"Damn, how am I supposed to charge it?"
Bai Pu furrowed his brows. When he consulted the Spirit Realm Will, the response was that "your military rank is insufficient."
Bai Pu wondered if his judgnt was wrong, and whether he should trust Xisha the Divine Envoy more and proactively request her to grant the "Seed of Source Water Blessing"?
Then he would be able to receive guidance from Xisha the Divine Envoy in a tily manner.
Now, having refused Xisha the Divine Envoy, he could only rely on the Spirit Realm Will for resolving doubts and queries.
And the Spirit Realm Will, like the Heavenly Dao, seed emotionless, treating all Awakened equally.
Whether or not to answer questions depended solely on the military rank of the Awakened—in other words, their contribution in the Spirit Realm Wars.
However, this aligned with Bai Pu's principle of equivalent exchange. The high-handed granting approach of Xisha the Divine Envoy instinctively made Bai Pu uncomfortable, which is also why Bai Pu didn't imdiately cling to the coattails of the Purity.
Since Gustav's Dark Gold Treasure Chest had already been opened, he couldn't wait for repeated item draws. Bai Pu directly clicked on the first Dark Gold Card in the first row, using up his remaining draw.
The card flipped over, revealing an image of a crown.
"This shouldn't be junk!" Bai Pu sighed in relief when he saw the crown.
The dark gold light faded, and a crown appeared before Bai Pu.
This crown was sowhat damaged, only showing a golden tal circle with three upright sword-shaped crests, one large and two small, bearing fine cracks.
Compared to the crown worn by Gustav at that ti, this crown not only had cracks, but the rubies and sapphires on the sword-shaped crests were also missing.
[You have obtained equipnt: Commanding Crown (Damaged).]
[Commanding Crown (Damaged): This piece of equipnt has been greatly damaged. Please seek a master in forging to attempt repairs.]
Bai Pu sighed.
Alright, this Lord's Treasure Chest truly had excessive filler.
Look at the two items drawn: a Dull Divine Rune and a Damaged Crown... neither could be imdiately put to use.
One required charging, the other needed repairs.
If Bai Pu had single-handedly killed Emperor Gustav, these two items would likely be in perfect condition, and he would also have at least two more draw chances, excluding quite a few low-valued cards!
Bai Pu wasn't greedy. He reconsidered, feeling that these draws could potentially be promising in the future, and at least he didn't end up drawing "Gustav's Long Socks" or similar junk.
Next step, it's ti for equipnt enhancent.
Bai Pu took stock of his current resources available for enhancent.
His Spiritual Points account had accumulated 263,000. Bai Pu's rate of earning Spiritual Points was enough to leave the majority of mid-level Awakened in awe.
The Blood Mist Butcher's Treasure Chest alone gave Bai Pu over fifty thousand Spiritual Points, and Schroeder the Scholar's Treasure Chest had over thirty thousand Spiritual Points.
And Emperor Gustav the Blood Ring's Treasure Chest, upon opening, granted him sixty thousand Spiritual Points!
Various Elite and Leader Treasure Chests brought in a considerable amount of Spiritual Points gains as well.
Counting everything else, rewards for capturing wanted criminals, trading with other Awakened, livestream earnings, and extorting life-saving money from two mbers of the Hidden Snake Team, all contributed to his current accumulation.
Additionally, Bai Pu had 2 B-level Enhancent Cards, 3 A-level Enhancent Cards; anwhile, the accessory [Giant Tuo's Fierce Eye] still had an unused guaranteed enhancent try with a B-level Enhancent Card.
For supplentary enhancent Blue Equipnt, Bai Pu had amassed a total of 15 pieces. Among them, [Iron Plate Boots] were Heavy Armor, which Bai Pu intended to replace the [Elk Hide Boots] he was currently wearing.
There was also a Golden Enhancent Crystal.
The list of equipnt needing enhancent was quite long.
First, [Blood Mist Butcher's Chainsaw Sword] was a must for enhancent, and the higher the enhancent level, the better—this was Peak Golden Equipnt, worth the investnt to enhance.
Moreover, [Strong Strike Armor] needed further enhancent primarily for damage reduction on the upper body.
For other pieces of equipnt, enhancent to 4 was sufficient.
Bai Pu first took out the Chainsaw Greatsword, placing it into the enhancent orb.
The first three levels were guaranteed successes, so Bai Pu quickly strengthened it to 3 and then used a B-level Enhancent Card, starting to add support with Blue Armor.
After 4, the enhancent success rate for Golden Equipnt dropped to 50%, but by adding two pieces of supportive Blue Armor, the success rate could be boosted to 90%.
Three consecutive successes pushed the Chainsaw Greatsword to 6!
Up next was the critical part; reaching 7 required an A-level Enhancent Card as assurance. Otherwise, a failed enhancent attempt wouldn't only reset the enhancent level, but could also directly destroy the equipnt.
Bai Pu placed the 6 Chainsaw Greatsword inside, checking and finding its direct enhancent success rate had plumted to 25%.
Even with two auxiliary Blue Armor pieces, the success rate only rose to 65%.
Bai Pu attempted to add the Golden Enhancent Crystal, noting that one Golden Crystal could boost the success rate by 40%, which was twice as effective as Blue Support Equipnt!
Of course, Bai Pu wouldn't use the Golden Crystal here. He also had a Dark Gold Shield that needed future enhancent, making these crystals and enhancent cards more cost-effective if used on the Dark Gold Shield.
"I'll just use one A-level Enhancent Card, coupled with support from the Blue Armor, to attempt a 65% success rate for three tries. Hitting 7 counts as a success."
Bai Pu took a deep breath and initiated the enhancent.
The first attempt at 7, failed.
The second attempt at 7, succeeded.
The subsequent attempt at 8, succeeded!
The 8 Chainsaw Greatsword gave off a dark, golden hue, its appearance nearing that of Dark Gold Equipnt. Holding it in hand, its fierce aura was palpable.
Attack Power increased, growing from 15~30 to 32~65.
In his mind, Bai Pu quickly calculated. Before 3, each enhancent increased the base Attack Power by 10%; between 4~ 6, each enhancent increased it by 15%, and after 7, each enhancent boosted it by 20%.
Judging by the growth in Attack Power alone, it was indeed worth the expense of enhancing to such a high level.
There were also two key special effects.
[Blood Mist Butcher's Chainsaw Sword] 4 Special Effect: Water-Cooled Blade: Reduces the cooldown of [Cutting] to 30 minutes (originally 2 hours).
7 Special Effect: Repetitive Cutting: After triggering Cutting, the next ordinary attack will also trigger the Cutting's Armor Destruction effect.
Satisfied, Bai Pu swung the Chainsaw Greatsword with one hand, storing it in the quick equipnt slot.
Although it cost him 43,000 Spiritual Points, a B-level, and an A-level Enhancent Card, along with burning 12 Blue Armor for support enhancent, the enhancent process was smooth, well worth it.
Next, Bai Pu proceeded to enhance the neck, wrists, waist, and back equipnt, each to 4. He didn't use Blue Armor or Enhancent Cards, relying purely on Spiritual Points for forced enhancent.
Since the first three levels guaranteed success, only the step to 4 had a 50% chance of failure. Even if it failed and reset the enhancent level, Bai Pu could accept it—it would just require another try.
Finally, after spending 70,000 Spiritual Points, Bai Pu completed this step.
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