Chapter 188: Eternal Burning Soul Fire

The Death Knight's corpse is of supernatural grade third tier; after refinement, two items are obtained in total.

One is a cluster of azure flames hovering in midair, yet it feels neither hot nor cold.

The other is a set of silver-white armor lying quietly on the ground.

Although it looks somewhat damaged, it still exudes a powerful aura.

Whether it's the azure flames or the silver-white armor, just from their aura, Su Hao can basically tell that these two are likely not second-tier supernatural items.

Immediately, Su Hao slightly focused his thoughts and first used the Item Appraisal Technique on that cluster of azure flames.

【Headless Knight's Soul Fire】

Supernatural Grade: Third Tier

Effect: Infusing the Headless Knight's Soul Fire into weapon forging can grant the weapon a unique soul-attack attribute.

When wielding such a weapon, there is a certain chance during an attack to pass through the flesh and strike the enemy's soul, inflicting soul damage.

Consuming the Headless Knight's Soul Fire has a certain chance to enhance the consumer's soul strength.

Side-effect warning: The Headless Knight's Soul Fire contains necrotic energy, and consuming it carries great risk.

If one fails to absorb its power, the consumer's soul may suffer severe damage, possibly leading to soul collapse, loss of sanity, and transformation into a mindless undead.

Introduction: The Headless Knight's Soul Fire is extremely rare; only special methods can obtain it from the Headless Knight's corpse, making it a precious resource for both undead and other living beings.

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"A flame that can damage the soul?"

Looking at the appraisal result displayed, Su Hao stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face.

No matter from which angle you look at it, this cluster of flames is a fine treasure.

If used to forge a weapon, it can give that weapon a certain chance to inflict soul damage when attacking enemies.

No matter how small the damage, any weapon capable of soul attack is extremely precious.

Moreover, if the soul fire is consumed directly, it also has a certain chance to increase soul strength.

Of course, after all, this soul fire refined from the Headless Knight is a powerful third-tier supernatural item, imbued with strong necrotic energy.

If a living being directly consumes it, they may degenerate into a mindless undead with no will of their own.

However, for Su Hao, any drawbacks need not be overly concerned.

First, as a Crimson Bone Demon, he possesses undead traits and can learn the skill 【Create Stitching Monster】, so he naturally need not worry about the side effects of consuming this soul fire.

Second, with the Synthesis Heart in his possession, this side effect need not be worried about at all.

Compared to the effect of increasing soul strength, what Su Hao currently cares more about is the chance to directly attack the soul.

When he first obtained the Death Scythe, Su Hao indeed enjoyed the sensation of directly attacking the soul.

A casual swipe could shred the enemy's soul; even a wound the size of a fingernail could cause the opponent to die from soul destruction.

Unfortunately, the Death Scythe is a fifth-tier supernatural item, requiring the Synthesis Heart's proficiency to reach perfection before it can be synthesized.

However, Su Hao feels no regret; he already has plans for what to synthesize using the soul fire refined from the Headless Knight's corpse. As the supernatural items he acquires grow ever higher in rank, the surrounding armies grow stronger, and his own skills begin to seem somewhat out of sync.

Therefore, Su Hao intends to take this opportunity to properly synthesize his skills, enhancing their effects and supernatural grade.

Even though commanding legions of skeleton warriors and hellish monsters into battle is exhilarating, Su Hao remains fully aware that his own strength is what matters most.

After making up his mind, Su Hao gave it no further thought, refined two more soul fires, and then used today's first Item Synthesis on these three soul fires.

Time quietly passed; suddenly, the golden synthesis light enveloping the three soul fires burst into a blinding golden flash, and a cluster of similarly azure but slightly larger flame appeared before Su Hao's eyes.

After synthesis, the soul fire's chance to enhance soul strength becomes 100%, and its effect is even greater.

What surprised Su Hao was that the necrotic energy within it also grew stronger; non-undead beings who consume it have a high probability of becoming mindless undead.

Ordinary people who do not wish to become undead must absolutely not consume this item casually.

Furthermore, its soul-attack effect and power have also increased.

After roughly understanding the flame's effects, Su Hao casually waved his hand and closed the appraisal interface.

Subsequently, he slightly focused his thoughts, took down the flame hovering in midair, and used today's second Synthesis Heart on the soul fire in his hand and the 【Eternal Burning Flame】.

After handing the Shadow Priest's Soul Crystal over to the Black Dragon, the exploration of the dark dungeon will also come to an end.

Moreover, with the Bone Dragon now able to provide illumination and Su Hao's own mental strength sufficient, continuously using flame lighting poses no problem at all.

Therefore, Su Hao this time intends to synthesize this cluster of flame.

Since one of the two items being synthesized this time has reached fourth-tier supernatural grade, the required synthesis time is also longer.

After the synthesis golden light faded, a pallid flame cluster hovered in midair before Su Hao.

【Eternal Burning Soul Fire】

Supernatural Grade: Fourth Tier

Effect: It can absorb fire elements from the air or consume energy and mental power to burn; when energy runs low, it enters a dormant state but does not extinguish.

By using mental power to construct runes (images) inside the flame, it can instantly absorb a large amount of energy and erupt into a scorching blaze.

It inflicts soul damage on all units within its range, and this flame can cling to souls, causing continuous burning damage.

When the Eternal Burning Soul Fire absorbs sufficient fire elements or other flames, it can raise its own supernatural grade.

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"Being able to inflict continuous soul damage—this is exactly the result I wanted!"

Looking at the content displayed on the appraisal result, Su Hao involuntarily broke into a smile and nodded in satisfaction.

His minimum expectation was simply to obtain the effect of attacking the soul.

The flame after synthesis not only retains the soul-attack effect but can also continuously scorch the soul.

However, Su Hao did not stop there; he spent two synthesis opportunities, both aimed at synthesizing the Blood Flame Technique.

(End of Chapter)