Chapter 010: Divine Artifact Set
As for his own Absolute Protection, although Du Fan had always been embarrassed to talk about it in front of others, he was actually very satisfied with it deep in his heart!
Absolute Protection had saved Du Fan’s life countless times. Moreover, by relying on its ability to counteract any attack, Du Fan could often use this advantage to defeat his enemies in one fell swoop!
Such a skill that could only be unleashed by someone with the cultivation level of a domain master could be activated by Naixiu just with a single ring.
Of course, this left Du Fan extremely shocked.
At the same time, he felt a bit annoyed. “Damn it! The skills I’ve painstakingly cultivated can be activated with just a tiny ring? It’s not fair!” Du Fan thought.
“When two divine artifacts are used together, they not only greatly enhance both offense and defense but, more impressively, the destructive power of the Eternal Bow and the creative power of the King of Elves Ring form a perfectly balanced cycle! This cycle continuously supplies me with energy! As long as these two artifacts remain intact, the energy within my body will never run out,” Naixiu said. “It was only after wearing the King of Elves Ring that I realized the Eternal Bow and the King of Elves Ring are actually part of the same divine artifact set.” After a pause, Naixiu continued slowly.
A divine artifact set refers to certain artifacts that, when used together, can unleash special functions. Such artifacts that can be used in combination are known as divine artifact sets.
However, divine artifact sets are extremely rare—virtually non-existent!
According to legends, only gods with extremely high cultivation levels can create sets of divine artifacts!
Human craftsmen, limited by their innate abilities, can at most create exceptionally high-quality divine artifacts but cannot achieve the effect of a set!
“Amazing… truly amazing. So, the Eternal Bow and the King of Elves Ring are indeed divine artifacts from the divine realm?” Du Fan repeated repeatedly.
“I don’t know either. But it is said that the three major divine artifacts of our elf race were bestowed by the Goddess of Nature herself. I think they must be divine artifacts from the divine realm,” Naixiu replied after some thought.
Thinking about the endless energy supply from this miraculous set that Naixiu had mentioned earlier, Du Fan couldn’t help but nod in admiration.
An ever-renewing energy replenisher! What kind of being could forge such an extraordinary artifact? The three sacred artifacts of the elves truly live up to their reputation! With this endless energy supply, defensive skills on par with absolute protection, and the extreme combat power that allowed him to kill the Flame Demon with a single arrow just now—having such a set of sacred artifacts at one’s disposal practically makes one invincible, doesn’t it?
“Du Fan, ever since I followed you, it feels like good luck has been with me all the time. Sometimes I think that choosing you was the happiest and most joyful thing in my life,” Nayixiu said emotionally.
Think about it—given that the Flame Demon isn’t a god but possesses godlike strength, no one from the elf race would stand a chance against it if they came here.
Even Nayixiu, with her current strength and the Eternal Bow, would surely lose in a fight against the Flame Demon.
Only someone like Du Fan could talk to the Flame Demon and even end up having the Flame Demon offer him the Ring of the Elven King. Coincidentally, Nayixiu also had the Eternal Bow. When these two epic legendary artifacts were used together, they managed to kill the Flame Demon effortlessly.
The Flame Demon really died unjustly!
For countless years, it had stood at the pinnacle of all existence on the continent! Yet today, it died in such a humiliating way. In fact, it was itself responsible for its own death.
If possible, even after killing the Flame Demon, it wouldn’t have used the Ring of the Elven King as part of its bet with Du Fan. But the Flame Demon had no idea that Du Fan possessed a skill for absolute protection.
Nor could it have imagined that Nayixiu also had another sacred artifact of the elves—the Eternal Bow. Even if the Flame Demon knew about Nayixiu’s possession of the Eternal Bow, it wouldn’t have realized that the two artifacts could be used together!
Its constant overconfidence eventually pushed the Flame Demon into a dead end!
While cleaning up the Flame Demon Stones on the ground, Du Fan suddenly saw an unremarkable black-gray ring on the floor.
Holding the ring, Du Fan sensed that it was a storage ring. Since the Flame Demon was dead, the ring was now unclaimed.
After taking the ring, Du Fan sent his mental energy inside.
To his surprise, it turned out to be a quite good storage ring with ample space inside. Such a ring could be considered a precious treasure on the continent.
This is obvious. With the strength of the Flame Demon, those who dared to challenge it all had cultivation at the Saint level or above. After all, the Flame Demon had been at the Saint level since its birth! How could those with lower cultivation dare to challenge such a being as the Flame Demon?
Du Fan took a look inside the ring and found it to be in a complete mess, so he didn’t look further. He simply put the Flame Demon’s ring into his own storage ring.
Still, Du Fan was confident that there must be something valuable in the Flame Demon’s ring. Since the Flame Demon had started by using the Elf King’s Ring and a long sword of even higher quality than Frostfall Snow, there surely had to be even better items in its storage ring.
However, Du Fan soon dismissed this thought. Could there really be anything in the Flame Demon’s ring that could compare to the Elf King’s Ring?
To be honest, it seemed like Nai Xiu was speaking to Du Fan like this for the first time.
“Hehe, is this your way of confessing to me?” Du Fan asked with a smile.
“You idiot! My people are already yours—what more confession is needed?” Nai Xiu spat out. As soon as she said that, Du Fan immediately reached for her hand.
When Du Fan touched her, Nai Xiu suddenly felt weak all over and instinctively collapsed into his arms.
At the bottom of the abyss, at the base of this giant funnel, the atmosphere instantly became sensual and enchanting.
After a while, Nai Xiu said, “Du Fan, that’s not good. There are still so many Rock Men down there!”
Du Fan laughed heartily. “Baby, where are you thinking? Let’s hurry up. Otherwise, Moses and Basha will worry. Besides, we spend every day together—do you think we don’t have time for that?”
“You’re so naughty!” Nai Xiu said in a sweet voice.
After defeating the Flame Demon, the barrier it had spent thousands of years setting up was also destroyed. Du Fan took Nai Xiu with him and flew upward toward the top of the abyss.
Just as they reached the top of the abyss, a thunderous noise suddenly came from the bottom!
Magma began to erupt from the bottom of the abyss!
The bottom of the abyss was over ten kilometers below the surface! Such depths couldn’t possibly contain the eruption of magma from the earth’s core. It was only because of the powerful presence of the Flame Demon that the magma’s activity had been suppressed. Now that the Flame Demon was gone, the magma erupted violently without any restraint.
It’s funny to think about—back then, the Flame Demon created such a huge abyss just so that the creatures of the grasslands would fall into its depths. In this way, that perverted guy, Fernand, could sit underground and eat them. Due to the long edges of the abyss, those creatures often accidentally fell to its bottom every day! Also, because Fernand made the abyss too large, the magma inside never filled it completely. But at dusk and night, the raging magma inside turned the abyss bright red! Seen from above or from the edges of the abyss, the blazing flames inside the red abyss against the black night created a truly magnificent sight! Years later, it even became a wonder of the continent! Many lovers traveled thousands of miles just to witness this natural spectacle under the gradually setting sun. Du Fan and Nai Xiu flew up from the bottom of the abyss and were shocked by the sight of the magma erupting. Fortunately, they hadn’t been doing anything there; otherwise, encountering such an eruption while engaged in their activities would have been troublesome. The two held hands and quickly flew toward the base of the Black Panther Knights. When they returned, the 2,000 elf archers had already made arrangements. The base was kept simple—Basha, Moses, Du Fan, and Nai Xiu were all placed in a single building with three rooms and a hall. Not long after returning, Basha quickly gathered everyone together to discuss the next steps. “Second brother, doesn’t your father care about these matters?” Moses asked doubtfully. If the Dwarf King were to step in, given his supreme authority among the dwarves, resolving such issues wouldn’t take long. “I can only say that if my father wanted to deal with this, he would have already come. If he hasn’t intervened yet, it means he has his reasons. We just need to follow our own plan,” Basha said. Hearing this, the officers of the Black Panther Knights nodded in agreement. It seemed they also knew something about the Dwarf King’s temperament.
In Du Fan’s eyes, that dwarf king was indeed a very indifferent person. According to Basha, for over a hundred years, his father, the dwarf king, that “god,” had simply sat in that small room, with no one knowing what he was doing inside. However, Du Fan wasn’t quite sure why such an indifferent person could be so ruthless in certain matters. It was said that several tribal leaders who opposed the formation of the Black Panther Knights were directly eliminated by the dwarf king at the assembly! It was precisely such ruthless tactics that allowed the Black Panther Knights, an idea that would otherwise never have been approved, to pass through the dwarf race’s resolutions. Moreover, under the dwarf king’s pressure, the huge expenses of the Black Panther Knights were also sustained. Initially, in order to obtain ten thousand black panthers from the Great Demon Lord, the dwarf king even mobilized a million dwarf soldiers to threaten him militarily!