The weakest martial artist? One punch and he's leveled up a whole realm!

"The three monsters on the surface of the ice field are all at least at the fifth level of strength."

"As expected, the danger within Frostthroat is far greater than that within Crimson Abyss!"

Ye Xiao looked at the map, thinking to himself.

At the same time, he looked at the distribution within the ice layer.

"Within the surface of the ice layer, there are a total of 4 sub-regions..."

[The Frozen Ancient Path: A road connecting the entrance to the rift to the depths of the ice plains, flanked by withered trees resembling ice sculptures, their branches laden with icicles as sharp as knives.]

[Frost Iron Vein: An exposed ore deposit of frost iron on the surface. The ore is silvery-white and glows faintly in the dark. It is a top-grade material for forging cold-resistant magical artifacts.]

Snow Lotus Valley: A rare depression on the icy plains, an oasis formed by underground hot springs, home to precious snow lotus and ice-ganoderma. However, it is often inhabited by packs of frost wolves.

[The Gate of Ruins: A stone gate from an ancient civilization, half-hidden in ice, with long-lost script inscribed on its lintel. Remnants of sealing runes remain on the stone gate, making it one of the entrances to the middle level of the ice cave.]

Ye Xiao's finger followed the route on the map and finally landed on the "Gate of Relics".

"I need to go to the Gate of Ruins, and then to the middle level of the Ice Cave."

At this moment, Ye Xiao was wearing a portable video recording device on his chest.

This thing was also given to him by the old man.

It is said to be a high-tech device developed by the state, capable of withstanding extreme cold and recording video.

Ye Xiao wore this thing into Frost Throat. When he came out, if he encountered anything he couldn't explain, he could just pull up the recording inside to check it.

"At this moment, I am on the edge of the ice field, and the frozen ancient road is just ahead."

Ye Xiao muttered to himself as he walked toward the frozen ancient path.

He had not yet encountered any danger as he walked along the empty icy road.

While walking.

Ye Xiao took out his three pieces of equipment: the Undying Heart Armor, the Shattering Void Wristband, and the Sky-Stepping Legs.

"The materials have all been collected, but we haven't had time to upgrade them yet."

After Ye Xiao killed the Flame Demon King.

He became the lord of the Crimson Abyss world.

Ye Xiao asked Wang Hou to help him collect the materials needed for the upgrade.

First is the Undying Heart Armor.

[Evolvable! Requires: 3 Demon General Crystals, 10 Fire Spirit Grasses, and 1 Molten Heart (Source: Crimson Abyss World).]

"evolution!"

After Ye Xiao consumed these materials...

His "Indestructible Heart Armor" began to evolve.

Half a minute later.

[The Undying Armor has completed its evolution! Current Rank: Spirit Rank!]

Prior to this, the "Undying Heart Armor" was only of the mortal rank.

And after evolution.

The strength of the "Undying Heart Armor" has been significantly upgraded.

Ye Xiao touched the "Undying Heart Armor" and felt that it was still as light and thin as a cicada's wing as ever.

However, it is obvious that its hardness and strength have been improved.

[Undying Heart Armor]

[Rank: Spirit Rank]

[Attribute Bonus]

[Defense Bonus: +20% → +40%]

[Magic Resistance Bonus: +10% → +20%]

[New] Fire Resistance: +50%

[New] Life Recovery: 1%

[Special Effect 1: Significantly reduces the impact of all attacks received, and reduces all damage taken (10% → 20%).]

[New Special Effect 2: All attacks received will reflect 30% of the damage back to the attacker.]

[Can be evolved, but conditions are insufficient. Requires: 3x Extreme Cold Crystals, 10x Frost Spirit Grass, and 1x Frost Heart (source: Frostthroat World).]

.......

After obtaining the evolved Undying Heart Armor, its defensive attributes received a significant boost.

In addition, two new attributes have appeared.

Ye Xiao thought that the 50% fire resistance was probably due to the evolution using materials from the Crimson Abyss.

Therefore, the "Undying Heart Armor" was tempered by fire, which is why it developed fire resistance.

The other is the 1% health recovery attribute.

This attribute looks a bit strange.

However, if we look at it from another perspective...

Its effect is to restore 1% of its maximum health per second!

The percentage-based recovery ability appeared on the "Undying Heart Armor".

Ye Xiao put on the "Undying Heart Armor" again.

He could immediately feel a continuous flow of blood energy surging from the "Undying Heart Armor" and constantly flowing into his body.

This feeling even made it much easier for Ye Xiao to fight against the extreme cold of Frost Throat.

A satisfied smile appeared on Ye Xiao's face.

"We've just arrived at Frostthroat. Let's find a way to gather all the materials needed for the next upgrade."

then.

Ye Xiao continued to upgrade the next piece of equipment: the Shattered Void Wristband.

Half a minute later.

[The Shattered Void Wrist has completed its evolution! Current Rank: Spirit Rank!]

It's still the same evolutionary path, the same evolutionary scene.

However, Ye Xiao always maintained a sense of fresh anticipation in his heart.

Once the evolution is complete.

He quickly checked how well his wristband's attributes had evolved.

【Shattered Void Wrist】

[Rank: Spirit Rank]

[Attribute Bonus]

[Punching power increase: +20% → +50%]

[Punch speed increase: +10% → +25%]

[New] Fire Damage: +50%

[New] Punch Power Critical Hit: +5%

[New] Punch Power Critical Damage: +20%

[Special Effect 1: Normal attacks have a 15% chance to trigger "Shock," briefly stunning enemies for 3 seconds.]

[New Special Effect 2: Normal attacks have a 10% chance to trigger "Armor Shatter," reducing the enemy's defense by 40% for 3 seconds.]

[Can be evolved, but conditions are insufficient. Requires: 3x Extreme Cold Crystals, 10x Frost Spirit Grass, and 1x Frost Heart (source: Frostthroat World).]

.......

Clearly, if the evolution of the "Undying Heart Armor" enhances Ye Xiao's defensive capabilities.

Therefore, the evolution of the "Shattering Void Wrist" enhances Ye Xiao's offensive capabilities.

The overall damage has been increased, and new fire damage has been added.

Although Ye Xiao didn't know what use fire damage was to him?

Because his punch did not deal damage of any elemental type.

However, there are one or two newly added attributes that are important.

That is punching power critical strike and punching power critical damage.

However, these two attributes were not unfamiliar to Ye Xiao.

But this is the first time it has appeared on his equipment.

Furthermore, obtaining these two attributes is quite difficult.

For Ye Xiao, these two attributes are also quite rare.

The evolution of "Shattered Void Wrist" provides these two attributes, which can effectively improve Ye Xiao's output ability.

Finally, there's the second new special effect.

Normal attacks have a chance to inflict the "Armor Shatter" effect on the enemy.

This is a very useful effect in combat.

Because it can reduce the opponent's defense by 40%, even if only for 3 seconds.

Three seconds is enough time for Ye Xiao to unleash a powerful attack!