Miraculous Forger Starting from Honkai Chapter 22

Thus, Chen Li ultimately only had the Cleansing Moment barrier cover half of Yingzhou.

If Yingzhou's geography had not been so long and narrow, but a little more regular, that would have been better.

Chen Li had even wanted to help the people of Shenzhou kill some evil demons, yet he had not even reached the neighboring border.

If it could cover the entire world, it might have given him even more Crystal.

The facts proved that a piecemeal strategy was not suited to the Peaceful Longbow. Going all in was wisdom!

However, as the number of sinful beings slaughtered increased, the cost of maintaining Cleansing Moment would grow lower and lower in the future.

He had already tested the area-of-effect attack. Next time, he should try Cleansing Moment's "single-target execution" ability.

"..." Even Kikyo, who saw slaying demons and exterminating evil as her duty and occasionally acted as a righteous heroine, felt Chen Li was too extreme.

And that was why Kikyo considered this bow a source of disaster.

Fortunately, only kind people could use it.

"Demon friends, bring over everything you've collected first," Chen Li called out to the demons gathering things for him.

Before long, the open ground before Chen Li was piled full of all kinds of strange and unusual items.

Although the demons' bodies had burned away with the flames, the items they carried had not.

These were all excellent materials for Extract Attribute.

"You've worked hard. But I'll have to trouble you a little more next. Keep collecting; I'll come again tomorrow. Of course, you can also choose to run away." After taking the materials, Chen Li smiled kindly at the demons.

The demons collectively shuddered and nodded repeatedly.

Although these demons had been judged relatively kind, the fact remained that they had dared approach Chen Li. Making them do some manual labor did not count as bullying them.

"Then I'll be leaving first. See you tomorrow, Kikyo." Chen Li bid Kikyo farewell.

Chen Li had no time to stay here forever. And if, after he left, any surviving evil demons happened to run over to steal his spoils, he would not mind helping Kikyo fill the Peaceful Longbow with Wicked Souls again sooner.

"Mm, see you tomorrow." Kikyo watched Chen Li vanish from this world with a complicated expression.

"I'm back."

"Welcome ba—" Tonghua, who had been making tea by herself, looked up to greet Chen Li, but the moment she turned and saw him, her pupils contracted.

"What's with that? Why did you stop halfway through?" Chen Li returned to the living room, sat on the sofa, and texted Elysia that everything was fine.

"What did you go do? What kind of ghostly thing did you provoke?" Tonghua asked, her voice somewhat unsteady.

"Huh? Oh. I almost forgot that you also count as one of those Goblins and Monsters, Demons and Ghouls." After blanking for a moment, Chen Li quickly realized what was happening.

As an evil god, Tonghua was clearly abnormal as well.

"Goblins and Monsters, Demons and Ghouls" was merely a collective term for strange things, and evil gods were naturally strange things too.

"How did it feel? Did it scare you?" Chen Li asked curiously.

"A... little." Tonghua nodded.

As an evil god, sanity was meaningless to Tonghua.

But even an "evil god" had to hold Miracle in awe.

Not even evil gods could resist the intimidation brought by a Miracle Card.

"What exactly did you see?" Chen Li grew even more curious.

"Countless demons struggling and wailing in the fire of sin, their faces twisted in agony. What exactly did you do? You were only gone for half a day." Tonghua gave a very brief account.

Chen Li now looked more like an evil god than an evil god did, at least in the eyes of the Goblins and Monsters.

After getting his answer, Chen Li tossed a Miracle Card to Tonghua, who was holding a teacup.

Miracle Cards could be lent to others for viewing, and while viewing them, they could likewise see what Chen Li had done when he obtained the card.

Tonghua studied the information recorded on the Miracle Card. Only after a long while did she let out a breath and look at Chen Li with a complicated expression.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Aren't you an evil god? Haven't you seen something like this before?"

"It's not as though I couldn't do such a thing, but you're still just a weakling. The Little Red Riding Hood I summoned could punch ten of you to death with one blow, yet you used a Miraculous Item to slaughter the demons of half of Yingzhou... It seems I still underestimated the effects of Miraculous Items." Tonghua propped her chin on her hand.

Just as Chen Li had said, any normal person who obtained a Miraculous Item could create miracles. The only difference was the scale.

"You were already underestimating Miraculous Items. The limit of this Peaceful Longbow isn't what I displayed either. If the initial Wicked Souls hadn't been such poor quality, I might really have cleansed that world. Then I could have stood there with my hands behind my back and said, 'This mortal world has grown filthy again.'"

"..."

"And this Miraculous Item can be enhanced. Once I have money later, I can strengthen it again." Chen Li said, stroking his chin.

"Enhanced? It can be enhanced?"

"There are many ways to strengthen it. For example, refining my blood and adding time, space, and fate attributes to it. Perhaps that could give it the property of reversing cause and effect, allowing it to follow time and space to kill the original sinner, making the sins they committed cease to exist."

"..."

"Or I could add the Abundance attribute. Maybe it could bring the dead back to life with an arrow."

"..."

"But now that I think about it, I'm a little short on attributes. Tonghua, look..." Chen Li quietly scooted over beside Tonghua and spoke in a soft, gentle voice.

Without the ejection seat and compass Tonghua had contributed, the Peaceful Longbow might have turned out entirely differently.

Miracle... this evil god was worth plucking!

If Chen Li were truly willing to pay the cost, maxing out the brightness of his killing attribute and firing an arrow that pierced through a star would be no big deal.

"I know what you want to say. I can give you some special collectibles too." Tonghua glanced at Chen Li.

"But?" Chen Li felt Tonghua had agreed far too readily.

"But you have to forge a Miraculous Item for me," Tonghua said.

"Emmm..." Chen Li fell into thought.

"What's wrong with that? Little Li, you can accept commissions from strangers, but you can't accept my commission?" Tonghua placed her hands on Chen Li's shoulders and shook him hard.

"That's true, but you saw it too. That person just now was exactly like a character from an anime. It could be a projection across time and space, or information leakage—regardless, that's the situation. I know what will happen in their world, so I'm not worried that those people will destroy the world. But in the Main World..." Chen Li sighed.

It was not that Chen Li was worried about Tonghua. The main issue was that the waters of Chen Li's Main World ran too deep for him to grasp!

A Crisis Capable of Destroying the World!

"So are you agreeing or not? If you don't agree, I'm leaving." Tonghua released Chen Li, stood up, and crossed her arms.

"But then again, we're the closest of friends, brothers bound by life and death. It's not impossible for me to forge a Miraculous Item for you." Chen Li abruptly changed his tune.

"You said it. Don't go back on your word."

"I won't. But you have to explain what kind of Miraculous Item you want forged first," Chen Li said.

Custom: The Tonghua Evil God seems to have requirements for forging a Miraculous Item. Go discuss them with her.

Publisher: Tonghua.

Reward: Unknown

Risk: Unknown.

After seeing the Forging Commission appear, Chen Li felt a little more at ease.

Once Tonghua's requirements for the Miraculous Item were confirmed, he could assess the risks of forging it for her.

And if he forged a Miraculous Item for Tonghua, he could add her as a friend too.

If he could not win in the future, he could just call in an evil god.

"This... I need to think carefully about it." Tonghua seemed conflicted.

"Take your time. There's no rush."

"Can I have a Wish Machine?" Tonghua suddenly asked.

"Yes."

"Really?"

"I can indeed make one, but I won't give it to you. Guess why?"

"Why?"

"Because there aren't enough Crystal. And if you got a Wish Machine, you definitely wouldn't use it for anything proper!"

When Tonghua's Forging Commission reward changed to 40 Crystal and the risk became high, Chen Li understood the price of forging this Miraculous Item.

Chen Li did possess an Omnipotent Attribute, but its brightness was too low. He had no idea how much Crystal it would cost to raise its brightness enough to forge a Miraculous Item on the level of a Wish Machine.

"Then forge a Miraculous Item that can grant me authority over all Tonghua and Story Authority in infinite worlds?"

"I think you're treating me as a Wish Machine. And even if I could make it, could you afford the fee?" Chen Li rolled his eyes at Tonghua.

The forging cost of a Miraculous Item at that level would start at a hundred Crystal, and Chen Li had absolutely no idea how to forge one.

Besides, if such a thing existed, Chen Li would want it himself.

"Why can't you do anything?"

"I'll give you one last chance to make a Forging Commission." Chen Li raised one finger.

"Uh... then how about forging me a Miraculous Item that can be used to slay gods?" Tonghua asked somewhat impatiently.

"What do you want something like that for?" Chen Li's eyes widened when he suddenly saw the Forging Commission's risk turn red with the word danger.

You big fool, what are you trying to do?!

This was the first time Chen Li had seen a commission with a danger-level risk.

"Isn't this for your sake? As my only believer, if my power rises, wouldn't you benefit more as well?"

Chen Li showed no reaction whatsoever to Tonghua's words.

Tonghua, growing somewhat uneasy under Chen Li's stare, spoke again.

"Little Li, you know that for evil gods, the fastest and most effective way to grow stronger is to kill other evil gods and annex their authority. But my authority isn't suited for combat. Although I really have grown much stronger in this world, it's still too slow. So I wanted to take a shortcut." Tonghua spread her hands.

"...So you plan to get a Miraculous Item capable of slaying gods, return to your world, and kill all the evil gods there?" Chen Li asked with a headache.

"Yeah. Is there a problem with that?"

"There's a huge problem, okay? Wait a moment."

"Hm?" Tonghua did not understand.

Chen Li had already taken out twenty Starstones.

Chen Li intended to test a function he had newly gained after completing the second Novice Task.

Prophecy: Starstones could be consumed to observe the specific risks of a Forging Commission.

This Prophecy ability, like the appraisal ability, was a professional skill that could better assist a Miraculous Forger in their work.

And this time, it happened to be useful.

Chen Li was very curious about the risks of this commission, and he also took it very seriously.

On one hand, if a Miraculous Item used to slay gods could be successfully forged, Chen Li might have use for it as well.

On the other hand, Chen Li was also very worried about Tonghua, this wealthy patron.

As the Starstones disappeared, the scene before Chen Li blurred and changed, and a painting slowly unfurled.

This was a world filled with despair and sorrow.

This was fate, and also inevitability. This was the world's final end.

When the Tonghua Evil God, once neither powerful nor even anything more than weak, returned with a god-slaying weapon in hand, it also signified that this protracted war of gods would finally come to an end.

In the dim sky, a black sun edged with gold hung overhead. Beneath ruined walls shrouded in haze, the few surviving people could not obtain even the slightest warmth from the sun.

Time seemed to have fallen into eternity at this moment.

Until a curious gaze of observation arrived, disturbing this unchanging world.