PS: (Title error, this is Chapter seventy-nine, not ninety-seven.)
Su Xiao walked to an equipnt enhancent machine and placed his hand on the sensor.
[Welco to Equipnt Strengthening Machine No.182, User’s Paradise coin balance: 201206 points.]
Su Xiao took out Dragon Slash. Considering the current limited amount of Paradise coins, enhancing the weapon yields the greatest benefit first.
As Su Xiao operated the machine, a tray popped out from the equipnt enhancent machine.
Hiss—
White steam spurted out from the equipnt enhancent machine. Su Xiao was already used to this. It’s a normal occurrence.
Placing Dragon Slash on the tray, Su Xiao also took out a gemstone to place on it.
[Phantom Demon Stone]
Quality: Dark Purple
Type: Rare Material
Effect: Can prevent one instance of enhancent failure penalty; if the enhancent succeeds, the Phantom Demon Stone will not be consud.
Rating: 260
Description: A magical crystal stone from the Void, mostly used to protect equipnt during enhancent.
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This is why Su Xiao dares to visit the Equipnt Strengthening Hall multiple tis. He’s confident enough to enhance Dragon Slash; he’s here to increase his strength, not to seek excitent.
The tray on the equipnt enhancent machine retracted, and a prompt appeared.
[Equipnt inspection in progress... Inspection complete, each enhancent of Dragon Slash (Light Gold) costs 31000 points of Paradise coin.]
Su Xiao operated the equipnt enhancent machine with a blank expression.
[Reinspection according to instructions in progress... Inspection complete, each enhancent of Dragon Slash (Light Gold) costs 31000 points of Paradise coin.]
Enhancing once costs 31000 Paradise coins, making Su Xiao sowhat ’despairing’ as he closed his eyes. Failing once would an losing 31000 Paradise coins, and that’s with the Phantom Demon Stone’s protection.
If the enhancent level of 5 or above fails, the enhancent level resets. Failure at 7 has a 70% chance to reset the enhancent level and a 30% chance to shatter the equipnt. If enhancent 10 fails, the equipnt will definitely shatter.
As for above 10, each level is like being between heaven and hell. Success leads to heaven with a considerable boost in equipnt attributes, enhancing strength. Failure leads you to hell, as evidenced by the person kneeling dozens of ters away.
[Proceed with this enhancent?]
"Enhance."
[Enhancent started, please wait five minutes,]
Rumble...
The equipnt enhancent machine started operating, engaging in intricate operations with intermittent sizzling electrical sounds, the montum was astonishing.
The five minutes passed quickly, and the equipnt enhancent machine gradually ceased its operation.
Hiss—
A puff of scorching steam spurted out, and a prompt appeared.
[Dragon Slash (Light Gold) 9 success, continue enhancent?]
Though the enhancent 9 succeeded, Su Xiao wouldn’t stop here. There are several significant levels in enhancent, where the equipnt gains additional attributes or strengthens existing attributes once reaching these levels, such as 5, 8, and 10.
Su Xiao’s goal is to enhance Dragon Slash to 10, or even beyond 10, to see how much the ability ’Cut Iron Like Mud (Passive)’ of a Dark Purple 260 rating weapon can be enhanced.
"Continue enhancent."
The equipnt enhancent machine resud operation, thundering loudly.
The required five minutes for enhancent began to feel long, not just for Su Xiao but also for the other Contractors by the enhancent machines nearby. One rather goofy Contractor was even doing radio calisthenics while waiting. Is this the ’legendary’ taphysical enhancent?
Su Xiao lit a cigarette. His body no longer craves cigarettes or the like; it’s just a habit to keep him calm.
Puff—
Scorching steam sprayed out from the equipnt enhancent machine this ti with more volu than before. Su Xiao noticed that the higher the enhancent level, the more steam was emitted from the machine and the higher the heat.
[Dragon Slash (Light Gold) 10 success! Continue enhancent?]
Dragon Slash returned to its previous enhancent level, and ’Cut Iron Like Mud (Passive)’ should see changes.
Su Xiao took a deep breath, hesitating whether to continue enhancing.
Given the current situation, Dragon Slash will remain at the Light Gold quality for a long ti. If that’s the case, Dragon Slash needs to be as strong as possible to handle the subsequent Derivative Worlds.
Moreover, Su Xiao plans to activate the Talent Awakening Task in the next Derivative World, and the sooner this task is completed, the easier it will be.
"Continue... enhancent."
[Enhancent started, please wait ten minutes,]
Following Su Xiao’s command, the equipnt enhancent machine began operating. This ti it was different from the previous enhancents; the montum was even greater, and it took longer.
Su Xiao stood silently smoking in front of the equipnt enhancent machine. Although the success rate of this enhancent was not high, the risk was manageable. At most, he would lose one Phantom Demon Stone and 31000 Paradise coins. Compared to the potential benefits, the risk was worthwhile.
Taking a deep breath, Su Xiao smiled slightly. Given the low risk, there’s no need for him to be nervous.
If there were significant risks, he wouldn’t gamble with his saber. He’d prefer to pay a higher price to improve the quality of Dragon Slash rather than enhance it.
After the cigarette in Su Xiao’s hand burned out, the equipnt enhancent machine gradually ca to a halt.
[Dragon Slash (Light Gold) 11 success! Continue enhancent?]
Su Xiao clenched his fist, his eyes seemingly shining. His research indicated several major enhancent grades: 5, 8, 10, 12.
Each major level upgrade is tempting, and the higher the enhancent level, the greater the gain. If Dragon Slash could be enhanced to 12, it would completely rival so low-rated Golden Quality Equipnt, or perhaps even better?
"Check the success rate of enhancent."
[Inspecting Hunter permissions...]
[Permission granted. Current enhancent success rate: 21%.]
Seeing this success rate, Su Xiao’s expression didn’t look great. A 21% success rate seed high but wasn’t truly comforting.
This relates to a probability issue. If it were a hundred-trigger probability, then 21% would be high, but for a single attempt, 21% is roughly one fifth, with the remaining four fifths capable of trapping most people.
"The loss of failure is within an acceptable range. Continue enhancent."
[Enhancent started, please wait fifteen minutes,]
The enhancent ti began to increase. Logically speaking, Su Xiao should be nervous now, but surprisingly, he felt calm due to his confidence, not in his luck being good, but in it being bad.
Just earlier, he had opened over a hundred treasure chests containing green, blue, dark purple, and gold items, yet only three tis did they flash, and those were low-level treasure chests.
Based on Su Xiao’s observations over ti, he might often encounter misfortune, but overall, his luck is balanced.
After having been this unlucky previously, he couldn’t believe he’d continue to be so. With the consecutive success of three enhancents, he began to gain a mysterious confidence.
Not far from Su Xiao, a girl wearing a small bear ear hat was staring intently at her enhancent machine. Upon closer inspection, she was actually wearing pajamas and slippers.
"It has to succeed. I’m begging you, succeed, succeed..."
The girl’s eyes were closed tight, hands clasped in prayer, mumbling to herself. This was the normal posture for a Contractor during enhancent, unlike Su Xiao, who stood expressionlessly before the equipnt enhancent machine, a rarity.
The girl was enhancing a blue necklace from 5 to 6. It’s important to note that an enhancent failure at 6 would reset the enhancent level.
While the girl prayed, a blast of scorching steam erupted beside her, its range exaggerated.
The girl shielded her fair hands in front of her face. As the steam blew, her cloak fluttered, and she glimpsed a silhouette through the steam. The windbreaker the figure wore billowed dramatically in the steam.
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