The success rate for fusing Nanming Lihuo with the Frost Sword had surprisingly become 100%.
Although the success rate of fusing Frost with Nanming Lihuo had changed, when Bai Ye switched back to the famous sword Shixue and the Shadow Battle Axe, the success rates remained at 5% and 1% respectively.
This indicated that the success rate was not random but fixed, or rather, it depended on the weapons being synthesized.
Bai Ye pondered for a moment and attempted to synthesize the Frost Sword with the famous sword Shixue and the Shadow Battle Axe.
The result was a 10% success rate for the former and still a 1% success rate for the latter.
However, to Bai Ye's surprise, the success rate for fusing the famous sword Shixue and the Shadow Battle Axe reached a remarkable 30%.
After several consecutive attempts, Bai Ye finally understood some of the patterns.
First, the success rate increased when synthesizing weapons of the same type, such as flying swords with flying swords, or axes with axes.
Secondly, even if the weapons were not of the exact same type but shared similar characteristics or properties, there would still be a certain bonus, such as fusing a flying sword with a regular sword.
Third, synthesizing items of the same attribute also provided a bonus, for example, fire attribute with fire attribute, or water attribute with water attribute. As a secondary option, items with similar spiritual energy also yielded a bonus, but spiritual energy and magic did not mix well.
Fourth, the outcome of each synthesis was not fixed. The combination of Nanming Lihuo and the Frost Sword did not necessarily result in the Frost effect every time. However, once a successful synthesis had been performed, the success rate became 100%, and the outcome would always be the Frost effect.
After much trial and error, most attempts resulted in failure. Only one more successful synthesis occurred: Nanming Lihuo and the Flying Flame Sword, with a 65% success rate, successfully synthesized into Nanming Lihuo (Flame), increasing the number of weapons in the Gate of Babylon to nine.
The most regrettable outcome was the fusion of the Frost Sword and the Flying Flame Sword. Despite the clashing ice and fire, they were both flying swords of the same quality, and their 50% success rate also ended in failure.
Bai Ye could only sigh, "I hate these probability games the most."
Regardless, Bai Ye had discovered a new method to exploit the system.
That is, by using the gacha machine to draw weapons and then synthesizing those weapons, he could have the chance to obtain several new weapons each day to replenish the Gate of Babylon.
Bai Ye did not yet know how many weapons would be needed to upgrade the quality of the Gate of Babylon, but at least reaching the green tier from white, by assembling fifteen weapons, was not a difficult task.
While contemplating this, Bai Ye reached out and wiped away the light screen before him, then looked around.
The Holy Grail War had ended, and Bai Ye had been returned to the Honor Valley.
Mulan and the others, naturally, would not be foolish enough to wait around forever. The area was already devoid of any figures.
What could Bai Ye do?
He had no choice but to proceed on foot.
Although the matter of the Great Wall had been resolved, Bai Ye still intended to visit it again, and he wouldn't mind staying longer if necessary.
After all, the Great Wall held great potential for excavation, and its forbidden zones had yet to be opened.
Secondly, both Kai and Li Xin were confirmed heroes with golden tier possession abilities. Furthermore, while Bai Ye was not interested in the hero tombs on the first level, he could try to explore if he could obtain a quest to upgrade his entry qualifications for the hero tombs.
It was a bit of a waste for the Nanming Lihuo Sword.
This was a divine weapon no less inferior to the Xuanyuan Sword. If he could find a forbidden zone, Bai Ye could once again declare the game over and send everyone home.
As it stood, Bai Ye could only spend time on the journey. After all, it would take several days to travel from the Honor Valley back to the Great Wall, and the gacha machine would surely have reset.
He pressed forward.
And then...
Bai Ye discovered he was lost!
This Honor Valley was more complex than Bai Ye had imagined, and there was more than one entrance and exit. Bai Ye wandered around the Honor Valley for two hours and, after finally managing to exit, discovered a zone boundary before him!
Even without looking, he knew he had taken the wrong path. The Great Wall was not in this direction at all. Bai Ye did not recall crossing any zone boundaries when he had first arrived.
But since he had come this far...
Bai Ye hesitated for a moment, then decided to simply step across the zone boundary.
The Great Wall was not an urgent matter, anyway. Judging by the fact that the forbidden zone had not been opened, it was not something that could be accessed at the current time. Finding a hidden quest was already good.
Moreover, as long as it was related to hero zones, Bai Ye felt there was hope for improving his hero tomb entry qualifications.
In his previous life, Bai Ye had entered the third level of the hero tomb, and he had not obtained the qualification from the Great Wall.
Bai Ye thought to himself as he crossed the zone boundary.
Soon...
A forest appeared before Bai Ye.
It felt very strange!
The entire forest did not exude a lush, verdant feeling but rather...
a deep, sinister aura!
Occasionally, the wind would blow, causing the branches to sway and the leaves to rustle with a "shā, shā" sound.
Bai Ye surveyed his surroundings and muttered, "This must be a supernatural area, right?"
It gave off a very sinister feeling, as if the forest ahead was a gaping maw of an evil spirit, waiting for its prey.
Just then...
"Due to a participant discovering and entering the Natagumo Mountain forbidden zone, all participants currently in the Supernatural Ghost Area will be teleported to different locations within Natagumo Mountain in three minutes."
"Forbidden Zone Mission 1: Eliminate a member of the Natagumo Mountain Spider Demon family (this elimination can be transferred between chosen ones). Mission Reward: x1 random ability of the eliminated spider demon."
"Forbidden Zone Mission 2: Rescue a member of the Demon Slayer Corps (this rescue can be transferred between chosen ones). Mission Reward: x1 Nichirin Blade and x1 random basic breathing technique."
"Forbidden Zone Mission 3: Eliminate the controller of the Spider Demon family, the Lower Rank Five of the Twelve Kizuki. Mission Reward: x1 Demon Blood, x1 random Blood Demon Art (Spider Demon), x1 shard of the God Stone."
"Gentlemen, for the sake of obtaining the God Stone shards, please fight with all your might."
...
Bai Ye tilted his head, "What's going on?"
The sudden opening of the forbidden zone caught Bai Ye by surprise for a moment, but then he couldn't help but laugh.
In the past, he was always the one to open forbidden zones. Now, he was finally experiencing the treatment of being forcibly pulled into a forbidden zone that someone else had opened?
In addition to this...
"It's Natagumo Mountain. So, it's possible to enter here without going through the magical area!"
Bai Ye finally knew which area he was in.
It was indeed a supernatural area, or more precisely, this area was also known as the Ghost Area.
It was an area filled with various demons and the Demon Slayers who fought against them.
And Natagumo Mountain was the domain of the Lower Rank Five of the Twelve Kizuki, the strongest subordinates of the Demon King.
Simultaneously, Bai Ye had also visited the Natagumo Mountain forbidden zone in his previous life.
However, in his previous life, Bai Ye had been a failure in the Natagumo Mountain forbidden zone.
At that time, Bai Ye was still very weak, and he had not come here by his own volition. He had been forcibly pulled into the forbidden zone, and not only had he failed to complete any of the forbidden zone missions, but he had also nearly been killed by other chosen ones.
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