Strictly speaking, [Imitation Sword in the Stone (Special)] came with a forced defense-piercing effect.
It was just that its forced defense-piercing had limitations.
After all, defense came in many forms; it was not limited to armor value alone.
But the world was vast, and all manner of wonders existed.
Perhaps Zong Shen would encounter enemies with extraordinarily high armor values in the future.
Then it would come in handy.
Although Zong Shen could gain the ability to deal Chaos Damage through [Demon State] and [Azzinoth Demon-Slaying Warblade (Golden)], those abilities ultimately had time limits.
When facing groups of heavily armored enemies that could not be killed in a short time, this [Imitation Sword in the Stone (Special)] would prove useful.
It could grant Zong Shen the ability to break armor under normal conditions.
From that perspective, it truly counted as an unusual treasure.
He casually put away the knockoff Sword in the Stone.
Zong Shen felt that the nobles and wealthy merchants of Lentax Great City did have some real substance to them.
For example, the previous [Full Moon Werewolf Key (Special)] likely indicated that its collector knew about the Full Moon Werewolf treasure.
After all, the key could point the way beneath the moonlit night.
With such an obvious trait, there was no reason for its collector not to have discovered its secret.
In fact, the natives also explored and developed those ancient Ruins.
This could be seen from Baron Besos.
Back then, Besos had located the Ruins of a Lion Knights Order outpost by consulting local ancient texts.
He had invited Zong Shen to develop it together, and in the end, they split the batch of Lion Knights Order standard equipment found within the Ruins.
As high-tier standard equipment, those Lion War Swords and suits of armor were