Chapter 25 Refining

  "Alright! What's it to you, anyway? I'm not discriminating against you, I'm asking what your special skills are. For example, driving, cooking, washing clothes and other useful things!" Zhou Yue said impatiently, he was full and bloated, and wouldn't care whether Liang Xiaoxue was a mistress or not.

  "I, I'm learning ballet, does this count as a special talent?" Liang Xiaoxue replied nervously, apparently she couldn't do anything like cooking or laundry.

  "Oh? Ballet?" Zhou Yue's eyes lit up when she heard this, and after taking another look at Liang Xiaoxue's legs, which were as thin as bamboo sticks, she suddenly understood. No wonder her agility was as high as 12 points! It turned out to be true!

  "Great, that's the greatest specialty, hurry up and collect it!" With a wave of his hand, Zhou Yue pushed Liang Xiaoxue to one side, looked around, then walked down to the next floor, entered a room, and took out those three rough iron sands. Originally, he was still wondering how to synthesize them? But when he put these three rough iron sands together, a piece of information flashed through his mind.

  "Will you combine these three rough iron sands into one refined iron sand? This will consume 1 point of stamina!"

  Zhou Yuxin's heart moved, and only then did he finally understand what the 5 points of gas value were used for. It turned out that they were used to refine ore, but this gas value wouldn't increase with leveling up. It seemed that this thing was very important because it required free points to raise the upper limit of this gas value.

  At this moment, Zhou Yue chose to do so. Immediately, he felt that a force seemed to be extracted from his body. Then the three rough iron sands emitted a faint glow and merged into one in an instant. After about ten seconds, the three rough iron sands had disappeared, replaced by a bead of similar size to the tip of a finger, but extremely smooth, like a glass ball. The color of this iron bead also changed from the original mottled black and gray to pure black.

  "Description: Tempered iron sand, composed of coarse iron grit, has higher tenacity and hardness. It can be used to temper weapons and shields to slightly improve their quality. Note: The lower the quality of the weapon, the higher the synthesis rate; the higher the quality of the weapon, the lower the synthesis rate. This tempered iron sand can only temper up to level 5 weapons and shields, with unlimited attempts, but the more successful tempering attempts, the lower the success rate!"

  Upon seeing this piece of information, Zhou Yue was overjoyed. This was a great thing! He had been depressed earlier because killing five level 3 evil spirits hadn't dropped any better equipment. Now it seemed that the effect of Familiar Iron Sand was comparable to having an extra piece of equipment.

  Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yue didn't hesitate any longer and immediately placed the familiar iron sand on the Evil Ghost's Tooth. Instantly, another piece of information appeared in his mind.

  "Are you sure you want to temper this weapon with quenched steel? This tempering requires 2 points of stamina."

  Zhou Yue didn't think much and immediately chose yes, but this time, he felt that at least half of his physical strength was completely drained, and for a moment, his hands and feet were all soft. It wasn't until then that he realized the consumption of his energy value was actually so terrifying! And this was still the lowest level of weapon refinement. If it were any higher, he would have to choose some free points to add to his energy value, otherwise, this feeling was really not comfortable.

  After Zhou Yue's two points of spiritual energy were extracted, there was nothing left for him to do. He could only anxiously watch as a faint white glow enveloped the Evil Spirit Tooth. Ten or so seconds later, the faint white glow disappeared, and a brand new Evil Spirit Tooth appeared before him.

  This Evil Ghost Tooth has undergone a significant transformation from its previous form, with an increase in length of approximately three centimeters to around 18 centimeters. The width, originally only as wide as a finger, resembling a rib bone, has now doubled. Both sides of the dagger have become sharp blades, and two blood grooves have been added to the middle of the blade, which can be expected to increase the speed of bleeding when inserted. Furthermore, the attributes of this Evil Ghost Tooth have also undergone some changes.

  "Fang of the Evil Spirit, White Quality, Refined One Star."

  "Strength +2, Agility +4, Attack +4, Durability 15/15."

  "Special Effect 1: Paralysis, when launching an attack, there is a 30% chance to trigger the paralysis effect, this effect lasts for one second. (Note: This paralysis effect is just a small poison and can only be effective against enemies with a level difference of no more than three levels)"

  "Special Effect 2, Bleeding, when launching an attack, there is a 20% chance to trigger the bleeding effect, this effect lasts for three seconds, and one point of blood is lost per second. (Note: This bleeding effect can only be effective on enemies with a level difference of no more than three levels)"

  Upon seeing the new attributes of Evil Spirit's Tooth, Zhou Yue couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. This refinement is indeed not ordinary! Not to mention the added bleeding effect, just the various attributes alone have increased by a whole factor, so after equipping this Evil Spirit's Tooth, his current strength value has become 14 points, agility value finally reached 21 points, and attack also became 4 points. With such attributes, he dares to say that if he were to encounter that agile level 3 evil spirit again, he would absolutely not be so humiliated.

  Especially the newly added blood effect, although the trigger probability is only 20%, and the bleeding score is only three points, but mosquitoes are still flesh and blood.

  Now that he had this enhanced Evil Spirit Tooth, he was increasingly confident in his ability to quickly advance to level 4. However, there was one thing he needed to consider - when he advanced again in the future, he would have to leave some free points to add to his vitality, as just now he had consumed 3 points at once, resulting in his entire body feeling weak and limp, which wasn't a good sign.

  He took a deep breath, and then thought of going to the bedroom on the second floor to rest for a while, because the 3 points of physical strength he had just consumed made him feel weak all over, his limbs numb and powerless, and he estimated that he couldn't even run.

  Just then, from another direction in Qiaodun Town, a loud and dull sound like thunder suddenly rang out, "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

  "Huh? There really are cannons! No wonder that company commander was so confident!"

  Zhou Yue let out a sigh, then continued to climb up to the second floor, took out his own telescope from his backpack and stood on the balcony of the second floor, looking towards the direction of Akakawa City. In this moment, tens of thousands of 2nd-level evil spirits had once again surged out from the city area of Akakawa City, like a black wave, rushing towards the Bridgehead Town. The artillery in the rear was densely falling among those evil spirits, stirring up clusters of small mushroom clouds. Almost every cannon that passed by would blow away a large piece, at least hundreds of evil spirits were directly killed!

  "Ah, this is all experience!"

  He had already gotten used to killing evil spirits with cold weapons, Zhou Yue couldn't help but sigh in admiration, he believed that Tang Kun, Zhao Dashan, Qin Lang and others on the balcony of another small building next door were thinking the same way.

  After a while, Zhou Yue felt that the more than 10,000 second-level evil spirits were very difficult to rush up to the bridgehead position. After all, there were those ten artillery pieces, plus four armored vehicles, and more than 100 fully armed soldiers. This was a very powerful force. However, for some reason, he always felt that something was not quite right. Because from yesterday until now, although the Yellow Turban Army had not launched an attack, it shouldn't be so simple, should it?

  Although he felt that something was off, Zhou Yue couldn't see anything out of the ordinary, so he handed the binoculars to Liang Xiaoxue and told her to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield and to keep watch for him. If anything happened, she should call him. Then, he dove headfirst into the soft Simmons bed and fell directly asleep, because he was truly exhausted.

  Zhou Yue slept very soundly and was immune to the sound of gunfire. He didn't know how long he had slept before being woken up by Liang Xiaoxue's anxious voice.

  "Big Brother Zhou! Big Brother Zhou! Wake up quickly! Something's wrong!"

  At first, Zhou Yue thought she was dreaming, but soon came to her senses, startled and jumped directly from the bed.

  "What's going on? How long did I sleep?"

  "Those monsters have invaded Bridgehead Town! You've been asleep for about half an hour!" Liang Xiaoxue's face turned pale as she spoke, and at this time, Zhou Yue also looked out the window and saw that in the south of Bridgehead Town, about 600-700 meters away, a black wave was rapidly rushing towards the town. It was more than 2,000 level 2 evil spirits, along with some Yellow Turban soldiers mixed among them. No one knew how they had evaded the frontal attack and appeared at this distance.

  "Frontal feint, flank detour! Awful!"

  In an instant, Zhou Yue thought of this point, no wonder he had previously felt that those positive impact evil spirits were strange, without seeing any soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

  "Hurry up, we're leaving right away!"

  Since the Yellow Turbans have already outflanked and charged into the town, the two defensive lines at the bridgehead are completely meaningless. If the company commander orders a retreat now, perhaps half of the men can still survive; otherwise, if he hesitates for even a moment, they will all be annihilated!

  Zhou Yuegang pulled Liang Xiaoxue out of the small building, and suddenly saw a wave of black arrows flying from the south side of the town, directly covering the two arrays at the bridgehead. He took in a breath of cold air, because this wave of black arrows had at least nearly two hundred shafts, which was equivalent to two hundred Yellow Turban archers!

  "Damn it!"

  He cursed and pulled Liang Xiaoxue away, not looking back as they fled directly towards the west side of Qiaotou Town. He was certain that the entire company of reinforcements was finished, including the four armored vehicles - if ten people managed to escape, it would be a miracle, especially considering how quickly those soldiers reacted. It was unimaginable what kind of disaster would occur when 200 archers closed in within 600 meters!