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Lin Feng stepped on it, and heard a metallic clanging sound under his feet.

Looking down, I saw half a blade embedded in a crevice in the broken rock, the curve of the blade still intact.

After walking a little further, the wreckage of weapons on the ground became increasingly dense.

Broken spears, shattered shields, and dulled battle axes were scattered about, some even fused to the rock strata.

The mental energy propelled forward three hundred meters.

The terrain ahead subsided, forming a natural depression.

Two stone pillars stand at the entrance to the depression, with inscriptions on them.

Lin Feng walked closer to take a look.

The one on the left is written with "cast", and the one on the right is written with "soul".

Soul casting.

Behind the stone pillar is a downward slope.

A row of weapon racks is embedded in the rock walls on both sides of the slope, and the racks are filled with all kinds of weapons.

Lin Feng's steps slowed down by half a beat.

He spread his mental energy, scanning the entire area.

The area was larger than he had estimated.

It is over 800 meters deep and over 300 meters wide.

Hundreds of stone coffins of varying sizes were arranged on the ground, and the gaps between them were filled with weapon racks.

The shelves were stocked with a full range of weapons.

Knives, swords, spears, halberds, axes, hammers, whips, hooks—they have everything.

The system panel started displaying notifications.

[Rank A weapon detected: Rift Blade x1]

[Rank A weapon detected: Xuan Tie Heavy Shield x1]

[S-Rank Weapon Detected: White Tiger Dagger x1]

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Lin Feng waited for it to finish processing before glancing at the statistics.

Grade A and above: 173 items.

Grade S: 23 items.

SS grade: Three pieces.

Any A-grade weapon, if left out in the open, would be a prized possession of any small aristocratic family.

They're stuck on the shelf like cabbages.

Lin Feng walked down the slope.

I've only taken two steps.

The stone slabs underfoot lit up.

A pattern spread outwards from where he stood, moving at an extremely fast speed.

When the array patterns spread to the edge of the depression, the lids of all the stone coffins shook simultaneously.

Click!

The lids of dozens of stone coffins were pried open.

The puppets that crawled out of it.

The stone humanoid puppets were over two meters tall, with thick limbs and rotating array patterns at their joints. Each puppet held a weapon in its hand.

Lin Feng glanced at it.

There were quite a few puppets, forty or fifty appearing one after another. Their qi and blood fluctuations varied between Martial Venerable and Martial Saint.

The tomb keeper.

The first row of puppets had already moved. A dozen stone figures, wielding weapons, charged towards him with synchronized steps and considerable speed.

Lin Feng did not draw his gun.

Gathering power in his right fist.

The first puppet rushed forward, its stone sword slashing down.

Lin Feng dodged the sword's edge and punched the puppet in the chest.

boom!

The stone body exploded in the middle, and fragments flew to both sides.

The second and third followed closely behind.

Lin Feng's punches didn't stop.

He can strike with both hands, one punch after another.

For a second-stage Martial Saint, the physical strength to defeat these Martial Venerable-level stone golems is no different than smashing a walnut.

Ten seconds or so.

The first row is cleared.

Among the puppets that rushed up in the second row were several martial saint-level beings.

It was a size larger than the others, and the array patterns on its body were also denser.

Lin Feng was too lazy to call them one by one.

The throwing knives scattered.

The Nine Blades of Starfall flew in a crisscross pattern in the air, specifically targeting the joints of the puppets.

Once the connection is broken, the puppet falls apart.

Crackle, crackle.

Stone fragments were scattered all over the ground.

Lin Feng retrieved the throwing knife.

"this one?"

No one answered him.

Let's get down to business.

Lin Feng walked along the row of weapon racks. He locked onto the grade with his mental energy, waved his hand, and the weapons fell off the racks and flew into his storage ring.

Grade A, we'll take them all.

S-grade items, all accepted.

He moved quickly, and after walking past a row of shelves, the shelves were empty.

When they reached the middle section, three SS-class weapons came into view.

They were not mixed with other weapons, but were placed separately on three stone platforms.

The stone platform is engraved with independent array patterns, which are not part of the same system as the tomb-guarding arrays outside.

The first piece.

A heavy axe. The axe body is dark red, the blade is two feet wide, and the handle is wrapped with some kind of animal hide.

[SS-Rank Weapon: Bloodthirsty Battle Axe]

[Passive Effect: Each time an enemy is defeated, 10% of the target's remaining health is absorbed and converted into a temporary combat power bonus for the user. Lasts for thirty seconds.]

The more they kill, the stronger they become.

the second one.

A shield. Circular, a little over a meter in diameter, with a dark silver metal surface and a raised animal head relief in the center.

[SS-Rank Weapon: Myriad Manifestations Shield]

[Passive Effect: When attacked, automatically convert 5% of the damage received into reflected damage. Ignores distance and defense.]

It can even inflict damage upon being attacked.

The third piece.

A dagger.

It is only about a foot long, with a narrow and thin blade, and is completely black. You can hardly feel its weight when you hold it in your hand.

[SS-Rank Weapon: Shadow Assassin]

[Passive Effect: When the holder enters stealth mode, their aura containment efficiency is increased by 300%. The first attack after exiting stealth deals double damage.]

For assassination purposes.

The three SS-class weapons each have their own unique path.

Lin Feng accepted all three items.

The Bloodthirsty Battle Axe is suitable for a reckless fighting style like Iron Eagle's.

The Myriad Shields can be used by defensive Beastmasters in the Alliance.

And the Shadow Assassin...

Helian Shuang.

Her assassination methods are a perfect match for this dagger.

After collecting the three SS-grade items, Lin Feng continued deeper into the depression.

He didn't let the remaining A-grade weapons go unchecked either, clearing the shelves clean as he went.

Go to the deepest part.

Finally, there was a stone coffin.

It was twice the size of all the other sarcophagi.

The coffin lid was engraved with dense forging patterns.

Lin Feng recognized this pattern.

The Dragon Blood Crimson Gold Spear has something similar on its shaft, but it's much cruder.

Lin Feng placed his hand on the coffin lid.

Qi and blood are infused.

The coffin lid did not respond.

Exchange mental energy.

The essence seeped into the patterns on the coffin lid, probing deeper along the lines.

The end of the pattern leads to a miniature array core.

The core requires a specific frequency of mental resonance to unlock.

Lin Feng adjusted the frequency of his mental energy output.

I tried three times.

The fourth time, the frequency matched.

Click.

The coffin lid split open in the middle and slid to both sides.

There was no putrid smell inside as I had imagined.

The air was dry and carried a metallic scent.

Lin Feng looked down into the room.

A skeleton.

The skeleton is intact, the posture is upright, and the hands are folded in front of the chest.

His clothes had long since turned to ashes, leaving only his bones.

It has the exact same color as Star Dragon Bone Essence.

This master forger had tempered his own bones to the texture of forging materials during his lifetime.

Between the remains' hands was a booklet.

The booklet was small, about the size of a palm, with a cover that gleamed with gold.

Lin Feng reached out and took out the booklet.

It feels cool to the touch and is quite heavy.

Turn to the first page.

The handwriting is neat and legible.

"In my lifetime, I have forged 3,721 artifacts, but I have not been able to fully realize the potential of the Star Dragon Bone Essence. I now record my forging experience in this book, hoping that future generations will continue my unfinished work."

Lin Feng turned to the second page.

The forging process of Star Dragon Bone Essence.

The temperature requirements, forging rhythm, quenching medium, and the order of pattern engraving are all described in great detail.

They even listed the auxiliary materials needed for forging.

Lin Feng ran his finger across the list.

He had never seen most of the materials before.

But there were two things he had just dug up in the mineral vein.

Continue flipping through.

Pages three through twelve contain the methods for forging various weapons.

He had never seen the design blueprints for some of the weapons in the system's database.

Turn to the last page.

A single line of text.

"Forged from Star Dragon Bone Essence, it can be used to forge SSS-level Martial Emperor weapons. Required furnace temperature: 36,000 degrees Celsius. Required forging times: 99,810."

SSS-level Emperor-class weapon.

Lin Feng closed the booklet and put it into his storage ring.

The crack on the shaft of the Dragon Blood Crimson Gold Spear flashed through his mind again.

He has the Star Dragon Bone Essence.

He also acquired the forging technique.

What we lack now is a furnace that can reach 36,000 degrees Celsius and a blacksmith who can precisely forge 99,810 strikes.

Or, he can do it himself.

Lin Feng took out three Soul-Gathering Flowers from his storage ring.

The pale purple petals trembled slightly in my palm, and the light spot in the center of the flower's stamen was still spinning.

Soul-Gathering Flower.

Taking it will directly increase your mental strength by one rank.

Without hesitation, Lin Feng put the three Soul-Gathering Flowers into his mouth.

The petals melt in your mouth.

A cool sensation spread from the tip of my tongue to my throat, and then rushed into my mind.

excruciating pain.

The capacity of mental energy is being forcibly expanded.

Lin Feng's temples bulged, and the veins throbbed.

It felt like something was expanding inside my brain, pushing my skull outwards.

Three seconds. Five seconds. Ten seconds.

The pain subsided.

Instead, a sense of clarity emerged.

Spiritual energy surged from between his eyebrows, spreading out in an area more than twice as large as before.

[Ding! Mental power increased: Rank 3 → Rank 6!]

A sixth-rank spiritual master.

Lin Feng opened his eyes.

The last black tower became more transparent in the view.

He walked toward the Black Tower.

The broken bones crunched underfoot.

We arrived at the main entrance of the tower.

The door was open.

The door frame is black, but the door panel is nowhere to be found; only two hinges remain hanging on the frame.

It was very dark inside.

He stepped inside.

The moment their feet touched the ground inside the tower, a large number of strange beasts opened their eyes simultaneously.

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