Life in This World

Rumble!

The Equipment Enhancement Machine operated at high speed, making an astonishing racket.

Su Xiao stood in front of the Equipment Enhancement Machine and waited. Two minutes felt unbearably long.

Click!

A crisp sound came from inside the Equipment Enhancement Machine.

"It blew up. After all, he was attempting Enhancement +10."

Hearing the crisp sound, some of the contractors behind Su Xiao shook their heads and sighed, while quite a few gloated.

"Brother, don't get discouraged. This is normal."

A bearded man spoke up to comfort him. Though he was supposedly offering consolation, the smile at the corner of his mouth was infuriating. However, judging by the equipment fragments in his hand, he had probably just blown up an item during enhancement.

Hiss~

The tray of the Equipment Enhancement Machine popped out. The Boundary Severing Thread lay intact on the tray, with fragments of the Phantom Demon Stone beside it.

Boundary Severing Thread (dark purple) +9 failed. Due to the protection of the Phantom Demon Stone (dark purple), the equipment was undamaged, and its enhancement level was retained.

Boundary Severing Thread's attempt at +10 had failed. Su Xiao silently lit a cigarette. He was no undefeated champion. After being tempered through one Derivative World after another, he felt dejected, but he did not show it.

Although the Phantom Demon Stone was extremely precious, its purpose was to protect equipment undergoing enhancement. That meant it was destined to break one day.

Moreover, the Phantom Demon Stone had its limits. It was only a dark-purple item. If a high-level enhancement above +12 failed, even the Phantom Demon Stone could not guarantee that the equipment would remain intact.

"Stop while you can. Although Enhancement +10 causes a qualitative change, the risk is too high."

The bearded man advised him again. Su Xiao handed