Thousand Layered Tremor Gold Hand!

Inside Lou Gao's private Forge Room, the furnace blazed, and the scorching heat was almost unbearable. The temperature far exceeded that of an ordinary workshop, making it clear that the materials handled here were anything but ordinary.

The old Divine Craftsman now resembled a lit furnace, his eyes gleaming as astonishing heat and focus radiated from him.

Lou Gao snatched up Lin Xia's stack of blueprints as though cradling an unparalleled treasure, then strode straight to his enormous workbench, forged from special heat-resistant metal.

"Let's begin!"

Lou Gao's voice buzzed through the sweltering air.

Lou Gao first selected several high-quality Fine Iron ingots and various special alloy blanks marked on Lin Xia's blueprints for different components.

Then, Lou Gao took a deep breath as Soul Power surged around him like the tide.

"Buzz!"

A flash of yellow light appeared, and his Martial Soul—the ancient, heavy Diamond Chisel, its tip gleaming with an indestructible icy edge—suddenly appeared in his hand.

At the same time, Lou Gao grabbed a completely black Forging Hammer with his other hand. It seemed neither metal nor stone and was engraved with strange patterns.

This hammer was clearly no ordinary item. Both its weight and material far exceeded the one Lin Xia had used before.

Lin Xia held his breath, knowing he was about to witness the true methods of a Divine Craftsman of this age.

Lou Gao did not immediately heat the materials. Instead, he gently placed the Diamond Chisel against a particular spot on a Fine Iron ingot.

A faint, barely perceptible glimmer lit up at the tip of the Diamond Chisel.

The next moment, Lou Gao moved!

Unlike Lin Xia, who swung his hammer down with all his strength, Lou Gao rapidly flicked his wrist at an indescribable frequency. The black hammerhead became a blurred afterimage, striking the end of the Diamond Chisel with incomparable precision.

Clang! Clang! Clangclangclang—!

The strikes came as densely as a sudden downpour on banana leaves, yet carried a strange rhythm. They were utterly unlike the powerful, heavy clangor of metal Lin Xia had produced before.

Lin Xia could even see that every time the hammer landed on the end of the Diamond Chisel, a visible, almost transparent ripple of vibration traveled from the chisel tip into the Fine Iron ingot!

The Fine Iron ingot seemed to come alive. Guided by the Diamond Chisel and combed through by the vibrating ripples, it softened and stretched at a visible rate!

The impurities seemed to be squeezed out and stripped away by an invisible force, falling in fine black powder.

A process that normally required hundreds or thousands of hammer strikes for even preliminary refinement was completed in just over a dozen breaths under Lou Gao's seemingly understated guidance, which actually contained supreme technique and immense Soul Power!

The Fine Iron ingot had shrunk by nearly a third. Its entire surface gleamed with restrained metallic luster, while its texture had become so even and dense that it was astonishing.

"This..."

Lin Xia stared dumbfounded, Stormy Waves churning in his heart.

This completely overturned his understanding of forging!

How was this blacksmithing?

This was clearly the art of Turn Stone into Gold, of turning decay into something miraculous!

Seeing Lin Xia's stunned expression, Lou Gao laughed heartily. His hands did not pause in the slightest as he added Purple Lightning Iron ore and several other alloy materials.

The coordination between hammer and chisel became even more exquisite. Every strike carried a distinctive, wave-layering force, each layer building upon the last and penetrating deep into the metal's core.

Under the guidance of the Diamond Chisel and the balancing effect of the vibrating ripples, metals of different properties fused and layered together as perfectly as flowing water, forming the composite material structure required by Lin Xia's blueprints.

Throughout the process, the Diamond Chisel flexibly changed its angle and force. At times, it precisely shaped internal grooves like an Engraving Knife; at others, it polished critical contact surfaces like a whetstone. The entire process flowed like clouds and water, filled with the beauty of a perfect union between strength and technique.

"Teacher... what... what is this technique called?"

Lin Xia could not help asking, his voice carrying a trace of excitement and longing.

Lou Gao's hammer and chisel never stopped, and his booming voice was filled with pride.

"Haha, Kid, did it leave you dumbstruck? This is a unique forging method I developed over decades by combining the characteristics of my Martial Soul—Thousand Layered Tremor Gold Hand!"

"Using the Diamond Chisel as a guide and Vibrating Soul Power as the medium, it transforms tremendous force into subtle vibrations. It draws without releasing, destroys before rebuilding! It saves effort while penetrating deep into the material, achieving a purity and fusion that ordinary forging can hardly reach! Want to learn it?"

Lin Xia's eyes Burst into Bright Light, and he nodded vigorously.

"I do! Teacher, I will certainly study it with all my heart!"

"Good! Once you have thoroughly mastered those foundational texts and your Soul Power has become more stable, I will teach you the Thousand Layered Tremor Gold Hand!"

Lou Gao readily agreed, his movements becoming even faster.

Under the miraculous effects of the Thousand Layered Tremor Gold Hand, the precision components that seemed to Lin Xia as though they would require immense time and effort were brought to life in Lou Gao's hands, taking shape one after another.

The Barrel, Slide, Firing Pin, Recoil Spring, Trigger Component... even the tiny Bullet Casings were forged perfectly through the precise tapping and engraving of the Diamond Chisel, assisted by the hammer's vibrations.

The entire process took less than half a day. All the parts were neatly arranged on the workbench, gleaming with cold metallic luster and possessing astonishing dimensional precision.

Lou Gao set down the hammer and chisel, picked up the components, and began assembling them without needing the blueprints. Relying only on his memory of the forging process and the spatial perception of a Divine Craftsman, his hands danced like a Butterfly Through Flowers.

Click, click... Crisp mechanical engagement sounds rang out in succession. In less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, a Handgun with smooth lines, a compact structure, and a body made entirely from Rare Metal, glinting with dark light, appeared in his hand.

The gun was solid and cold to the touch, yet contained a restrained explosive force.

As Lin Xia looked at this finished product, whose appearance and texture far exceeded any Handgun he knew from his previous life, he felt nothing but shock.

This was practically an artistic killing weapon!

Lou Gao played with the work of art in his hand, a satisfied expression appearing on his face. Then he picked up several Bullets he had casually forged.

Pointing to two obviously different types of Bullets, Lou Gao said to Lin Xia:

"Xiao Xia, look. This type was made exactly according to your blueprint: a copper casing around a lead core, filled with that... Gunpowder you prepared."

As he spoke, Lou Gao weighed another, visibly thicker Bullet in his hand, its tip faintly showing a purplish-red hue.

"And this second type is something I casually improved based on your ideas. I used harder Hundred Refined Steel for the casing, mixed a little Purple Lightning Iron powder into the lead core, and added some crushed Fire Crystal Stone powder to the Gunpowder in proportion."

"Hehe, I figured that since this thing relies on what's inside to blast it out, wouldn't it be more powerful if it exploded harder and had some special materials added? What do you think? Dare to try it?"

Lin Xia looked at the improved Bullets, and his eyelids twitched.

Purple Lightning Iron powder?

Fire Crystal Stone powder?

His teacher really dared to imagine things!

Would this still be a Bullet once fired?

But this also showed that not everyone who became famous on the continent was like Yu Xiaogang. Most people still possessed genuine skills of their own!

"Of course we have to try it, Teacher!"

Lin Xia suppressed the Stormy Waves in his heart, feeling more intense curiosity and a hint of anticipation.

Lin Xia wondered what kind of altered firearms a Divine Craftsman of Douluo Continent, combined with fantasy materials, would create!

Lou Gao gave a Wave of the Hand.

"Let's go! To the Training Ground!"