novelraw Chapter 105-2: Regenerating Scale Armor of the Dragon Rider (2)
Chapter 105-2: Regenerating Scale Armor of the Dragon Rider (2)
[Forging successful!]
[You have obtained Regenerating Scale Armor of the Dragon Rider (Epic-tier equipment)!]
[Regenerating Scale Armor of the Dragon Rider (Epic): Crafted with Subspecies Dragon Scales as the armor base, reinforced with Astrological Meteorite Alloy, and lined with Wolfhound Hide. This tough scale armor boasts exceptionally powerful defensive capabilities.]
[Under the effect of the Advanced Tuning Magic Diagram, the scale armor can expand or contract at will, making it extremely well-suited for Shells with variable size.]
[The life force extracted from the Sapling of the Corrupted Tree of Life imbues this scale armor with an astonishing power.]
[Equipment Trait — Self-Repair: When this equipment is damaged, it can fully repair itself in a short time without consuming any forging materials.]
The Regenerating Scale Armor of the Dragon Rider was undoubtedly a formidable piece of armor. The combination of dragon scales and alloy granted it exceptional defensive strength.
The inclusion of the Sapling of the Corrupted Tree of Life, a special material, gave the armor a unique self-repairing trait.
From the description, Lin Xun interpreted that Self-Repair wasn’t a slow, gradual healing effect, it seemed to instantly regenerate the moment it took damage. A truly overpowered trait.
He moved the scale armor into the Earth Giant’s Equipment Slot.[You have equipped the Regenerating Scale Armor of the Dragon Rider (Epic-tier Equipment)]
[You have grown stronger!]
With both Epic-tier equipment pieces now crafted, all that remained was to enhance them.
He still had three Advanced Forging Stones in his Inventory, all obtained as drops from defeating Ore Lizards in the Forgotten Abyss of the Fading Afterglow.
Currently, Lin Xun had four pieces of Epic-tier gear. Aside from the newly forged Dragonfang Greatclub and Scale Armor, the other two were the Thunder Dragon Staff-Spear and Iridescent Scaled Wing Boots.
Because the Thunder Dragon Staff-Spear had been crafted through the fusion of the Dragonhunter Lance and the Pure Silver White Moon Scepter, both of which were already enhanced to +1, the resulting weapon inherited that +1 enhancement.
With three Advanced Forging Stones left, he could enhance three more Epic items, but Lin Xun wasn’t planning to distribute them evenly. Being a jack-of-all-trades would only result in mediocrity.
He clicked into the Book of Craftsmen and selected the enhancement option to see how much Spirit Essence he could save with a freebie upgrade.
[Enhancing Epic-tier weapon Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub will consume 1 Advanced Forging Stone and 1,000 Spirit Essence.]
[Would you like to proceed with enhancing this weapon?]
Enhancing Epic gear only cost 1,000 Spirit Essence? Not bad at all.
So was the real cost in the Forging Stones?
Lin Xun opened the Book of Trade to check the market prices.
Basic Forging Stones were surprisingly cheap, just 30 Spirit Essence per piece.
Which made sense: they could only enhance Ruined and Common grade gear, and even top-tier Common+ gear sold for around 500 at best.
He continued looking.
Intermediate Forging Stones were about 300 Spirit Essence, fair enough.
Then it hit him, he had wrongfully blamed the Corrupted Blacksmith…
In-game blacksmiths charged less than the Book of Craftsmen. That blacksmith had only charged him a dozen Basic Stones and one Intermediate Stone, around 800 Spirit Essence.
For a Tier-3 Apostle, spending under 1,000 to earn an NPC’s favor and discounted gear was definitely worth it.
“The Corrupted Blacksmith’s family now… Saying sorry would be too formal.”
Lin Xun continued browsing.
Advanced Forging Stones, which enhance Epic-tier gear, were selling for a whopping 5,000 Spirit Essence each!
“Expensive as hell!”
He opened the panel and clicked Grandmaster Forging Art, selecting the Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub for enhancement.
[Would you like to consume 1 Advanced Forging Stone to enhance Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub?]
Lin Xun planned to go full glass cannon, using all three Stones on this weapon.
[Enhancing…]
[Enhancement successful. Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub enhancement level +1. Power slightly increased.]
The Earth Giant Shell’s equipment now showed Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub+1.
He proceeded to enhance again.
[Would you like to consume 2 Advanced Forging Stones to enhance Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub+1?]
???
“What the heck?”
The first enhancement took 1 stone, and the second required 2?
Would the third cost 3 or even 4?
He switched to the Thunder Dragon Staff-Spear+1 and tried enhancing it. Sure enough, going to +2 required 2 Stones.
He opened the Apostle Forum to look it up, and it all made sense.
The number of stones required equaled the enhancement level:
+1 = 1 stone
+2 = 2 stones
+3 = 3 stones
…
+10 = 10 stones
The total needed from +1 to +10 is 55 stones.
To fully enhance an Epic item to +10, you’d need over 270,000 Spirit Essence just in stones.
“Absolutely bonkers…”
Gritting his teeth, Lin Xun pushed on.
[Enhancing…]
[Enhancement successful. Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub enhancement level +1. Power slightly increased.]
Three Advanced Forging Stones gone. His Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub was now +2.
Lin Xun opened his Inventory and clicked on another item.
[Spirit Essence of the Beastmen Chieftain: …Can be added during equipment forging to potentially trigger an Awakening effect, granting the equipment additional attributes.]
According to the Apostle Forum, the Awakening process was like imbuing the gear with a soul.
The better the match between the monster’s Spirit Essence and the equipment, the higher the success rate of awakening.
Lin Xun intended to use the Beastmen Chieftain’s Spirit Essence to awaken the Dragonfang Greatclub and turn it into his ultimate weapon.
[Using Spirit Essence of the Beastmen Chieftain to awaken Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub has a 92% success rate.]
[Would you like to proceed with the Awakening?]
He tried Awakening with several Epic items, each had different success rates.
The Greatclub’s 92% was the highest among them, likely due to its compatibility with the Chieftain’s savage, brutal nature.
With such a high chance, he didn’t believe it could fail.
Not to mention, he had his legendary lucky charm: the Lucky Gold Coin.
“You might profit, but I’ll never lose.”
With the belief that the Lucky Gold Coin guaranteed success, Lin Xun pressed Confirm.
[Awakening…]
[Awakening successful!]
[Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub has gained a unique Spirit Essence-based Awakening effect.]
He eagerly opened the item description.
[Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub (Epic-tier Weapon): …This weapon has been successfully awakened. During attacks, there is a chance to summon the Beastmen Chieftain’s soul to empower your strike, dealing double damage.]
Lin Xun was ecstatic, this was a crit!
Double damage? Absolutely busted. The only thing left was to find out how often it triggered.
Time for a test run.
But the Apostles matched through Invasion Bookmarks were too weak…
His eyes drifted to the Book of Arena, which had a Public Duel feature where he could select opponents manually.
As long as both Apostles agreed to the PK, the Book of Arena would activate the livestream function.
Every Apostle in the Library could watch and place bets.
The winner would also get a randomized reward box based on the odds.
But really, the prize didn’t matter.
He just wanted to see how strong this weapon really was…