‘What do you mean by layering to the tenth level? Those without the experience of layering to the fifteenth level and above shouldn’t enter this field at all!’
If someone else was in Ou Yangming’s shoes at the moment, one would likely collapse already. That said, Ou Yangming was different. Seeing as the attachment was about to fail, he gritted his teeth and immediately used his cheat code.
‘Drawable composition found, draw?’
‘What a pointless question. Of course, I’ll draw it. If I don’t, I’ll really mess up the smithing process this time.’
In an instant, 1 point of White-Silver-level Power attribute was drawn by a purple light, and it floated in Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness.
‘Upgradable composition found, upgrade?’
‘Upgrade!’
The purple light flickered intensely, the resulting activity was 100 times more extreme than when Ou Yangming layered Power Ores.
Nonetheless, since Ou Yangming had concealed his sir, other people could only see severe fluctuations in the fire. As for what exactly was changing inside, nobody could tell.
Luckily, there were no human Advanced Blacksmiths around, or they would definitely suspect that the equipment had become worthless if they noticed his fire’s fluctuation range.
The Military Fire’s mystery had never disappointed Ou Yangming—not even this time. When the fire stopped dancing, the 1 point of White-Silver-level power had successfully been attached to the armor.
Ou Yangming sighed a breath of relief and thought, ‘I underestimated smithing art too much.’
In spite of that, after this experience, he believed that he would surely succeed if he were to attach a Tremendous Power Treasure Ore again.
The young fellow shook his head and curbed his drifting thoughts, then he began to carve a rune on the equipment.
This time, instead of a Rudimentary Rune, he would carve a legitimate Intermediate Rune. The latter was far more profound than the former, where its rune paths were 100 times more complicated. With a slight mistake, his previous efforts could easily go to waste.
Nevertheless, Ou Yangming had achieved the states of the integration of Heaven and man, as well as the thoroughly meticulous. Through his eyes, the armor seemed to have been enlarged several times, allowing him to have a more relaxed and simpler carving process.
The smithing of the equipment, the attachment of the Tremendous Power Treasure Ore, and the carving of a rune.
None of the processes were easy, but the carving of a rune seemed to be the simplest step for Ou Yangming.
Perhaps because the young fellow was born to cultivate mental power and possessed the wonderful Military Fire’s unique ability, he could extract Skill Runes from any abilities. Furthermore, once the runes were formed in his sea of consciousness, he would never forget them as if they were forever imprinted on his heart.
This was also similar to cheating but in terms of the effect, it was unbelievably good.
Ou Yangming had almost forcibly replicated the Intermediate Indestructible Defense’s rune in his sea of consciousness on the armor, causing the armor to shine.
Chapter 588 - That’s Impossible
“Woosh, woosh, woosh…”
Ou Yangming’s Military Fire kept changing. The scorching flame seemed to have become a spirit in the fire as it continuously shook and moved about.
The spirit beasts at the side did not bother at first, and they were too lazy to spare even a glance at the fire.
From their perspectives, Ou Yangming was nothing but an overconfident young human. To prove his abilities, the young fellow did not even hesitate to waste a precious Tremendous Power Treasure Ore.
A Tremendous Power Treasure Ore was coveted by every spirit beast.
Although Ou Yangming must be unusually wealthy and had an extremely profound background and foundation, the spirit beasts were not optimistic about him due to his attitude.
Nonetheless, after Ou Yangming tossed the Tremendous Power Treasure Ore into his Military Fire, several spirit beasts finally looked as they were either curious or were too bored from waiting.
Their faces changed after they watched closely for some time because they were shocked to find that Ou Yangming’s fire was unordinary. There was an unimaginably wonderful change in his fire, so much so that the change could merge with the atmosphere and environment around him.
The integration of Heaven and man.
It was a fire smithing technique that involved the integration of Heaven and man.
Spirit beasts that had become high-rank spirit beasts had definitely grasped the integration of Heaven and man, but the state they mastered was for combat, not for smithing art.
Even so, it did not stop them from recognizing the flickering Military Fire in that state.
Upon sensing the state, the high-rank spirit beasts attached more importance to Ou Yangming.
Given that a little human blacksmith could achieve the integration of Heaven and man, even though it was only in smithing art, it was a notable natural gift.
Ou Yangming had indeed caused many high-rank spirit beasts to regard him with more respect after he revealed the state. Nevertheless, none of the spirit beasts thought that he could really smith a piece of equipment that had the same quality as the walking beast’s armor.
After all, the integration of Heaven and man might be uncommon, but he was not the only one that achieved it.
Human blacksmiths that were qualified to enter the peak were not inferior to Ou Yangming at all.
In actuality, if the human master that smithed the walking beast’s armor were to do it again, he would not dare to guarantee a 100% success rate.
Failure rates for smithing processes varied according to blacksmiths, but they would always be there. If a mishap happened halfway during a smithing process, everything that was invested would go to waste. Therefore, the spirit beasts felt that Ou Yangming was being overconfident for wanting to succeed in one go.
Despite that, regardless of what they thought, they slowly felt at peace when they watched the dancing flame out of boredom.
It was the integration of Heaven and man in smithing art, but being able to watch someone else perform it at this time was quite pleasing to the eye.
Throughout an hour, the crystal wall had lit up 3 times. Each time it did, a piece of equipment appeared, and the spirit beasts would fight for it. Needless to say, due to the equipment’s size, some spirit beasts would always watch coldly and disdainfully at the side. However, when it was their turn to fight, they were no less ferocious than the other spirit beasts.
Every high-rank spirit beast was a powerhouse of this generation. They would spare no effort in fighting for anything related to their strengths.
Ou Yangming suddenly opened his eyes after an hour. He shook his wrist and curbed his Military Fire.
With that, an armor that was smithed using Mount Liang Wolf King’s body as a model appeared in front of the spirit beasts.
Big Yellow’s eyes lit up right away. It pounced on the equipment eagerly and pressed it beneath its body.
Ou Yangming twitched his mouth and ordered, “Big Yellow, get off!”
“No, mine!”
“This is our pass.”
“No, mine!”
“Let them see it for now.”
“No, mine!”
Ou Yangming did not know to cry or to laugh. “Don’t worry, I’ll smith a better one for you later.”
“Okay!”
Big Yellow immediately jumped away and went behind Ou Yangming.
Ou Yangming was stunned for a while. He glared at Big Yellow hatefully and thought, ‘I can’t believe this fella knows how to negotiate now.’
Having said that, his stare at Big Yellow was not threatening at all. The big yellow dog opened its mouth and cast a flattering smile at him while wagging its tail solicitously. As such, he could not be mad at all.
“Hey, you’re done smithing?” Mount Liang Wolf King laughed
.
Of course, it could not have paid attention to Ou Yangming all the while. That said, since it was a chatterbox and a busybody, it still asked the young fellow first.
Ou Yangming looked away from the big yellow dog and asked with a smile, “I just finished smithing. Which one of you should I ask to inspect this?”
Mount Liang Wolf King burst out laughing. “Is there a need to specially ask someone to inspect it? I’ll know once I take a look at it.”
It swayed and leaped over to the young fellow. Big Yellow lowered its body warily, and it got into a ready stance so that it could attack at any time. The spirit wolf glanced indifferently at the yellow dog as it never attached any importance to it at all.
The 2 high-rank spirit beasts beside the wolf king cast a scornful look at it and shook their heads. ‘This wolf king has always been so nosy.
‘Why is he getting so associated with that young human? It could’ve just shooed him away.’
Nonetheless, they did not persuade the spirit wolf because this was an insignificant matter to them, and they were not interested to know more at all.
This was how powerhouses treated the weak. If nothing could spark their interests, they would not be bothered to get involved at all.
Ou Yangming grinned and took a step back. He was not worried that any spirit beast would dare to take forcible possession of the equipment. After all, they were on the 10,000 Beasts Ridge, and he was personally invited by the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One. If an ignorant beast happened to steal a piece of equipment smithed by the young fellow, he would certainly report the beast to the Venerable One.
One must not forget that a part of Multi-armed King Kong’s soul was still detained in Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness, hence the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One would be wary for sure.
Mount Liang Wolf King stood like a human and casually picked up the armor. It remarked with a smile, “Oh, this size will fit me perfectly.
A high-rank spirit beast finally blurted, “Mount Liang Wolf King, since you think it’ll fit you well, why don’t you buy it? Hehe, I’ll challenge you on Mount Liang next time.”
The spirit wolf glared at it. “Idiot, do you think I’ll court my death?”
It did not think Ou Yangming could smith anything decent. Even if the armor would suit its body, it would not wear it at all.
After reprimanding the spirit beast, Mount Liang Wolf King finally studied the armor. It suddenly made a doubtful sound after some time, and it reached out its claws to knock the armor.
The armor gave off a clear surging sound, causing the spirit wolf to have a stranger look on its face.
Mount Liang Wolf King scratched the armor with its claw after a moment of hesitation. It did not go all-out, but the power contained in its claw must not be underestimated.
Harsh and ear-piercing friction was heard, but when the spirit wolf lifted its claw, it noticed that only an incredibly trivial white mark could be seen on the armor.
“Good Grade, what rank?” Mount Liang Wolf King looked up and asked.
Ou Yangming was impressed because high-rank spirit beasts were extraordinary indeed. By only stroking with its claw without exerting all its force, the spirit wolf still managed to leave a white mark. Of course, the white mark was very normal and could not be considered damage for a piece of equipment. In spite of that, it was evident how formidable a high-rank spirit beast was.
“Rank Three,” Ou Yangming answered sternly.
“Being able to smith a magic tool of Good Grade Rank Three is pretty good for you,” Mount Liang Wolf King commented sincerely.
It was not miraculous for someone Ou Yangming’s age to smith a magic tool of Good Grade Rank Three, but he was definitely somebody.
Some other spirit beasts turned to look too. They finally stopped looking at the young fellow in disdain, and they had grave looks on their faces instead.
‘Turns out that this young fella is still quite capable. He can’t be compared to the real masters yet, but he has the foundation to become one.’ In that case, the spirit beast naturally treated Ou Yangming with better attitudes.
“Hehe, this is quite good indeed.” Mount Liang Wolf King turned the equipment over and over to look at it, then it asked all of a sudden, “Can I put it on to try it?”
It was much gentler when it looked at Ou Yangming, and it flashed a friendly smile at him too.
The other spirit beasts could not notice it, but Mount Liang Wolf King could sense the enormous energy attached to the armor when it held it in its hand, and it was moved. While it could not verify the armor’s specific properties, there was a subtle change in its mentality.
Ou Yangming grinned and responded, “Since I smithed the equipment, of course, I’m going to let you try it.”
Mount Liang Wolf King was excited. “Great, excellent!”
Following that, it put on the armor without any hesitation and incited its spiritual power, which instantly gushed into the armor. Next, an even more forceful and rice power was fed back from the equipment.
When Mount Liang Wolf King sensed the energy, its body quivered as it was overly thrilled. It could not help but lift its neck and let out a long howl.
Its howl attracted the other spirit beasts at once. They looked at it strangely and impatiently.
“Mount Liang Wolf King, are you courting death? Don’t forget where you are!” A spirit beast, which was quite close to the spirit wolf, reminded it.
Who knew, the spirit wolf did not seem to have heard it at all. It suddenly leaped high into mid-air and landed hard on the ground, and its giant paw struck the ground in the distance at the same time.
“Boom…”
A deafening sound was heard. The ground did not seem to be wrecked at all, but the ground beneath the spirit beasts seemed to have shaken.
The strike’s effect went deep into the underground.
Several surprised and confused spirit beasts stared at the spirit wolf at the same time. They had the same question in their minds.
‘When did this fella become so powerful?
‘Could it be that…
‘That’s impossible!’
Chapter 589 - Approval
The sound of the Earth rumbling was heard, causing all of the spirit beasts to be shocked.
They would not find it strange if a humongous creature such as a giant elephant made the strike; elephants were known for their powers. In fact, it was even possible for an elephant to release an even more forceful power.
On the other hand, the spirit beasts that knew Mount Liang Wolf King well knew it could not have exerted such power on its own.
The spirit wolf roared again as soon as it landed, and its body released an intense earthy yellow light. The light was so dazzling that it carried a rich and substantial aura.
“Secret technique—the Indestructible Defense!”
A high-rank spirit beast’s face changed, and it exclaimed.
The spirit beasts present were knowledgeable, hence they immediately noticed the mystery after they saw the light.
“Wolf King, take my punch!”
A black figure suddenly charged at Mount Liang Wolf King. It was a giant spirit bear, which extended its large fist to punch the spirit wolf’s chest.
The other spirit beasts could tell that the spirit bear did not hate Wolf King; it only wanted to try the Indestructible Defense’s mightiness. After all, secret techniques were categorized into different ranks such as rudimentary, intermediate, and advanced. On top of that, there were huge disparities between the secret techniques of dissimilar ranks.
Wolf King straightened its body without dodging or blocking the spirit bear’s attack. It was also curious which rank the Indestructible Defense belonged to.
“Boom…”
With that, an extremely powerful punch hit Mount Liang Wolf King’s body hard. It was a mighty punch as the spirit bear was not merciful at all. If Wolf King was not on guard at all, it would definitely be injured by the punch.
/> A frightening grunt was heard after the punch was made. Following that, Mount Liang Wolf King staggered backward, but it gained a strong foothold again after taking only several steps back. It had the same look on its face, and it did not seem like it was harmed at all.
“The Indestructible Defense—an intermediate Indestructible Defense!” The spirit bear withdrew its massive fist and uttered firmly while its eyes flickered with peculiar lusters.
An intermediate Indestructible Defense Skill.
The power upgrade had reached the White Silver level.
A magic armor of Good Grade Rank Three.
If these properties were added up, would they not be similar to the quality of the walking beast’s armor that appeared on the crystal wall?
Although Good Grade Rank Three was a rank lower than Good Grade Rank Four, the spirit beasts would not be too calculative over it.
“Swoosh…”
Almost at the same time, the spirit beasts stared at Ou Yangming. Nonetheless, it was different this time because their eyes were gleaming.
As compared to their scornful looks before, there was a vast difference at the moment.
Ou Yangming was neither afraid nor uneasy when he was being stared at by many high-rank spirit beasts. Even when their cumulative aura was notable, it could not shake his heart anymore.
At the end of the day, Ou Yangming had been tested by the appearance of the dragon and the phoenix, and it happened more than once.
In comparison, the high-rank spirit beasts, which were not even Venerable Ones yet, were not that much.
“Hehe, can I ascend to the peak now?” Ou Yangming asked as he smiled with his eyes narrowed.
He had an amiable smile on his face, but his voice was ear-piercing to the high-rank spirit beasts.
“Hey, what’s going on with you?” A furious voice was heard, then a figure walked out from behind the crystal wall. It was a human elder, who was raging with fire at the moment. “I’m smithing a piece of equipment. Can’t you be more well-behaved!”
Seeing as the elder walked out fiercely, the high-rank spirit beasts were startled for a while, but they quickly made way. With that, only Ou Yangming, Big Yellow, Mount Liang Wolf King, and the enormous bear that attacked, were left at the center.
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