The red-hot piece of heavy silver rose up, and Tang Wulin sent his hammers cras.h.i.+ng down like a pair of shooting stars.
"Boom, boom!" Two loud booms rang out in unison, and Zhen Hua could clearly hear a dull dragon"s roar erupt from Tang Wulin"s body.
Faint golden light began to radiate from his spine, then traveled along his arms, through his hammers, and finally into the piece of heavy silver.
Following the pair of resounding booms, a burst of silver light erupted from the piece of heavy silver, rising up to over 10 feet! First-grade thousand refinement!
Tang Wulin hadn"t completed thousand refinement with a single hammer blow, and he had used his hammers" Stacked Hammers effect, but there still weren"t many Saint Blacksmiths who could replicate what he had just done. This was a demonstration of Tang Wulin"s exemplary mastery of forging techniques, and Zhen Hua smiled upon seeing this.
With his sharp discerning eye as a Divine Blacksmith, he was immediately able to identify that Tang Wulin had worked extremely hard in this regard and had improved significantly compared to last time. It was clear that he hadn"t slacked off in his forging since they had last met.
The soul refinement for all of the suits of three-word battle armor for his friends had been completed by him, and they were all soul refined alloys of the highest quality, so aside from cultivation, forging was the activity that he had spent the most time on. In terms of soul refinement success rate, even Zhen Hua may not be able to compare with him. After all, he had far too much of an advantage in his powers and strength.
Silver light rose up alongside a faint dragon"s roar, and Tang Wulin took a deep breath as he raised his hammers again.
His eyes became even clearer, and a strange quality crept into his aura.
Zhen Hua"s body shuddered slightly as he could sense that the air around Tang Wulin had taken on a slightly warped and illusionary appearance, which was a sign of spiritual power being released outward.
What immense spiritual power! Zhen Hua"s heart was full of praise toward Tang Wulin, but also a slight hint of envy.
Aside from soul power, spiritual power was the most important measure of a Soul Master"s abilities, and the higher the caliber of a Soul Master, the more important spiritual power became as it was the basis for further improvement. On top of that, applications for spiritual power were extremely broad, and the higher the rank of a blacksmith, the more spiritual power was required to sense the minute changes within a piece of metal.
Tang Wulin"s hammers fell again, but on this occasion, they fell a lot lighter. Tang Wulin was only using the power of his wrists to tap the hammers onto the piece of heavy silver at a high frequency, creating a pleasant rhythm akin to that of rain falling upon a banana leaf.
During this process, the piece of heavy silver was also buzzing incessantly as if it were reciprocating his forging.
Zhen Hua"s smile became even more p.r.o.nounced upon seeing this. Tang Wulin had clearly already grasped the essence of forging, and nothing was more pleasing than this for him to see.
Amid the string of crisp clangs, the light glowing from the piece of heavy silver receded, and a layer of faint silver light appeared over the surface of the metal, within which there seemed to be a freely roaming dragon.
Spirit refinement was complete!
Having just undergone spirit refinement, the piece of heavy silver was like a small infant, buzzing incessantly while s.h.i.+mmering with captivating silver light.
Tang Wulin"s hammers continued to fall without pause, varying in power and rhythm, and a layer of white light began to rise up over his body as he began to inject his soul power into the piece of heavy silver.
His dense soul power seemed to possess substantial form, and the white light glowed brighter with each pa.s.sing hammer blow. Soul power was guided into the piece of metal with every strike, causing minute changes to take place within it.
If Zhen Hua"s soul refinement had been a stunning meteorite cras.h.i.+ng down to earth, then Tang Wulin"s soul refinement could be likened to gentle rain. It wasn"t spectacular or grandiose, but it was slowly and steadily enhancing and nouris.h.i.+ng the piece of metal, gradually bringing out its intelligence.
What incredible soul power! As expected, his soul power has already surpa.s.sed mine.
This was the power of a t.i.tled Douluo who had reached this level through cultivation!
Zhen Hua"s heart was full of praise, and he was appraising Tang Wulin"s forging as if he were inspecting a piece of artwork.
It was quite clear to him that regardless of how the heavenly refinement went, Tang Wulin was definitely going to succeed in his soul refinement, and it was going to be a soul refinement of a very high caliber. Even though only one piece of metal was being used, he was very pleased by the incredible consistency that Tang Wulin was displaying.
If another blacksmith were to reach Tang Wulin"s level at his age, then they would definitely employ some more fancy techniques in their forging, but Tang Wulin hadn"t done that. His soul refinement prioritized success rate above all else, and his forging was completely free from even the slightest error.
Tang Wulin had already created many records in the blacksmith world, one of which was that he was the only blacksmith to reach the Spirit Domain realm.
As such, even Zhen Hua had no idea how much this level of spiritual power would a.s.sist him in his forging, but judging from the current situation, it definitely had an incredible effect on his soul refinement.
As Tang Wulin continued to tap the piece of heavy silver, he was constantly injecting his spiritual power into the metal, so there was absolutely no chance of failure. His spiritual power was simply too immense; it had an exceptional effect on awakening the piece of metal, particularly when it was heavy silver, a type of metal that he was all too familiar with.
The light s.h.i.+mmering from the piece of heavy silver became brighter and brighter, and the faint dragon"s roar also gradually became louder. Most intriguing of all, the dragon projection within the silver light was also becoming clearer and clearer, and even its scales had become visible.
Tang Wulin"s soul refinement took 15 minutes, far longer than Zhen Hua had, but when he struck the final hammer blow, a delightful dragon"s roar immediately rang out.
The piece of heavy silver rose up into the air, and the small dragon that was revolving around it turned a faint golden color. It seemed to be full of intelligence as it traversed through the piece of metal and occasionally flew over to Tang Wulin, expressing a strong sense of intimacy.
The soul refinement was complete!
20 minutes had pa.s.sed since Tang Wulin had begun forging, and Zhen Hua could sense that Tang Wulin was still in peak condition, as if he hadn"t expended any energy at all.
His energy and stamina were truly astounding!
Tang Wulin paused here as he silently recalled the observations that he had made while watching Zhen Hua"s heavenly refinement.
Zhen Hua didn"t disrupt him. This was his first heavenly refinement, so there was no need to consider success or failure; the most important thing was for him to accrue experience and find the path to heavenly refinement instead of being led astray.
As such, it was a good thing that Tang Wulin was taking things slowly to experience the process.
Heavenly refinement was like a Soul Master"s martial soul awakening; the standard to decide if one could become a Soul Master was whether they could awaken soul power. The process of heavenly refinement bestowed upon a piece of metal true ability, and a suit of four-word battle armor was so powerful precisely because all of the metals that it was constructed by possessed powerful abilities.
When combined as one and enhanced by soul circuits, a suit of four-word battle armor was superior to even a divine-grade mecha, and it could virtually double the power of a Limit Douluo.
If it weren"t for the invention of battle armor, soul beasts wouldn"t have been pushed toward extinction at such a rapid rate. As such, suits of four-word battle armor were extremely valuable, and heavenly refinement was the key to constructing such suits of battle armor.
It was once said that four-word battle armor shouldn"t exist in the human world, that it was something that should only exist in the Divine Realm.
Whenever Tang Wulin was ready, Zhen Hua would activate the heavenly platform again to draw upon the power of heaven and earth. During the heavenly refinement process, he would be able to experience the changes in the laws of heaven and earth, and this was the most difficult process.
It took Zhen Hua over a year just to learn to make use of the power of heaven and earth, and at the time, he had already become the undisputed number one talent in the blacksmith world.
Right at this moment, Tang Wulin suddenly opened his eyes, and golden light s.h.i.+mmered within his pupils as all types of elements began to converge toward him from all sides.
Water, fire, earth, wind; these four types of elements entered the heavenly platform first before revolving around the forging bench.
Zhen Hua faltered slightly upon seeing this. He hadn"t even activated the heavenly platform yet! How had the power of heaven and earth arrived on its own? Could it be that Tang Wulin had drawn upon this power on his own?
Immediately thereafter, he was greeted by the sight of a ma.s.sive pink flower blooming behind Tang Wulin. The quant.i.ty of all of the different types of elements in the air immediately increased drastically. On top of that, faint traces of gold, black, and silver had appeared, indicating that the elements of light, darkness, and s.p.a.ce had also been drawn upon alongside the existing four elements.
There were seven types of elements present all at once!