"Those things are actually stone creatures? I didn't even notice them while they were still."
Through the radar terrain map, Yang Yuan discovered the elite stone creature heading their way, along with a group of small stone creatures.
Although he was practicing shooting to gain experience, he remained vigilant.
He definitely didn't want a repeat of the earlier ambush incident.
However, he didn't stop gaining experience because only a more powerful pistol could easily kill those stone creatures.
In any case, unless necessary, he didn't want to use the Firepower Flying Disc's ammunition.
Those rounds needed to be saved for continued upgrades and enhancements.
Besides, there was still some time before those stone creatures arrived here.
This time, he spent over an hour fighting the intense recoil just to gather enough experience for the pistol upgrade.
"Upgrade!"
Upgrading from level ten to eleven for a person results in a significant qualitative change, reaching beyond limits.
But what about a pistol?
Yang Yuan watched with anticipation.
The originally artistic pistol in his hand underwent a transformation, becoming plain and unremarkable.
Yes, the originally exquisite, almost reflective, beautiful pistol became simple and unadorned.
Despite still being finely crafted, it no longer possessed that radiant splendor; its brilliance was now subdued, like a treasure concealing its magic.
The style remained the same, but the shape was optimized; the barrel was shortened again, now only palm-sized, with a maximum length of no more than fifteen centimeters.
Soon, the upgrade was completed.
"Experience +1"
A data flash of this nature crossed his mind, and Yang Yuan was momentarily stunned before quickly checking his personal data:
[LV.11: 1/2]
"A point of personal experience truly increased. Does this mean I need to create an item at level eleven to gain a point of experience?"
Yang Yuan's eyebrows twitched, then he eagerly looked at the description of the level eleven pistol:
[Marvel · Pistol LV.11: 0/10 (No recoil, magazine capacity of twelve bullets, maximum range of one thousand meters; the fired bullets will explode upon reaching maximum range whether they hit the target or not; Current bullets: 1/12; Non-upgradable)]
"Marvel?!"
Yang Yuan looked at the plain and unadorned pistol in his hand with surprise, "No recoil?!"
He thought he wouldn't be startled anymore, having grown accustomed to the wonders of his superpower.
However, at this moment, he couldn't help but be astonished.
Is this how a Marvel is formed?
Or is it that his superpower is special enough to create a Marvel?
In his amazement, he joyfully examined the brand-new pistol, "No recoil! This is fantastic!"
Moreover, the magazine's capacity increased, so he wouldn't need to reload as often in the future.
Even the future upgrades might further increase the magazine capacity.
Additionally, the description also changed.
The original effective range became the maximum range.
Previously, as long as they didn't hit the target, bullets could keep flying forward until their energy was exhausted and they fell to the ground.
But now, even if they don't hit the target, the bullets will explode, with a maximum range of only one thousand meters.
It's hard to say if this is good or bad.
However—
Can such a small magazine really hold twelve bullets?
Yang Yuan harbored some doubts.
He took out the magazine and glanced inside, discovering that the interior space seemed somewhat distorted.
"Could there be some kind of spatial folding phenomenon inside this magazine?"
He tried to reload it with bullets.
Sure enough, after placing six bullets into the originally six-round magazine, he could continue adding more.
It wasn't until it reached twelve bullets that it was finally full.
"This is simply... amazing!"
Yang Yuan lovingly toyed with the Marvel pistol as he inserted the magazine back.
This was his first Marvel, carrying a special commemorative significance.
"By the way, after reaching level eleven, the pistol's experience refreshed, and the next upgrade requires only ten points, precisely double the initial amount."
Yang Yuan pondered in his heart that, upon reaching level eleven, personal experience requires creating an item of the same level to gain a point of experience.
What about these items themselves?
After reaching level eleven, is there a change in how these items gain experience?
Moreover, reaching level eleven, the experience required suddenly decreased. Does this imply that the direction of enhancement also changed?
He had a premonition that the pistol's power might have reached its limit.
After all, it was just a pistol; even with enhanced power, there should be an upper limit.
Then, what would need to be enhanced next?
Ammunition capacity?
Is it because one needs to start from scratch, so the initial experience requirement is so minimal?
Just then, a faint rumbling reached his ears, like the sound of a thousand horses galloping.
Although it was still several kilometers away, his hearing, far exceeding ordinary people's, could already pick it up.
Before long, Zhao Jiayan and Jiang Yiyi heard it too.
"What sound is that?" Zhao Jiayan tensed up and looked at Jiang Yiyi, "Yiyi, did you sense any danger?"
Jiang Yiyi shook her head blankly, as her superpower hadn't activated yet due to the distance.
"Don't worry, it's just a group of stone monsters coming this way, I'll handle it," said Yang Yuan.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jiayan and Jiang Yiyi immediately relaxed and continued dismantling the cooler.
Since Yang Yuan could say this, he obviously had confidence.
"This gun..."
Yang Yuan took out Zhao Jiayan's handgun.
The remaining bullets could level up this gun to level eleven, becoming a Marvel.
But after some consideration, he decided against upgrading it.
The reason was simple.
His handgun was too powerful. It was convenient for killing enemies, but not suitable for hunting, since one shot would blow the prey to bits, leaving nothing edible.
Therefore, Zhao Jiayan's handgun had to be kept for hunting.
Unless they acquired more weapons later on.
"Rumbled..."
The sound drew closer, and the stone monster group reached beyond a kilometer.
Zhao Jiayan and Jiang Yiyi couldn't help but stand up, a bit nervously looking in that direction.
Seeing the elite-level stone monster, towering ten meters high, their expressions changed.
Previously, they had seen such stone monsters, and if it weren't for powerful superpower users from the military intervening, even the main army might suffer damages.
The ten-meter high stone monster was estimated to be only slightly weaker than what the main army had encountered before, but it wasn't something ordinary superpower users could handle.
Behind this giant stone monster was a group of at least a hundred ordinary stone monsters.
The two women couldn't help but look at Yang Yuan, and seeing his still calm face, they relaxed.
Yang Yuan noticed that the huge stone monster's movement speed wasn't fast, only covering thirty to forty meters per second.
At this speed and distance, there was time to shoot many times.
It was the perfect opportunity to test the Marvel handgun's power.
Finally, the elite-level stone monster entered within a kilometer range.
It noticed Yang Yuan and the others' presence, showing a human-like angry expression.
These three fleshly beings must have been the ones causing the huge disturbance, interrupting its sleep, unforgivable, relentless!
As stone monsters didn't have mouths, they couldn't roar, so it punched away a natural stone pillar two meters thick to express its anger.
During this process, it didn't stop and continued charging forward.
Concerned about accuracy due to the distance, Yang Yuan patiently waited until the giant stone monster entered within five hundred meters, and the ordinary stone monsters reached within a kilometer, before raising his handgun, aiming at the elite-level stone monster, and pulling the trigger.
"Boom—"
As he pulled the trigger, even with his powerful vision, he could only vaguely see a bullet stream glowing red from air friction flash by.
Soon after, the ten-meter-high elite-level stone monster flew backward.
The massive explosion sound came from five hundred meters away, while the handgun in Yang Yuan's hand didn't emit any sound, nor did it produce any recoil.
It felt as if he had pressed a remote control to detonate a bomb.
"Rumbled..."
The giant stone monster flew backward dozens of meters, then flipped and rolled back, blowing up several natural stone pillars along the way.
"Wow!!" Jiang Yiyi couldn't help but cheer.
Zhao Jiayan was also shocked, covering her mouth feeling that her worries were for nothing.
"This is a Marvel?" Yang Yuan looked at his handgun in surprise.
A gun with no recoil yet capable of such power was simply unheard of.
Meanwhile, he noticed the handgun gained a bit of experience.
This indicated that even at level eleven, the handgun could still earn experience in the usual manner.
It seemed that upgrading items was far easier than leveling up personally.
Five hundred meters away.
The stone monster, which just furiously vowed relentless pursuit, was now scared, its cracked stone body scrambling to escape.
But how could Yang Yuan let it go?
The Spirit Monster Core of this elite-level stone monster should be more valuable, right?
He pulled the trigger again.
The Marvel handgun in his hand showed no recoil, nor any muzzle flash, except for a faint red stream flashing by.
The bullet speed was too fast.
When he pulled the trigger, the elite-level stone monster's back exploded in a huge blast five hundred meters away.
This terrifying second shot shattered its enormous stone body into pieces.
Large chunks of stone debris flew outward.
Elite-level stone monsters, typically requiring a breakthrough superpower user collaboration of ten people to kill due to its hard and durable body.
Unless a superpower user possessed special destructive abilities.
Yet under the Marvel handgun, only merely two shots and it was blown apart.
Meanwhile, the group of ordinary stone monsters just entered within a kilometer range, notorious for relentless pursuit once disturbed from sleep, all froze upon witnessing this.
The next moment, this group of ordinary stone monsters turned and fled without hesitation.