A Reply and Explanation Regarding an Enthusiastic Reader's Analysis of Zhang Tie's Current Strength!

In the previous two chapters, I saw that many readers who love Castle of Black Iron were very concerned about Zhang Tie's current strength, and there was also some debate. Tiger will use one reader's data analysis here to explain his reasoning.

First, let me quote this enthusiastic reader's analysis—

Define the basic strength of a knight who has just advanced as 1 (Zhang Tie is absolutely no weaker than 1).

1. Calculating Basic Strength

Only calculating the general effects of cultivation methods.

For an Emperor-level cultivation method, each transformation strengthens one by 10%; there are 9 transformations per rank, for a total of 9 enhancements (as stated earlier).

For a Marquis-level cultivation method, assume each transformation also enhances by 10%, for a total of 6 enhancements (calculated according to a 10% enhancement per level, using the Emperor-level method as a basis, though it presumably would not be any higher, otherwise, it would make no sense for the first transformation of an Emperor-level cultivation method to consume more while strengthening less).

At Black Iron Level 9, basic strength is calculated as follows:

The Emperor-level cultivation method's effect is DD: 1 multiplied by (100% + 10%) to the 9th power = 2.357947691.

The Marquis-level cultivation method's effect is HJ: 1 multiplied by (100% + 10%) to the 6th power = 1.771561.

Dividing gives 1.1 to the 3rd power = 1.331 times.

Subtracting gives 0.586386691.

When advancing to Earth Knight, the enhancement from this evolution is unknown (but the Emperor-level method is certainly above standard, and at the very least no lower than the Marquis-level one).

Strength at the first transformation of the Emperor-level method = 9 Black Iron enhancements * Earth advancement enhancement * 1 Earth Knight enhancement of the Emperor-level method (which, judging from the present, should also be 10%)—a