Soon, while the players shrieked in amazement, Liu Ming’s weapon had already been strengthened to Refinement Level 18.
“Damn it! He’s strengthened his weapon by 18 levels. Big Shot Floating Cloud surely isn’t thinking of refining straight to Level 20, is he?”
“How can that be? God Domain may not have released an official statement about the refinement success rate after Refinement Level 16, but according to some data analysis and speculation, I’m afraid the success rate of reaching Refinement Level 20 is only 1%. No matter how impressive Big Shot Floating Cloud may be, he can’t possibly succeed every single time.”
“That’s right! The probability of reaching Refinement Level 19 and Refinement Level 20 is so low. Besides, Big Shot Floating Cloud has a Level 30 weapon that has 18 levels added to it. He has already far surpassed other players. There’s no need for him to continue refining.”
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“Everyone, stop arguing. Big Shot Floating Cloud has already added 19 levels to his weapon. We’ll find out whether he reaches Refinement Level 20 later.”
As the voice sounded, the players around the blacksmith store fell silent as if they had all abruptly pressed the pause button.
The players held their breath and looked at the regional channel in front of them, fearing that they would miss a scene that was destined to be recorded in God Domain’s history if they were careless.
Liu Ming, who was in the limelight, also looked a little excited yet hesitant.
Just like one of the players had said previously, the success rate of reaching Refinement Level 20 was probably only 1% or less. Even if Liu Ming was extremely lucky and had the Blessing of Lady Luck’s support, he would not be able to reach a 100% success rate.
“Forget it. There’s a 20% to 30% chance of success anyway. Besides, with the Blessing Of Lady Luck, I’ll definitely succeed next time even if I fail this time.” Soon, Liu Ming figured everything out and activated the final round of refinement three seconds before the Blessing Of Lady Luck ended.
Soon, a regional announcement and a camp announcement appeared in front of all the players present at the same time.
[System: Congratulations, Adventurer Floating Cloud, you have successfully refined Sky Sword to Level 20.]
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[System Announcement (Light Alliance): Congratulations, Floating Cloud, you have successfully refined Sky Sword to Level 20, becoming the first Adventurer to strengthen a piece of equipment to Refinement Level 20. Special Reward: 100 Gold Coins and 1,000 Light Camp Reputation.]
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The camp channel was a branch of the national channel that came after the version update. After all, God Domain was now divided into two large camps. If there was only a national channel, the players of the other camp would instantly know if there was any major movement when players said some things on the national channel.
The camp channels were created because of that.
Besides, players from different camps could not add each other in the game or send each other private messages. This eliminated the possibility of certain guilds planting players in opposing camps as undercover moles.
However, even though many players would never see this announcement, Liu Ming caused a huge commotion.
“Damn it! Big Shot Floating Cloud has reached Refinement Level 20 in one go!”
“Damn it! We’ve just witnessed a historical moment in God Domain!”
“Big Shot Floating Cloud is indeed an existence that creates miracles. Compared to him, we’re just garbage.”
“Big Shot Floating Cloud, do you lack an underling?”
“Forget it. What right does a scoundrel like you have to be Big Shot Floating Cloud’s underling? Even if he wants to take in an underling, it has to be an elite player like me.”
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While the group of ordinary players marveled at Liu Ming’s sudden lucky streak, a major change occurred in a main city called Kelop City, which was thousands of kilometers away from Lotter City.
At this moment, the entire city sank into endless terror.
An infinite number of low-level undead creatures—like skeletons, spirits, and corpses—formed black and gray waves that swept into the main city’s every corner.
All the living people within the undead creatures’ trajectory shrieked in horror as they turned into an undead creature.
Meanwhile, the city guards and various high-level NPCs, which should have been the first to come out to resist the wave of undead creatures, were nowhere to be seen.
The entire main city soon turned into a dead city, where there was no aura of the living within the city except for a very few places. However, even those few remaining places with living people were not completely unstained in the region of the dead.
For example, several figures wearing black knight armor or black robes were inside the Magic Tower at this moment.
These people were looking down at everything happening in the city, and each of them seemed rather indifferent. They did not seem to have wavered because of the tragedy in the city. Their outfits suggested that they were not good people.
If Liu Ming were here, he could basically confirm that they were the culprits of the city’s tragedy.
At this moment, a man in a black robe, whose face was as dry as withered tree bark, smilingly said in his low, hoarse voice, “Hehehe! I’m afraid those rotten nobles will never know that their most revered City Lord is actually one of the Great Death Lord’s Divine Envoys until the day they die.”
As soon as the man in the black robe finished speaking, a stern and dignified-looking middle-aged man said with a smile, “They will thank me after they are revived again and become the Great Death Lord’s citizens.”
Immediately afterward, the middle-aged man, who was also this city’s lord, said, “All living creatures will eventually die. Only death is eternal.”
After hearing the Kelop City Lord’s words, the man in the black robe agreed with a smile. “Yes, only death is eternal.” The man in the black robe then cursed under his breath, calling the city lord a lunatic, and fell silent.
At this moment, a young man slowly walked out from inside the Magic Tower and said to the man in the black robe seriously, “High Priest, 500,000 have been collected. Please check.”
If there were any players from Lotter City now, they would be able to identify the young man. The young man was World’s Best, World Guild’s president, who had left Lotter City in shame.
Back then, after World’s Best and World Guild’s members arrived at Kelop City, they were immediately besieged by the major guilds in Kelop City.
Although World Guild was large and established, the guilds in Kelop City had numerous members. The fact that World Guild had also been forced to relocate had made the guild members waver. Hence, World Guild soon lost most of its members.
Thus, World’s Best bit the bullet and brought World Guild’s remaining players into the Darkness Camp after the camp system was launched in God Domain.
However, World’s Best was quite capable and competent. After joining the Darkness Camp, he soon became familiar with the rules and took advantage of the blood sacrifice practice to obtain many benefits.
World’s Best could appear in this place at this moment precisely because he had received a mission to prepare for battle from the High Priest of Death.
World’s Best looked at the High Priest of Death quietly, waiting for a new mission while thinking about yesterday.