"So by that calculation, I have a total of 362 Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws in my possession, which might seem like a lot, but could easily prove insufficient.

After all, if by any chance the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws also require six fusions to reach their limit, then these 362 Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws would at most only be able to churn out 5 Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws +6, which is just barely enough considering I now have four pairs of arms."

However, whether they were truly enough, I wouldn't know until I tried, so Zhang Yanhang quickly disassembled all the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws he was holding and then used the Alchemy Array to cover the large pile of Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws lying on the ground.

After more than twenty rounds of fusion, Zhang Yanhang finally achieved Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws +4, having combined the original 362 Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws into 22 Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws +4, one Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +3, and one Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +1.

But Zhang Yanhang could feel that +4 wasn't the limit for the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws, so he continued manipulating the Alchemy Array and began fusing for Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +5. Compared to the previous Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws +4, he could immediately feel the increased difficulty of fusion; as expected, the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +5 should be the fusion limit of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws.

In the end, Zhang Yanhang managed to fuse a total of eleven Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws +5, one Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +3, and one Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +1. Looking at the light golden glow flickering on the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +5, Zhang Yanhang sighed silently, "In the end, it still didn't directly reach the Golden Quality."

"But that's also quite normal, after all, it's unlikely for equipment with a medium score like this to fuse directly into Golden Quality. Most of the time, only those pieces of equipment that start with a full score have a higher chance of breaking through two qualities just by ordinary fusion, or even advancing by three qualities by breaking the limit."

Zhang Yanhang said this as he began to check the attribute list of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +5.

[Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +5]

[Quality: Light Golden]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 62/62]

[Defensive Power: 43]

[Additional Attributes: Critical Strike Damage +40% (+12%).]

[Usage Requirements: Agility 45 points.]

[Score: 340 (Light Golden Items have scores ranging from 261 to 350.)]

[Introduction: After retreating to the mountains to refine his skills for a while, the Nameless Blacksmith gradually began to feel a bit bored. His days were full—gathering materials in the morning, crafting items in the afternoon, and reflecting on his experiences at night. While his blacksmithing skills improved quickly, and his days were indeed fulfilling, it was still quite boring...]

"After fusing the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw to +5, its equipment score increased by another 120 points compared to when it was +1, averaging about a 30-point increase in equipment score with each fusion, which is still about the same as before," he remarked. "It's the equivalent of going from a medium score in Dark Purple Quality to a high score in Light Golden Quality, but it's still ten points shy of a full score.

If it could be fused for a sixth time, it would probably be promoted directly to Golden Quality, but unfortunately, five times is the limit."

Apart from the equipment score, Zhang Yanhang also noted that the usage requirements had again gone up by ten points, from thirty-five to forty-five, a typical increase when moving from Dark Purple to Light Golden Quality. Previously, both the Crimson Marrow Ghost Face had increased by ten points when it had been upgraded to Light Golden Quality and Golden Quality.

"Of course, what's most important is that after the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw was fused to +5, the additional attribute of Critical Strike Damage it provided had once again been boosted by 12%, jumping straight from 28% to 40%, which averages out to around a 3% improvement per fusion in Critical Strike Damage," he mused.

After reviewing the attribute list of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +5, Zhang Yanhang quickly chose four pairs of Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +5 to wear on his eight hands.

"Although technically speaking, with eleven Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +5s, you could completely keep three and try to break through the limit and fuse eight into Golden Quality Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +6s, but let's not," he decided. "Wait until next time to gather more Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +5s before attempting to fuse them.

Now that my original Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +1 and the ordinary Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws have all been replaced with Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +5s, my Critical Strike Damage has once again been boosted by 54%, going from the original 331% to 385% Critical Strike Damage. That's almost like having four extra hands and wearing two additional pairs of Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws."

If Zhang Yanhang's initial critical hit attacks were just equivalent to triple damage, they were now nearly quadruple damage. However, true quadruple damage would likely have to wait until all four pairs of Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws broke through the fusion limit to reach Golden Quality Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw +6.

After inventorying the Crimson Marrow Ghost Face and the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claws, Zhang Yanhang counted the last type of equipment, which was the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor contributed by the Crimson Iron Flame Demon Ants.

Because he was doubtful about whether it could be properly equipped, Zhang Yanhang tried it on first and found out that it seemed it really could be equipped. Mainly, the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor only covered the middle section of his forearms, without overlapping the Dragon Power Bracelet at the front wrist joint or the Grey Maned Arm Guard at the rear elbow joint.

The Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist still had some forearm coverage, but since the main body of the Fist is a set of gloves, it actually doesn't use the forearm equipment slots, so there's no conflict with the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor. Otherwise, he guessed he wouldn't even be able to use the Dragon Power Bracelet or the Grey Maned Arm Guard.

After realizing that the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor could indeed be used without any concerns, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to fuse the Armor.

Yet to his surprise, although he clearly saw the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor start to flicker with golden light only at the second fusion, by the fourth fusion it had suddenly begun to sparkle with Dark Gold light.

Looking at the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor +4, which had upgraded from Light Golden Quality directly to Dark Gold Quality after just four infusions, Zhang Yanhang was utterly baffled yet also profoundly shocked.

Despite having no idea what had happened, Zhang Yanhang still chose to first check the attribute list of the Dark Gold Quality Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor in front of him.

[Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor +4]

[Quality: Dark Gold]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 81/81]

[Defensive Power: 54]

[Additional Attributes: Strength Effect +36% (+16%).]

[Usage Requirements: Strength 65 points.]

[Score: 450 (Dark Gold Quality Items score from 441 to 530.)]

[Introduction: Watching a female adventurer who had her memories directionally erased by a Witch Demon Mage's brainwashing spell, completely clueless about what had happened, only able to doubt her existence as she felt phantom limb pain with every step and hobbled along, leaning on the wall to leave the maze, the Nameless Blacksmith couldn't help but smile delightedly, convinced that running a maze was indeed the perfect job for him...]

"Boy, it truly deserves to be called an outrageous piece of equipment that jumped from Light Golden Quality straight to Dark Gold Quality, as the Additional Attributes have provided a direct additional increase of 16% to the strength effect, taking the strength effect bonus from the original 20% to 36%.

This is almost a doubling, with an average of 4% increase in strength effect per fusion over four fusions. If it could be fused to +5, I bet it could really double."

Indeed, it is very worth mentioning that Zhang Yanhang could clearly feel during the previous fusion process that even after reaching Dark Gold, +4 was still not the limit for the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor; there was still plenty of room to continue fusing to +5. If nothing goes wrong, the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor should reach its limit only after being upgraded to +5, just like the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw.

"Dark Gold truly lives up to its name, the usage requirements for the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor +4 immediately went from the original 45 points of strength to 65 points, an increase of 20 points in the Strength Attribute requirement.

That averages out to an increase of 10 points in the Strength Attribute requirement for both the Golden and Dark Gold Quality, which is quite normal, as all the other Crimson Marrow Equipments also increase ten points in attribute value per quality."

Although the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor now requires sixty-five points in Strength Attribute, for Zhang Yanhang this was naturally not an issue and he could easily meet the requirement.

"Then there's the exceptionally high increase in Equipment Score this time. If I remember correctly, the original score for the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor was only 310 points, but now it has increased to 450 points. That's a total increase of 140 points after four fusions, averaging about 35 points per fusion—quite extraordinarily high."

Zhang Yanhang felt he hadn't seen a single fusion that increased the Equipment Score this much in a long time. Last time, was it probably in Goblin Plain?

"If each fusion increases the score by 35 points, then perhaps it's understandable why it took two fusions to reach Golden Quality and four fusions to reach Dark Gold Quality, hitting a passing mark, just ten points higher than the lowest score for Dark Gold Quality.

In other words, if it weren't for those ten points, the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor would at best be a Full-score Golden Quality Equipment."

Although he could somewhat understand why the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor was able to promote from a Medium Score Light Golden Quality to a Low Score Dark Gold Quality after four fusions, Zhang Yanhang was still immensely shocked by the process.

"Even though I just said that it's quite unlikely for mid-score equipment to jump two qualities directly, the very next fusion contradicted me, absurd. But even though a score of 310 points is indeed a mid-score within the range of 261 to 350, it is still towards the upper end of that range."

But regardless, Zhang Yanhang still felt it was completely ridiculous.

This time, due to having seventy-six pieces of Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor, Zhang Yanhang ended up fusing four Dark Gold Quality Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor+4s, one Golden Quality Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor+3, and one similarly Golden Quality Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor+2.

Therefore, after inspecting the Dark Gold Quality Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor+4's, Zhang Yanhang quickly equipped the four Dark Gold Quality armors onto his eight arms, filling up all four equipment slots perfectly.

"One piece of Dark Gold Quality Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor+4 provides me with a 36% Strength Effect Bonus, and four of them together amount to a 144% Strength Effect Bonus...

This is almost catching up to my Talent Effect. Wearing four identical pieces of equipment really is too BUG. This time, I can definitely reach a genuine one million jins of strength in one hand easily."

After putting on the four Dark Gold Quality Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor+4's, Zhang Yanhang quickly began testing his strength.

Zhang Yanhang first placed five hundred tons of Crimson Iron Ore on his right hand, and as expected, it was easy. Then he immediately added another fifty tons, and it was still effortlessly manageable, with plenty of room to spare. So, he continued to stack another fifty tons of Crimson Iron Ore.

Even with six hundred tons of Crimson Iron Ore on his right hand, Zhang Yanhang still felt there was plenty of leeway, so without hesitation, he immediately stacked another fifty tons.

This time, he finally felt the leeway decrease to a very small margin, but there still was a little room left, so, he sequentially stacked another two tons of Crimson Iron Ore before feeling he had finally reached the true limit.

"With this, my single-hand strength should now be around six hundred and fifty-two tons, which is an increase of another one hundred and sixty-seven tons from the original four hundred and eighty-five tons. That's the equivalent of ten times the strength of my Second Tier Period.

Before, my single-hand strength was just nine hundred and seventy thousand jins, and now it easily breaks the one million jins milestone, escalating to one million three hundred thousand jins in one hand, and it even feels like one million five hundred thousand jins isn't far off.

If I upgrade my Talent later, or fuse another set of the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor, I should be able to reach one million five hundred thousand jins of strength in one hand.

With my current strength, if I add Spiritual Energy, I can immediately achieve two million six hundred thousand jins of strength, and if I consider the strength in both hands, it can immediately reach six million five hundred thousand jins. I wonder when I can hit the ten million jins mark. If that happens, it would be like fully entering the Mystical World."

Zhang Yanhang's current strength, if calculated based on one person eating one jin of raw rice each day, the quantity of rice he can lift would be enough for six million two hundred fifty thousand people for a day, which could supply a third of Qin Island City's population.

And if spread out, it would be enough for seventeen thousand people for a year, and that's considering the amount consumed by able-bodied laborers. If we include the elderly, women, and children, supplying for twenty thousand people would definitely be a breeze.

"I wonder if later on, there will be any chances to acquire new equipment that could enhance my Strength Effect. If possible, maybe I could increase my double-handed strength to ten million jins before cleaning out the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano."

Of course, the probability of accomplishing such a thing isn't high, so Zhang Yanhang isn't setting any new small goals for himself, after all, he usually only sets things that are highly likely to be achieved as his small goals.

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