There was still one Ordeal Inheritance Gem left with another demonized lord of level 190. Nie Yan directly defeated it in more than twenty minutes and returned to the city of Okolen using a fixed-point teleportation.
Nie Yan still wore his black cloak as usual on his way to his personal warehouse.
If it wasn’t for the virtual gaming business of the Tianxia Group, and if it wasn’t for all the brothers who relied on Niuren Tribe to support their families, Nie Yan would rather be an ordinary player, leveling up daily, hunting for treasures, and occasionally selling some items on the trading platform. However, having reached such a peak, he was destined to no longer enjoy an ordinary life.
Arriving at the warehouse manager, Nie Yan placed all the useless loot he had obtained into the Niuren Tribe guild warehouse, and retrieved the materials stored there by Guo Huai, including the Void Black Iron.
Nie Yan looked at the five Inheritance Gems in his backpack and arranged them as described on the Light Shadow Scroll. Instantly, colorful lights became dazzlingly brilliant.
System: Do you wish to upgrade the Abak Set?
Yes!
Without hesitation, Nie Yan clicked confirm. Boom! Boom! Boom! The five Inheritance Gems exploded, and eight streaks of colorful light fell onto the components of the Abak Set, merging into them. All eight pieces of the Abak Set were imbued with a touch of colorful light.
Looking at the attributes of the Abak Set, the defense of the six pieces of armor had all increased, and the attack power of the two daggers had also received significant boosts, along with five or six additional attribute enhancements.
Although the upgrade wasn’t very significant, it was still quite good. However, Nie Yan currently had no intention of studying their attributes. He needed to forge them all first! After forging, the Abak Set would undergo a tremendous transformation.
After collecting his items, Nie Yan teleported directly to the doorstep of the Artisan God Brannick and walked toward his house.
Seeing Nie Yan enter, Brannick’s attitude was clearly more respectful than before. Nie Yan had recently obtained the titles of Legendary Thief and High Inquisitor, elevating his status even further.
“Mr. Brannick, I have found all the materials you requested,” Nie Yan said, taking out a pile of materials from his backpack and trading them all to the Artisan God Brannick. Along with the materials were the eight components of the Abak Set and the Paternoster Hammer.
“Respected Mr. Nieyan, please wait a moment. I will forge them for you immediately,” said the Artisan God Brannick, accepting all the materials from Nie Yan.
“Mr. Brannick, during my adventures, I collected some strange metals. I’m not sure what they are. Could you help me identify them?” Nie Yan asked.
“It would be my pleasure,” Brannick replied.
Nie Yan took out all those ancient ores, numbering in the thousands, along with exactly nine ancient scales.
Brannick’s gaze fell upon the ancient ores and ancient scales, his attention immediately captured and unable to look away. He exclaimed in awe, “These are ancient ores and ancient scales. My goodness, Mr. Nieyan, how did you obtain these things? It is said that only the Dark Death Domain produces such items. Thousands of years ago, the Dark Death Domain was once a human mining area, but it was later occupied by the servants of Death and became a terrifying hell. The gods have not descended to the human world for over a thousand years now, and the Archangel Tyrode is guarding the gates of the Death Domain to prevent any evil orderly beings from entering, as well as to keep the undead of the Dark Death Domain from entering the human world. Did you enter the Dark Death Domain?”
“Yes. I was commissioned by Lord Tyrode to complete a mission inside the Dark Death Domain and obtained these items,” Nie Yan replied.
Upon hearing Nie Yan’s words, Brannick showed profound respect. Seeing Brannick’s expression, Nie Yan couldn’t help but smirk inwardly. He had already developed his own methods for dealing with NPCs. With an NPC like Brannick, simply mentioning Archangel Tyrode was enough to ensure utmost reverence.
“May I ask what these items are used for?”
“These ancient ores, after refinement and combined in a certain proportion, can be fused into a special alloy whose effectiveness rivals Void Metal. They can be used together with Void Black Iron to enhance the Abak Set. As for these ancient scales, they can enhance the protective effects of equipment,” Brannick explained.
Upon hearing Brannick’s explanation, Nie Yan felt a surge of excitement. Could these items also be used to strengthen the Abak components? With all these enhancements, the forged Abak Set should be able to reach artifact-level quality, right?
“Then use all these materials as well,” Nie Yan said without hesitation as he handed over all the materials to Brannick, instructing him to forge the Abak Set.
Brannick dared not delay and immediately began the forging process.
The smelting process couldn’t be completed in a short time. Brannick lit the furnace and began working busily.
Nie Yan waited patiently nearby. What would the final six pieces of the Abak Set look like?
It was truly an exciting thing to anticipate.
Nie Yan glanced toward Brannick and saw him first refining the ores, then throwing the Paternoster Hammer into the furnace. The Paternoster Hammer slowly melted into molten iron.
Nie Yan felt a bit uneasy watching. This was an artifact-level item, and it was completely melted down like this?
In addition, the Bloody Dagger and the Slaughter Dagger were also melted. After turning into molten iron, Brannick scooped up the molten metal and poured it onto the remaining six components of the Abak Set. Unknown to Nie Yan, Brannick used some secret technique. Surprisingly, the Abak Set components did not melt after being poured with the glowing molten iron. Brannick then picked up a massive hammer and began forging them with a series of clangs.
Nie Yan watched nearby, somewhat bored, quietly waiting for the new Abak Set to be completed.
He glanced at his pet interface. His Dark Winged Dragon had successfully digested the Stone of the Demon Realm and should be able to evolve into a level ten dragon. However, this evolution was taking much longer than usual, so the dragon was still unavailable for now.
He hoped to see the level ten Dark Winged Dragon before heading underground. If it successfully evolved to level ten, he would fear no aerial mounts.
Time passed slowly. Brannick was still carefully doing his work. The forged Abak Seal of the Hand was placed aside, seemingly still missing the final process. On the outside of the Seal of the Hand, a layer of deep blue metal reflected an unusual metallic luster under the flames, with a streamlined design full of an eerie sense of beauty.
Brannick spent more than three hours forging. The six components of the Abak Set were placed on a stone platform. Brannick murmured incantations and took out a carving knife, inscribing strange runes onto the surface of the Abak Set. Instantly, the six components emitted dazzling deep blue light. Moments later, these deep blue glowing streams flowed like water across the surface of the Abak Set.
This glow was heart-stirring.
This was the brand-new Abak Set! Nie Yan couldn’t help but be moved. He felt the cold air, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop several degrees in an instant. The chill even carried a hint of killing intent.
Brannick’s trembling right hand caressed each Abak Set component, and he said emotionally, “This is the greatest masterpiece of my life!”
Hearing Brannick’s words, Nie Yan couldn’t help but feel excited. If it was the greatest masterpiece, then its attributes must be excellent, right?
Brannick picked up the six Abak Set components and submitted a trade request to Nie Yan, placing the six Abak components on the trade interface.
Nie Yan clicked confirm and looked into his backpack. The six Abak Set components were quietly placed in the item slots. Checking their quality, they were indeed artifact-level sets.
Artifact-level was already powerful enough. An artifact set was something all players could only look up to. This Abak Set was the only artifact set in the entire server!
Nie Yan calmed his excitement and opened each piece of the Abak Set to view their attributes, his heart pounding violently.
Abak Set: Artifact Set, a total of six pieces. Including Frost Sealing Hand, Dark Winter Shoulder Guard, Swift Running Boots, Focus Spirit Leg Guards, and Wind Phantom Leather Armor, all were artifact-level equipment. Each individual piece’s attributes were enhanced by at least five to six times compared to the original. Nie Yan’s various attributes had reached an incredible level. In addition to the individual attributes, there were more than ten additional set attributes: 500% all attribute bonuses, all skills increased to their maximum limits, etc. The previous four skills were still there, but all had been enhanced. The first passive skill, Slaughter Aura, caused 100% splash damage to all other enemy units around the target being attacked. The second passive skill, Infinite Combos, accelerated skill casting speed, causing continuous combo damage. During this time, the effects of all control skills used were enhanced by 100%.
Combo 1 dealt 200% skill damage, Combo 2 dealt 400% skill damage, Combo 3 dealt 600% skill damage… The third skill was the passive skill Bloodlust Aura, which put all nearby allied units into a bloodlust state, enhancing their attributes by 300%. The fourth skill was the active skill Point Teleportation. Knowing the coordinates, one could immediately teleport there, even between underground and surface. The skill cooldown time was zero.
After these four skills were significantly enhanced, two additional artifact skills from the Paternoster Hammer were also added: Thundergod’s Hammer and Frostguard, both of which were very useful.
What impressed Nie Yan the most was that the Abak Set also added a legendary skill.
Frost Aura: Upon activation, it generates a frost effect within a thirty-yard radius. Enemies with less than 1200 cold resistance will suffer divine frostbite, while those with less than 1800 will be slowed. When attacked, enemies will be afflicted by divine ice explosion effects.
Frostbite meant that players suffering from the cold would take damage. Divine Frostbite could probably kill someone outright. A cold resistance of 1,200 was likely unattainable for over 95% of players, and 1,800 was even more difficult. As for Ice Seal Burst, it was a single-target forbidden ice spell that first froze the target and then triggered an internal explosion, dealing extremely high damage. Divine Ice Seal Burst… Nie Yan couldn’t even fathom its power, but it was undoubtedly astonishing.
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