There's no way around it. In this situation, he could only fold his fire wings and land in the middle of the monsters, then begin selecting item rewards one by one. The highest level of these rewards was only excellent. His personal space was already filled with a lot of such things, and he no longer needed more, but now he had no choice but to squeeze these rubbish equipment into his personal space. After all, with his rise to Lv9, the capacity of his personal space had further increased.

While he stood in the ruins handling dropped equipment, the monsters around him, which hadn't been affected by his previous flame breath attack, mindlessly surrounded him. For these brainless low-level magical creatures, they knew no true fear. They merely saw the guy who was spewing fire from the sky land on the ground and quickly came over to attack.

However, in this situation, Wang Zhifan did not freeze these ordinary monsters using his usual Source of Ice power. The reason he specifically landed amid this group of monsters was to test the final skill of the Demon Dragon Battle Armor, the Flame Shield.

From the name itself, you could tell this skill was defensive in nature, but it also possessed a certain level of offensive capability, making it a great time to test it.

Wang Zhifan didn't make any specific movements. He continued walking around picking up equipment from the ground. Suddenly, a raging orange flame ignited on his full-body armor, wrapping his entire body within!

This vibrant orange flame layer was what they called the Flame Shield. As per the description, it had decent defensive abilities, providing protection against both physical and elemental attacks. Moreover, if enemies got too close, they would suffer fire damage.

Sure enough, when those surrounding monsters that charged over finally came within ten meters of Wang Zhifan, their bodies began to show noticeable reactions. For some monsters, their skin started to char, while others were engulfed in black smoke from head to toe. However, these damages still couldn't stop them from launching a death charge at Wang Zhifan, attacking him relentlessly like moths to a flame.

This was the part Wang Zhifan wanted to see. When he found that a highly fire-resistant monster had finally braved the terrible heat wave to approach him, he didn't attack. He even consciously suppressed the Biological Force Field brought by his Ascender mutation, allowing this fearless monster to actually come close enough to attack him.

Soon, he saw this monster that had approached him front-on extend its claws towards his neck, aiming for the neck of his full-body armor encased in the orange-red Flame Shield.

But unfortunately, this monster's fire resistance wasn't high enough. As soon as its claws made contact with the Flame Shield, they were scorched and carbonized. At this point, it also faced physical obstruction, unable to truly attack the full-body armor Wang Zhifan wore. It penetrated about two millimeters into the Flame Shield before being completely blocked, then was incinerated to ash in the blink of an eye.

"The physical defense of this Flame Shield seems to be rather mediocre... and the physical defense of the Demon Dragon Battle Armor itself doesn't seem particularly high. Apart from percentage damage reduction, it doesn't offer outstanding fixed damage reduction... So the real advantage of this exceptional-grade Demon Dragon Battle Armor lies in its comprehensive functionality, making it unsuited to be solely considered a defensive piece of equipment."

After this relatively simple test, Wang Zhifan identified the strengths and weaknesses of the Demon Dragon Battle Armor. It was quite different from the stereotype of classic defensive armor. Its advantage lay in its comprehensive skill functionality, but it was relatively lacking in raw defense compared to equipment of the same tier.

For example, another exceptional-grade equipment Wang Zhifan owned, the Invisible Deceitful Clothing, maximized its defensive capacity when its skills were activated, far exceeding the defense provided by the Demon Dragon Battle Armor. However, the flying ability and flame breath of the Demon Dragon Battle Armor were not features the Invisible Deceitful Clothing could offer, so they each have their own focuses.

"If I aim to maximize the power of this Demon Dragon Battle Armor, it can be paired with another exceptional-grade piece of equipment, the Demon Dragon Ring."

After individually testing the armor he was wearing, Wang Zhifan, having dealt with the trash equipment and surrounding attacking monsters, pulled out a crimson dragon-head ring from his personal space—the Demon Dragon Ring.

This ring is quite extraordinary because one of its Fire Sovereign attributes enhances fire damage by 160% and fire penetration by 60%, allowing it to completely serve as a transformative item for players focusing on fire-based attacks, not to mention it comes with an outlandish ability to transform into fire, providing players a special defensive mechanism and mobility in a flame form, maxing out its operability.

"It's just unfortunate that I have no plans to develop in the direction of fire attacks, so I probably won't have many opportunities to harness the power of this ring in the future. On the contrary, the Fire Wings ability of the Demon Dragon Battle Armor is very useful to me, so I should wear this armor in the future... I'll take off the Jade Silk Armor inside, wear the Demon Dragon Battle Armor underneath, and put the Invisible Deceitful Clothing over it."

Mulling over this, Wang Zhifan confirmed his future equipment adjustments and combinations. His rare-grade Jade Silk Armor was basically obsolete and needed retirement, while the exceptional-grade Demon Dragon Battle Armor took precedence with its flying ability through Fire Wings. The Invisible Deceitful Clothing, due to its far superior defense and stealth capabilities, would be worn over the Demon Dragon Battle Armor. After all, this equipment was incorporeal and could adapt its form at will, so directly transforming it to fit over the Demon Dragon Battle Armor was practical, thereby compensating for its defensive shortcomings.

"Ultimately, the Demon Dragon Ring should still be worn. You never know when it might be a bit more convenient to light a fire, so I'll wear it on my right hand... Also, the exceptional-grade necklace obtained from Mr. Rogen should be put on the neck, achieving a lavish setup of wearing four rings and three necklaces, but I'll use this necklace outside of the dungeon."

After deactivating the Demon Dragon Form state of the Demon Dragon Battle Armor, Wang Zhifan first placed the crimson Demon Dragon Ring on his right hand, then recalled the exceptional-grade necklace, Rogen's Legacy, in his personal space. He didn't plan to use this necklace in this dungeon, but if he were to equip it later, he would be wearing a total of four rings on both hands and three necklaces around his neck, radiating a luxurious aura that could no longer be hidden, which could cause some trouble.

The Rogen's Legacy necklace is indeed impressive in functions—capable of reducing Spirit and physical control, minimizing damage, and blocking spells below higher levels. It turns out to be a treasure specifically tailored for the family successors of nobility, truly worthy of Wang Zhifan's use regarding value. However, considering Mr. Rogen's mysterious identity, Wang Zhifan opted not to wear this item immediately on his neck, instead isolating it in his personal space to avoid any mysterious entities tracing him through it.

Then, having equipped the Demon Dragon Ring, Wang Zhifan began testing its associated ability to transform into fire. He directly activated the skill, attempting to turn one of his fingers into a flame form, and easily succeeded. However, this ability is similar to the three skills of the Demon Dragon Battle Armor, carrying a usage limit, making it unsuitable for random use. He also didn't plan to specialize in using fire against enemies in the future, so he ended the test by casually burning something with one fiery finger to gauge the power roughly.

After that, he took out the newest exceptional-grade equipment he had acquired, the Filthy Holy Grail.

This equipment in appearance was very ordinary, just a small silver goblet, showing no filth from its surface. Yet, if anyone stared at it a bit longer, they'd feel a profound malevolent force seep into their heart, eliciting a vague feeling of sickness and aversion.

The Filthy Holy Grail is quite special. It is the first cursed-type item acquired by Wang Zhifan, capable of cursing targets ignoring the distance once the conditions are met, exhibiting incredibly potent effects. He has a hunch he'll find opportunities to use it in the future.

The test for this equipment was quite straightforward. He selected a nearby ordinary monster to curse, successfully transforming it into his puppet within seconds, and demonstrating the remarkable efficacy of the Filthy Holy Grail by commanding it to attack other monsters.

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