Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 290 Strengthening Equipment
I'm used to the fact that the first infusion of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and the Ultimate Techniques doesn't even raise my skill by half a level.

Li Xia watched as the Flying Thunder God Technique instantly leveled up to LV6 with a single Time-Space Copper Coin, and he felt somewhat unaccustomed to it.

In short, it felt like a dream, and the surprise was somewhat unexpected.

[Flying Thunder God Technique] LV6 Mastery
[Skill Type: Spatial Active Ability]

[Engraving: Leaving a mark on the surface of an object]

Maximum number of engravings: 3
Imprinting Cost: 100 True Qi

[Flying Thunder God: Travel through space to the location of the talisman]

Maximum teleportation distance: 120m
Skill cost: 100/200/400 points

Skill cooldown: 3 minutes. Can be used ignoring the cooldown, up to three times, with each use costing double the damage.

[Description: A decent movement skill, but unfortunately it's still a rule-based ability. Once you leave the original world, it's just "decent."]

There have been quite a few changes, from 20m to 120m, although it's still far from being as easy as Minato Namikaze to go home at any time.

But in terms of teleportation skills, the LV6 Flying Thunder God is already pretty good.

Li Xia's fingers twitched, feeling a bit itchy to perform. During the infusion process, he seemed to have performed the Flying Thunder God technique many times, but in reality, he hadn't done it even once.

I couldn't resist the urge to try it, but I eventually held back and decided to go to the training ground.

It's not too late to start trying it once we get to the training ground.

The remaining book, "Lightning Release Body Forging Manual," was given to Kitten, as Kurotan's physical strength was too poor, only 2.

Furthermore, the upper limit of this body-forging technique is only 4, and it can only reach 6 when combined with lightning-attribute chakra to form lightning armor.

Li Xia has neither Lightning Release chakra nor physical strength, which is close to 5.

No need for that. Aowu is a true dragon, and even at birth, its physical strength is 5, so it's perfect for a kitten.

In a sense, it is an apostle, and as long as an apostle follows the path of chakra, they will all possess all attributes.

A similar example is Haki. All the Apostles possess all three types of Haki. If Li Xia were to go to the world of One Piece, he would also like to see what Haki is all about.

I've heard that it's a very special application of energy, it's incredibly versatile, and even mages would learn Armament Haki if given the chance, as an emergency measure when someone gets close.

"Boss, we're out. Where do we meet?"

Just as he stepped out of the skill enhancement hall, Awoo shouted in the team channel.

"At the entrance of the Reinforced Hall."

"coming!"

A short while later, the kitten emerged from the crowd, carrying a huge dragon egg in its arms.

Li Xia couldn't help but laugh out loud, because it looked quite comical.

"Let's grab something to eat first, then I'll go back and use the Harmony Technique to make medicine. I just got an advance of 300,000 from the Brotherhood, and I have to pay that back."

"You guys use this time to strengthen everything that needs strengthening. Awoo, go find out how to form a guild. Kitten is very familiar with the skills."

On the way to the business district, Li Xia briefly explained the arrangements, and when he heard the last part, Aowu's eyes lit up:
"Boss, are we going to form a small guild?"

"Hmm, I have that idea. There seems to be such a thing as a solo guild. I remember that old man Claude mysteriously mentioned it a little bit."

Li Xia recalled his conversation with Claude. Guilds were divided into super-large guilds, large guilds, medium-sized guilds, small guilds, and super-small guilds, also known as lone wolf guilds.

Although it's called a guild, it's more like an adventure team. It exists to make things easier for solo players.

It looks like taking off your pants to fart, completely unnecessary.

But this is somewhat similar to the corporate system in the modern world. Even an individual can only use company property after establishing a company.

For example, corporate accounts, social security payments, and invoices.

"Most importantly, I want to see if any guilds have team skills that can increase the percentage of attribute points you get in each world."

Li Xia said seriously, "Before, Aowu couldn't calculate attribute points at all because he was a mud body, while Black Charcoal can calculate 40% of his current world attribute points."

His average score is around 6-8 points per game, which is above average among the Apostles, placing him in the upper-middle tier. However, compared to Li Xia's growth rate, it is still somewhat lacking.

According to Li Xia, a score of 60%-70% would be ideal, as it would allow him to keep up with the T0-T1 stage.

"Alright! I'll go ask around!"

Awoo immediately agreed. It and Black Charcoal often wandered around the Hall of Light, and by chance, it joined the small group called "Helpful Comeback Group for Losers".

It mainly consists of apostles who have struggled in the lower levels of the palace. They are not very strong, but they are very good at using unorthodox methods to survive.

They also frequently spread rumors, and if you spend some money, you can get some intelligence.

Snakes have their paths, rats have their ways; they're all just trying to make a living, there's no distinction between high and low. According to Aowu, he saw at least several guys at the party who were pretending to be weak while actually being strong; their strength was unknown, but they were definitely not weak.

After circling the commercial district, I found that Bai Xiao Restaurant was closed again.

Aowu guessed that it must have gone bankrupt and closed down, but Li Xia thought that maybe Bai Xiao was bored and went out to play somewhere again.

After going around in circles, they found a restaurant with fewer customers. This restaurant was a buffet and quite expensive, so ordinary apostles wouldn't come here.

Li Xia glanced at the six-figure balance in his account, feeling confident. "A mere few hundred points? Let's eat!"

After a hearty meal, Awoo patted its round belly; it hadn't tasted food in a long time.

Even a young dragon is still a dragon; it can stuff its belly until it's round and full, so you can imagine how much it has eaten.

The waiters at the restaurant turned green with shock as they watched people guzzling plates of food directly into their mouths.

After letting out a satisfied sigh, it suddenly asked:
"Hey boss, why can't we cook our own meals in our own private rooms?"

"Because you can't buy raw materials. Unless you open your own plantation, you won't get any harvest from a single instance without using time acceleration."

Everyone knows that doing it yourself saves more Hall Points, especially since Hall Points are more valuable than money.

"Hiss—the raw materials are monopolized by the restaurant?"

Awoo took a deep breath, realizing that it had just bought a housekeeping robot and discovered that it could also cook.

But there were so many people in the restaurant, which made me a little suspicious.

"Yes, the restaurant's purchase price is high, and those who run plantations are mostly from chambers of commerce, so they know how to maintain a balance."

"It won't be sold to the apostles."

I learned these little-known facts while chatting with Lancelot. Plantations need to be large-scale and have accelerated processing times; ordinary apostles can't afford to do that.

If you're going to waste time and effort on your personal space, you might as well spend a few dozen yuan to eat out; it's a matter of cost-effectiveness.

"We've arrived. I'm going to upgrade my equipment. You guys are free to do whatever you want. Contact us in the team channel if you need anything."

Awoo suddenly remembered something and whispered:

"Boss, don't upgrade it above 5. A 3 is enough to leave. We'll discuss the details when we get back."

As it spoke, it tapped its head with its little paws.

Li Xia nodded thoughtfully. Aowu had just woken up, and a jumble of memories flooded back to it, which it was still sorting out.

What it just said was clearly something it 'remembered'.

"Ah."

The entrance to the enhanced hall, which had been shrouded in mist, is now visible.

A straight road stretched inwards, with all sorts of signs planted on the ground on both sides, some even bearing messages from the apostles.

"Enhancement can ruin your life!"

"Garbage enhancements! Give me back my weapon! Give me back my hard-earned Hall of Fame points!"

"Once you enter the realm of enhancement, it's like falling into a deep sea; from then on, you'll be giving away your resources to others."

"The fortune of everyone who walks this path will be absorbed by me. Modifications will be ineffective, and anyone who damages this sign will die in the next world."

Li Xia stopped in her tracks and looked at the sign.

Below this sign is a smaller sign:

"This idiot's ID is 86628763. I killed him in the X-Men world."

"A true hero!" "And you, my friend, are the real hero!"

"Worship!"

The apostles are quite interesting.

Li Xia smiled and shook his head, continuing to walk inside. Every now and then, a gleeful apostle or an apostle with an unpleasant expression would walk past him.

Accompanied by various signs, some of which are quite old as you go further back, these signs record their joys and sorrows, their pleas for mercy and curses, and their blessings and prayers.

It gave me a strange feeling of traveling through history and walking alongside apostles from different eras.

Once inside the hall, one sees rows of arcade-like machines filling the entire space.

The place was bustling with noise, and the apostles, like gamblers who had lost everything, placed their equipment on the machines and slumped over.

Wait for the golden light to appear on the machine screen—this signifies a successful enhancement.

If a red light appears, it will curse fiercely and then shove the weapon inside.

Li Xia found a secluded machine and placed Night Silence at the item's opening.

A beam of light shone on the still night and then vanished instantly, disappearing without a trace.

The screen displayed a graphic of the stillness of night, with data listed next to it.

Should we enhance 'Night Silence'?

[Enhancement Cost: 1000 points]

[Success rate of enhancement: 90%]

Should we invest in enhancement materials to increase the success rate?

Only 90%?

Li Xia thought for a moment, then took out the Swallow Stone from his spatial storage. He had obtained it from Monster Hunter and hadn't used it yet.

The above markings indicated that the material was for enhancement, so he left one piece.

It was placed on the tray in front of me, and sure enough, the text on it immediately changed.

[Success rate of enhancement: 100%]

After thinking for a moment, Li Xia took the swallow sparrow stone back and decisively pulled the joystick.

A 90% success rate, even if I'm lucky 0
[Enhancement failed!]

?

Undeterred, Li Xia pulled the joystick again.

[Enhancement failed!]

Wow. So heartless?

Li Xia, no longer stubborn, decisively placed the swallow-shaped stone inside.

Even a kitten couldn't do this, because Night's Silence is bound to him by soul.

As the machine groaned and shook violently, a golden light flashed on the screen.

[Enhancement successful!]

The golden light gradually faded, revealing the additional bonuses after the enhancement.

Night Silence +1
Enhanced Attribute: Attack +5
Li Xia raised an eyebrow, and his attack power increased by 5 points. This is still a +1.

He seemed to understand why the apostles were like gamblers, continuing to strengthen themselves even with bloodshot eyes.

I opened the auction house directly and searched through it; enhancement materials were the most popular category.

The scrolling list above displays a large quantity of resources, and the prices are relatively stable.

The price listed above for the Swallow Stone is 1500, and it is suitable for enhancing level 1-3.

The price of materials with a grade of 3-5 doubled.

Soon, the automated delivery drone brought the materials to the door. Buying things outside is different from having your own personal space.

When browsing the auction house in a private room, you can be directly transported to the room. However, when buying items outside, you can only be teleported to a fixed location and then delivered by a robot.

[Should we enhance 'Night Silence +1'?]

[Enhancement Cost: 1500 points]

[Success rate of enhancement: 80%]

Should we invest in enhancement materials to increase the success rate?

Adding a Swallow Stone increases the success rate to 90%, so you can only add one more.

From this perspective, the cost of enhancement is not low.
Wait a minute, Li Xia suddenly realized that the others could rely on probability and luck.

He shook his head and continued pulling the joystick.

Then add the reinforcement stone and continue pulling.

With bursts of golden light, the machine shook more and more violently.

Thick steam billowed from the machine, and the light gradually faded.

A brand new message appeared on the screen.

Night Silence +3
Attack Damage: +10
Attack Power: +1
Awesome!
Li Xia's eyes widened slightly, and she let out a long breath.

No wonder, no wonder the apostles need to be strengthened, no wonder the first and second tiers don't have the strengthening option.

This upgrade is indeed significant!
If enhancement is unlocked at Tier 1, I really don't know what those apostles will do in order to gain an advantage.

The idea of ​​taking a big gamble is not an isolated case, but a common one.

With such a terrifying upgrade, wearing +3 armor or a +3 weapon gives you a huge advantage.

For jewelry that adds attribute points, if it's +3, will it give several attribute points?

Probably!

It's not impossible that some lucky individuals might even be able to randomly attack with +5 unequipped items.

Everyone will go crazy for enhancement and pour all their resources into it.

This is absolutely a misguided approach to the growth of the apostles.

You can tell from the frenzied third-tier apostles around them. Apostles who have struggled through more than a dozen worlds to reach the third tier should, in theory, have strong temperaments and wills.

There are still those who cannot resist their greed and desire for enhancement, wanting to gamble and change their fate.

At this moment, Li Xia was already considering whether to spend another large sum of money to upgrade Ye Ji to +5.

He quickly dismissed the thought and instead took out the Lava Mountain Armor.

Currently, Night Silence's strength is already high enough, even a bit excessive. The problem now is not that Night Silence is not strong enough.

Spending even more resources to enhance Night Silence is like making an already long version even longer; it's completely pointless.

It would be better to upgrade other equipment.

I spent nearly 10,000 to upgrade the Lava Mountain Armor to +3, looking at the attributes on it: increased fire resistance and +1 to defense tier.

Li Xia was quite satisfied; the money was well spent!
There's no need to upgrade the Lava Mountain Armor to +5, since it's still only Tier 2 armor. Upgrading the tier will reduce its enhancement level, making it a waste of money.

Instead of spending that money, you should use it to collect some materials.

The Kusanagi Sword - Murakumo +3 also gains an increase in attack power and attack strength.

When Li Xia walked out of the enhancement hall with satisfaction, his whole body was completely renewed.

He stretched lazily, and then quickly started concocting medicine to pay the 30 yuan advance.

Then go to the training ground to get used to it, and then you can go to the arena to test your current level!
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