King of Fire and Earth

That faint cracking sound spread from behind Peiqi's mask.

And from beside Huai Shi...

Huai Shi turned back in confusion and saw the cracks behind him.

The Ultra Brothers, who had originally remained uninvolved, froze stiffly. Countless fissures appeared across their bodies. They lowered their heads to look at their cracking hands, unable to understand what had happened.

Why hadn't Peiqi died while they were the ones in trouble?

Then, they felt an enormous pull.

It came from the Living Event Records of the same origin... from Peiqi's soul!

"Damn."

Taro's movements stiffened. "I'm being... sucked... in..."

In an instant, his shell disintegrated into ashes as though he had self-destructed.

But his Source Matter turned crimson like streaming fire and fell toward Peiqi.

Then Jack, Seven...

In an instant, the five Axes of Fury fused into one.

The sound of grinding steel burst forth without end, like the shrill cry of crystals growing.

Ferocious light erupted once more, spraying from Peiqi's shell, from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.

It was fire.

The fire of wrath.

Behind the gradually cracking fissures, threads of scorching firelight spread outward, stabbing pain into the eyes and making it impossible to look directly at it.

As Peiqi pushed himself upright and laboriously raised his head, even more raging fire burst from his shell. It gradually turned into black flames that rose up and enveloped his rapidly changing body.

Huai Shi could not help taking a step back, his fingers reaching for the delete key.

What was going on?

Had it succeeded or failed?

Why was there a mutation?

Yet the Source Matter fluctuations within the forged object gradually changed from chaotic to pure, like Damascus patterns revealed on a blade after quenching. Huai Shi's eyes widened.

It was unbelievable.

This was a second forging!