Chapter 48: The Massive Ring Blade

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[Notice: Upgrading “Beef Instant Noodles” requires consuming 5 specialized crystals. Confirm to consume 5 specialized crystals to perform a second-tier upgrade on “Beef Instant Noodles”?]

Five pieces.

It seems that upgrading food is not cheap.

Just moments ago, Lu Ming was lamenting the meager rations of the first snow, but now he felt much more at ease.

Given such a high cost, he had to consider the state of his wallet and take things one stage at a time.

“Confirm.”

The bagged beef noodles disintegrated and reassembled in his hands. When the upgrade was complete, Lu Ming was shocked by the large item he held.

It was a delicate lunchbox measuring forty centimeters long, twenty centimeters high, with three layers stacked vertically. Remarkably, it was still warm to the touch!

[Notice: “Beef Instant Noodles” successfully upgraded to “Luxury Ready-to-Eat Bento”]

“Luxury ready-to-eat…”

Ah, it seemed he had accidentally obtained a premium set meal.

Finding a place to sit, Lu Ming opened the lunchbox layer by layer, immediately drawn to the sumptuous dishes inside.

Salt and pepper shrimp, scallion beef stir-fry, white-cut chicken, crispy roast duck, assorted braised platter, boneless fish fillet, oyster sauce lettuce, Hakka stuffed tofu, stir-fried spring bamboo shoots, and a large bowl of ginseng black-bone chicken soup.

The top two layers contained a perfect balance of ten dishes, meat and vegetables combined, while the bottom layer was filled to the brim with white rice.

If it were the Lu Ming before his transfer, he would have been overwhelmed, barely able to finish a quarter of it.

Now, however, he felt it was neither too much nor too little—just enough.

Just as he was about to dig in, his thoughts drifted to the first snow behind him. Instant noodles wouldn’t do, but surely this kind of genuine luxury meal would be acceptable?

Yet when Lu Ming glanced back at her, she seemed to sense his intention, subtly shifting her gaze outward with a clear expression of refusal.

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Well, it was probably the previous instant noodles leaving a bad impression, or perhaps human food also posed a burden to alien creatures.

Still, from a human perspective, sharing different meals could affect the couple’s bond. They needed to reach the Battle King level soon—only with good physical fitness could they enjoy deeper shared experiences.

He devoured the meal rapidly, his mind racing. He glanced at the trading post as well.

The broad-bladed heavy knife failed to sell, with tens of thousands of comments piling up beneath.

Searching the keyword “Forging Mastery” yielded only idle chatter.

It seemed the matter of crafting biological weapons could not be realized quickly.

Randomly scrolling through several pages of chat, his old habit made him check the comments in reverse order.

Originally aiming to find overlooked treasures, Lu Ming unexpectedly found a clue.

At the very bottom was a comment with tens of thousands of downvotes.

The comment read: “Boss, I have the skill book you want, but I don’t need weapons. I want you to do something for me. If you complete it, I can give you the skill book directly.”

Oh? Give it directly? That’s generous.

But he chose to refuse.

No other reason—just pure annoyance.

He wanted quick trades, no lingering entanglements.

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“Stop dithering, you know wasting time isn’t good, right?”

He checked the weapon section, and after a night, ordinary weapons began to appear.

There were surprisingly decent-looking long blades, swords, daggers, and curved swords.

But what was with the price—100 specialized crystals?

Everyone seemed to have no clear logic about value, just randomly pricing items.

So he used the same trick—listed ten bottles of drinking water, setting the exchange target as blade-type weapons.

A precise crossbow could slaughter scythe wasp larvae, no doubt.

But it couldn’t handle elite scythe wasps. If it failed to break their defense, he still needed close-combat heavy weaponry.

[Notice: Your consignment of “Farmer’s Three Punch Pure Water *10” successfully sold, receiving a “Rusty Long Sword”]

Here it comes!

Expensive new items were hard to find, but battle-worn mediocre versions were everywhere.

He took out the long sword and stored it in his spatial pouch. Closing the trading post, Lu Ming stared at the sword and muttered, “Ultimate Upgrade.”

[Notice: Please select upgrade tier]

“Second tier.”

[Notice: Upgrading “Rusty Long Sword” requires consuming 50 specialized crystals]

“Confirm.”

[Notice: Please select upgrade path]

“Giant Ring Blade”

“Crescent Moon Blade”

“Mithril Miao Blade”

Mithril grade meant both blade and handle began to develop into magnificent and exquisite designs.

The Giant Ring Blade, as its name implied, was a large ring blade plus—both length and width reached intimidating proportions.

The Crescent Moon Blade was the prototype weapon of the Martial Saint—handsome, yes, but a long-handled weapon that didn’t suit his personal taste, so he passed.

The last option, the Mithril Miao Blade, he once saw a demonstration of—a large, narrow blade swung with powerful, resounding strokes. A good choice, but…

“I choose the Giant Ring Blade.”

No man could refuse something big! And he was pure manliness incarnate!

Crack, crack, crack.

The rusty long sword shattered piece by piece inside the spatial pouch.

Fifty specialized crystals transformed into energy, enveloping the blade fragments.

Structural reassembly formed a huge, fierce-looking sword.

“Identify.”

[Giant Ring Blade] (Mithril Grade)

Category: Weapon

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Description: Blade length 150 cm, handle length 35 cm, weight 200 kg. A mithril-grade weapon forged through intertwined transmission and Jialan techniques. Each strike carries the power to move mountains. Only the strong can wield it; only the fierce can use it skillfully; only the mighty can master it.

Durability: 3000/3000.

…200 kg. Dropped on a normal person, it could kill them outright! And he was an intermediate warrior wielding it?

One word: strong!

Two words: invincible!

Three words: overwhelmingly invincible!

Finishing the last sip of chicken soup, he patted his belly contentedly, feeling unparalleled satisfaction.

With energy abundant and gear complete, this sense of fullness was his prime state.

He stood up and stretched, facing the northern suburbs. Lu Ming felt it was time to set off.

If he could find some second-tier storage boxes along the way, that would be excellent. Unfortunately, the map only showed third-tier supply boxes; second-tier ones were neglected.

Taking out the map of the Three-Way Region to plan his route, Lu Ming suddenly remembered he hadn’t upgraded this item yet.

Want to try?

“Ultimate Upgrade.”

[Notice: Please select tier]

“Second tier.”

[Notice: Upgrading “Three-Way Region Map” requires consuming 100,000 crystal chunks.]

[Confirm]

[Cancel]

“Cancel!”

As expected, it was outrageously expensive!

It made sense that this item was singled out at the moment of transfer.

However, the consumption was in crystal chunks. Compared to those super-items demanding millions or tens of millions of crystals, this was relatively reasonable.

Speaking of specialized crystals upgrades, he had already experimented last night.

First-tier upgrade could transform “Specialized Crystals” into “Specialized Crystal Chunks,” but required 100 specialized crystals.

Second-tier upgrade could transform “Specialized Crystals” into “Specialized Crystal Bodies,” but required 10,000 specialized crystals.

Previously, it was explained that one specialized crystal body contained energy equivalent to 100 specialized crystal chunks, which equaled 10,000 specialized crystals.

What did that mean?

It meant that upgrading specialized crystals effectively required an equivalent exchange ratio plus a base specialized crystal as a fee.

One second to remember, Qianqian: