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Chapter 166 - 166: 166: Second-Level Manor

Chapter 166 - 166: 166: Second-Level Manor

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Song Jian waited patiently. Not even half an hour had passed, probably only about twenty minutes, when the door of the Doomsday Blacksmith Shop swung open from the inside. Aberdeen, with a face full of excitement, walked out carrying the repaired [Cobra-2X].

“Hahaha, this is my best weapon repair job to date. Look, allow me to show you the skills of Aberdeen the blacksmith,” Aberdeen handed over the [Cobra-2X] to Song Jian with a bit of reluctance.

Upon seeing the restored [Cobra-2X], Song Jian also broke into a joyful smile. The Cobra-2X was quite powerful, he could use this weapon till level 15, or even level 20, without needing to upgrade.

[Cobra-2X] (Blue): Rocket Launcher, two-handed weapon, Attack: 58-72, Explosion+3, Splash+3, Rocket speed increased by 25%, Ammo capacity +1. Special Effect 1: Autoreplenishes a bullet every thirty seconds. Ammo capacity: 2/2, Attack Speed: 3 seconds. Usage requirement: Level 10, Strength Attribute reaching 12 points.

“Excellent, excellent, Master Aberdeen’s craftsmanship is truly remarkable, llaha!” Song Jian laughed heartily. The restored rocket launcher still boasted of its blue quality, but with greatly enhanced attack power, and a new “25% increased rocket speed” attribute. All the other attributes and special effects were also fully retained, which was simply a pleasant surprise.

“Now, off you go. As long as you manage to collect a hundred units of Obsidian before dawn, not only will I tell you the characteristics of the Weapon Miner occupation, but I will also reward you with a blue quality strengthening stone. You can use it to further enhance your weapon,” Aberdeen said, pulling out a transparent crystal emanating a blue aura from his pocket, and waving it at Song Jian.

Song Jian paused, quickly weighing the value of a hundred units of obsidian against a blue quality strengthening stone in his mind.

“The repair was successful mostly because of your three Obsidian pieces. Without them, I could only have restored the weapon to its previous state. Any improvement would have been impossible,” Aberdeen said thoughtfully.

“Oh, really? So, three pieces of obsidian are equivalent to one strengthening stone!” Song Jian remarked, with a gleam in his eyes as if he was asking casually.

“Hmph, what do you know? Strengthening stones have a limited number of times they can enhance a weapon. The more times you use them, the lower the success rate. Ordinary strengthening stones can only enhance up to nine times. But obsidians can enhance a weapon infinitely. As long as your weapon has enough potential, you can use it ten or eight times without a problem,” Aberdeen replied without batting an eye. “On the other hand, your weapon has already been enhanced three times by obsidian, but its potential has not been fully tapped. I think you can at least use the obsidian to strengthen it seven or eight more times. After that, use the enhancing stone to enhance it. As long as it can be enhanced to +3, it will be equivalent to a precious item of silver quality. If you can enhance it to +9, it could be on par with an average gold quality weapon.”

“That’s quite a consumption!” Song Jian calculated silently in his mind, shaking his head slightly.

“Indeed, the consumption is significant. After the enhancement stone enhances the weapon to +3, each enhancement has a chance of failure. If it fails, the enhancement level decreases by one. If it fails after reaching +6, the weapon can burst…” Aberdeen explained.

“Haha, I’m already very satisfied with the attributes of this weapon now, thank you, Master Aberdeen!” Song Jian said, placing the [Cobra-2X] into his equipment column for two-handed weaponry, his face filled with a satisfied smile.

“Alright, go on. There’s only a little over an hour left till dawn. You’re short on time!” Aberdeen said, turning around to return to the Doomsday Blacksmith Shop.

Song Jian smirked mysteriously. His body transformed into a cloud of black fog and he shot off into the distance. It seemed that the value of obsidian was much higher than that of the strengthening stone.

In the sky, Song Jian glanced at his mission list, hesitating whether to directly delete his test mission. After some thought, he decided to wait until dawn to decide. If he didn’t show up by then, Aberdeen might think that he hadn’t gathered enough Obsidian.

Compared to not collecting enough obsidian and deceiving Aberdeen, the former would be less infuriating to him. After all, upsetting a level 30 elite BOSS would be quite dangerous.

“He tricked me into a death trap, 1 took advantage of his repairs, we’re even now.” Song Jian thought to himself.

Upon returning to Manor Castle, Song Jian promptly upgraded it to level 2. Upgrading to a level 2 mansion required twelve thousand units of stone and eight thousand units of wood, as well as one thousand units of iron ore.

For Song Jian, acquiring wood and stone was no longer a difficult task. He had been hindered from upgrading the mansion previously because of the thousand units of iron ore requirement.

But having gathered ore this time around, not only had Song Jian collected enough iron ore, he even had some surplus.

He opened up the mansion attribute panel, and directly chose “Mansion Upgrade”.

A thunderous rumbling sound could be heard from outside the mansion. Song Jian didn’t feel any tremors from inside the room, but he could see from the window that his field of vision was gradually ascending.

The mansion upgrade took an extremely short time. Just about ten seconds later, the upgrade was finished. Song Jian’s safe house had become a level 2 mansion, with significantly improved defenses.

With a flicker of thought, Song Jian headed down to the basement, the size of which had expanded significantly with the upgrade, now covering an area of 120 square meters.

Walking over to the Blood Pool, Song Jian saw blood churning within it like boiling water.

Song Jian tossed all one hundred blood stones into the Blood Pool. Very quickly, the speed of the blood churning inside the pool began to accelerate, and the water level started to rise, soon spilling over from the pool.

Song Jian took a few steps back. Although the blood didn’t overflow very quickly, within a few minutes, it had already covered an area of several square meters.

Boom!

A muffled sound resounded, and the ground shook slightly. The area of the Blood Pool expanded by more than half. Four stone pillars slowly rose up around the pool. The stone pillars were carved into the forms of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise, looking quite fierce and majestic.

Blood water spouted continuously from the mouths of these four mythical animal sculptures into the Blood Pool. Yet the water level didn’t rise at all.

Blood Pool: Level 2 structure, Effect: Stores 8000 units of blood water. Blood Water Effect 1: Replenishes Vitality Points. Blood Water Effect 2: Cultivates blood monsters (Blood Ravens: 30, Blood Zombies: 30). Blood Water Effect 3: Can be used to make additives to increase product quality. Structure Explanation: The blood water contains micro-toxins. Drinking it for a long time can enhance one’s constitution, but also affects one’s consciousness and pollutes the soul. The blood water in the Blood Pool can slowly recover, but when completely depleted, it would take a lot of time and precious materials to replenish. Blood Pool Capacity: 5000/8000.

“Not bad, besides a three thousand unit increase in the blood water capacity, another type of blood monster has been added: Blood Zombie. 1 wonder how strong it is!” After looking at the Blood Pool attributes, Song Jian mused to himself..