Has things finally calmed down?
Gazing at the massive volcano dozens of miles away, whose lava flow was gradually ceasing, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was one of barely concealed horror.
Although they had long known that the Whitebeard was extraordinary, they never expected him to be so incredibly powerful. With his own strength, a single punch could cause Scourge, making him far stronger than the Peerless Sword Saint who needed external assistance.
Is this the power of the ancient Blood Essence Martial Path?
Standing behind him Wheel-Turning King Zhu Yijun, Zhu Wudao, Zhu Yunlu, and others, all of whom were shocked. Among them, Zhu Yijun was the most terrified.
"It seems that Seventeenth Brother really wasn't serious at all back then!"
Looking at the chaotic scene around him, he was terrified. The massive mountain was like a toy in the eyes of that being. Starting from outside the capital, the mountain range, stretching for hundreds of miles, had collapsed countless times. At the very end, a volcano was punched out of this place.
Although his seventeenth brother Kaido of the Beasts, was at a disadvantage in the battle, his strength was not weak either. Nearly half of the mountains that were shattered along the way were thanks to his sworn brother.
Faced with such power that can shatter mountains, the amount of strength he used in his training was probably nothing at all.
This is a monster!
Not only did the Old Zhu Household frequently send people to observe the battlefield, but the entire Central Plains martial arts world, and even the Esoteric Sect of the grassland martial arts world, also sent people to investigate. After seeing it, they were all greatly shocked, and even someone like Zhang Sanfeng was not immune to the shock.
They had thought that Chunyangzi's power in controlling heavenly lightning was already terrifying, almost destroying a valley, but they never expected that in just a few months, an even more terrifying power would appear.
This is truly devastating!
Regardless of how shocked the martial arts world of the Central Plains was, Wang Hao, after chatting with a few friends for a few days, devoted himself to studying the forging industry.
With the experience gained from the previous Third Tier Purple Gold Profound Steel and Red Copper, the remaining Third-Tier Blue Silver and Third Tier Jade Tin have also been researched. Now, only the fusion of the five metals remains.
This was yet another major problem, far more difficult than forging and arranging Third Tier materials. Even with the Dao Comprehension Function, there had been no progress whatsoever, until...
"When!"
The massive hammer slammed down, forging a metal ingot that was completely different from the previous one.
"Did it work?"
Zhu Yuanwai was assisting with the forging, looked hopefully at the metal ingot under the heavy hammer. He could tell from the sound that it was fundamentally different from the failed products they had forged before; it was much crisper and more uniform.
"It's done!"
After examining the metal ingot in his hand for a long time, Wang Hao finally nodded seriously, feeling a sense of relief.
"It turns out there's no secret to forging this thing; you just need to fuse at least six of the nine elements of the Nine-Character True Art into one."
Zhu Yuanwai, who was examining the metal ingot like a starving dog, Wang Hao recalled his diligent study over the past few days and couldn't help but sigh.
He had thought there were some special techniques or secrets involved in forging and fusing metals, but it turns out there are no techniques at all. Only by fusing at least six of the nine types of energy from the Nine-Character True Art into one can one forge and fuse metals.
Fortunately, he hadn't slackened in his training of the Nine-Character True Art during this time, thus integrating six different types of energy; otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to comprehend this secret so quickly.
Who knows how much time Fortune Points will be wasted on this?
"Look at you, so pathetic!"
Coming to his senses, Wang Hao glared at Zhu Yuanwai, who was still stroking the metal ingot like a madman, and kicked him, yelling, "Hurry up and prepare the raw materials for the hardware, according to the standard ratio of ten times!"
The fusion of hardware has a standard ratio: the ratio of the five metals, tin, gold, silver, copper, and iron, from smallest to largest, is 1:10:100:1000:10000.
In other words, to forge and fuse the five metals, one must prepare one part of Jade Tin, ten parts of Purple Gold Blue Silver, one thousand parts of Red Copper, and ten thousand parts of Profound Steel.
"Master, does this Fourth Tier metal have a name?"
Smiling, Zhu Yuanwai dodged Wang Hao's kick and, holding the metal ingot, inquired about it.
" The Essence of the Five Metals, or simply Metal Essence!"
After giving a casual reply, Wang Hao turned and left, heading towards an even larger forging room on the other side.
Previously, it was only an experimental forging process, so the batch size was small. But now that the trick of forging Metal Essence with five metals has been figured out, large-scale production is inevitable.
Therefore, he needs a much larger forging room, a place specifically for forging him to restore his original form.
Soon they arrived at a mountain wall, where there was a man-made cave. The interior space was so large that it almost hollowed out the entire massive mountain.
This was the second forging room, or rather, the forging workshop, that he had prepared.
Upon entering the No. 2 forging room, Wang Hao's body experienced a series of bone bursts and tendon cracking sounds, and his original size of one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) instantly expanded to six zhang (approximately 3.3 meters).
During this period, he was not only studying forging and cultivation, but also took the time to deduce the PS Plastic Surgery Technique.
This PS Plastic Surgery Technique was developed and perfected based on the PS Cosmetic Surgery Technique. By referencing the supernatural ability to shrink one's body, he finally managed to research the secret method for drastically reducing one's body size.
He can now shrink his body to a minimum of eight feet in size. Although he can't compare to his subordinate who possesses the ability to shrink and still maintain his fighting strength after shrinking, it's still quite remarkable.
After shrinking his size, his physical strength will decrease to one percent of its original value, and he will feel very uncomfortable, but it will be crucial for his future plans.
He even almost tried to merge with that subordinate's Bloodline Divine Ability, but fortunately he eventually glimpsed some of the secrets of that Bloodline Divine Ability.
Although he only glimpsed the surface, it was enough for him to use.
What brings you here?
The tall figure, who was busy beside a huge forging table, turned around, put down the huge Profound Steel hammer in his hand, and looked at Wang Hao who walked in with surprise.
This person is Zhao Dachui, who is currently responsible for refining primary iron and copper ingots into Second Tier materials, which are then further refined into Third Tier materials by Wang Hao.
Unfortunately, Zhao Dachui's Nine-Character True Art only integrates two types of energy and cannot forge Third Tier materials. Therefore, the final step can only be left to Wang Hao to complete.
Fortunately, Zhao Dachui was huge, and wielding a massive Profound Steel made him extremely efficient at forging.
Of course, Wang Hao was initially unwilling to let this guy become a blacksmith, but in the end, he had to use the fact that it required extremely high strength cultivation to master the PS Plastic Surgery Technique to lure him over.
This guy has been really pent up lately, but unfortunately, his body is too huge, and his penis is bigger than his wife's entire body, so he has to temporarily give up his blissful married life.
Therefore, during this period he was desperately cultivating the power of the Nine-Character True Art, hoping to recover his figure as soon as possible. He didn't want to return to his original state, but at least he wanted to restore his previous 10-foot-tall figure.
"Wait, you didn't actually manage to fuse the five metals, did you?"
Suddenly realizing what was happening, Zhao Dachui's eyes widened. He knew Wang Hao's plan perfectly well. His upcoming show-off trip in the Central Plains would require a large amount of Fourth Tier metal to make a good impression. Only by researching the secret method of combining five metals could he get a large quantity of Fourth Tier metal to him forge.
Now that this guy has come over, and has even reverted to his enormous form, it's clear that there's been progress at the Five Financial Alliance.
"Yes! It's a success. Actually, there's no special secret. As long as you fuse at least six of the Nine-Character True Art skills into one, you can achieve the unity of the five elements."
Wang Hao nodded, making no attempt to hide anything about it.
"The fusion of six forces!"
Zhao Dachui's eyes widened again, and he couldn't help but gasp.
Having personally practiced the Nine-Character True Art, he naturally knew how difficult it was to cultivate these nine kinds of energy. He had only fused two kinds of energy so far, and it would take at least half a year to fuse the third kind.
This is only possible because of the cultivation experience transmitted by Wang Hao through his Innate Divine Sense; otherwise, it would have been absolutely impossible to reach his current level without ten years of arduous cultivation.
And now this guy has actually fused six different forces; he truly lives up to his reputation as a freak.
How much meteorite iron was collected?
After looking around the huge forging room, Wang Hao asked a question.
Profound Steel accounts for the largest proportion of the five metals. Although iron ore is easy to find, another precious material is needed to forge Profound Steel - Profound Iron.
This thing is extremely rare; even the large piece he dug out from the Central Plains back then was not very useful.
The formation process of this thing is very slow. The existing Profound Iron in this low-level martial arts world is not enough to forge much Fourth Tier refined gold, so he plans to artificially shape the Profound Iron.
He has already studied some principles in this area, but he needs the precursor to Profound Iron —meteorite.
Furthermore, it must be a large quantity of meteorites; only in this way can he transform a large amount of Profound Iron.
"About a thousand cubic meters of meteorite iron has been transported and is currently placed within the formation you set up. But is your lousy formation really effective?"
Zhao Dachui was somewhat suspicious of Wang Hao's method; it was the first time he had ever heard of a treasure like Profound Iron being artificially manufactured.
"That definitely wouldn't have worked before, but things are different now!"
With a mysterious smile, Wang Hao was very confident in the formation he had set up.
This is a brand-new formation he created by combining his knowledge from his previous life in the Primordial World world with his own cultivation of Qimen Dunjia, Feng Shui formations and arrays in this world. Using the Star Essence in that huge piece of Profound Iron as a guide, it draws the light of the Sun Moon to transform the meteorite iron within the formation, accelerating its transformation into Profound Iron.
This was also thanks to the previous tinkering with the Ten Ancient Emperor Divine Hall, which gave the sun and moon in this world a touch of Divine Charm, and the sunlight and moonlight that shone down also became somewhat mysterious.
That is why he was confident in quickly and artificially creating the Profound Iron.
Profound Iron is currently the only material that restricts forging. As long as the source of this material can be secured, his plans will definitely be accelerated again. Therefore, this point is crucial and cannot be taken lightly.
Without saying anything more, Wang Hao picked up a large Profound Steel hammer that had been prepared beforehand and walked towards another huge forging platform.
Next, they need to forge a large amount of Third Tier materials, firstly to fuse the five metals to forge Fourth Tier Metal Essence, and secondly to forge a super-sized object.
That was a huge, impressive thing, a real treasure for showing off in the upcoming plans.