"Hmm."
Herta held the Artifact and examined it, sinking into thought for a moment. She did not seem to sense any power within it.
The teapot looked unremarkable, as though it were an ordinary antique.
"Think about using its power, and you'll be able to sense its wonders," Li Qiuzhi explained.
There was a limit to the enhancement an Artifact could provide, and that limit differed with its star rating.
For someone like Li Qiuzhi, with his current strength, even equipping a Five-Star Artifact offered negligible enhancement, so he hardly ever used them.
They only had a noticeable effect before level one hundred, or in other words, before reaching the level of a Demon God.
This puppet avatar of Herta's was only at level sixty-something. The power granted by a four-star Artifact would be very noticeable for her as well, enough for her to examine it closely.
"All right, I'll try it." Herta nodded and tried using it according to Li Qiuzhi's instructions.
She watched the antique teapot disappear from her palm and felt a teapot appear beside the consciousness she had left within this puppet. A certain power radiated from it throughout her body.
After examining it carefully, Herta discovered that this power had a resilient quality, seemingly making her puppet body much sturdier.
It was indeed somewhat similar to the Garden of Recollection's Light Cones, and also to the Relics found within the Fragmentum produced in connection with the "cancer of all worlds."
The former was a technology that sealed memories within slices of light. Carrying one could enhance various aspects of the bearer's physical abilities, depending on the Light Cone.
If the Light Cone happened to match the bearer's Path, it could even awaken additional abilities.
Relics, meanwhile, originated in the Fragmentum.
Wherever the "cancer of all