148: Chapter 148: Frenzied Spending, the God-Slaying Spear and the Resurrection Ring Get Insanely Enhanced!

Inside the forging room.

Lu Chen closed his eyes and focused, his body surrounded by brilliant streaming light; that was caused by the equipment effects.

Floating before him was a dark red spear—the god-slaying spear.

The spear body was mottled with faint cracks, yet it radiated a heart-stopping, fierce might.

"Let's begin!"

With a thought, the strengthening Forbidden Spell panel appeared:

[Name: Heavenly Quench Divine Reinforcement]

[Level: SSS-Rank Forbidden Spell]

[Rank: Rank 6]

[Effect: Absolute Strengthening, Strengthening Breakthrough, Group Strengthening]

Lu Chen's gaze was like lightning; he pressed his right hand into the air, using legendary-grade strengthening stones one after another. The strengthening Forbidden Spell runes poured into the god-slaying spear like a surging galaxy!

"Hum—!"

The spear body trembled, and Divine Light burst forth!

[Ding, strengthening successful, +1 strengthening!]

[Ding, strengthening successful, +2 strengthening!]

...

[Ding, strengthening successful, +10 strengthening!]

Ten consecutive System notifications, smooth and fluid, utterly satisfying!

Before +10, the success rate of the strengthening Forbidden Spell was +50%, and when combined with the +50% success rate of the legendary strengthening stones, a one-hundred-percent success rate was guaranteed.

But what followed was the real challenge.

Starting from +11, the success rate decreased progressively; once it failed, the equipment would shatter and vanish into nothingness!

Lu Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

This god-slaying spear was his strongest weapon currently, and furthermore, it was a growth-type Divine Artifact that could consume Divine blood to advance; if it shattered, the loss would be immeasurable.

"System store."

A thought flashed through his mind: "Search for anti-shattering items."

Swish, the list popped up:

[Name: Strengthening Protection Scroll]

[Level: SSS]

[Effect: 100% anti-shattering, but the strengthening Rank resets to zero upon failure!]

The corners of Lu Chen's mouth curled up.

"Reset to zero? It doesn't matter, I have plenty of strengthening stones to pile back up! Purchase protection scrolls, combine with the legendary luck talisman—continue strengthening!"

Without hesitation, he activated [Heavenly Quench Divine Reinforcement] again, the Forbidden Spell runes glowing like molten metal, pouring into the spear body once more!

[Ding, strengthening successful, +11 strengthening!]

[Ding, strengthening successful, +12 strengthening!]

...

[Ding, strengthening successful, +20 strengthening!]

By +20, the success rate had plummeted to 1%!

Lu Chen's gaze was firm; without hesitation, he said: "Continue!"

[Ding—strengthening failed! Strengthening Protection Scroll triggered, equipment remains intact, strengthening Rank reset to zero!]

The light of the god-slaying spear dimmed, and the strengthening Rank instantly reset to zero.

Lu Chen took a deep breath, but a stronger Battle Intent ignited in his eyes.

"Again!"

He had the System store, where all items were supplied infinitely for 1 gold coin, but the process of strengthening was still tormenting.

Success after success, failure after failure leading to resets, and then piling it back up again and again...

He finally understood why ordinary class-changers viewed strengthening as a nightmare, and why equipment above +15 was considered astronomical in price!

But this only further ignited his obsession.

"Today, I, Lu Chen, will definitely pay to get you to +99!"

Concentrating on strengthening, he lost track of time. Finally!

[Ding! Strengthening successful, god-slaying spear strengthened to +99! Base attributes +990%!]

"It's done!!"

Divine light surged in Lu Chen's eyes as he grabbed the spear body!

The humming sound shook the Void Realm, and the god-slaying spear was completely renewed; brilliant golden patterns flowed across the dark red spear body, as if it were breathing with life!

He immediately checked the attributes of the god-slaying spear:

[Name: god-slaying spear · Damaged]

[Status: Severely Damaged (Repairable)]

[Strengthening: +99]

[Base Attribute Increase: +990%]

[Absolute Penetration: Ignores 50% of target's defense]

[Strength Resonance: +3600 (Increases to +35640 after strengthening bonus)]

Terrifying!

The strength attribute had increased by nearly ten times!

Lu Chen's heartbeat accelerated, and without hesitation, he continued to strengthen his other equipment!

All Rank 6 legendary abyss gear was strengthened to +50! The legendary medal was strengthened to +50!

Even the resurrection ring, which had no base attribute bonuses and only a resurrection effect, was forcefully smashed to +50 just for the sake of appearance!

Next was equipment enchanting—

[Name: Heavenly Equipment Divine Enchantment]

[Level: SSS-Rank Forbidden Spell]

[Effect: Absolute Enchantment, Enchantment Breakthrough, Group Enchantment!]

Enchanting could also reach +99, and it also carried the risk of failure and shattering. But the store also had [Enchantment Protection Scrolls].

Lu Chen first targeted the resurrection ring.

"The resurrection ring must be fully enchanted! I want to see just how Heaven-Defying a +99 resurrection effect can be!"

Boom!! The Forbidden Spell rose again, Enchantment Divine Stones were continuously melted, light flickered unsteadily; he didn't know how many times it had failed, how many times it had reset to zero... Finally!

[Ding! resurrection ring enchanted to +99! Obtained Enchantment Halo, equipment effects +990%!]

A layer of holy halo floated on the surface of the resurrection ring, flowing as if it were alive.

Lu Chen immediately checked:

[Name: resurrection ring]

[Strengthening: +50]

[Enchantment: +99]

[Rank: ???]

[Status: Bound (Never Drops)]

[Effect: Infinite Resurrection, Unique; triggers upon death, allows choosing resurrection in place, or choosing to resurrect at any other coordinate within the map. After resurrection, HP and status are fully restored, all negative effects on the body are cleared, and a 3-second invincibility effect is obtained; after invincibility ends, it enters a 3-second cooldown.]

[Hidden Mechanism: If no choice is made after 10 minutes, it will force a random resurrection!]

"Good!!"

Lu Chen couldn't help but cheer! Designated coordinate resurrection + 3 seconds of invincibility, the strengthened effect was too awesome!

Immediately after, he invested in enchanting again, pushing the god-slaying spear to +99 as well!

The spear body roared again, blood-colored Divine Light shot into the sky, and the equipment effect panel refreshed violently:

[Equipment Effects +990%]:

① Divinity Absorption (Passive): Consumes the divinity contained in the blood of deities to repair the spear body, and each 1% of divinity absorbed permanently increases all attributes by 5%.

② Divine Light Break (Active): Forcibly suppresses all of the target's buffs, recovery effects, and special statuses; for deity targets, it can also attach a [Divine Punishment] mark, increasing damage taken by +150%, lasting 10 minutes, cooldown: 120 minutes.

"5%... to all attributes!"

Lu Chen's breath hitched.

This magnitude of improvement was simply shocking!

He still had three drops of Divine blood in his inventory; if he let the spear absorb them... But he forcefully suppressed the urge.

"The god-slaying spear is currently still Rank 5; if its Rank skyrockets after absorbing the Divine blood and exceeds the Rank 6 usage limit, that would truly be shooting myself in the foot."

"Wait until Rank 7!"

Finally, he enchanted all his equipment to +50.

After completing everything, Lu Chen put everything back on.

The attribute panel refreshed with a boom:

[HP: 174264300]

[MP: 123124500]

[Attack: 254018808]

[Defense: 50785596 Physical Defense / 50234796 Magic Defense]

At this moment, Lu Chen felt his entire body's strength surging like the sea.

"With my current attributes... even if an Rank 8 big shot activates their Domain, I can fight them head-on with my multiple trump cards! It won't be a problem!"

Just as he was filled with heroic spirit, his communicator rang; it was his father, Lu Sen: "Son, Ouyang Su, one of The Five Elders, has arrived outside Linjiang City."

A sharp glint flashed in Lu Chen's eyes.

"Good!"

"I will go meet him right now."

He did not choose to meet inside the city.

Because once a fight broke out, it would surely be earth-shattering, and civilians would inevitably suffer heavy casualties!

The next moment, he took a step out, his figure streaking across the sky like a meteor, heading straight for outside the city. The wind whistled, and Battle Intent burned in his eyes.

"The Five Elders... let you all come and test this Rank 6 strongest attribute that I've piled up with millions of gold coins!!"