Chapter 37: The Joy of Enhancement, Who Gets It!

Chapter 37: Chapter 37: The Joy of Enhancement, Who Gets It!

"Sir..."

The woman who had received Yu Zhun earlier stopped him with a smile just as he was about to leave the Divine Revelation Hall. "Please wait a moment."

"What’s wrong?" Yu Zhun paused. "I thought unlocking a Life Profession was free."

"It is, but I imagine you must be eager to try it out right now?" the woman said enthusiastically. "The Divine Revelation Hall has suitable facilities for rent, and you can also purchase the necessary enhancement materials here. Would you be interested, sir?"

"You guys really have everything covered, huh?" Yu Zhun was a bit surprised. "My Life Profession is Enhancer. Tell me more about these rental facilities."

"Enhancer?" The woman gave him a surprised look before flashing an even brighter smile. "The Divine Revelation Hall offers Low-Level, Intermediate, Advanced, and Top-Tier Enhancement Rooms for rent. The rent for all four types is calculated by the hour.

"In these four different tiers of Enhancement Rooms, Enhancers will receive a Luck buff of +5%, +10%, +20%, and +40%, respectively.

"All four types of rooms offer excellent privacy, ensuring that your enhancement process is completely free from any prying eyes or interruptions.

"Currently, the Divine Revelation Hall has a support program for new players. All Enhancer-related resources are discounted by 20%, and that includes the Enhancement Rooms!"

"Enhancement Rooms can actually provide a Luck buff?" Yu Zhun’s eyes lit up. "How much is a Top-Tier Enhancement Room for an hour?"

"The original price is ten million per hour, but the current discounted price is..."

"How about... you tell me about the Advanced Enhancement Room instead?"

"..."

After some negotiation, Yu Zhun eventually rented a Low-Level Enhancement Room for one hour at the price of eight thousand yuan per hour.

Right now, his Luck Value was only 10. Even if he entered a Top-Tier Enhancement Room, it would only give him 4 points of Luck—an absolute rip-off. He figured he might as well stick to the lowest tier just for the peace, quiet, and privacy.

Walking into the Enhancement Room, Yu Zhun unequipped his three pieces of Red Equipment with a thoughtful expression.

He planned to enhance one piece first to test the waters.

Since enhancing equipment only increased its base stats, he ruled out his weapon right away.

Between Guardian of the Nether, which increased health, and Nether’s Deep Embrace, which increased Physical and Magic Defense, he ultimately chose the latter.

Considering the three equipment effects of Nether’s Deep Embrace, raising his Physical and Magic Resistance would yield a far higher return than raising his health.

After selecting the equipment, Yu Zhun activated his profession skill: [Enhancement].

[Nether’s Deep Embrace]

[Enhancement Level: +0 → +1]

[Equipment Stats:

Physical Defense +400 → Physical Defense +412

Magic Defense +400 → Magic Defense +412]

[Enhancement Cost: Equipment Enhancement Stone x1]

[Enhancement Success Rate: 110.5% (Rates exceeding 100% guarantee success)] [Luck +10.5%]

[Support Items: None]

[Start Enhancement]

"Success rate overflow? Not bad." Yu Zhun’s expression turned a bit quirky as he selected [Start Enhancement] without hesitation.

Along with a flash of golden light, text popped up before his eyes.

[Enhancement Success]

[Congratulations! You have completed one equipment enhancement. Life Profession EXP +10]

"Piece of cake!" Yu Zhun snapped his fingers and confidently continued enhancing.

+2... +3... +4!

After upgrading the equipment to +4 in one breath, his movements paused slightly.

[Nether’s Deep Embrace]

[Enhancement Level: +4 → +5]

[Equipment Stats:

Physical Defense +472 → Physical Defense +500

Magic Defense +472 → Magic Defense +500]

[Enhancement Cost: Equipment Enhancement Stone x3]

[Enhancement Success Rate: 88.4%] [Luck +10.5%]

[Support Items: None]

[Start Enhancement]

"This success rate is dropping... a little too fast, isn’t it?"

Excluding the bonus from Luck, the base success rate from +4 to +5 was only 80%. The number of Equipment Enhancement Stones consumed for the first four times had been 1, 1, 2, and 2, but now it had jumped to 3.

"Whatever, let’s keep going!"

With another flash of golden light, the enhancement succeeded once again.

Easily gaining 100 points in both Physical and Magic Defense—equivalent to a quarter of the stats of a piece of Red Equipment—put Yu Zhun in a fantastic mood.

Although upgrading from +5 to +6 required 4 Equipment Enhancement Stones, and the success rate even with the Luck buff was only 72.9%, he...

Huh?

Wait!

The success rate dropped straight to 72.9%?!

Whatever. Since a failed enhancement just maintained the current level without any negative consequences...

[System Prompt: If this enhancement fails, there is a 20% chance the equipment’s enhancement level will drop by 1.]

[Confirm Enhancement] [Cancel Enhancement]

Yu Zhun, who saw the pop-up after pressing [Start Enhancement], was left speechless. "..."

Very well!

So that’s how it’s gonna be!

Gritting his teeth, he pressed [Confirm Enhancement].

It was just a level drop; it wasn’t as if he couldn’t enhance it back up!

[Enhancement Success]

[Congratulations! You have completed one equipment enhancement. Life Profession EXP +40]

[Congratulations! Your Life Profession has leveled up to Lv2!]

Not bad. Not only had the enhancement succeeded, but he had also leveled up.

[Character Name: Yu Zhun]

[Level: Lv2 (30/150)]

[Profession: Enhancer]

[Luck: 10.5 → 11.6] [Environment +5%]

[Profession Skill 1: Enhancement]

[Profession Skill 2: Enhancement Transfer]

The amount of experience gained from each enhancement was tied to the number of Equipment Enhancement Stones consumed. Using one stone granted 10 EXP.

"No wonder they say being an Enhancer burns through cash." Yu Zhun couldn’t help but shake his head. "This profession level is literally built on piles of money!"

On his way to the Enhancement Room, he had casually checked the prices. The original price of an Equipment Enhancement Stone was ten thousand yuan. Even with the 20% discount, it still cost eight thousand yuan apiece.

With no time to lament the absurd cost of the stones, Yu Zhun took a deep breath and threw himself into enhancing without hesitation.

[Enhancement Success]

[Enhancement Failed. Current level maintained.]

Oh? A failed enhancement actually gave double experience?

Not bad, not bad at all.

[Enhancement Success]

[Enhancement Failed. Enhancement level -1.]

"What the %$#@, you $#@&!"

[Enhancement Failed. Current level maintained.]

[Enhancement Success]

[Enhancement...]

An unknown amount of time passed. Yu Zhun looked at Nether’s Deep Embrace, its stats now massively boosted, and revealed an exhausted but satisfied smile.

"Finally... it finally hit +10!"

[Nether’s Deep Embrace +10]

[Equipment Stats: Physical Defense +780, Magic Defense +780]

"Take that! Who else could pull this off?!"

With just this one enhancement spree, his Life Profession level had skyrocketed straight to Lv5. His Luck was now at 14 points, which came to 14.7 when factoring in the Enhancement Room’s buff.

Let’s keep going...

[Nether’s Deep Embrace]

[Enhancement Level: +10 → +11]

[Equipment Stats:

Physical Defense +780 → Physical Defense +880

Magic Defense +780 → Magic Defense +880]

[Enhancement Cost: Equipment Enhancement Stone x16]

[Enhancement Success Rate: 11.5%] [Luck +14.7%]

[Support Items: None]

[Start Enhancement]

"Keep going, my ass!"

Staring at the abysmally low enhancement success rate, Yu Zhun’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

When he clicked [Start Enhancement]...

[System Prompt: If this enhancement fails, there is a 20% chance the equipment’s enhancement level will drop by 1, a 20% chance the equipment’s enhancement level will drop by 2, and a 10% chance the equipment will be destroyed.]

[Confirm Enhancement] [Cancel Enhancement]

Yu Zhun silently selected [Cancel Enhancement].

"I’ll enhance the other two pieces first."

After all, he still had plenty of Equipment Enhancement Stones left.