Published: February 12, 2025
Ye Zhongming first chose one item, and after examining the nearly shattered Dragon Saddle, he selected another.
Both pieces of equipment were of crimson condensation level, costing a total of 45 points.
This caused the reward points for the white dragon horse to drop from 86 to 41.
Looking at such a low number, the white dragon horse squatted on the ground, appearing somewhat pitiful.
Like a puzzle, Ye Zhongming carefully arranged the fragments of the Dragon Saddle on the ground and held the two pieces of equipment in each hand. As energy began to emanate from his body, the two pieces of crimson condensation equipment began to disintegrate.
Jie Su and Pao Bai quietly watched from the side, their expressions showing a hint of... respect.
Although the three were good friends and shouldn't have such a mindset towards each other, Ye Zhongming's displayed abilities and methods of handling dangerous situations made them feel that even a friend like him deserved respect... even awe.
Reverse disintegration—this was almost a form of reverse restoration. Such an ability had only appeared in legends. They were unsure if the current Tarros Red Dwarf possessed this technology, but among other races, they had truly not heard of anyone mastering it.
As the equipment melted under the gaze of the two, it transformed into various forms of material. Since this reverse disintegration could not restore the materials to their original state, Pao Bai and Jie Su had no idea what those materials were; only Ye Zhongming knew.
Once the disintegration was complete, Ye Zhongming began to repair the Dragon Saddle. At first, the speed was very slow; he was extremely cautious with each unknown material he inserted. However, as time passed, the speed increased, with materials from the disintegrated equipment continuously merging into the Dragon Saddle, visibly restoring it.
Of course, the required materials were not just from the two disintegrated pieces of crimson condensation equipment; some of the previously disintegrated materials were also included in the repair sequence.
Before long, the Dragon Saddle gradually regained its original appearance, and the white dragon horse stared at it with wide eyes.
After a good ten minutes, the equipment exchanged from the reward pool was completely renewed and emitted a glow of rebirth.
“Give it a try,” Ye Zhongming handed it to the white dragon horse.
“The functions are similar to before, but not entirely the same; you might need to familiarize yourself with it first,” Ye Zhongming said to his battle beast. “Due to the special nature of this place, I enhanced the defensive properties of the Dragon Saddle and erased the offensive attributes.”
Seeing Pao Bai and Jie Su slightly surprised, Ye Zhongming explained, “It's like this: since I don't know how many materials are needed to repair our equipment, the current direction of repair can only focus on defense for armor and offense for weapons. As long as we can survive the trial, it will be worth it, right?”
Indeed, outside, no matter the type of equipment, it was ideally balanced for offense and defense, with weapons having more offensive attributes and armor more defensive attributes.
This way, in battle, there were more choices and opportunities, thus gaining an advantage. If the functions were now so singular, it would actually sacrifice some attributes. After all, the number of materials needed for the fusion of a piece of equipment was large, requiring them to work together; it was difficult for one equipment to only show a single directional attribute under the influence of so many materials.
However, here it was different. They only had two tasks: to defend against the attacks of parasites and then to kill them. What they needed was stronger protection to survive and sharper weapons to kill the opponents.
During the repair process, Ye Zhongming infused this concept into his work.
“Not bad,” even though the points had dwindled to less than fifty, the white dragon horse still held a bit of tsundere pride.