Hardness gave equipment greater durability and made it harder to destroy.
Sharpness let a weapon pierce defenses with ease, much like the difference between using a needle and a sledgehammer to stab the same object.
Absorption determined whether an enemy's attack was absorbed by armor or passed straight through it, transferring its force to the wearer.
A sufficiently sharp weapon—
Even a level 1 mage could use one to pierce sturdy defenses with ease.
"Leng Qingying, this dagger."
"You should be able to use it."
Lu Cang sent the dagger he had just forged flying toward her.
Bang!
A sonic boom rang out.
Clang—
The sound of daggers colliding rang out, but the white dagger in Leng Qingying's hand began to rot almost the instant they met.
Its bright blade started turning black.
Leng Qingying immediately let go of her dagger. By the time it hit the ground, it had become a pool of thick, black liquid.
With her other hand, she caught the dagger that had been knocked away.
What potent poison...
Leng Qingying's senses swept over it, and she quickly reached her own conclusion.
Yet she discovered that it was only an ordinary Tier 1 weapon...a Tier 1 weapon of perfect forging quality.
Perfect meant that all the properties of its materials had been fully brought out.
Such weapons usually performed far better than those of other qualities, and their forging bonuses were also more exceptional.
But...where had this poison come from?
"The poison on this dagger should be able to kill Tier 7 monsters."
"Of course, it can kill level 7 class-changers, too."
"Your attack power is lacking. If you really can't train your strength any further, making up for it with poison might be a good option."
Lu Cang described it in a very matter-of-fact tone.