[Congratulations player! Refinement successful!]

[The target item has new attribute entries!]

As a red light appeared on the Tang sword, Su Lin took a closer look.

【Bloodstained Tang Sword - Soul Stealer】: Red quality weapon; possesses the red traits "Soul Stealer", "Change", and the gold trait "Advanced Damage Increase".

[Soul Stealing]: When killing an enemy target, you can absorb soul power (based on the rank of the killed target). Each point of soul power increases "final damage" by 1 point; Current soul power: 3086 points.

[Transformation]: The weapon can be transformed into one of 18 different weapons at will, without changing its characteristics, power, or quality; if the transformed weapon enjoys any buff status, that buff effect will be increased by 10%.

[Advanced Damage Increase]: When you successfully damage an enemy, your normal damage percentage is increased by 20%.

[Weapon Value]: 3 million resource coins.

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"Hmm? Not bad!"

Su Lin raised an eyebrow and smiled with satisfaction: "Now it has two red trait modifiers. This [Change] modifier fits the Sword Control system very well, and the increased buff percentage is also good! It even has a damage increase! And the Tang sword has become more valuable!"

"Let me see."

Xiao Linlin stepped forward, her eyes immediately lighting up with a smile: "What did I tell you! You've spent so much money, the system definitely won't let you lose out. Although the new feature isn't as good as [Soul Stealing], it's much better than before."

Is it possible that the Tang sword's two previous characteristics were relatively weak? So no matter how you refine it, the probability of getting a good result is higher?

Su Lin proposed a new possibility: given his current financial situation, the two previous characteristics of the Tang sword were indeed quite mediocre.

"It doesn't matter."

Xiao Linlin shook her head and chuckled, "Anyway, our ultimate goal is to get the Tang sword to have a colored quality attribute."

"The most correct use of the Weapon Box is to first use it to upgrade any weapon to the red level, and then use the refinement process to find the colored quality characteristics. This makes it possible to turn any weapon into a colored weapon!"

"Of course, this process takes a long time, and it would take a lot of resource coins to speed it up."

Xiao Linlin paused, then patted Su Lin's thigh in an old-fashioned manner: "But your brother just said that you're very good at making money! I believe in you!"

"Okay, okay."

Su Lin laughed in exasperation; this little girl was getting more and more unruly.

But that's good too; it makes them seem more childlike and less lifeless.

After experiencing the effects of the Martial Arts Box for the first time, the two gained a deeper understanding of how to use it.

Since nothing happened the next day, the two went their separate ways again.

Su Lin continued to practice his internal energy cultivation and take a medicinal bath to temper his body in the dormitory, while Xiao Linlin dragged Jia Zhengyi to start formulating an escape plan for the next game, listing more escape contingency plans to deal with various possible situations.

Time flies, and the remaining day or so passed quickly, bringing us to the third day after our escape.

After midnight on the fourth day, Su Lin, who was practicing his internal energy in his dormitory, suddenly heard a notification sound from the waiting area.

[Attention all players in the current waiting area! Your promotion time for this month has arrived!]

[The monthly promotion tournament will officially begin in 24 hours! All players in the waiting area who are currently in a match will be considered to have forfeited their promotion opportunity for this month!]

[Basic rules for promotion:]

[1. The number of participants covers all current escapees; everyone is eligible!]

[2. Each group of 1000 players is divided into independent promotion matches. If there are fewer than 1000 players, a "special unit" will be added to fill the role.]

[3. Based on the current regional ranking in the waiting area, those ranked higher are more likely to experience "more surprising good luck and advantageous situations" during the game.]

4. After the promotion matches conclude, all players who successfully escaped the promotion matches will be evaluated based on a comprehensive assessment including their score, rewards, and number of completed tasks. Rewards will be the highest priority criterion for promotion!

5. After the promotion round ends, all players who fail to escape will be considered "promotion failed," and 50% of the players in the promotion failed group will be randomly selected to be punished with "district-level drop"! If they cannot drop to a lower-level waiting area, 50% of their current total assets will be deducted, and one of their abilities will be randomly removed.

......

As Su Lin opened his eyes, a series of messages were displayed before him, and all the players in the waiting area witnessed these terms.

The first month's promotion has officially begun!

Whether you climb to new heights or fall to the next level, it all depends on this promotion match!

"As expected, promotion requires new matches to make judgments; this is essentially a promotion tournament?"

Su Lin raised an eyebrow, muttering to himself, "I originally thought that promotions were based directly on district-level rankings, but now it seems that it's not that simple. After all, district-level rankings place more emphasis on the total amount of assets than on overall strength."

"If the top 100 can be promoted directly without any obstacles, then all sorts of speculators and economic dealers will definitely be the first to be promoted easily. This could easily create asset and aristocratic classes within the escape game... Hmm, this is probably something the mechanism doesn't want to see."

"By separating the criteria for the promotion competition from the district rankings, we can ensure that everyone has the possibility of making a comeback and being promoted, while also taking into account the district advantage of those with higher rankings through separate rules."

"Moreover, as long as you successfully escape, you are eligible for a rating promotion. At the very least, you will stay and not fall down. This is something to think about."

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