First, the materials were shaped into a suitable form, then the crafter fed their own Qi into the formed object. As long as they fed it enough, guided it with certain methods, and finally combined that with the Power of Imagination, they could create a Magical Artifact.
Generally speaking, an artifact crafter who spent decades crafting a single Magical Artifact could be called a master.
There were, however, exceptionally gifted people who could craft multiple Magical Artifacts in a short time.
The Tang Sect had two artifact-crafting methods. One was the traditional brute-force approach of making a brick fly through sheer strength; the other added a step of refining the raw materials to the traditional craft.
Various raw materials were mixed and guided with Qi, and the resulting product was a material with special abilities.
An artifact crafter from Tang Mo's era had crafted a suit of armor called the Wushao Armor. Because the raw materials used to craft it were somewhat similar to nanomaterials, the armor not only had powerful defenses but could also change shape like modeling clay.
The Devouring Pouch Tang Mo had thought of was a storage Magical Artifact with a large interior, but just like Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon, it could not hold living things.
In theory, as long as he could refine raw materials with spatial properties, he could make a Devouring Pouch similar to a Storage Soul Tool by hand.
As he pondered this, Yue Guan and Gui Mei exchanged a glance and fell into thought as well.
Originally, before calling in nearby Soul Douluo-level Red-Clothed Grand Bishops to gang up on Tang Hao, they had planned to assign one Red-Clothed Grand Bishop to take Tang Mo to Spirit City.
Now, however, they felt it would be better to return to Spirit City as a group with Tang Mo.
If Tang Hao took Tang Mo hostage amid the chaos, or even crushed him to death outright, not only would they be unable to answer to Bibi Dong, but Yue Guan's initial investment would also go down the drain.
When the two exchanged glances, what they communicated with their eyes was whether to continue ganging up on Tang Hao.
If they continued, how could they guarantee Tang Mo's safety?
If they gave up, would they miss the best opportunity to kill Tang Hao?
As they considered this, a series of explosive booms suddenly came from the distance, and unmistakable impatience immediately appeared on Yue Guan's face.
Very soon, however, that impatience turned to surprise. Although Soul Douluos could not travel as fast as Titled Douluos, the Red-Clothed Grand Bishops they had summoned were, after all, closer to Nuoding City.
In theory, the time they had spent with Tang Mo should have been enough for the Soul Douluo-level Red-Clothed Grand Bishops they had summoned to surround Nuoding City.
"These idiots belong in a museum!" Besides sensing the auras of quite a few Soul Douluos, Yue Guan now also sensed an aura belonging to a Titled Douluo.
Although that Titled Douluo's aura seemed strong on the outside but hollow within, a Titled Douluo was still a Titled Douluo. Ordinary Soul Douluos simply could not fight one head-on.
Clearly, Tang Hao, whose severe injuries had yet to heal, had discovered that a crowd of Soul Douluos from Spirit Hall had suddenly appeared near Nuoding City, so he had chosen to lure the tiger away from its mountain.
Ah Yin was still in nearby Holy Soul Village, and Tang San was right there in the city. If he truly fled, it would be tantamount to abandoning his wife and child.
Thus, he did not truly intend to flee, but wanted to draw these Soul Douluos away.
In his previous life, such a simple stratagem naturally would not have fooled anyone, but this was the Douluo Continent, where even burning an enemy's grain supplies in war counted as a brilliant stratagem.
With that way of thinking, once Yue Guan and Gui Mei realized Tang Hao wanted to leave Nuoding City, they actually did not suspect in the slightest that he might be feinting and would return to Nuoding City after drawing them away.
"What a grand spectacle." Tang Mo looked toward the dust rising in the distance and exclaimed with feigned surprise, "Your Excellencies, could there be Titled Douluos fighting a fierce battle?"
"There is indeed a Titled Douluo, but it isn't a fierce battle. It's a one-sided crushing." Yue Guan sneered, clearly not believing that Tang Hao could be stopped by a bunch of Soul Douluos.
"If it's a one-sided crushing, why would there be such loud booms, as if someone were deliberately trying to draw attention?" Tang Mo asked in return.
Tang Mo's question stumped Yue Guan, leaving him momentarily taken aback. If Tang Hao truly only wanted to leave, he could easily avoid Spirit Hall's Soul Douluos, or silently dispose of those blocking his path before leaving with ease.
Yet now, Tang Hao's fight against a few Soul Douluos was making such a tremendous racket. That was highly abnormal.
Either Tang Hao's oil had run dry and his lamp was guttering out, or he was doing it deliberately.
Becoming a Titled Douluo meant Yue Guan was no fool. It was simply that he spent most of his time cultivating, which left him unversed in strategy.
In fact, this was a common failing on the Douluo Continent. For most Soul Masters, as long as they encountered no bottleneck in their cultivation, they would keep cultivating. If they encountered a bottleneck, they would find a way to break through it.
As for strategy? What was that? Could it give someone another level of Soul Power? Or another Soul Ring?
Qian Daoliu and Ning Fengzhi were excellent examples of this.
The former had been stuck at level ninety-nine for who knew how many years without gaining the slightest bit of strategic wisdom, and had actually agreed to the plan for Qian Renxue to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire.
The latter was stuck at the level seventy-nine bottleneck. Never mind watching his daughter Ning Rongrong run away from home-he had actually failed to notice a single flaw while interacting with Xue Qinghe, who was Qian Renxue in disguise.
After Tang Mo brought him to his senses, Yue Guan gave him a rather surprised look, complex emotions in his eyes.
To Tang Mo, that look was like an ape suddenly gaining intelligence, a brute finding an external brain.
"Kid, in your opinion, what will that Titled Douluo do next?" Yue Guan asked.
"He'll return once he's certain there's no ambush in Nuoding City." Tang Mo spoke with easy confidence. "Since he chose to draw all the danger away, that means there's something in Nuoding City or nearby that he can't bear to leave behind. So all we need to do is wait, and we'll catch him coming back the way he went."
"Impressive." Yue Guan gave Tang Mo a thumbs-up. "I believe that once you meet His Holiness the Pope, she'll certainly look upon you with favor. She might even make you the Holy Son outright."
Spirit Hall already had more than enough brutes and love-addled fools. In a certain sense, Tang Mo was a clear stream among them.
At this, Tang Mo nodded noncommittally. He did not believe so much as half a word of what Yue Guan said.
After the Secret Chamber Douluo incident, Bibi Dong would hardly have a pleasant face for men. The reason she kept Yue Guan and Gui Mei by her side was not only that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill was powerful enough, but, more importantly, that Yue Guan did not look like a man and Gui Mei did not look human.
Otherwise, with two masculine left and right guardians in front of her all day, Bibi Dong would probably have been triggered long ago.
After the little interlude of Tang Hao taking flight, Yue Guan and Gui Mei completely abandoned the idea of surrounding and killing him, and hurried toward Spirit City with Tang Mo.
Compared with what Tang Mo had demonstrated, Tang Hao no longer seemed so important.
One should not assume that because Tang Hao had killed Qian Xunji, Spirit Hall bore a deep hatred for him.
It had always been the Qian Family that truly had a blood feud with Tang Hao. It just so happened that the Qian Family were the masters of Spirit Hall, its hereditary Popes.
Otherwise, to Yue Guan and Gui Mei, Qian Xunji was simply some dog by the roadside.
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