He promised to become a knight, but what the heck is Astartes?

"However, this task is extremely difficult. To be able to participate in the destruction of the Danix family, one must be at least a mid-level wizard."

"Unless I'm willing to risk my life and just use my psionic energy to destroy him, I'll have to wait until after the Grand Knight if I want revenge."

Luo Xia shook his head helplessly and stopped thinking about it.

Covered in black dragon armor, he returned to land once more through the tunnel he had dug himself.

At this moment, the outside world was already pitch black.

Night fell on the second day.

"I have six days left, enough time for me to forge a set of armor and go hunt down second-tier mutated magical beasts."

"This time, let's splurge a bit and use three pieces of refined gold and withered blue bricks mixed with black gold ore to forge a breastplate and arm guards."

Having made up his mind, Luo Xia completely buried the hole he had dug and then returned to the stream along the path he had come from.

At this moment, Luo Xia was unaware that the entire Black Wasteland, and even the entire empire, was in turmoil because of his awakening of spiritual energy.

……

"Teacher, should this Black Wasteland Hunt continue? Everyone saw that purple beam of light, it was simply..."

"Shut up!"

The two third-ring white wizards that Rorschach had met a few days ago were now standing trembling in front of an old man, not daring to talk back even when scolded.

"Don't worry about it, keep everything as usual, pretend this never happened, don't talk about it, don't ask about it, and don't investigate it!"

The old man, dressed in a white and gold robe with a five-ringed radiant pattern embroidered on his chest, looked extremely solemn at this moment.

He didn't know what that purple beam of light was, nor did he care.

Since he could sense the aura of that beam of light from thousands of miles away in the distant city of North Worth, it proved that the other party had far exceeded the limits of his own strength.

No, in fact, throughout the entire Northern Territory, apart from those few individuals, no one could possibly measure the power of that strongman in the purple pillar of light!

"I hope the peace that has finally been established in the North won't be shattered..."

……

At the same time, inside the Black Wasteland Forest.

"Hahaha, it's truly a blessing from the gods! Either a sacred artifact has appeared, or there's a hidden master here. We're the first to arrive; maybe we can become his apprentice or obtain some treasures!"

After Luo Xia left, a small team finally arrived at the place where the purple light pillar had dissipated. Each of them had a greedy look on their face and began to search the surrounding area.

"Someone's already here! Kill them and see if the sacred relic is on them!"

A fierce battle, a game of cat and mouse, unfolded in the canyon where Rorschach had departed.

But even if Luo Xia knew at this moment, he wouldn't care at all.

A sacred relic? A hidden master?

He's already got them all!

"The melting point of this refined gold azure ore is at least three times higher than that of black gold ore. Ordinary flames simply cannot melt it, and even black flames have some difficulty. Only by imprinting powerful mental energy into the flames can the melting process be accelerated..."

Beside the stream, black flames burned fiercely. Luo Xia, shirtless, held a beast bone forging hammer, his expression extremely serious.

Before him lay a large pile of mixed ore, glowing red-hot from the black flames.

That was the result of the fusion of refined gold blue ore and black gold iron ore. The blue-gold liquid metal churned in Luo Xia's black flames, leaving Luo Xia drenched in sweat.

After all, to completely melt this refined gold and blue ore, one must continuously output mental energy to suppress the mental obstacles within it.

"Clang, clang, clang."

After melting to a certain extent, Rorschach brought his forging hammer down.

"Adding high-grade bone meal..."

As Luo Xia hammered and forged, he sprinkled high-grade bone powder, which he had ground himself, into the process.

This allows the two metals to neutralize better, and under the influence of high-level magical beast bone powder, a qualitative change occurs.

Sure enough, with the addition of this high-grade bone powder, the entire mass of liquid metal turned into a chaotic color.

As Rorschach continued to hammer, a rough alloy blank with a dark gold base and blue flowing patterns on its surface appeared on the stone anvil.

"Alright! Let's begin the first layer of stacking!"

Rorschach's eyes lit up, surprised and delighted by his own creative talent.

He actually managed to synthesize an unknown alloy.

Under Luo Xia's command, the black flame serpent behind him continued to increase the amount of black flame it spewed.

Rorschach then used this opportunity to fold and forge the alloy blank again. This time, Rorschach decided to take advantage of the ductility of the super-metal and fold and forge it thoroughly forty-nine times, so that its hardness could be increased to another level.

Jingle bells!

Sixth floor, seventh floor, eighth floor, ninth floor... thirteenth floor...

Each layer of folding and forging increases the density and strength of the iron in Luo Xia's hands to a higher level.

The addition of special metals like refined gold and withered blue even gave this piece of iron a unique property.

Affinity and affinity.

In other words, armor made from this iron not only has extremely high physical strength, but can also naturally resist mental energy, and even enhance the mental strength of the wearer!

It could be said that this was tailor-made for Rorschach.

The night passed slowly as Rorschach focused intently on his forging...

Chapter 122 Lion King Hunter, Bloodshed Reappears (Seeking monthly votes, thank you!)

Time flies like an arrow.

Before they knew it, it was the morning of the fourth day of the winter hunting competition.

"It's done!"

Luo retrieved the last piece of breastplate from the nearby stream, completing the final quenching. A satisfied smile finally appeared on his face, which had been closed for two days and nights.

One breastplate, two pairs of wrist guards.

After Rorschach used four pieces of adamantite blue ore, plus countless black gold ore, he finally completed the forging.

Luo Xia stroked the breastplate in his hand, which shimmered with a pale blue-gold hue, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

This breastplate is absolutely the pinnacle of Luo Xia's forging skills at this moment.

To give it strength and style, Rorschach specially adopted a dragon scale-like inlay structure, making the surface of the dragon scale armor incredibly delicate after repeated folding and forging.

Even in order to remember their identity and to have a mark forged by Rorschach engraved on them.

Therefore, on the chest of this dragon scale armor, Rorschach had a symbol of a dark angel engraved, with a small sword embedded in a pair of outstretched wings.

The same applies to the two arm guards.

"Try it on."

With a hint of anticipation in his expression, Rorschach put on the breastplate and arm guards.

He then stretched his body and nodded in satisfaction.

This set of dragon scale armor is not very heavy, weighing less than thirty pounds, which is not even considered a burden for Luo Xia at this moment.

"Then there are special abilities."

A smile appeared on Luo Xia's lips, his life magnetic field immediately started to rotate, and his mental energy poured into the dragon scale armor, creating a resonance.

"Although the improvement is not significant, my dragon scale armor is still a genuine extraordinary armor."

Luo Xia was extremely satisfied, because he would be wearing the Black Sanctuary armor later, so this Dragonscale Armor was actually considered an inner armor under Luo Xia's arrangement.

Even so, thanks to the fusion and forging of refined gold, blue ore, and black gold ore, it is not too difficult for it to withstand the attacks of second-tier mutated magical beasts.

"Tsk tsk, if you can't make a living in the future, you can use this skill to become a master forger in the steel capital."

Rorschach looked quite pleased with himself; the dwarf blacksmith was nothing special.

[Ding ding ding! The great Lord of Fire Dragons, Vulcan, the Primarch of the Salamander Genesis, saw the armor you personally forged. He slowly put down the "Undying Forge" he was still working on, gave you a big thumbs up, and his eyes were full of praise and recognition!]

"That's right! That's what a real man does!"

"To forge such exquisite armor in such rudimentary conditions with just their own two hands! This is true craftsmanship! The Salamander's passion for forging will never be extinguished under any circumstances!"

You truly possess the potential to become a veteran of the Salamanders! It's time to let the name of the Salamanders burn brightly across the galaxy!

[Received the Great Fire Dragon Lord's reward: +1.0 Free Attribute Points, +100 Forging Proficiency!]

[Forging Hands Lv2: 180/200]

"A grateful heart thanks the great Lord of Fire Dragons for the generous reward!"

Luo Xia looked at the system panel that suddenly popped up in front of him and was immediately overjoyed.

Family members have collected rice again!

"Spirit +1!"

Without any hesitation, Luo Xia directly added 1.0 of his free attribute points to his spirit.

And his mental strength, which had originally increased to 19.0 after awakening his spiritual energy, has now reached the 20.0 mark!

[Mental Strength 19.0 20.0!]

At this moment, Rorschach's mental strength had completely rivaled that of a formal wizard.

Of course, aside from the fact that I don't know any magic yet.

"Sure enough, after my mental strength broke through to 20.0, my perception of my own spiritual energy became much more acute."

As a refreshing sensation swept through his mind, Luo Xia immediately felt that his control and perception of psionic energy had improved slightly.

"Everything is ready; it's time to complete the Lion King's Trial..."

Luo Xia grinned, packed up everything in the camp and took it with him. Then, carrying the Dark Angel, he set off once again into the depths of the Black Wilderness Forest.

……

"Damn it! Who are you people! Killing a contestant without cause during the Winter Hunting Competition is a violation of Imperial law!"