If all the Crimson Iron Prince Ants only had this level of power, then Zhang Yanhang wouldn't have felt the need to pause from checking the attribute list.

What truly caught his attention was the self-destruction action of the Crimson Iron Prince Ants, namely the Flame Demon Burning Body Explosion.

It has to be said that the Crimson Iron Prince Ants deserved their status as Third Tier Three-star Elite Monsters. With the strength of Third Tier Four-star, coupled with the self-destruction skill which could be used only once, making its attack power extraordinarily high compared to normal attacks, they still possessed significant intimidation.

At the instant the Crimson Iron Prince Ants executed the Flame Demon Burning Body Explosion, those that were exceptionally close to Zhang Yanhang, or even directly attached to him, let Zhang Yanhang feel the true power of self-destruction as waves and ripples surged nonstop on the surface of the energy shield like rainstorm hitting a lake.

Of course, a single Crimson Iron Prince Ant's Flame Demon Burning Body Explosion could not create this effect alone. It was mainly because all the surrounding Crimson Iron Flame Demon Ants were marching forward successively and exploding decisively the moment they approached, without attempting any additional output—perhaps because they knew only self-destruction could inflict damage.

Zhang Yanhang glanced at his Shield Value which was indeed decreasing rapidly. Almost every Flame Demon Burning Body Explosion could blast away as much as one hundred points of his Shield Value.

"The self-destruction skill really lives up to the name of self-destruction. It's incredibly strong. If this trend continues and three hundred Crimson Iron Prince Ants self-destruct simultaneously, they can break through my energy shield, and then I'd be in mortal danger. It's truly terrifying."

But since there were only two hundred Crimson Iron Prince Ants in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, Zhang Yanhang chose to withstand their self-destructions to continue checking the attribute list, for there truly wouldn't be another chance. Their enthusiasm for self-destruction was so high that they were dying off too quickly, and Zhang Yanhang saw seven or eight explode in just a brief pause.

"Speaking of which, these Crimson Iron Prince Ants, when encountering energy they couldn't digest, would still accumulate it. No wonder they have such long bodies and likewise, they can also self-destruct. Alas, it would be so much better if they could dispose of this indigestible material normally."

If the Crimson Iron Prince Ants could expel that substance, Zhang Yanhang guessed he might obtain higher quality materials afterward, like directly obtaining Light Golden quality and even Golden quality materials. Unfortunately, they all chose to keep it inside their bodies, which from the perspective of obtaining materials, was not friendly at all.

Of course, it's not that one couldn't extract directly from their corpses, but while stored in their bodies, the substance was in an unstable state and could explode easily, rendering it unusable as a normal material. Otherwise, they wouldn't have developed self-destruction skills so easily.

"The earlier Crimson Iron Flame Demon Ants and Crimson Iron Hell Ants used the Fiery Flames Burning Body Explosion, while the Crimson Iron Prince Ants used the Flame Demon Burning Body Explosion, which sounds much more powerful, with a higher attack multiplier too. No wonder it could blow away one hundred points of my Shield Value in an instant."

Also, this was despite Zhang Yanhang's Fire Resistance already stacked to over two hundred percent, and yet, it still blew away one hundred points of his Shield Value.

He reckoned that if this self-destruction attack were not a flame attack but some other type of energy attack, like a freezing attack, his Shield Value could be blown away by several hundred points. In that case, perhaps only one hundred Crimson Iron Prince Ants exploding simultaneously could pile up and directly kill him, making it the perfect example of a capsized death in the gutter and ants overpowering an elephant.

"I suddenly started missing the fixed damage reduction effect of the Defense Coin, oh, wait, the Defense Coin only reduces physical damage, while the main damage from this Flame Demon Burning Body Explosion is from flames..."

After losing the Defense Coin, Zhang Yanhang now wanted to find new equipment that could provide fixed damage reduction, and it also needed to withstand energy attacks like flame attacks.

His requirements weren't many, just to maintain a reduction of fifty points like the previous Defense Coin. If he could reduce fifty points of damage now while facing this Flame Demon Burning Body Explosion, then he would only have fifty points of his shield value blown off.

At the same time, the number of Crimson Iron Prince Ants that were exploding also needed to be doubled, jumped to six hundred, before they could blow him to death.

Unfortunately, items that provide fixed damage reduction are as rare as those causing fixed damage. So far, he had only encountered the Defense Coin that offered such fixed damage reduction, and he didn't know when he would encounter another one.

"No, maybe not necessarily, after all, I'll be clearing the area opposite the abandoned transmission channel in the sewers below Raccoon City, which is related to Slow Corrosion and Zombies. It's possible that I could find new equipment similar to the Defense Coin there..."

Of course, Zhang Yanhang was just thinking about it. From the true cases like the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano and large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu that had similar talents but completely different equipment outputs, it was clear that even if the talents were similar and the monster types were also similar, the equipment obtained could still be completely different.

For example, the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano mainly produced new equipment that increased Charm attribute bonuses as well as Flame Resistance and Acid Resistance, while in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano, he couldn't find any related new equipment that could enhance Charm attribute or Flame Resistance or Acid Resistance.

Therefore, only when Zhang Yanhang actually went to clear the area opposite the abandoned transmission channel could he find out whether he could get them.

[Successfully killed Three-star Third-tier Elite Monster 'Crimson Iron Prince Ant' ×1, Soul points+1800.]

[Successfully killed Three-star Third-tier Elite Monster 'Crimson Iron Prince Ant' ×1, Soul points+1800.]

[Successfully killed Three-star Third-tier Elite Monster 'Crimson Iron Prince Ant' ×1, Soul points+1800.]

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From just now, the killing prompt sound for the Crimson Iron Prince Ants kept ringing in Zhang Yanhang's ears due to their self-destruction, and he immediately started paying attention to the soul point value of the Crimson Iron Prince Ants after checking the attribute list.

"Truly worthy of being a Crimson Iron Prince Ant with the strength of Third-tier Four-stars, just killing one gets 1800 soul points, which is already three times the value of a Third-tier two-star ordinary monster Crimson Iron Hell Ant, which is only worth six hundred soul points. And compared to a Third-tier one-star ordinary monster Crimson Iron Flame Demon Ant, that's even six times their soul point value."

Zhang Yanhang had originally thought that the soul points of a Crimson Iron Prince Ant would be less than 1,500, but to his surprise, it was several hundred points higher. He may have underestimated the strength of the Crimson Iron Prince Ant.

"I remember that the Lord Monster Crimson Iron Queen Ant that I previously killed in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu was only worth 2,400 soul points. These Crimson Iron Prince Ants are nearly reaching the Lord Monster's level, only lacking six hundred soul points. Roughly speaking, three Crimson Iron Prince Ants equate to two Crimson Iron Queen Ants."

Furthermore, because the Lord Monster's drop treasure box contains only one soul point option, while the Crimson Iron Prince Ant's drop treasure box contains three soul point options, the benefits Zhang Yanhang could receive from soul points should definitely be much higher than that of the Lord Monster Crimson Iron Queen Ant.

However, it was just the soul points that were higher, the main value of the Lord Monster's drop treasure box lies in being able to open up various items and equipment, with soul points being the least important. Therefore, in comparison, the drop treasure box of the Crimson Iron Prince Ant still couldn't catch up to the Lord's Treasure Chest of the Crimson Iron Queen Ant.

But, the drop treasure box of the Crimson Iron Prince Ants focuses on quantity over quality. The Lord's Treasure Chest from the Crimson Iron Queen Ant is singular, whereas two hundred Crimson Iron Prince Ants, under normal circumstances of a drop rate of one box per seven kills, would amass at least twenty to thirty drop treasure boxes.

Because these Crimson Iron Prince Ants were overly enthusiastic about self-destruction, Zhang Yanhang merely checked the attribute list for a while, along with checking the kill notification sound, only to find that when he came to his senses, the dozens of surrounding Crimson Iron Prince Ants had all died.

Moreover, due to the fact that they all died from self-destruction, the scene could be described as having no bodies left intact. The ground, ceiling, and the rock walls on either side were filled with a large amount of fragmented flesh and a dense circle around him continuously bursting into high-temperature flames, turning the cracked muscle tissues into charcoal.

"If all monsters were as enthusiastic as the Crimson Iron Prince Ant, there would be no worry about failing in hunting, but unfortunately, self-destruction skills are quite rare."

Zhang Yanhang had not seen self-destruction skills in any other monsters besides the Crimson Iron Ants. After all, self-destruction is a move that can only be used once in a lifetime, and it might not even damage the enemy. Ordinary monsters generally are not so desperate.

Zhang Yanhang waited a few seconds on the spot, then surely enough, drop treasure boxes from the Crimson Iron Prince Ants appeared amongst the piles of flesh on the ground, and they were of Light Golden Quality, totaling ten boxes.

"Last time I got a Light Golden Quality treasure box was... no, wait! This is the first time I have received a drop treasure box of Light Golden Quality!"

Zhang Yanhang remembered that although the Lord Monster, Demon Pig Peppa, in Demonized Swamp had strength comparable to the peak of Third Tier, it was only a Third Tier two-star, so it also dropped only a Dark Purple Quality treasure box.

And now, he had finally obtained his first Light Golden Quality drop treasure box in his life, and to obtain ten of them at once.

"If it's a Light Golden Quality drop treasure box, then under normal circumstances, the new equipment it could reveal should start at Golden Quality, and I guess just a simple fusion or two should probably reach Dark Gold Quality."

For equipment that started with a gold quality, Zhang Yanhang even felt that it was possible to normally fuse up to a quality above dark gold, as the Crimson Marrow Flame Demon Armor and Crimson Marrow Hell Finger had previously upgraded two qualities through normal fusion.

"But although I'm looking forward to a quality above dark gold, I'll wait to open this new treasure box dropped by the Crimson Iron Prince Ant until after everything is cleared; it won't hurt to wait a bit longer."

Zhang Yanhang had already made up his mind to clear all the monsters in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano by three in the morning, and there was no way he would suddenly pause halfway through.

Zhang Yanhang didn't count how many monsters had self-destructed earlier, but deducting the first kill and from the number of the remaining nine drop treasure boxes, he estimated that approximately sixty Crimson Iron Prince Ants had released their Flame Demon Burning Body Explosion at him.

The six thousand shield points blasted away by them didn't even reach 20% of his shield value limit, and this part of the lost shield value was already restored in the first second he waited for the drop treasure boxes to refresh.

"I didn't expect to have already killed about a third of the Crimson Iron Prince Ants just upon arriving... Those Crimson Iron Prince Ants really are too enthusiastic."

To respond to the enthusiasm of the Crimson Iron Prince Ants, Zhang Yanhang immediately started moving deeper into the inner area.

October 30, Friday, five days after the Double Ninth Festival, still the first day Zhang Yanhang entered Ashen World, 2:37 AM, Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, inner area, second half.

After sporadically killing a number of Crimson Iron Prince Ants along the way, Zhang Yanhang had now cleared another eight square kilometers, well, roughly eight square kilometers since this part of the area was quite empty, with only a few scattered Crimson Iron Prince Ants.

"I had previously cleared sixty-five square kilometers, and now I've cleared another eight square kilometers, totaling seventy-three square kilometers. If converted into the clearing plan for the fourth stage, I have already achieved 97.3% of my goal, just 2.7% short, or in other words, just the last two square kilometers left to clear the entire inner area."

And if calculating the whole cleaning plan of the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, Zhang Yanhang had already cleared 623 square kilometers, with the current total progress at 95.9%, only the last 27 square kilometers remaining to clear the entire large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano.

Since the last twenty-five square kilometers of the core area contained only the Lord Monster, the Crimson Iron Queen Ant, the obstacles to clearing the entire large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano were minimal.

Or in other words, it was just before his eyes, as long as he could take down the more than one hundred Crimson Iron Prince Ants gathered in the last two square kilometers of the inner area, there would be virtually no obstacles left.

Watching the Crimson Iron Prince Ants in front of him continuously bombarding him with cross-shaped flames while using Explosive Flame Cross Flash and rapidly charging at him, Zhang Yanhang couldn't help but reveal a happy smile, delighted by the surging enthusiasm of the Crimson Iron Prince Ants.

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