Xia Xi excitedly waved the iron hammer in his hand.
Even without deliberately exerting himself, he could clearly feel the tremendous destructive force contained in its head.
He looked down again at the steel on the anvil.
The puddle of metal he had hammered into a lava-like liquid was already rapidly cooling and solidifying in the air.
So this "Bright Red Nichirin Blade" not only increased attack power, but also dealt heat damage?
According to the system, it probably also dealt bonus damage to demons and inhibited their regeneration.
Xia Xi immediately recalled his grueling battle with Akaza.
If I'd mastered this back then, would I really have struggled so much?
As Xia Xi's attention wandered, the scorching crimson glow on the hammer in his hand gradually dimmed.
Huh?
It went out?
He immediately tightened his grip on the handle and concentrated.
He continuously channeled force into the Crimson Red Iron Sand, wrapping it in manifested will.
The forging hammer Matsuyama Daimon had given him immediately lit up again, like an electric radiant heater switched on in winter.
It gave off a faint, dark red glow in the dim surroundings.
Well, damn. A homemade solar furnace?
He picked up ordinary iron implements from the workshop, and even some wooden farming tools.
He activated [Grip of Ten Thousand Jun] again.
But he discovered that none of them could be "ignited" into a scorching red like the forging hammer.
So it had to be a weapon containing Crimson Red Iron Sand...
At that thought.
Xia Xi immediately had a new idea.
He put on his retired Fist Armor, [Severing Wind], again.
Then he activated Dawn Breathing and used that special force-release technique to exert force on the palm structure.
Sure enough, the Fist Armor immediately turned red-hot at a rate visible to