Clang!
Accompanied by the loud metallic clatter of a heavy hammer striking metal, sparks flew everywhere.
One strike, two strikes, five strikes…
At first, Xu Yue’s hammer strikes were still clumsy and stiff.
But gradually, his movements became smoother and smoother.
Every single hammer strike was accompanied by visible improvement.
Under the Wujin Hammer in his hands, the metal being forged shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Impurities within were constantly being purged by the furnace fire and hammer strikes.
Specks of radiant light Bloom on the metal.
Seeing this scene, Mu Xi, who had originally prepared words of comfort in her mind, slowly opened her red lips, which quickly formed an “O” shape.
Beside her, her father Mu Chen’s eyes shone with increasingly intense fervor.
If he weren’t afraid of disturbing Xu Yue’s forging, he would have already burst out laughing.
Genius, an absolute Genius in terms of Blacksmithing.
This kind of efficiency definitely couldn’t be explained by ultimate strength alone,
“Could it be because of his second Spirit?
Is the effect of boosting learning speed really this obvious?”
Clang, clang, clang…
The forging continued, and the radiant light of the metal became clearer and clearer.
“Hundred Refinement.”
Mu Chen’s voice was extremely soft.
In an instant, Mu Xi was deeply shaken.
Just two or three minutes ago, Xu Yue was merely a beginner who had just been introduced to forging.
But now, he could already be called a rank-one Blacksmith, standing on the same level as her.
And this shock continued to brew.
Three minutes later, the metal had shrunk by more than thirty percent.
“First-grade Hundred Refinement, a rank-two Blacksmith!”
Mu Chen spoke again, but Xu Yue’s forging was still not over.
The crisp sound of striking echoed endlessly, as if composing a magnificent musical movement.
When the final hammer strike fell heavily, a brilliant light soared into the sky from the metal.
Metal has Spirit; a Thousand Refinements turns it into essence.
A rank-three Blacksmith!
In front of the forging table, Xu Yue panted softly, looking at the metal before him that radiated a faint Khvarena.
At first he really didn’t know how to forge, but very quickly, the clearance of the Herrscher of Reason played its role.
The scenes of Mu Chen teaching Mu Xi replayed in his mind over and over again, and that hands-on knowledge and experience allowed him to quickly master the patterns.
Xiao Yue, you are a natural Blacksmith!”
Just then, Mu Chen suddenly hugged Xu Yue tightly and laughed out loud:
“Give me twenty years—no, fifteen years, and you will become the next Divine Craftsman after Senior Brother.”
At this point, he paused mid-sentence and abruptly changed his words:
“No…
no!
You will become an existence that surpasses Senior Brother!
Haha…”
“Senior Brother was only rank-two at eleven, but Xiao Yue, you’re already rank-three at six!
There’s no comparison, no comparison at all!”
Mu Xi’s face beside them also Bloomed with a smile: “Congratulations, A-Yue!
Becoming a rank-three Blacksmith!” Yet deep within those eyes, there was a trace of dimness.
Although Mu Chen was as satisfied with Xu Yue’s performance as could be, Xu Yue himself felt he could go a step further.
“Uncle Mu!
I want to try one more time!”
Hearing this, Mu Chen’s laughter hitched, but then he immediately continued laughing loudly and patted Xu Yue’s shoulder.
“No problem, you can try as many times as you like.”
Seeing Mu Chen agree, Xu Yue scanned the pile of metals off to the side, finally selecting a somewhat pitch-black rare metal.
Pitch-black all over, it shimmered with tiny flecks of gold under the glow of the furnace fire, looking just like stars in the night sky.
Xu Yue had heard about it in Mu Xi’s lessons—its name was star meteor iron, a top-tier rare metal left behind by extraterrestrial meteorites.
Although this piece of star meteor iron before him was only about twenty centimeters in diameter, its weight reached a staggering one hundred and fifty kilograms or more, possessing an extremely high density.
Immediately after, Xu Yue selected a Grade-6 Fusion Forging Hammer from the forging hammer rack nearby.
The Grade-6 forging hammer was astonishingly heavy, no lighter than the star meteor iron from earlier, reaching half of Xu Yue’s own arm strength.
Trying to use it for forging was extremely difficult, and there was even a chance he could injure himself.
Seeing this scene, Mu Chen was just about to open his mouth to warn him.
A deep blue light surfaced by Xu Yue’s side.
It was none other than the Star of Eden.
The next moment, a dark red light surged over the surface of the Star of Eden, and an invisible Gravity Domain instantly descended.
After his Breakthrough into a Spirit Master, the multiplier of the Gravity Domain had also increased from one fold to two fold.
And now, Xu Yue was going to apply it to forging.
Gravity Domain: Twofold Weakening!
Target: Forging Hammer!
In an instant, the surface of the forging hammer was covered in dark red light.
And Xu Yue’s arm, which had been swaying slightly, instantly stabilized with the aid of the Gravity Domain.
Seeing this scene, Mu Chen’s eyes registered astonishment; he hadn’t expected Xu Yue’s Gravity Domain to be usable in such a way.
Stepping up to the forging table once more, Xu Yue didn’t directly start forging as he had done before.
Seeing this scene, both Mu Chen and Mu Xi were somewhat puzzled, but they didn’t speak up to interrupt.
However, what the two didn’t see was that beneath his eyelids, Xu Yue’s eyes had already lit up.
Authority of Rock, activate!
This time, Xu Yue wasn’t painting eyes like he did for Azhdaha, but rather to perceive.
Using ore and stone as eyes, perceive the past!
In just an instant, his mind completely immersed itself into the star meteor iron, witnessing the stories it had experienced throughout its lifetime.
He saw an extremely dazzling light, felt extreme heat, and heard the explosion of a star at the end of its life.
Thus, under the supernova explosion, this metal formed in nuclear reactions was ultimately hurled into the endless deep space.
Then, throughout hundreds of millions of years of interstellar travel, it finally crashed onto the Douluo Continent, remaining buried for a million years until a miner excavated it.
At this moment, Xu Yue perceived the Spirit of the star meteor iron—the emotion contained within that Remembrance.
Upon the forging table, without anyone touching it, the quietly resting star meteor iron actually trembled at this moment, emitting a faint hum.
“Th-this is…
this is spirituality?!”
Mu Chen’s eyes widened.
Regarding the scene before him, he didn’t know how to comprehend or describe it.
That metal has Spirit was a common consensus among all Blacksmiths, but to awaken the Spirit within, it required enduring the pounding of a Blacksmith.
Yet within just ten seconds of Xu Yue closing his eyes, a piece of star meteor iron that hadn’t undergone any hammering actually awoke spontaneously, its inherent spirituality unprecedentedly active.
The next moment, Xu Yue abruptly opened his eyes.
The Rock Markings in his eyes Bloomed with unprecedented golden light at this moment, shooting directly onto the star meteor iron before him.
At the same time, the forging hammer in his hand was raised high; at its peak, the dark red gravity field covered the hammerhead and smashed down fiercely.
Gravity Domain: Twofold Amplification!
The instant the forging hammer fell, an extremely subtle, soft hum sounded from the forging table.
It seemed both like being captured by gravitational pull and like a response of its own accord.
The over one-hundred-kilogram star meteor iron actually bounced up from the table spontaneously, greeting the forging hammer that was smashing down toward it from above.
It was paying homage to its king, welcoming rebirth!
Loyalty!
Devotion!
Clang!
The forging hammer smashed down heavily.
The next moment, a brilliant Khvarena rose into the air, charging straight to the ceiling of the forging room.
Spirit Forging in a single strike!!!
“Cast…
Cast…”
“Casting King?!!!”