Enhance legendary weapons!

Harold bowed respectfully and then said excitedly, "Respected Lord, Harold has lived up to your expectations and has successfully transformed into the Legendary realm."

"Thank you for your cultivation all this time!"

A smile also appeared on Cao Xing's face. "I already know. You certainly did not disappoint me; this achievement is well-deserved."

Beside him, the half-giant Putana also had tears welling up in her eyes. She said excitedly and proudly, "My husband is truly the best!"

"If those dwarves of the Iceberg family knew that they had driven away a Legendary Blacksmith, they would surely be gnawing on their own boots in regret right now!"

"When we return to the Southern Continent, we must let those annoying fellows see how amazing my husband is—he's much better than them!"

Putana was like a woman who had held onto a grudge for a long time, venting her emotions to the fullest at this moment.

Harold interrupted his wife, shook his head, and said, "Putana, say no more; it's all in the past."

"We have a new life now; there is no need to dwell on those things from the past."

Hearing her husband's comfort, Putana gradually calmed down, and she nodded in acknowledgment.

Harold turned to Cao Xing and said sincerely, "Any achievement I have today is entirely thanks to you, Lord."

"In fact, if not for your cultivation, relying solely on my own efforts, I'm afraid I would never have had the hope of breaking through to a Legendary Blacksmith in this lifetime."

His tone was humble, and what he said was the truth.

His blacksmithing rank had basically been smashed up there by Cao Xing using a large number of Proficiency Emblems.

Cao Xing shook his head, not dwelling on these things, and went straight to the point. "Harold, I came to find you this time because I have something to ask of you."

After speaking, he took out the seven-colored crystal and the Demon Codex, then said, "This kind of crystal can enhance the power of some equipment, even including Legendary equipment."

"I need you to inlay this crystal onto my codex now. Are you confident?"

Hearing this, the dwarf blacksmith carefully took the crystal emitting seven-colored light and the codex, which was surging with demonic energy.

After examining them closely for a while, he replied solemnly, "No problem, Lord. I can inlay this crystal."

A smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth, and he asked, "Very good. About how much time will it take to complete the inlay?"

Harold replied, "It won't take long. It's just a simple inlay process; it can be completed in a few minutes."

"Very good, then start now."

"Yes."

The dwarf blacksmith immediately sprang into action.

He quickly took out a set of exquisite tools.

He held the codex steadily in his left hand, and after a series of complicated procedures, a slight groove appeared on the cover of the codex.

Then, he picked up the seven-colored crystal and gently placed it over the groove, inlaying it perfectly into the center of the codex.

The moment the crystal touched the codex, it was as if some mysterious power was circulating between the two, and a heart-palpitating magical fluctuation filled the air.

Immediately after, the Demon Codex emitted strands of black demonic energy, dyeing the seven-colored crystal black as well, as if a black diamond had been inlaid.

At the same time, a system notification appeared.

[Your off-hand weapon: Demon Codex (Legendary) has successfully inlaid the seven-colored crystal. Base attributes increased by 30%, equipment level increased by 30.]

[Demon Gate (Legendary-level effect) has been strengthened.]

Seeing the notification, a look of surprise immediately appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Good heavens, it actually strengthened the Legendary-level effect this time?"

One must know that the equipment effect strengthened by the seven-colored crystal is random.

And since a piece of equipment has several effects, being able to strengthen the most powerful Legendary-level effect among them could be said to be incredibly lucky!

At the same time, Harold brought the inlaid codex over. "Lord, please take a look."

"Very good."

Cao Xing took the codex and, with a look of anticipation, checked its attributes.

[Demon Codex]

[Quality: Legendary]

[Equipment Level: 100]

[Equipment Type: Off-hand weapon]

[Attached Effect ①: All attributes +2600, casting speed +33%]

[Attached Effect ②: Demon Spokesperson (Same as before)]

[Attached Effect ③: Demon Authority (Same as before)]

[Attached Effect ④: Demon Codex (Same as before)]

[Attached Effect 5: Demon Gate (Legendary-level effect, will randomly summon a level 100 → 150 demon with high-level Legendary combat power to assist in battle, duration 100 seconds → 120 seconds, cooldown: 24 hours)]

The moment he finished reading the codex's attributes, a look of surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes once again!

"Damn, is this effect strengthening feature this powerful?"

The increase in attributes was not the most outrageous part.

The most outrageous part was the strengthening of that Legendary effect!

It directly increased from summoning a level 100 demon to level 150!

A full 50 levels; the difference in strength is quite significant.

In addition, the duration also increased by 20 seconds, which can be said to be very good.

"Good, good, good. It lives up to being a seven-colored crystal."

"This strengthening effect is really quite impressive!"

Cao Xing felt very satisfied.

Then, he released the Legendary Assassin Sarah, King Velen, and Malenia from the necromancers bag to let them get some air.

He also pressed the communication device on his ear and summoned Assam.

Very quickly, a group of heroes and Legendary-level powerhouses gathered in this blacksmith shop.

Everyone's gaze fell upon the dwarf blacksmith.

They seemed to notice the change in his aura, but they couldn't quite put their finger on what that change was.

King Velen, standing nearby, narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression filled with a trace of surprise and shock.

He muttered in a low voice, "Aura restrained, natural charm—is this… a Legendary Blacksmith?"

As the king of a kingdom, he could be considered knowledgeable and had once come into contact with some Legendary Blacksmiths.

But it was just contact; relying on his status and position, he could not hire a blacksmith of this level.

And now, in this territory, right in front of him, stood an existence of this level.

It wasn't just King Velen; the eyes of Assam, Sarah, and others nearby also showed looks of surprise.

Cao Xing said, "Sarah, Assam, hand your weapons to Harold and let him inlay the crystals."

The two of them, upon hearing this, did not hesitate at all and handed over their weapons.

Cao Xing took out two more seven-colored crystals from his backpack.

"Harold, continue to help me inlay these two weapons as well."

The dwarf blacksmith carefully held these two Legendary weapons and said solemnly, "Yes, Lord!"

Then, he began the forging and inlaying process again.

Sarah and Assam, standing nearby, watched Harold's movements with curious expressions.

After waiting patiently for nearly twenty minutes, the inlaying was all completed.

Two consecutive system notifications appeared.

[Legendary Weapon: lady of the lake sword – Arondight, equipment level has been raised, Legendary effect: Divine Power Circulation has been strengthened]

[Legendary Weapon: death gods dagger – Tadush, equipment level has been raised, effect: Soul Devouring Power has been strengthened]

"Very good! It actually strengthened the Legendary effect of the lady of the lake sword!"

"Before the strengthening, this effect was already quite broken. I wonder what kind of surprise it will have now?"

With a look of anticipation, Cao Xing quickly scanned the attributes of these two weapons.

Like the [Demon Codex], the levels of both weapons increased by 30, and their base attributes also increased by about 30%.

Besides that, there were changes to the attached effects.

[lady of the lake sword – Arondight]

[Attached Effect 5: Divine Power Circulation (When using the lady of the lake sword to attack enemies, every strike will accumulate energy. Each point of energy increases critical hit rate by 1% and (→ newly added 0.5% critical damage), stacking up to 100 points of energy. Then, release all energy to slash out a beam of divine light, dealing 324% → 728% damage to all enemies along the path; each enemy killed by the divine light beam absorbs energy, permanently increasing the weapon's attack power by 1 → 2 points. Cooldown: 24 hours)]

[death gods dagger – Tadush]

[Attached Effect ②: Soul Devouring Power (When an attack hits an enemy, it can attack the enemy's soul, causing them to enter a weakened state; attack speed and movement speed are reduced by 30% → 40%, newly added effect: ignores 10% of armor when attacking enemies)]

After reading the attributes of these two pieces of equipment after strengthening, a smile appeared on Cao Xing's face again.

As for Assam, there was no need to say much.

Since the day he obtained the lady of the lake sword, it had basically been slaying a large number of enemies every day, increasing the weapon's attack power.

The weapon's current base attack power has already reached 40,000 (the initial attack was 7,800).

And now, after this special effect was enhanced, it not only added an extra 50% critical damage, but the attack power gained daily had also doubled!

In this way, he only needed to persevere and use [Divine Light Sword Qi] once every day.

Increasing the lady of the lake sword's attack power to 1 million could be said to be just around the corner!

As for Sarah's death gods dagger, although the enhanced special effect wasn't great, it still indirectly improved her damage output quite a bit, which was still very good.

Cao Xing sighed inwardly: "It's a pity that the production rate of this seven-colored crystal is too low; otherwise, if we could inlay it into all our equipment, it would bring about a significant increase in our strength."

But it didn't matter; as long as the territory's crystal reserves were sufficient, that group of Crystal People would continue to breed under conditions of sufficient food and a comfortable living environment.

As long as his territory continued to develop, one day in the future, he would be able to achieve crystal freedom!

Then, Cao Xing turned to the Frost Wolf Knight beside him and said: "Assam, take off your Tyrant set in a moment and hand it to Harold so he can help enhance it."

However, upon hearing this, the knight, who had always obeyed Cao Xing's orders one hundred percent, did not respond immediately, but stood stiffly in place.

Cao Xing sensed something was wrong and looked at Assam.

Vaguely, it seemed he saw a hint of violent aura emerge in the knight's eyes!

However, this aura flashed and disappeared, immediately being suppressed by him.

The knight took a deep breath and then said solemnly: "Yes, Lord."

After speaking, Assam did not hesitate to take off his armor and change into a set of ordinary cotton coats. Seeing this, Cao Xing's expression flickered slightly.

But he didn't say anything more.

He just secretly made up his mind that resolving the hidden danger in Assam also needed to be put on the agenda.

Cao Xing continued to press the communication device on his ear, telling Liu Muxue to also take off her Ode to Light set first and then send it to the blacksmith shop.

After putting down a dozen or so Flash Crystals on the spot, Cao Xing waved his hand and said: "Alright, everyone go back and rest."

"Yes." The crowd dispersed one after another.

Only Cao Xing and Harold were left in the blacksmith shop. The blacksmith spoke first: "Lord, is there anything else?"

Cao Xing nodded and said: "There is indeed one more thing."

As he spoke, he took out two strange objects from his backpack, which looked like scales from some kind of behemoth.

The one on the left was deep blue, radiating intense cold air throughout, as if it could freeze even the air.

The one on the right was dark purple, containing vast crystal power, as if it were an exquisite piece of art.

These two items were exactly the scales from the Ancient Dragon Zhuoma and Krakatoa.

The item description indicated that it required a Legendary-level blacksmith to forge them into equipment.

Now, Harold had finally reached this realm.

"Help me look at these two scales," Cao Xing said.

The dwarf blacksmith's expression immediately became serious, and then he carefully took them.

Harold stretched out his calloused hands and gently rubbed the scales, as if feeling the power contained within them.

A moment later, a look of shock appeared in his deep pupils.

"What terrifying scales!"

"The power contained in these two scales far exceeds my imagination!"

"Even in our dwarf kingdom, I have never seen such precious materials; it's incredible!"

Harold exclaimed in amazement, then asked: "Lord, do you want to forge these two scales?"

Cao Xing nodded slightly and said: "Yes, do you have any idea what kind of equipment these two scales can be used to forge?"

Hearing this question, the dwarf blacksmith fell into thought.

A moment later, he replied: "I have never encountered such high-level materials in my life."

"However, there have been some Legendary records in some books I read before."

"Legend has it that by using the hardest scale from a Demigod-level dragon—combined with Delimo God Stones, Purest Fragments, and a large amount of Star Meteor Ingots—one can stimulate the divine power contained within the scale and forge it into a Legendary-level round shield."

"There is also another saying that if one can collect four of the hardest scales from at least a god-level dragon, combined with a large amount of Delimo God Stones, one could even forge a demigod artifact-level armor!"

"Of course, these are just Legendary records, and their authenticity cannot be verified; at that time, I just treated them as fairy tales."

After listening, Cao Xing's pupils flickered slightly, and his heart couldn't help but ripple.

Scales from a Demigod-level dragon could be used to forge a Legendary-level round shield.

And four scales from a god-level dragon could be used to forge a Demigod-level armor.

Although these were just Legendary records, since they were recorded, it meant there had been successful cases.

"And the two scales in my hand… they are not Demigod, nor are they God-level, but rather scales from a true god-level dragon…"

"If they were forged into a shield, it would at least be a demigod artifact, right?"

"Or perhaps a Legendary artifact?"

Thinking of this, Cao Xing's heartbeat instantly slowed by half a beat. After all, until now, he only possessed a few Legendary pieces of equipment, and only one demigod artifact in the old King's hands!

Let alone even more terrifying artifacts!

Just how vast the power contained in this level of equipment was, was beyond Cao Xing's imagination.

However, he also knew that if he wanted to forge such a shield, the difficulty would definitely be beyond imagination.

Just the "Delimo God Stones" and "Purest Fragments" needed for it—he had never even heard of these two things.

And this was only the material needed to forge "Demigod-level dragon scales."

What Cao Xing had were scales from a true god-level dragon.

The two were completely on different levels.

Seeming to see Cao Xing's thoughts, Harold said: "Lord, if you want to forge these two scales, I suggest you go to our Southern Continent, the capital of the dwarf kingdom."

"Hmm? The capital of your dwarf kingdom?" Cao Xing couldn't help but repeat.

"Yes." Harold nodded and said: "Although I don't really like those arrogant guys, I have to admit that their forging technology is at the top level across the entire continent."

"In our dwarf capital's 'Soul Forger Association,' there is more than one Legendary-level blacksmith, and the president of that association is even more unfathomable."

"If they saw these two scales in your hand, they would definitely be very interested."

"They might even try everything possible to help you gather the forging materials and create the most perfect equipment."

A look of doubt appeared in Cao Xing's eyes again, "Helping me gather materials? Is there such a good thing?"

Harold smiled, a meaningful smile appearing on his face.

"Yes, just as I told you before, blacksmiths like us need to forge different high-level equipment to gain experience."

"However, ordinary materials and blueprints are everywhere, but precious blueprints and top-tier materials are rare and hard to come by."

"In order to improve their skills and break through their limits, they will scramble to forge such rare equipment, even if it costs a huge price."

After a pause, Harold continued: "Besides this reason, there is another important reason."

"After these blacksmiths usually forge some extremely powerful equipment, they will engrave their names on it."

"Including the Legendary dagger and longsword you just asked me to enhance, they both have the blacksmith's name engraved on them."

"Their names will become legends along with these weapons!"

"Not to mention the top-tier scales you have in your hand, even if it were scales from a Demigod-level dragon, they would compete to forge them."

"For all blacksmiths, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, enough to make them give their all!"

After listening to Harold's explanation, Cao Xing finally understood the significance of forging a piece of Legendary equipment to these blacksmiths.

Besides the increase in forging experience, there was also the opportunity to leave their names in history.

For those dwarves who pride themselves on having the best forging skills in the world, it was indeed a temptation that could not be refused!