As Dalun Li had expected, the magical artifact created from the power of the God of the Foundry combined with a large piece of Earth Vein Essence was not oriented toward offense.
Its abilities belonged entirely to the auxiliary category.
The only ability capable of being used offensively was [Sealing].
“To think it can directly seal the special abilities of magical artifacts.”
“What a powerful ability.”
Dalun Li looked at the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing before him, preparing to test it.
Since the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing was a masterpiece grade magical artifact, this ability of its should only be able to seal other masterpiece grade magical artifacts.
Taking out the Life Casket, Dalun Li activated the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing.
In an instant, invisible chains manifested from the void around the Life Casket, binding it tightly.
The special abilities of the Life Casket seemed to be sealed in a flash, no longer capable of being activated.
In Dalun Li's perception, the mana within the Life Casket felt as if it had been smelted into a solid block of iron, cast into a single mass that could not be moved in the slightest.
Foundry power was the elemental root of this Secret Book of Fire-Stealing, so the source of its special abilities was naturally foundry arts.
“However, it cannot be sustained indefinitely.”
Dalun Li picked up the Life Casket and discovered that the sealed mana within had begun to flow again, bit by bit.
At this rate, he estimated it would only take half an hour for the Life Casket to be usable again.
“So for a magical artifact of the same grade, it can only be sealed for an hour?”
Dalun Li then took out his greater magic grade magical artifact, the Wellmouth Greatsword.
Looking at the Wellmouth Greatsword floating before him, Dalun Li activated the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing once more.
“Seal!”
In an instant, the invisible chains locked onto the Wellmouth Greatsword, and the sword fell from the air, appearing to have turned into a plain, ordinary iron sword.
For a greater magic grade magical artifact, the sealing was quite stable, capable of maintaining its effect for an entire day.
In that case...
What about treasure grade magical artifacts?
Dalun Li took out the treasure grade magical artifact, Collapsed Atmosphere.
Then he activated the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing, aiming it at Collapsed Atmosphere.
Seal!
Invisible chains wrapped around the silver scepter, yet the power of the silver scepter simply would not allow the power of the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing to intrude, firmly isolating the book's power on the outside.
Dalun Li activated the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing with all his might, the pages of the book flipping and fluttering rapidly.
The tightened chains finally bit into Collapsed Atmosphere, but they only held for a single second before being expelled by the power of Collapsed Atmosphere.
“It actually managed to seal it, even if only for a second.”
“As expected of foundry power dropped directly from the God of the Foundry himself. Extraordinary!”
The Secret Book of Fire-Stealing could affect a treasure grade magical artifact for one second.
Within that single second, even the special abilities of a treasure grade magical artifact would be sealed by the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing.
Though it was only one second, as long as one seized the opportunity, making an enemy's magical artifact lose its abilities for a second during combat could often become the deciding factor between victory and defeat.
“However, with only this one ability, it is still somewhat inferior compared to combat-oriented masterpiece grade magical artifacts.”
“But the primary strength of the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing lies in its auxiliary functions.”
Of the four special effects of the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing, three were purely auxiliary.
The Secret Book of Fire-Stealing could perform thinking and learning, and answer doubts through the Foundry Book.
It even possessed abilities related to the mental aspect.
Dalun Li looked at the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing before him and tried to activate its other abilities.
“Secret Book of Fire-Stealing, oh Secret Book of Fire-Stealing, please tell me, what does one plus one equal?”
Dalun Li sent a prayer toward the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing within his mind.
In an instant, a sliver of realization rose in his head.
One plus one equals... three!
Dammit, it was wrong!
Dalun Li stared at the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing, while the book's pages flipped as if it were also looking back at him.
This thing only possessed knowledge related to foundry arts, so it could only answer questions related to the foundry.
For knowledge outside of foundry arts, it could only acquire it through subsequent learning.
That was right; the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing could learn knowledge after its creation.
‘In that case, to what extent has this thing mastered knowledge related to foundry arts?’
Dalun Li himself had mastered foundry arts, as he possessed the abilities of all his monsters.
He began to try praying in his heart, seeking answers from the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing regarding some difficult points and complexities in foundry arts.
This time, the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing responded very smoothly, resolving Dalun Li's doubts.
Its mastery of foundry arts was far above Dalun Li's own.
One could only say it was truly worthy of being a magical artifact forged from the power of the God of the Foundry.
The more Dalun Li asked, the brighter the light in his eyes became.
“Truly worthy of the name Secret Book of Fire-Stealing.”
“It has stolen the very fires of the foundry.”
If all the purple-skinned blacksmiths could pray to the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing and seek answers...
The foundry arts of the entire dungeon's purple-skinned blacksmith tribe would be raised to a whole new level.
However, at present, the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing could only respond to the prayers of its holder and had no way of responding to too many prayers.
This did not stump Dalun Li.
If a connection was established through a ritual magic circle, one could pray directly to the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing to seek answers to questions.
But in that case, if too many people prayed to the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing, it might not necessarily be able to answer all of them.
Prayer required a ritual circle to present an offering.
Every time one prayed, an offering had to be presented to receive an answer.
This way, he wouldn't have to worry about too many people praying every day for every little thing.
And...
Dalun Li looked at the last effect of the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing.
[Foundry Power]: The more knowledge the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing learns, the stronger its foundry power will become.
The Secret Book of Fire-Stealing was a magical artifact capable of growth through the learning of knowledge.
The more knowledge it mastered, the stronger its power would become.
This knowledge did not necessarily have to be foundry-related; knowledge unrelated to the foundry could also serve as nourishment for the growth of the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing.
Being able to grow through knowledge...
Dalun Li had never heard of such a magical artifact.
This kind of growth likely had a limit; even if it grew to its peak, it probably still wouldn't become a treasure grade magical artifact.
Treasure grade magical artifacts required the power of divine authority; it was not a realm that could be reached through simple accumulation of power.
“The more I look at it, the less it seems like it belongs to the domain of the God of the Foundry's authority.”
Dalun Li looked at the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing.
How to make the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing quickly learn all sorts of knowledge?
This, however, did not stump Dalun Li.
He transferred the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing to the hidden floor where the Eternal Imprisonment Brain was located and controlled several vines to extend from the brain, linking them directly to the book.
Through this method, he funneled a massive amount of knowledge directly into the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing.
The pages of the Secret Book of Fire-Stealing opened to their widest, flipping rapidly. On every single page, the handwriting was changing at high speed, desperately accepting the vast amount of knowledge being received from the Eternal Imprisonment Brain.
It seemed to be filled up all at once.
“Is this the extent of it? Secret Book of Fire-Stealing, let me see where your limit truly lies!”
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