He tried consuming various types of power to condense a cluster of Forbidden Fire.
At this moment, the various powers within the Forbidden Fire were clashing with each other, not yet fully fused.
Next, Dalun Li tried to activate the power of the copper plate, and the burning Forbidden Fire in his hand indeed began to fuse slowly.
"It really works!"
"Good stuff. What materials went into this, and how was it crafted? How does it possess such a consistent power of fusion?"
Dalun Li had never heard of any material or magical artifact that possessed the effect of assisting in the fusion of powers.
Observing its texture, the copper plate in front of him appeared to be made of ordinary red copper; the material was extremely common, though its hardness was higher than typical red copper.
The effect of assisting fusion seemed to be a capability bestowed upon it later.
Not only could it assist humans in fusing vessels, but it could also assist in the fusion of powers.
No wonder the people of the Grey family in Gray City were so desperate to fight for this copper plate, even after being deceived and finding no Undying Wardrobe.
According to Sophia's memories, for a human who had honed themselves to the human limit, breaking through to become a sixth-rank angel was extremely difficult, even with a ring seal stone.
Integrating an object into the body to serve as a vessel for the ethereal and elusive power within was incredibly hard.
The success rate was not high, and there were risks of power depletion or death.
Sophia had previously obtained a ring seal stone, but she had failed to fuse it until the day she died, and the ring seal stone eventually fell into the hands of the Grey family.
Sophia speculated that those nobles and great powers likely possessed alchemical potion formulas and special materials that assisted in fusion.
Something like this, which could assist fusion and increase the success rate without being a single-use item, was invaluable.
Its value was no less than that of a masterpiece grade magical artifact.
"However, the fusion progress is quite slow," Dalun Li muttered as he observed the fusion of the Forbidden Fire in his hand.
If he had dozens of copper plates, the fusion might happen very quickly.
Dalun Li felt that these fusion powers could be stacked.
But since he only had one for now, he would let it fuse slowly on its own.
Dalun Li placed the copper plate next to the treasure pile and took out a magic crystal to serve as fuel for the Forbidden Fire.
The Forbidden Fire attached itself to the magic crystal, slowly burning as it consumed the crystal's power.
The magic crystal, burning with Forbidden Fire, floated above the copper plate, fusing at a slow pace under the plate's influence.
Ta-da! The Automated Forbidden Fire Merger!
Entrusting the entire fusion of the Forbidden Fire to the copper plate, Dalun Li took out his only masterpiece grade magical artifact for now, the Life Casket.
The Life Casket was a life-attribute magical artifact; while its special effects were powerful, they were somewhat redundant for Dalun Li.
However, it served quite well as a magical artifact for interrogating information.
By directly extracting the opponent's soul, any secret could be tortured out.
But the life power inherent in a masterpiece grade magical artifact itself might be usable in endless ways.
Leaving a masterpiece grade magical artifact idle and simply absorbing Earth Vein Power felt like a complete waste of resources.
He needed to squeeze the residual value out of every magical artifact.
As a masterpiece grade magical artifact, couldn't the Life Casket create some other value for him while absorbing Earth Vein Power?
The act of using the copper plate to create the Automated Forbidden Fire Merger just now had given Dalun Li some inspiration.
He placed the Life Casket beside the Forbidden Fire merger, utilizing the life energy dissipating from the Life Casket to assist the process.
Since Forbidden Fire possessed the life attribute, the life energy could accelerate the fusion process.
Seeing that this indeed worked, Dalun Li immediately felt that his magical artifacts had other uses.
Magical artifacts had attributes; if he categorized all of them by attribute, perhaps he could create a specialized environment.
For example, by collecting all life-attribute magical artifacts in a sealed space.
The life energy dissipating from each life-attribute magical artifact would continuously accumulate, filling the entire sealed space with life power.
Could the effect of such a specialized environment be utilized further?
"The idea I had before about creating a treasure vault might be combined with this concept."
He would create a treasure vault, categorizing and storing all magical artifacts within it to generate environments with specific powers.
"However, the number of magical artifacts I have right now is still insufficient."
Dalun Li did not intend to create an ordinary treasure vault; if he was going to do it, he would make it the best.
Since he didn't have the right materials yet, he would postpone it for now.
Perhaps baby Tongmu could help him find some suitable materials in the subordinate floors.
Dalun Li thought optimistically, looking forward to what treasures Tongmu might find for him.
As time passed, the prototype Forbidden Fire fused slowly, pulsing gently atop the magic crystal.
Because it was only a small cluster of Forbidden Fire, the power of the magic crystal could sustain its burning for several years.
The Forbidden Fire flickered with flames that looked like an oil painting; every time it sparked a single ember, a day had passed.
By the time the Forbidden Fire sparked its third ember, three days had gone by.
The Well of Eternal Imprisonment continued to gather adventurers.
A brief three days in the outside world might not even see a change in the weather.
However, the town outside the Well of Eternal Imprisonment had expanded by a small margin, and they had even begun planning the city walls.
The town had also been given a name.
Cities and towns built around a dungeon were usually named after the dungeon itself.
The city built because of the Gray Mist Valley dungeon was called Gray City.
Naturally, the name for the town built around the Well of Eternal Imprisonment was decided as Eternal Imprisonment Town.
There was always a restless, impulsive atmosphere in Eternal Imprisonment Town.
Part of it was because the town was expanding too quickly and had only recently been established.
Part of it might be due to the previous great battle.
However, the restlessness of Eternal Imprisonment Town could not compare to the restlessness within the Well of Eternal Imprisonment.
This unique dungeon was full of vitality and variables.
Combined with adventurers restless for battle and craving treasure, it always produced extraordinary sparks.
Furthermore, after the birth of this dungeon, a series of legendary events had occurred in the surrounding area.
These events had all tinged the Well of Eternal Imprisonment with a bit of legendary color.
Although only ten floors had been revealed so far, the Well of Eternal Imprisonment already felt legendary and profound.
This legendary weight made it easy to forget that this was merely a new dungeon that had recently appeared on the border.
The fourth-floor station had now become a village, serving as a node specifically for transporting supplies deeper in, and was no longer the front-line station at the dungeon's depths.
The current front-line station of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment was set in the desert of the sixth floor.
The desert environment was harsh, so the station was not built near the passage; instead, a mini-oasis was selected, and a small settlement was established around it using rock and wood.
Consequently, adventurers entering the sixth floor now had to cross a certain distance and deal with monsters before they could reach the sixth-floor station.
This filtered out a significant number of adventurers; rookie adventurers with insufficient strength stayed in the upper floors after weighing the value of their lives against the treasure.
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