Zhang Xiaoman's attention returned, and he looked at the upgrade function.
"Ah, right, where is the item after I upgraded just now?"
He suddenly remembered the bottle of Divine Grace.
Reaching into his pocket, Zhang Xiaoman felt a strange square object.
"Is this the Divine Grace?"
Looking at the square glass bottle in his hand, he became doubtful.
"Is this upgraded from that Holy Water I had?"
With a focused gaze, Zhang Xiaoman opened the attribute panel.
[Divine Grace]
——Extracted from the essence of Holy Water, it is the blessing of the Divine.
"It seems that it must be an advanced version of Holy Water, right? The power should also be greater..."
Zhang Xiaoman played with the square bottle in his hand.
This bottle was much more exquisite than the previous oval-shaped bottle used for the Holy Water, and it had strange patterns on it.
However, although its shape had changed, the total capacity hadn't increased—it was still only about 30 milliliters.
Moreover, since more than half of this bottle of Divine Grace had already been used up before upgrading, now less than a third was left.
"The previous Holy Water already had so much power, wouldn't this upgraded Divine Grace be even more miraculous?"
Zhang Xiaoman recalled the scene where the Holy Water corroded the Shadow Demon, and looking again at the Divine Grace in his hands, he made a plan.
"It seems I can keep this item as a trump card for now, but I wonder if it will be effective against all types of monsters."
Thinking this, he became a bit impatient.
Only by obtaining more types of Extraordinary Items, could he effectively ensure his own safety, as well as that of his family.
Looking at the remaining 52 points, Zhang Xiaoman carefully thought it through and made a plan for usage.
He tapped his finger, intending to continue with the upgrade.
"Upgrading randomly, please wait..."
"Upgrade complete! White tier item—hearthstone has been successfully upgraded to a white tier item—Swift Stone."
This time he randomly got a hearthstone!
"Swift Stone? But why is it still a white tier item after upgrading?"
Zhang Xiaoman looked at the result, somewhat surprised.
He quickly took out the upgraded hearthstone, intending to see what exactly had changed.
He saw that the hearthstone still had its original shape, but its overall size had shrunk by a significant amount, seeming only about half of its previous size.
Zhang Xiaoman held it in his hand again to take a closer look, and its attributes appeared in his eyes.
[Swift Stone]
Usage effect: After rubbing continuously for five seconds, it will teleport you back home.
Cooling time: 1 hour.
——Faster teleportation.
"This seems quite interesting..."
Zhang Xiaoman, looking at its attribute panel, couldn't help but feel a bit excited:
"The teleportation time has actually shortened, now it only takes 5 seconds!?"
He decided to try it out immediately.
He propped up the hearthstone with one hand and stretched out the other hand to start rubbing.
But just then, he stopped.
Only frowning and thinking for a moment, he withdrew one hand, holding the hearthstone in just one palm.
Yes, he was going to try the possibility of rubbing the hearthstone with one hand.
After all, the hearthstone was now much smaller, only about half its original size, and it could easily be held in one hand.
Zhang Xiaoman counted in his mouth, and his hand also began to move.
"One, two... five..."
As he counted to five, his figure instantly disappeared from beside the bedroom door and appeared on the bed.
"It worked! It really only takes 5 seconds!"
Zhang Xiaoman was thrilled.
At first, he felt that this upgrade was somewhat of a waste, after all, unlike Holy Water, the hearthstone didn't seem to directly enhance his combat ability.
But after the test just now, he had new ideas.
Holy Water was indeed powerful, but it couldn't necessarily get him out of danger when it really mattered.
The improved Teleportation speed of the Swift Stone, however, could greatly enhance his ability to survive.
If he had had this type of hearthstone back at the office, he might not have been nearly caught by the monster behind him.
"It's just too bad, I still don't know how to change the Teleportation destination of the hearthstone..."
Zhang Xiaoman shook his head, having tried many times, but still not knowing how to change the Teleportation location of the hearthstone.
In the game, players could simply talk to an NPC to change their desired teleportation destination, but obviously, an NPC wouldn't appear in reality to help him swap it.
After testing the capabilities of the new hearthstone, Zhang Xiaoman opened the shopping interface again.
"As expected, I still have 42 points left, and the number didn't increase with the upgrade; the item window also has one new item added, it seems my previous guess was right!"
A smile appeared on his face.
After two upgrades, his means of survival had improved slightly.
Of course, just slightly.
Regarding those suddenly appearing terrifying monsters, Zhang Xiaoman didn't know what kind of bizarre abilities they possessed.
Just like the Shadow Demon he encountered earlier, under that silent control, having many strategies would be useless if he couldn't use them.
Thus, he was not yet prepared to actively provoke those monsters.
Although after surviving two life-and-death crises, Zhang Xiaoman could definitely feel some changes in his mindset, it didn't mean he would recklessly seek death.
He was still waiting, waiting until after several more draws, to have a variety of items and abilities to ensure he could handle any unexpected situations, and then...
Images of himself, dressed in black, roaming the shadowy corners of the city under the starry sky and hunting various bizarre monsters, irresistibly surfaced in Zhang Xiaoman's mind...
"Cough, I'm getting ahead of myself..."
He coughed somewhat awkwardly, but his gaze returned to the shopping interface.
He had already decided how to use the remaining points.
He planned to first buy items.
As for continuing to upgrade, he didn't think it was necessary for the time being.
For now, the variety of items in Zhang Xiaoman's possession was still too limited, and upgrading the same item multiple times posed a substantial risk.
After all, he couldn't control the direction of the upgrades, since the item selection was random.
If it randomly selected the hearthstone that would be fine, but if it randomly chose the Holy Water series, then the loss would outweigh the gain.
Anyway, Holy Water was a consumable item.
Higher levels would only cause more excess damage, he could just buy a few more bottles to store on his person to increase the margin for error.
Moreover, he wasn't alone.
Looking at the price of the hearthstone inside the shop, which only required 5 points, Zhang Xiaoman finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, it's not expensive.
A hearthstone, a bottle of Holy Water, plus a 1 point extractor, Zhang Xiaoman spent a total of 16 points.
These were for his mother.
Then, he spent another 20 points to buy two more bottles of Holy Water.
By now, he was left with only 6 points.
Looking at the pile of items that had appeared before him, Zhang Xiaoman felt like he was clearing out an online shopping cart and his balance.
He placed the three items for his mother on the table and put the remaining two bottles of Holy Water into his pockets, finishing his task.
Thus, having three bottles of Holy Water greatly increased his margin for error when facing monsters and gave him a better chance of winning.