Compared to Marquis Vian, Richard's thoughts were clearer. At the moment, he had only one concern: the stock of Magic Salt was running low, and it looked like he would need to produce another batch upon his return.
Yes, he had used Magic Salt to complete the test just now.
The process was quite simple: he first silently controlled the Magic Salt to adhere to the surface of Soron's Armor, then ignited it with a sufficiently hot Martian to create an explosion.
Although there wasn't a large amount of Magic Salt, the power of the close-range explosion was enough to seriously injure Soron, who was flesh and blood, knocking him unconscious.
This was considered a relatively mild method. Otherwise, if he had thrown Metal Needles improved from 315 alloy, a single stab into Soron would have resulted in a bleeding hole, if not death, then certainly a disability.