Chapter 340: [Infernal Pulse]

The "Rock Hammer" blacksmith shop was operating as usual.

But when Xia Nan walked into the shop, the person standing behind the counter was not the burly man named "Ba'en."

But a young man with a somewhat similar face.

Different from that burly man, the young man's facial features were softer, and his temperament was much quieter.

Although he still had a quite tall stature under the effect of his father's "Dwarf" bloodline, standing in place he was even a head taller than Xia Nan, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, but the muscle circumference all over his body had become much thinner and smoother due to the inheritance of his maternal bloodline.

"Welcome to Rock Hammer Tiejiang Shop!"

"Guest, see what you need; if you are not satisfied with the equipment in the shop, we can also provide customized services, and the price is absolutely fair!"

The young man appeared very enthusiastic, and Xia Nan took the initiative to greet him as soon as he walked into the shop.

Having cooperated with Ba'en many times, he had heard the other party mention it during casual chats, coupled with some gossip circulating among adventurers in the tavern.

Xia Nan roughly understood the other party's family situation.

His wife died early, leaving a son who studied in Niumu and only returned to help look after the shop occasionally during holidays.

Obviously, the young man with facial features similar to Ba'en in front of him should be the rumored heir to the blacksmith shop.

Looking at the other party, Xia Nan nodded slightly and opened his mouth:

"Hello, is Ba'en in the shop?"

"There is an order for equipment that needs to be delivered."

Hearing this, the young man's expression was stunned.

Immediately, the smile on his face became more enthusiastic, and he quickly replied:

"Yes, yes."

"You should be Mr. Xia Nan, right? I've heard your name from my father for a long time; I didn't expect to see you for the first time today."

The young man was wearing a simple brown linen garment convenient for forging, and the muscles between his arms slightly supported the sleeves on both sides, introducing himself:

"'Rock Hammer' Ba'en is my father; you can call me 'Xiu', or 'Little Xiu'."

"Father is in the back room; please wait a moment, I'll go call him now."

Saying that, Little Xiu quickly pushed open the door and walked into the back room of the blacksmith shop; in the air, one could faintly hear the crisp forging sound coming from inside.

For some reason, Xia Nan always felt that after the other party recognized him, his gaze always lingered on the chain mail he was wearing, and his eyes even carried some strangeness and doubt.

Thinking about it, it was highly likely related to his exaggerated armor-breaking rate.

Feeling interesting in his heart, he didn't say much, just stood in front of the counter and casually looked at the goods on the shelves on both sides.

It didn't even make him wait more than a minute.

Little Xiu walked into the back room for a few seconds, and the sound of the forging hammer hitting the surface of the anvil was interrupted.

Accompanied by a burst of hurried footsteps, Ba'en's familiar figure came into Xia Nan's sight.

Having just finished forging, it was too hurried; he only had time to put on a small vest, revealing muscles as burly and congested as a Bugbear.

Holding a towel in his hand, he walked out of the room while wiping the sweat on his face.

"You're here?"

"How was the mission, was it smooth?"

The voice was a bit muffled; Ba'en greeted Xia Nan, but his eyes couldn't stop looking at the chain mail on his chest.

One could see the remaining scratches on the surface of the chain mail, but it was not at all to the point of "damage," and it was even further away from the "scrap" in his impression.

For a moment, an extremely complicated expression appeared on the face of this Dwarf burly man.

It was like you had already made sufficient psychological preparations for a terrible thing with a probability of almost 100%, and even comforted yourself many times in advance, hinting that this thing was not caused by yourself, but just a special event outside the conventional situation.

But in the end, when you discovered that this thing actually didn't happen, that kind of unspeakable emotion of suddenly letting out a sigh of relief, but also feeling strangely sorry.

Sensing the other party's gaze, Xia Nan reached out and patted the chain mail on his body somewhat deliberately, and the metal rings shook and rubbed to make a noise.

"Encountered some small accidents on the road, but overall it was fine, there was not much danger."

"I can tell." Ba'en nodded, withdrew his gaze from the chain mail, and no longer wasted time on small talk, going straight to the point.

"The enchanted armor you entrusted last time has been forged; come with me."

The two came to the workshop in the back room of the blacksmith shop.

Using the Infernal Lesser Devil Scimitar as the core main material, supplemented by a large amount of other metals, the brand-new armor was quietly lying on the display rack.

The overall presentation was a dim silver-gray, like the ancient luster after the baptism of time, cold and calm.

The structure was similar to plate-chain composite armor; it was not formed in one piece, but protected key parts of the body with metal modules with strong defensive performance, and the vast majority of the blank areas in the middle were filled with densely woven metal chains, possessing both the defensiveness of plate armor and the flexibility of chain mail.

The soul of the entire armor was, naturally, the slightly curved metal breastplate located in the center of his chest, which was forged from the Infernal steel after the Lesser Devil Scimitar was melted.

The surface was smooth, and one could see the blurred figures of the two people in front of the door under the light reflection; if one observed carefully, one could see the dark red vein-like patterns appearing and disappearing on the metal surface, and the color was similar to solidified magma.

This was the characteristic of equipment forged from Infernal metal.

If one walked closer, one could even smell an extremely faint scent in the air, like a mixture of sulfur and cold iron.

Besides this, the armor was distributed with dark refined steel with smooth lines on the shoulders, waist, and other parts, lined with multi-layered tanned flexible leather underneath, which greatly enhanced the armor's own defensive ability against various physical damages, and its relatively flexible structure also allowed the wearer to make various high-difficulty movements in battle.

Xia Nan walked up and touched the surface of the armor with his fingertips gently, feeling the subtle bumps and ripples transmitted from his fingertips.

His eyes stared, and his attention was concentrated.

In the next second, a semi-transparent attribute panel floated before his eyes.

【Infernal Pulse】

Type: Armor

Level: Excellent (Green)

Effect:

1. +30% durability;

2. +50% fire resistance;

3. When receiving fire damage in battle, it will slightly restore the wearer's physical strength.

Introduction:

Armor forged from special metal from the Lianyu, while emitting a sulfur smell, has good resistance to fire damage.

Note:

"Truly excellent defensive gear is not about whether it is made of holy copper from the Celestial Mountain or molten iron from the Lianyu, but whether it can let you live to go home and drink that glass of wine."

——Iron Dome Watcher, Hundred-Battle Warrior, Keersu

Seemingly looking at the armor in front of him, Xia Nan's gaze swept carefully over its attribute panel.

He didn't feel disappointed. ===== CHAPTER 341 =====