The echo came from the depths of the metal, and the surface of the piece of Blue Pregnancy Copper had been stained with a layer of golden red, like the morning glow that had burned through before dawn.
A terrifying attraction emanates from the inside of the metal, and the surrounding air is slightly distorted.
Then, the metal shook violently.
It jumped up from the forging table.
"Be careful! It's life shock, it's trying to escape!" Zhen Hua's voice suddenly rose in pitch.
The metal endowed with a soul produced a spiritual intelligence. It panicked and did not want to be controlled by others, so its instinct drove it to escape from the forging platform.
Once out of the control of Blacksmith, the newly promoted soul will quickly disperse before it has time to solidify, and will directly return to the Spirit Refinement stage, and will never be able to perform a second Soul Refinement.
The piece of golden-red metal bounced in the air, like an escaping stream of light.
Xiao Mu's hammer has been smashed.
"Come back!"
The hammer hit the metal directly above the metal. There was a muffled sound that was heavier than all the previous roars. The piece of Blue Pregnancy Copper was smashed back to the forging platform, and the golden-red light trembled suddenly, and then stabilized.
The metal stopped beating. It lay quietly on the anvil, and the soul inside was completely suppressed by the hammer. The golden-red halo swayed in circles, like a lake that had returned to calm.
The soul of the metal begins to solidify, and the light on the metal surface begins to flicker regularly.
Normally Soul Refinement, the whole process requires at least a seventh-level cultivation level to complete. Obviously, Xiao Mu is still a long way from Soul Power.
He tried injecting Soul Power and started to summon the soul.
The so-called soul summoning is to call Soul-Forged Metal with the energy injected during forging, and form a mutual response with it.
In this way, the soul inside the metal can be truly activated.
The vital Spirit Refinement is just like a plant, but the Soul Refinement with a soul will make the metal become like Soul Beast.
This is the real Soul Refinement.
In other words, once Soul Refinement is successful, the metal will truly become a living thing. This is where the magic lies. This is why Soul Refinement is so difficult.
The metal buzzed for a moment, and as expected, failed.
Half step Soul Refinement.
Xiao Mu put down the forging hammer and wiped his sweat.
There was silence in the hall for a long time.
The Blacksmiths in the corridor even breathed softly, as if they were afraid of disturbing something.
Lin Yuhan stood in front of her forging table, still holding the pair of Blue Pregnancy Copper hammers in her hands. Her Spirit Refinement had been completed, and the light of Blue Pregnancy Copper was shining quietly in her palms. But she did not look at her work. She kept looking at Xiao Mu's hands.
Just now, my opponent who looked younger than me almost completed Soul Refinement.
"I lost."
Changgong Yan didn't speak. He stood there with his hands behind his hands, his eyes falling on the Blue Pregnancy Copper with a golden-red glow on the Xiao Mu forging table, and he was silent for a long time.
Then she looked at the pair of Spirit Refinement hammers in her apprentice's hands, and finally her eyes fell on the face of Lin Yuhan. The girl bit her lower lip, her eyes were slightly red, but she didn't cry. She just held the handle of the hammer tightly, and her hands turned white from the exertion.
"We admit defeat."
Changgong Yan's voice was not loud, but everyone in the quiet hall heard it clearly. He turned around and bowed slightly towards Zhen Hua: "My skills are inferior to others, so I have nothing to say."
Zhen Hua was about to speak--
A bloody light shot out from the crowd.
It was a blood-red dagger, as fast as tearing through the air, and headed straight for Zhen Hua's throat.
Gu Yue's eyes lit up. It was not an ordinary light, but a silver light with spatial fluctuations. She raised her hand and twisted her fingers in the void.
The figure of Zhen Hua disappeared from the place.
The dagger pierced the afterimage and was nailed into the stone pillar of the hall, its tail buzzing and trembling. Zhen Hua appeared three steps away, with the afterglow of silver space ripples still remaining under its feet.
Mu Ye is already standing in front of Zhen Hua.
He raised his hand and grabbed the second bloody light that followed with one hand. It was a dark golden hand with five fingers like hooks, but he pinched it in his palm like a dry branch. He turned his wrist and there was a click, and the blood collapsed.
"There's an assassin!"
"Protect the president!"
The hall immediately exploded.
The moment the black shadow jumped out of the door, Mu Ye had already moved. The next second, the whole person turned into an afterimage and flew out of the window, chasing the direction of the black shadow and disappearing at the end of the street.
The hall was in chaos. The guards blocked the exit, the craftsmen whispered to each other, and everyone's eyes flicked back and forth between Zhen Hua and Changgong Yan.
Zhen Hua gathered his momentum and slowly landed from mid-air.
"Kill them!" Blacksmith roared in the crowd.
Assassinating the president in public is an unforgivable crime.
Within Federation, Zhen Hua is the figure standing at the top of the pyramid, not only Four-Word Battle Armor Master, but also the only remaining Divine Craftsman in the world.
Everyone knows that without Divine Craftsman, the four-character Battle Armor cannot be forged. Once Zhen Hua falls, it will be difficult for the mainland to give birth to a new Four-Word Battle Armor Master for a long time.
The blow just now was extremely dangerous. Zhen Hua is a pillar of the blacksmithing world. Many Blacksmith present were reminded by him, and their anger surged instantly.
Changgong Yan pursed his lips tightly and faced Zhen Hua who was shrouded in coercion. This challenge was initiated by him, and the assassination happened to be launched through chaos. At this moment, any excuses seemed feeble.
"You are Blacksmith from another continent." Zhen Hua's voice was cold and hard.
Changgong Yan's heart sank suddenly. The three continents Douluo, Star Luo Empire, and Heaven Dou were facing each other, and the war was barely contained across the vast ocean. Among those who were most looking forward to Zhen Hua's death, the rulers of the other two continents bore the brunt.
Zhen Hua did not take action immediately. Changgong Yan protected Lin Yuhan and followed Zhen Hua into the elevator with anxiety.
Returning to the office, the four characters Battle Armor on Zhen Hua turned into wisps of red light and melted into the body.
"Please sit down." Zhen Hua raised his hand and pointed to the sofa.
Changgong Yan frowned. "Do you believe us?"
"I don't believe you, but I believe in Blacksmith. At the end of the first round of competition, if you admit defeat calmly and don't live in vain, you can at least be regarded as a qualified Blacksmith." Zhen Hua said in a calm tone, "Tell me why you came and why you launched the challenge."
"You guessed it right, we are from the Star Luo Continent. I am the vice president of the Star Luo Blacksmith Association." Changgong Yan said slowly, "Times have changed, Soul Guidance Technology has developed rapidly, and the old grudges have long been faded. It is Douluo Continent officially invited Star Luo Empire to send a delegation to investigate, and we arrived with them. As Blacksmith, I have admired your reputation for a long time, and want to see with our own eyes the level of Douluo's forging industry. Originally, we had no intention of visiting, and it was our colleagues who instigated it."
Zhen Hua roughly sorted out the context, and it was clear that someone deliberately aroused Changgong Yan's competitive spirit.
"We have no knowledge of the assassination. That's it. Whether you believe it or not is entirely up to you." Changgong Yan smiled bitterly, "I bear all the blame for the crime and it has nothing to do with Yu Han. She is a rare genius in the forging field. No matter how you deal with me, I beg you to let her go."
Zhen Hua smiled faintly, "If something like this happens, you can't leave for the time being. Can you tell me who instigated you to come? Is it someone from within the delegation?"
"Not from the delegation. You may find it hard to believe that after arriving here, we met a Blacksmith who called himself Ning Fengzhi. The authenticity cannot be verified. He is Saint Craftsman Blacksmith has a unique forging method and is accustomed to using a heavy hammer. I competed with him and narrowly won, so he mentioned you Divine Craftsman and said that Douluo has no successor in the forging world."
"I understand, Ning Fengzhi is Evil Soul Master!" Na'er said the golden words.