Mecha Divine Ape, Mystic Weapon

Chen An gritted his teeth and held on. This time, he had been careless and underestimated the difficulty of visualization.

Since he had failed to prepare properly, he had to bear the consequences.

No matter how much it hurt now, he had to grit his teeth and persist.

He couldn't possibly kill himself just by visualizing a Martial Soul. Absolutely not.

Chen An's will to survive was strong as he struggled to maintain the visualization.

Time slowly passed, and the Martial Soul projection before Chen An gradually became fully formed.

An incomparably sturdy ape took shape, its armor brimming with futuristic technology and looking utterly cool.

The moment Chen An succeeded, he collapsed limply to the ground, his breathing slow.

His eyelids felt heavy, too heavy to open. Through the narrow slits, he could only vaguely make out the phantom.

A faintly satisfied smile appeared on his face before he lost consciousness.

The Creation Holy Tree turned into a streak of light and entered his body.

The energy fluctuations that had filled the room slowly faded away.

Who knew how long had passed before Chen An woke from his sleep.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw the ceiling. He froze for a moment before realizing something.

He looked to either side and found that the layout was completely different from the room he had been in before.

Chen An instinctively sat up and looked around, confusion filling his expression.

"How did I get back here?" Chen An tried hard to recall.

His memories ended at the moment the visualization succeeded.

He had no memory at all of how he had left the Spirit Pagoda and returned to his residence.

"Even if the people at the Spirit Pagoda found me unconscious, they couldn't possibly have sent me back."

"They don't know where I live. Could it have been Gu Yue Na and the others?" Chen An analyzed.

As he thought, he got to his feet. His clothes were still neat and intact; since he had slept in them, getting up was convenient.

He lightly shook his head, casting off the slight grogginess of waking up.

His first thought was to find Gu Yue Na and ask what had happened. He needed to know how he had returned.

But after taking only a few steps, he remembered the matter of his Martial Soul and stopped.

"I'd better check on my Martial Soul first." This made Chen An even more curious.

He immediately tried to summon the Creation Holy Tree.

The moment the little tree floated out, his gaze fell on its second branch.

That branch had turned golden, with golden leaves and golden fruits growing upon it.

The leaves resembled the shape of a hammer, while the fruits contained the figure of an ape.

Chen An carefully observed the figure within the fruit and could see it relatively clearly.

In his eyes, the ape's form was quite distinct.

It wore clearly layered, incredibly cool armor, armed from head to toe.

The armor was rather heavy, matching the ape's muscular body.

If not for its distinctly biological eyes, anyone would have mistaken it for a mecha ape.

In truth, the ape was indeed a living creature, with flesh and blood.

It was simply that Chen An had replaced its original fur with armor, as though it had donned a suit of battle armor.

Chen An had come up with this after considering the traits the Creation Holy Tree bestowed upon Martial Souls.

The Creation Holy Tree could only grant the strength of fierce beasts, meaning he could only visualize Beast Souls.

The category of Beast Souls was quite broad, but they had to possess flesh-and-blood bodies.

Their outward appearance, however, was unrestricted and could be freely created.

Their exact forms depended entirely on his imagination. They could look like anything.

Of course, the more complex the appearance, the harder it was to visualize.

When visualizing this ape, he had nearly failed. The difficulty was undeniable.

After deciding to visualize an ape, Chen An had altered its appearance.

For metal-element energy, the best change was naturally to replace its fur with armor.

That would display metal's hardness as fully as possible.

This was only possible with metal-element energy. Any other elemental energy would not be very suitable for visualizing armor.

As for why he had visualized an ape, that was due to several considerations.

Most importantly, it was the creature closest to humans, with flexible hands.

He had chosen to acquire the metal element as his second attribute because he wanted to make forging and crafting Soul Tools more convenient.

Both forging and Soul Tools were closely tied to metal.

If he gained talent in that area, he would have some advantages.

And the Martial Soul he visualized was best able to wield a hammer, linking it with forging as much as possible.

After a round of selection, he had settled on an ape-type Martial Soul.

"I wonder what it'll feel like to turn into this mecha ape."

Chen An was quite expectant and wanted to try it, but he restrained himself.

If he turned into that ape, Gu Yue Na and the others would definitely sense it. It would be difficult to explain.

With a thought, Chen An did not directly transform into the mecha ape.

Instead, he used its power normally, and metallic mist surged across the surface of his hands.

The mist shifted in shape and condensed into metal armor, making his hands immediately feel somewhat heavier.

It feels like armor fusion, Chen An thought as he looked at the steadily increasing armor.

His decision to replace the ape's fur with metal armor had been incomparably wise.

He made only his arms change, causing them to swell several times larger.

Clearly layered golden armor covered his arms. When they struck each other, they produced a crisp sound.

Chen An inspected them with fascination. They said mecha was a man's romance.

Now he had one too. In the future, he could even transform into a giant mecha ape.

After studying it for a while, his gaze fell upon the leaves on the Creation Holy Tree's second branch.

With another thought, he tried to summon a weapon.

A leaf turned into a beam of light and floated out, elongating as it appeared in his hand.

Then its shape changed again, expanding greatly as it condensed into a massive hammer.

The hammerhead was cylindrical, its surface covered in intricate patterns, with the handle passing through its center.

Chen An's hand sank. Unable to hold the massive hammer securely, he let it crash to the ground, cracking the floor.

"So heavy." The way Chen An looked at the golden hammer changed.

He tried to lift it with all his strength, but it took considerable effort.

The hammer probably weighed close to a thousand jin, and he could not wield it easily.

"It really is heavy." Chen An could hardly conceal his satisfaction as he looked at the massive hammer.

The weapon's form was not under his control; it had formed automatically.

Taking the shape of a hammer was the best possible result.

The hammer could be used for forging, and its results should be excellent.

He had now prepared everything related to forging.

This had better work, or all his efforts would have been in vain.

Of course, they would only have been wasted in terms of forging. His Martial Souls themselves were not a waste.

Whether it was the giant mecha ape or this heavy hammer, both were highly suitable for combat.

Chen An tried swinging the hammer. The air rumbled as it cut through it, producing a deep sound.

That displayed the hammer's crushing power. Getting hit by it would definitely not feel good.

"If only it could be a little lighter. It would be more suitable for forging that way," Chen An thought.

The hammer's weight made it perfect for combat, but it was somewhat lacking for forging.

With such weight, he definitely would not be able to forge for long periods.

It was only a passing thought, but his eyes soon widened.

He stared at the hammer in his hand in disbelief. Its weight had truly become lighter.

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