Necromancers are frantically stationing troops in the apocalypse.

Chapter 1064, Martyr's Scale Armor

In the VIP room, the aroma of tea wafts through the air.

The person in charge laid out the five strange objects one by one, each of which exuded a strange aura.

[Rusty Dinner Knife][Dumb Bell][Hungry Wallet][Aroma Picture Frame][Nightmare Lampstand].

Wu Heng took a quick look at the five strange objects.

It seems that only the last lampstand may be of some use.

If you put it at the head of the bed, it can cause the sleeping person to have nightmares.

If you don't like someone, you can use it on them.

"They're all useless, useless things." The person in charge rubbed his hands together with a smile. "40 gold each. If you want them all, it'll be 180 gold for both of you."

He glanced at the two of them and continued, "You two can ask for this price outside. You definitely won't get it at Deepforge."

Things like this have no practical value and are not very nice in appearance.

It definitely cannot be sold at such a high price outside, but there is no other way. Buying rare items in Deepforge means that you lack materials to use Molten Core.

Who can run to a far place, collect all the rare items and come back?

What's more, the use of Molten Core must follow the rules of the dwarves.

Wu Heng flipped his hand and a leather coin bag appeared in his palm. He counted out 180 coins and handed them to the other party, "I want them."

The person in charge smiled and said, "I'll have someone pack it for you!"

"No need!" Wu Heng casually put the five rare items into the space ring and asked, "Are there any broken rare items?"

"You can go to the rare item market in Xicheng District and have a look. The prices of broken rare items are not too high." The person in charge said calmly.

"Okay!" Wu Heng nodded, not intending to stay any longer. "Thank you for your help. We won't bother you anymore."

The person in charge nodded, then looked at Letili and said, "Miss Letili, are you free? I'm hosting a banquet tonight and would like to invite you to try the special dwarven delicacies."

Letili's expression remained calm as she smiled and said, "Thank you for the invitation. I'm still busy with Molten Core these past two days. When I have time in a couple of days, I'll host a banquet to thank you."

The person in charge smiled and said, "Then I will wait for your news."

"Okay! I won't bother you anymore." Letili smiled again and followed Wu Heng out of the Snake Emblem Group.

On the way back.

Letili narrowed her eyes slightly and asked with a smile, "Sir, you said he wanted to have dinner with me alone, is there something wrong?"

"What's the big deal? It's just what men think." Wu Heng said calmly.

Letili's eyes turned, "How about..., let's go try the dwarven delicacies tonight?"

"Wait until Molten Core is over!"

"Hmph!" Letili leaned in a little closer. "I was just being perfunctory. I don't like him!"

……

2 p.m.

Wu Heng was in the dormitory. Just as he hung up the phone with Lilith, there was a knock on the door.

As soon as the door opened, Xiaoxiao rushed in first, "Uncle! The market is so fun!"

Behind him, Benny, Glenda and the queen walked in one after another, followed by a dwarf waiter, with two big packages in his left and right strong arms.

Boom!
The package landed heavily on the table, making the tea set clink.

Glenda took out two silver coins and handed them to the waiter. The dwarf immediately smiled, bowed repeatedly and left the room.

"That street is so lively!" Xiaoxiao jumped and gestured, "The whole street is full of people selling all kinds of fun things."

Penny covered her mouth with a chuckle. "It's completely different from the market in Treasure Island. Everywhere are strange objects, props, and strange machines. It seems that dwarves are also quite good at strange machines."

"Yes! Uncle, it would be fun if you didn't go." Xiaoxiao agreed.

Wu Heng smiled and rubbed her head. "Will you take me out for a walk in a couple of days?"

"Okay, I've memorized the most interesting stalls!" Xiaoxiao pulled his arm and shook it.

At the wooden table, Glenda unwrapped the package, revealing a dazzling array of treasures. "There are 7 intact rare items and 15 damaged rare items. The prices aren't as cheap as you might think. Rare items are 50 to 70 gold each, and damaged ones are 2 gold coins."

Wu Heng said, "Looking at it this way, the ones from the Snake Emblem Consortium are still a bit cheaper, 40 gold each."

"Then what you bought was indeed cheap. It should be the internal price that Letili mentioned." Granda arranged the rare items one by one.

Wu Heng glanced at all the strange objects and confirmed that the panels appeared on all of them. It seemed that he was not deceived.

Then, he looked at the second package and asked, "What's in it?"

"What we women like, do you want to see it?" Glenda asked with a smile.

"Forget it!" Wu Heng continued, "Do you have anything else to do? If not, let's go to Molten Core!"

"We don't have anything to do, so it's better to go there early to prevent the magma from really solidifying." The queen said from the side.

"Okay, let's go there now." Wu Heng put away everything on the table.

The four ghosts also separated from the puppet, and Wu Heng also put them into the space ring.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Xiaoxiao, go tell Letili that we are going to Molten Core. Let her stay here and leave."

"Okay!" Xiaoxiao agreed and left through the wall.

Wu Heng walked out of the room, and Letili's room opened as well. She looked over and said, "Sir, are we going over now?"

"You stay here and don't wander around, otherwise you will get into danger." Wu Heng instructed.

Letili smiled and nodded, "Well, I'll wait for you to come back."

Wu Heng also smiled and nodded, then left with the ghost.

……

Return to the cave.

The Molten Core churned violently in the magma pool, and the crimson flames twisted and leaped like a living thing, illuminating the entire cave with flickering light.

Wu Heng glanced at the progress of Molten Core, [Smelting (87.7%)].

It was exactly the same as when I left last time, without any changes.

That is to say, the progress will not change during the time you are away.

After a quick calculation in his mind, he took out the first broken fragment of the strange object and threw it in.

The numbers started jumping, [Smelting (90.1%)]

The second item [Smelting (93.7%)]

The third item, the fourth item..., until the value soared from 95.1% to 98.9%, Wu Heng stopped what he was doing.

This was somewhat different from what had been calculated. The Molten Core was now blindingly bright, like a powder keg filled with energy.

Wu Heng looked back at the ghosts. Xiaoxiao, Benny and Granda were chatting about what happened at the market. Only the Queen was floating not far away, watching the changes in Molten Core.

"That's almost it. If we throw any more, everything in front might be destroyed." The Queen said.

"It's still a little bit away from the limit, but it should be difficult to complete." Wu Heng said.

Although there was still some space, reason told him that if he threw in another fragment, it would exceed the limit of the object and make all the previous investment go to waste.

"Then don't go on. Don't you have some rare treasures? Try again next time." The Queen expressed her opinion.

Wu Heng felt right, as he still had some rare items in his hands that he could continue to use.

"That makes sense. I'll listen to you." Wu Heng nodded, then walked towards the metal pull rod on the side of the magma pool.

As the lever was pulled, a gate slowly opened at the bottom of the magma pool, and the red lava rolled and rushed down the ravine.

The temperature throughout the cave plummeted, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of sulfur and cooling metal.

When the magma in the magma pool reached the bottom, a piece of armor covered with red scales was seen lying there quietly.

At this time, Glenda, Xiaoxiao and Benny also flew over. Wu Heng and the four ghosts all stuck their heads out to observe.

The scales were a deep red from the heat of magma, with edges shimmering like molten gold. The edges of the armor were wrapped in a leather-like material, the stitching as precise as a work of art. While the presence of metal plates in magma was understandable, the presence of leather... even if such an object couldn't be understood as a normal item, it still looked rather strange.

"Wow! It's armor this time!" Xiaoxiao immediately flew in and took a closer look. "There are even patterns on it."

The empress said, "Too slow. Condensate the water element and cool it down."

"It's so dry here, where can I get it, unless I produce some myself." Wu Heng said unhappily.

"You always fail at critical moments!" said the Queen.

Soon, the scales cooled and faded from their crimson color, revealing their true form: countless pure white, snow-white plates layered upon each other, each shimmering with a pale golden light.

[Martyr's Scale Armor (Rare Item)]

[Effect: Holy Healing Scale, Martyr's Blessing, Activate Equipment.]

[Side effects: emotional exhaustion, debt of death.]

(Description: A piece of armor formed under special circumstances, exuding a reassuring aura of tranquility and a sacred aura that cannot be desecrated.)
[Holy Healing Scales]: When the wearer is damaged, the sacred scales automatically reduce the damage by 40%, and the holy light heals the wound.

[Martyr's Blessing]: If the wearer receives fatal damage, it can be replaced with one death.

[Activated Equipment]: The appearance of armor can change with the wearer's body shape.

[Emotional Exhaustion]: As the wearer wears the mask for a longer time, their human emotions will gradually fade, and can be restored after taking it off.

[Debt of Death]: The armor serves as a substitute for death, reducing the wearer's lifespan by 10-15 years.

Wu Heng looked at the armor and his eyes fixed.

There are three effects of the strange item. The first one is [Holy Healing Scale], which can reduce 40% of the damage and can also heal wounds with holy light.

It seems to have inherited the characteristics of Vatican equipment.

The few rare artifacts from the Holy See that were thrown in did have an impact.

The second one is [Blessing of Martyrs]. This one is a bit special. It can take someone's life for you once, and it is quite useful.

But since I am a hero, I don’t have many opportunities to use my skills.

[Activate Equipment] This actually has some effect. If you enter the vampire form and grow wings, the armor will also change.

Next are the side effects, two in total.

The first is [Emotional Exhaustion], which will gradually fade with use of human emotions.

This is actually not a serious side effect. Sometimes, the weakening of human nature can be beneficial to combat.

The main thing is to prevent yourself from changing your temperament and killing people indiscriminately.

The second side effect is [Debt of Substitute Death]. The armor replaces death, and life expectancy is reduced by 10 to 15 years. This is even more self-explanatory.

Better than dead.

Now it seems that this strange item is indeed good.

It’s also perfect for your own use.

"This color and pattern, could it be the equipment of the Holy See again?" Benny observed it and said.

The white base tone and flowing golden light are indeed similar to the effect of the Vatican's robes.

Xiaoxiao said, "It's over. We threw in so much equipment, and in the end we got another one from the Holy See."

Glenda looked at Wu Heng, "How is it?"

"Its attributes are indeed related to the Holy See, but I can use it and the effect is quite good." Wu Heng retracted his gaze and then used the skill [Activate Object]. The armor at the bottom of the pool flew up and landed on the rock beside it.

The gate was pulled down again, and the rolling magma filled the magma pool again.

……

"What attributes? Tell me!" asked Glenda.

Wu Heng introduced the properties of the strange object, and except for Xiaoxiao, the eyes of the other three ghosts lit up.

Beni said, "It seems that this trip was not in vain. The properties of this item are really good."

Glenda nodded in agreement.

"40% damage reduction, plus your evil spirit burning pattern and physical defense..." The Queen crossed her arms and said with a sigh, "Even if the religious leader of the Holy See stood there and let him chop you down, it would probably be difficult to defeat you."

Beni smiled and said, "What a pity, the Vatican can no longer produce religious leaders."

Glenda then said, "Try it on! Let's see if it looks good."

"Why should I try it? It's scorching hot now." Wu Heng said unhappily and put the armor away directly.

Glenda floated to the edge of the lava pool and looked at the crimson lava that had refilled. "Do you want to continue? All the rare items we acquired today are still useless!"

Xiao Xiao also said, "This time, I hope to melt a super powerful weapon!"

Benny reminded, "Your uncle has plenty of weapons. He uses a bronze spear!"

"That's more powerful than a bronze spear!"

"Yeah, that's right."

The four ghosts looked at him, seeking advice.

Wu Heng said, "Let's do it, and see if we can make other good things."

Look towards Molten Core.

【Smelting (2.1%)】.

It seems that every time you restart, it will not return to 0 directly, there is still a value.

Wu Heng thought for a moment, then took out a strange object and threw it in.

This time, he started by throwing complete items. Each item increased by more than 10%, and the speed quickly rose to 92.6%.

Then, Wu Heng began to throw fragments into it.

All the way up to 98.8.

Wu Heng frowned, gave up on continuing to invest, and directly opened the gate.

When the lava receded again, a dagger lay quietly at the bottom of the pool.

Wu Heng used [Animated Object] to lift the dagger and placed it on the stone, waiting for the four souls to slowly cool down.

Soon, a pitch-black dagger appeared before his eyes. Unlike ordinary metal-forged weapons, it was not smooth. Instead, its surface was covered with fine cracks, like dried blood scabs.

"A dagger! It doesn't look good at all." Xiaoxiao was a little disappointed.

"Let's see what the properties are like. It's melted, so it shouldn't be bad!" said Granda.

Wu Heng stared at the strange object, and the effect appeared before his eyes.

[Blood Sacrifice Knife (Strange Item)]

【Effect: Blood sacrifice.】

【Side effect: sensory pawning.】

(Description: While you hold it, you both thirst for blood.)
[Blood Sacrifice: After striking the target, it absorbs the target's flesh, blood, and soul, feeding back to the holder.]

[Sensory Pawn: Every 5 times the user feeds back, they will temporarily lose one of their senses (sight, hearing, touch, etc.)]

A dagger that, after striking a target, absorbs the target's flesh, blood, and soul, returning the favor to the holder.

It sounds good, and weapons that can attack the soul are rare on the market.

The side effect is sensory pawning. Every five times the user is fed back, they will temporarily lose one of their senses.

It can be recovered for the time being, so it's not a big problem.

This weapon isn't as good as I imagined, but it's actually quite effective.

But...it seems that I can't use this dagger.

(End of this chapter)