The 12th-level God-Slaying Soul Tool Shell, the most powerful weapon ever created by the Douluo Federation, with only three ever produced.
Rumored to be capable of slaying gods.
An ancestor of a certain researcher from the Spirit Pagoda was once invited to participate in related research, which is why the Spirit Pagoda is aware of some of the core technical concepts involved.
Di Tian had once mentioned this to Gu Yuena.
The principle involves extracting the essence of metals, then compressing and purifying it, arranging it in a specific sequence to unleash terrifying power.
However, the technology for refining the essence of metals was sealed away after the production of the God-Slaying Soul Tool Shells consumed a massive amount of rare metals.
Unexpectedly, Huo Yuhao had actually developed a similar technology...
'As expected of Yuhao. If that research maniac at headquarters knew about this technology, he would probably worship him like a god... But without those rare metals, it's impossible to produce another God-Slaying Soul Tool Shell.'
Gu Yuena sighed as she looked at Huo Yuhao, then asked, "I remember that the metals you initially used to inscribe formations were only simply purified, followed by hundred-fold forging, thousand-fold forging, all the way up to the current spirit-forged metals. Were you trying to understand the properties of metals after forging?"
"Exactly," Huo Yuhao nodded.
For three years, he had been quietly studying various forged metals, preparing for the future.
The technology for extracting the essence of metals was named the "Siphon Inscription Soul Tool Formation" by him.
It was derived from his reference to skills and technologies such as Elemental Stripping, Soul Tool Energy Gathering Formation, and Spirit Soul Contract.
The core technology is related to the Spirit Soul Contract.
Why can the Spirit Soul Contract feedback bloodline and even cultivation?
During his research, Huo Yuhao discovered that its principle is similar to the siphon effect, utilizing a characteristic akin to water flowing downhill to transfer something from one party to another.
For example, since he lacked the Silver Dragon King's bloodline, he received feedback.
This Soul Tool Formation has a similar effect, but it is more versatile.
This is a unique system belonging solely to him!
Huo Yuhao tapped the spirit-forged Blue Copper with his hand.
The originally hard metal instantly flattened, clearly because its essence had been extracted, causing it to lose the various characteristics of a rare metal.
"From what I can see now, with my current technology, only spirit-forged metals can undergo the extraction of their essence. Thousand-fold forged metals can only trigger the essence. And you should understand what having these essences means."
Gu Yuena nodded. "With this technology, blacksmiths can communicate with the essence of metals. Before spirit-forging, there are no bottlenecks."
She had previously read some books on forging and understood the benefits of directly interacting with the essence of metals.
After all, the early stages of forging are about refining the essence of metals, and to blacksmiths, forging is also a process of communicating with the metal.
Is there any faster method than communicating directly with the essence?
If the Blacksmiths' Association had Huo Yuhao's technology, those blacksmiths could directly communicate with and study the essence of metals, rapidly advancing to the level of spirit-forging!
Thinking about it now, the Federation could have ushered in a new era of forging in the past.
However, the technology for refining the essence of metals involved too many issues and had to be sealed away...
As she pondered, Gu Yuena asked, "There's more you want to tell me, isn't there?"
She sensed that Huo Yuhao's words carried deeper implications.
Huo Yuhao nodded.
"Hundred-fold and thousand-fold forging are about removing impurities, so I won't elaborate on that. The core of spirit-forging is the process of giving life to metal.
Soul-forging is about endowing metal with life and intelligence. As for heaven-forging, at that level, human strength alone is insufficient.
It requires drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, that is, vast elemental energy, to assist the blacksmith in forging the metal, followed by undergoing the corresponding elemental tribulation to take shape."
"Think carefully about these processes. Can you accomplish them?"
Can I?
Gu Yuena furrowed her brows, deep in thought, and finally gave her answer.
"Of course I can!"
Yes, she could do all of it.
Giving life, bestowing intelligence, as the possessor of the Creation Godhood, many of the soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest were born because of her.
She understood the creation of life far better than those human blacksmiths!
Making a piece of metal come to life was not that difficult.
At most, it would take some time to study and master.
As for harnessing elemental power for heaven-forging... how could she not be able to do it?
She was the master of elements—it would be effortless for her!
She might even be able to turn the elemental tribulation Huo Yuhao mentioned into something she could control.
Huh? Wait, thinking about it this way...
Gu Yuena looked up at Huo Yuhao, meeting his complicated gaze, and the two of them fell into silence together.
"..."
Huo Yuhao sighed inwardly.
Yes, Gu Yuena was a bug. As long as she learned forging... she would essentially have no bottlenecks!
Strength and the like were merely her weaknesses, and even then, only in comparison to the Golden Dragon King.
The most difficult aspects of spirit-forging, soul-forging, and heaven-forging posed no challenge for her.
She inherently possessed the qualities needed for these.
Huo Yuhao deeply suspected that the roles of the Silver Dragon King and the Golden Dragon King were actually reversed, in every sense of the word.
Meanwhile, Gu Yuena looked at the metal in Huo Yuhao's hand and pursed her lips.
With his technology for extracting the essence of metals, it would be difficult to encounter bottlenecks before spirit-forging.
And after spirit-forging, she had no bottlenecks... If she really learned forging, their collaboration would be a perfect match in every sense.
"Recognizing your own abilities is important. If you still have the desire to learn forging, I can help you," Huo Yuhao said.
"Also, you can actually try forging without using a forging hammer."
Hearing this, Gu Yuena thought of the awkward scene earlier, and a faint blush reappeared on her face.
But she was still able to think clearly and asked in confusion, "Without using a forging hammer?"
"Ordinary blacksmiths can strike metal millions of times and still fail to achieve spirit-forging, yet the Divine Craftsman Zhenhua can achieve thousand-fold forging, spirit-forging, and even soul-forging with a single strike."
Huo Yuhao turned his gaze back to the metal in his hand. "This is because Zhenhua has already mastered the various properties of metals and has a clearer, more fundamental understanding of how to extract and alter their essence."
"The essence of forging ultimately lies in extracting and altering the essence of metals. Forging is the means, and using a forging hammer to strike the metal is not the goal, nor is it a necessity!"
"As long as you can accomplish these things, don't worry about the methods."
Gu Yuena pondered for a moment. "Are you saying I can use elemental power to forge?"
Elemental power was her greatest strength.
Huo Yuhao nodded. "With your control over the elements, using elemental power to forge is not impossible. Moreover, the metals forged in this way would be the most compatible with you."
Gu Yuena fell into deep thought.
Using elements to forge... it was indeed feasible.
With her control over the elements, she could even turn them into giant hammers to strike the metal.
The force of those strikes might even be stronger than what she could achieve with a forging hammer.
And doing so would make communication with the metal more frequent and easier.
After all, elemental power was an extension of her perception, just like a blacksmith's forging hammer.
Elemental power could also become her forging hammer.
But borrowing the elemental power around her, essentially the power of heaven and earth, to forge... wasn't that, in a sense, replacing all forging methods with the heaven-forging method?
If she used the power of heaven and earth to complete hundred-fold forging, thousand-fold forging, spirit-forging, soul-forging, and heaven-forging, what kind of metal would be forged in the end?