41: Chapter 41: The Powerful Upgradable Weapon Unleashed! My Sword Has No Limits!

Zhang Jian thought a lot.

Currently, it was already very difficult to improve using conventional methods.

As the primary source of his attack power.

This excellence weapon could grow and evolve.

If he first raised his own Rank, the weapon's Rank would also evolve to the limit of what could be equipped.

According to the prompts above, the potential increase was quite significant.

Most importantly.

Originally, the level-skipping bonus provided a huge boost to the progress of affixes.

However, after exceeding Rank 15, once the number of monsters killed reached 10,240, it was no longer a direct doubling, but just an addition of multiples.

As Zhang Jian had previously thought, it was impossible to farm hundreds of thousands or even millions of affix progress points at once by skipping 20 Ranks.

The previous approach of getting stuck at Rank 5 to maximize benefits was no longer necessary.

He shared his thoughts, and they received Wang Fei's approval.

"Brother Jian, whatever you say, I'll do it!"

"Although getting experience by skipping Ranks was satisfying, we were really looked down upon by those snobbish jerks."

"Now that we've maxed out our Ranks, we'll blind their dog eyes!"

Although they had decided to level up, the two did not do so blindly.

Leveling up would automatically restore full health and mana, adjusting their state to the best condition.

This had to be utilized well!

Wave 24.

Facing 30 Rank 21 Sharp-toothed Flame Rats.

Zhang Jian first used [Whirlwind Sword Slash] normally.

-399! -399! -614! (Critical Hit) -614! (Critical Hit) ...

Although only three critical hits occurred.

But one had to know, these were Rank 21 monsters, a full 16 Ranks higher than Zhang Jian.

Each critical hit accumulated 17% of the affix progress.

Therefore, just one skill release accumulated a full 51% of the progress.

Zhang Jian felt determined and encouraged himself.

Come on!

Seeing that the skill cooldown had just ended, he immediately released it again.

His mana was completely depleted.

The monsters in the middle remained unmoved, and their health had only gone down by a small fraction.

But Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged, because the critical hit affix had already reached 100%.

He just didn't have the mana to release it.

He immediately chose to level up.

A golden light flashed by.

"You have reached Rank 6."

"All your attributes +1, you have gained 5 free attribute points."

"Under the effect of [Class Growth Mastery], you have gained 0.5% critical hit rate and 1% critical hit damage."

He had long since accumulated a massive amount of kill counts and experience points.

With a flash of light, the weapon automatically leveled up to Rank 6.

Zhang Jian looked at the flashing critical hit affix, didn't even bother adding points, and immediately rushed to the front of the monsters.

[Whirlwind Sword Slash]!

-6866! -6866! -6866! ...

The damage increased significantly, but the monsters were still alive.

Zhang Jian was not discouraged; instead, he waited until his mana was just enough for 80 points and continued to release it.

-6866! -6866! -6866!

"They're still not dead!"

Wang Fei exclaimed, his eyes full of worry.

Zhang Jian gritted his teeth, "Then we continue!"

He consumed experience again and chose to level up.

This time.

He paused for a moment.

He first added all 10 accumulated free attribute points to Strength.

Only then did he calmly make his move.

Fortunately.

Under the two [Whirlwind Sword Slash] attacks after this level up, the accumulated damage finally cleared the monsters' health bars.

Nearly sixteen monsters fell to the ground one after another.

But there were still fourteen monsters remaining, still alive, and they came charging at him, screaming and brandishing their chainsaws.

Zhang Jian frowned.

Utilizing the same tactic as before, after leveling up once more.

He released [Whirlwind Sword Slash] three times in total, and with the help of [Sword Qi Slash] he managed to kill the monsters one by one.

Although he successfully repelled this wave of monsters and defended the furnace.

Zhang Jian couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Even though his attack power was increasing along with the weapon's improvement.

But after the monsters passed Rank 20, the increase in their health had clearly stepped up a level.

It was no longer possible to kill them easily, let alone one-shot them with skills.

Don't look at how he just used the state recovery from leveling up to deal with the monsters one after another.

But during the battle.

These Sharp-toothed Flame Rats, which didn't seem like much in the 4th, 5th, 14th, and 15th waves, had their attack power increased much more than before.

Even their attack range had increased.

After a few monsters ran out of Zhang Jian's monster-pulling formation, they unleashed a barrage of small fireballs at the furnace.

In just a few hits, they knocked off thousands of points of health from the furnace.

If it weren't for [Molten Shield] having been upgraded to Rank 3 by Zhang Jian, with extremely high recovery efficiency.

For an average team, they would probably already be getting a headache.

And the number of these monsters in the next wave would increase.

In Wave 26, there would even be a boss monster.

According to previous experience, it had a skill that would assist and speed up the Sharp-toothed Flame Rats.

By then, dozens of monsters that couldn't be easily one-shot would be firing at the furnace from a distance.

It probably wouldn't take a few seconds before the furnace was breached.

Zhang Jian had a headache.

Could it be that the tactic he imagined wouldn't work after all?

He felt somewhat helpless.

Forget it, he might as well max out his Rank and weapon; every little bit of improvement helped.

"You have reached Rank 9."

"All your attributes +1, you have gained 5 free attribute points."

"Under the effect of [Class Growth Mastery], you have gained 0.5% critical hit rate and 1% critical hit damage."

After leveling up, Zhang Jian subconsciously picked up his weapon.

He wanted to see what the weapon looked like after reaching Rank 9.

But a prompt popped up in front of him first.

"You have continuously upgraded a growth weapon, [King of Affixes] has been successfully activated, and you have obtained the achievement affix [My Sword, Limitless]!"

Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.

This also has an affix?

He immediately looked at the attributes of the new affix.

[My Sword, Limitless] (excellence)

When you possess a growth-type sword weapon, you will break through the restriction that the weapon's Rank cannot exceed the character's Rank, and you can forcibly increase the weapon's Rank by consuming double the kill count requirement and five times the experience requirement.

Current quality forced upgrade attempts: 3 times + Rank / 10

(Upgrade affix attempts remaining: Forced upgrade 0 / 1 time)

After seeing this effect, Zhang Jian almost drooled.

Exciting!

He immediately chose to force the upgrade.

"You consumed 1200 kill counts and 30,000 experience points, [endless devourer] has been upgraded to Rank 10."

Success!

Zhang Jian picked up the weapon with trembling hands and checked it again.

[endless devourer] (Exclusive) Quality: excellence Rank requirement: 10 Attack power +100 (+100) Attack power +100 (+100) Attack power +20% (+15%) (Durability increase 100%) (+100%) Growth progress: 6672/1000 kills, 711538/10000 experience (Can increase 30% attributes) [Zhang Jian] Exclusive

So strong?

Zhang Jian opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a full dozen seconds.

He remembered very clearly.

Originally, at Rank 5, leveling up by 1 Rank only gave 8 points of damage.

And that was with full base attributes.

Even if it grew for 4 consecutive Ranks, it only increased from 40 to 72 points, an increase of only 32 points.

But now.

Just from Rank 9 to 10, it directly increased by 28 points of damage, which can be described as a leap-forward progress.

Not to mention.

After Rank 10, the attribute increase magnitude also went from 20% to 30%.

Zhang Jian was energized and chose to continue upgrading.

"You consumed 2000 kill counts and 50,000 experience points, [endless devourer] has been upgraded to Rank 11."

"You consumed 4000 kill counts and 100,000 experience points, [endless devourer] has been upgraded to Rank 12."

[endless devourer] (Exclusive) Quality: excellence Rank requirement: 12 Attack power +160 (+160) Attack power +160 (+160) Attack power +32% (+24%) (Durability increase 100%) (+100%) Growth progress: 672/3000 kills, 661538/40000 experience (Can increase 30% attributes) [Zhang Jian] Exclusive

Although it only leveled up by 2 Ranks, the attributes skyrocketed again.

Also.

Just after the first forced upgrade, the affix had also been upgraded.

After the quality became Legendary, the number of times it could be upgraded became 5.

Theoretically.

It could be upgraded 2 more times.

The experience was enough, and he didn't care at all even about the five-fold requirement.

But the previously accumulated monster kill count was no longer enough.

Tiptap!

Another wave of monster attacks arrived.

The Sharp-toothed Flame Rats appeared in an orderly fashion, their crisp footsteps echoing.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Jian's mouth.

Little things, you've come at the right time!

[Sword Qi Slash]!

-1390! -8343! -13350! (Critical Hit) -8343! ...