Chapter 2: Each time a title reforging is performed, 10% of this trait's "Exclusive Luck" will accumulate. When "Exclusive Luck" reaches 100%, it will take effect on the next title reforging, thereby increasing the success rate of that reforging.
Tip: Due to your title reforging base success rate being too low (calculated as negative), this bonus cannot guarantee a high probability of success for your title reforging. In fact, even the boosted title reforging success rate remains concerning.
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Su Xiao finally understood why, after performing so many title reforgings, each reforging would blow up one title—the success rate was negative.
He pondered for a few seconds, then filed a compensation claim with Reincarnation Paradise. His reasoning was that, despite it being a negative success rate, the attributes of the "Title Reforging" authority only indicated an "extremely low" success rate.
The result was that the compensation claim was rejected. The reply stated that the "Title Reforging" authority's attributes did not include the judgment sequence for a negative success rate. Contractors who could successfully "Limit Forge" a title 5 times and obtain the strongest title were not this unlucky, so the judgment sequence would not naturally extend in this direction.
It wasn't that Reincarnation Paradise had a loophole in this certification; it was like recommending a wooden comb to a bald man—it was a logical issue.
Su Xiao's compensation claim wasn't in vain. Although he didn't get compensation, he successfully filled this judgment sequence extension. From now on, the "Title Reforging" authority's attributes would include the judgment attribute of a negative success rate.
As for the current situation after upgrading "Title Reforging":
Good news: Title reforging now has a safety net.
Bad news: Because the base success rate is too low, the safety net only turns the success rate into a positive number.
Su Xiao opened the Title Shop. He currently had 852 Hunter Gold Coins. He exchanged 200 of them for [Title Chest (★)] and opened all these title chests.
[To open Title Chest (★) × 200, you need to select the type of title to be obtained.]
Su Xiao chose the Enhancement System: Potion Branch. One by one, 1-star titles were drawn out. He activated the Forging Disc and began "Title Reforging."
Bang!
The reforging hammer struck down. The 1-star title on top shattered, and the next title appeared on it. After setting the 200 1-star titles to auto-reforge, he opened the equipment list and activated the ring slot item [Life Source Monarch].
[Life Source Monarch]
Equipment Effect 1: Life Hunt (Nourishment, Passive). After killing a powerful enemy, this equipment can absorb the enemy's "Life Source," thereby storing, filtering, and transforming it. When enough Life Source is absorbed, it will form a "Life Source Essence."
Tip: Each time a "Life Source Essence" is absorbed, your Health Points will be permanently increased by 200,000.
Tip: You can absorb a maximum of 1 to 5 "Life Source Essences," depending on the total of your main attributes.
Your main attributes are: Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence.
Your total main attributes: 3200 points.
Tip: You can absorb a maximum of 5 "Life Source Essences"!
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The "Life Source" accumulated by [Life Source Monarch] had reached 100% and successfully formed a "Life Source Essence." Su Xiao tried to release it.
[You have obtained Life Source Essence (Permanent Enhancement Item).]
Su Xiao tried to absorb the [Life Source Essence] in his hand. His primordial life force merged into it, causing the [Life Source Essence] to gradually dissolve. It first merged into his palm, then flowed throughout his body.
Arriving at the train's bedroom, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the carpet and meditated. Time passed minute by minute. The antique clock that Amu had adjusted emitted a faint clicking, clicking mechanical sound. Not only was it not irritating, but it also brought inner peace, as if one could feel the passage of time. No wonder Amu liked antique clocks so much. When adjusted well, the mechanical sound they produced not only aided sleep but also felt like a prelude to time.
A few hours later, Su Xiao opened his eyes and slowly exhaled. The [Life Source Essence] didn't immediately increase his Health Points by 200,000; it would gradually increase over the following days.
Once this enhancement was complete, Su Xiao's Health Points would reach 4.33 million. There was still a distance to 5.5 million, but it wasn't far off.
[Tip: Title reforging successful. You have obtained the Enlightenment Sprout (★) title.]
[Enlightenment Sprout]
Origin: Void Tree.
Quality: ★
Category: Title.
Title Potential: 100% (Extremely Rare).
Title Effect: When performing potion concoction, success rate is slightly increased.
Description: The pinnacle lies within.
Selling Price: Cannot be sold.
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Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao was surprised. For a moment, he even felt there might be a trick. He began to wonder if his luck had been sabotaged by Shenfu or the Platinum Apostle. After thinking it over and feeling this was unlikely, he became convinced that he had just had a stroke of good luck.
[Title Chest (★★★★★)]
Use Effect: Upon opening, you can obtain 1 specified trait 1-star title (this is a full potential title).
Stock Quantity: 8 (Unlimited exchange quantity).
Exchange Price: 500,000 Hunter Gold Coins.
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This was the method of hard-saving Hunter Gold Coins to obtain a full potential 1-star title. This situation of making a net profit of 499,800 Hunter Gold Coins was indeed Su Xiao's first encounter, and he felt a bit unaccustomed to it.
Bubu Wang's dog head came over, poking through from under Su Xiao's right armpit, looking at the title floating in front. Baha landed on Su Xiao's shoulder. Beini was lying on her exclusive special seat, which was Su Xiao's head, also looking at the [Enlightenment Sprout] title.
"A 1-star title, no need to all stare at it," said Fenni, who had mixed herself a fruit drink. She could tell the star rating of [Enlightenment Sprout] at a glance.
"Full potential titles, aren't they rare?" Baha grabbed [Enlightenment Sprout], observing its details, and found the title felt a bit heavier.
"There really are full potential titles? I've obtained at least a few thousand various titles, and not one has been full potential." Fenni also came over to observe [Enlightenment Sprout] together. She then asked, "How did you do it?"
Baha didn't speak, seeking Su Xiao's permission. Seeing Su Xiao's silent consent, it said, "Authority, Title Reforging."
"What authority is that?"
"After Limit Forging a title 5 times, you can unlock this authority."
"Sorry for bothering~. By the way, Bai Ye, how high is your Charm attribute? You actually have enough titles to achieve Limit Forging 5 times? I think this is a rumor."
"This..." Baha didn't dare to say this time. Obviously, the question of how high the Charm was couldn't be answered.
"Negative 30." Su Xiao didn't mind. His Charm attribute being known by the team's healer was fine.
"What?" Fenni didn't understand for a moment.
"Charm, negative 30."
"?"
Fenni looked at Su Xiao in shock. The juice in her straw even flowed back. She swallowed the juice in her mouth and asked, "If I'm not misunderstanding, you're saying your Charm attribute is -30 points."
"..."
"Strange knowledge increases again."
"..."
Ignoring Fenni, Su Xiao opened the Title Shop and exchanged for a [Title Chest (★★★)].
[To open Title Chest (★★★), you need to select the type of title to be obtained.]
[You have selected Devouring Type title.]
[You have obtained Nurturer.]
[Nurturer]
Origin: Void Tree.
Quality: ★★★★★★★★★
Category: Title.
Title Effect: Devour/Nurture (Passive). Devour a title to gestate it. The gestated title will gradually increase in grade until it reaches the same star rating as this title.
Tip: After completing this title gestation, this title will shatter.
Description: Devour, nurture, grow, mature, break the cocoon.
Selling Price: Cannot be traded.
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Su Xiao had obtained this type of devouring title before, namely [Holy Feast] and [Dream Chaser]. He activated the ability of [Nurturer]. This title turned into a gel-like substance and used it to wrap [Enlightenment Sprout].
This enhancement was faster than expected. About two hours later, when the stay time in this world was about to end, the enhancement was complete. But this was not the final product. He opened the Forging Disc, embedded 5 nine-star attribute-less titles around the edge, then embedded the enhanced main title in the center, aiming for "Limit Forge · 1 Time."
After doing this, Su Xiao felt a transmission sensation. The next second, he was in a pitch-black space.
[Tip: This round of the Battle Royale has ended. The third round of the Battle Royale is expected to start in 3 minutes and 29 seconds.]
[Location for this round of the Battle Royale: Cursed Land.]
[Battle Royale Content: Exploration, Competition, Survival, Death, Accumulation.]
[Due to the particularity of this world (Cursed Land), a settlement will be conducted at the end of this world. The settlement reward will be Space-Time Power corresponding to your "Comprehensive Evaluation" rank. Your single longest survival time in this round, number of deaths, accumulated combat strength, number of "Shattered Origins" obtained, number of Cursed Ones killed, number of powerful enemies killed, number of times the Eternal Bell was rung, etc., will all determine the final score.]
[Among the above factors, the single longest survival time, number of deaths, and number of "Shattered Origins" obtained are the key judgment contents. An increase in the number of deaths will significantly lower the comprehensive score.]
[Tip: The total settlement reward for this round of the Battle Royale is 50,000 ounces of Space-Time Power (provided 20% each by Apocalypse Paradise, Death Paradise, Sanctuary Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, and Watchful Paradise). This is the reward that participants should rightfully obtain during the mid-phase of an Absolute Strength level World Battle Royale.]
[A total of eight small teams, with an estimated 40 members, will obtain these 50,000 ounces of Space-Time Power based on their respective settlement scores in this round. The comprehensive score ranges from E- to S+. The higher the score, the more Space-Time Power will be obtained.]
[This time, priority is given to high-scoring participants for distribution. After the first-place participant with the highest score is distributed, the remaining Space-Time Power from the previous distribution will be distributed sequentially according to the score ranking.]
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This scoring mechanism was particularly ruthless. For example, if someone got the highest score, S+, and became first place, they might get 40% of the 50,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, which is 20,000 ounces.
For the second place, even if they got an S score, they could get 30%, which would be 30,000 ounces × 30% = 9,000 ounces. For the third place with an S- score, it would be 21,000 ounces × 20% = 4,200 ounces. By the time it reached the top ten, the distribution would be even less.
However, this scoring mechanism was puzzling. The number of "Shattered Origins" obtained was easy to understand, but what was the situation with "single longest survival time" and "number of deaths"? It seemed that dying in this world was quite normal, while surviving from start to finish with one life was particularly rare.
The fluctuation of the transmission appeared again. Su Xiao felt extreme fatigue and fell into a deep sleep as the transmission ended. He didn't know how long had passed when he got up from the bed. The spring bed beneath him let out a creak. Although it was a bit old, it was still sleepable. The bedding was washed to a grayish white but was clean. The lighting in the room was somewhat dim, the yellowish bulb seeming underpowered.
The curtains on both windows were tightly drawn. The room felt like a combination of a bedroom and a workshop. The ceiling was slightly higher than an average residence, reaching 4.5 meters. The area was about 60 square meters, more than half of which was occupied by a very large machine. This machine was against the opposite wall, covered with various cables and arm-thick pipes, giving it a style that was both old-fashioned and full of black technology.
The front of the black-tech machine had a door valve that could be opened. Next to it was a palm print recognition device. Above it was a row of transistor-like glow lamps emitting an orange-yellow light, forming a string of numbers, which was Su Xiao's brand number.
He stepped forward to the huge machine. It had both a sense of black technology and a unique mechanical punk aesthetic. Su Xiao raised his hand and pressed it on the palm print recognition. Inside came the sound of gears clicking and turning.
[Control Terminal Activating...]
[Recognition complete. Activation successful.]
[User: Hunter · Su Xiao.]
[Remaining usable time: 12 natural days.]
[Spiritual carrier cannot be formed yet. It will take 1 hour and 6 minutes to complete this matching...]
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The prompt ended here. The double metal door valve in front opened, revealing a space of about four square meters. Inside was a metal recliner, with dense transmission lines connected to the bottom and back. Su Xiao stepped forward and lay back on the recliner. As the device activated, he occasionally felt subtle nerve sensations on his body; this was during the adaptation process.
Taking this opportunity, Su Xiao opened the prompt list. As soon as he entered this world, he had received a prompt, and now he had time to check it.
[Enlightenment Sprout has completed its enhancement.]
[You have obtained Pinnacle Work.]
[Pinnacle Work]
Origin: Void Tree.
Quality: ★★★★★★★★★
Limit Forge: Once.
Category: Rare · Title.
Title Effect 1: Pinnacle Art (Passive). When performing potion concoction, your state can surpass limits. There is a 100% probability of concocting a "Perfect" grade potion, a 55% probability of concocting a "Miracle" grade potion, and a 10% probability of concocting a "Pinnacle" grade potion.
Perfect Grade: On top of the potion's original best effect, additionally increase effect by 20%.
Miracle Grade: On top of the potion's original best effect, additionally increase effect by 40%.
Pinnacle Grade: On top of the potion's original best effect, additionally increase effect by 95%.
Tip: The above judgments are based on the highest quality (Eternal Grade potion) for calibration. If concocting lower quality potions, the above three tiers will bring higher proportional increases.
Title Effect 2: Surpass Self (Passive). If you successfully concoct an Eternal Grade "Pinnacle" grade potion, you will have a deeper understanding and feeling of your own Alchemy, allowing you to surpass the maximum level of Alchemy.
Tip: Each time you successfully concoct an Eternal Grade "Pinnacle" grade potion, your Alchemy has a 5% probability of permanently increasing by Lv.1.
Current Alchemy Level: Lv.95 (This is the conventional maximum level of Alchemy).
Tip: This ability can increase Alchemy up to Lv.100.
Description: There is always someone better. For a true Alchemy master, reaching the maximum level of Alchemy is just the beginning. The true secret is how high one can climb in the realm of limits.
Selling Price: Cannot be sold.
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It could only be said that this was worthy of a full potential title. If he later got some more nine-star attribute-less titles and raised this [Pinnacle Work] title to "Limit Forge · 2 Times," or even "Limit Forge · 3 Times," the boost to Alchemy would be immeasurable.
As for raising it to the highest level, that wasn't necessary. Raising this type of title to "Limit Forge · 3 Times" was a good choice.
Su Xiao closed the title list and checked other prompts. These prompts were more like an introduction to this world.
This world was called Cursed Land. As the name suggested, there were endless Cursed Ones here, as well as infinite unknowns for the participants to explore. The problem was that participants could not leave their safe zone, Yuhui Town. This town seemed dark, but in this land where curses spread, it was the only place where one could feel the faint light and the warmth of the flame.
[You have arrived at Cursed Land · Yuhui Town. You must abide by the following rules.]