Chapter 2313 Noble And Tarnished Shafts

Chapter 2313 Noble And Tarnished Shafts

Minute after minute passed as Lin Mu watched the Immoral Green Gold shaft with unmoving eyes.

And once thirty minutes had passed, he finally blinked.

"It's actually resisting it." Lin Mu muttered as a part of him relaxed. "At least on the surface it doesn't seem like there's any effect of the curse. But there's always a chance it could be internal..." he didn't become carrels just yet.

He also couldn't use his Immortal sense to check for any internal defects, as such he ended up using the previous method of testing its durability.

~CLANG~CLANG~CLANG~

He hammered the shaft and saw as it soon became deformed.

"That won't do... while it doesn't crack and break, it has become very pliable. The arrow will simply buckle under the tension of the bowstring at this state." Lin Mu understood that this was only half a success. 'I'll have to test out more methods. But the Immortal Green Gold does seem to offer at least a partial solution.' He thought before looking at the last few remaining shafts.

There was one metal and three crystalline shafts remaining.

The final metal shaft was something he had the toughest time making, even more than the Crystalline Shafts. It was also made from a metal he had obtained very recently.

"The Null Iron Ore... it came in handy earlier than I thought." Lin Mu picked up the rather heavy shaft that was made from raw Null Iron Ore. It had a mix of black and grey color along with a dotted pattern all over it. But the dots weren't textured but rather just smooth against the shaft. It was part of its own natural structure and was rather unique. It had taken quite a bit of an effort to make this as Lin Mu was simply unable to smelt it.

He wasted a decent amount of time in trying to smelt it but eventually gave up and used Meld to cut out a shaft directly. Lin Mu didn't have any particular expectations with the Null Iron Ore, but from what he had learned so far, he at least knew it was highly durable and hard. And since it had managed to endure all that time under the muddy lakes that were filled with Murkwater Qi, he hoped that it could resist the effects of the curse too.

~SHICK~

Upon slotting the Arrow Tip, Lin Mu saw an almost instantaneous effect.

This was the same as trading off one effect for the other. 'It went in the opposite way of the Immortal Green Gold.' Lin Mu realized.

The Immortal Green Gold stopped the curse but was also weaker in strength. On the other hand, the Null Iron Ore was very rigid, but it also increased the effect of the curse.

Regardless of this, Lin Mu knew it was a complete failure.

"No way I can use Null Iron Ore shaft for this. The curse will end up spreading to me." Lin Mu shook his head.

This finally left him with the three crystalline shafts.

The first shaft was made from an Immortal Earth Elemental crystal. It was dark brown in color and was one of the more durable crystal among Lin Mu's stores. It was also among the only few crystals that Lin Mu had large enough chucks to make entire arrow shafts from. Most of the others were far too small to make a full shaft from.

"Let's see..." Lin Mu slotted in the arrow tip and wondered what kind of effect the curse would have on it.

~BOOM~

The answer was very violent as the shaft exploded almost immediately.

"Yeah... definitely not this." Lin Mu crossed out any kind of energy containing crystals from the list.

Thankfully, he had been cautious from the start and had the Longgui Bulwark Armor active, so he wasn't injured at all.

The next crystalline shaft was a non-energy mineral and was actually a gemstone.

"Misty Mirror Quartz... Known to be able to disperse various energies." Lin Mu hoped that this shaft might perform better.

He slotted in the arrow tip and held his breath for the result.