Xiao Jin's Repeated Failures
Dugu Bo remained silent, watching Little Gold complete all the preparations.
Then, Little Gold actually took out a Forging Hammer and smashed it hard onto the red-hot Sinking Silver.
Little Gold was shocked.
"Roar!" (The interference from the Ice and Fire Power is huge!)
With just one strike of his hammer, the Ice and Fire Power surged into the Sinking Silver Sinking Silver, following its deformation.
Although the two forces intertwined and achieved a balance, they were not completely fused. The fire attribute naturally merged into the Sinking Silver Sinking Silver, causing a significant change in its properties. The ice attribute further cooled down another part of the Sinking Silver, disrupting its internal characteristics and directly leading to the failure of the Forging process.
Bang!
The Sinking Silver exploded.
The extreme Ice and Fire Power has a tremendous impact on metals at high temperatures, causing a qualitative change in the metal's structure.
Dugu Bo breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness.
This bear looks dull and stupid; how could it possibly be Forging?
As soon as the Ice and Fire Power surged into the Sinking Silver, Dugu Bo, an outsider who knew nothing about Forging, was able to react instantly and come up with multiple solutions.
First, with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's talent, the Soul Power injected into the Sinking Silver would be enough to temporarily increase the strength of the metal, preventing it from Sinking Silver. As for whether the Forging technique could save the Sinking Silver, Dugu Bo didn't know, since he wasn't Blacksmith.
But since it is said to create Life, the Life Essence here must be able to be absorbed by the Sinking Silver during the Forging process. So as long as the metal is temporarily saved, then theoretically the Life Essence can be used to repair the metal.
Second, quickly swing the hammer a second time and try to adjust the Ice and Fire Power to counteract the effects of the Ice and Fire Power that had just surged into the Sinking Silver with the first hammer blow.
As I said before, as long as the metal isn't immediately rendered unusable, it can be salvaged.
Of course, Dugu Bo didn't know much about Forging; he was just speculating based on his own ideas.
Little Gold stood there, lost in thought.
He looked at the metal fragments around him, scratching his head, deeply troubled.
Su Ming hadn't taught this kind of thing.
Seeing the bear so dazed, Dugu Bo couldn't help but speak up and share his two thoughts with Little Gold.
Little Gold's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she gave Dugu Bo a thumbs up.
"Roar!" (As expected of Titled Douluo!)
Little Gold adopted the first method provided by Dugu Bo.
Then, the Sinking Silver still exploded.
How could that be?
Does it have no effect?
Seeing this, Dugu Bo didn't understand why this was happening.
At this moment, Su Ming, who was meditating with his eyes closed, spoke.
"Rare Metal have the potential to become Life beings, but they don't have this potential before Spirit Infusion. Spirit Infusion is not yet complete, they naturally cannot absorb Life Essence to nurture themselves."
Little Gold suddenly realized.
I see.
He looked at Su Ming, but found that Su Ming had no further instructions, so he could only look at Dugu Bo with longing eyes.
"Try my second method first: adjust the position as much as possible with each strike, and then imbue it with Spirit Infusion."
Upon hearing this, Little Gold also picked up Forging Hammer and began to try it out.
He used the Forging method taught by Su Ming, which allows for high-frequency Forging and then changes the position of the metal— Spin Forging.
Spin Forging, also known as spinning Forging, involves using two hammers to strike the sides of Rare Metal alternately, causing it to rotate. Because the sides are being struck, the angles need to be constantly adjusted during the Forging, which is very time-consuming.
At this moment, Little Gold was striking the spinning Sinking Silver with two hammers, alternating rapidly.
His intuition was terrifying, but his ability to react was lacking.
However, given a clear framework, his ability to execute it is truly remarkable.
The Sinking Silver spun two and a half times, a total of ten times, before finally exploding again.
Little Gold scratched his head, ignored Dugu Bo, and took out a piece of Sinking Silver to try again.
He tried five times in a row, each time persisting for a longer period of time, making an astonishingly large improvement that allowed Dugu Bo to directly experience his Forging skills.
"This bear has been very successfully trained by Su Ming. It's not very Pioneer, but its learning ability is truly outstanding."
Dugu Bo noticed that Little Gold only began to attempt to Spirit Infusion after consistently striking the hammer more than fifty times in two separate sessions.
After fifty Spin Forging blows, almost every part of the Sinking Silver was struck, and there were obvious changes in the internal texture, which was enough to complete the Spirit Infusion.
So, on his ninth Forging, Little Gold took out a piece of Sinking Silver, gritted his teeth, roared, and split his own Spirituality into the Forging Hammer, smashing it into the Sinking Silver. Then, using the Spin Forging method, he quickly fused his Spirituality with the Sinking Silver.
While repeatedly refining the Ice and Fire Power, Su Ming also observed the situation and breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this scene.
He hadn't expected Dugu Bo to have so much free time that he would actually go and instruct a bear on Forging.
An amateur and a Soul Spirit, a human and a bear, who even have communication difficulties, managed to get together to conduct research.
If Dugu Bo doesn't help Little Gold analyze the situation, Su Ming will. However, he wants Little Gold to make several mistakes so that he can better observe whether the Ice and Fire Power has any other effects on the metal Forging.
"Roar!"
Little Gold roared, and with his last hammer blow, instead of striking the side, he smashed it into the center of the Sinking Silver Sinking Silver, bringing it to a stop.
The Sinking Silver has undergone obvious changes, echoing the Little Gold in its appearance.
Seeing this scene, Dugu Bo inexplicably understood the meaning of Spirit Infusion.
"It imbues the metal with Spirituality, creating the foundation for subsequent Forging."
Dugu Bo finally understood where Su Ming's confidence came from, saying that he had overcome the bottleneck of the Thousand Forgings with Spirit and that his subsequent Forging techniques would improve rapidly.
This isn't just a bottleneck.
This directly provides the foundation for subsequent Forging.
Only with a solid foundation can subsequent construction proceed.
Spiritual Metal are based on spirit, and Spirit Infusion is to give Rare Metal this foundation.
After gaining a spirit, the Sinking Silver was indeed different. It began to digest the Life Essence, absorbing the Life Essence that had just entered the Sinking Silver along with the Ice and Fire Power.
"Silly bear, hurry up and help it absorb Life Essence!"
Little Gold was scolded by Dugu Bo, but dared not refute him and hurriedly began the next stage of Forging.
Unfortunately, because he was too excited, he missed his chance, and the Ice and Fire Power destroyed the Sinking Silver Sinking Silver again, causing it to explode.
He got carried away with his success.
A phrase that Su Ming often said came to Little Gold's mind.
He silently took out a new piece of Sinking Silver.
This time we must succeed!
Soon, Little Gold realized that she had set her goal too early.
The interference of the Ice and Fire Power extends far beyond the Sinking Silver before it Spirit Infusion. After Spirit Infusion, every hammer blow has to be adjusted due to the presence of the Ice and Fire Power to make it more suitable for the current environment.
Then he failed four more times.
At this point, Little Gold Jin understood why Su Ming had told him that practicing five times a day was enough.
The so-called five times are not the initial nine Spirit Infusion Forging, but rather the five forgings after Spirit Infusion Forging.
After five failures, his Spirit Form began to become unstable and he needed to return to Su Ming 'Sea of Consciousness to recuperate.
"Roar!" (Goodbye, senior!)