"It's truly such a shame. If only the Arcane Device were a higher rank." Shi Feng looked at the pale silver metal ball in his hand, feeling both joy and regret.
The weakening effect of a Bronze-rank Arcane Device was truly underwhelming.
While it was more than sufficient against current monsters, its effectiveness would grow increasingly weaker over time and eventually be phased out. And dual properties—something not even Iron-rank Arcane Devices possessed.
In terms of raw combat power enhancement, a dual-property Bronze-rank Arcane Device actually surpassed an Iron-rank one. It was just that Iron-rank Arcane Devices were better at dealing damage to a monster's magical body.
"But you can't have your cake and eat it too. Getting a dual-property Arcane Device now already means I've hit the jackpot. I shouldn't be greedy." Shi Feng adjusted his mood, and the more he looked at the Arcane Device in his hand, the fonder he grew of it.
Arcane Device, Bronze Rank. Capable of enhancing a single weapon, granting a Basic Vibration Effect and a Basic Polarization Effect, while also weakening magical bodies by 27%.
Both the Vibration Effect and the Polarization Effect were considered quite impressive among the many possible supplementary abilities.
Previous Arcane Devices had only offered a Lightness Effect—simply making a weapon lighter.
But the Vibration Effect could make a weapon emit high-frequency vibrations, dealing devastating destructive force to whatever it struck.
And the Polarization Effect allowed a weapon to refract light during attacks, making it impossible for enemies to easily predict attack trajectories, rendering them extremely difficult to dodge.
On their own, both effects ranked only as mid-tier among all possible abilities. But combined, the result wasn't simply one plus one. Attacks that were nearly impossible to dodge, paired with devastating destructive force—this was no less fearsome than top-tier abilities.
It was well known that while the abilities generated by Arcane Devices were random, the abilities different ranks could produce varied as well.
Generally, Bronze-rank Arcane Devices could only generate Low-tier or Mid-tier abilities, with an overwhelmingly high chance of Low-tier and only a rare chance at Mid-tier.
Iron-rank Arcane Devices were also limited to Low-tier and Mid-tier abilities, just with a considerably higher probability of Mid-tier.
Only at Mythril Rank could High-tier abilities appear, though the probability wasn't high.
The Arcane Device in his hand was only Bronze Rank, yet it possessed High-tier abilities that would make even Mythril-rank devices envious. How could he not be excited?
That was exactly why he felt a secret twinge of regret.
High-tier abilities were extraordinarily rare. Even in his previous life, Arcane Devices with High-tier abilities were few and far between. Whenever one appeared, it would trigger a bloodbath—without sufficient strength, there was simply no way to hold onto it.
"I wonder how it'll perform once equipped." Shi Feng could hardly wait to install the Arcane Device on the Magic Artifact Abyssal.
He placed the Arcane Device against the blade, and the pale silver device melted into a liquid that fused seamlessly into Abyssal. Immediately, a small alchemy array materialized on Abyssal's hilt. Endless mana was drawn in by the alchemy array, flowing into Abyssal to empower it with additional strength.
Shi Feng gave the sword a single swing, and one sword shadow became three—to the naked eye, there was no way to tell which was real.
The blade flashed, and a corner of the stone platform as hard as divine iron was sheared clean away, its cut surface smooth as a mirror.
"Truly powerful. If someone else equipped this Arcane Device, I'm afraid I'd have a hard time defending against them." Shi Feng examined the missing corner of the platform, genuinely astonished.
The stone platform in the special-grade Forging Room was no ordinary stone. Even Magic Artifacts could only leave minor scratches on its surface, yet now he had effortlessly sliced off an entire corner without feeling the slightest resistance.
If it were a Mythril-rank weapon or piece of equipment, a single strike would probably cleave through it with ease.