Chapter 400 - 207: Golden Quality Neck Guard, Enhancing Equipment

Chapter 400: Chapter 207: Golden Quality Neck Guard, Enhancing Equipment

If the Tier Jumping Upgrade for the Lv29 Dreadnought Battleship weren’t so difficult to achieve, Lin Feng would have even considered directly fusing a complete Mother Empress’s Corpse into it.

’Maybe that could upgrade it into a High-Level Biological Battleship?’

’Or maybe add a central processing system to the Dreadnought Battleship? Transitioning from relying on Chen Yanyan alone to control the entire fleet to an intelligent AI program?’

He figured that once he had killed several Tier Three Life Forms and entered the Tier Three Middle Stage, he could find a Tier Three Early Stage Zerg Race Mother Empress to run a test or two.

For now, however, Lin Feng gazed at the Golden Plate Bone in his hand and fell into thought.

This massive Plate Bone was arc-shaped, with a diameter of about fifteen meters, yet it weighed over one hundred tons. Lin Feng had to rely on the power of his Bloodthirsty Frenzy Realm just to rip it out with one hand.

Hefting it in his hand now, he could tell the density of this Golden Plate Bone was several times greater than that of a Tier Two Tiger Spine Zerg Giant Mandible, which weighed over ten tons.

’His Lv29 Flying Tiger Armor could fuse with this and upgrade into a Lv30 Golden Battle Armor.’

But considering how difficult it was to kill a High-tier Mother Empress, Lin Feng decided to shelve that idea for the time being.

Unlike Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs, there were only about a thousand High-tier Mother Empresses in the entire world. Killing another one wouldn’t be so easy.

Besides, the only thing that truly threatened Lin Feng from a Mother Empress was its formless Spiritual Attack. Even if the Flying Tiger Armor were upgraded to Golden Quality, it would only boost his physical Defense and offer no resistance whatsoever to Spiritual Attacks.

Therefore, the best way to increase his combat power was to modify his Lv29 Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword.

Although it could no longer be upgraded via fusion, Lin Feng, having now entered Tier Three, possessed his own unique Realm Ability: Particle Control.

It allowed him to directly modify items and equipment.

So, Lin Feng took the precious Golden Plate Bone, left the plaza with the corpse, and quickly returned to the deck of the Dreadnought Battleship. He retrieved the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword from storage and began to break down and fuse the materials.

With one hand on the Golden Plate Bone and the other gripping his Lv29 Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword, a notification immediately appeared before him:

[Mother Empress’ Neck Guard, Whole Piece, Golden Quality, State: Slightly Damaged]

[Durability: 8/10, Defense Power: 8k/10k]

[Evaluation: A Golden Quality Material from the body of a Tier Three Mother Empress. Used as a final measure for survival, this material is exceptionally hard and can withstand temperatures of nearly 10,000 degrees. Can be used in fusion upgrades for items or equipment to enhance their strength.]

Seeing the new Evaluation, Lin Feng finally realized. The place he had used Identification on last time was the gap he had broken open, so naturally, its Durability and Defense Power were severely lowered.

But the entire extracted Neck Guard, as a whole piece, possessed the extremely high Defense Attributes befitting its quality.

As Lin Feng activated his Particle Control Realm and infused a stream of Golden Energy into the Neck Guard, another notification popped up before him:

[Fusing a Golden Quality Material into an Orange Quality item cannot upgrade the item’s Level; it can only increase the cap on existing Attributes. Consume a portion of the Mother Empress’ Neck Guard to strengthen the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword?]

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes. ’So, downward compatibility can only raise the strength of existing Attributes. It can’t achieve a Tier Jump to gain new Attributes on par with Golden Quality, and it can’t reach the Breaking Limit level...’

’That’s why it’s just called ’strengthening.’’

Even so, it would be worth it as long as the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword didn’t struggle so much to break through another Neck Guard.

Besides, the tactic of planting a Nuclear Bomb in advance like last time wasn’t something he could pull off successfully every time.

To break through the defenses of a High-tier Mother Empress at full strength, the Lv30 Ion Laser Cannon alone wasn’t enough. Factoring in the multiple layers of defense and a powerful self-healing rate, the final killing blow would still have to come from a Close Combat Weapon.

Lin Feng stopped thinking and placed the Lv29 Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword directly on the Neck Guard. His Realm Power began to flow, setting the process in motion...

Melted and enveloped by the Golden Energy, the Neck Guard began to merge with the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword.

Several minutes later, once the Golden Plate Bone’s fusion reached its limit, Lin Feng withdrew his Realm Power.

The golden light faded, revealing the Lv29 Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword. It looked as if it had been coated in gold lacquer, and its palm-sized saw teeth now looked identical to the Golden Quality Neck Guard.

The stats of the newly strengthened Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword then appeared in the Identification window:

[Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword Lv29/29, Orange Quality]

[Durability: 10/10, Basic Damage: 990]

[Extra Attributes: Rapid Cutting (Teeth rotate five times per second, dealing five times Basic Damage, continuous effect)

Bloodthirst Blade (For each Tier Two Zerg Race killed, restore one point of Durability in addition to gaining Upgrade Points.)

Undying Skull Shattering (If a target’s Defense Value is lower than your total damage per second, no Durability is lost. Durability consumption is reduced by 50% when attacking targets with a defense rating up to Golden Quality. Attacking a target’s vital head area deals double Critical Strike Damage.)]

[Note: Basic Damage is no longer affected by decreasing Durability.]

Lin Feng’s eyes lit up when he saw the new stats.

Not only had he finally gotten rid of the drawback where Basic Damage decreased along with Durability, but the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword’s most important attribute, Undying Skull Shattering, had also received a massive boost.

Previously, it only reduced Durability consumption by 50% against targets with up to 4,500 Defense. Now, with the new 990 Basic Damage, it wouldn’t lose any Durability at all against targets with less than 4,950 Defense Power.

Even against Golden Quality protective materials like the Neck Guard, he would still benefit from the 50% consumption reduction as long as their Defense Power was under 10,000.