had three additional attributes, one of which was Charm +1.
"So this is the real purpose of the additional attributes, it can actually increase attribute values..." Although the two sets of equipment Zhang Yanhang had also increased attribute values, they were only through set effects, and individual pieces of equipment didn’t have any enhancement effects.
And although the Crimson Iron Heart currently could only increase one point of charm attribute value, which seemed little, Zhang Yanhang could enhance the quality of the Crimson Iron Heart by fusing, and then, this additional attribute should definitely increase.
After finishing the Crimson Iron Heart’s attribute list, Zhang Yanhang then clicked on the fourth item.
[Option One: 7 Soul Points]
[Option Two: Crimson Iron Ruo Ant, quality white, pet]
[Option Three: 70 Soul Points]
"I actually got another pet, the Crimson Iron Ruo Ant? What is a Ruo Ant? Is it some new kind of worker? I’ve never heard of it." If it weren’t for the Time Pause status, Zhang Yanhang would definitely use his phone to search what a Ruo Ant was, but unfortunately, he couldn’t use the phone during Time Pause.
Although he couldn’t use his phone to search what a Ruo Ant really was, which was quite regrettable, Zhang Yanhang could still check the attribute list of the Crimson Iron Ruo Ant. He found that it seemed to be a kind of Crimson Iron Ant that was slightly stronger than the Crimson Iron Antling but slightly weaker than the Crimson Iron Worker Ant, belonging to an intermediate form between the two.
Simply put, if a Crimson Iron Antling continued to develop, it would become a Crimson Iron Ruo Ant, and further development of the Ruo Ant would evolve it into a Crimson Iron Worker Ant. Thus, the Ruo Ant and the Antling were similar in strength, both being First Tier Miscellaneous Monsters.
"Although this Crimson Iron Ruo Ant is indeed a bit stronger than the Crimson Iron Antling, it’s still of no use to me. A First Tier Miscellaneous Monster can’t even withstand one of my head bashes, oh, actually, a First Tier Two-star Monster also can’t withstand it."
If the treasure box could open up a pet of second tier or higher, Zhang Yanhang might still choose one to try and see what a pet really is. But a monster with the strength of a First Tier Miscellaneous Monster, let’s just forget it, it’s really not great.
And also, Zhang Yanhang had mentioned before, he hates insects. Even if he really wanted to have a pet, he’d prefer to have some normal small animals like lions, tigers, or bears. These kinds of small animals are not only cute but their combat power is also relatively high, suitably fitting for him.
[Option One: Wings of the Crimson Iron Flying Ant (a pair), quality white, material]
Option Two: 35 Soul points
Option Three: 70 Soul points
"Crimson Iron Flying Ant Wings... I now have a bunch of Crimson Iron Flying Ant corpses in my Waist Bag, so I don’t need these isolated wings, and besides, the White quality is too low." Although the quality of the Crimson Iron Flying Ant Wings is low, Zhang Yanhang could understand.
Since the Crimson Iron Flying Ant could only absorb impurities in the Crimson Iron to strengthen its exoskeleton, it was reasonable that the wings were only of White quality. After all, even regular Crimson Iron was only of Green quality, so it was not possible for the Crimson Iron Flying Ant to achieve the same quality just by absorbing impurities, right?
If the impurities were that strong, they would not be considered impurities anymore; they could reverse roles and make Crimson Iron the new impurity.
After reviewing all five items, Zhang Yanhang made his final choice, "So, I choose ’Ant Power’, ’Refined Crimson Iron (500 grams)’, ’Crimson Iron Heart’, ’70 Soul points’, ’70 Soul points’."
After making his choices, time started flowing again, but Zhang Yanhang did not stop. Instead, he immediately picked up another treasure box. Although there were only fifty-one treasure boxes this time, he still had to hurry to open them all. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel※fire.net
When he had hundreds of treasure boxes before, it took him about half an hour just to open them, but now, with only fifty-one treasure boxes, it would probably take just a few minutes.
Minutes later, Zhang Yanhang had opened all the treasure boxes and began to tally the various items he had received from the boxes. But first, he needed to check how many Soul points he had accrued, to see if it was enough to upgrade Gun Master LV.9, which required six thousand four hundred Soul points.
[Soul points: 8238 (+4640)]
"I gained 4640 Soul points, not bad. And with a balance of 8238 Soul points, I indeed have the required six thousand four hundred to upgrade Gun Master LV.9." Zhang Yanhang prepared next to tally the various items from the treasure boxes and then proceeded to upgrade Gun Master.
Firstly, naturally, was Talent; since Talent from the Crimson Iron Flying Ant treasure box could also yield E-grade Ant Power, Zhang Yanhang this time cumulatively obtained fifty-one E-grade Ant Powers, which was more than enough to upgrade the D-grade Ant Power to B-grade.
Adding to the two Ant Powers left over from before, Zhang Yanhang now had a total of fifty-three Ant Powers, and upgrading the D-grade Talent to B-grade would only require thirty-six Ant Powers.
But first, Zhang Yanhang wanted to upgrade the D-grade Talent Ant Power to C-grade. He picked out nine red little balls from a huge pile on the table and crushed them all at once.
[Detection of a Subordinate Talent ’Ant Power’ in your Talent List, do you wish to merge the Talents?]
"Yes, merge." For this Talent upgrade, Zhang Yanhang had two hopes; first, he hoped that the new Talent name after the upgrade would sound a bit nicer.
The second hope was that the effect of Double Strike would become stronger after the Talent upgrade, because the previous Double Strike was indeed a bit too weak.
[You have obtained the C-grade Talent ’Power to Tie Chicken.’]