Spirit Rune Armaments
After the first round of Water and Fire Refinement and Deliverance ended, Lin Xu waited for a quarter of an hour, allowing the ghosts to replenish their energy and repair the damage to his soul. Then he began the second round of Water and Fire Refinement and Deliverance.
When the power of water and fire reappeared, the ghosts scattered in panic, but were tempered by the spiritual fire and water that filled the cauldron, gradually sublimating to a higher level.
Lin Xu's spiritual sense constantly monitored the state of the ghosts inside the cauldron, and he continuously fine-tuned the intensity of the water and fire forces to refine the ghosts in a "layered and customized" manner.
Ghosts of the same level and with similar soul strength were driven to a certain location, and the strength of water and fire forces remained at the same level.
This layered approach significantly reduced the difficulty of Lin Xu's operation, allowing him to perform more detailed processing based on different levels.
In his Thought Overclocking state, his consciousness processed more than a dozen tasks simultaneously until an hour later, when he completed several rounds of refinement before stopping.
Even with the recovery of Spiritual Qi and multiple refinements in a short period of time, the Red-Robed Ghosts still reached their limit. After wolfing down the "spiritual rice," they fell into a dazed state, slowly digesting the Spiritual Qi in their stomachs.
"Not bad, one-tenth of the ghosts have reached level 2." Lin Xu's spiritual sense swept over the Red-Robed Ghosts, a relaxed smile appearing on his face. "At this rate, it will take at most a week to raise all the ghosts to level 2!"
Although level 2 ghosts are somewhat inferior to ordinary level 2 professionals, two or three ghosts working together can easily defeat warriors of the same level.
The Ghost Bride's two or three hundred Red-Robed Ghosts followers are equivalent to hundreds of level 2 professionals. In the real-world Meng City, that would be a local tyrant!
Lin Xu looked at Yan Jingshu. During the previous Water and Fire Refinement and Deliverance, he had given special attention to the Ghost Bride. Her soul was becoming increasingly pure, and apart from being slightly transparent, she looked no different from an ordinary person.
After opening the cauldron lid, the Red-Robed Ghosts returned to their posts to continue patrolling the mountain, while Lin Xu began to refine weapons in the furnace.
"Master, this is only 200 jin of what we mined last night." The black tiger demon carried a pile of black iron ore to the treasure cauldron.
Lin Xu nodded. "Thank you for your hard work, let's start the furnace."
"Yes." The black tiger demon leaped onto the cauldron, lifted the lid, and sent heavy pieces of black iron ore into the cauldron.
Once a hundred pounds of ore were placed into the cauldron, he turned on the furnace again to heat it, melting and breaking down the ore.
This time, Lin Xu was going to refine mining tools, and he had already seen the conditions of the mine.
The black iron forged by demonic fire contains many impurities, and the equipment made from it is only of poor quality and gray in color. It is barely usable, but its hardness is not much higher than that of black iron ore, and it will break down quickly.
After Lin Xu used pure black iron to forge the artifact, constructed an array with seal script, and finally emptied the heat from the artifact to form a shape resembling a crane-beak hoe, the artifact was finally completed.
Rock-Splitting Peck, a rare cyan magic weapon, increases mining speed by 1000%, armor penetration by 3, and comes with the Rock-Collapsing Technique.
Compared to the previous expedient Earth-Breaking Plow, which was merely a magical artifact with inscriptions and arrays on its surface, the Rock-Splitting Peck is a true magical artifact used by cultivators, also known as a spirit-patterned equipment.
As the Black Tiger Demon held the Rock-Splitting Peck with obvious delight, he activated the spirit array with his magic power. The pickaxe, shimmering with spiritual light, struck the black iron ore heavily, and the originally solid ore was pierced through as easily as tofu.
The next moment, a shockwave erupted from the Rock-Splitting Peck embedded in the ore, accompanied by a "crack" sound of rocks breaking apart. In an area of about ten feet in diameter and one or two meters deep, all the rocks were shattered into fragments the size of human heads.
With just this one stroke of the hoe, nearly a thousand pounds of ore were extracted.
Of course, this is also because the Black Tiger Demon himself possesses abundant magical power, which allows him to fully activate the Rock-Collapsing Technique inherent in the magic weapon. An ordinary person would not have such efficiency.
With ample black iron ore, Lin Xu immediately began to change the outfits of the Fallen Demon patrolling the mountain.
Over the past day, Bilusi, along with his newly recruited minions, has made inroads near the monster camp.
Even the most nearby Spirit Realm monsters and eerie creatures were overwhelmed by the Fallen Demon's resurrection tactics.
As Lin Xu and the Ghost Bride led their Wedding Procession Ghosts, carrying a pile of forged black iron weapons to the monster camp, the Fallen Demon were holding a bonfire feast.
This is a tradition of these red-skinned dwarves: after killing their target, they bring the carcass back to camp and throw it into a boiling iron pot to stew.
Lin Xu glanced at it, and his eyelids twitched.
It's a rotting corpse!
These monsters are common in the Spirit Realm; they can be seen roaming the wilderness in groups from time to time, never resting and eternally hungry.
However, very few people have the appetite to eat rotting corpses...
He frowned as he glanced at it, then his gaze sharpened and fell back on the iron pot.
No, this rotting corpse may look disgusting, but it has actually been transformed into some kind of special energy.
If you disregard the taste and appearance, what's being stewed in this iron pot is clearly some kind of semi-energy-state food!
"Something conceptual?" He glanced at the large iron pot on the burning campfire. It looked completely ordinary, which could only indicate the special nature of the Fallen Demon.
"Rakanishu!" Bilusi led the way in bowing to Lin Xu was suspended in mid-air.
"Rakanishu!" The Fallen Demon bowed in unison.
Lin Xu glanced at it and nodded to himself.
In just one day, two Fallen Shaman in this camp were transformed into second-generation guardians by Bilusi.
In this way, his control over the monster camp was further enhanced.
Clang~
A large number of enchanted black iron weapons rained down from the sky. Lin Xu said succinctly, "Put on your weapons and come with me."
Fallen Demon had no magic power and couldn't use magical artifacts, he forged a batch of enchanted weapons using black iron.
The quality reached the excellent cyan level, which is much better than the basic weapons they were equipped with.
Just as the Fallen Demon were scrambling to change their weapons, Lin Xu handed over three spirit lamps made of black iron mixed with a small amount of copper to Bilusi and the other two guardians.
The Mystic Fire Bright Light Lamp, a fine-grade blue magic artifact, can store 35 points of lamp oil. It comes with Skill 1 "Fire Drawing," which increases the power of fire spells by 10%; and Skill 2 "Spirit Gathering," which increases mana recovery by 5% and continuously restores lamp oil by 1 point per minute.
The Mystic Fire Bright Light Lamp is a magical artifact designed by Lin Xu specifically to enhance fire magic, based on the characteristics of Fallen Shaman. It is made from inexpensive materials and lacks potential for growth.
This magical artifact is used by Fallen Shaman and can greatly enhance their spellcasting endurance.
After the three guardian wizards used their magic to refine the spirit lamp, the Fallen Demon were finally able to change their equipment.
The enchanted weapons Lin Xu prepared for these red-skinned dwarves were quite simple: a pointed iron helmet, a short and nimble crescent blade, and a thin-skinned black iron shield.
When the Fallen Demon wielded these enchanted weapons, both their defense and attack power increased two to three times.