From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 425 Skill Upgrade, Humanoid Bomber

"Incredible, incredible! You actually managed to get your hands on the horn of such a high-level dragon. Even when the Black Iron Dwarves were still around, they wouldn't dare to provoke such a powerful creature."

Master Gollum held the dragon horn, which was thicker and longer than his arm, and rubbed it incessantly with both hands, as if he were enchanting the most beautiful girl in the Dark Iron tribe.

"Look at this dragon horn, is there any hope of upgrading it to the Aurora Blade?" Lu Heng wasn't sure if the dragon horn was good enough.

Although this dragon horn is made of SS-grade material, having the material does not guarantee successful forging. If the forging fails, it may even lead to a reduction in the weapon's grade.

Master Gollum was very cautious, not only because he was worried about wasting materials, but also because he was worried about ruining his most prized creation.

"Wait a minute, this matter can't be rushed. I need to study it carefully to figure out how to forge a stronger divine weapon. It would be best if I could get an SS-grade divine weapon to study."

As Master Gollum spoke, he began to flip through his book on tin forging.

Hearing this, Lu Heng smiled faintly, flipped his hand, took out a sickle, twirled it twice in his hand, and slammed it on the table: "Take this and study it."

Master Gulu grabbed the blood-red scythe, his eyes widening in disbelief: "You actually have a divine weapon of this caliber!"

This crimson scythe is actually called "Death Agent," and its rank is indeed SS.

Since it's an SS-class divine weapon, its power must be considerable.

However, this scythe is a bit special; a large part of its power is manifested in the fourth job class, [Death Agent].

If one does not sacrifice blood to obtain this class, the actual power of this scythe will be much less.

Lu Heng considered whether or not to use this weapon, but after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to give it up.

After all, sickles and swords are not interchangeable in terms of form, so forcibly switching to a sickle as a weapon would definitely be awkward.

Secondly, the origin of this sickle is unclear.

Although this scythe was released from the Skeleton Lord, it may not have been created by him.

If there is another creator behind this scythe, does that mean that this creator can also control people who obtain the [Death Agent] class through the scythe?
If this conjecture is correct, then this sickle is a potential hazard.

Lu Heng briefly explained the situation of the sickle and said, "The sickle is best left for the master to study. I hope the master can gain something from it."

"Okay, okay, this sickle is truly... exquisite." Master Gulu's attention was entirely focused on the sickle, and he had no interest in chatting with Lu Heng anymore.

The Aurora Blade is now an S-class divine weapon, and the difficulty of forging and upgrading it again is unimaginable.

Even Gollum, the master blacksmith among the Dark Iron dwarves, needed time to prepare.

This matter couldn't be rushed. Lu Heng left the materials and the sickle behind, then left Quenching Fortress and went to the Binhai International Hotel. He used [Void Flash] to enter the top-floor presidential suite.

This room is where Ke Yiming and I agreed to meet.

At this moment, Ke Yiming was sitting on the sofa in the living room, taking puffs of cigarette smoke.

Upon seeing Lu Heng appear, he quickly stubbed out his cigarette and stood up.

“Still alive. Looks like he’s managed to fool the people in the organization.” Lu Heng sized him up.

"Of course, those two shots almost killed me." Ke Yiming touched the gauze on his left shoulder, his tone somewhat indignant.

"From now on, you are an undercover agent in the Creator's organization. Someone will contact you; the contact code is 2501."

Unless absolutely necessary, Lu Heng will not personally handle liaison work; instead, he will have dedicated intelligence personnel contact him and assign him tasks.

Ke Yiming raised his hand to interrupt, saying, "I will follow your instructions, but you have to return my class scythe to me. Without this scythe, I might be exposed at any time."

He had previously reviewed everything he had told 013 Black Raven, and the only loophole was in the Crimson Scythe.

Lu Heng shrugged: "I can't give you the sickle, you'll have to figure it out yourself."

Ke Yiming's gaze darkened, and he said angrily, "If the organization's liaison demands that I produce a sickle, and I can't, I'll be killed immediately!"

Lu Heng thought for a moment, then said calmly, "You could say the scythe was destroyed. The Skeleton Monarch is dead, so it's reasonable that the scythe he gave you was destroyed, isn't it?"

Ke Yiming's expression grew increasingly solemn: "But I have the [Death Agent] class. Having this class proves that the scythe is still there."

Lu Heng smiled faintly and said, "As long as you don't say it, no one will know that you have this rank."

Ke Yiming looked puzzled: "What if I get a fourth-tier source material? If I can't use the fourth-tier source material, the [Death Agent] class will be exposed."

Lu Heng looked at him with a playful gaze and said jokingly, "It seems you don't know much about this class either. This class doesn't prevent you from acquiring other fourth-tier classes. If you obtain other fourth-tier source essences, you can have two fourth-tier classes at the same time."

"In short, I have a use for the sickle and I won't return it to you. As for how to keep this secret, you'll have to figure that out yourself."

"Now, I'm giving you your first task: investigate the whereabouts of the [Tree of Life Vine]."

Ke Yiming's gaze sharpened, and he asked in surprise, "You've already obtained the fourth-tier class?"

Since the [Judgment Blade] class was obtained from the Elf race and was only used once when defeating the Skeleton Lord, Ke Yiming did not see the battle and therefore did not know that Lu Heng possessed a fourth-tier class.

However, the content of the conversation just now has already revealed this information indirectly.

Lu Heng didn't bother to hide anything, patted his shoulder, and chuckled, "Otherwise, what do you think I relied on to kill a demigod?"

Ke Yiming felt a chill run down his spine, as if the hand on his shoulder weighed a ton.

When the Skeleton Lord died in battle, he was imprisoned in the dungeon and had no idea how the Skeleton Lord died.

He originally thought that the Skeleton Lord was killed by powerful elves such as Tyrese and Queen Alleanna, and never imagined that an evil demigod would die at the hands of humans.

Ke Yiming was worried that if the meeting lasted too long and 013 found out, he would be dead, so he quickly said:
"It would be dangerous if we met for too long. I understand the mission. I will try to find out where the [Vine of Life] is. You can go now."

Lu Heng added, "One more thing, try to check 013's identity. He doesn't seem to be human."

Ke Yiming's gaze sharpened, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He also felt that the identity of Black Crow 013 was a bit strange, but since the other party's number was earlier than his, he didn't dare to inquire. Now, hearing this information from Lu Heng, he was extremely shocked.

After Lu Heng finished speaking, he used [Void Flash] to leave the hotel suite.

……

the following few days.

Lu Heng and Su Muyu stayed at Quenching Fortress to process the business orders that had accumulated over the past few days.

After spending two afternoons completing all the quenching orders, Lu Heng's Master-level Quenching Master professional experience reached (2200/5000).

The master-level temperer granted 40% fire resistance, which was a major reason why we were able to resist the high temperatures of lava demons and magma in the lava cave.

Lin Zeyu finally upgraded his secondary profession, "Forging Assistant," to "Forging Master," and began to follow Master Gulu to improve his forging proficiency.

After Lu Heng finished processing the quenching orders, he gathered the three members of his team together to help them upgrade their skills. Each of them had received 4200 points of divine energy as a reward upon returning from the Elf World, and combined with their previous reserves, they all had a considerable amount of divine energy at their disposal.

When Lu Heng said he would help everyone upgrade their skills, Su Muyu pouted and muttered, "I've used up all my divine energy."

The three of them stared at her with wide eyes, all expressing great surprise.

Lin Zeyu exclaimed in surprise, "Young Miss, this isn't like you at all. You used to be able to make a fortune out of a tiny bit of divine energy."

Su Muyu glanced at Lu Heng and explained, "I upgraded the spatial anchor point of my Pokémon World to level two. At first, I was a little reluctant, but after thinking about it carefully, I realized that it would be a great help to the team, so I decided to spend the money."

She glanced at Lu Heng again and asked, "You won't blame me, will you?"

Lu Heng shook his head and said, "How could that be? Actually, I initially wanted to upgrade the spatial anchor point, but I got the skill slot reward, so after weighing the options, I chose the skill slot instead."

Su Muyu immediately became happy: "That's great! The chance of getting a skill slot reward is too small. If it comes out, I'll definitely choose it."

Lin Zeyu and Xie Shi'en were unaware that spatial anchors could be upgraded, and asked, "Wait a minute, can spatial anchors be upgraded?"

"Yes, after upgrading, you can bring items and teleport them over," Su Muyu explained.

Upon hearing that this was its purpose, Xie Shi'en pressed further, "Can I bring anything? Like... a nuclear bomb or something?"

Su Muyu brought up the character panel and confirmed the function of the level 2 space anchor point again, and replied: "Theoretically it is possible, but there are limitations on the mass. You can only bring 100kg of material, and if the person is teleported back, the material they brought will also be teleported back."

After a quick calculation, Xie Shi'en said, "Then this level 2 space anchor point won't be very useful. A nuclear warhead with a yield of 100 kilotons would weigh over 10 kilograms and wouldn't change the world order."

A nuclear bomb with a yield of 10 kilotons is still very powerful, but if there is only one, it is indeed not very effective.

Moreover, based on the mass of the materials carried by the Level 2 space anchor, it cannot carry a nuclear bomb with a yield of 10 kilotons; at most, it can carry a nuclear bomb with a yield of 5 kilotons.

Worried that she had wasted her money, Su Muyu quickly looked at Lu Heng and asked, "Are Level 2 spatial anchors really useless?"

Lu Heng smiled and replied, "It's very useful. It says that you can carry 100kg of material. There's no rule against bringing living things, so you can bring a person with you."

Lin Zeyu's eyes widened in surprise, and he exclaimed, "That's amazing! The people who were taken there are still alive, right?"

Lu Heng nodded and smiled, "Of course it's alive."

Lin Zeyu asked curiously, "How much divine energy is needed to upgrade a level 2 spatial anchor point?"

Su Muyu extended her thumb and pinky and waved them in front of everyone.

"Six hundred?"

"Six...six thousand."

Lin Zeyu's eyes almost popped out of their sockets: "Six...six thousand? I can't afford that, I can't afford that. Only Miss Su can be that extravagant."

The divine energy required to upgrade a level 2 spatial anchor is indeed a bit excessive, but the value justifies the price.

After all, it can transport people to the Elf World, which means that everyone on Earth weighing less than 100kg has the opportunity to go to the Elf World.

Of course, you can only bring one at a time, and there is a cooldown period.

Even so, the value of Level 2 spatial anchors remains immeasurable.

Lu Heng reached out and patted Su Muyu's hand, saying, "I'll upgrade your skills next time I've accumulated enough divine energy."

"Okay." Su Muyu nodded in agreement.

Lu Heng looked at Lin Zeyu and the other person and asked, "What skills do you want to upgrade? Think about it quickly."

Lin Zeyu had already made up his mind and said directly, "I want to upgrade the [Source Energy Cloud Burst Bomb] and the [Chameleon Ghillie Suit]."

Both of these skills are B-level, and their skill proficiency is maxed out.

Upgrading a B-level skill requires 1500 points of divine energy. Upgrading both skills would require 3000 points, and the divine energy I gained this time is just enough to cover that.

The remaining divine energy should be reserved as a margin for error.

After hearing his idea, Lu Heng also felt that upgrading these two skills would be effective, so he helped him unlock the skills.

Lin Zeyu spent half an hour upgrading both skills to A-level.

After the upgrade was completed, he jumped up excitedly and ran around the living room.

"I'm taking off! From now on, call me the human bomber!"

Lu Heng had a rough idea of ​​the direction his skill upgrade would take, but he was still speechless at his excited reaction.

Su Muyu frowned and complained, "Is it really necessary? It's like everyone has an A-level skill."

Lin Zeyu then sat back down and announced the name of the upgraded skill: "The first skill has been upgraded to [Supersonic Energy High Explosive Bomb]."

Upon hearing this name, Lu Heng already understood.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Zeyu read out the skill description of the [Supersonic Energy High Explosive Bomb] word by word.

[Supersonic Energy High-Explosive Bomb]

Skill Level: A

[Skill Cost: 300 Source Energy]

[Range: 100 kilometers]

Projectile velocity: 1000 m/s (velocity decreases with distance, with a 50% decrease at the terminal stage)

[Explosion radius: 500 meters in diameter]

[Power Coefficient: 10 × Mental Strength]

[Skill Effect: Condenses powerful source energy, compresses and shapes it into a high-speed missile, and launches it at supersonic initial velocity to attack distant targets. The explosion causes high damage and leaves behind a burning area with a temperature of 3000 degrees Celsius.]

After listening to Lin Zeyu read out the skill description, Xie Shi'en raised a question: "The name of this skill is [Supersonic Energy High Explosive Bomb], not [Supersonic Energy Missile], so don't get too excited yet. You need to figure out first whether this skill has a built-in guidance effect."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zeyu was stunned and quickly looked at Lu Heng, asking, "It can't be this bad, can it?"

Lu Heng shrugged and laughed, "Old Xie hit the nail on the head with just one sentence. This skill is very powerful, but its hidden weakness is that the skill itself does not have a guidance effect. In other words, after it is launched, it can only fly along a predetermined trajectory in theory."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zeyu was not discouraged at all. Instead, his eyes lit up, and he seized on the key point, asking, "You're talking about the theory, but there must be other methods that don't conform to the theory, right?"

Having known Lu Heng for so long, Lin Zeyu understood him all too well. As long as he didn't completely rule things out, there was always a way.

Lu Heng shrugged and said, "Okay, there are indeed unconventional ways to cooperate, such as using the Eye of the Void to assist the standard. As long as you train well, the accuracy is guaranteed. Moreover, your talent is precision shooting, which is not limited to firearms."

(End of this chapter)