Who said this card is outrageous?

The scales of victory have now begun to tip in their favor, which inevitably means that the reinforcements who were supposed to come to their aid after discovering the fighting have suddenly become rivals vying for the spoils of war.

It's true that this is a trap set by those guys from the Eye of Truth, but the two extraordinary plants on the other side of the crater are equally undeniable.

Those are all my spoils of war, I absolutely cannot let anyone else have them!

This powerful obsession transformed into willpower, further activating the Fiery Dragon Armor. Zhang Che felt a sentence suddenly flash through his mind:

The Blazing Blade's Demon-Sealing Decree slays evil and monsters, melting into flames and vanishing at dawn!

"Slay evil and monsters, melt into flames, vanish in the dawn..." Zhang Che unconsciously began to repeat this sentence. As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the fire-attribute energy in this world rapidly gathering in his hand.

Almost in the blink of an eye, a strange weapon with two blades and shaped like a bow materialized and appeared in Zhang Che's hand.

This is... the Flaming Blade?!

Chapter 256 Demon Refining

The Flaming Blade took shape very quickly, but as a price, Zhang Che could clearly sense that all the fire-attribute extraordinary energy within a ten-kilometer radius was completely absorbed.

It's important to know that the concentration of fire-attribute extraordinary energy in this subspace is extremely high. If converted to the outside world, this range would be at least ten times larger.

That is, more than 100 kilometers in radius!

No, that's not how it's calculated. We also need to consider the concentration of extraordinary energy. Unless we have the ability to compress fire-attribute extraordinary energy over such a large area to within ten kilometers, it's impossible to achieve a similar effect.

Otherwise, with that tiny thought that just popped into my head, it would have been impossible to activate the Flame Dragon Armor to its current state.

Or to be more precise, it was mainly because the Flame Dragon Armor itself had the foundation to become stronger, and coupled with the unique environment of this subspace, it gave Zhang Che's obsession a chance.

Otherwise, even if the obsession were ten or fifty times stronger than just being unwilling to let someone else take away the good stuff that was about to be obtained, it would not be possible to further activate the Flame Dragon Armor.

"But if it's just forging a knife, absorbing so much energy is clearly excessive. There must be something else going on."

As the user, Zhang Che was acutely aware of the changes that had just occurred in the Flame Dragon Armor.

However, just to be on the safe side, he still spared a sliver of his consciousness to check the changes to the [Flame Dragon Armor] card, while simultaneously taking a step forward, walking through the scorching lava towards the lizardman's location.

As they marched, the clanging of the metal parts of the armor rang out, yet it did not sound out of place in this unusually quiet battlefield.

At this moment, new information about the [Flame Dragon Armor] card also appeared before Zhang Che:

Card Name: Flame Dragon Armor (Fire)

Type: Equipment Card

Level: Tier 4

Grade: Purple

Effect: Summons the Fire Dragon Armor for fusion.

Additional skills: Flame Fist, Demon-Sealing Slash, Flame Dragon Demon Sealing

Attached equipment: Flame Bow, Flame Blade, Flame Dart

Uniqueness: Demon Refining

(Note: Please call me the Hexagonal Warrior... no smaller characters allowed!)

Sure enough, the Flame Dragon Armor absorbed so much energy not just for the Flame Blade, but to upgrade the armor as a whole.

Having the experience of Ahri absorbing spatial power to advance to a purple card, Zhang Che was not too surprised by this, and quickly accepted the situation.

After all, Zhang Che would only wish there were more good things like becoming stronger without doing anything, rather than thinking about anything else.

As for the uniqueness that comes with upgrading a card's quality, Zhang Che couldn't help but grin after learning about it briefly.

This is absolutely fantastic!

Zhang Che had now reached a position less than ten meters away from the lizardman, who had long since stood up from the lava, his eyes fixed on the fiery red armor not far away.

The scene of the opponent forcibly draining the fire-attribute extraordinary energy in a huge area just now made the lizardman realize that this was definitely an extremely powerful enemy that he would have a hard time dealing with.

But it also understands that things have developed to this point, and surrendering is impossible, so it might as well fight to the death!

Unfortunately, Song Ruolan's [Void Blast] not only caused it considerable damage, but also forcibly interrupted its bloodline activation state.

If it hadn't absorbed the energy from the spewed magma in time, the weakened state after its bloodline activation would have been enough for Zhang Che to kill it several times over.

Fortunately, none of that happened. Although the lizardman is still somewhat weak, he can still maintain a fifth-tier combat strength.

"Shout!"

The lizardman flashed in front of Zhang Che, ready to strike first, but before its fist could hit its opponent, a sharp blade of light filled its vision.

puff!

A sharp pain shot through his chest, but the lizardman paid no heed to his injury, his attacks becoming even more ferocious, as if he intended to take everyone down with him.

However, it ultimately overestimated its strength. If it were at its peak, things would be fine, but now it has suffered repeated heavy blows, and many things are ultimately beyond its control.

The wound in his chest inevitably slowed down its attack, and Zhang Che took this opportunity to nimbly dart behind the lizardman and slash out with his sword again.

This was only possible because he had changed into the Flame Dragon Armor; otherwise, if he had still been wearing the Black Rhino Armor, Zhang Che would probably have been stuck standing there, passionately fighting with the lizardmen.

Suffering repeated blows to his chest and back, even with the dragon-blooded body of a lizardman, he finally could no longer hold on and collapsed to his knees.

And this is already the limit of what it can do.

With difficulty, the lizardman turned around and looked at the armor, which was still in full force and even stronger than before, his face full of resentment.

Because they are the noble bloodline of dragons, but why did they lose to these hairless monkeys?

Unfortunately, it no longer had the chance to think about this problem. Zhang Che had already turned the knob on the waist of the Flame Dragon Armor, and then a character 【斩】 (Slash) made entirely of fire element energy appeared in front of him.

Then, the Flaming Blade absorbed all the energy of the word "Slash" and unleashed its final blow on the lizardman.

Demon-Sealing Slash!

The lizardman's body was instantly engulfed in flames, and a crimson yin-yang symbol faintly appeared around him.

Zhang Che sheathed the Flaming Blade, unconsciously flicked his right hand a few times, then leaped into the air and delivered the final blow.

Flame Fist!

Once the process was complete, the lizardman turned into a black and white image amidst painful howls.

This is the unique prerequisite process called "Demon Refining" activated after the [Flame Dragon Armor] is upgraded to a purple card.

Through the continuous attacks of the two ultimate moves, 【Sealing Demon Slash】 and 【Flame Fist】, the defeated opponent is turned into a shadow scroll, which is then absorbed into the belt space.

Next comes the real "demon refining" process, where the sealed enemy is completely refined, and the pure energy released during the refining process is absorbed, allowing the armor itself to continue to become stronger.

This is also the information about the Five Elements Armor that Zhang Che brought to this world. After compromising with the extraordinary rules of the Blue Star world, it could not enhance its power by using the user's will energy like the original armor, so it had to find another way to become stronger.

Of course, the reason it can achieve this is mainly because the information level carried by the "Five Elements Armor" is high enough. Otherwise, its uniqueness would only be normal and related to combat, and it would not have this kind of growth potential at all.

However, now is clearly not a good time for "refining demons". Zhang Che did not have time to rest and quickly went back into the volcanic area to look for the two extraordinary plants he had just seen.

That area was the core region affected by the volcanic eruption, and he was now praying that it wouldn't be harmed.

Chapter 257: Seizing the treasure

Before Zhang Che could make a move, he saw a strong energy fluctuation coming from the direction of the volcano.

From a distance, the surging lava suddenly calmed down, and heavy energy waves rippled outward from the heart of the volcano.

Several streaks of crimson light continuously spilled out from the cracks in the mountain, weaving together to form a colorful light curtain surrounding the outline of the volcano.

The next second, two striking purple and blue beams of light suddenly pierced through the thick layer of volcanic dust in mid-air and shot straight into the sky.

Are those two extraordinary plants about to mature?!

The moment this thought crossed Zhang Che's mind, he disregarded everything else and immediately quickened his pace, rushing towards the volcano.

Now that he's wearing the Flame Dragon Armor, even if he enters the volcano, he'll only feel a little hot at most, and he doesn't need to worry about getting burned at all.

The main problem is that those two beams of energy are just too conspicuous. Not only have they not ended yet, but they are even showing signs of intensifying. It is conservatively estimated that they can be clearly seen even from 20 or 30 kilometers away.

This means that from this moment on, at least half of the squads must have noticed the situation here and be heading towards it.

Although Zhang Che is no longer afraid of anyone competing with him for the Flame Dragon Armor, it would still be best to avoid conflict if possible.

While pondering, Zhang Che had already arrived near the two extraordinary plants, only to discover that, for some reason, they were frantically absorbing and releasing the surrounding fire-attribute extraordinary energy, while at the same time they were maturing at a visible speed.

This scene was truly beyond Zhang Che's expectations. Based on their previous growth rate, it should have taken at least ten days to half a month for them to fully mature.

Why are you suddenly in such a hurry?

Zhang Che, in his confusion, had no idea that the changes in the two plants were actually related to him—when the Flame Dragon Armor was upgraded to a purple card, it almost absorbed all the fire-attribute extraordinary energy in a large area around it, creating a special vacuum area in a short period of time.

Although the missing energy was quickly replenished, what had just happened was truly terrifying for the two extraordinary plants that were about to mature.

Ultimately, they are just plants without any intelligence, and it's unclear whether similar situations will occur again in the future.

Therefore, once the energy begins to replenish, they instinctively begin to mature as quickly as possible, even at the cost of violating their own growth patterns.

To avoid encountering such a terrible situation again when it is truly needed.

Just like plants that have experienced a long period of drought, once they encounter abundant water, they will absorb as much water as possible to prepare for any eventuality.

It's just that the two extraordinary plants accelerated this process.

……

Zhang Che waited quietly not far away for the two extraordinary plants to fully mature, while also trying to figure out what effects these two suspected sixth-order extraordinary plants would have based on his previous knowledge.

The unique nature of the rifts means that the subspaces they link to mostly originate from different alternate worlds.

Especially this entirely new species, which has never appeared before, contains extraordinary creatures and resources that are also something that humans on Earth are encountering for the first time.

If we're lucky, finding relevant written records would be ideal, but it's clear that such a thing probably doesn't exist in this subspace. Therefore, everything inside must be renamed, and their actual effects must be summarized through comparison before they can truly enter the existing supernatural system on Earth.

That's why these exploration teams are required to keep detailed records of everything they encounter.

The simplest of these are undoubtedly various energy crystals or ores, while the most complex are the extraordinary creatures and plants they nurture.

This is another major reason why the big shots above aren't worried that their exploration teams might not hand over the valuable items they find in the rifts to exchange for points.

After all, no matter how good something is, if you don't understand what it's good for, keeping it is just like having a decoration.

Time passed second by second, and more and more different auras began to appear within Zhang Che's perception range.

Most of them were unfamiliar faces, but there were a few familiar faces, such as Song Ruolan who had returned, and Su Muxue.