This skill scroll wasn't very useful in Lin Jiu's hands, but if he encountered a suitable buyer, he could make a big profit. If not in urgent need of resources, he could keep it for now.
Subsequently, after praying a few times, Lin Jiu opened another random skill scroll from the chest dropped by Muzan Kibutsuji.
[Two-in-One]
Quality: Blue
Type: Active Skill
Learning Conditions: 10 Intelligence, 13 Stamina.
Skill Effect: Consumes 10% mana to form a life link with a team member. As long as one party's health is not depleted, neither will die. (Duration: 10 minutes, Cooldown: 1 natural day.)
Rating: 60
Description: Sister, you are my most precious treasure... Brother, someone is bullying me!
Price: 9,000 Paradise Coins.
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This skill came from Upper Moon Six, filling the gap left when Upper Moon Six didn't drop a chest earlier. This skill was worth it.
For a lone wolf like Lin Jiu, it wasn't very useful, but for adventure teams, it had great potential. If given to the main tank to use, connecting the tank to the healer in the back not only improved the healer's survival ability but healing oneself would also heal the main tank.
"Keep it and fleece a suitable adventure team when the time comes."
Lin Jiu chuckled softly, tossing the skill scroll into his storage space.
Lin Jiu checked and saw that he had 45 hours left in Paradise. There was still much to do, so he didn't linger in his exclusive space but headed towards a mechanized street where most shops were run by craftsmen like blacksmiths and gun repair specialists.
Repairing a green weapon didn't have high requirements. In the Demon Slayer world, [Flame Sun] was difficult to repair because the blacksmiths in the Swordsmith Village mainly focused on forging swords. Apart from the current village chief who created [Flame Sun], others didn't understand gun structures.
On this mechanical street, almost any shop could repair it. Lin Jiu randomly entered a shop with a large gear on its sign.
"Hello, are you here to buy a gun? The guns here are well-maintained!"
The young worker greeting him had dark circles under his eyes, looking like a panda. He forced himself to stay energetic as he spoke to Lin Jiu.
"Gun repair."
Lin Jiu was satisfied with this state; clearly, this was a young worker obsessed with playing with guns. Seeing the light in the other's eyes when he took [Flame Sun], Lin Jiu was even more pleased.
"What an interesting structure, the creator is quite intriguing! It's truly unique!" the young worker exclaimed.
How could it not be unique? It was made by a blacksmith from a sword-forging background.
"How long will it take?"
Lin Jiu asked.
"It will take three days. The structure is unique, 4,000 Paradise Coins," the young worker said after examining and observing it.
Lin Jiu nodded, paid a deposit of 2,000 Paradise Coins, left the mechanical street, and headed to his next destination, that wicked Equipment Enhancement Hall!
Entering the Equipment Enhancement Hall, he saw a vast, open hall of several thousand square meters. The hall was splendid and bright, with precision machines embedded in the walls along the edges.
Lin Jiu walked up to one of the machines. It looked somewhat like an enlarged vending machine, but much more sophisticated, without buttons, and with a display screen as the control panel.
[Welcome to Equipment Enhancement Machine No. 2074.]
[Checking enhancement records, enhancement record is empty]
[Beginning explanation of equipment enhancement matters.]
[Equipment enhancement is a form of amplification for equipment, with enhancement effects determined based on the equipment's original effects.]
[Blah blah blah...]
After reading a bunch of notices about equipment enhancement, Lin Jiu placed his hand on the display screen, and the enhancement machine reacted.
[Remaining Paradise Coins: 148,504. Please place the equipment to be enhanced.]
Steam hissed from both sides of the enhancement machine, and a heavy metal tray appeared. Lin Jiu first placed the accessory [Awakening Stone] on the metal tray in front of him, which then retracted into the enhancement machine.
[Equipment check in progress... Check complete, each enhancement costs 1,200 Paradise Coins.]
[Enhancement starting, please wait for five minutes...]
The enhancement machine began working, with impressive sounds coming from inside, seemingly performing complex operations. Occasionally, the sizzling sound of electricity could be heard. Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye!
[Awakening Stone] +1 showed no changes, so Lin Jiu enhanced it two more times. At [Awakening Stone] +3, changes appeared.
Effect: Awakening (Active), after activating this effect, conduct an enemy-self intelligence judgment. If successful, ignore control skills for 4 (3+1) seconds (cannot be immune to control if the control skill quality exceeds the equipment by more than one tier).
The control immunity time increased by one second, meaning a greater chance of survival. Spending 8,400 Paradise Coins, Lin Jiu enhanced the [Awakening Stone] to +5, with the control immunity time reaching 5 seconds.
After removing the [Awakening Stone] +5, Lin Jiu placed the weapon [Dawn Shadow] on the tray, and a prompt appeared.
[Enhancement cost is 2,500 Paradise Coins each time, enhance Yes/No.]
[Dawn Shadow +1 successful.]
[Dawn Shadow +2 successful.]
[Dawn Shadow +2 failed!]
[Dawn Shadow +3 successful.]
[Dawn Shadow +4 successful.]
[Dawn Shadow +4 failed!]
[Dawn Shadow +5 successful.]
Lin Jiu stopped the machine but didn't intend to stop enhancing it. Instead, he took out five Star Dust ores and placed them on the tray. For enhancing blue quality items, one Star Dust increased the enhancement probability by 1%, so five increased it by 5%.
[Dawn Shadow +6 successful.]
Breathing a sigh of relief, Lin Jiu placed another six Star Dust ores on the tray and started the enhancement machine.
[Dawn Shadow +7 successful.]
A total of 22,500 Paradise Coins were spent, plus six Star Dust ores to increase the enhancement probability, finally enhancing the weapon to +7. At this point, the attributes of [Dawn Shadow] had made a significant leap
[Dawn Shadow +7]
Origin: Demon Slayer - Swordsmith Village
Quality: Blue
Durability: 65/65
Attack Power: 31-55 (increased by 12-20)
Equipment Requirements: 12 Strength, 10 Agility
Rating: 60
Equipment Effect: Demon Slaying. Sharpness +8
Additional Attribute: Light Shadow. Sword swing speed +15%.
Description: When happiness is destroyed, the scent of fresh blood always lingers. Even if my body perishes, I will slay the evil demons! I will become the dawn, illuminating the earth!
Trade Price: 7,000 Paradise Coins.
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Lin Jiu gently swung [Dawn Shadow] a couple of times, feeling as if it was cutting through the air. Having been fined once before, Lin Jiu resisted the urge to perform a slash and put [Dawn Shadow] away.
Before placing the [Fighting Demon] on the tray, Lin Jiu suddenly realized that if he were to fight Su Xiao now, he might have a better chance of winning. Although his technique was inferior, the equipment advantage in this early stage completely made up for it. Thanks to the generous Violator No. 13521, and a bit of simple tricks!
Lin Jiu then shook his head. Why keep thinking about crossing swords with that guy? He was just trying to survive in this Paradise full of lunatics. What bad intentions could a good student like him have?
He decided to enhance the [Fighting Demon] to +5 using Paradise Coins first, then use Star Dust ores for further enhancement. Unfortunately, luck wasn't on his side this time. It failed once and dropped back to 0. He had to start enhancing again, but luckily Lin Jiu was wealthy enough. To be safe, he spent the remaining Star Dust ores to enhance the [Fighting Demon] to +6.
[Fighting Demon +6]
Origin: Demon Slayer
Quality: Blue
Category: Armguard
Durability: 55/55
Equipment Requirements: 15 Strength, 13 Agility.
Equipment Effect: Will of the Strong (Passive), for every 15% HP lost, Strength +1, Agility +1. (3 seconds of invincibility when entering a near-death state!)
Note: This effect allows the wearer to ignore the near-death state.
Rating: 70
Description: I will become stronger than anyone, even if I'm already dead!
Trade Price: 7,000 Paradise Coins.
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Enhancing these pieces of equipment cost Lin Jiu 72,900 Paradise Coins, leaving him with just over 85,000 of his original 150,000 Paradise Coins. Lin Jiu also enhanced the [Hunter's Leather Armor], which he hadn't used much, as he would need it for hunting Violators in the early stages.
[Hunter's Leather Armor +5]
Origin: Hunter x Hunter
Quality: Green
Category: Cloth Armor
Durability: 42/55
Defense: 10 (increased by 5)
Equipment Requirements: 8 Stamina, 10 Agility
Equipment Effect: Hunt, and track the location of creatures whose scent you've captured (5-hour cooldown).
Rating: 25
Description: You can start running now, I've already memorized your scent. No matter where you are, you can't escape an old hunter's pursuit!
Price: 2,500 Paradise Coins.
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The +5 enhancement all went into defense, just making it more durable. This defense was still inferior to a slightly better unenhanced green-quality leather armor.
However, making the Hunter's Leather Armor more durable was enough. Lin Jiu was just worried about the armor getting damaged during the pursuit process.
Lin Jiu had over 70,000 Paradise Coins left, which was insufficient to buy soul crystals, so he kept them to purchase recovery items, enhance [Flame Sun], and buy special bullets before the next derivative world began.
Lin Jiu then went to the training ground to use the real combat mode, spending an hour mastering his current combat power. Afterward, he headed to the arena, as the title of Arena King was worth pursuing.
The arena was a tall building that Lin Jiu quickly found. This building was even more magnificent than the Attribute Enhancement Hall, and from the outside, one couldn't tell how big the arena was.