Improvement, Begin Forging!

Feeling the aura emanating from Ye Ling, Long Xingyu froze for a moment.

"Such pure Light Spiritual Power. The purity of Ye Ling's spiritual power probably doesn't pale in comparison to mine. Could it be that his talent makes him the Alliance's only person to have reached Shield of Light—eighty points of Innate Internal Spiritual Power?"

Long Xingyu looked at Ye Ling and could not help evaluating him.

As for Ye Ling's current spiritual power breakthrough, though he did not know the exact figure, after carefully probing it, Long Xingyu estimated that it had already surpassed four hundred points and had charged into the next level, reaching five hundred points.

"This is truly terrifying. In just five months, he went directly from 170 Inner Spiritual Power to five hundred points of Innate Internal Spiritual Power. That increase is ridiculously monstrous. Even when I enjoyed the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of the Knight Temple, I don't think I ever had such growth, did I?"

Looking at Ye Ling, Long Xingyu could not help comparing him to his former self.

Mm, he lost.

Unwilling to admit defeat, Long Xingyu immediately began comparing them in other areas.

Then, Long Xingyu made a rather tragic discovery.

Whether it was Knight Spirit, combat experience, talent, or various other aspects, his former self seemed to have been thoroughly crushed by Ye Ling.

He had never imagined that he, once hailed as the Knight Temple's number one genius and someone with hopes of surpassing Starry Sky Knight Yang Haoyu in the future, would now be utterly outclassed by a junior in terms of displayed talent and strength.

Still, it was only a small matter.

The stronger Ye Ling became, the happier Long Xingyu was. After all, they would all be people who fought the demons and defeated—or even killed—the Demon God Emperor in the future. The more people like that there were, the happier Long Xingyu naturally would be!

Seeing this, Long Haochen did not have many thoughts. He merely praised Ye Ling in his heart.

Brother Ye was just that strong.

He had not even awakened his Innate Internal Spiritual Power yet, while Ye Ling had already raised his own Innate Internal Spiritual Power to such a level. Once he awakened his own Innate Internal Spiritual Power, everything would surely become even more terrifying.

Soon, the light gradually faded, and Ye Ling sensed that the Angel Sacred Sword in his hand seemed to have become somewhat different.

Mm, it was an improvement in grade. The Angel Sacred Sword had now completely broken free from the Spirit-Demon Grade and crossed into the realm of Glorious grade equipment. It had even reached the Brilliant Peak level. Even a Seventh Tier Paladin would be tempted upon seeing equipment of this grade!

What a joke—that was Glorious grade equipment!

However, Ye Ling did not immerse himself in the power brought by this improvement. After the Angel Sacred Sword's advancement succeeded, he also sensed an extremely special aura emerging from it and entering his mind in an instant.

That aura was clearly an insight into life.

An insight into the soul.

"It seems the Angel Sacred Sword intends for me to attempt Spirit Forging while I've just broken through and still have insights fresh in my mind?"

"That works too. Over the past five months, although I've constantly swung the Forging Hammer, I was only swinging it. I've only done proper forging a few times."

"Still, I can sense that my forging ability hasn't declined. On the contrary, with the rise in my Inner Spiritual Power, it should have improved as well. Now that I've just stepped into this so-called true Fourth Rank, it's the best time to test Spirit Forging."

Ye Ling pondered seriously.

After that, he said nothing more. Rather than speaking to Long Xingyu and Long Haochen beside him, he took out his own Forging Platform from his Storage Space.

Mm, the moment the Forging Platform appeared, it smashed heavily into the ground.

One had to know that this Forging Platform had been created through countless combinations of Thousand Forging First Grade metals. Its density was terrifying. Though it did not look particularly large, it weighed at least two or three tons.

When it slammed into the ground, it produced a loud bang that startled Long Haochen. He seemed to wonder what Ye Ling intended to do.

"Teacher Xingyu? What is Brother Ye planning to do?" Long Haochen looked at Long Xingyu and asked in confusion.

As a Ninth-tier Knight, Long Xingyu was naturally knowledgeable. He immediately recognized that Ye Ling was planning to forge.

But...

Forging was something that required long-term cultivation from childhood before one could hope to achieve anything.

Yet!

Whether he had asked Balza or Nalan Shu earlier, neither had mentioned that Ye Ling had learned forging since childhood. It was quite strange!

Still, Long Xingyu did not say much and merely watched silently.

With his discernment, he could naturally tell that the hammer in Ye Ling's hand was Spirit-Demon Peak Grade and possessed terrifying skills. As for the Forging Platform, it was even more frightening. Though it had not become a true piece of equipment, the spiritual power it displayed could utterly overwhelm the Spirit-Demon level.

It could even continuously absorb the world's elemental energy. As for what those elemental energies were meant to do—

Long Xingyu did not know for now.

But he knew that it was definitely related to forging.

At this moment, Long Xingyu developed a strong interest in everything before him. He wanted to see just what level Ye Ling's subsequent forging would reach.

Soon, Ye Ling took out another piece of Deep Silver. He fixed a serious gaze on it, drew upon the True Angel Fire within his body, and activated the Forging Platform, summoning all the Fire Element within it to quickly heat the Deep Silver until it glowed red.

Since Fire Element was infused into it rather than directly heating it, if Ye Ling wanted to cool it under these circumstances, he could simply extract the Fire Element and cool it completely.

Convenient!

The next moment, Ye Ling swung the Thousand-Forged Silver Hammer in his hand and struck it again and again.

This time, Hundred-Temper was even easier for him.

With only two hammer strikes, he instantly completed Hundred-Temper—and it was a superior Hundred-Temper at that.

It could directly enter the level of Thousand-Temper.

"He turned ordinary metal into Alloy-grade material just like that?" Long Xingyu silently watched this scene. Though his expression remained calm, emotions churned continuously within his heart.

An Alloy should, in theory, be formed by merging several Rare Metals together. Yet in the Divine Seal World, an Alloy referred to metal with absolutely no impurities.

Ordinarily, even those senior Forging Masters of extremely high level needed to spend some time on it. Yet Ye Ling had completed it in two hammer strikes!

That was somewhat terrifying!

As for Ye Ling, he did not become proud simply because he had completed Hundred-Temper with two strikes. It was only a small matter.

The next moment, he began forging once more.

Soon, due to his terrifying control—

Thousand Forging First Grade was completed as well.

"Next, what I have to face is Spirit Forging!"