Chapter 1355: Investment

【Checking Zhan Long Shan has slipped to +2, Yes/No to continue reinforcement.】

Su Xiao chose to continue. No matter what, he had to reinforce Checking Zhan Long Shan to +10, unless Paradise Coins ran out.

The equipment reinforcement machine operated. Low-level reinforcement speed was very fast. In about two minutes, a burst of steam sprayed out from the reinforcement machine.

【Checking Zhan Long Shan +3 success.】

Su Xiao decisively continued. A few minutes later.

【Checking Zhan Long Shan +4 success.】

Standing in the scorching steam, Su Xiao let out a long sigh. After consuming 540,000 Paradise Coins, Checking Zhan Long Shan was successfully reinforced to +4. He only had 52,600 Paradise Coins left.

Su Xiao played with a medal in his hand. This was the 【Honor Badge】, exchanged with the Golden Honor Medal. It only had one attribute: increasing reinforcement success rate by 5%.

Right now, Paradise Coins were not enough to continue reinforcement. Su Xiao was waiting for the Black Merchant's people to send Paradise Coins. He consigned three pieces of equipment with the Black Merchant before entering the Pirate World, namely Spider Queen, Ghost Hunter, and Moon God Silver Ring.

Among them, Spider Queen and Ghost Hunter were weapons Su Xiao had eliminated, both belonging to equipment with excellent attributes.

Spider Queen sold for 210,000 Paradise Coins.

Ghost Hunter sold for 165,000 Paradise Coins.

Moon God Silver Ring sold for 700,000 Paradise Coins.

After deducting the Black Merchant's handling fee, Su Xiao could obtain a total of 1,021,250 Paradise Coins.

After the Black Merchant obtained this liquidity, they naturally wouldn't help Su Xiao save it, but would take it out for rolling interest. When Su Xiao demanded it, the Black Merchant would raise it in a short time.

It had to be said that although the Black Merchant's reputation wasn't very good, their efficiency was quite good.

Su Xiao waited for more than ten minutes, and a man wearing a black robe and a black mask hurried to the equipment reinforcement hall.

"Mr. Bai... Ye?"

The Black Merchant asked tentatively. Although he had seen Su Xiao's photo and identified it several times with a detector after meeting, he still had to confirm it.

"That's right."

"This is 800,000 Paradise Coins. The remaining amount will be delivered within an hour. For every minute late, my side will compensate 10,000 Paradise Coins."

The Black Merchant handed over a Paradise Coin savings card with a face value of 800,000. The savings card shattered in Su Xiao's hand, and 800,000 Paradise Coins were credited.

"Can do, you guys hurry."

"Of course, no problem. Sorry to bother you, wish you a smooth reinforcement."

The Black Merchant hurried away, likely to raise the remaining Paradise Coins. The business of the Black Sail Chamber of Commerce was not small, but they didn't like to store a large amount of Paradise Coins, but rather preferred to store rare materials. This was a point that made them different from all other chambers of commerce.

With Paradise Coins in hand, Su Xiao continued to reinforce. However, this time, before the equipment reinforcement machine operated, he placed two Black Carbon Stones into the tray.

【Pure Black Carbon Stone】, each increases reinforcement success rate by 2%, with diminishing returns after a certain quantity.

Added with the effect of the 【Honor Badge】, the success rate of reinforcement was quite considerable. Su

【Checking Zhan Long Shan +5 success.】

【Checking Zhan Long Shan +6 success.】

【Checking Zhan Long Shan +7 success!】

Three consecutive successes; it was clear that the effect of the pure Black Carbon Stone + 【Honor Badge】 was quite good.

Heat rose from the equipment reinforcement machine in front of Su Xiao, and the surface of the machine was slightly glowing red.

There were 9 pure Black Carbon Stones left. This time, Su Xiao placed 3 into the tray and started the equipment reinforcement machine.

Hum—

The equipment reinforcement machine began to run. When reinforcing to +8, once it fails, two results will appear: one is that the reinforcement level drops to +6, and the second is that the reinforcement level is wiped to zero. If the latter occurs, it would be impossible for Su Xiao to reinforce Checking Zhan Long Shan to +10 in the near future.

Pfft!

Steam rose, and the tray popped out. The entire tray was like a piece of red-hot branding iron, and white steam also rose from Checking Zhan Long Shan.

【Checking Zhan Long Shan +8 success.】

Su Xiao clenched his fist. His hands were very hot today, and his feel for reinforcement was excellent.

"Continue."

Tap, tap, tap.

Three Obsidian Stones were placed on the tray, and the tray retracted into the reinforcement machine with Checking Zhan Long Shan.

After a few minutes of roaring, Su Xiao heard a "crack" sound, and his heart instantly went cold.

"No!!"

A desperate wail came from not far away. Su Xiao, with cold sweat seeping out on his face, looked over; something had gone wrong at the neighboring equipment reinforcement machine.

A large man pressed his head against the reinforcement machine, his expression dull, muttering: "It's gone, it's all gone, the effort of three worlds, five human lives."

Bubu Wang witnessed this scene and looked at Su Xiao: "Master, is it this stimulating?"

"Probably... that's the situation."

Su Xiao let out a breath. If Checking Zhan Long Shan's reinforcement failed, it would be equivalent to a one-third reduction in his gains from the Pirate World.

Steam surged, and a prompt appeared.

【Checking Zhan Long Shan +9 success.】

Su Xiao was only one step away from achieving his goal. By taking this step, his combat power would increase significantly. The Gold-quality Duke of Extinction reinforced to +13 was already perversely strong, allowing him, as a Third Tier, to kill a Fourth Tier Qiyuezhe in one shot.

If Checking Zhan Long Shan could be reinforced to +13, then a situation would arise: even if the enemy's strength was a cut above Su Xiao's, Su Xiao would still be able to break through the enemy's defense and thereby severely injure the enemy.

Although an absolute gap in strength cannot be made up for by a single blade, if Checking Zhan Long Shan is sharp enough, Su Xiao would have a glimmer of hope for a comeback in a desperate situation.

For example, previously in the Pirate World, if Su Xiao had been holding a Legendary-grade +13 Checking Zhan Long Shan, Garp would not have dared to resist his slashes head-on. A non-reinforced Checking Zhan Long Shan, combined with Su Xiao's swordsmanship, was already able to break Garp's Haki, even if it couldn't severely injure him.

Only one step remained to reach +10 reinforcement. Su Xiao could actually give up now, but he was not prepared to do so.

From every perspective, the reinforcement cost of Checking Zhan Long Shan is very high. When Checking Zhan Long Shan upgrades its quality, its reinforcement level will drop. But if he doesn't reinforce Checking Zhan Long Shan, could Su Xiao really hang those early Fourth Tier Qiyuezhe up and beat them?

Or rather, the cost required for Checking Zhan Long Shan to upgrade from Legendary-grade to the next quality is too high. Su Xiao has not yet seen a Legendary-grade weapon, let alone obtained one.

Therefore, Su Xiao must weigh the options between reinforcing Checking Zhan Long Shan and upgrading its quality. The current situation is that reinforcing Checking Zhan Long Shan to a higher level is far easier to achieve than upgrading it to a higher quality.

Strength and gains are equivalent; accumulation is a good thing, but if one only knows how to accumulate and ignores current combat power, the speed of accumulation will decrease significantly. This thing is like rolling a snowball; the heavier the snowball, the more snow it rolls up, and the faster it grows.

Precisely because of this, Su Xiao now needs a very large "snowball" to ensure he can roll up more "snow." This is also the main reason he did not choose that Legendary-grade equipment treasure chest.

With a Checking Zhan Long Shan reinforced to +13, the possibility of Su Xiao obtaining a Legendary-grade weapon becomes greater, and the speed at which Checking Zhan Long Shan upgrades will also be faster, thus forming a virtuous cycle.

Precisely because of this, every time Checking Zhan Long Shan upgrades its quality, Su Xiao will at least reinforce it to +8 or higher to ensure that Checking Zhan Long Shan possesses combat power exceeding weapons of the current stage.

This is an investment, a necessary investment. If he only knew how to upgrade Checking Zhan Long Shan's quality, its current quality would at most not exceed Gold, and Su Xiao himself would at most be Third Tier.

Su Xiao lit a cigarette, exhaled a puff of pale gold smoke, and the "European Emperor" state was upon him.

European Emperor state + three Obsidian Stones + Honor Badge; after using all the methods he could, Su Xiao started the equipment reinforcement machine.