My talent is 1.

Shen Mengli had never encountered such a situation before. Fashion items that could be enhanced didn't exist in the first place, yet now she actually had one in her hands.

After placing it into the divine furnace, Shen Mengli clicked on the Refinement...

[Ding, refining failed. The item you put in cannot be refined...]

Sigh, I knew it...

"No, I can't clean the chain!"

Although he had predicted the outcome, Zhong Wuyai was still somewhat disappointed upon hearing it.

However, with fashion items, being able to enhance them is already a huge bargain, so there's no need to worry about it too much...

Zhong Wuyai turned his gaze to the Happy Helmet. Even though it had no attributes at tempering level 10, the three question marks on its DNA had always made him itchy.

He couldn't figure out what this attribute was, so he didn't dare to mess with the outfits.

First, figure out how to enhance level 51, then consider fashion items.

"Take a look at this equipment, share the stats, I can't see them right now!"

The moment Shen Mengli received it, she was at a loss for words...

[Happy Helmet +10]

Job requirements: None

★★★★★★★★★★

Durability: 45/45

Grade: Silver

Wearing level: 50

Health +48300

Magic Points +48300

Physical defense +502

Magic Defense +472

Physical life steal +30%

Magic Vampirism +30%

[Blank][Blank][Blank]

Tempering Lv.10

(blank)

The term "Joyful" indicates a pleasant mood, increasing monster drop rate by 5% and giving a 1% chance to improve quality.

"How did you do that?"

"What's wrong?"

"How did you manage to refine a blank attribute to Lv.10?"

"That's not what I asked. Share the attributes with me!"

Upon seeing the attributes, Zhong Wuyai was also stunned...

"What's the meaning of these three blank spaces?"

"This is for setting gems, but... how did you drill the holes...? You need to be level 50 to drill holes at the weapon refiner, where did you get the drilling stones? And how did you open the third hole?"

"What's wrong? Is it something wrong?"

"Nonsense! The first hole requires 5 equipment drilling stones, the second 20, and the third 50. Moreover, the success rate for the second is only 20%, and the success rate for the third is only 5%. It's one thing to cost 10,000 gold coins per hole, but do you even have that many equipment drilling stones?"

Equipment punching stones? ...Sorry, I don't need that stuff.

+51 enhancement, that's just unreasonable...

"Can those clothes have holes punched in them?"

"You're dreaming! If it weren't for the Azure Dragon Seal, even reinforcement wouldn't work, let alone drilling holes!"

Oh, I see. You can't do it, huh... But I can...

However, Zhong Wuyai didn't rush to upgrade the costume. Instead, he took out a lot of upgraded enhancement scrolls he had saved up...

They pulled out the Ten Thousand Bone Armor, which had been sitting for who knows how long, and started causing trouble...

Golden crystals aren't hard to get. First, upgrade it to +2, then use 8 upgrade scrolls to upgrade it to +10.

It's been so long, I should really get something done myself. I've been wanting to do it for ages...

After applying the talent... the Ten Thousand Bones Armor became enhanced to +110...

[Ding, data error... Ding, rule error... Ding, cannot be repaired, requesting higher-level data... Ding... Ding...]

Zhong Wuyai grew increasingly alarmed as he looked, his hands trembling more and more... This time, things had gotten a bit out of hand...

I don't know how many times it was played, but it finally had to stop.

Then a huge suit of armor appeared in Zhong Wuyai's pack, taking up four slots.

【Wan Gu Kai (Sealed)】

Semi-artifact

Wearing level: 120

???

???

???

After three lines of question marks, there was nothing else...

Holy crap... This is a disaster... If we don't mess this up, we're doomed...

Is a semi-divine artifact something we should have now?

You don't need to look at the three lines of question marks; you can only see them after entering the Tower of Babel.

"Hehe~...Can I have this helmet~!"

"Take it, you still need to destroy the tempering attribute before you can reset it!"

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Ten stars... three slots... even if you don't use the last star for now, it won't affect the stats much. It just means the HP and stat bonuses are lower. It doesn't feel like a level 50 item at all.

Zhong Wuyai dared not act recklessly at this point. If the enhancement was too high, it would become a semi-divine artifact, which would be a waste of effort, and even the +10 enhancement wouldn't be displayed...

So what should we do about this fashion?

To be on the safe side, Zhong Wuyai only added 5 rolls with the remaining reel.

Yes, this is the safest way. At worst, we'll destroy a star, which is better than not being able to equip it at all.

Shen Mengli wasn't in a hurry to destroy the attributes. Destroying 10 stars would mean losing them all, and she still needed to refine her weapon, so there was no rush.

Then Shen Youchu looked at Zhong Wuyai, who was bored and spacing out, and Shen Mengli, who was shaking her head repeatedly, and didn't know what to do.

So I simply sat down next to Zhong Wuyai...

Shen Mengli washed the attributes many times, using more than half of the Azure Dragon Obsidian, before she finally got the attributes she wanted.

Turning to look at Zhong Wuyai...

"Can you please reach level 50 sooner!"

"What's wrong?"

"I've cleaned up the equipment, but I don't have any tempering stones to enhance its attributes!"

"Hmm~?...A tempering stone?"

"Yes, tempering attributes requires tempering stones!"

Where did these materials leak?

"Level 50 bosses all drop it."

"Bullshit! I've killed so many bosses and haven't gotten a single drop!"

"It can only be obtained by killing monsters at level 50. No matter how many monsters you kill before level 50, it won't drop!"

"Oh, I see? What kind of setting is this?"

"That's how fantasy works... forcing you to level up, forcing you to become a god and ascend the Tower of Babel... and finally..."

"Alright, alright, I got it. It won't be long, it'll be quick..."

"Guild Master, shall we upgrade now?"

"Wait a little longer!"

After his talent cooldown, Zhong Wuyai used it on the Wanderer's Cloak...

[Wanderer's Cloak +10]

Fashion

★★★★★★★★★★

Wearing level: 50

Health +71500

Magic Points +71500

Physical defense +720

Magic Defense +720

Control reduction +10%

True damage saving throw +10%

???

Tempering: Lv.10

(blank)

Hmm...that's more like it. But I can't give the refinement to that woman this time. I'll save it for myself after I reach level 50 and destroy the attributes to refine it.

Fortunately, if you don't wear the equipment, you won't appear on the leaderboard. Otherwise, if the Wan Gu Kai, a semi-divine artifact, were on the list, that would be a real mess...

"Let's go, Youchu! Brother'll take you leveling up!"

Shen Mengli's ears seemed to twitch...

"Take me with you!"

"Go away, you're already level 50 and you're still trying to freeload!"

"Then...then give me a scroll!"

Zhong Wuyai wasn't stingy; he directly gave him a low-level experience scroll with a 510% boost.

After all, the Azure Dragon Seal is extremely valuable, which is why he gave her the Happy Helmet as compensation.

Although killing monsters of higher levels gives more experience when you're at a lower level, I'll focus on leveling up to level 50 first, as many features require level 50 to use.

As soon as Zhong Wuyai arrived at the teleportation array, he saw Chen Wenyu walking out of it...

"What's wrong?...Why are you looking like this!"

"President, thank you!"

As he spoke, Chen Wenyu knelt down...

"Hey hey hey~... It's not even New Year's yet, what kind of trouble are you causing?"

"My revenge is complete! ...Thank you, President!"

With the murder of his father resolved, Chen Wenyu's mindset changed, gradually becoming more composed...

However, Zhong Wuyai was a little curious. Didn't Chen Yuan never leave the city? How did he report it?

After some questioning, Zhong Wuyai finally understood... it seemed to really be his fault.

Although he had previously made a statement on the world channel, it was only because the people of China gave him face; other countries didn't care at all.

South Korea even took the initiative to approach Chen Yuan and secretly brought him to the territory controlled by the United States.

However, after the rankings were released, neither the US nor South Korea dared to keep Chen Wenyu.

They were afraid that if they summoned Zhong Wuyai again, the losses would be enormous, potentially resulting in the loss of resources from several cities...

The Americans secretly contacted Lu Yingjie, who then found Chen Wenyu through Xiang Yang, and together they set a trap that caused Chen Yuan to die twice.

Chen Yuan sensed something was wrong and no longer planned to leave the city. However, there was a building in the city that he could enter, which contained a quest NPC, and he could teleport directly through the NPC.

Chen Yuan originally planned to stay in the city and not leave, but he needed to make money to survive.

Everyone secretly set up another scheme, deliberately letting Chen Yuan overhear the mission details and luring him to the NPC to accept the mission.

Chen Yuan was quite hesitant at first, but when he heard that he could return to the city directly if he couldn't defeat the monsters inside, he decided to give it a try.

Who knew that as soon as they accepted the mission, they were teleported directly into the mission map, where Chen Wenyu was already waiting.

Upon seeing Chen Yuan, they attacked immediately. Chen Yuan, caught in combat, was unable to use the return scroll. Only then did Chen Yuan realize that even this mission was aimed at him.

For Chen Wenyu, who was nearly level 30, dealing with Chen Yuan, who was only level 10, was a piece of cake; two skills were all it took...

Actually, Chen Yuan was a bit foolish. If he had persisted for a while and waited for the dungeons in the major cities to open, even if he didn't leave the city, he could still kill some monsters and get gold coins every day, even if he couldn't beat the BOSS and couldn't clear the dungeon. That would at least be enough for food and drink.

But there are no "what ifs." If he hadn't joined the Korean guild, he wouldn't have gone to other cities, and he wouldn't have died...

The others had already dealt with the situation in one go when they first set up the trap.

"Guild leader, I agreed to one condition: I won't participate in guild wars against their guild!"

"This isn't really a condition. It doesn't matter if none of you fight; I can handle it by myself. It's as if this wasn't even mentioned..."

"Before coming back, Lu Yingjie wanted me to talk to you about whether it's possible to avoid war with the Azure Dragon Empire's guilds for the time being."

"Why do you say that?" Zhong Wuyai was puzzled. Had something happened again? ...

"The Dragon Kingdom also needs to develop. Moreover, several guilds are about to reach level 3, and now two guilds can start guild wars. It's okay for large guilds, but many small guilds simply can't withstand the pressure. They finally manage to reach level 2, but one war might send them down to level 1."

Zhong Wuyai was even more puzzled. What was all this about?

But... "Guilds can drop levels?"

"You didn't know about this newly launched feature?"

What function? Bai Xiaoniu didn't say either...

Zhong Wuyai opened the guild panel, where a new option box appeared—[Guild War]

After clicking, you can select the guild to declare war on.

You can declare war once a day, or refuse to declare war once.

Declaring war does not consume a declaration of war attempt if it is rejected, but the guild that rejected the declaration of war cannot declare war on it again.

Each guild can be declared war on a maximum of 5 times per day. However, once a guild accepts a declaration of war, other guilds cannot declare war on it until the guild war ends.

After a guild war ends, the party that declared war cannot declare war on the same guild again.

Without a second thought, Zhong Wuyai declared war 11 times.

Hmm... this time it's a beaver...

Let's not rush to upgrade now, let's fight first...

"Hey Bai Xiaoniu, I'm planning to participate in a guild war, do you want to come join us now?"

"Yes, yes, yes... I'll arrange for someone right away, please wait for me!"

With ten-star equipment in hand, aside from Zhong Wuyai, Shen Mengli is now incredibly powerful. How could she not participate in something like this...?

As for Blooming... forget it. Although it has a dozen or so main combatants, most of the rest are secondary combatants, so it's practically useless...

However, it's still possible to try and do it.

Zhong Wuyai then posted a message in the guild channel...

"All personnel, finish your tasks as quickly as possible. Assemble in one hour to prepare for the guild war!"

"Holy crap... a guild war? Boss, who are we fighting against?!"

"Who cares who they fight? We've never been afraid of anyone!"

"This is a guild war. Most guilds are only level 1 or 2. How many people can they have? Assassin and ranged groups, don't kill too many people. Leave some for the others."

"President, what about me...?"

"Chen Wenyu, don't worry. I plan to fight Dawn. Although we're no longer in the Azure Dragon Empire, taking down this number one guild in the Demon Dragon Empire will make things easier for us in the future!"

"Fighting against Dawn? No problem!"

Zhong Wuyai cleared his message bar again and again, and without exception, they were all asking about equipment. Zhong Wuyai was too lazy to waste words with them and ignored them all.

We don't even have a single piece of our own equipment yet, how could it possibly leak out...?

After everyone gathered in the capital, Zhong Wuyai got Shen Mengli a suit of armor.

The ten-star gold equipment directly climbed to fourth place on the equipment ranking, even overshadowing Zhong Wuyai's Boiling Blood Armor.

However, we cannot declare war now; if we refuse, the war will not be able to take place.

"You declare war first, those bastards shouldn't dare to accept the challenge. After all, you're number one on the ranking list, and they don't know anything about your background."

"Okay, but only if the other party chooses..."

Shen Mengli opened the guild panel and typed "Dawn" on the declaration of war page...

Jervis, who was on a mission, received a notification.

The Azure Dragon Empire's Blooming Guild has declared war on your guild. Will you accept the challenge?

There are two options below: [Accept Challenge] [Refuse]

After thinking for a moment, Jervis refused. Guild wars are not free-for-alls outside the city; only members of one's own guild can fight.

As the guild leader of the second-ranked guild in the Divine Illusion, and also the number one on the ranking list, Shen Mengli is no match for Dawn with her current strength.

After being rejected, Zhong Wuyai declared war on Dawn, and this time there was no way to avoid it...

Shen Mengli directly transferred the leadership and joined Xianyang Palace...

[Ding! Dawn Guild is ready to engage. You have 5 minutes to prepare before entering the battlefield. You will automatically enter the battlefield after 5 minutes. You can choose not to participate in the guild war at any time during the preparation period.]

[Server-wide announcement: The Xianyang Palace Guild of the Azure Dragon Empire has declared war on the Dawn Guild of the Demon Dragon Empire. The battlefield will open in 5 minutes.]

[Ding! During the preparation time, you can invite other non-guild players for assistance, up to 5 people.]

"Holy crap... Guild wars have started so soon?"

"Luckily it wasn't us, otherwise how could a bunch of level 10s fight against Xianyang Palace!"

Zhong Wuyai looked at the prompt and touched his nose. He was really afraid that Zhanfang would be attacked during this time, and it would be best to call for outside help.

"Leave five people behind. If any guild declares war on Bloom, go provide immediate support!"

Immediately afterwards, both sides entered the battlefield map simultaneously...

"Boss, how do we fight?"

Zhong Wuyai looked at the map and thought, "Isn't this the old-fashioned three-lane system of upper, middle, and lower lanes?"

[Battlefield Mission: Protect your own crystal. Failure occurs if the crystal is destroyed.]

[Friendly Reminder: Dying on the battlefield does not consume a resurrection attempt. You will resurrect at your own resurrection point with a 1-minute resurrection time. Each death adds 1 minute to the resurrection time, up to a maximum of 5 minutes!]

The respawn point is right behind the crystal... There are two towers next to the crystal, displaying shields on them.

Most importantly, towers are immune to skill damage. Unless the damage is aimed at the building, no matter how you attack, it won't work.

Zhong Wuyai was momentarily stunned; this was clearly aimed at him...

[Advanced Defense Tower]

Construction units

Durability: 10000/10000

Attack: 500

Defense: 100

[Building Characteristics - Attack]: All damage is true damage.

[Building Characteristics - Defense]: Comes with a building shield that reduces player damage by 90%. When attacked by enemy barracks units, the shield effect is halved. When attacked by barracks mechanical units, the shield disappears. The shield automatically regenerates when there are no enemy barracks units.

[Barracks]

Construction units

Durability: 30000/30000

Defense: 300

[Building Characteristics - Troops]: Every 30 seconds, 30 soldiers and 10 archers will spawn to fight on the front lines. Every 5 minutes, a catapult will spawn to fight on the front lines.

[Building Trait - Fighting]: All barracks units gain 20 attack and 2 movement speed. After a barracks is destroyed, the player gains a shield-breaking buff, reducing the enemy's building shield effect by 50%.

[Hint: Destroying the enemy barracks will upgrade your own barracks to a higher-level barracks.]

[Note: Barracks will respawn 10 minutes after being destroyed.]

Zhong Wuyai was in a bit of a predicament. He hadn't even learned magic missiles, and he didn't know how to calculate the damage when using fireball to attack buildings.

"We'll split into three groups. I'll be in one group, Shen Mengli will lead one group focused on attack speed, Xiang Yang, Chen Wenyu, and Yang Yimu will each lead one group, and the rest of you can do whatever you want!"

No one thought Zhong Wuyai's arrangement was unreasonable; on the contrary, it was very reasonable. No matter who followed Zhong Wuyai, they could do nothing but watch.

This isn't fighting a boss, it's attacking players, the kind that kills them instantly...

On the other hand, Jervis was already filled with regret. He should have just gone to war with Bloom, which would have been better than being ravaged by Xianyang Palace.

[Hint: The enemy will arrive on the battlefield in 50 seconds!] [Hint: All troops, launch an attack!]

There are no wild monsters or buffs here, only defensive towers and troops spawned from barracks.

Shen Mengli went to the top lane, Zhong Wuyai headed straight for the mid lane, and the rest of the team gathered in the bottom lane. Shen Mengli then hid in the grass.

Zhong Wuyai's side basically couldn't get any kills, and it was hard to say about Shen Mengli's side either. With the attributes of nine summoned beasts and the bonuses from her equipment, each one was more monstrous than the last.

So Chen Wenyu's side is still better off, and coincidentally, Yang Yimu also had the same idea...

Yang Yimu, who was hiding in the bushes, saw Shen Youchu coming over and didn't know what to say for a moment.

There are already enough people in the bottom lane, why are you still trying to steal kills...

Zhong Wuyai ran directly to the minions in the mid lane, blocking the middle of the path. As soon as the minions in the mid lane showed their heads, Zhong Wuyai unleashed a powerful burst of energy...

[Ding! Killed a battlefield soldier, Honor Points +1]...

A series of notification sounds kept ringing out.

[Ding! Player Annie Rosca has been killed. Honor points +5]

Sold out instantly!

The soldiers in the middle lane entered the range of the low-level defensive tower and attacked it without any doubt.

Although I don't know what the purpose of this honor value is, having more is always good.

The battlefield soldiers' attributes are actually not low, but the ones from Xianyang Palace are abnormal, with the lowest being 4000 in the five elements attack, and even 40 soldiers are not enough to go around.

After killing a wave of minions, Shen Mengli shouted in the guild chat, "Try to get the kills for Chen Wenyu!"

The people in the guild were confused, but Zhong Wuyai and Xiang Yang knew about Chen Wenyu's talent and told him.

Chen Wenyu began to act alone, and several people in the guild lent him their equipment.

4000 points of elemental damage is more than enough. Most importantly, 4000 points of elemental damage is effective against low-level defensive towers.

Each attack reduces the tower's durability by 40 points. A low-level defensive tower only has 3000 durability points, making it impossible to withstand a group attack.

It was also because Dawn had more players in the bottom lane and cleared out the minions early that the Xianyang Palace players were able to retreat.

But two-thirds of Dawn's men died in the first wave.

The minions in the middle lane were attacking the tower when the Dawn of Light's minions caught up. Zhong Wuyai immediately used a Blazing Wave to wipe them all out.

[Ding~ding~ding~……] The notification sound kept ringing.

[Hint: Player Zhong Wuyai has achieved a 56-kill streak and is now dominating the battlefield!]

After Zhong Wuyai finished using his skills, he took the Thunder Staff and started banging it against the turret...

The "bang bang bang" sound was very rhythmic, and each basic attack could take away more than 100 durability. With the addition of the minions' attacks, the low-level defensive tower in the middle lane was quickly destroyed.

[Ding! Congratulations to Xianyang Palace player Zhong Wuyai for destroying the Dawn Guild's low-level mid-lane defensive tower. Reward: 200 honor points. All Xianyang Palace members' honor points increased by 20.]

"Boss is really efficient!"

"Next wave, let's finish off all the enemy players. Damn it, the top lane has already taken down more than half of the tower, and we have the most players in the bottom lane, but we've only taken down less than a third!"

"There's nothing we can do. Not only do we outnumber them in the bottom lane, but they do too. Even though we can burst them down, our minions won't survive. Without minions to break their shields, we can't do any damage. The towers deal true damage, and with the enemy's crowd control, it's just too difficult!"

"Those with area-of-effect attacks, follow behind the shield warrior. Priest, keep an eye on the shield warrior's health. We must take them down this time, even if it means a direct assault!"

"Let's do it this way. We'll give all our +10 defensive gear to the shield warrior. Even without minions, we'll take down the tower!"

Soon, the second wave of soldiers arrived...

[Ding! Congratulations to Xianyang Palace player Shen Mengli for destroying the Dawn Guild's low-level top lane defensive tower. Reward: 200 Honor. All Xianyang Palace members receive +20 Honor.]