39: Crazy smelting, combat power surges

Next, Ye Xiao tried to incinerate the Goblin Elite Staff a second time.

Unfortunately, the Smelting Furnace could only incinerate an item once.

However, with the experiment on the Goblin Elite Staff,

Ye Xiao now understood that the Smelting Furnace's effect wouldn't destroy the equipment; it merely added an extra smelting attribute to it.

He was completely relieved.

The Goblin set he wore was Level 10 equipment.

Given his current level and the monsters he faced, the set's attributes were already negligible.

However, due to his combat power reaching a terrifying realm with the help of his Mythical Grade Talent,

he wasn't in a hurry to upgrade his equipment.

But now with the Smelting Furnace, he could upgrade his equipment.

After all, there was no cost involved.

Of course, what he valued most was naturally the incineration effect on his two Mythical Grade pieces of equipment.

After all, these two Mythical Grade items greatly boosted Ye Xiao's combat power.

First, the necklace.

Effect Two alone had given Ye Xiao over 120,000 HP.

Ye Xiao didn't believe any other equipment could replace it.

Therefore, he also highly valued its incineration effect.

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【Ding! You have incinerated the endless chain of life (Mythical) using the Smelting Furnace. The equipment has been enhanced.】

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Seeing the prompt and feeling the warmth emanating from the necklace,

Ye Xiao's expression showed a hint of apprehension.

He took a deep breath.

Then, he checked it.

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【endless chain of life (Mythical)】

【All Attributes +20】

【Smelting Effect: Increases the projectile speed of all Fire-type skills.】

【Effect One: All your Professional skills gain 100 additional damage.】

【Effect Two: For every skill you possess, your maximum HP increases by 200.】

【Wearing Level: Level 10】

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The moment Ye Xiao saw the smelting effect, he was a little surprised.

This smelting effect didn't substantially increase his skill damage.

But then he thought, this enhancement was still quite powerful.

He hadn't forgotten that not long ago, when fighting Snow Phoenix,

due to the long distance,

she had evaded his Fireball's pursuit several times.

Now, with the increased projectile speed of Fire-type skills, it was equivalent to indirectly increasing his skill's hit rate.

In other words, when facing highly mobile targets in the future,

Ye Xiao would find it easier to kill them, and he wouldn't have to expose his whereabouts to the enemy's sight as before.

This would significantly improve his overall combat effectiveness.

After realizing this, Ye Xiao was quite pleased.

Next, Ye Xiao took out another Mythical Grade item—the ring of plague origin.

He began to anticipate what kind of surprise the ring of plague origin would bring him.

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【Ding! You have incinerated the ring of plague origin (Mythical) using the Smelting Furnace. The equipment has been enhanced.】

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The moment the incineration ended,

Ye Xiao immediately checked it.

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【ring of plague origin (Mythical)】

【Agility +70】

【Intelligence +50】

【Smelting Effect: Your skills have a 30% chance to trigger Double Casting.】

【Effect One: All poison effects you inflict on targets are doubled.】

【Effect Two: When your HP drops to 20%, absorb poison statuses from enemies. Each stack restores 3% of your maximum HP.】

【Wearing Level: Level 20】

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Ye Xiao was slightly stunned.

Then he understood the meaning of this smelting effect.

Double Casting?

It wasn't that the effect wasn't strong.

For an ordinary person, having a 30% chance of Double Casting

would undoubtedly be a significant boost to their combat power.

However, his Fireball could instantly cast 50 projectiles at once.

This Double Casting would only add one more, and with only a 30% chance.

It left Ye Xiao feeling somewhat underwhelmed.

Although he was a little disappointed, it was an extra effect after all.

He didn't dwell on it too much.

Then he incinerated the remaining 5 Goblin equipment pieces.

Perhaps due to the equipment quality or different equipment slots,

the smelting effects of the remaining 5 pieces of equipment didn't shock Ye Xiao again.

Aside from the Goblin Elite Ring providing Ye Xiao with a 10% Fire-type damage bonus,

the remaining four items—the clothes, gauntlets, waistguard, and shoes—all had the same smelting effect: an increase of 500 Fire Resistance.

A total increase of 2000 points.

Ye Xiao's total Fire Resistance also reached 19584 points.

This number was quite terrifying.

After completing all of this,

Ye Xiao put all his equipment back on.

Then he began to ponder, perhaps it was time to change his equipment.

However, his current level was a bit awkward.

Although his level already far surpassed other newcomers in his batch,

he didn't know how to choose Level 50 equipment.

Choosing ordinary equipment seemed to offer him little improvement.

As for expensive ones, he wasn't sure if he could afford them.

Even if he could, Ye Xiao wouldn't waste money on them.

After all, his leveling speed was a bit too fast.

It wouldn't be long before he underwent his second advancement.

Between each advancement of Professionals, there wasn't just a difference in the number of attribute points gained.

At the same time, equipment from different advancements offered vastly different levels of improvement to Professionals.

This was also why Bai Xiaoxiao was so shocked when she received the equipment gifted to her by Bai Shanhe at the beginning.

Just as Ye Xiao was weighing his options,

he suddenly remembered the previous world announcement.

That's right!

Path of Exile had a points ranking board.

The 1st place had a chance to open high-quality equipment, and even growth-type equipment.

Historically, many people had opened Legendary Grade equipment, and there were even precedents of opening Mythical Grade equipment.

If he could take first place on the points board, wouldn't that solve his equipment problem?

As for whether he could take first place,

Ye Xiao wasn't too worried.

With his current strength, let alone competing with newcomers of the same level,

even Professionals in the beginner area would find it impossible to defeat him.

Ye Xiao now had full confidence in dominating any Professional below Level 150.

As for what grade of equipment he could open after taking first place on the points board,

Ye Xiao was even less worried.

After all, his drop rate was 5 times that of a normal person.

Even with the worst luck, it would at least be a Legendary Grade item.

However, to ensure foolproof success,

after he went out, he would first increase his item drop rate again.

At this moment,

Ye Xiao once again marveled at the convenience brought by the Infinite Skill Bar.

He could supplement whatever he lacked.

It was simply too overpowered.

Just then, with the death of the Lava Behemoth,

the scene before him suddenly changed.

The next moment, Ye Xiao found himself inside a cave.

At the same time, no new monsters appeared.

This left Ye Xiao a little disappointed.

After all, to become a Fusion Mage, he needed at least three Elemental Essences.

Although he had unexpectedly obtained a Fire Elemental Essence, he still had no idea how to acquire other Elemental Essences.

This left Ye Xiao feeling somewhat lost.