Far away, a little red bird hopped and sneered as it looked at the invisible fireball gathered from magic power.
‘Trying to come up with a piece of Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment on your own?
‘Heh, unless you’re the awakened willpower of the legendary Almighty Being, you should stop mulling it over blindly!’
Chapter 450 - A New Thunderbolt-resistant Secret Technique
Chapter 450 A New Thunderbolt-resistant Secret Technique
Ou Yangming slowly stood up and frowned as though there was something he could not figure out. “Woof…” The big yellow dog barked, which was its way of comforting the young fellow.
Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk looked at each other and nodded.
The king kong cleared its throat softly, but it still made a thunderous sound.
“Master, you did very well. Even in the upper realm, very few are talented enough to create something like that in such a short time.”
“Yes, Master.” The goshawk flapped its wings and eventually landed on the ground. “The Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment is an extremely rare type of equipment in the upper realm. Besides, only superb powerhouses at the peak are qualified to use something like that. As for us, we’ve only heard of it before.”
“That’s right, that’s right. The equipment can’t be completed in one stroke; you need a longer time to study and think it through.” Multi-armed King Kong hesitated for a while before it made an obscure remark, “Master, you can actually seek help from your kind regarding this aspect.”
“My kind? Is there someone from my kind that has a deep understanding of thunderbolts?” Ou Yangming was surprised.
“Yes, very deep,” Multi-armed King Kong answered seriously.
Ou Yangming frowned. Countless people crossed his mind at that instant, but he was certain that he did not know the Almighty Being, who was an expert in the Heavenly Thunderbolt, mentioned by the king kong.
Nonetheless, he made a guess. ‘Is the hidden powerhouse, who made Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk seek refuge in him, a human?’
He cast aside the thought for the time being after he pondered for a long time.
Since Multi-armed King Kong did not want to reveal everything, there must be something that it wished to hide. Moreover, Ou Yangming was somewhat fearful of the hidden senior, hence he dared not question the spirit beast closely.
Ou Yangming fixed his gaze on the arm guard on his arm again and recalled his fight against the parasite. Although he was disappointed by the equipment, he had a vague feeling that it was not as useless as it seemed.
From what he remembered, the parasite suffered more than ten hits from the Thunderbolt Rune. Even though it was hurt each time, the damage eventually became lower. At last, when the parasite converted all of its mental power into a certain form, it could almost zero out the thunderbolt power.
The young fellow did not believe that the rune developed from the entire process was completely useless.
All of a sudden, he was struck with an incredibly bold idea.
The parasite’s change was a progressive process, which started from a certain part of its body until it fully transformed. As more parts of its body were altered, its defensive ability became greater. If that was the case, what would the effect be if Ou Yangming smithed a full set of Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment?
Ou Yangming was certainly not a visionary but one that acted on his ideas.
Once he made his decision, he shook his hand to retrieve some peculiar stones. As the Military Fire burned, a set of Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment was made. On top of that, the young fellow even refined a cloak and a pair of boots for himself. Everything he made was attached with the Thunderbolt-resistant attribute.
After smithing everything, Ou Yangming took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, “King Kong, what’s the theory behind the upper realm’s Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment?”
Multi-armed King Kong scratched its head because it was very troubled by the question. Nevertheless, it dared not keep Ou Yangming waiting, thus it racked its brains and responded, “Master, every piece of Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment in the upper realm can gather enormous energies from Heaven and Earth to form a defensive shield. Before the shield is penetrated, anyone that’s being protected by it will be 100% safe.”
Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up, and he raised another question. “That kind of defensive shield isn’t only used to resist thunderbolts, am I right?”
Multi-armed King Kong clapped its hands and said, “Yes, it can resist any form of attack; it’s a rare treasure.”
The goshawk added, “But it’s not easy to acquire a treasure of such a level. At the very least, we’re not qualified.”
Ou Yangming grinned. He could not refine a treasure like that yet, but if he was given one to study, it would not be too difficult for him to replicate it.
This was the greatest advantage of being a blacksmith.
After asking some questions, Ou Yangming was somewhat confident about handling the matter.
Perhaps he found an entirely different way to resist thunderbolts as compared to the upper realm.
Ou Yangming took a deep breath and waved at Multi-armed King Kong. “King Kong, try
again.”
“Yes.”
Multi-armed King Kong was undecided for a while, but it finally raised its arm and released its thunderbolt power.
In actuality, from the spirit beast’s perspective, its master was merely wasting his time, energy, and materials. It felt that the young fellow should modify the rune if it was wrong instead of increasing the number of equipment to make up for the mistake.
Despite that, the decision was made by Ou Yangming. Even if the king kong was disgruntled, it did not have the guts to question its master.
In any case, Multi-armed King Kong only needed to release some thunderbolt powers, which would not be a burden for him. Since its master wanted to play, it would let him enjoy himself.
A thick lightning bolt was assembled on Multi-armed King Kong’s hand before it was struck at Ou Yangming. This time, Ou Yangming’s defensive ability increased a little due to his many pieces of equipment, so Multi-armed King Kong released a bit more power.
“Boom…”
The thunderbolt successfully hit Ou Yangming, but he could not be bothered to resist it at all, by which it simply covered his face.
Just as the thunderbolt power was about 3.5 meters in front of him, a light appeared around him as if some sort of power was naturally stimulated. Following that, the light quickly formed a defensive wall. Multi-armed King Kong and the others clearly saw that the defensive wall was unordinary—it had the shape of a ladder.
The thunderbolt power ruthlessly struck the first defensive wall, but the wall took away a part of the thunderbolt. Having said that, the remaining thunderbolt pierced the wall and hit the second defensive wall. Quickly after, the second wall released an endless electric light, which indicated that part of the thunderbolt was stopped once more.
Every defensive wall could not fully block the forceful thunderbolt power, but some of the power was always hindered by the walls. At last, when the thunderbolt penetrated the final wall and struck Ou Yangming, he only shuddered a little and was fine.
The damage was much smaller as compared to having a finger cut by a knife.
Multi-armed King Kong and the others were stupefied because they were surprised by the effect of the stacked pieces of equipment.
Ou Yangming’s eyes were bright, and he was so thrilled that he wanted to shout. He finally confirmed that what he envisioned turned out to be a success.
“King Kong, use your strongest power. Yes, attack with your most powerful thunderbolt power.”
“Uhm…” King Kong could not help but become hesitant. It was a high-rank spirit beast, after all. If it released its greatest power, it would instantly trigger Heaven and Earth’s power. While the lower could not be compared with the one in the upper realm, it co
uld not be withstood by a human at all.
If the power accidentally killed Ou Yangming, the spirit beast would die too.
Ou Yangming noticed that the king kong was troubled, so he noted after some thought, “Use your mightiest power but don’t stir up Heaven and Earth’s energy.”
The king kong sighed a breath of relief. It was afraid that Ou Yangming had an exaggerated opinion of his abilities and ended up courting his death, which would cause it to be killed too. The spirit beast was relieved because its master could accept its opinion.
As Multi-armed King Kong raised all eight of its arms in the air, intense thunderbolts gathered above its head. Its previous thunderbolt attack was more like a probe, whereas its attack at the moment was the real deal.
Ou Yangming focused as well as he dared not relax like before.
“Boom…”
A formidable thunderbolt power was launched at Ou Yangming again, but the previous scene repeated at the same time.
Defensive walls appeared around Ou Yangming one after another, causing the remarkable thunderbolt power to be weakened each time it passed through a wall. By the time it went through the last wall, it became so weak that it was almost non-existent.
Ou Yangming did not wait like a fool for the remaining thunderbolt to hit him. He turned his hands and punched the air with both hands.
When his fists came into contact with the residual thunderbolt, his essential Qi burst out and crushed the power.
It was dead silent because the three humongous creatures simply stared blankly at Ou Yangming. Their eyes were gleaming with excitement, and it was clear that they were more exhilarated than the young fellow was.
Even a fool could tell by now that the pieces of equipment smithed by Ou Yangming were truly out of the ordinary.
The creatures could sense that the universe’s spiritual power was not stimulated by the equipment set’s power. The equipment set’s power only had effects on the defensive walls, by which the light ring would disintegrate the thunderbolt to return it to nature.
Every defensive wall could not unload much of the thunderbolt power, but it was an entirely new way to resist thunderbolts. Furthermore, the creatures were moved because the amount of thunderbolt resisted by the defensive walls seemed to follow a fixed ratio. In other words, the higher the thunderbolt’s energy, the more the power disintegrated.
Such a method had never appeared in the upper realm. As such, its value was unparalleled The goshawk, Multi-armed King Kong, and Big Yellow could not help but have the same thought at this moment.
How fearsome would it be if the Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment was made into a set? At the very least, they would not need to fear the real Heavenly Thunderbolt.
The creatures stared at Ou Yangming as if this was their first time seeing him.
Nobody knew that far away, a little red bird was in shock too. ‘A Thunderbolt-resistant attribute without the help of spiritual power?
‘Could it be that the legendary one has really…
‘Awakened?’
Chapter 451 - The Wonders Of A Suit
“M-master, how did you do it?” Multi-armed King Kong widened its eyes and asked in disbelief. “Master, your pieces of equipment… They’re priceless!” The goshawk nodded and cooed like a pigeon. “Their values are truly beyond measure for the Birds.” If beings from the other races cultivated to the point where they would soon come in contact with the world’s immense force, they had many ways to temporarily avoid the punishments. On the other hand, the Birds lacked in this aspect. Unless they changed their living habit by not flying in the sky, they would be struck by the thunderbolts.
Multi-armed King Kong scratched its head and asked, “Master, to what extent can your pieces of thunderbolt-resistant equipment weaken thunderbolts?”
Ou Yangming answered after some thought, “These pieces of equipment can form unique air walls, and each wall can divert a part of a thunderbolt to the air. I suppose they follow a certain proportion, so if the pieces of equipment are stacked, a thunderbolt power can be weakened by 80% and above.” “80%?”
Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk gasped. Their eyes shone brighter than before.
They made a rough estimation when they observed the process earlier, but they were deeply in awe when they heard the exact answer from Ou Yangming. The Heavenly Thunderbolt could destroy Heaven and Earth, but only the creams of the creams in the world were qualified to face the power.
Perhaps those people might still be killed by the most powerful Heavenly Thunderbolt but if the thunderbolt power was reduced by 80% or more, they would be able to go against it with ease.
In other words, Ou Yangming’s equipment set was more valuable than even the best defensive treasure in the world.
Seeing as the creatures were shocked, Ou Yangming added with a smile, “You shouldn’t think too much. I meant that a thunderbolt power can be reduced by 80% and above if a suit is used. If there’s only one piece of equipment, it can only weaken the power by 5% at most.”
The pieces of equipment that he smithed were only attached with one attribute-a Thunderbolt-resistant attribute.
Every piece of equipment had a thunderbolt-resistant proportion between 3% and 5%. Nonetheless, when Ou Yangming put on everything, he was surprised because the attributes would form a unique aura, causing the overall attribute to be greatly improved.
When Ou Yangming was equipped with a helmet, armor, a pair of arm guards, a pair of greaves, a shield, a cloak, as well as a pair of boots, his resistance against a thunderbolt was upgraded to 80% and above.
The boost was so great that it was almost indescribable. It was also Ou Yangming’s first time stumbling upon something like that.
Nevertheless, it was great news for Ou Yangming. In particular, the suit combination drastically changed the values of the individual pieces of equipment.
“Master, you must make a set of those pieces of equipment for me!” Multi-armed King Kong suddenly lay prone on the ground and gently placed its smallest finger on one of its hands beside Ou Yangming as it begged him.
The goshawk quickly reacted too. It flapped its wings and shrieked several times.
As for Big Yellow, it wagged its tail proudly and was not worried at all. This was because Ou Yangming would never forget the big yellow dog and would always count it in when he had something good to share.
Ou Yangming smiled bitterly and patted Multi-armed King Kong’s finger. “Don’t worry, I’ll smith a full thunderbolt-resistant suit for you once I gather enough stones.”
Multi-armed King Kong blinked its large eyes and asked, “Master, if a piece of equipment isn’t a magic tool, can it withstand the Heavenly Thunderbolt?”
The young fellow was slightly stunned because the problem occurred to him for the first time. Ever since Ou Yangming could smith magic tools-especially magic skill tools-in batches, he seemed to have gotten a wrong misunderstanding. Regardless of the type of equipment, he always targeted to make them into magic tools.
Although there were plenty of peculiar stones in this world, they were certainly not endless.
If Ou Yangming wanted to smith a suit for Multi-armed King Kong, he would need to consume an unimaginable amount of ores. If he were to use the bizarre stones as raw materials, he would likely not be able to complete an entire suit even if he used up all of the available stones.
After all, the queer stones were limited unliked featured steel.
If Ou Yangming smithed a set of Fine Grade ordinary tools for Multi-armed King Kong…
He scanned the king kong from head to toe and nodded as he was eager to try.
Ordinary tools were obviously not as good as magic tools, but if they were meant to be thunderbolt-resistant, Fine Grade ones would be enough to do the job.
The goshawk’s eyes lit up, and it cried again, which was its way of fawning over the young fellow.
Ou Yangming did not know to cry or to laugh. “Don’t worry. If King Kong gets a suit, you
won’t be left out.”
The goshawk finally shut up, but its eyes were almost overflowing with happiness.
Indeed, the biggest threat to the Birds’ was not their natural enemies, but the weather. Given that they soared in the sky, they were constantly faced with different harsh weathers. Among nature’s immense forces, the thunderbolt power was unquestionably the most forceful and the hardest to guard against.
If the threat from the thunderbolts could be reduced to a minimum, the Birds would surely be elated.
Ou Yangming touched his chin and noted, “The pieces of Thunderbolt-resistant equipment can weaken thunderbolts, but there’s also a limit to them. If the thunderbolts are too powerful, while the runes on the pieces of equipment will still be effective, the pieces of equipment will be destroyed.
Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk were struck dumb. They became hesitant.
The king kong expressed after some time, “Master, we’re repelled by the universe’s force in this realm, but it can’t be mentioned on equal terms with the situation in our realm. Judging from our physical qualities as spirit beasts, we should be able to protect ourselves with ordinary pieces of Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment.”
“Master, King Kong is right. Ordinary tools of Fine Grade are at the limit of this world; the so-called magic tools shouldn’t have existed in this world on a large scale in the first place. If King Kong and I are given ordinary thunderbolt-resistant tools, we should be able to withstand the repulsion from this world’s power,” the goshawk stated after some thought.
Multi-armed King Kong suddenly turned to look at Big Yellow and said, “Master, if this fella advances into a spirit beast, I’m afraid it won’t be able to endure what’s to come.”
Ou Yangming responded with a smile, “Big Yellow isn’t as huge as the two of you, so it shouldn’t be a problem for me to smith a suit for it.”
Perhaps the peculiar stones in this world were insufficient for Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk, but they were more than enough for the big yellow dog.
Big Yellow wagged its tail cheerfully and barked at Multi-armed King Kong. The king kong and the goshawk exchanged glances and were both envious of the dog. ‘It’s true that Master treats the big yellow dog differently.’
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