Chapter 85: New Peak, Strength Skyrockets!

Chapter 85: Chapter 85: New Peak, Strength Skyrockets!

[Upgrade Successful]

Seeing the four large golden words pop up before his eyes, Yu Zhun couldn’t help but reveal a gratified smile.

"Finally finished upgrading all the equipment."

Before upgrading the four pieces of equipment, he had first enhanced them. The fifty sets of Enhancement Talismans he prepared had successfully raised the accessory, [Nether’s Deep Embrace], to +20 on the forty-first enhancement attempt.

With this, Yu Zhun finally had a piece of fully enhanced equipment.

He didn’t waste the remaining nine sets of Enhancement Talismans either, using them to enhance the armor, [Guardian of the Nether], raising its enhancement level to +16.

Then, Yu Zhun consumed a large number of Equipment Upgrade Stones and auxiliary materials to raise the equipment level of all four items to Lv25.

His Enhancer level had also smoothly risen to Lv26. The price, however, was that all the money he had earned recently was gone, leaving his balance with only a few hundred thousand.

[Character Name: Yu Zhun]

[Level: Lv26 (328,030/679,000)]

[Profession: Enhancer]

[Luck: 100 -> 196]

[Profession Skill 1 (Enhancement)]

[Profession Skill 2 (Enhancement Transfer)]

[Profession Skill 3 (Upgrade)]

Looking at his Life Profession panel, Yu Zhun sighed. "As the level increases, the growth rate of Luck is getting faster. High-level Enhancers wouldn’t even care about the 500 Luck added by a Lucky Talisman. But the experience required to upgrade is also getting higher and higher.

"In a few more levels, the required experience will probably exceed a million. The experience needed for the levels after that is simply unimaginable.

"However... that’s not something I need to consider right now." He smiled as he looked at the four pieces of Red Equipment in front of him.

The feeling of growing stronger was truly exhilarating!

[Nether’s Sigh +10 -> +10]

[Equipment Level: Lv20 -> Lv25]

[Equipment Attributes:

Physical Attack +3,432 -> Physical Attack +4,875]

[Guardian of the Nether +15 -> +16]

[Equipment Level: Lv20 -> Lv25]

[Equipment Attributes:

HP +11,900 -> HP +18,720]

[Nether’s Deep Embrace +15 -> +20]

[Equipment Level: Lv20 -> Lv25]

[Equipment Attributes:

Physical Defense +1,960 -> Physical Defense +4,800

Magic Defense +1,960 -> Magic Defense +4,800]

[Bloody Sacrifice +15 -> +15]

[Equipment Level: Lv20 -> Lv25]

[Equipment Attributes:

Physical Attack +2,800 -> Physical Attack +3,920

HP +7,000 -> HP +9,800]

"The further you get into enhancement, the more terrifying the attribute boosts become." Looking at [Nether’s Deep Embrace +20], which had the most obvious attribute increase, Yu Zhun couldn’t help but sigh in awe.

When enhancing equipment from +0 to +10, the final attributes were 195% of the Basic Attributes. But when upgrading from +10 to +15, this ratio soared directly to 350%, and at +20, it reached a terrifying 600%.

A sixfold increase in attributes was simply incredibly awesome!

Putting on the four pieces of equipment one by one, Yu Zhun looked at his attribute panel again, and that long-lost joy surged up at once.

[Character Name: Yu Zhun]

[Level: Lv25 (13,580/480,600)]

[Profession: Assassin]

[Profession Talent: Open and Aboveboard (SSS-Rank)]

[Wearing Title: Nether General (Red)]

[Attributes:

HP: 33,600 -> 53,316 [Equipment +32,264] [Title +50%]

Mana: 450 -> 850

Physical Attack: 7,778 -> 11,430 [Equipment +9,770]

Magic Attack: 0 -> 0

Physical Defense: 3,943 -> 9,863 [Equipment +5,760] [Title +50%]

Magic Defense: 3,943 -> 9,863 [Equipment +5,760] [Title +50%]]

[Skills: 4/4] (Skill Points: 5)

[Equipment: 4/4]

"Over fifty thousand HP, and close to ten thousand defense..." Yu Zhun shook his head and sighed softly. "These attributes really give me a sense of security."

Even his Physical Attack, which he hadn’t deliberately tried to improve, had unknowingly surpassed ten thousand—although it was useless to him.

Continuing to look down, the corners of Yu Zhun’s mouth curled up.

"It’s time for the exciting point allocation segment again."

His gaze swept quickly over the still Lv2 [Swift Step], eventually landing on the Lv4 [Sword Dance].

The more Dungeons he conquered, the more Yu Zhun marveled at the effects of [Sword Dance]. It was worthy of being a top-tier skill among melee Professions in terms of both versatility and strength. In situations where he was outnumbered, the power of this skill was simply in a league of its own.

Although he had decided after the last point allocation that he would upgrade [Swift Step] this time...

"Sorry, [Swift Step], definitely next time!" Like a fickle scoundrel, Yu Zhun unhesitatingly chose to allocate his points to [Sword Dance].

[Skill 3: Sword Dance (Lv4): Greatly enhances close-combat capabilities, allowing the player to execute exquisite weapon techniques as if by instinct.]

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[Skill 3: Sword Dance (Max): Enhances close-combat capabilities to the limit; weapon techniques will be branded into the player’s soul, allowing them to wield their weapons as if an extension of their own body.]

"An extension of my own body..." Yu Zhun tightly gripped [Nether’s Sigh]. Faintly, he felt as if this weapon, which had accompanied him through numerous battles, was resonating with him—just like a part of his very being.

An unprecedented sense of agility caused the look in Yu Zhun’s eyes to constantly shift.

As expected of the most drastic change to the skill description of [Sword Dance].

At this moment, he had a feeling that if he were to face the second stage of the [Cold Ice Silence Realm] Dungeon again, he could wipe out all the Snow Ridge Wizards without getting hit a single time, and without even needing Ji Xiaoyu’s [Wind Entanglement] for assistance.

Yu Zhun murmured, "There’s still one Skill Point left. I’ll use it to upgrade other skills the next time I get more points."

Then, his eyes flickered slightly. "The next time I get Skill Points will be at Lv30.

"I’ll be able to enter the Nether Abyss very soon."

Even Zhu Zhe had specifically reminded him to seek him out before using the invitation letter. It was obvious that the Nether Abyss wouldn’t be simple. At the very least, it would be much more difficult than the Nether Trial.

Yu Zhun rubbed his cheeks. "But these five levels won’t be that easy to gain. At my current leveling speed, it will probably take more than a month to reach it.

"If only there was a faster way to level up."

Sighing about his slow leveling speed, Yu Zhun left the Divine Revelation Hall.

If other players knew about his leveling speed, they would probably curse him out in outrage. Not everyone had the ability to continuously achieve perfect clears in AAA-difficulty Dungeons and gain the massive amount of experience equivalent to a solo clear.

The vast majority of players only dared to attempt the lower-difficulty, lower-reward, but safer AA-difficulty Dungeons. Furthermore, they entered in teams and shared the experience equally. For them, upgrading from Lv20 to Lv30 could take several years.

As for leveling up beyond Lv30...

That wasn’t just a matter of time anymore. The threshold of the first Class Advancement alone could trap ninety percent of players at Lv30.

Upon returning to the guild, Yu Zhun immediately sought out Salas.

"The Guild Master is here!" Sensing Yu Zhun’s arrival, Salas put down his work and excitedly took Yu Zhun’s weapon.

Having reforged Yu Zhun’s armor, accessory, and helmet one after another, Salas now understood why his Guild Master’s tankiness was so exaggerated.

Now, he was finally going to get his hands on the Guild Master’s weapon.

A Guild Master who could instantly kill a Boss in one strike—his weapon must surely be the most powerful among all his equipment, right?