Ashen God
Chapter 966 965: Golden Quality Tarot Card Set
Of course, considering this is a product from a black workshop, calling it genuine might seem a bit strange, since even if it were genuine, it would only be genuine in a relative sense. It's likely still miles away from being truly authentic.
Although Zhang Yanhang doesn't know what the genuine situation is exactly, seeing how powerful the pirated version already is, he reckons that the genuine must be incredibly over-the-top in terms of strength. Unfortunately, he might never get the chance to obtain genuine Tarot cards in this lifetime.
Well, it's not completely impossible either. Someday, when his Multiple Choice strength surpasses that of the genuine Tarot cards, there might be a chance.
"After upgrading from Light Golden Quality to Golden Quality, the growth of the Additional Attributes is unsurprisingly doubled. Initially, it was estimated to grow by at most 5%, but this time it directly increased by 10% Physical Defense Bonus, raising the total bonus from the previous 20% to 30%."
Zhang Yanhang glanced at the other Divination Tarot Cards, and sure enough, they all showed a doubled growth in Additional Attributes just like the Divination Tarot Card·Demon. After all, the significant transformation in Golden quality is considered a fixed rule in the Ashen World.
"Furthermore, after merging the original Light Golden Quality Divination Tarot Cards twelve-piece set with the Hermit three-piece set, the newly merged Golden Quality Divination Tarot Cards fifteen-piece set also inherits the original upgrade conditions of the two sets.
Now if I want to continue upgrading the level of this Golden Quality Tarot Card Set, the first upgrade condition is already present with the Divination Tarot Card Magician, Priestess, and Empress three-piece set.
Whereas the second upgrade condition is inherited from the Hermit three-piece set, consisting of Lovers, Temperance, and High Tower Divination Tarot Cards."
Unfortunately, neither the Magician three-piece set nor the High Tower three-piece set could Zhang Yanhang manage to obtain, making it impossible for him to predict which three-piece set he will complete first.
"Speaking of which, I now have the Divination Tarot Cards fifteen-piece set, getting closer to the complete twenty-two Divination Tarot Card set, just short of the final seven Divination Tarot Cards. Among them, the six known ones are the Magician and the High Tower three-piece sets.
So theoretically, if I can complete the current two upgrade conditions, then I'll be just one Divination Tarot Card away from having the complete Divination Tarot Card set."
Although the name is not yet known, the only Divination Tarot Card that Zhang Yanhang has not encountered any information about remains the Divination Tarot Card·World. Hence, the Divination Tarot Card·World is undoubtedly the last missing Tarot Card. Finding it would grant Zhang Yanhang the complete Divination Tarot Card Set.
It's just that Zhang Yanhang has not yet completed the Magician three-piece set and the High Tower three-piece set, so the Divination Tarot Card·World is not something he's too anxious about. Given his current retrieval speed, the Divination Tarot Card World seems unlikely to be obtained at the Fifth Tier and will most likely only be completed by the Sixth Tier.
Though Zhang Yanhang is certainly looking forward to the full version of the Divination Tarot Cards twenty-two-piece set, unfortunately, it still remains quite distant from him for now.
But anyway, being able to complete it by the Sixth Tier certainly feels a lot better than his previous estimations of needing the Seventh Tier or even the Eighth Rank to complete it, so Zhang Yanhang is actually quite happy about it.
"After leveling up to Golden Quality, the equipment score of the Divination Tarot Card·Demon increased from the original 350 points to 440 points, adding another ninety points of equipment score, thus moving from the previous Light Golden Quality full-score to Golden Quality full-score."
Although the standalone Additional Attributes of the Divination Tarot Cards can only be considered ordinary, factoring in the overwhelmingly powerful Set Effect, Zhang Yanhang finds that after each upgrade of the Divination Tarot Cards, they reach the full score of the current quality just like the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist, which is indeed highly reasonable.
Zhang Yanhang even thinks giving the Divination Tarot Cards an extra score similar to S+ '440+' or even '440++' is perfectly reasonable, since the Divination Tarot Cards are incredibly strong, undoubtedly his most powerful equipment. This level of strength in equipment justifies any addition of score.
"Speaking of this Set Effect, the changes this time are remarkable. I just complained about having too many Set Effects, and this time they immediately reduced from the previous nine Set Effects to only six.
Also, counting the two Set Effects from the Hermit three-piece set added, it's effectively halving the original eleven Set Effects to just six remaining.
So even though the number of Set Effects was indeed reduced, the bonus from them didn't actually shrink."
Zhang Yanhang examined carefully, discovering that despite the reduction in the number of Set Effects, rather than actual reduction, they were more or less merged two by two.
Initially, each Tarot Card three-piece set would provide two Set Effects stacking within the Divination Tarot Card Set, but now these three-piece set effects have all directly merged into one. Thus, even though the number of Set Effects decreased, the bonus magnitude remained the same.
The reason for this transformation, Zhang Yanhang believes, isn't significantly related to his previous complaint about too many Set Effects, although eleven Set Effects were indeed quite a lot.
He considers that the reduction in the number of Set Effects this time is more likely related to the upgrade to Golden Quality, as Golden is inherently a phase of qualitative change. Enhancing Additional Attributes while concurrently reducing the overly bloated number of Set Effects at such a moment is indeed quite normal.
"Initially, the two Set Effects from the Hermit three-piece set together only provided me with a 40% Physical Defense Bonus, and now, although only 'Blind Foolishness' remains, it instead offers a 60% Physical Defense Bonus, which is 20% more than before.
Thus, counting the Set Effect, I now possess a total of 90% Physical Defense Bonus, meaning after advancing to Golden Quality, it directly adds 30% more to the previous Physical Defense Bonus, and this level of increase is indeed very impressive — truly worthy of the Golden quality."
In addition to the Physical Defense Bonus, the Strength Effect, Attack Power, Attack Speed, Critical Strike Rate, Skill Coverage, and Energy Defense provided by the Divination Tarot Card Set have all been increased by 30%, bringing the total enhancement up from the original 60% to 90%.
"Previously, when I only had twelve Tarot cards, these seven enhancement effects could barely account for half of the total number, but now that I have fifteen Divination Tarot cards, and each card provides a different enhancement effect, the seven enhancement effects don't even make up half anymore."
Even excluding these seven enhancement effects of Strength, Attack Power, Attack Speed, Critical Strike Rate, Skill Coverage, Energy Defense, and Physical Defense, the Divination Tarot Cards still offer nine other enhancement effects.
Among these, the enhancements related to Critical Strike Damage, Energy Value Recovery Speed, and Life Value Recovery Speed have increased by as much as 60%, allowing the total enhancement they provide to rise from the original 120% directly to 180%.
As for the remaining six enhancement effects, the Skill Cooldown Time is quite special. While others increase, it decreases; originally, the Skill Cooldown Time was reduced by a total of 30%, and now it has been further reduced by 15% in one fell swoop, directly to a 45% reduction, almost cutting the skill cooldown time in half.
The rest are all related enhancement effects, such as Life Value Limit and Energy Value Limit.
After upgrading to Golden Quality this time, Zhang Yanhang's enhancements in Life Value Limit and Energy Value Limit have increased significantly, both growing by another 15%, from the previous 30% enhancement in Life Value Limit and Energy Value Limit to a 45% enhancement.
No doubt it must bring a massive increase in Life Value Limit and Energy Value Limit to Zhang Yanhang.
Finally, there is the increase in Maximum Life Value Conversion Coefficient and Maximum Energy Value Conversion Coefficient. Initially, including the set effects, the Divination Tarot Cards could only provide a total of 12 points in relevant conversion coefficient enhancements, but now it has increased by 6 points all at once.
In other words, the Tarot Card Set can now provide Zhang Yanhang with a total of eighteen points in Maximum Life Value Conversion Coefficient and Maximum Energy Value Conversion Coefficient, which is already more than what Zhang Yanhang gained in Maximum Life Value Conversion Coefficient upon promotion in rank.
After all, even when Zhang Yanhang was at the Fourth Tier, he only gained fifteen points in conversion coefficient growth upon promotion in rank, but now merely the enhancement from two Tarot Cards alone surpasses the promotion in rank by three points in conversion coefficient.
It can be said that this part of the related conversion coefficient increase, along with the enhancements in Energy Value Limit and Life Value Limit, must at least help Zhang Yanhang increase the limits of Energy Value and Life Value by several thousand points, helping him achieve a final significant leap in relevant mini-goals' progress before his rank promotion.
"If the previous Light Golden Quality Divination Tarot Card Twelve-piece Set was already absurd, equivalent to twelve full-score pieces of Red Quality equipment, then now it's even more ridiculous; the current Golden Quality Divination Tarot Card Fifteen-piece Set is already enough to rival Legendary Full-score Equipment."
Zhang Yanhang actually expected the Divination Tarot Cards to reliably surpass Legendary Equipment across four qualities, even facing Legendary Equipment, but at that time he thought the probability wasn't very high. Unexpectedly, it's strangely been achieved now.
For example, the Legendary Full-score Equipment [Small Nuclear Fusion Reactor (Flesh Transformation)] previously obtained by Zhang Yanhang correctly provided him with a 180% enhancement in Energy Value Recovery Speed, and now even the Golden Quality Divination Tarot Card Set can provide him with a 180% Energy Recovery Speed enhancement.
Therefore, from this perspective, each Divination Tarot Card in the current Golden Quality Divination Tarot Card Fifteen-piece Set has indeed crossed the boundaries of Golden Quality, Dark Gold Quality, Orange Quality, and Red Quality to directly rival higher-tier Legendary Equipment, and they rival Legendary Full-score Equipment.
"All the Legendary Equipment I currently have barely adds up to a single-digit count, and even including the quantity of Legendary Items also can't reach a double-digit count, but now the Divination Tarot Card Set has effortlessly achieved the equivalent of Legendary Full-score Equipment, and that's fifteen pieces of Legendary Full-score Equipment.
The Divination Tarot Card is truly worthy of its status as a super set with a full set of twenty-two components. As the number of components increases, its strength indeed rises exponentially."
Judging by the current growth curve in strength, Zhang Yanhang believes that the Divination Tarot Card Set is destined to accompany him forever, probably until he retires, at which point the Divination Tarot Cards will retire accordingly, and before that, he would never be able to eliminate the Divination Tarot Card Set.
After all, the enhancement effects of the Divination Tarot Card Set are indeed too strong, and they don't occupy equipment slots, acting as a free-to-use amulet-type equipment, so Zhang Yanhang can hardly find any reason to eliminate it.
"However, although the growth of the other set effects of the Divination Tarot Card have all doubled, why is it that 'Heavenly Destiny Gathering' still only grows by one point in Luck Value enhancement? Logically, it should grow by two points in Luck Value."
Regarding this, Zhang Yanhang is really speechless but can somewhat understand.
After all, the Luck Value is truly a very rare enhancement effect, and perhaps its value is really quite high, which may result in it still only increasing by 1 point even at Golden Quality, merely allowing the total enhancement to grow from three points to four points.
After all, the value disparity among additional attributes is indeed visibly obvious, so the seemingly outrageous situation may actually be relatively normal.
For example, the difference in enhancement amplitude provided by the Divination Tarot Card Set between Energy Value Limit and Energy Value Recovery Speed.
Clearly, all are Golden Quality Divination Tarot Cards, calculating set effects, Zhang Yanhang can gain a total of 180% Energy Value Recovery Speed enhancement, but the Energy Value Limit can only gain a 45% total enhancement, the enhancement ratio discrepancy being as much as fourfold.
As for the Luck Value, Zhang Yanhang believes its value must be much higher than something like Energy Value Limit, or else he wouldn't have found just two channels to increase the Luck Value Limit up until now.