This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

[Zheng Weiguo]: Congratulations! You've been selected as a provincial-level outstanding student. After the holiday, come to me to fill out the forms for the city-level and provincial-level top ten outstanding youths. You'll definitely get them.

Jiang Liu replied to each message one by one. Fortunately, he didn't have many friends, otherwise it would have been a complete mess.

After replying to the message, he opened his email and received the rewards from the world boss.

This email instantly shattered his joy at receiving so many blessings, and his face darkened immediately.

[Congratulations on defeating the World Boss Gui Miechen! You are ranked first on the damage leaderboard and have been awarded 100 Low-Grade Equipment Enhancement Stones.]

Jiang Liu: "!!!!!!!"

What did I see?

I saw the abyss!

A bottomless pit, even more bottomless than the permanent pool, an abyss, even deeper than the limited pool—it's here!

"My God... You have no heart in the Immortal Cultivation Era."

Jiang Liu stared blankly at the blue rhombus-shaped stone in the email, and suddenly felt that this game was not very interesting.

I thought that equipment upgrade stones were the pinnacle, but I didn't expect there were still experts out there.

Equipment Enhancement Stones!

Anyone who has played a few online games knows how much of a rip-off this is. To put it simply, you can't even afford to play it at 0.1% of the original price.

"I'm convinced, truly convinced."

Jiang Liu opened his backpack with a dark expression. In one corner of the backpack were two white and blue rhombus-shaped stones placed side by side.

[Low-grade Equipment Enhancement Stone]: Can be used to enhance equipment, up to +10, with the success rate depending on the enhancement level.

Okay, very standard.

Come, let me examine your ingredients.

He's now adopting a "what's done is done" attitude.

Even if you keep messing things up, I'll only upgrade all my equipment to +5. Once the success rate drops to 90%, I'll quit the game. What can you do about it?

"What's the point of this thing?"

Jiang Liu calmly clicked on the equipment enhancement stone, and the pop-up interface was actually the [Refining] function.

Since the server opened, he has never opened the weapon crafting function. He thought that the weapon crafting function only had weapon crafting, but he did not expect that it could also be used to enhance weapons. This is really versatile.

In the center of the weapon-refining interface, there is a pitch-black weapon-refining cauldron. To the left is a weapon-refining cauldron in use, and to the right is a flame in use; both are empty.

Damn, alchemy only requires an alchemy furnace, but weapon crafting requires a cauldron and fire?

Both are livelihood professions, so why is your profession considered more noble than alchemy?

At the top of the weapon crafting interface is his weapon crafting master level.

At the very top... is a row of [Refining] functions.

One glance was enough to make him numb.

[Refining] [Upgrading] [Enhancing] [Refining] [Enchantment].

Jiang Liu: "666".

"I thought that strengthening was the peak, but I didn't expect there were still experts."

Jiang Liu couldn't help but sigh. In all his eighteen years of life, he had complained as much as he had complained in those twenty-odd days during the Immortal Cultivation Era.

No wonder they need both a cauldron and fire in the [Weapon Refining] process. They are versatile and talented, so they should be more noble than you alchemists.

There are now items for upgrading and strengthening. Refining should increase the strength of magical artifacts, right? Enchantment... adds other attributes to magical artifacts?

With enhancement, refinement, and enchantment all maxed out, this Dao artifact could be even stronger than a plain Immortal artifact, right?

Well, it's alright. Although it was a bit unexpected, it was also within expectations, so it's acceptable.

At least there was no plagiarism of the entries, right?

"Phew, I can accept it, I can accept it..."

Jiang Liu let out a long breath, calming his speechless state. His gaze shifted between [Advancement] and [Enhancement], and finally he clicked on [Enhancement].

He had intended to promote Ling Yunyi, but his heart was restless, as if some kind of desire was about to break through the soil.

What seasoned gamer could resist the temptation of upgrading their character?

Knowing it's a trap, you still jump in; that's the allure of reinforcement.

Jiang Liu clicked on the enhancement button and placed the Water-Splitting Sword on it.

Without any mystical artifacts, I can only play around with high-grade magic tools for a short while.

Chapter 86 Enhancement? Another Encounter and You're a Dog (Please Subscribe!)

[Enhanced Magical Artifact]: Water-Splitting Sword

[Enhancement Level]: 0→1

[Number of Enhancement Stones Consumed]: 1

Success Rate: 100%

[Attribute Boost]: Damage +1%

[Should the Water-Splitting Sword be strengthened?]

【Yes】

The moment he pressed "yes," a bright blue light flashed in the refining cauldron, accompanied by a buzzing sound as the machine started up. As the buzzing grew louder, Jiang Liu's heart involuntarily tightened.

It's a channel mix-up, the success rate is 100%, why am I nervous?

[Upgrade successful, obtained the magic weapon +1 Water Sword]

[The success rate of lower-level enhancement is 100%. Do you wish to consume 2 low-grade equipment enhancement stones to continue enhancing?]

【Yes】

[Upgrade successful, obtained the magic weapon +2 Water Sword]

[The success rate of lower-level enhancement is 100%. Do you wish to consume 3 low-grade equipment enhancement stones to continue enhancing?]

【Yes】

[Enhancement successful...]

[Enhancement successful...]

[Upgrade successful, obtained the magic weapon +5 Water Sword]

[The success rate of lower-level enhancement is 90%. Do you wish to consume 5 low-grade equipment enhancement stones to continue enhancing?]

【Wait a minute!】

"Does reaching level 6 guarantee a 90% success rate?"

Jiang Liu looked at the prompt box in front of him, a look of hesitation on his face.

Each upgrade level requires 1 more upgrade stone. He doesn't have many upgrade stones. Should he distribute them evenly across all his magical artifacts, or focus on his main weapon?

I hesitated, but only for three seconds.

"A 90% success rate? Is there even a question?"

Jiang Liu muttered to himself and simply clicked "yes".

[Upgrade successful, obtained a +6 water sword]

The success rate of the next level enhancement is 70%. Do you want to consume 6 enhancement stones to continue enhancing?

Wow... the success rate of going from 6 to 7 has actually dropped by 20%?

As expected of your Immortal Cultivation Era.

[Upgrade successful, obtained a +7 water sword]

The success rate of the next level enhancement is 50%. Do you want to consume 7 enhancement stones to continue enhancing?

50%... Only a 50% success rate left.

No, that's not right!

There's still a 50% chance of success!

"Phew... a 50% success rate, that's hardly even gambling, is it?"

Jiang Liu smiled easily and casually nodded.

[Upgrade successful, obtained a +8 water sword]

The success rate of the next level enhancement is 30%. Do you want to consume 8 enhancement stones to continue enhancing?

30%......

Jiang Liu looked conflicted. The probability was already very low, and it would be normal to fail. It was time to stop now.

But... I feel like I'm having pretty good luck today.

Having broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, I drew a very good Mystic Art from the Mystic Rank Gift Pack, and I've upgraded the Water Dividing Sword all the way to +8 without ever failing.

90% x 70% x 50% = 31.5%.

I've already won a 30% chance once, so why would I be afraid to gamble again?

Even if we fail, it doesn't matter, since we won't lose anything anyway.

Hmm, it's worth a try.

Jiang Liu convinced himself and nodded, looking slightly nervous.

[Upgrade successful, obtained a +9 water sword]

The success rate of the next enhancement stage is 22%. Do you want to consume 9 enhancement stones to continue enhancing?

It's here! It's finally here!

The darkest probability in gaming history, 22%, is here!