Chapter 117

"It’s actually been over twenty days!"

More than half a month.

"My injuries really were severe."

He gave a bitter smile.

No choice, it was a legendary skill after all.

He had forced its use, and for so long, so the cost was naturally heavy.

Fortunately, the bitterness had passed, and the sweetness had arrived.

The Epic item was right in front of him!

Within reach.

Su Ming’s eyes burned as he looked ahead.

Ten meters in front of him.

On that high platform, a golden hourglass sat still.

Miniature and exquisite, as if crafted from crystal diamonds.

The sand inside consisted of golden grains.

It was only the size of a palm.

Su Ming stepped forward quickly and grasped it in his hand.

[Obtained Epic Item]

Su Ming immediately scanned its data!

[Time-Slowing Hourglass (Epic Mid-Grade)]

[An epic creation that can even influence the physical rules of the world to a certain extent, possessing the power to slow down time, and it can be used repeatedly!]

[Effect: Invert the hourglass to immediately slow down time within a ten-meter radius by three times. You are unaffected during this period. Duration: 3 seconds.]

[Requires charging with time energy; can be used again after being fully charged (Charging time: 24 hours)]

Su Ming’s eyes trembled; he could hardly believe what he was seeing.

An item that could influence time!

This thing was only Epic quality.

Time was one of the fundamental rules of the world.

Far deeper than elements like wind, fire, or earth.

Even space couldn't compare to time.

After all, there were many space spells, but very few time spells.

Very few things could influence this law.

This thing truly far exceeded his expectations.

The effect was terrifying.

What was the concept of slowing time by three times?

Thinking about it in reverse, it was equivalent to Su Ming’s speed being unconditionally tripled relative to all his enemies.

The faster the speed, the greater the kinetic energy, meaning the greater the power.

In other words, it could be seen as increasing Su Ming’s speed and power by three times.

And this was calculated after the Origin Sword Body.

This was the most terrifying point!

And within ten meters, all enemy attacks would slow down in his eyes, giving him more reaction time.

"I wonder what the effect will be after sublimation...?"

Su Ming grinned; he couldn't wait.

Sublimation of All Things activated!

[Sublimation Successful]

[Time-Condensing Hourglass (Epic High-Grade)]

[Time condenses as the hourglass flows, golden grains shape time as they fall. An epic heirloom capable of slowing the flow of time.]

[Effect: Invert the hourglass to immediately slow down time within a thirty-meter radius by nine times. You are unaffected during this period. Duration: 3 seconds.]

[After use, place it upright to let the sand flow back, allowing it to be charged with time energy. Can be used again after being fully charged (Charging time: 24 hours)]

After sublimation, the effect underwent a qualitative change.

It gained an additional 6-fold increase, achieving a 9-fold slowdown.

The range also increased to 30 meters!

Su Ming carefully stored this treasure in his personal space.

This was definitely a god-tier life-saving skill.

With this, even against Fourth-Turn or Fifth-Turn killing moves, he was confident he could resolve them.

After all the hardships, it was finally worth it.

Afterward, Su Ming checked his loot.

The quantity was too large.

Over three hundred items!

Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum—all were present.

There were even several pieces of Diamond equipment.

He was as wealthy as a nation.

Of course, compared to major nations like the Dragon Kingdom, Sakura Kingdom, or Eagle Kingdom, that was unlikely.

But for some small countries, Su Ming’s current wealth could already rival them.

Like those small countries with only a few hundred people.

Generally, not every skeleton dropped equipment.

Usually, the loot drop rate for these common monsters was only about 30%.

Meaning if you killed three monsters, maybe only one would drop equipment.

But Su Ming killed so many, and with his luck attribute boost, his monster drop rate was higher than others.

So overall, the quantity of his loot was still very high.

His personal space was already almost full.

Su Ming performed a massive, unified sublimation on all these items.

[Sublimation Successful!]

[Sublimation Successful!]

[Sublimation Successful!]

[Sublimation...]

Hundreds of messages flashed; Su Ming’s ears were going to grow calluses.

This sublimation process consumed most of his day.

Just right; taking advantage of this time, he also healed his injuries almost completely.

He gulped down a few healing potions, slowly recovering.

After all the loot was sublimated, Su Ming roughly counted his items.

Over two hundred pieces of Silver and Bronze equipment.

Dozens of pieces of Platinum equipment.

Less than ten pieces of Diamond equipment.

Su Ming first took out several pieces of Platinum equipment and placed them in front of him.

Then, he used the [Forging Power] skill.

Decomposing them one by one.

[Decomposition Successful]

[Decomposition Successful]

After decomposing only two pieces of equipment, Su Ming felt his stamina was significantly drained.

Life-related sub-classes really couldn't be operated continuously; the consumption was too high.

Decomposing high-hardness equipment like Platinum-grade gear naturally had a terrifying consumption.

Such Platinum materials couldn't be easily broken even if you hacked at them with combat skills.

So one could imagine that trying to dismantle them while maintaining the integrity of the materials was even more difficult, requiring extremely delicate operation.

But while the stamina consumption was high, the gains were also very considerable.

Su Ming gained a lot of proficiency.

[Forging Power: Proficiency +40923]

This skill didn't have the 30-fold proficiency bonus of the Origin Sword Body.

Yet it could still increase proficiency rapidly.

Why?

Actually, this was unique to Su Ming.

Because he had a large amount of high-quality equipment to practice with!

The proficiency increase of the Forging Power skill was highly related to the quality of the equipment being forged.

Decomposing high-level equipment like Platinum-grade gear naturally provided a large amount of proficiency.

Similarly, decomposing or forging Silver-grade equipment provided less proficiency, perhaps only hundreds or thousands.

If it were Diamond-grade equipment, the proficiency provided would be even more.

Other life-class professionals simply didn't have so much high-level equipment to squander.

But Su Ming did, so he could increase his Forging Power skill level at a cheat-like speed.

It could be said that he was indirectly "feeding" this skill with high-quality equipment.

Su Ming continued to decompose.

He wanted to raise this skill to Diamond level.

That way, he could upgrade the Long Xiang broken sword.

He wanted to recast and sublimate the Long Xiang broken sword to Diamond Mid-Grade!

He had plenty of time right now.

The few Platinum pieces of equipment in front of him shattered instantly, turning into large chunks of pure steel.

[Decomposition Successful]

[Decomposition Failed]

[Decomposition Failed]

That’s right, this skill also had a failure rate.

Failure also provided proficiency, but only one-tenth.

Equipment that failed to decompose would turn into black charcoal.

So one could imagine that the consumption of the Forging Power skill was indeed very high.

However, Su Ming didn't feel the slightest heartache.

He took out many pieces of equipment and decomposed them one by one.

If his stamina wasn't enough, he would sit down and sleep.

After spending about a few days, he had decomposed nearly a dozen pieces of Platinum equipment.

The skill was raised to Diamond Low-Grade.

Then he decomposed another dozen pieces of Platinum equipment, as well as 4 pieces of Diamond-grade equipment.

Truly spending money like water!

His forging skill was finally raised to [Diamond Mid-Grade].

Su Ming’s [Dragon-Slaying Art] didn't even have such high proficiency!

Su Ming looked at the data for his Forging Power skill.

[Forging Power (Diamond Mid-Grade)]

[Proficiency: 592,974,200,000]

[You can now forge and decompose Diamond Mid-Grade equipment at the highest level]

[All your forging action success rates are now doubled]

"Very good."

He took out his Long Xiang broken sword.

Gently separating the two halves of the blade.

The fire-red dragon scale was embedded firmly within.

It looked magnificent, fire-red as blood.

Su Ming was going to forge and upgrade this sword!