Chapter 161: "Do You Want to Look Again?"! Ruyi Jingu Bang’s Evolution

[Ding!]

[Authorization Approved. This can be executed.]

"YES!" Caelus almost cried in relief.

Factions were the best thing in the world. And the best part was that he was a faction lord!

Soon, he finalized the benefit.

[Calculating Total Cost...]

[-100 Platform Fee]

[-50 Benefit Creation Usage Charge]

[-10 Authorization Fee]

[-4,400 Benefit Implementation Fee]

"I wasted a lot of the creator’s capacity." Caelus clicked his tongue.

The ticket he got had a limit of 10,000, but he only ended up using 4,400.

But in the end, it was worth it.

Soon, a new notification appeared.

[Ding! It has been detected that you and member Sylvia are at Gold Rank combat score.]

[Would you like to perform the Gold Rank baptism?]

[Yes] / [No]

The answer was an yes.

He clicked on it without a second of hesitation.

Soon, seemingly from out of nowhere, a brilliant golden light appeared and showered heavily over Caelus and Sylvia.

The gold-colored power was warm at first. Then it began to rapidly heat up their bodies.

Bit by bit, the temperature rose fiercely.

Caelus and Sylvia were completely dumbfounded.

They realized their bodies were literally smoking!

Before they could react, their clothes completely disintegrated.

They felt the cells in their bodies being burned to ashes. Impurities were forced out from their deepest depths and completely burned away.

At the same time, these golden flames marked each and every cell that made up their bodily structure.

Once it was over, Caelus and Sylvia stood completely naked in the room.

They felt a profound sense of rejuvenation.

The terrible feeling of bloating they experienced earlier had completely vanished. What replaced it was a deep hunger for more combat score.

"Once it reaches Crown rank, things will be different again," Caelus sighed.

The Crown rank was special, just like Gold. He wondered what would happen once his combat score finally reached it.

However, his thoughts were cut short when his eyes widened in disbelief.

He had almost forgotten that there was someone else in the room with him.

Sylvia!

What was even worse was that both of their clothes had been entirely burned away by the golden baptism.

Sylvia stood in front of him, her body on full display.

His mind instantly short-circuited as his face turned bright red like a tomato. Sylvia also wore a slightly flustered and bashful look on her face.

Just as quickly, Caelus sharply turned around.

"You are naked, Sylvia. Go put some clothes on," Caelus said with a small stutter.

He had definitely seen a woman’s body before... mostly on some questionable sites back in his old world.

But Sylvia’s body was different. The image clung stubbornly to his mind. Whenever he closed his eyes, it instantly reappeared.

Then, a soft chuckle came from right behind him.

He suddenly felt two soft mountains pressing directly against his back.

Caelus flinched in fright the moment he felt it.

Two warm hands smoothly captured him before he could even think to run away.

"Do you want to look again~?" Sylvia whispered into his ear.

Caelus’s mind immediately became hazy as his train of thoughts went somewhere. He was a healthy young man, after all.

However, he forcefully shook himself out of it.

"Go wear some clothes, Sylvia. We need to head to that challenge domain Old Man Welt mentioned."

Sylvia’s melodious laugh echoed out into the room.

"My hubby is so cute when he gets flustered."

She kissed him lovingly on the neck before happily jumping away into her own room.

Caelus quickly went into his room to get dressed.

He looked down at himself and became even more embarrassed.

Junior Caelus had fully awakened. But now it was time for Junior Caelus to go back to sleep.

There were far more important things to do today. He knew Sylvia was just teasing him.

But sometimes, her teasing went just a bit too far.

Still, that was exactly like her.

Once they were properly dressed, they didn’t set off immediately.

Caelus wanted to extract some Origin Shards from the dark stones.

He had obtained quite a few while traveling back to the mansion after the Fortis City incident, and he already had a stash from before that.

One by one, he began extracting them. This time, he only yielded Origin Shards.

In the end, he was left with 34 Origin Shards. He used his talent to duplicate them into 71.

There was a specific reason for this. He wanted to use his blacksmith skill.

Apex Forging!

It could be used to completely reforge an item and force it to reach a higher rank.

With his new Gold baptism stabilizing his power, it was finally safe to reforge their weapons and armor.

Now that his staff was his primary weapon, he wanted to see if he could use the Origin Shards to change its true name.

If he could match it to Origin Light, he could activate the powerful Origin Light set effect.

He headed to his personal blacksmithing room. He hadn’t visited it in a while.

His blacksmith profession automatically reached its cap passively due to his Factory constantly pumping out Legendary and Mythic items.

It had already reached the Tier 3: Silver II level on its own.

Now, it was time to use Apex Forging.

He took out the Ruyi Jingu Bang. Then, he brought out the Material Synthesizer and began synthesizing the Tier 10 ores into Tier 11.

They had a Gold II combat score now, so they could easily handle the higher tier.

Once that was done, he placed one Tier 11 ore beside the Ruyi Jingu Bang and stacked an Origin Shard directly on top of it.

He didn’t actually need the Tier 11 ore to make the staff reach Gold II. The Ruyi staff already scaled perfectly off his combat score.

He simply added it in to guarantee better structural integrity.

He swiftly activated the skill and began hammering away.

Apex Forging!

Soon, a blinding light shone through the room as the staff completely reformed.

[Origin Light: Ruyi Jingu Bang (Gold II)]

[Details: A fragment of a real staff that can shrink to the size of a needle or grow as tall as the world. It alters its size based on the user’s combat score. Amplifies power by +6 Damage when used.]

[Passive Effect: Mana Burn. Destroys a portion of the target’s mana pool with each strike.]

[Passive Effect: Regression. Inflicted upon landing three consecutive hits. The opponent’s body will temporarily forget its own strength, instantly stripping away all active defensive buffs and sealing their highest-tier skill for 10 seconds.]

"It worked," Caelus smiled brightly.

It had successfully assimilated into the Origin Light set!

Riding that wave of excitement, he used Apex Forging on his old Origin Light armor set, forcing it to reach Gold II as well.