My talent is 1.

Warrior's Medal, Surge Necklace, Shadow Ring, Swift Boots.

I currently have 4 pieces of 10-star equipment.

The Warrior's Medal doesn't take up an equipment slot, so there's no need to replace the Tidebringer Belt; otherwise, cooldown reduction would still be an issue.

Flameheart Bracers, Fang Staff, and Naxi's masterpieces—all three are top-tier in terms of both attributes and stats.

However, if you just want to get a ten-star set, you still have to give it up.

The Wolf Fang Bracers need to be replaced first, and then the Light Magic Robe is completely unnecessary.

It's time to use the Serpent King's blood, and also the Soul Stone.

The specific effects of soul attacks are currently unknown, but they are certainly better than regular attacks.

A suit of armor was forged using 54 steel bone fragments, two gold crystals, 20 silver crystals, 5 pieces of refined iron, and the Serpent King's Blood Zhong Wuya.

Just as Shen Mengli said, equipment made from the blood of the Snake King has damage reduction properties.

As usual, I upgraded it to +2, but since it's a gold-tier item, the upgrade cost is quite high.

I made a special trip to the Royal Capital Disassembler via the teleportation array to exchange for some gold crystals.

"I hope I'm not that unlucky!"

Upon arriving at the blacksmith's place, Zhong Wuyai's first attempt at enhancement failed, leaving him somewhat uneasy. He felt that the amount of gold crystals he possessed was insufficient.

It took three attempts to successfully enhance the armor, followed by four more failures, before finally reaching +2 on the fifth attempt.

"Damn it, gold coins are a small matter, this thing really consumes a lot of materials."

As soon as the talent cooled down, Zhong Wuyai immediately pried it off and moved it onto the other side.

[Boiling Blood Armor +10]

French equipment

★★★★★★★★★★

Grade: Gold

Wearing level: 25

Health +74500

Health +33200

Magic Points +74500

Magic Points +33200

Physical defense +322

Magic Defense +322

Physical damage reduction +12%

Magic damage reduction +12%

Attribute 1 [Blood Boiling]: When attacking, it deals damage equal to 5% of the user's maximum health, and can trigger a maximum of once per minute.

Term 2 [Blood Drain]: Each attack drains 100 health points from the opponent to replenish oneself. Blood drain ignores true damage saving throws.

Not only does strengthening increase health, but upgrading clothing also increases health.

One piece of equipment provides 100,000 health points.

However, Zhong Wuyai was relieved about the energy he had consumed during those two enhancements.

The cost of strengthening is astronomical, and star-level upgrades are a bottomless pit.

At least in Shen Mengli's previous life, she was already quite high level 100, and she had never seen anyone upgrade a whole set of equipment.

There are also these two attributes: one is 5% maximum health damage, and the other is fixed lifesteal and true damage.

Only the attributes match those of level 25 gold equipment; other attributes are already a clear disadvantage.

So... the Wolf Fang Helmet and Light Magic Robe are retired.

I just dismantled it and exchanged it for some silver crystals.

The materials needed to craft gold equipment are a bit tight, but there are plenty of materials for silver equipment.

It's a shame about that Happy Helmet; I should have used other equipment to make it.

Now we have to rebuild it from scratch.

After dismantling the Wolf Fang Bracers, Zhong Wuyai went to the warehouse and kept only one set of 999 white crystals, replacing the rest with blue and silver crystals.

Green crystals are completely unnecessary. As for white crystals, the more you use, the better the basic attributes and durability will be.

Returning to the blacksmith in the capital, Zhong Wuyai added 30 soul stones to the helmet this time...

Ghost Crown

French equipment

Durability: 35/35

Grade: Silver

Wearing level: 25

Health +500

Physical defense +30

Magic Defense +25

Magic Vampirism +5%

Soul Resistance +15

The entry 【Soul Imprint】: When attacking, apply one stack of Soul Imprint to the target, reducing their movement speed by 20% and reducing healing and recovery effects received by 30% for 5 seconds. The cooldown is 60 seconds and is reset upon killing a Soul Imprinted unit.

Although the increase in soul resistance is not much, the attribute clearly shows that the soul stone is the one that is working.

Now it can not only paralyze, but also reduce blood loss and provide healing.

Next is the wristband. However, it seems that you don't need much spell damage for your own wristband, as both strengthening and star-leveling will increase it. But you do need constitution.

I've eaten twice since I got back.

Zhong Wuyai opened the guild chat channel.

When you're crafting equipment, which materials increase stamina?

Most of the guild members were asleep, except for a few people in the mine.

"Boss, I don't know about the materials. Even a basic shield warrior can add stamina when making equipment."

"Send a shield warrior to the blacksmith in the capital!"

Soon, a person was pulled out of the tent.

"You're up to no good, why are you waking me up in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? If you keep doing this, I'm going to set up access restrictions on my tent."

"The boss is looking for you; he's waiting for you at the blacksmith's place in the capital!"

"What? The boss wants to see me?"

"Hurry over there, it might be good news!"

While Zhong Wuyai and others were waiting for their talents to cool down, Qian Sanqiang arrived in the capital...

Zhong Wuyai didn't waste any words and handed the materials to Qian Sanqiang, specifically instructing him to make a mage bracelet that increases stamina.

"Stamina? Boss, you already have such a high health bar, do you still need stamina?"

"Enough with the nonsense, hurry up and do it. If you do it well, I'll upgrade one of your pieces of equipment."

"No problem!"

Qian Sanqiang knew that, putting everything else aside, his +10 reinforced steel shield alone made him the guild's number one tank.

Qian Sanqiang was excited just thinking about getting another one.

"Boss, are you in a hurry? ...I still have some materials in the warehouse..."

"Go get it quickly~..."

When Qian Sanqiang brought it, it was the first time Zhong Wuyai had ever seen it.

"Where did you get this thing?"

"I got it while helping Zhang Haitao fight the epic boss with Yang Ge last time."

"You brat~...Don't do this again~...Are you trying to steal the guild badge?!"

"Zhang Haitao knows, and besides, he's the one who really made a killing. He got a guild token for only 1 gold coins, and now guild tokens are worth over 20 gold coins. Sakura people are even offering 35 gold coins to buy them!"

"Sakura people? How many Sakura people are there in the Azure Dragon Empire? They can't even get a guild token?"

"There are only so many bosses below level 40, and they've all been taken. Hard dungeons only allow 10 people at a time, and not many teams can clear them. Yang said they only occupied a small town's monster spawn point, and they couldn't make a dent at all. If they weren't so far away, they would have wiped them all out long ago!"

"Which town do the cherry blossom people occupy?"

"Fishing Lake Town is located on the easternmost edge of the Azure Dragon Empire. Those bastards are really good at hiding!"

Fish Lake Town? After you finish crafting your equipment, go to the vicinity of Fish Lake Town to level up.

"Boss, it's done. Check the stats, how's it? If it's not good, I'll redo it for you!"

"Alright, that's good enough. Give me the equipment you want to upgrade!"

I'll just have to wait two more hours.

"This armor provides the most defense and magic resistance. Boss, you know I'm a tank!"

"Quiet down!"

Zhong Wuyai looked at the armor; it was a level 15 armor that increased health by 400, but its defense and magic resistance were only around 20 points.

Do my attributes now have such ridiculously more than everyone else's? ...

Once the talent cooldown was over, I simply enhanced it and then used the talent again.

As for star rating, it's not necessary for now; these are just transitional equipment that you'll have to replace sooner or later.

If a traitor were to emerge one day and the equipment were to leak out, the impact wouldn't be too significant.

Chainmail +10

Physics Department Equipment

☆

Durability: 20/20

Grade: Bronze

Wearing level: 15

Health +7450

Physical defense +168

Magic Defense +162

+11 health regeneration per second

"Alright, take it!"

"Hahahaha~...I'm invincible! I'm going to be invincible!"

Good grief, this kid's gone mad...

"Boss, you're busy. I'm not sleeping. I'm going to challenge the boss alone!"

Zhong Wuyai simply smiled.

The bracelet and helmet are ready.

Make another ring...

Naxi's masterpiece was somewhat useless to him, as he mainly fought high-level monsters, and they were all killed in one hit.

The secondary explosion would be of little use.

However, I'm reluctant to part with the Flameheart Bracelet's 28,000 magic attack. If I want all of them to be 10 stars, I'll also have to replace the Fang Staff.

The Fang Staff has a 5% damage reduction effect, but I don't know if the newly crafted equipment will be useful.

As for the Flame Heart Bracelet, I'm really reluctant to part with the Flame Heart.

However, the thought of having 10 sets of 10-star skill enhancement equipment made Zhong Wuyai very eager.

Let's get to work, no matter what.

Zombie fangs and other materials dropped by level 60 monsters.

Zhong Wuyai first crafted the ring.

Everything else is irrelevant; once the attacks are up and down, I can safely dismantle the Flameheart Bracelet.

An hour later... let's get started...

[Chaos Ring +10]

French equipment

★★★★★★★★★★

Durability: 45/45

Grade: Silver

Wearing level: 25

Magic Attack +1410

Magic Attack +9050

Spell critical strike chance +15%

Spell critical strike damage +100%

Magic Hit +40

The entry 【Confusion】: The attack causes the target to fall into a state of soul confusion, indiscriminately attacking any unit within the range (including friendly units and the target themselves) for 5 seconds. If there are no other attackable targets within the range, the target will self-harm, dealing damage equal to 3% of their maximum health to themselves. This can trigger a maximum of once per minute.

With its awesome stats, this thing could really give the enemy DPS a run for their money on the battlefield.

Especially if it hits a player protecting the healer... wait... it seems like it would instantly kill them...

It seems to be somewhat of a double-edged sword again.

It doesn't really matter. With 14,000 spell damage, the Flame Heart Bracelet can be retired early.

We also need to craft two bracelets and a staff.

Bracelets don't matter; even if you have enough materials to make two gold bracelets, silver equipment is naturally no problem.

There simply weren't enough gold crystals to enhance it.

As for the staff, Zhong Wuyai wanted to make an epic one.

The staff increases damage, critical hit chance, and critical hit damage.

As for enhancement, you can use enhancement scrolls. You have four low-level and one high-level scrolls in your hand, and if you get +2, you don't need to modify the talent; you can use them directly.

There are no unique items below level 50, but you can directly craft epic items, although the success rate is low.

Just to be on the safe side, Zhong Wuyai took out some of the materials from the guild warehouse.

And those epic materials that I've hoarded in my own warehouse.

"You will also need to prepare 10 amethysts, otherwise these materials are very difficult to melt and the failure rate is extremely high."

Zhong Wuyai slapped his forehead... How could he have forgotten this? How can you forge epic equipment without amethyst?

Then the exchange started again. There were five gold crystals and a little over a thousand silver crystals left in the package. Ten amethysts would require 100 gold crystals, which is a total of a thousand silver crystals.

After exchanging them, I only had a little over seventy silver crystals left.

I was secretly glad that I had stored a lot of data beforehand, otherwise it really wouldn't be enough.

After spending eight thousand gold coins...

"Please name the new weapon!"

Epic equipment can be named?

Zhong Wuyai looked at the attributes: increased damage, reduced defense, and lightning elemental attack.

Then type [Thunder Staff]...

The enhancement was so easy that both rolls were successfully printed in one go.

All that's left is cooling down.

However, Zhong Wuyai didn't sit idle; he finished making the two bracelets first.

There was an unexpected problem during the enhancement process; both bracelets failed several times, and we almost ran out of silver crystals.

After his talent cooldown ended, Zhong Wuyai immediately upgraded his Thunder Staff.

Thunder Staff +10

French equipment

★★★★★★★★★★

Durability: 50/50

Grade: Epic

Wearing level: 25

Magic Attack +2265

Magic Attack +14900

Spell critical strike chance +20%

Spell critical strike damage +180%

Intelligence +382

Lightning Attack +760

Entry 1 [Thunder]: Increases damage by 50% and inflicts 2 seconds of paralysis when releasing lightning skills.

Attribute 2 [Lightning Devour]: Each attack reduces the target's mana by 2% of their maximum mana and deals half of the true damage.

Entry 3 [Focus]: Increases magic hit rate by 20 points.

Zhong Wuyai rubbed his nose, looking at his other equipment and finding it unappealing; he even wanted to replace the equipment he had just crafted.

Epic equipment provides a huge boost.

Whether it's enhancement or star-level upgrade, the attribute boost far exceeds that of other equipment.

It's just a reinforced scroll, I still have some... Besides, low-level reinforced scrolls aren't worth much, since reinforcing to +3 doesn't take much effort.

In general, the effect is greatest when used on epic equipment.

There were two bracelets and a helmet left, but Zhong Wuyai was going to sleep now.

It'll be dawn in a few hours. As for equipment... we'll talk about it after I wake up.

Half an hour later...

"Zhong Wuyai, are you there? It's extremely urgent~..."

Left with no other choice, Shen Mengli sought help from Zhong Wuyai.

However, when I'm asleep, message notifications are silent, and I can't hear them at all.

Shen Mengli was in a great hurry, extremely anxious...

"Why can't we get in touch with this guy now of all times?!"

"What do we do, Mengli? There are too many of them!"

Although Shen Mengli was equipped with top-tier gear, including a +10 reinforced leather armor, she couldn't withstand the sheer number of opponents.

"Shen Mengli, I'll say it again, this has nothing to do with you. We just want to take Chen Wenyu away!"

"Excuse me, he's now the one who shines!"

"He's a member of the Chen family, and also a traitor to the Illusionary Sea Guild. You'd better think this through!"

Although the Huanhai Guild has not been established for long, it still has about 10,000 members, and it has interests entangled with several major families.

Shen Mengli was well aware of all this, but releasing him was out of the question. She had gone to great lengths to come to Linhai City with the aim of winning over Chen Wenyu.

Chen Wenyu thought he was saved, but after joining Bloom, his heart sank to the bottom...

The second-best guild in this fantastical world only has three members, including myself...

Who the hell would believe that if I told them?

Chen Wenyu fell out with the Chen family because of the death of his father.

His mother died the day the disaster struck.

Chen Wenyu entered the fantasy world with his father, Chen Zhihuai, and was quite fortunate to be in the same starting village as Chen Yuan and the others from the Chen family.

Chen Wenyu's talent is SSS-level. When he was in the newbie village, Chen Wenyu was the first one to enter the main city.

Because of Chen Wenyu's talent, all resources were tilted towards him in the beginner village. Although no one said anything on the surface, people would definitely be jealous in their hearts.

Chen Wenyu's father, despite being only an ordinary C-level talent, received a large amount of materials and resources, which aroused dissatisfaction among many people.

In the starting village, the Chen family members are all from Chen Yuan's lineage.

When fighting the Wind Wolf, the priest would always run out of mana at crucial moments, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Chen Zhihuai was somewhat surprised by his first death, thinking it was a calculation error by the pastor.

The second time I fought the Wind Wolf, I sensed something was wrong and immediately got into a conflict with the others.

The second death made Chen Huaizhi extremely paranoid. At that time, no one in their newbie village knew that dying three times would result in permanent death.

The third time, it wasn't the Wind Wolf, but inside a dungeon.

Knowing that he would run out of resurrection chances after dying once, Chen Huaizhi became cautious and bought several extra bottles of potion.

With the game almost over, the priest stopped pretending, and everyone stopped attacking.

Only then did Chen Huaizhi understand the intentions of these people.

Why was I killed by the BOSS before I could even utter those three words?

The group also left the Wolf's Den instance and stayed outside the village to guard Chen Huaizhi.

After Chen Huaizhi was resurrected, Chen Yuan also learned about these sordid things, but because his son was also involved, he was also very troubled.

Chen Wenyu has an SSS-level talent, which is quite strong.

Talent: Life Steal (SSS)

Talent Effect 1: Killing a player consumes their life essence, permanently increasing your maximum health by 5 points (this effect is ineffective if the player's maximum health is below 200 points).

Talent Effect 2: Defeating a BOSS and absorbing its life essence permanently increases maximum health by 10-100 points.

Talent Effect 3: All attacks deal true damage equal to 1% of the target's maximum health.

Talent Effect 4: Recovers 1% of own health per second after leaving combat.

Talent Effect 5: Increases mana by 10% of maximum health.

In the starting village, the difference isn't significant, but as time goes on, there's also the support of various major factions.

Chen Wenyu will grow very quickly; by then, even if we all work together, he won't be able to handle us all by himself.

The Chen family members in the beginner village are all from the same lineage as Chen Yuan, so they decided to go all the way and prepare to deal with Chen Huaizhi.

To get to the main city, you have to enter a dungeon, and Chen Huaizhi can't beat it even on easy difficulty by himself.

Shield warriors can withstand damage, but they don't deal much damage to bosses.

Therefore, you definitely need to team up with others.

In the beginner village, Chen Huaizhi couldn't contact Chen Wenyu. He had to go to the main city, no matter what, to tell his son that Chen Yuan and his group were problematic, and that he couldn't let his son be stabbed in the back by them as well.

To clear a dungeon, you need at least two people in your party.

Chen Huaizhi eventually turned his attention to the other players.

However, what Chen Huaizhi didn't know was that these people were all bribed by Chen Yuan, mainly to wait for him to take the bait.

Once inside the instance, Chen Huaizhi never came out.

This matter was kept from Chen Wenyu, and Chen Yuan had already deleted Chen Wenyu from his friends list when they were in the newbie village.

At first, Chen Wenyu was busy following the team to fight bosses and had added a lot of friends, so he didn't notice that Chen Yuan and the others had lost their friends.

It wasn't until the vast majority of people came to the main city that Chen Wenyu realized something was wrong.

Her father should have come to the main city long ago, but there has been no news of him.

Chen Wenyu asked the rest of the Chen family, but to no avail; they all knew nothing. It was then that Chen Wenyu realized that Chen Yuan and the others had lost their friends.

Then they started inquiring about Chen Yuan and the others, but without exception, they found no trace of them.

Chen Wenyu's SSS-level talent was his biggest secret, and he dared not tell anyone about it, but in order to find his biological father.

Chen Wenyu joined the Illusionary Sea Guild along with the rest of the Chen family, and with his SSS-level talent, he came into contact with high-ranking players in the Illusionary Sea.

The Huanhai Guild was very efficient and quickly located Chen Yuan, a member of Huanhai's peripheral team.

But by this time, Chen Yuan had already developed a team of more than 300 people, which involved many resource transactions in the Illusionary Sea.

The guild leader of the Illusionary Sea Guild originally intended to sacrifice Chen Yuan and the others to quell Chen Wenyu's anger, but Chen Wenyu learned of the news immediately and launched a manhunt for Chen Yuan.

They started fighting as soon as they met, and many unsuspecting people helped Chen Yuan fight against Chen Wenyu.

But Chen Wenyu has been overwhelmingly superior to Chen Yuan and his group in terms of both equipment and skills for so long.

Once the fight started, Chen Wenyu went berserk, killing anyone who was with Chen Yuan without any regard for right or wrong.

Chen Wenyu didn't even look at the news from the president and vice president of the Illusionary Sea Guild, or the various major forces; he was only focused on revenge.

The result was that many people were killed on the outskirts of the Illusionary Sea Guild, and even more people were drawn into the mess.

Their own relatives and friends were killed, and many people involved in resource trading were also killed. The materials were leaked everywhere.

Now nobody cared who Chen Wenyu was anymore. The initial group of ten or so people grew to over a hundred, and then more and more people began hunting down Chen Wenyu.

President Huanhai hadn't expected things to turn out this way.

Countless members of the guild have been killed by their own guild elders. How can the guild be managed if there is no explanation?

Chen Wenyu still didn't reply to messages, so the chairman of Huaihai had no choice but to lead his men out of the city.

However, the more Chen Wenyu killed, the higher his health and damage became, and he killed efficiently.

By the time Guild Master Huanhai arrived with his men, many people had already died more than once.

Several people who had already died fighting the BOSS had their resurrection counts completely wiped out.

There's no way to negotiate now. The guild elders have reset the death counts for all guild members. What will the others think...?

When Chen Wenyu saw a large group of people from the Illusionary Sea Guild leaving the city, he immediately ran away and even left the guild midway.

Shen Mengli appeared at this crucial moment, which led to the current situation...

The members of the Huanhai Guild immediately surrounded them. After all, it was the second-best guild in the Divine Illusion, and the Huanhai members were a little nervous, as they couldn't figure out the other party's background.

Shen Mengli remained nonchalant, but Shen Youchu's expression became somewhat unsettled.

There are only three of us on our side, while they have over a thousand. Mengli, are you playing with our lives?

"Shen Mengli, we've run into some internal problems within the Illusionary Sea Guild. Don't make things difficult for me. Chen Wenyu must come with me; I need to give the people in the guild an explanation!"

"That's ridiculous. Chen Wenyu is now part of the Blooming Sect. If he leaves with your people, I'll pretend nothing happened!"

He continued to send messages to Zhong Wuyai privately, but still received no response...

Not only Zhong Wuyai, but Xiang Yang also disappeared without a trace.

"Youchu, we can't contact Zhong Wuyai and Xiang Yang either. Try asking Yang Yimu for help!"

"OK!"……

At the Yunhai City mine, Yang Yimu had just stepped out of his tent when he saw Shen Youchu's plea for help...

"Wake everyone up, there's a fight!"

"Huh?...A fight?...Brother Yimu, who are you fighting with? Are there still people picking a fight with us?"

"No, it's Blooming's side. They've got into a fight with Illusionary Sea. They've notified everyone to go to Suyun City. I've posted the coordinates in the guild chat!"

"Should we notify the boss?"

"This is no big deal!"