From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

Lu Heng couldn't stand this guy and rolled his eyes at him, then he started firing up the forge, heating the spiritual injection materials, and began the sublimation and spirit injection process.

Lin Zeyu closed his eyes, brought his hands together, and started praying, "Everything was successful just now, might as well be successful this time, too."

Su Muyu, standing by and watching, could hardly hold back her laughter and couldn't help but tease, "What if there's a delay with your prayers, and he didn't hear you just now, but hears you now?"

Lin Zeyu glared and hurriedly covered his tracks, "Pfft, pfft pfft... Everything I said just now was BS, it doesn't count."

Spiritual injection materials are indeed hard to come by, and at this stage, it's very difficult to find a second batch of the same materials.

So, if the spirit injection fails this time, they'd have to give up on the [Bone Erosion] special effect.

This special effect was vital for the Corpse Bone Bird treasure, and it would be quite troublesome without it.

No matter what kind of fit Lin Zeyu threw, Lu Heng was always serious and focused on the spirit injection process.

Actually, every time the quenching failed, halfway through, he would feel that the reaction inside the forge was off.

So, before completing the last step, whether it would be a success or a failure, Lu Heng usually had a hunch.

As the final process was completed, a faint glow emanated from the sniper rifle.

At the same time, Lu Heng saw the notification for a successful spirit injection.

[Spirit Injection Successful, Quenching Master Professional Experience +50]

He checked the attributes, and the results were as expected, exceptionally good.

[SVD Sniper Rifle +3 (Abyss Integration)]

[Item Level: B-Level]

[Specification: Length 122 centimeters, Weight 4.3 kilograms, Magazine Capacity 10 rounds, Bullet Caliber 7.62mm]

[Attribute: Attack Power 510 (Attack power decreases with the distance the bullet travels, 50% decay over 1000 meters)]

[Special Effect: Bone Erosion]

[Bone Erosion: A special effect exclusive to firearms and bows, bullets and arrows shot into the target corrode the target's bones, causing continuous damage. The effect of Bone Erosion cannot be removed until the bullet or arrow is extracted.]

After reviewing the attributes, Lu Heng handed the rifle back to Lin Zeyu, saying, "Take a look."

Lin Zeyu, with stars in his eyes, admired the rifle and exclaimed, "Lu Heng, you're like my godfather. No, you're my real dad, to actually hit four flashes in a row. No, eight flashes, freaking awesome."

"I don't have such an unlucky son," Lu Heng said with an eye roll.

Lin Zeyu now felt completely refreshed, as if his bad luck had been swept away.

In fact, failing at quenching a couple of times wasn't a big deal for him in terms of lost materials.

But this feeling of consecutive successes is something money can't buy.

Moreover, having been in a state possessed by the God of Misfortune, the sudden burst of good luck made him unbelievably happy and comfortable.

Lin Zeyu fondled the gun and said, "Lu Heng, this gun's attack power is a bit scary. I didn't know sniper rifles could hit so hard. Now, with this gun, I can blow away a Commander Level demon with a single shot."

Lu Heng nodded in agreement, "Right, as long as you can hit the target. It's powerful, no doubt."

Firearms enhancements are very strong, of course, provided you don't come across "monsters."

If you meet one of those you can't shoot, or if you do shoot them, they have defense skills to block bullets, and then they surge forward into close combat to take out the gunman in one move, then there's not much you can do.

Unfortunately, Lin Zeyu had one such "monster" right in front of him.

If it were a fight between same-level superpower users, firearm enhancements wouldn't be at a disadvantage, the only drawback being a bit wasteful of bullets.

Plus, bringing bullets into the Abyss Battlefield requires the additional use of divine energy.

Therefore, firearms enhancements can be quite costly, and average superpower users might not be able to sustain it.

In fact.

Even superpower users with money ability couldn't integrate a sniper rifle at this stage, not everyone.

After all, it would take 2000 points of divine energy.

Lin Zeyu had so much because he had entered the Evil God's Burial Ground and participated in preventing the resurrection ceremony of Evil God Barton, completing three challenge tasks, hence obtaining so much divine energy.

For other superpower users, not to mention 2000 points of divine energy, very few can even come up with 1000 points.

Lin Zeyu provided his own quenching materials, so now Lu Heng still had two portions of Quenching Essence left.

Since Lin Zeyu was prepared for the quenching to fail a couple of times, he brought two extra portions of Quenching Essence.

Lu Heng used the Crystal Core to purchase additional Quenching Essence and then performed the Quenching on the Aurora Blade.

Today, Lu Heng's Quenching was as if divinely assisted, successfully achieving four consecutive successes.

Quenching Master Professional Experience increased by 40 points.

The Quenching Level of the Aurora Blade had reached Level 7, with its Attack Power hitting 100 points.

Looking solely at Attack Power, the Aurora Blade was significantly lower than a sniper rifle.

After all, Lin Zeyu's SVD sniper rifle was a Grade B weapon, whereas the Aurora Blade was currently only Grade C.

However, in actual use, the gap between the two wasn't as vast.

Because the Attack Power of firearms couldn't benefit from an increase in Strength, the damage dealt depended entirely on the gun and its bullets.

Blades, on the other hand, were different; higher Strength meant higher damage output with blade weapons.

That is to say, as the Strength attribute continued to increase, the power of blade weapons would grow stronger and stronger.

This was why firearms were particularly strong in the early phase but not as outrageous later on.

Moreover, Superpower Users who enhanced firearms had to spend their skills on improving bullet accuracy, which led to weaker combat strength in direct confrontations.

Once a close combat Superpower User breached the distance to a gunman, the gunman was usually instantaneously defeated, with no power to resist.

Thus, the battle between gunmen and close combat Superpower Users became a contest of constantly adjusting distances.

If the gunman could eliminate the close combat Superpower User from beyond close range, then the gunman would win; once breached, they could only wait for fate's judgment.

...

Every three levels of Quenching allowed for one instance of Spirit Injection, gaining special effect entries.

This meant that with a Quenching Level of +6, a second Spirit Injection could be performed, and now the Aurora Blade had reached the conditions for a second Spirit Injection with its Quenching Level of +7.

Originally, Lu Heng had considered waiting until he accumulated enough Crystal Cores next time before purchasing Spiritual Injection Materials.

This time, however, the injection materials from Su Muyu were paid for by Lin Zeyu, so Lu Heng still had some Crystal Cores left over.

"Didn't you say you'd swept up all the Spirit Injection Materials on the Crystal Core Dark Network? Show me the list, and let's see if there's anything suitable for me," Lu Heng asked.

"Yeah, let me find it." Lin Zeyu scrolled through his phone and handed over a list to Lu Heng.

"Fiery Flame Amplification, Wind Resistance Resistance..."

Lu Heng read out the names of Spirit Injection Materials on the list.

Lin Zeyu interjected, "It's this Wind Resistance Resistance, I was originally planning to get it for the sniper rifle."

Actually, his thought process was correct.

The effect of [Wind Resistance Resistance] was to reduce the influence of wind resistance on bullets by 50%.

Reducing the wind resistance meant that the sniper rifle had a longer range, and the drop in bullet damage was lessened.

Which meant that, at a distance of 1000 meters, the Attack Power decline of his +3 SVD sniper rifle was 50%; after obtaining the [Wind Resistance Resistance] effect, the decline would be reduced to 25%.

Under the Attack Power decline effect, his rifle's Attack Power at 1000 meters was 255 points.

With the [Wind Resistance Resistance] effect, the Attack Power at 1000 meters would be 382.5, increasing the Attack Power by 50%.

This calculation showed just how powerful the [Wind Resistance Resistance] effect was.

"Once your sniper rifle reaches a Quenching Level of 6, you can perform a second Spirit Injection and have this effect," said Lu Heng.

Lin Zeyu's eyes widened instantly, and he immediately stood up, saying, "Then what are we waiting for? I'll even sell my cooking pots to raise the Quenching Level to 6. I'm going to get the quenching material right now; let's ride today's lucky streak!"

Money Ability was just that swaggering.

Now that the price of quenching material was soaring, as long as there was a price tag, it could still be obtained.

The Lin Family had been acquiring quenching material recently, so Lin Zeyu had some inventory, although not much.

Originally, Lin Zeyu had intended to use it sparingly, but when he heard that reaching a Quenching Level of 6 allowed for a second Spirit Injection,

What was there to wait for?

Of course, it was time to splurge!

Lu Heng wasn't in a hurry to agree; he continued to scan the list, and then he saw a name of a Spirit Injection Material on the list, [Sharp Blade].

"Bring over this [Sharp Blade] material too."