Hardness gives equipment greater durability, making it less likely to be destroyed.
Sharpness allows a weapon to easily pierce defenses—the difference between stabbing something with a needle versus a sledgehammer.
Absorption determines whether the force of an enemy's attack is absorbed by the armor or passes right through it to your body.
A sufficiently sharp weapon.
Even a Level 1 Mage could use it to easily pierce solid defenses.
"Leng Qingying, this dagger."
"You should be able to use it."
Lu Cang flicked the newly formed dagger from his hand.
BANG!
A sonic boom erupted.
CLANG—
The sound of dagger striking dagger rang out, but the white dagger in Leng Qingying's hand began to corrode almost instantly upon impact.
Its bright white blade started to turn black.
Leng Qingying immediately dropped the dagger from her hand. By the time it hit the ground, it had melted into a puddle of thick, black liquid.
