Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 805 Death by the Outdated Lord's Eye

After briefly confirming the effect of "One Man Against an Army," Xin Lailai did not immediately switch back to the "Diligent Scholar" title. Instead, she opened her title inventory and equipped another title:

[Note: The currently worn title has been changed to "Lucky Blessing"]

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[Lucky Blessing]

Quality: ★★★★

Category: title

Characteristics: Neutral
Acquisition conditions: Trigger the "high output" event more than 1000 times within a world progress (the "high output" has a very low probability of occurring in events such as kill drops, opening treasure chests, triggering quests, etc.).

Requirements for wearing this item: Charisma attribute of at least 80 points, Luck attribute of at least 20 points

Title potential: 41.3%
Title Effect 1, Good Luck (Passive): When equipped, Luck attribute +8
*Note: When the fortune value exceeds 300 points, this bonus will decrease to 4 points.

Title Effect 2, Misfortune Avoidance (Passive): When wearing this title, you will avoid the "Maximum Misfortune" option to a certain extent when participating in notarized probability events (equipment enhancement, reward draws, etc.).

Synopsis: Bad luck? Forget about it, we only have good luck!

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As the notification sound for the title change faded, and with the "Lucky Blessing" taking effect, the luck attribute on the user's profile instantly increased from 21 to 25 points. And that's not all—

"Zero remainder!" "Hmm."

[Note: Team skill "Lai Lai's Blessing" has been activated, Luck attribute +10 points]

[Note: "Divine Blessing" has been used. Current fortune +10 points, luck attribute increased by 0.2 points]

Two notification sounds came in succession. The two of them skillfully cast various lucky buffs on themselves, maximizing their luck. Then, Xin Lailai took out a blood-red furnace that was more than half a person tall from her storage space.

Boom——! !

The furnace, its surface adorned with bas-reliefs of ferocious beast heads, crashed heavily to the ground. Wisps of crimson flames shot forth from within, and as they appeared, lines of item information began to rapidly emerge from the edges of their vision:

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[Overlord's Forge (Tier 5)]

Place of Origin: Apocalypse Paradise

Quality: Overlord level
Category: Special Items

Durability: 1/1
Essence Storage Limit: 0/10
Currently available top-tier equipment: (None)

Current preference for reforging: (None)

Rating: 700++
Introduction: Developed by Anderson Reed, one of the seven legendary blacksmiths known as the "Overlord Blacksmith," this unique forge can reforge Overlord-level equipment using Overlord Essence as fuel. It is said that the most advanced Overlord Forge can even reforge peak artifacts that surpass the limits.

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The Overlord's Forge, as the most valuable item they redeemed from the Honor Shop this time, can be described as a groundbreaking product.

Not only can it reforge overlord-level equipment, allowing it to stably break through to a higher level, but it can also remove unnecessary characteristics from the equipment and cultivate it in a specified direction.

While its most pinnacle creation has not been definitively confirmed, it is said that the Moonlight Greatsword wielded by the now-missing "Last Silver Moon," who pioneered the path to the pinnacle of the ultimate realm and whose sword was stained with the blood of countless powerful warriors, was forged by his close friend "Overlord Blacksmith" Anderson Reed using the Overlord Forge.

As for why the place of origin for this item is listed as Apocalypse Paradise, the answer is that just as Sacred Paradise has become an academic mecca for the entire astral plane, Apocalypse Paradise, with its natural resources and technological advantages, has long since become a renowned forging mecca for the astral plane.

It's not just forging; potions, gems, gourmet food, scrolls... it can be said that as long as a profession is related to resource production and logistics, its core is basically centered around the current Apocalypse Paradise. If the Sacred Paradise is at the forefront of academia and theory, then the Apocalypse Paradise is undoubtedly at the forefront of logistics and manufacturing.

The same applies to the attack power of the weapons they use today. In fact, before the White Night Era, the attack power of weapons in the notary system had an extremely large fluctuation value, which represented the actual attack power that the weapon could exert under different durability levels.

However, with the continuous advancement of technology and the continuous improvement and enhancement of the notarization mechanism, a brand-new forging technology called 'notarized constancy' began to be developed.

As for the purpose of this technology, it is to reduce and stabilize the fluctuation value of the attack power of a certified weapon through specific technology, so that even if it only has 1 point of durability left, it can still maintain an attack power that is almost the same as when it has full durability.

When this technology is developed to its limit, it brings about the result they see today, namely "zero-fluctuation weapon attack power threshold".

It may not sound like much, but in fact, the development of this technology has brought about a qualitative change in the weapon forging process within the notary system.

Taking their Yuanmo as an example, if it were in the old era, the attack power of their Yuanmo weapons should be 200-350. At first glance, it seems that the upper limit is 50 points higher than now. However, in reality, as long as their weapon durability is reduced by more than 1/4, its attack power is already lower than that of the current Yuanmo. And once it falls to the last 1/4 of durability, its attack power is as much as 100 points lower than that of the current Yuanmo.

Most importantly, such a huge fluctuation in attack power can often be fatal in this era where we have to fight against abyssal creatures with various corrosive properties.

Taking Yuanmo's example above, with a fluctuation range of 200 to 350, it is equivalent to the fact that in the old era, when a contractor encountered an emergency where he could not care about the weapon's durability, the damage of his first strike and the damage of his last strike could differ by as much as 42.8% depending on the weapon's durability. In a true sense, the more he fought, the weaker he became.

Furthermore, considering that situations that cause significant weapon durability loss often occur when encountering powerful bosses stronger than oneself, the old weapon attack power mechanism could easily lead to an unsolvable vicious cycle: 'encountering a powerful boss and falling into a disadvantageous position' – 'falling into a disadvantageous position and having to stall for time to find an opportunity' – 'stallment leading to continuous weapon durability loss' – 'decreasing durability leading to decreased weapon attack power' – 'decreasing weapon attack power making the disadvantageous situation even worse'.

However, nowadays, thanks to the "notarized constant technology" that has been incorporated into the introductory textbooks for every blacksmith, this flaw, which once caused the deaths of countless contractors, has been completely eliminated and is now a thing of the past.

This is the benefit of progress. Something like weapon firepower may be just a tiny, insignificant development within the entire notary system, but when thousands of such tiny developments come together, they bring about tremendous changes that can revolutionize the world.

[Should I/O submit the designated Overlord-level equipment "Lord's Eye (Fragmented)" into the "Overlord's Forge (Tier 5)"?]

[Note: Due to the characteristics of the "Overlord's Forge", once this equipment is used, it will directly consume the current "Overlord's Forge" usage opportunity.]

Inside the room, as Xin Lailai threw the "Lord's Eye" into the furnace, two lines of notification messages began to pop up in front of her eyes. Xin Lailai simply glanced at them and then ignored them.

They had already decided on how to use the Overlord's Forge when they redeemed it. As for why they waited until now to use it, it was simply because their previous lucky draws were too outrageous, which had overdrawn their luck. So they decided to wait a week to recover their luck and use the Overlord's Forge after the team blessing from the Lai Lai Cult had cooled down.

[Confirmation complete. The "Overlord's Forge (Tier 5)" is currently bound to the designated Overlord-level equipment: "Lord's Eye (Fragmented)". Please invest "Overlord's Essence" as soon as possible. Current investment countdown: 9 minutes and 59 seconds.] [Note: The "Overlord's Forge" will generate corresponding "Reforging Points" based on the potential of the current Overlord equipment and the number of Essences invested. These points will be used to allocate the "Reforging Tendency" of the current Overlord equipment.]

A cold notification sound rang out, and crimson bubbles rose and burst from the magma-like contents. Xin Lailai looked at the pop-up message and, without hesitation, decisively threw all eight Overlord Essences she had previously saved, plus two Tier 5 Overlord Essences that she had exchanged for from the Lailai Cult's resource vault at a cost of 30 million Paradise Points, into the Overlord Furnace.

Boom, boom, boom...!
As the Overlord's Essence was added, scorching crimson fire snakes surged from the inside of the Overlord's Furnace. At the same time, the heads of ferocious beasts on the outer beast reliefs also revealed blood-red glints in their eyes. The moment Xin Lailai threw in the 10th Overlord's Essence, a faint, low roar suddenly rang out from the Overlord's Furnace, causing the entire furnace to tremble slightly.

"Roar--!!"

[Note: Due to the current limit on the input of "Overlord Essence", the system has automatically entered the reforging preparation stage and is currently in the process of refining the Overlord equipment...]

[Reforging complete. Based on the current potential of the Overlord equipment and the amount of Overlord Power in the current Overlord Essence, a total of 2373 Reforging Potential Points can be obtained this time.]

Based on the characteristics of the currently deployed top-tier equipment, Pioneers can allocate points in the following reforging directions.

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1. Information Detection Strength: 0/500 (You can choose one or more of Willpower, Intelligence, Soul Strength, and Charisma as the core detection attribute)
2. Attribute gain strength: 0/500 (You can choose one or more of the following as the core gain attributes: dynamic vision, neural reflex speed, brain computing power, and thinking reaction speed)
3. Exclusive Rare Traits: 0 / ? ? ? (One or more of 'Magic Eye', 'Crimson', and 'Lord' can be designated as core rare traits)
*Note: Due to the influence of ? ? ?, the "exclusive rare characteristics" of this reforging have exceeded the normal forging limit of "Overlord Furnace (Tier 5)".

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Seriously, is the potential of the Lord's Eye really that outrageous?
Before the branding interface, Xin Lailai looked at the reforging direction given by the Paradise and the 2373 reforging potential points above the allocation interface. Her face first showed a look of astonishment, then she suddenly realized something, her expression changed slightly, and a chill ran down her spine.

According to the information they found, a top-tier equipment like the Lord's Eye, with a rating of 400-500, usually generates around 100-150 reforging potential points. The top-tier essences they prepared, when converted, only amount to a little over 400 reforging potential points. Therefore, theoretically, all of them together should be just enough to maximize the detection capabilities of the new top-tier equipment.

However, the Lord's Eye has now generated a whopping 2373 reforging potential points during the reforging process. Given its initial rating of only 467 points, even if the Lord's Eye itself is not simple, this is by no means a normal phenomenon.

After all, the park's rating system is there. Since this thing only has a rating of 467 in the park's appraisal, its potential value and strength should not deviate too much from this rating range. This is why they dared to use this equipment so confidently before.

However, it just so happens that it has generated a number of potential points for reforging that seriously contradicts the score of 467. Combined with the various methods they learned from the old professor, the scene before them immediately reminded Xin Lailai of a method they themselves had used in the chess game illusion:

—That is, inside the Lord's Eye, there is something that does not belong to the Lord's Eye, and has perfectly avoided their detection...something that they have never noticed!
Only in this way can we explain why the Lord's Eye, with a rating of only 467, can produce a full 2372 Reforging Potential Points, because what truly generates these points... is not the Lord's Eye, but something hidden within it that they have never noticed!
"It's true what they say, 'You're blind to what's right under your nose,' I completely forgot about that..."

Xin Lailai stared at the reforging furnace in front of her, and after a long while, she finally let out a long sigh, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

When they first obtained the Eye of the Lord, they were cornered in the ruins of the Dead Sea. In addition, it did not fail them at the crucial moment, and the fact that it was a divination tool made by Hilona that guided them to open it made them subconsciously lower their guard against this relic from the Lord system.

Looking back now, the statement in the Lord's Eye message that the Lord's Eye had given up judging their willpower was very strange from the beginning.

At the time, they thought it was because their willpower was too high, which made the Lord's Eye afraid and give up the judgment. But if they thought about it carefully, as a relic of the Lord system, would the Lord's Eye's willpower judgment really be so low that it wouldn't even dare to look at them?
If the lord's willpower assessment is not so ridiculously low, then why did the other party voluntarily give up the assessment process? Was it because they felt that the lord's willpower was too high and there was no need to assess them anymore, or was it because the other party's willpower assessment had not yet reached the standard of devouring their will, so they voluntarily gave up to avoid arousing the lord's vigilance?
"However, if we calculate it this way, the reason why this thing was exposed so inexplicably..."

If there truly is some lurking threat within the Lord's Eye, then given the extent of its concealment, it shouldn't have been discovered and eliminated so easily. However, the current situation doesn't lie, and considering the nature of the Lord system...

"Could they have completely overlooked the existence of something like the Overlord Forge?"

Finally, Xin Lailai looked at the Overlord Furnace in front of her, a strange look gradually appearing in her eyes.

Upon closer examination, the Overlord's Forge is a product that only appeared at the end of the White Night Era, while the Lord's Eye is an ancient relic left over from the Second Era.

Although he was unclear about the specifics of the Overlord equipment from that era, according to the Lord's Eye's description, the normal way to upgrade this Overlord-level equipment was obviously by continuously collecting items related to the Lord system, rather than being thrown into the Overlord Forge and having some Overlord Essence used as fuel for reforging, as is the case now.

Or rather, the other party probably never imagined that such a method existed in this era, capable of directly reforging and rebuilding overlord-level equipment. As a result, the backup plan left behind in the Lord's Eye became fuel for their reforging of the Lord's Eye in a muddled way.

"If that's really the case, then it's truly..."

Before the blood-red furnace, Xin Lailai, who vaguely guessed the truth, looked at the allocation interface in front of her and couldn't help but feel a little amused and exasperated.

Although they almost got tricked by the Lord's Eye, the thought of the other party ultimately falling into a trap because they couldn't keep up with the times made it hard to suppress the urge to smile.

"Hmm... I suddenly feel like he's suddenly looking a little pitiful with his small eyes."

"Well, anyway, we got a great deal for free. Tsk tsk, 2372 reforging potential points. I wonder what kind of treasure will come out if we reforge it?"

As Xin Lailai spoke, a lewd smile, like that of a big bad wolf who had found a little white rabbit, appeared on her face, and her gaze toward the Overlord Furnace before her was filled with burning desire.

In any case, for them, the current situation is simply that they've gotten a top-tier, overlord-level piece of equipment for free. As for how to use those 2372 potential points...

"Let me see. For detection, just choose a single willpower tendency; for attribute bonuses, it's better to balance the four bonuses to avoid any mishaps. As for traits..."

Before the allocation interface, Xin Lailai muttered to herself. After a brief moment of thought, she unhesitatingly invested all 1372 extra Reforging Potential Points into the 'Magic Eye' trait.

Of the three rare traits, Crimson is a product of the Abyss, so choosing it is practically suicide. As for Lord, it goes without saying that choosing it might result in something like being resurrected. Therefore, the only one you can choose is the Demon Eye.

As for whether the 'Demon Eye' property might also have any hidden dangers, Xin Lailai had naturally considered this point. However, in terms of the Lord's Eye, compared to 'Crimson' and 'Lord', 'Demon Eye' is more like the property of the material used for the Lord's Eye itself. Therefore, the possibility of hidden dangers should be quite low.

Moreover, even if there are any hidden dangers, we can simply sell this thing and buy a better detection device.

Anyway, he's made up his mind this time. As long as the newly reforged overlord-level equipment dares to show even half a "?", he'll immediately send it to the Paradise's recycling station or even 83203's experimental platform, so that any potential hidden dangers will be completely masked by pain.

[Hint: Reforging potential points have been allocated. Do you want to/do you want to proceed with the reforging according to the current allocation plan?]

"confirm."

[Confirmation complete, reforging commences, estimated completion time: 39 minutes 32 seconds]

Om-! !

Finally, with a cold notification sound, a large number of crimson fire serpents surged up from inside the Overlord Furnace, and the beast reliefs on its surface seemed to come alive, swimming and roaring, causing the entire furnace to tremble wildly.

Xin Lailai nodded slightly as she watched this scene, then sat back down on the ground. She took out the Soul Storage Crystal and, together with Ling Yuzi, activated the Soul Burning and Heart Refining Ritual. While manipulating the Heavenly Heart Soul Flame to cover their spiritual bodies, she took out the Soul Cultivation Manual and continued to read the chapter on Soul Weaponry.

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(End of this chapter)