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Ashen God

Chapter 618 - 617 Spiritual Suppression

Author: Just call the polar bear
updatedAt: 2025-07-14

CHAPTER 618: CHAPTER 617 SPIRITUAL SUPPRESSION

Not to mention that with Zhang Yanhang’s Gun Mastery LV.6 shooting skills coupled with an Attack Power Bonus, if the angle was right, a single bullet could easily pierce through and kill several monsters, even if the monsters weren’t directly in line with each other. Yet, each bullet definitely still had no problem taking out a monster, ensuring that under most circumstances the bullets wouldn’t go to waste.

Besides not wasting any Energy Value on cannon bullets, Zhang Yanhang also didn’t use any Spiritual Qi Blessing to boost his Movement Speed during this hunting process because he had plenty of time. Therefore, there was no energy consumption in this aspect either.

Then there were Spells. Apart from Teleportation, Zhang Yanhang really seldom used other Spells, and even when he did, he mostly used the free tries, so there was also no Energy Value consumed regarding Spells.

After excluding these three aspects, Zhang Yanhang truly didn’t have any other need to consume Energy Value. Therefore, during this monster-hunting process, he always had more than enough Energy Value and didn’t need to use a Medium Magic Recovery Potion for replenishment.

Thus, enhancing the efficiency of Energy Value recovery wasn’t something he needed to rush, even if he decided to proceed with Fusion after clearing the Eastern Forest.

After clearing the Lucky Slot Machine in the Goblin Plain, Zhang Yanhang teleported directly to the location of the Lucky Slot Machine in the Demonized Swamp.

The reason he didn’t need to teleport previously to the Goblin Plain’s Lucky Slot Machine is that Zhang Yanhang had already moved it to the border between the Goblin Plain and Raccoon City for convenience.

Dulda Apartment was not far from the boundary between the Goblin Plain and Raccoon City, roughly just over a thousand meters away. Moreover, he had recently enhanced his Movement Speed again. At his current speed of one hundred sixty meters per second, it would take at most ten seconds to run there.

Zhang Yanhang felt that using Teleportation for long distances was reasonable, but it truly wasn’t worth it to teleport just to save a mere ten seconds of travel time; he thought it completely unnecessary.

Like the slot machine in the Demonized Swamp, which was an exemplary case of a far journey—even with Zhang Yanhang’s current Movement Speed, it would still take several minutes to reach at full speed.

In light of this, one might wonder why Zhang Yanhang didn’t just move all the Lucky Slot Machines directly to Dulda Apartment. The simple answer is that he couldn’t.

Zhang Yanhang had already conducted tests with the Goblin Plain’s Lucky Slot Machine. Although it could be moved freely within the Goblin Plain, the moment he tried to move it across the boundary line between the Goblin Plain and Raccoon City, it couldn’t be moved at all and was stuck right at the seam of the boundary.

Concerning this issue, Zhang Yanhang thought he might continue to conduct tests with the Lucky Slot Machine in the Demonized Swamp later on, as the current sample was insufficient and more trials were needed to derive a conclusive result.

However, Zhang Yanhang definitely didn’t have the time to move the Lucky Slot Machine from the Demonized Swamp now. He planned to address this after completing the second phase of the clearing plan and eradicating all the Demonized Maned Tooth Beasts in the Eastern Forest of the Demonized Swamp.

Upon arriving at the Lucky Slot Machine in the Demonized Swamp, Zhang Yanhang found that it had already successfully refreshed, "It seems that the Lucky Slot Machine here in the Demonized Swamp must have also refreshed before eleven this morning, but the exact time can only be observed tomorrow."

If possible, Zhang Yanhang definitely hoped that the Lucky Slot Machine in the Demonized Swamp would refresh before six in the morning like the one in Raccoon City. That way, he could freeroll the Fourth Prize from the Lucky Slot Machine’s jackpot before leaving.

While the Third Prize jackpot of the Goblin Plain’s Lucky Slot Machine was pretty decent, Zhang Yanhang always felt resentful that it couldn’t refresh again before he left the Ashen World. He hoped that this time the Lucky Slot Machine in the Demonized Swamp wouldn’t create such a regret again.

After briefly scanning the surroundings and finding that no new Demonized Creatures had refreshed nearby, Zhang Yanhang immediately pulled on the metal lever of the Lucky Slot Machine. He was still relatively unfamiliar with this machine, having only pulled it a hundred times, but he planned to pull it another hundred times, surely becoming familiar with it by then.

As Zhang Yanhang pulled the metal lever, Time Pause, which had not occurred for a day, descended once more on the Demonized Swamp. Concurrently, a text option box, whose format was extremely familiar but content somewhat unfamiliar to him, appeared before his eyes.

[Please select the specific content of the Lucky Slot Machine’s current draw]

[Option One: ✵✵✵ (Third Prize, Demonized Dogtooth Giant Ape, First Tier Three Stars, Ordinary Monster.)]

[Option Two: ✵✵✵ (Third Prize, Demonized Maned Tooth Beast, First Tier Three Stars, Ordinary Monster.)]

...

[Option Forty-four: ✵✵✵ (Third Prize, Demonized Maned Tooth Beast, First Tier Three Stars, Ordinary Monster.)]

...

[Option Sixty-one: ✵✵✵ (Third Prize, Demonized Dogtooth Giant Ape, First Tier Three Stars, Ordinary Monster.)]

...

[Option One Hundred Fifty-nine: ✩✬✩ (Fourth Prize, Thank You For Your Patronage, No Physical Prize.)]

...

Because this was only the second time cleaning the Third Prize jackpot of the Lucky Slot Machine in the Demonized Swamp, Zhang Yanhang began to seriously inspect the specific contents of the jackpot this time.

Probably because Zhang Yanhang’s clearing progress was insufficient, although the Lucky Slot Machine in the Demonized Swamp had been refreshed for the second time, the jackpot currently contained only two types of monsters, namely the Demonized Maned Tooth Beast and the Demonized Dogtooth Giant Ape.

However, although both the Demonized Maned Tooth Beast and the Demonized Dogtooth Giant Ape were First Tier Three Star Monsters, there was a discrepancy in power between them, resulting in their numbers not being equally fifty each but rather a ratio of six to four, that is, sixty Demonized Maned Tooth Beasts and forty Demonized Dogtooth Giant Apes.

"Currently, to continue fusing my Grey Maned Armor +4 into a +5, I need to gather sixteen more ordinary Grey Maned Armors. I had three left after fusing to +4, so I actually only need thirteen more Grey Maned Armors.

If later I can get three more Grey Maned Armors from the prize pool of the Lucky Slot Machine, then I’ll only be short of ten Grey Maned Armors for the +5 fusion. However, considering I’m about to clear the Demonized Maned Beasts from the Eastern Forest, those three Grey Maned Armors in the prize pool aren’t really that important to me anymore.

After all, once I’ve cleared the Eastern Forest, not only will fusing the Grey Maned Armor to +5 be easy, but even progressing further to the Dark Purple Quality Grey Maned Armor +6 should also be effortlessly achievable."

Compared to the slot machine’s Demonized Maned Beasts and Demonized Dogtooth Giant Apes, Zhang Yanhang was looking forward more to the second-tier monsters in the Demonized Swamp.

"So, I choose Option Two, the First Tier Three Star ordinary monster Demonized Maned Beast." Right after quickly reviewing the Magic Recovery Potion third-prize pool of the Demonized Swamp Lucky Slot Machine, Zhang Yanhang immediately made his choice, and Time Pause vanished instantly.

.....

After drawing one hundred demonized creatures from the third-prize pool of the Demonized Swamp Lucky Slot Machine, Zhang Yanhang didn’t rush to kill them immediately but instead observed them for a while, soon realizing that these creatures were somewhat peculiar.

Normally, demonized creatures would only activate their Half-demonized Skill when they sensed they might not win a fight, but these creatures drawn from the slot machine pool had all activated their Half-demonized Skill as soon as they first saw Zhang Yanhang.

Furthermore, right after half-demonization, they launched Dark Shock Waves, trying to trap Zhang Yanhang into Spiritual Suppression and Demonization Infection states. Perhaps because their numbers were significant, with a hundred of them, this indeed triggered plenty of Spiritual Suppression and Demonization Infection.

This caused Zhang Yanhang’s Energy Shield to occasionally shroud itself in a layer of black mist, and sometimes, several negative effects would activate simultaneously, wrapping him like a big Demon King emitting black smoke.

Fortunately, those black mists didn’t stay on the Energy Shield for long, and a simple sweep from the Supreme Will would completely clear them away, so there was truly no need to worry.

Although Zhang Yanhang occasionally pondered whether letting these black mists accumulate unchecked could eventually wrap him into something akin to a giant black coal ball, he eventually discarded the thought since it seemed quite unattractive.

Now, as a Charming Awakener who had reached the Second Tier Limit of fifty points in Charm, it was time for him to start paying a bit of attention to his personal image, even though there wasn’t a single living human or even a normally developed creature around.

Well, that kind of idol burden typical of Charming Awakeners might not really suit Zhang Yanhang’s style of full-attribute, close-combat brute. Given the special circumstances of the Ashen World, Zhang Yanhang sometimes even entertained the idea of fighting monsters in the nude by hiding all his Equipment.

But the sense of shame from his human days made him dismiss this bold thought, besides, it’s just wild beasts around here, so running naked now would be pointless.

It’s entirely fine to wait until he finds a mother monster that fits human aesthetics to go streaking. With his current fifty points of Charm, it indeed would only be worth it for a mother monster to appreciate, to avoid wasting and dishonoring this body."

After observing the one hundred demonized creatures in the demonized swamp Lucky Slot Machine Third Prize pool for a while, Zhang Yanhang was now very certain that these creatures were indeed abnormal, likely brainwashed by the Lucky Slot Machine. Otherwise, they would definitely not transform into monsters and attack upon encounter.

After finishing his observation of the demonized Maned Tooth Beasts and demonized Canine Giant Apes, which now lacked any reason to exist, Zhang Yanhang did not hesitate to activate his Death Wave Skill. The familiar distorted wave quickly spread out from his body, swiftly enveloping the one hundred demonized creatures.

These demonized Maned Tooth Beasts and demonized Canine Giant Apes were only First Tier Three Star Monsters and not Second Tier Three Star Monsters like Maka Bagga. Before the Death Wave Skill, they couldn’t even withstand a second and had already fallen into a silent state. Simultaneously, a dense series of killing notifications echoed by Zhang Yanhang’s ears.

[Successfully killed a First Tier Three Star Monster ’Demonized Canine Giant Ape (Ordinary)’ ×1, Soul Points +10.]

[Successfully killed a First Tier Three Star Monster ’Demonized Canine Giant Ape (Ordinary)’ ×1, Soul Points +10.]

[Successfully killed a First Tier Three Star Monster ’Demonized Canine Giant Ape (Ordinary)’ ×1, Soul Points +10.]

...

After successfully wiping out the hundred demonized creatures drawn from the Third Prize pool with a single Death Wave, Zhang Yanhang stood still for a few seconds. Suddenly, five Green Quality Drop Treasure Boxes appeared on the corpses of the demonized Maned Tooth Beasts and demonized Canine Giant Apes.

Zhang Yanhang immediately picked up the five Drop Treasure Boxes and put them in his Waist Bag, "Now that the prize pool of the demonized swamp Lucky Slot Machine has been cleared, what should I do next? There doesn’t seem to be anything else to resolve... Well, then it’s time to officially start the second phase of the cleansing plan for the demonized swamp."

Zhang Yanhang glanced at the time on his watch, it was just 11:07. He still had nearly thirteen hours today to clear the Eastern Forest of the demonized swamp.

Although the Eastern Forest covered an area of 130 square kilometers, almost two-thirds the combined area of the Southern City District, North City District, and Licang District of Qin Island City, Zhang Yanhang still had faith that he could completely clear it within today. After all, his Movement Speed had significantly increased after leveling up, which would definitely also massively increase his hunting efficiency.

"It seems, somehow, I already possess the strength to manually clear Qin Island City quickly, although that’s only limited to within the city districts. To rapidly clear the entire Qin Island City might still be somewhat beyond my reach since the three urban districts combined only total 192 square kilometers, merely a fraction of the total area of Qin Island City.

To truly quickly clear Qin Island City with its 12,000 square km land area, being just at the second tier isn’t quite feasible for me unless I continuously consume medicine and massively manufacture Thermo-baric Bombs. That wouldn’t be difficult, but manual clearing speed remains the real standard for measuring strength."

Zhang Yanhang felt that his current strength was actually still at the level of quickly clearing county-level divisions, far from city-level divisions.

The reason was that the disparity between counties was also significant. Some counties covered only fifty square kilometers, while others spanned up to 200,000 square kilometers, equivalent to the total area of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai provinces, and equivalently to two times the total land area of South Korea.

Therefore, in front of such county-level units that were larger than provinces and even greater than the total land area of most countries globally, Zhang Yanhang found it challenging to claim that he could surpass county-level divisions.

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