Black Eagle City

The Black Scale Shield contained twenty-five layers of restrictions, making it a fine piece even among High-Grade Defensive Spirit Artifacts. The Crimson Flood Dragon Bow contained twenty-one layers of restrictions and was merely an ordinary High-Grade Spirit Artifact.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, his Azure Dragon Bow had become of little use. Shi Yue had long wanted to refine a spirit-artifact-grade longbow, but he hadn't found suitable materials.

The key to a longbow-type spirit artifact was its bowstring. A good bowstring could even determine the grade of the bow.

Shi Yue had found a bowstring in the Yin Corpse Sect young master's Storage Bag. It was extremely tough, and he suspected it was the tendon of a fifth-level flood dragon.

Shi Yue took out the Purple Gold Stone and a demonic bird's essence soul. He planned to refine the Purple Gold Stone into the Black Scale Shield to increase its defensive power, and refine the Yao Beast Essence Soul into an arrow.

The Black Scale Shield had already taken shape, so it couldn't be melted down and refined again. He could only refine it by setting up an array.

He flicked his sleeve toward the ground, and several dozen Red Array Flags shot out, sinking into the surrounding earth and disappearing from sight.

He took out a Red Array Disk and struck it with several magic arts.

A muffled "buzz" rang out, and the ground shuddered slightly. Without warning, a great mass of flames appeared, quickly gathering into a huge Crimson Fireball that gave off a terrifying heat.

Shi Yue tossed the Purple Gold Stone above the array, letting the Giant Fireball envelop it.

Time passed slowly. Under the Crimson Fireball's scorching heat, the Purple Gold Stone gradually melted into a stream of purple liquid.

Shi Yue changed his