Chapter 306: Counterattack Mission: Defend Huo Family Village

Equipment Ranking,

evaluates the equipment of all players and then ranks them based on combat power.

As a swordsman, Mihawk can be said to love his blade as much as his own life.

He did not change his weapon after leveling up like ordinary players, but instead always carried the sheathed blade that symbolized his status as the strongest Sword Master.

The number one on the Equipment Ranking: 【Black Blade】.

Equipment on the list, with the player's permission, will reveal its complete attributes.

Mihawk naturally disdained to hide it and chose to make it public directly.

【Black Blade】: 100 combat power value

Base attributes: Lv. 15 Purple Equipment (+30 combat power), Tier 1 Whetstone * 300 uses (+30 combat power). Rule attributes: Reinforcement level 5 (+25 combat power), Forging level 3 (+15 combat power). "Reinforcement and Forging are two methods that can make equipment stronger, but the failure rate is just too high."

A hint of helplessness appeared in Mihawk's sharp gaze as he gently stroked the ink-black blade.

After the game version update, many dilapidated-looking reinforcement machines appeared in the towns of Arad Continent; after placing equipment inside, one can perform reinforcement.

For reinforced equipment,

all attributes will have corresponding enhancements, and furthermore, the higher the reinforcement level, the greater this enhancement effect.

Forging is the same.

Most of Mihawk's Reward Points during this period have been consumed on reinforcing and forging the Black Blade.

Once reinforcement fails, the original reinforcement level drops randomly, which has led to Mihawk's Black Blade remaining stagnant at the level 5 reinforcement mark until now.

At his luckiest, the Black Blade had already been reinforced to level 7 by him; whether in terms of sharpness or the effect of enhanced Jiangji, it was simply not in the same league as weapons of the same grade.

It was just that Mihawk could not hold back and wanted to challenge higher-level reinforcement, so it fell back to level 5.

This feeling of constantly marking time has almost driven Mihawk, known for his calmness, to madness.

Many times, members of the Adventurer Guild can see Mihawk walking into town with a pleasant expression, only to leave the town shortly after, radiating chilling killing intent, to head toward a Dangerous Region to hunt monsters.

And the reason for Mihawk's contemplation,

is the trash trailing at the very bottom of the Equipment Ranking.

17th place 【Worn-out Heavenly Realm Rifle】: 47 combat power value

Base attributes: Lv. 15 White Equipment (+2 combat power). Other attributes: Reinforcement level 9 (+45 combat power). "Who on earth is so extravagant as to reinforce a piece of junk to level nine?"

Mihawk took a deep breath,

various figures kept appearing in his mind, but all were dismissed.

Reinforcement is extremely expensive.

Depending on the strength of the equipment, it costs thousands of Reward Points each time, and there is also a probability of failure.

The Black Blade in Mihawk's hand has already cost him a full three hundred thousand-plus Reward Points.

Who could bear to spend money to reinforce a piece of junk to level nine?

Forcing down the urge to swing his blade and cut the other person down, Mihawk looked further down.

3rd place 【Rusty Rose Beast-Taming Whip】: 42 combat power value.

Base attributes: Lv. 15 White Equipment (+2 combat power). Other attributes: Reinforcement level 8 (+40 combat power). Even with Mihawk's cultivation, he wanted to curse out loud.

One worn-out, one rusty. Can two pieces of scrap metal actually make it onto the Equipment Ranking and stand alongside the Black Blade he treats as a treasure?

He continued to look down,

4th place 【Faded Poisonous Claw】: 41 combat power value.

Base attributes: Lv. 10 White Equipment (+1 combat power). Other attributes: Reinforcement level 8 (+40 combat power). Worn-out, rusty, faded.

The set is complete.

Mihawk closed his eyes tightly, his fists clenched hard.

Under normal circumstances, a blank Purple Equipment without any reinforcement or forging is judged by the game as 30 combat power.

This means,

three pieces of scrap metal that don't even count as green equipment have relied on reinforcement to forcibly raise their attributes to a level surpassing Purple Equipment.

Boom.

Mihawk stood on the deck of the Mao Xian Jia Hao, turning his inner annoyance and confusion into a Jiangji that he unleashed.

"It's like this again."

Beikeman smoked his cigar and said helplessly: "Is he okay in this state, President Red-Haired?" As the president of the Adventurer Guild, Shanks looked at the venting Mihawk helplessly, scratched his head and said: "Ever since the game version update, he has been like this often; it seems to be because his weapon reinforcement keeps failing."

With the appearance of the first player to break through to Tier 2, continuing to block Life Transformation lost its meaning, and most players who were already at Tier 1 Peak had successfully broken through to Tier 2.

To be honest, after breaking through to Tier 2, Shanks did not feel any sense of increased strength.

It was only when hunting that he discovered that the Tier 2 Pollution Monsters that used to require great effort to kill could now be hunted successfully with ease.

After the Life Core breaks through to Tier 2, the energy in the body is like changing from clear water to thick mucus, its quality increasing countless times.

The blade that once accompanied him,

【Griffin】, which is not inferior to other Supreme Grade Swords, can no longer continue to accompany him on his adventurous journey.

Driven by curiosity,

he also ran into town to try forging and reinforcing the Griffin at his waist.

However, the high reinforcement fees and failure rate made Shanks stop decisively after only reinforcing it to level 3.

During this time,

he had also persuaded Mihawk to stop, but for the strongest Sword Master who had already regarded the Black Blade as a partner, the other party naturally could not listen, so he just watched helplessly as he kept throwing money into that piece-of-junk machine.

"Mihawk, I heard that players who accept the Counterattack Mission and complete the main quest get a large amount of Reward Points, as well as Reinforcement Protection Scrolls."

Shanks's voice entered Mihawk's ears; the depressed Mihawk turned his head, his eyes terrifyingly sharp, and asked: "Reinforcement Protection Scrolls?"

"A type of scroll that prevents the original reinforcement level from dropping when reinforcement fails."

Hongfa Xiangkesi had also just heard the news,

Counterattack Mission.

The focus of this Samsara Game version update directly changes the acquisition method for game items, so all major factions are treating it with a very cautious attitude.

The overall process is that players need to first go to a Game Town to accept a 【Counterattack Mission】,

The mission content will be issued randomly based on the player's strength status, directly teleporting the player into various different worlds to complete a Main Quest.

The most critical point is,

Once a mission fails, a very high amount of Reward Points must be deducted.

Furthermore, if one dies midway through a mission, there is absolutely no way to revive; it is the same as dying in reality.

Even for a brilliant strategist like Sengoku, who relied on opportunistic methods to help the Marine Headquarters seize several Resurrection Coins dropped by a 【Soul-Snatching Envoy】, and could be considered wealthy and powerful,

he still dared not rashly send Navy officers of general rank to take the risk.

Resurrection Coins are inherently rare items, only dropping after a Lord Monster dies; even the Fire Empire, which has hunted two Lord Monsters, is not well-off and dares not squander them recklessly.

Otherwise,

Marshal Sengoku would not have been so distressed that he couldn't eat after consuming a Resurrection Coin due to the death of Sakazuki.

That was something exchanged for several Navy bases.

Hongfa Xiangkesi smiled honestly: "A new adventure; if you want to go, I can accompany you."

"I think it's you who wants to go, right?"

Dressed in formal Noble attire, Hawkeye glanced irritably at the eager Hongfa Xiangkesi, then hesitated and said: "Counterattack Missions, it seems they don't allow for team formation?"

Even if two people accept the mission and are randomly assigned to the same world for a Counterattack Mission, they will not be teleported to the same location.

Most of the time, they are poles apart, or even separated by several continents or planets.

"If I weren't prepared, why would I have come to find you?"

Hongfa Xiangkesi grinned as he opened his inventory and pulled out a Rule-type Item he had just bought.

Although the new adventure is very attractive,

he does not want to let his crew take risks or use his crew to test the danger, so he wants to lead by example first and probe the details of the Counterattack Mission.

The difficulty and intensity.

Hawkeye's gaze fell upon that item, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he said: "Since that's the case, then let's set off!"

【Huo Butian's Martial Arts World Order】: The master of Huo Manor in the Wind and Cloud World, because he refused the recruitment of Xiong Ba, the leader of the Underworld Sect, Xiong Ba dispatched the former top assassins, the Twelve Devils of Tianchi, to come and exterminate Huo Manor; knowing he was no match, Huo Butian pleaded for help from the heroes of the martial arts world.

Hint: After using this item, the Counterattack Mission will be fixed to the 【Huo Jiazhuang】 faction, and the Main Quest will be fixed to 【Prevent the Huo Jiazhuang Tragedy】; it allows for team entry (5/5).

(End of this chapter)