131: Chapter 131 Testing the Sword, Armor

The System has a simple identification function for any object, so as soon as Zhao Feng finished the Artifact Refining, he opened the System to check his own Artifact Refining results.

"Not bad at all!" Zhao Feng nodded. As a beginner, being able to refine a perfect object using ordinary Materials on the first try was already quite remarkable.

This Flying Sword hovered in front of Zhao Feng, emitting a faint spiritual glow.

As a Magical Artifact, it actually looks more mystical than higher-grade objects like Spiritual Artifacts or Immortal Artifacts. Because the power supply symbols it requires need very little Spiritual Qi, Cultivators with some level of Cultivation like Zhao Feng will have a layer of Spiritual Qi radiance around them. The Spiritual Qi from this radiance enters the Flying Sword's power supply symbols, keeping some of the Flying Sword's basic functions in an activated state, which is why phenomena like hovering and spiritual glow occur.

The identification symbol will not form an identification during such a short period of Spiritual Qi infiltration, so there is no need to worry about the Magical Artifact binding itself to Zhao Feng. Zhao Feng moved his mind, and a surge of Spiritual Qi entered the Flying Sword.

All the various symbols in the Flying Sword activated in an instant, entering a standby state.

"Let's test the speed!" Zhao Feng walked out of the Artifact Refining Room and pointed his thought forward.

The Flying Sword instantly turned into a stream of light and shot out.

Zhao Feng's current effective range for controlling his Mental Energy is about a one-kilometer radius. And within this one-kilometer distance, excluding air resistance and the time used for instantaneous acceleration, the Flying Sword only took about one second.

This speed was terrifying. One can imagine that in the face of such a high-speed strike, Martial Forest experts, whether relying on exquisite sword techniques or powerful Internal Energy, would be unable to quickly mount an effective defense.

Recalling the Flying Sword, in another instant, the teardrop-shaped Flying Sword hovered in front of Zhao Feng.

The surface of the Flying Sword was slightly hot, and this was even under the protection of Spiritual Qi.

Let's check the sharpness next.

The Sharpness Symbol can make a Flying Sword sharper. Generally speaking, an ordinary Black Iron sword can cut through iron like mud, but it feels powerless when dealing with Materials that are already Black Iron.

Zhao Feng returned to the Artifact Refining Room. With a thought, the remaining Black Iron ore was cut through—hmm, it was a bit stiff.

It seems the sharpness is quite good; if the symbol were rougher, it would probably only leave a notch.

There's no need to test the Durability Symbol; Zhao Feng didn't want to break his own hard work. The Size-Control Symbol is a very commonly used symbol. Through the Size-Control Symbol, a Magical Artifact can grow or shrink within a certain range to meet special needs.

For example, when making a palace Magic Treasure, besides the Space Symbol, the Size-Control Symbol is also standard equipment.

The Size-Control Symbol also has its drawbacks. When an object becomes larger, its hardness and flexibility decrease until it reaches its limit. When an object becomes smaller, these properties also change until they reach their limit.

The upper and lower limits of the size change are related to the material, quality, etc., of the object. This Flying Sword of Zhao Feng is only twenty centimeters long; it can shrink to the size of a needle at its smallest and reach about one and a half meters at its largest.

When a Flying Sword needs to grow larger, it is usually for riding and flying. At this time, the Flying Sword is actually very fragile; if used for combat, it could easily be shattered.

Testing the Flying Sword's size changes, there were no problems at all. Zhao Feng then put the Flying Sword away with satisfaction. Only two hours had passed; he would rest for a little while and then continue Artifact Refining.

Among the standard equipment for an average Cultivator, offensive weapons like Flying Swords are a must. Defensive apparatus, however, can only be owned by wealthier Cultivators.

Generally, defensive apparatus are mainly battle armor and shields. Of course, when reaching an Advanced stage, the importance of the object's shape diminishes, and the shapes of defensive apparatus become diverse. Besides the two mentioned above, there are also various shapes like flags, pagodas, gourds, etc.

There is a situation in the Cultivation world: a Cultivator who can wear battle armor isn't necessarily wealthy, but a Cultivator who uses strange defensive treasures must be very rich and powerful.

A rookie Artifact Refiner like Zhao Feng naturally couldn't make any treasures with exotic shapes and could only honestly make battle armor.

Battle armor doesn't necessarily have to be made into the appearance of plate armor. If one had filament Materials like exotic silk and a master Artifact Refiner skilled in weaving, one could refine defensive Magic Treasures that look like ordinary clothing. But clearly, Zhao Feng possessed neither condition.

Armor is also very heroic. Zhao Feng could only console himself this way. Looking at the large pile of refined copper on the side, it would be a stretch to refine two pieces. If he combined it with Black Iron, it would be enough, but he still didn't understand the relationship between composite Materials and the Size-Control Symbol, so he would just use refined copper.

Refined copper has a lower melting point. This material is also formed because copper mines are infected by Spiritual Qi, so it is not rare.

The purplish-red refined copper was smelted, and under the influence of Mental Energy, it gradually formed shapes like a helmet, breastplate, arm guards, battle skirt, knee guards, etc. The joints were all woven into a mesh with fine copper wire to try and avoid affecting the flexibility of the body.

Refining battle armor is both difficult and easy. The difficulty lies in the large surface area of the battle armor, which requires many defensive symbols to be connected; these complex symbols produce effects by being supplied with Spiritual Qi by power supply symbols. The more types of symbols, the more troublesome it is. The only defensive symbol Zhao Feng mastered was the Durability Symbol, so this difficulty did not exist.

The easy part is also because of the large surface area. The benefit of a large surface area is that the symbols don't need to be made very small, which makes it much easier to operate.

Because the battle armor has a large coverage area and the transmission efficiency of the power supply symbols Zhao Feng currently masters is not very good, Zhao Feng planned to set up multiple power supply symbols.

Such a design made the connections between symbols more troublesome, taking up quite a bit of Zhao Feng's time.

After about four hours, the first set of battle armor was finally finished.

Considering breathability and aesthetics, the helmet design did not use a single piece of refined copper but instead used fine copper wire woven in a chainmail pattern between the copper plates.

The connections between the breastplate, arm guards, battle skirt, and knee guards also used chainmail. The front and back pieces of the battle armor could be opened from the connecting buckles under the armpits; of course, this is a structure powered by Spiritual Qi and can be controlled by thought.

He poured in Spiritual Qi to test it; the use of the battle armor was completely fine.

"Unnamed Battle Armor, Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact. Characteristic: Very Durable." The System gave Zhao Feng an honest affirmation.

Looking at his own masterpiece, Zhao Feng expressed great admiration for the refiner, so after resting for a moment, he continued to throw himself into refining.

Without a doubt, all three refinements were successful. Zhao Feng didn't know the success rate of other Artifact Refiners. But in fact, in the Artifact Refining world, this was already a quite remarkable achievement.

Three Medium Grade Magical Artifacts, although not considered too valuable, were quite uncommon. There were too few Artifact Refiners among Cultivators; except for Sect Disciples, the lives of ordinary rogue cultivators were not that affluent.

Since he had finished the refining, Zhao Feng didn't plan to stay in the Artifact Refining Room any longer. After turning off the Earth Fire, he returned to his room. Thinking about handing these two Magical Artifacts to Liu Xuan and imagining Liu Xuan's happy expression, Zhao Feng couldn't help but smile.