From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

"That's a real pity," Gulu genuinely felt sorry.

"Those people outside..." Lu Heng gestured toward the door behind him.

"They're too enthusiastic, guarding the door every day, sometimes they don't leave at night but sleep outside. I feel a bit bad about it, but Quenching Castle doesn't have that many rooms, we can't accommodate so many people," Gulu was troubled by this.

Lu Heng thought it over and felt that this development wasn't sustainable, he suggested, "Why not change the entrance location? Next time humans come in, explain the rules to them, they mustn't reveal the entrance's location, or else we'll have them eat bugs."

Gulu nodded in agreement: "That could work, where do you think we should move it?"

Lu Heng replied, "Let's choose the old clock tower by the riverbank. We can keep this entrance unused for the usual, only open it when you think it's necessary to meet someone."

"Alright, we'll do as you say," Gulu nodded in agreement.

...

After discussing the new entrance for Quenching Castle with Gulu, Lu Heng went with Su Muyu to the forging room to begin weapon quenching.

Su Muyu's Crossbow was already at Quenching Level +3, and it had gained a Special Effect [Melt Armor]. The Flame Arrows it shot could melt through target's Armor, which was a very strong effect.

This time, the second Spirit Injection Effect Lu Heng picked for her was [Broken Sensitivity].

It was a well-balanced effect suitable for her.

During the quenching of [Mia's Crossbow], two attempts were successful, but the third one encountered a slight mishap and didn't succeed at once, resulting in a half-level Quenching status.

This was the same issue that occurred during He Shangyong's quenching assessment.

Lu Heng hadn't encountered this situation before, but this time he did.

Usually, this happens because the quenching material ran out, but the quenching wasn't completed.

The solution was simple, just add half the amount of quenching material to complete the process.

The current order was settled with quenching material, and of course, the price of the quenching service was calculated based on the original price; it's not like every quenching process could earn a piece of quenching material.

Due to the soaring prices of quenching materials now, the conversion ratio between quenching material and Energy Crystal Core has risen from 1:2 all the way to 1:5.

Therefore, from the ten quenching orders taken this time, two pieces of quenching material could be earned.

The third quenching of the Crossbow was not completely successful, so Lu Heng added half a portion of quenching material to complete the third quenching.

After completing three quenching processes, [Mia's Crossbow] had reached Quenching Level 6, with an Attack Power increased to 120 points.

Next, Lu Heng continued the Spirit Injection process, bringing his focus to the highest.

Melt the material, transfer it to the sublimation furnace, then perform the sublimation spirit injection.

[Spirit Injection successful, Mia's Crossbow gains the special effect "Broken Sensitivity".]

[Performing Spirit Injection work, Quenching Master Professional Experience +50]

Spirit Injection was successful, Lu Heng picked up the Crossbow to check its attribute data, a satisfied expression on his face.

[Mia's Crossbow +6]

[Item Level: C]

[Specifications: Length 72 cm, Bow width 58 cm, Weight 2.2 kg]

[Attribute: Attack Power 120]

[Special Effect: Melt Armor, Broken Sensitivity]

[Broken Sensitivity: Attacks inflict 8 points of nerve damage, with added Broken Sensitivity effect to reduce target's Agility Attribute by 8 points.]

[Evaluation: Steel-forged Crossbow, engraved with Mia's name.]

[Broken Sensitivity] and [Spirit Slash] belong to the same series of effects.

While [Spirit Slash] reduces the target's Spiritual Attribute, [Broken Sensitivity] reduces the Agility Attribute.

Su Muyu's current skill set includes Detection Ability, Invisibility, and Remote Attack Ability; typically, Superpower Users can't get close to her.

However, if she encounters a highly agile speed-type warrior, she still risks being attacked.

This [Broken Sensitivity] can reduce the target's Agility Attribute, as hitting the target reduces their movement speed and neural response speed, thus indirectly easing the pressure.

Combined with [Dark Thorn Trap], the number of Superpower Users on Blue Star who could threaten Su Muyu are few and far between.

Right now, the Crossbow's Attack Power is 120 points.

However, this Attack Power does not include the damage from arrows; if using Elemental Arrows for attack, it additionally adds twice the Spiritual Power's damage.

Su Muyu's current Spiritual Attribute is 45 points, so the Elemental Arrows cause 90 points of damage.

"That is to say, the Elemental Arrows shot from her crossbow actually had an Attack Power of 210 points."

"This Attack Power could topple a Level 20 High Rank Demon in just two arrows if it didn't have any Defense Skills or armor."

"Take a look."

After Lu Heng had checked the Spirit Injected Attributes and saw that there were no issues, he handed it over to Su Muyu to examine.

Su Muyu took the crossbow, her eyes filled with surprise.

This way, she also had a weapon with dual Special Effects.

Even one of the top ten masters of Fusang Swordsmanship, Hideyoshi Tsugawa, who was sponsored by a major conglomerate, only had a weapon with one Special Effect.

At the current stage, weapons with dual Special Effects were exceedingly rare and would definitely fetch astronomical prices at auction.

...

Next, Lu Heng completed ten Quenching Orders as well.

Out of ten quenching attempts, one failed, making the success rate 90%, far higher than the guaranteed minimum success rate.

Moreover, this round of orders was from repeat customers.

The more they were repeat customers, the clearer it was that the 75% guaranteed success rate advertised by Huan Yu was just a conservative figure for contract purposes; the actual success rate was over 85%, even reaching more than 90%.

Thus, the Huan Yu Quenching Service had already created a brand effect among various major forces.

Those who had used Huan Yu Quenching Service would generally not consider other Quenching Masters.

After completing this round of orders, Lu Heng's Quenching Master Professional Experience had grown to (1080/2000).

His Training Level was more than halfway there, and taking a few more orders would bring him close to leveling up.

...

After completing the quenching, Su Muyu helped clean up the Quenching Furnace, then put all the equipment away properly.

Leaving the forging room, Lu Heng went to settle the quenching profits with Gulu.

Since the orders were taken using the Quenching Castle's Quenching Furnace, the profits earned definitely had to be shared with Gulu.

This definitely needed to be settled clearly.

However, Gulu had no specific requests on the mode of payment, so Lu Heng always gave him a share in Energy Crystal Cores.

Relatively speaking, Energy Crystal Cores were easier to obtain as long as one spent money to buy them.

Quenching Essences were becoming increasingly difficult to acquire, so paying Gulu's share with Energy Crystal Cores was essentially a roundabout way of procuring quenching materials.

It was a sizable gain, both coming and going.

After settling the division of profits, Lu Heng and Su Muyu went home.

It just so happened his mother had cooked green bean and kelp sweet soup, and she invited Su Muyu to join.

While drinking the sweet soup,

Lu Heng browsed the trading information on the Crystal Core Dark Network on his computer.

As the fifth month of the Abyss Descent approached, the trading information on the Crystal Core Dark Network was no longer limited to Skill Crystal Cores; items from the Abyss World were being sold as well.

And these items varied greatly, including everything imaginable.

Some were valuable, while others were purely useless.

Moreover, since the Abyss World was actually composed of countless worlds, the variety of items that appeared was truly astounding.

For instance, Lu Heng possessed an Illusion Pearl, an item without any Attack Power, but its value was immeasurable.

If put up for auction and it found a knowledgeable buyer, it could fetch an astronomical figure.

While browsing, Lu Heng suddenly noticed an interesting piece of trade information.

"Offering a Cyber World Ray Gun, knowledgeable buyers contact me privately, please do not disturb if you're unacquainted."

A Cyber World Ray Gun had already appeared at this time?

Lu Heng was not unfamiliar with ray guns, which were essentially similar to laser guns.

Humans also possessed similar technology, but it had not yet been developed into individual weapons, and the energy consumption was too high for widespread use.

Generally speaking, ray guns weren't considered particularly unusual technology, but if it was a Ray Gun from Cyber World, that was a different story.

If the Superpower User selling the Cyber World Ray Gun wasn't lying, this ray gun could not only be used as a weapon but also for scientific research.