Chapter 885 - 428: Armor of War Misfortune (Part 2)
So, among the young girls’ equipment, some parts are like the Mechanical Dragon Sea Song Sword and the Dragon Rock Armor Core Sword, temporarily without some components, yet unable to exhibit Excellence Realm performance. Once the materials are in place later, it can be realized.
But Zoe is an exception. She spread her small hands and showed the Fire Attribute Pure Star Crystal to Li Ang.
There are three pieces of this level of Fire Star Crystal in total, and five pieces of Tier Eight, of the same quality as what Baal provided.
"Alright, that old dragon must have held back."
Dorothy said sarcastically, "It flies around every day, absorbing power with Thundercloud Stream, yet it’s unwilling to give us the best Star Crystals."
"You can’t really say that."
Li Ang stopped the Half-Elf who liked to criticize behind people’s backs, because Alulu already looked awkward.
"For Star Souls, maintaining their own existence isn’t easy; although thunderclouds look powerful, they’re definitely not as rich in energy as volcanoes. The Molten Mountain Behemoth was originally one of the strongest among the Star Souls."
Although he didn’t know if Baal had held back, he certainly had to consider Alulu’s feelings. To make the Half-Elf shut her mouth, he pinched the soft flesh below her back discreetly.
The Half-Elf endured without showing an unusual expression and whispered, "How do you know she’s the strongest?"
"Zoe said it."
At this moment, Zoe, who looked exactly like the Horned Race chief, nodded repeatedly, with a pair of horns gesturing in front of Dorothy, scaring her to retreat two steps.
Li Ang roughly mentioned two sentences about the ancient scene she saw when awakening Hestia, sharing this secret and important ancient information.
After hearing this, Meimei was eager and said, "Divine Child? Isn’t that—"
"Empire Witch." Meluna completed the second half of her sentence.
The two Mei simply said that, besides being unable to summon Bahamut, later Ivynis and that "Divine Child" couldn’t be more alike.
Of course, the Maiden of Azure, who had fallen to the "Empire Witch," had no humanity and leadership at that time.
"We’ve guessed this, too; there’s still much unknown about her, but in short, Hestia was the vanguard in the ancient wars."
No one disagreed; that kind of giant bull seemingly cast of bronze, charging forward with the Light of the Star Soul and flames, what could possibly stop her?
Everyone had seen the calamities caused by the eruption of her power.
"The power she retained was great, plus the subterranean lava of Lupus is surging. If not for Horarius, she could have preserved much more power, so being able to condense Star Crystals isn’t surprising."
Li Ang took the Pure Star Crystal from Zoe’s hand: "Its power can nourish Hestia."
He told everyone he was casting with Curse Art, but in fact, it was the function of the system’s Monster Breeding Ground panel.
Originally, nurturing Star Soul functionalities could provide materials to birth Star Souls.
Creating something from nothing was achievable; with an existing new Star Soul, the stage needing the most materials had passed; the Pure Star Crystal could be used to continue nurturing her.
After manipulating on the panel, there was no change in front, but a series of vibrations came from underfoot.
"What’s going on? A volcanic eruption?" Dorothy asked nervously.
The volcano was indeed becoming active.
Three Great Salamanders supported their upper bodies with tails and hind legs, looking around with joy.
Li Ang felt the power of the Pure Star Crystal in his hand being quickly drawn away, resonating with the Volcanic System that originally didn’t exhibit much power. The entire region began to strengthen, with the Volcanic System forming a deeper connection with Hestia’s Light of the Star Soul, circulating and complementing each other.
With a crack, the Pure Star Crystal shattered into ordinary Star Crystal Fragments dropped, a blazing star dazzling brightly before everyone, with the surrounding rock walls collapsing, spilling out lava.
"Aren’t we leaving? We won’t be buried inside, right?" Dorothy said.
"Don’t rush."
Li Ang observed Hestia, still in Star Core state; he seemed to have sensed her will just now.
Although weak and simple, it was indeed present.
Under the will of the newborn Star Soul, the inflowing lava did not surge toward them but deliberately flowed on the ground like it had consciousness, forming a lava lake surrounding the star.
The lava lake separated the Star Soul from them, but the ground rose to form a scorched black bridge leading to the center.
"I think I heard Lady Hestia’s voice, though very faint..." Othella’s eyes widened.
"Did you hear it too?" Zoe scratched her ear: "I thought I heard wrong."
On the panel, the growth progress of the Molten Mountain Star Soul began to increase, though very slowly.
"Alright, everything’s going smoothly." Li Ang announced the result to everyone.
Amid the cheerful voices, he turned to Othella: "Feel free to come often in the future. We don’t know what Hestia will be like after rebirth; maybe she’ll need some care. I’ll be counting on you then."
"Yes!"
Othella, eyes reddened, responded firmly despite her trembling voice.
...
With the Molten Mountain Star Soul matters settled, Li Ang and Zoe went to the forging room.
Other equipment was all finished, except for her last weapon that wasn’t ready yet.
The young girl donned new Excellence Realm Armor, with a Floating Sword Rack beside her hanging Water and Earth Dual Dragon Element Swords, the Wind Breath Sword habitually at her waist, while the other buckle was still empty, waiting for the sword in the furnace.
The tempering had been ongoing for two days, because a Fire Attribute Pure Star Crystal would be added, plus it was inherently Fire Attribute, requiring more time to fuse the power.
With this, it’s time for the replicas of Passionate Talent to retire.
Although they were retiring, the girl fondly put them away, with Li Ang specially crafting a storage box for her.
Her hobby was simple: collecting beautiful stones, and apart from that, good swords.
If it weren’t for the former habit, the harvest from the battle of Lupus might not have been as much.
These past few days, Zoe was overjoyed, for all three swords she possessed had entered the Excellence Realm.
The Wind Breath Sword, upon awakening, naturally broke through this boundary.
The Water and Earth Dual Swords, the former powered by Leviathan’s scales, never lacked an Energy Source. Li Ang, with his improved Craftsmanship, made a simple adjustment to achieve the preset goal.
As for the latter, it was originally forged using Anna’s horn tip.
Although Anna couldn’t yet produce Pure Star Crystals, having reached the Excellence Realm, her horn was no longer in its budding state. Li Ang sought another small tip from her.
As for Earth Attribute materials, he dared not ask Inanna, fearing being taken to the caves to breed offspring.
With Earth’s Favor upon him, using his mastery over Earth Element, he easily upgraded the Earth Sword.
And Zoe, utilizing her Flaming Bull Form, could wield the power of the Excellence Realm, even surpassing some mundane Tier Seven, so Li Ang couldn’t leave without ensuring she had a suitable Fire Attribute weapon.
Besides the sword in the furnace, her armor was meticulously crafted.
It barely covered much, styled like Alulu’s previous Blue Crystal Armor, as for deploying Flame Power, Zoe also needed to appear in the Horned Race form.
The chest and abdomen were equipped with elastic soft armor with adjustable tightness, the same for hip and legs. With Star Crystal shimmering within the soft armor. Shoulders, elbows, and leg guards subtly glimmered with red glows on a black-silver sharp blade-like appearance.
Wearing this, she resembled some ancient erected female war deity on an unknown Sky Island. Now, those deities of faith had no worship due to the residents’ abandonment, but the young girl before them was like a true war deity.
[Veteran’s Soft Armor]
[Trained in Dueling Arenas, battled in fields... It’s not necessarily the toughest armor that can bring out a Warrior’s true prowess; to a Warrior who has honed their body like a weapon, non-restrictive soft armor is even better equipped, especially when it provides powerful Flame Power.]
[Tier: 7]
[Category: Chest Armor]
[Equipment Skills: Burning Core, Tribulation Flame Array [Silence]]
[Set Combination: 1/6 [Armor of War Misfortune]]
[Set Effect: War Calamity Martial Soldier]