After some time, Lu Li's pockets had grown thin, and Scarlett had finally completed her enhancement.
When he took Scarlett out of the enhancement furnace, Lu Li saw her blade spirit appear as a phantom. She was drenched in sweat and panting heavily, like a mortal who had just run a marathon.
"I've... I've reached my limit."
Scarlett spoke weakly. The sensation inside the enhancement furnace, shifting from heaven to hell in an instant, was truly more than she, a conscious sheath, could bear.
Whenever the enhancement level dropped, she felt endless emptiness, as though she had fallen into an abyss.
But whenever the enhancement succeeded, she felt unprecedented fulfillment. The previous emptiness vanished completely, and the intense contrast made even her soul tremble.
After being tossed up and down like that from the beginning all the way to +11, Scarlett felt as if her entire body were about to fall apart. Only then had the final enhancement been completed.
"You've worked hard. It's all so we can become stronger."
Lu Li smiled and comforted her before checking the sheath's new trait.
Enhancement +11 Trait: Delay Trait Effect: After undergoing countless enhancements, Scarlett has been tempered a thousand times over. It can make the Pioneer's various beneficial statuses more enduring, doubling their duration. This effect includes, but is not limited to, 'Blade Moment,' as well as buffs granted by other equipment and skills.
This was the first time Lu Li had seen such an enhancement trait, though it was also the result of using trait guidance.
Scarlett's Blade Moment was powerful, but its flaw was that it lasted too briefly. Thus, Lu Li had hoped to enhance the skill's duration.
The result was unexpected. Although the trait guidance device could select a direction, it could not lock onto