[Equipment Upgrade System: Limited to Heroic Equipment and Lord’s Equipment. Multiple methods (which players must research themselves) can be used to increase the item level of these two types of equipment, allowing them to gain more traits and stats. The drop rate for Lord’s Equipment will also be significantly increased. All Lord Players can use this to develop an even more powerful Divine Chosen Legion.]

[Evil God Invasion Event: The event will begin with small-scale invasions of Void Monsters (the Void Monsters’ level will be maintained at Extraordinary One Star). After the seventh day, the first Blood Moon night will begin, and Extraordinary Two Star Void Creatures will officially appear during the Void Tide. From then on, all daily Void Monsters will be Extraordinary Two Stars. All Lord Players, please strive to survive the frenzied attacks of the Void Tide.]

[War for the Stone of the Gods: One-twelfth of a Divine Stone Fragment will randomly descend upon a certain area of this world. The one who obtains it will receive a certain Ability Value enhancement and will learn the locations of the other eleven Divine Stone Fragments... All Lord Players have the right to contend for the Stone of the Gods. Whether the Native Powers participate in the war or offer aid will depend on the relations each Lord Player has with them.]

[Heaven’s Chosen Ruler Rotation Mechanism: When Lord Players feel that the current Heaven’s Chosen Ruler is not good enough, they can raise an army and rebel at any time. As long as they can kill the current Heaven’s Chosen Ruler and then, following the previous "King’s War" model, help someone else or personally conquer all the Native Powers in the Lord World, they can obtain the title of Heaven’s Chosen Ruler.]

Looking at the system prompts before him, Qin Feng quickly glanced at his personal panel. He discovered that his Four-dimensional Attributes hadn’t directly broken through the current cap of 2,999 points to rise above 3,000.

Evidently, Qin Feng now had to rely on his "Bloodthirsty" Talent and the Lord Players’ built-in leveling system to slowly grind his attributes to their maximum, until he reached the new stage’s threshold of 20,000 points.

As for the attribute points that had "overflowed" due to the old cap, they had long since vanished completely. There was no possibility of them being saved up to allow for a breakthrough all at once.

Qin Feng clicked his tongue, but then his brow smoothed out.

"All right."

"A bit of a shame."

’But I have a diligent Valkyrie grinding Bloodthirsty layers for me twelve hours a day, non-stop.’

’I can also use ’Multi-shot Arrow’ to quickly grind Bloodthirsty layers myself.’

’It won’t take much time at all to stack all four of my personal panel’s attributes to 20,000 points.’

Qin Feng tapped his chin, lost in thought.

’But this new equipment upgrade mechanism...’

’It seems to conflict a bit with the upgrade rules for my ’Otherworldly Sword and Saber Weapon Pack’.’

He frowned slightly, sorting through the questions in his mind.

’I wonder if the two systems calculate equipment levels separately, each with its own progression?’

’Or do they share a level, just with different upgrade methods?’

’Or maybe they’re completely identical, with no difference even in the upgrade method, requiring the consumption of same-tier weapons and equipment to raise the item level?’

With that thought, Qin Feng stopped pondering and immediately took out all the weapons and armor he was currently wearing. He laid them out in a row before him, leaned in for a closer look, and began examining the details of each piece, hoping to find a clue about the connection between the two upgrade systems. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

[Weapon Name: Beheading Sword]

[Weapon Quality: Red (Otherworld Special Edition)]

[Weapon Level: 1]

[Trait—Beheading: When equipped, your headshot damage is increased by 100%. If this sword is used to perform a Beheading Attack, total headshot damage is increased by 500%!]

[Trait—Eternal: When out of combat, the weapon’s Durability will slowly recover until it is full!]

[Trait—Critical Strike: Damage from this weapon can land a Critical Strike. Critical Strike damage is calculated separately from damage to fatal weak points. The base Critical Strike rate is 20% and can be increased via other sources to a maximum of 100%.]

[Trait—Endless: Critical Strike damage dealt by this weapon is increased from the original 150% to 250%!]

[Active Trait—Charged Attack: After a short charge, unleash a wide horizontal slash. This attack is guaranteed to be considered a "Beheading Attack" and a "Critical Strike," benefiting from the damage bonuses of both statuses, but it has an extremely long cooldown.]

[Upgrade Requirement: Consume ten Otherworld Heroic Weapons of at least Level 1 (higher-level weapons can reduce the quantity required).]

...

[Armor Name: Lion Armor (Set)]

[Armor Quality: Red (Otherworld Special Edition)]

[Armor Level: 1]

[Trait—Lionheart Defense: When equipped, increases your physical Defense Power and Magic Resistance by 50%, and reduces all damage taken by 20% (this effect remains active even when the armor’s Durability is depleted; maximum damage reduction is capped at 99%).]

[Trait—Eternal: This equipment cannot be completely destroyed. When out of combat, the Durability of this set piece will slowly recover until it is full!]

[Trait—Critical Strike Defense: Reduces the Critical Strike rate of enemies attacking you by 20%.]

[Trait—Critical Strike Damage Reduction: Reduces the Critical Strike damage of enemies attacking you by 100%.]

[Active Trait—Lionheart’s Roar: After a short charge, the armor will emit a deafening roar, after which your Attack, Defense, Movement Speed, and Attack Speed are greatly increased. Has an extremely long cooldown.]

[Upgrade Requirement: Consume ten Otherworld Heroic Armor set pieces of at least Level 1 (each piece requires a corresponding armor slot piece as Dog Food).]

...

[Weapon Name: Poison Fang Bow]

[Weapon Quality: Purple (Conventional Weapon)]

[Weapon Level: 1]

[Trait—Poison Fang: All poison stacks you inflict gain one additional stack.]

[Trait—Eternal: When out of combat, the weapon’s Durability will slowly recover until it is full.]

[Upgrade Method (1): Requires preparing Magic Items that can increase poison damage, followed by professional forging, to upgrade to Level 2.]

[Upgrade Method (2): Obtain a treasure or item that can directly upgrade Epic Level weapons and use it on this weapon to upgrade it to Level 2.]

[Upgrade Method (3): Utilize the forging Talents of certain individuals to upgrade it by hand.]

[Upgrade Method (4): Rely on...]

...

[Weapon Name: Shield of Valor]

[Weapon Quality: Purple (Conventional Weapon)]

[Weapon Level: 1]

[Trait—Desperate Battle: When this shield’s Durability is completely depleted, the wielder’s damage output is increased by 20% until the end of the current battle.]

[Trait—Eternal: When out of combat, the weapon’s Durability will slowly recover until it is full.]

[Upgrade Method (1): Requires preparing Magic Items that can increase an item’s Defense Power, followed by professional forging, to upgrade to Level 2.]

[Upgrade Method (2): Obtain a treasure or item that can directly upgrade Epic Level weapons and use it on this weapon to upgrade it to Level 2.]

[Upgrade Method (3): Utilize the forging Talents of certain individuals to upgrade it by hand.]

[Upgrade Method (4): Rely on...]

...

Thanks to the complete information-gathering ability unlocked by his Level 100 "More Prisoners" Talent, Qin Feng directly skipped the "trial and error" and "repeated research" phases that other new players had to go through. With a single glance, he understood all the upgrade methods for conventional Hero Level weapons.

It had to be said, ’As expected of a Riding and Cutting system.’

The upgrade method for these Otherworld Weapons was ridiculously simple—they just needed to consume "Dog Food." It was completely unlike conventional Heroic Weapons, which seemed to have many upgrade methods, but each was more troublesome than the last.

’In that case,’

’I won’t bother with conventional Hero Level weapons from now on.’

’I’ll just equip my main forces entirely with Otherworld Weapons. Once I’ve outfitted every Divine Chosen Hero with an Invincible Otherworld Weapon, the extras can be used as Dog Food.’

’Anyway, the drop rate for Otherworld Weapons isn’t low. They basically drop in every battle, and the more enemies there are, the more of them drop...’