Chapter 2977

Su Xiao sheathed Zhan Long Shan. Zhan Long Shan had been promoted to Immortal-grade, with an initial full score. Su Xiao was not surprised by this; he had consumed a large amount of resources to upgrade Zhan Long Shan.

Zhan Long Shan had been upgraded to Immortal-grade, so it was time to start forging Zhan Long Shan. Forging had three aspects: strengthening through refined Immortal Stones, replacing gems, and using 【Immortal Soul】 on Zhan Long Shan.

First is strengthening Zhan Long Shan's level, which is the aspect with the lowest threshold but the highest consumption.

If you are satisfied with strengthening to +5, the strengthening cost is actually not high, but if you have dreams and want to strengthen Zhan Long Shan to +12, this is a bottomless pit.

Then there is the replacement of gems, replacing the three Holy Spirit-grade gems with Immortal-grade ones. This not only requires resources but also a certain amount of luck, so there is no rush for now. The current three Holy Spirit-grade gems are also very suitable for Zhan Long Shan.

As for the final 【Immortal Soul】, this needs to be carefully considered. Only Immortal-grade weapons can be upgraded through Immortal Soul, thereby strengthening the weapon's "Core · Bonus".

Zhan Long Shan has two core bonuses: Magic Blade and Soul · Magic Blade. If Magic Blade is strengthened and the beheading limit is increased, that would be an incredible thing. Currently, it can behead enemies with less than 25% HP.

Su Xiao felt that wanting to increase Magic Blade's beheading limit was far more difficult than imagined. However, the intensity of the body energy absorbed by Soul · Magic Blade was still very likely to be increased.

The effect of Soul · Magic Blade is somewhat close to the Qing Gang Ying ability. Qing Gang Ying burns the body energy in the enemy's body, thereby causing True damage to the enemy, while Soul · Magic Blade absorbs it to increase Zhan Long Shan's sharpness.

After the two are stacked, the effect when fighting against strong enemies is considerable, which disguisedly enhances the lethality of Qing Ying Wang.

Compared to fighting against strong people in mission worlds, Soul · Magic Blade is more terrifying when fighting against contractors.

When encountering that kind of main tank with strong survivability, at most three to four slashes, the only "skill" the main tank can use is to stare blankly; all battle cries and tank-type domains will be completely shut down.

The most frustrating thing is not that you can't beat the enemy, but that the ability you spent a lot of resources to improve cannot be used in battle, and then you are hacked to death.

In this situation, saying one died with hatred is an understatement; it should be that one died with eyes wide open, staring rounder than light bulbs.

Regarding using 【Immortal Soul】 to upgrade Zhan Long Shan, Su Xiao is not in a hurry. An Immortal Soul with a score of 1,000 and an Immortal Soul with a full score of 1,500 are completely different things.

At worst, Su Xiao is prepared to get an Immortal Soul with a score of 1,450 or more to use on Zhan Long Shan. Of course, an Immortal Soul with a full score is the first choice.

Looking at the current Soul Coins, there were still 24,550. Carrying such a huge sum of money, Su Xiao was more confident about what to do next.

The main source of this huge sum of money was because Benny had sold the 【Iron Trial Proof】 and 【Triumph Badge】.

The effect of 【Iron Trial Proof】 is that after using this item, you can permanently break the 200-point True attribute barrier, but the buffs derived from the 200-point True attribute are reduced by 45%.

This item can only be used for breaking the 200-point attribute barrier of a single attribute, and subsequent attribute rewards are significantly reduced. Unless it is a last resort, contractors will not easily use this thing. It is said that there are other "sequelae".

The final transaction price of this thing was 8,950 Soul Coins. The group of people who need it is special; those with strength don't need it, and those without strength can't come up with more Soul Coins.

【Triumph Badge】 has another effect: it can convert a normal attribute into a True attribute. It looks very good, but it will cause this attribute to slide significantly, and it only takes effect on attributes below 200 points. After any body attribute reaches 200 points or more, this thing cannot be used.

The transaction price of this thing was 8,600. Originally, Benny intended to sell it for more than 10,000 Soul Coins, but later discovered that those with body attributes below 200 were all Seventh-Tier contractors. Asking most Seventh-Tier contractors to come up with tens of thousands of Soul Coins was no different from killing them.

Assuming 【Triumph Badge】 could be consigned on the auction platform, the price of this thing would be higher. There are many wealthy miners in Apocalypse Paradise, but unfortunately, permission-type items cannot be consigned on the auction platform; you either use them yourself or sell them to contractors on your own side.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Baja, and Benny don't need this thing. With Su Xiao's four-main-attribute development method, every time they undergo potential activation, there is a certain probability of awakening True attributes. This is the power of the contractor.

Just like Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, it has quietly awakened three True attributes: Agility, Strength, and Charisma attributes are all True attributes. Even so, it can't save Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's combat power.

In fact, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang is not weak; the main reason is that the enemies Su Xiao encounters are too strong. Ordinary battles are easily solved by using Exile; Su Xiao doesn't even need to move a finger.

When facing strong enemies, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had better not get involved. Some of the strong enemies Su Xiao deals with can severely damage Amu in a short time. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang rushing up is equivalent to sending its head—no, sending its dog head.

But in battle, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang is an indispensable member. Aura + detection are both very important. The former enhances Su Xiao's combat power, and the latter ensures that he will not be taken advantage of by enemies in the dark.

Su Xiao walked out of the exclusive room. Seeing this, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang immediately followed. It had just gone out for a stroll and didn't know what it should do.

After Su Xiao left the exclusive room, he headed straight for the Equipment Strengthening Hall.

Just as he entered the Equipment Strengthening Hall, Su Xiao saw a group of people surrounding an equipment strengthening machine.

Pfft!

Steam surged, and a brilliant golden flow of color erupted from that equipment strengthening machine.

"Success!!"

A somewhat familiar shout came. Hearing this shout, Su Xiao's footsteps paused.

"Don't surround me. If you keep looking, I'll slaughter all of you."

A figure wearing a black-red gothic dress walked out of the crowd. It was Gulu. This was not a coincidence. One of Gulu's biggest hobbies was strengthening equipment levels. As long as she had a sufficiently powerful weapon, she could instantly kill many strong enemies.

"Oh my, Bai Ye, you're also here to forge equipment?"

Gulu tossed a dagger in her hand. This dagger was named "Slaughter · User" and was a weapon in the Night Walker set.

Gulu had upgraded this Holy Spirit-grade weapon to +15. Strengthening it to the limit level, if strengthened again, this weapon would definitely shatter; it could no longer withstand it.

"Strengthened to the limit by accident; a boring experience."

When Gulu said this, her mood was complicated. Only she knew how powerful a weapon she needed to continuously break through her own limits. Originally, she intended to be more arrogant, but her right calf was aching faintly.

"When luck comes, you can't stop it. Goodbye, you ruthless person who even fails at +1 strengthening."

"..."

Su Xiao's eyes narrowed. Gulu tossed the long dagger in her hand and walked out of the Equipment Strengthening Hall with a happy expression.

Su Xiao speculated that the other party should be able to be promoted to Eighth-Tier before long. A Holy Spirit-grade weapon strengthened to the limit, even an ordinary contractor, could obtain high gains from this, not to mention Gulu, for whom battle was a daily routine.

Arriving at a corner of the Strengthening Hall, Su Xiao stopped in front of a stall, on which were items related to strengthening equipment.

This stall owner was shrouded in white mist; after all, the items he sold were of astonishing value.

Su Xiao currently had 11 refined Immortal Stones. His goal this time was to strengthen Zhan Long Shan to +8. The Immortal Stones required for each strengthening would be determined according to the strengthening level; +1 consumes one Immortal Stone, +2 consumes two, and so on.

Strengthening to +8 requires a total of 36 Immortal Stones, and he was still short 25. Currently, the price of Immortal Stones was 617 Soul Coins each. After Su Xiao paid 15,425 Soul Coins, he got 25 refined Immortal Stones.

"Don't you want to buy more? The price of Immortal Stones has been pretty good recently. A while ago, it was still 650 Soul Coins each."

The stall owner shrouded in white mist spoke.

"These are enough."

"I've heard this before. Anyway, good luck to you."

The white mist stall owner smiled and placed more than a dozen refined Immortal Stones on the stall. Judging from his experience, a big customer had arrived.

Su Xiao took the newly acquired Immortal Stones and stopped in front of an equipment strengthening machine, pressing one hand on the sensing device.

【Welcome to use Equipment Strengthening Machine No. 336.】

Following Su Xiao's operation, some steam sprayed out from the equipment strengthening machine, and a tray popped out. He placed Zhan Long Shan on it, and the tray retracted.

【Equipment checking...】

【Check complete, Zhan Long Shan (Immortal-grade), strengthening this weapon requires paying refined Immortal Stones.】

【Hint: The strengthening cost of Immortal-grade weapons is different from other equipment. 98.534% of Immortal-grade armor, accessories, etc., are strengthened by paying Soul Coins, while Immortal-grade weapons require paying "refined Immortal Stones" to strengthen.】

Su Xiao had a new understanding of Immortal-grade equipment strengthening; his previous understanding was somewhat wrong.

The real situation is that the cost of strengthening Immortal-grade weapons is the highest, and they can only be strengthened with refined Immortal Stones. Other equipment is much better, and you can pay Soul Coins.

He had previously wondered why the price of Immortal Stones was so stable. If all Immortal-grade equipment were strengthened by consuming Immortal Stones, the price of Immortal Stones would at least double, and the output would be far lower than the demand. If only weapons needed them, the demand would not be exaggerated.

【The Hunter needs to place refined Immortal Stones to proceed with this strengthening.】

After the hint appeared, a card slot appeared on the right side of the front of the equipment strengthening machine, which was just right for embedding an Immortal Stone.

Su Xiao pressed a refined Immortal Stone into the card slot and started the equipment strengthening machine.

【Strengthening begins, please wait for three minutes.】

Rumble...

The equipment strengthening machine started to operate, and the Immortal Stone embedded on the right side of the front lit up, which made the equipment strengthening machine's momentum even more astonishing, and one could faintly hear the sizzling sound of electric arcs.

Time was somewhat long while waiting. As soon as five minutes were up, the Immortal Stone embedded on the equipment strengthening machine turned into powder and floated in the air; the energy inside was exhausted.

【Zhan Long Shan strengthening +1 success, yes/no to continue strengthening.】

With a click, another card slot appeared on the right side of the front of the equipment strengthening machine. Two card slots were arranged vertically; strengthening +2 requires two refined Immortal Stones.

Of course, he wanted to continue. Su Xiao took out two Immortal Stones. This time, he didn't need to embed them; the Immortal Stones were adsorbed by the two card slots. He only needed to start the equipment strengthening machine.

Rumble...

The equipment strengthening machine operated again. Su Xiao exhaled slowly. The process of strengthening equipment could be called thrilling. He didn't care about failure between strengthening +1 and +5. If it failed when impacting strengthening +8, sliding back to +0, that would be too stimulating.

While Su Xiao was thinking, a burst of steam sprayed out from the equipment strengthening machine.

【Zhan Long Shan strengthening +2 success, yes/no to continue strengthening.】

Su Xiao felt that his luck had turned. Not only did he open an Immortal-grade item in the Holy Spirit-grade treasure chest before, but there was also no "strengthening +1 failure event" this time.

An hour later, Su Xiao lit a cigarette and slowly exhaled smoke. At this time, eight card slots had appeared on the equipment strengthening machine in front of him, which meant that Zhan Long Shan strengthening +7 was successful and was about to impact +8.

There were 8 refined Immortal Stones left. The strengthening process Su Xiao had just experienced was simply a dream start. From strengthening +1 to +7, he succeeded continuously all the way, and now he was about to impact +8.

If he succeeded this time, then everything would be fine. If he failed, Zhan Long Shan's strengthening level would be cleared, and Immortal Stones worth 22,212 Soul Coins would go down the drain.

Su Xiao started the equipment strengthening machine. If he failed this time, he would not consider upgrading Zhan Long Shan for the next few world progresses. It is worth mentioning that a badge he obtained at a low tier had become exceptionally useful at this time.

【Honor Badge】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Category: Special Equipment

Equipment Effect: Increases equipment strengthening success rate by 5%.

A 5% success rate doesn't seem high, but it is actually very useful. For this impact on +8, Su Xiao was still quite confident.

A moment later, the equipment strengthening machine stopped operating, and a large amount of steam sprayed out from the lower edge, almost enveloping Su Xiao and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.

【Zhan Long Shan strengthening +8 success, yes/no to continue strengthening.】