"Damn, how am I supposed to charge it?"

Bai Pu furrowed his brows. When he consulted the Spirit Realm Will, the response was that "your military rank is insufficient."

Bai Pu wondered if his judgment was wrong, and whether he should trust Xisha the Divine Envoy more and proactively request her to grant the "Seed of Source Water Blessing"?

Then he would be able to receive guidance from Xisha the Divine Envoy in a timely manner.

Now, having refused Xisha the Divine Envoy, he could only rely on the Spirit Realm Will for resolving doubts and queries.

And the Spirit Realm Will, like the Heavenly Dao, seemed emotionless, treating all Awakened equally.

Whether or not to answer questions depended solely on the military rank of the Awakened—in other words, their contribution in the Spirit Realm Wars.

However, this aligned with Bai Pu's principle of equivalent exchange. The high-handed granting approach of Xisha the Divine Envoy instinctively made Bai Pu uncomfortable, which is also why Bai Pu didn't immediately cling to the coattails of the Purity.

Since Gustav's Dark Gold Treasure Chest had already been opened, he couldn't wait for repeated item draws. Bai Pu directly clicked on the first Dark Gold Card in the first row, using up his remaining draw.

The card flipped over, revealing an image of a crown.

"This shouldn't be junk!" Bai Pu sighed in relief when he saw the crown.

The dark gold light faded, and a crown appeared before Bai Pu.

This crown was somewhat damaged, only showing a golden metal circle with three upright sword-shaped crests, one large and two small, bearing fine cracks.

Compared to the crown worn by Gustav at that time, this crown not only had cracks, but the rubies and sapphires on the sword-shaped crests were also missing.

[You have obtained equipment: Commanding Crown (Damaged).]

[Commanding Crown (Damaged): This piece of equipment has been greatly damaged. Please seek a master in forging to attempt repairs.]

Bai Pu sighed.

Alright, this Lord's Treasure Chest truly had excessive filler.

Look at the two items drawn: a Dull Divine Rune and a Damaged Crown... neither could be immediately put to use.

One required charging, the other needed repairs.

If Bai Pu had single-handedly killed Emperor Gustav, these two items would likely be in perfect condition, and he would also have at least two more draw chances, excluding quite a few low-valued cards!

Bai Pu wasn't greedy. He reconsidered, feeling that these draws could potentially be promising in the future, and at least he didn't end up drawing "Gustav's Long Socks" or similar junk.

Next step, it's time for equipment enhancement.

Bai Pu took stock of his current resources available for enhancement.

His Spiritual Points account had accumulated 263,000. Bai Pu's rate of earning Spiritual Points was enough to leave the majority of mid-level Awakened in awe.

The Blood Mist Butcher's Treasure Chest alone gave Bai Pu over fifty thousand Spiritual Points, and Schroeder the Scholar's Treasure Chest had over thirty thousand Spiritual Points.

And Emperor Gustav the Blood Ring's Treasure Chest, upon opening, granted him sixty thousand Spiritual Points!

Various Elite and Leader Treasure Chests brought in a considerable amount of Spiritual Points gains as well.

Counting everything else, rewards for capturing wanted criminals, trading with other Awakened, livestream earnings, and extorting life-saving money from two members of the Hidden Snake Team, all contributed to his current accumulation.

Additionally, Bai Pu had 2 B-level Enhancement Cards, 3 A-level Enhancement Cards; meanwhile, the accessory [Giant Tuo's Fierce Eye] still had an unused guaranteed enhancement try with a B-level Enhancement Card.

For supplementary enhancement Blue Equipment, Bai Pu had amassed a total of 15 pieces. Among them, [Iron Plate Boots] were Heavy Armor, which Bai Pu intended to replace the [Elk Hide Boots] he was currently wearing.

There was also a Golden Enhancement Crystal.

The list of equipment needing enhancement was quite long.

First, [Blood Mist Butcher's Chainsaw Sword] was a must for enhancement, and the higher the enhancement level, the better—this was Peak Golden Equipment, worth the investment to enhance.

Moreover, [Strong Strike Armor] needed further enhancement primarily for damage reduction on the upper body.

For other pieces of equipment, enhancement to +4 was sufficient.

Bai Pu first took out the Chainsaw Greatsword, placing it into the enhancement orb.

The first three levels were guaranteed successes, so Bai Pu quickly strengthened it to +3 and then used a B-level Enhancement Card, starting to add support with Blue Armor.

After +4, the enhancement success rate for Golden Equipment dropped to 50%, but by adding two pieces of supportive Blue Armor, the success rate could be boosted to 90%.

Three consecutive successes pushed the Chainsaw Greatsword to +6!

Up next was the critical part; reaching +7 required an A-level Enhancement Card as assurance. Otherwise, a failed enhancement attempt wouldn't only reset the enhancement level, but could also directly destroy the equipment.

Bai Pu placed the +6 Chainsaw Greatsword inside, checking and finding its direct enhancement success rate had plummeted to 25%.

Even with two auxiliary Blue Armor pieces, the success rate only rose to 65%.

Bai Pu attempted to add the Golden Enhancement Crystal, noting that one Golden Crystal could boost the success rate by 40%, which was twice as effective as Blue Support Equipment!

Of course, Bai Pu wouldn't use the Golden Crystal here. He also had a Dark Gold Shield that needed future enhancement, making these crystals and enhancement cards more cost-effective if used on the Dark Gold Shield.

"I'll just use one A-level Enhancement Card, coupled with support from the Blue Armor, to attempt a 65% success rate for three tries. Hitting +7 counts as a success."

Bai Pu took a deep breath and initiated the enhancement.

The first attempt at +7, failed.

The second attempt at +7, succeeded.

The subsequent attempt at +8, succeeded!

The +8 Chainsaw Greatsword gave off a dark, golden hue, its appearance nearing that of Dark Gold Equipment. Holding it in hand, its fierce aura was palpable.

Attack Power increased, growing from 15~30 to 32~65.

In his mind, Bai Pu quickly calculated. Before +3, each enhancement increased the base Attack Power by 10%; between +4~+6, each enhancement increased it by 15%, and after +7, each enhancement boosted it by 20%.

Judging by the growth in Attack Power alone, it was indeed worth the expense of enhancing to such a high level.

There were also two key special effects.

[Blood Mist Butcher's Chainsaw Sword] +4 Special Effect: Water-Cooled Blade: Reduces the cooldown of [Cutting] to 30 minutes (originally 2 hours).

+7 Special Effect: Repetitive Cutting: After triggering Cutting, the next ordinary attack will also trigger the Cutting's Armor Destruction effect.

Satisfied, Bai Pu swung the Chainsaw Greatsword with one hand, storing it in the quick equipment slot.

Although it cost him 43,000 Spiritual Points, a B-level, and an A-level Enhancement Card, along with burning 12 Blue Armor for support enhancement, the enhancement process was smooth, well worth it.

Next, Bai Pu proceeded to enhance the neck, wrists, waist, and back equipment, each to +4. He didn't use Blue Armor or Enhancement Cards, relying purely on Spiritual Points for forced enhancement.

Since the first three levels guaranteed success, only the step to +4 had a 50% chance of failure. Even if it failed and reset the enhancement level, Bai Pu could accept it—it would just require another try.

Finally, after spending 70,000 Spiritual Points, Bai Pu completed this step.

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