Breakthrough to the Blood-Marrow Realm Late Stage! Enhancement +2!

Bright moonlight hung high in the sky.

After sitting quietly for a while, Mu Yang rose and walked over to the Rat Demon Corpses neatly stacked in the courtyard.

"I hope this Rat Demon has some worthwhile traits."

Mu Yang focused his attention on the largest Rat Demon Corpse.

It was Hui Da's corpse, a Third Rank Rat Demon.

[Equippable Item: Rat Demon Corpse (Complete)]

[Rank: Third Rank]

[Equipment Effects: ① Sturdy Physique (Blue): Greatly enhances the physique (physical strength, total stamina, and reaction speed are all enhanced).

② Qi-Blood Abundance (Blue): Greatly increases total Blood Qi.]

[Permanent Solidification Condition: Equip this item for ten days, or kill any Third Rank or higher demon beast while this item is equipped.]

"Two Blue Traits!"

A sharp gleam flashed through Mu Yang's eyes.

At first, he had only hoped for a Blue-quality Qi-Blood Abundance trait. He had not expected an unexpected delight as well.

Not only was the Qi-Blood Abundance trait Blue-quality, even the Sturdy Physique trait had reached Blue quality.

Double happiness at the door!

Mu Yang stepped forward, placed a hand on the icy demon corpse, and silently recited in his heart.

"Equip Rat Demon Corpse!"

[Ding! Rat Demon Corpse equipped!]

As the Sturdy Physique trait took effect, the familiar sensation of surging strength filled his entire body.

The strength in each arm increased by another ten thousand jin.

But that was not all. The Blue-quality Qi-Blood Abundance trait was also taking effect at the same time.

Blood Qi flooded into his torso and bones, while drop after drop of dense Blood Marrow, dazzling like gold, rapidly condensed within his skeleton.

The half of his torso bones that had yet to be nourished was coated in a brilliant golden glow at a visible speed.

Only when the newly generated Blood Qi was exhausted had it nourished every bone in Mu Yang's body exactly to completion.

Blood-Marrow Realm Late Stage, achieved!

This time, the single-arm strength increase far surpassed the previous two, rising by a full eight thousand jin!

The effect was so powerful that it nearly rivaled the strength of an ordinary Blood-Marrow Realm Perfection martial artist's entire body.

"Fifty-seven thousand jin in one arm. With this kind of strength, I could probably lift steel coils barehanded in my previous life." Mu Yang's lips curled upward slightly.

He had heard that the steel coil industry had an unspoken rule: whoever could carry off the steel coils owned them.

With his strength, becoming the richest man through hauling would not be a problem.

Of course, Mu Yang felt it was more likely that he would be recruited into some department, or sent to a laboratory to cooperate with an investigation.

After letting his thoughts run wild for a moment, Mu Yang turned his attention to the remaining Rat Demon Corpses.

Apart from Hui Da's Third Rank demon corpse, there were also two Second Rank demon corpses and three First Rank demon corpses.

Their trait qualities were all quite ordinary, only White quality.

Naturally, Mu Yang was not picky about such things.

It was merely that his Equipment Slots were limited. Otherwise, without another word, he would have equipped them all.

After thinking it over, Mu Yang opened the Equipment Slot panel and selected one of the Second Rank Rat Demon Corpses.

[Ding! Detected that the host has selected the enhancement target item—Rat Demon Corpse (Second Rank). Please select the required enhancement materials (), (), ()]

That was right. Mu Yang intended to use the enhancement function to raise the Rat Demon's trait quality.

An ordinary Second-Order Demon Corpse offered him limited improvement. If its trait quality could be raised, it might prove somewhat useful.

Very quickly, Mu Yang selected three Mid-Grade Martial Arts manuals from those he had exchanged for in the county earlier, using them as enhancement materials.

[Ding! Detected that the enhancement target is Second Rank, with the lowest trait quality being White. The materials are Second Rank, with the lowest trait quality being White. Enhancement conditions satisfied. The quality of one trait of the target will be increased!]

As the notification sounded, the three martial arts manuals gradually shattered, turning into faint white particles that fused into the Rat Demon Corpse in the Enhancement Slot.

Once all the white particles had fused in, a faint blue glow silently emerged.

[Ding! Target item—Rat Demon Corpse (Second Rank) enhancement complete. Trait quality has increased!]

[Qi-Blood Abundance (White) → Qi-Blood Abundance (Blue)]

[Equippable Item: Rat Demon Corpse (Complete) +1]

[Rank: Second Rank]

[Equipment Effects: ① Sturdy Physique (White): Slightly enhances the physique (physical strength, total stamina, and reaction speed are all enhanced).

② Qi-Blood Abundance (Blue): Greatly increases total Blood Qi.]

[Permanent Solidification Condition: Equip this item for ten days, or kill any Second Rank or higher demon beast while this item is equipped.]

"Only one trait's quality can be raised?"

Mu Yang looked at the panel for the +1 Rat Demon Corpse and muttered to himself.

Previously, he had only enhanced Air-Dried Pork. Since Air-Dried Pork had only one trait, he had thought every enhancement would raise the quality of all its traits.

If it only randomly raised one of them, then he would have to pay closer attention when selecting materials in the future.

He should try to choose equipment with useless trait effects as enhancement fodder.

"I wonder how many times Second Rank equipment can be enhanced." Mu Yang suddenly recalled how the Air-Dried Pork had been unable to undergo a second enhancement.

At the time, he had guessed that the enhancement limit might be related to one's martial cultivation realm, or perhaps the quality of the item itself.

But he had not possessed enough high-quality items back then, so there had been no way to verify it.

Now was the perfect opportunity.

Thinking this, Mu Yang placed the +1 Second Rank Rat Demon Corpse into the target item slot again, then took out another three Mid-Grade Martial Arts manuals.

[Ding! Detected that the host has selected (Iron Thread Fist), (Spring Leg), and (Shadowless Sword) as enhancement materials. Use them to enhance target item—Rat Demon Corpse +1 (Second Rank)?]

"It actually works?"

Delight surged through Mu Yang's heart, and he immediately shouted yes in his mind.

The next instant, the three Mid-Grade Martial Arts manuals weathered away as though exposed to the wind, turning into faint white particles that fused into the enhanced Rat Demon Corpse.

[Ding! Target item—Rat Demon Corpse +1 (Second Rank) enhancement complete. Trait quality has increased!]

[Sturdy Physique (White) → Sturdy Physique (Blue)]

This time, the enhanced trait was the Rat Demon Corpse's other White trait.

Looking at the +2 Rat Demon Corpse, Mu Yang came to a realization.

It seemed that the limit on enhancement attempts might be related to the number of traits an item possessed.

He just did not know whether Blue-quality traits could be raised to Purple quality.

Thinking this, Mu Yang took out another three Mid-Grade Martial Arts manuals.

[Ding! Detected that the enhancement target is Second Rank, with the lowest trait quality being Blue. The materials are Second Rank, with the lowest trait quality being White. Enhancement conditions not satisfied. Unable to continue enhancement!]

Only upon seeing the notification did Mu Yang recall that items of the same rank and quality were required as enhancement materials.

"I don't have enough martial arts manuals left."

After subtracting the six he had just used, Mu Yang only had the last six Mid-Grade Martial Arts manuals in hand, along with one unenhanced Second Rank Rat Demon Corpse.

Clearly, he could not scrape together three +1 Second Rank pieces of equipment.

Helplessly, Mu Yang could only abandon the idea of continuing the enhancements.

Instead, he threw the remaining six martial arts manuals into the other Second Rank Rat Demon Corpse.

Before long, another +2 Rat Demon Corpse was born.

"Equip!"

Mu Yang placed both hands on the two +2 demon corpses and silently spoke in his heart.