Chapter 572 - 332: Divine Level·Heart of Complete Forging

Chapter 572: Chapter 332: Divine Level·Heart of Complete Forging

Hardness gives equipment greater durability, making it less likely to be destroyed.

Sharpness allows a weapon to easily pierce defenses—the difference between stabbing something with a needle versus a sledgehammer.

Absorption determines whether the force of an enemy’s attack is absorbed by the armor or passes right through it to your body.

A sufficiently sharp weapon.

Even a Level 1 Mage could use it to easily pierce solid defenses.

"Leng Qingying, this dagger."

"You should be able to use it."

Lu Cang flicked the newly formed dagger from his hand.

BANG!

A sonic boom erupted.

CLANG—

The sound of dagger striking dagger rang out, but the white dagger in Leng Qingying’s hand began to corrode almost instantly upon impact.

Its bright white blade started to turn black.

Leng Qingying immediately dropped the dagger from her hand. By the time it hit the ground, it had melted into a puddle of thick, black liquid.

With her other hand, Leng Qingying caught the dagger she had just parried.

’Such potent poison...’

Leng Qingying swept it with her Perception and had a rough assessment in her mind.

She discovered it was just an ordinary Tier One weapon... a Tier One weapon with a perfect Forging Quality.

Perfect meant that all the properties of the materials had been fully activated.

Such weapons often performed far better than those of other qualities, and their additional Forging Effects would also be more outstanding.

’But... what’s with this poison?’

"The poison on this dagger should be able to kill a Tier Seven Demon."

"Of course, it can also kill a Level 7 Reincarnator."

"You lack attack power. If you really can’t train your strength up, using poison to compensate should be a decent option."

Lu Cang described it in a very flat tone.

However, to Leng Qingying’s ears, it sounded like some kind of provocation.

’What does he mean, "if I really can’t train my strength up"?’

’Does this guy really just assume my attack power is that pathetic?’

Lu Cang himself had no use for this weapon.

After all, he himself was the "Poison Calamity." Any Magic or Combat Skill he used would carry a potent poison...

The dagger’s greatest function was completely useless to Lu Cang.

And Lu Cang truly had no need for the sharpness and hardness of a Tier One dagger, so it was only natural to give the weapon to Leng Qingying.

[Talent Acquired: Forging Apprentice (Common) >> Divine Level·Heart of Complete Forging]

Lu Cang remembered that the effect of Forging Apprentice was to make it easier to remember forging recipes and details.

A very basic, common Talent for a Blacksmith.

But now he had awakened "Divine Level·Heart of Complete Forging."

Its effect was: "Know the forging method of any forged item upon contact, and also know its ultimate form at different Tiers."

This Talent was a bit like a Pharmacist’s "Divine Level Replica."

It allowed one to know the recipe of any potion obtained and replicate it.

But this Talent was also a little different.

SHING—

A black blade materialized in Lu Cang’s hand.

This black blade was a piece of loot collected in the Forgotten Realm, apparently taken from some unlucky fool who had provoked him.

Since he had no use for it, Lu Cang had just put it aside.

The blade had a little trick to it—it could attack a person’s soul—but it wasn’t anything too special.

HUMMM—

The moment the blade appeared in Lu Cang’s hand, its complete information surfaced in his mind.

[Soul-Slaying Ghost Blade]

[Grade: Tier Four]

[Quality: Top-grade]

[Forging Effect: Soul Devouring—When hitting a physical body, deals additional damage to the soul, like a demon devouring it.]

[Required Forging Materials: Soul Devouring Ghost Crystal, Black Iron, Cursed Steel...]

At the same time, the method for forging this weapon also appeared in Lu Cang’s mind.

But what appeared was not just the method to forge this weapon, but also more refined forging methods and alternative materials that could be used as substitutes.

[Ghost Blade (Tier One) (Enhancement Limit: 3)]

[Slaying Ghost Blade (Tier Two) (Enhancement Limit: 3)]

[Soul Devouring Ghost Blade (Tier Three) (Enhancement Limit: 4)]

[Asura Soul-Devouring Blade (Tier Four) (Enhancement Limit: 4)]

[Final Soul (Tier Five) (Enhancement Limit: 5)]

[Return Journey (Tier Six) (Enhancement Limit: 5)]

...

[Ten Thousand Souls’ Resting Place (Tier Nine) (Enhancement Limit: 9)]

From Tier One to Tier Nine, the forging method for every tier surfaced in Lu Cang’s mind.

This was the ultimate interpretation of this weapon.

At the same time, different branches and improvement plans for this weapon also appeared in his mind.

There was the Soul-Cutting Element, which specialized in enhancing attacks against the soul.

And there was the Soul and Flesh Dual Attack Element, which specialized in enhancing simultaneous attacks against both body and soul for dual-lethal effects. It was as if an encyclopedia about this weapon had appeared in his mind.

Furthermore, this forging method was not rigid.

Lu Cang discovered that the forging method actually required Magic and Forms like "Root Magic—Wan Ge Transformation," "Root Magic—Unchanging Eternal Technique," and "Azure Sky Stream - Third Form·Illusion Strike·Rapid String."

This forging method was completely customized based on the abilities he possessed.

This also meant that the more abilities he mastered, the more he could do in forging, and the stronger the equipment he could create would be.

It was practically a tailor-made forging recipe, giving him the optimal solution for forging a piece of equipment directly. This would save him from the trouble of repeated trial and error.

Even with Future Preview, determining what kind of forging to perform on a weapon and which method to use still required a great deal of experimentation.

A single attempt could take several hours.

Sometimes, materials were limited and couldn’t withstand multiple attempts, leaving him to experiment only within Future Preview.

In reality, the selection and substitution of materials—whether there were better alternatives—was also something that required consideration.

Next was his promotion as an Enchanter.

Enchantment and Magic were also interrelated.

Originally, when he was learning rudimentary enchantment knowledge from Ai Jin, Lu Cang had thought that Enchantment was also a part of Magic, one of its branches.

But now, after studying it carefully, he found that while there were similarities, the internal differences were much greater.

DING—

A floating orb of liquid appeared in Lu Cang’s hand.

This was an orb of Enchanting Liquid used for Enchantment... Lu Cang stacked another orb of Enchanting Liquid on top of it.

DING—

The two orbs of liquid merged into one.

"This... is my answer for the Enchanter promotion."

Compared to the long forging process for the Blacksmith promotion, the answer Lu Cang gave for the Enchanter promotion was simple and unadorned.

It was simply... stacking the same Enchantment Effect, enchanting on top of an existing Enchantment.

The answer was simple, yet it pointed directly to a profound understanding of Enchantment. Lu Cang became a Level 2 Enchanter.