107: Chapter 107 An Unexpected Challenge.

Su Xixi raised her head, her eyes filled with undisguised fighting spirit and excitement.

She looked at the crowd and said only a single word: "Strong!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, feeling happy for her.

"Alright, stop crowding around." Lin Qing waved his hand, "Next, it's my turn."

No sooner had he finished speaking.

Hum——!!!

A sharp alarm that resounded through the entire Divine Domain suddenly exploded from the top of the starry sky!

Following that, an eye-piercing blood-red light curtain descended from the sky, shrouding the entire atrium!

[Warning! The Dorm Leader of Room 101, Building 4, District 128 has initiated a "Dorm Hegemony" challenge against 9001! (Ranked first in District 128)]

[Detected that the Dorm Leader of Room 101 has integrated five floors of Building 4, District 128. 9001 has integrated two floors. Final judgment: Both sides are allowed to dispatch personnel from two floors to fight.]

[Locking headcounts...]

[Present headcount of 9001 in District 91 is 385, available for battle: 385.]

[Present headcount of Room 101, Building 4, District 128 is 1050, available for battle: 1050.]

[Challenge countdown: 00:09:59]

"Over a thousand people?!"

Bai Nian looked at the disparity in numbers on the light curtain, and her expression instantly sank.

"Heh, nothing more than a mob."

Lin Qing's voice was not loud, but it clearly reached the ears of every core member.

"After all, other districts don't have a special existence like Sister Meini holding down the fort."

"They just need to integrate ordinary survivors without having to care about anyone else's expression."

"Chances are, after the system announcement came out, a few floor leaders temporarily pooled together, wanting to use us as stepping stones to make a name for themselves in one battle."

"They came prepared."

Su Xixi let out a cold sneer, gripping the freshly forged Blade of Melting Annihilation tightly, the crimson patterns on the blade flickering excitedly.

Bai Nian obviously thought of this as well, and her voice carried a hint of solemnity:

"They clearly understood the rules and stuffed all seventy dormitories across two floors with people, intending to crush us directly with an absolute numerical advantage."

"Lin Qing, we can't be careless."

"I' rather. But it's not a big problem!" Lin Qing glanced at the blood-red countdown floating in the air, withdrawing his smile, and his expression turned serious.

"However, just in case, we should prepare an extra layer."

Saying that, he stopped delaying, turned around and walked toward the newly built equipment enhancement furnace.

"I'll do a wave of enhancements first, then open those three blind boxes."

His voice was calm.

As if what he was about to face was not a fierce battle of numerical suppression, but an ordinary post-meal pastime.

This composure completely settled everyone's hearts.

Lin Qing took out from his backpack the elite-grade rapid-fire hand crossbow that had accompanied him in killing his way through from the very beginning of the apocalypse.

This crossbow had drunk the blood of countless monsters and shot down more than one formidable enemy.

It was time for it to be upgraded.

Following that, he took out another item.

A heart the size of a human head, dark red all over, its surface covered with magma patterns, radiating astonishing heat on its own.

It was precisely the heart essence left behind after the death of that legendary Lava Giant Ape!

"Lin Qing, are you crazy?!" Bai Nian gasped sharply; she recognized that heart and instantly understood Lin Qing's intention.

"You're going to use legendary-grade materials to enhance an elite-grade weapon? Once it fails, this heart will be completely ruined!"

"No, that's not enough. Moreover, the characteristics of this rapid-fire hand crossbow are worth a try!"

Lin Qing shook his head, and under the astonished gazes of the crowd, he took out another item from his backpack.

That was a pitch-black longbow with a peculiar shape, its body carved with intricate magic patterns, exuding epic-grade energy fluctuations.

[Shadow Hunter Longbow (Epic)]

What he wanted was not just enhancement.

There was also fusion!

He wanted to use the elite-grade hand crossbow as the main body, fuse the epic-grade longbow, and use the legendary-grade heart as the enhancement material!

This was no longer a high-stakes gamble.

This was using the only legendary-grade material to challenge the limit of the system's rules!

"Brother Qing..." An Mumu opened her mouth, wanting to persuade him, but unable to say a single word.

She knew clearly that no one could change what Lin Qing had decided.

Su Xixi simply looked at him in silence, without worry, possessing only a nearly blind trust.

Lin Qing hesitated no longer.

He tossed the hand crossbow, the epic longbow, and the legendary heart—three things sufficient to make any survivor green with envy to the point of madness—all at once into the deep blue furnace opening of the equipment enhancement furnace.

Whoosh——

The deep blue flames, the moment they made contact with the three items, suddenly stalled.

Immediately afterward, like a blazing fire splashed with boiling oil, they surged explosively!

The color of the flames changed wildly among deep blue, crimson, and pitch black. The entire furnace emitted a violent roar as if it couldn't bear the burden, and on the furnace walls, those intricate patterns flashed frantically, flickering uncertainly!

A berserk energy, ten times more terrifying than when enhancing Su Xixi's short blade just now, crashed wildly inside the furnace, as if it would blow up at any moment!

A line of blood-red warnings with a hint of gold slowly emerged above the furnace.

[Warning: The qualities of the main equipment, secondary equipment, and enhancement material differ too greatly. Fusion enhancement success rate: 10%. Do you wish to continue?]

10%?!

Seeing this number, the hearts of all the girls sank to the bottom of the valley.

This was almost a doomed situation!

"Lin Qing, why don't you use other materials to be safer!" Bai Nian shouted anxiously.

"It doesn't matter, none of these are very important things, the loss from failure isn't big. If it succeeds, it's a huge profit."

He no longer hesitated, roaring out a single word in his mind.

"Yes!"

Rumble——!!!

As if responding to his determination, the entire equipment enhancement furnace shook violently!

The flames inside the furnace completely turned into a chaotic pitch black; all light and sound were swallowed in, leaving only a dead silence of nothingness.

Time at this moment seemed to be infinitely elongated.

Every second felt as long as a century.

The girls held their breaths, their heartbeats almost stopping.

Right at the final second when the countdown was about to return to zero.

"Ding!"

A crisp and melodious chime, as if coming from beyond the nine heavens, suddenly rang out!

That patch of chaotic pitch black suddenly shrank inward, turning into a speck of extreme light.

Immediately following that, the light dissipated.

A brand new weapon, crafted entirely from an unknown dark golden metal, with magma-like flowing patterns engraved on the crossbow arms, and a bowstring condensed from pure chaotic energy, quietly flew out from the furnace opening and hovered in front of Lin Qing.

A terrifying legendary-grade coercion burst and spread outward!

[Crossbow of Annihilation (Legendary/Growable)]