After examining the second achievement's attribute list, Zhang Yanhang quickly moved on to inspect the last achievement, which was the highest quality Dark Gold Quality Achievement.
[Annihilation and End of the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano]
[Acquisition Conditions: Kill 100/100 Crimson Iron Prince Ants, Kill 1/1 Crimson Iron Queen Ant.]
[Content Description: Although the involvement of the Crimson Iron Flame Demon Ants and Crimson Iron Hell Ants in the battle brought forth notable effects against human attacks, it merely delayed the inevitable demise of the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano and did not fundamentally solve the approaching doom. After a large number of Crimson Iron Flame Demon Ants and Crimson Iron Hell Ants died, the Crimson Iron Prince Ants originally guarding the Crimson Iron Queen Ant arrived at the frontlines and likewise engaged in combat with humans. Despite their considerable individual strength, they eventually lost due to their numbers and were gradually pushed back to the core area where the Crimson Iron Queen Ant was located.]
[Achievement Reward: Movement Speed +50%.]
"So, the question arises, is the 'human' mentioned in this summary referring to me, or to the kingdom where the Nameless Blacksmith Makarov resides that attacked the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano?"
If it's the former, then Zhang Yanhang felt it was normal for him to be able to kill the Crimson Iron Queen Ant; but if it's the latter, then he seriously doubted whether the Crimson Iron Queen Ant perished along with that group of humans, especially since he didn't think normal humans could overpower the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena.
Thus, although the achievement's name is 'Annihilation and End of the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano,' the lack of detail in the description about the actual process of killing the Crimson Iron Queen Ant made Zhang Yanhang believe that both parties perishing together was very likely.
"This time, this Dark Gold Quality Achievement actually provided a 50% increase in Movement Speed? That is indeed a bit surprising."
The only piece of equipment that provided a movement speed bonus that Zhang Yanhang got in the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano was the Orange Quality Equipment, Flame God's Blessing, obtained from the Treasure Box dropped by the Crimson Iron Queen Ant.
By the way, although the Crimson Iron Queen Ant normally does not have much mobility, after evolving the Fire Crab Legs from the Flame God's Body, it really moved quickly. It is probably because of this that it managed to offer a Movement Speed bonus, which wasn't its forte.
However, in comparison, Zhang Yanhang still felt that the Movement Speed bonus from this achievement might have been because those humans wanted to escape before perishing alongside the Crimson Iron Queen Ant, or perhaps they tried to flee after witnessing the overwhelming power displayed by the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena.
As for why after displaying overwhelming power the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena, faced annihilation leading to the complete destruction of the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, it naturally stemmed from the Flame God Descent's limited duration.
Or to put it another way, even without doing anything, Crotena, upon descending as the God of the Sun, consumes her own Divine Power to maintain her presence. Engaging in battle during this period would only accelerate this consumption process, and once her Divine Power was depleted, Crotena would naturally dissipate due to lack of sustenance, resulting in a mutual destruction scenario.
And the reason why Zhang Yanhang was initially able to genuinely kill the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena was not merely because he destroyed the body of the Crimson Iron Queen Ant but because he continuously attacked and depleted Crotena's Divine Power, effectively finishing her off.
Otherwise, as long as the Divine Power is sufficient, the flaming body shaped by the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena, recovers very quickly and has no weaknesses, making it impossible to kill her through normal means like smashing her head. After all, a divine projection essentially is a large mass of conscious energy, which is fundamentally different from normal material life forms.
Therefore, theoretically speaking, Zhang Yanhang could have kept draining the God of the Scorching Sun, Crotena, trying to exhaust her to death, but just draining would probably take a few hours, which would be a huge waste of time. Thus, he ultimately chose the more time-efficient method of a forceful kill.
After checking the attribute list of three achievements in the Achievement Vending Machine, Zhang Yanhang immediately started redeeming the related achievements.
After pressing the respective buttons in sequence, three small orbs, although all golden, showed significantly different levels of brightness, clearly belonging to three different ranks, popped out from the bottom outlet of the Achievement Vending Machine and instantly surged into Zhang Yanhang's body.
"That Light Golden Quality Achievement 'Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano Annihilation Battle' provided me with a 5% Armor Penetration Effect Bonus, and I initially had a total of 37.6% Armor Penetration Effect Bonus.
Now, I have a total of 42.6% Armor Penetration Effect Bonus on me, which means that about forty percent of my normal attacks can be converted into armor-penetrating attacks that ignore physical defense, which is quite nice."
Zhang Yanhang looked forward to the day when he could increase the Armor Penetration Effect to 100%. If he could really achieve that, he'd be able to completely ignore physical defense. Of course, the Armor Penetration Attack bonus is also very important as it can increase the damage multiplier of armor-penetrating attacks which is akin to indirectly increasing his overall attack strength.
"The second achievement, which is the Golden Quality Achievement 'Crimson Iron Ant Nest Destroyer,' provides me with a 40% Power Effect Bonus, which should definitely help increase my strength considerably."
As he spoke, Zhang Yanhang pulled out Crimson Iron Ore from his Waist Bag and started testing his strength.
Feeling that hitting a small target of a thousand tons was definitely going to be easy this time, Zhang Yanhang directly piled one thousand tons of Crimson Iron Ore on his right hand and, indeed, could easily bear it. Even more so, he still felt somewhat at ease.
Therefore, he quickly stacked another ten tons of Crimson Iron Ore on top, but still felt some ease. Then, he added another ten tons, but could still feel a little bit of leeway.
Zhang Yanhang thought for a moment, then added another ten tons, but this time it was a bit over the limit, so he slightly reduced it by one ton. Eventually, his single-hand strength stabilized at 1,029 tons.
"I remember my single-hand strength was around 982 tons before, and now it has increased to 1,029 tons, an additional increase of 47 tons, which is equivalent to three times the strength I had during the Second Tier Period."
Speaking of the strength during the Second Tier Period, Zhang Yanhang suddenly realized that his total strength was now sixty-four times what it was back then.
Such a terrifying growth rate was indeed mostly thanks to the XX-level Talent Longbo's power and the major strength effect bonuses brought by his new equipment. Otherwise, even if the promotion in rank brought a dramatic increase within a single day, it wouldn't be to such an extent.
"After reaching the small target of 1,000 tons this time, I won't set a new small target in the Third Tier, because I am about to advance in rank soon, and setting a new small target doesn't make much sense."
If Zhang Yanhang could convert his single-hand strength now, it would already reach two million and sixty thousand jin, and if he adds a Spiritual Qi Blessing, it would immediately reach four million one hundred twenty thousand jin.
"Even if I just calculate the double-handed strength under the Spirit Qi Blessing, I have already reached ten million and twenty-nine thousand jin, easily breaking the ten million jin mark, which, in a normal Mystical World, would at least be at the Late Stage Realm, or even the Peak Late Stage Realm. In the Medium Martial World, that would almost be considered a peak-level existence capable of fist crushing mountains and rivers."
Of course, Zhang Yanhang felt that although he could dominate in the Medium Martial World, he was still far from the High Martial and Super Martial. After all, even without discussing Super Martial, just the combat power of High Martial capable of punching out planets was far beyond his reach, though it's said in High Martial, punching out planets is also part of the Peak Late Stage combat strength. For more chapters visit NoveIꜰire.net
However, it must be mentioned that Zhang Yanhang's current rank is only Third Tier, which theoretically is still considered an early stage in the Awakener System. Therefore, theoretically, accomplishing a star-destroying strike in High Martial should be possible with growing strength.
Although he definitely isn't thinking about blowing up Earth, destroying some satellites and small asteroids should be feasible as his rank increases—like reaching the Sixth Tier or even higher ranks, although these are still quite distant for him right now.
"Thinking about it, the power system of Awakeners is indeed outrageous, starting from High Martial and even possibly reaching Super Martial."
As for what extent one could achieve in the later stages of the Awakener System, Zhang Yanhang thought that the Golden giant he saw on the Divination Tarot Card, who treated Redgiant stars like candy beans, is a good example.
Although he feels that reaching that level in his lifetime, or even in his next life might not be possible, people should always have dreams, and that Golden giant is indeed a worthwhile goal to strive for.
After testing his strength, Zhang Yanhang soon began to test his current speed; he teleported back to the wide Core Area and ran a kilometer back and forth again, and the results were very good, with a significant increase.
According to the test results, Zhang Yanhang's current Movement Speed had risen from 821 meters per second to 942 meters per second, an increase of 121 meters per second, which was quite substantial.
If converted to Mach speed, Zhang Yanhang's initial Movement Speed was only 2.42 Mach, but now it had increased to 2.77 Mach, equivalent to an increase of 0.35 Mach, or about one-third of a Mach.
"Thinking about the current trend, it seems my Movement Speed will soon break one thousand meters, but then again, I don't have any other Movement Speed bonuses available, so, most likely, I'll only be able to break the thousand meters barrier by advancing my rank."
Although there is an Ashen Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang doesn't expect that he could obtain new Equipment that enhances Movement Speed from it, given the small probability.
"Given my current Movement Speed, if I add a boost of Spiritual Energy, then the Movement Speed will break the five Mach threshold, reaching 5.54 Mach. Converted to kilometers, that would be about 3391 kilometers per hour, while the speed of a city bus is around thirty kilometers per hour.
Thus, my current Movement Speed is equivalent to 113 times that of a city bus; surprisingly, I've reached this level without even realizing it."
Zhang Yanhang was quite moved by this.
After testing his speed, Zhang Yanhang soon teleported from the Core Area to the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box in the Central Region.
October 30, Friday, the fifth day after the Double Ninth Festival, still counts as Zhang Yanhang's first day in the Ashen World, 6:08 a.m., Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, path connecting the Central Region and the inner side, Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box.
Looking at the huge Golden Treasure Box in front of him, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to check his current evaluation level.
[Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box (Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano)]
[Quality: None (Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box generated automatically by Ashen World, no quality.)]
[Origin: Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano.]
[Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Detail List]
[Crimson Iron Destruction Ant (Second Tier three-star elite monster): 40120/40000]
[Crimson Iron Flame Ant (Second-tier Four-star ordinary monster): 20020/20000]
[Crimson Iron Flame Demon Ant (Third Tier One-star ordinary monster): 1520/1500]
[Crimson Iron Hell Ant (Third Tier Two-star ordinary monster): 770/750]
[Crimson Iron Prince Ant (Third Tier Three-star elite monster): 220/200]
[Crimson Iron Queen Ant (Fourth Tier Four-star Lord Monster): 1/1]
[Current Area Comprehensive Completion Rate: 102.5%]
[Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Level: EX (F-EX)]
[Special Attribute: Ashen Treasure Box—The user can obtain an Ashen Treasure Box related to the evaluation level after the settlement is completed.]
[Usage requirements: Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Level F and above.]
[Introduction: Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box generated automatically by Ashen World, capable of real-time calculation of the current area's comprehensive evaluation level and generating corresponding level Ashen Treasure Box.]
"After cleaning the entire Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, the completion rate of the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box indeed increased to over one hundred percent, reaching 102.5%, successfully raising my evaluation level from the initial S+ to the highest EX level."
Eager to open the Ashen Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang briefly checked the completion rate and then directly chose to settle the evaluation.
[Would you like to open the 'Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box (Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano)'?]
"Yes, open the evaluation settlement treasure box." After confirming to open the treasure box, a small metal treasure box, shimmering with colorful light, quickly appeared in Zhang Yanhang's hand.
[You have obtained an EX-level 'Ashen Treasure Box (Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano)'.]