Experienced Master Craftsmen and Precise Modern Instruments

Sun Dachuan was delighted. On one hand, he was happy that his brother's Enhancement Technique had improved by leaps and bounds. On the other, he vaguely sensed that he was about to face the finest opponent in Equipment Enhancement he had ever encountered.

Seeing through Sun Dachuan's thoughts, Lin Yi did not reveal much about his current strength. He merely smiled at Sun Dachuan before continuing to swing his hammer with focused concentration.

As the equipment remained in the forge longer, the strength of the metals composing it changed. Two consecutive hammer blows might require entirely different amounts of force, and even an extra instant in the forge could cause drastically different changes in the equipment's durability.

Once equipment had been enhanced beyond +20, it was already covered in dense cracks made for inscribing runes. Although Enhancement Masters would hammer those cracks closed after the inscriptions were complete, how sturdy could freshly repaired cracks be while the metal remained softened?

To ensure a successful enhancement, ordinary Enhancement Masters would usually pause after reaching this stage, giving the equipment more time to recover.

Afterward, they would enhance it by only one to three levels at a time. That was the safest way to steadily raise its enhancement level.

At this point, Lin Yi and Sun Dachuan's hammering speeds slowed in unison.

Their uninterrupted forging displayed the bearing of true masters, but neither could ignore the fact that the equipment was becoming increasingly fragile.

+25, completed in one uninterrupted push.

The two of them achieved that milestone almost one after the other.

Yet this was not their limit.

The flames on the forging platforms grew ever hotter, and the enhanced equipment placed within began to tremble unsteadily from absorbing too much heat.

The vibrations were so intense that even Lin Yi's hammer