"This Su Ming even steals Titled-level Monarch kills. Huo Yuhao is going to have a hard time completing his mission."
Rong Nianbing was torn.
He couldn't just change the assessment mission on the fly, could he?
Not to mention the issue of protocol, it would also be a matter of face.
If a deity's divine trial was handled so frivolously, would the successor still hold any reverence for the original deity?
Rong Nianbing didn't need Huo Yuhao to revere him, but he also couldn't accept his successor standing against him.
"Whatever. That Tang San has no shame anyway. I'll leave it to him."
Rong Nianbing chuckled coldly.
Like to pry into Huo Yuhao's assessment content?
Now that you know, then help Huo Yuhao out.
Withdrawing his gaze, Rong Nianbing turned his attention back to the kitchen utensils before him, humming as he began to cook.
But before he could finish the dish in front of him, the changes in the lower plane forced him to look again.
Having devoured one Monarch, Su Ming looked toward the Abyss. The other Monarchs had already retreated to the channel entrance. If he attacked, he would certainly be intercepted by the Abyssal Sage King.
It wasn't that he insisted on stealing Huo Yuhao's Monarch; it was that he couldn't reach the others.
Perhaps knowing that Su Ming could use the branches in the Abyss Bracelets to position and teleport, these Monarchs were keeping a considerable distance from the Spirit Masters.
The one he killed had been distracted and not alert enough.
Somehow disappointed, Su Ming turned and left the channel.
Coming to the channel just to kill one Monarch.
Even the Spirit Masters of the Douluo Legion were shocked and bewildered.
This guy was becoming increasingly hard to predict.
Since he had made a move, why didn't he continue advancing?
Su Ming exited the Abyssal Gate, providing some Spirit Masters with an answer.
He actually opened another portal.
A portal to a different plane.
Using the same method, the Pioneer's Will and anchored by the past and future, he established a connection with the Demon Plane.
This time, he hadn't even informed the God Realm beforehand, so naturally, no God King helped him stabilize the channel.
But it didn't matter.
The Demon Plane was different from the Abyss; it wasn't as sensitive.
At least, Su Ming secretly opened a channel, and the other side was unaware.
Moreover, Su Ming didn't intend to directly start a war between the two planes.
He only needed the laws from the other side to penetrate in.
In Douluo 3, introducing the demon army was a way to alleviate the pressure on the Blood God Legion. In Douluo 1 and Douluo 2, there was no such need.
Sneakily opening a channel to borrow the laws of the Demon Plane for Heaven Refinement was enough.
"It seems the God Realm doesn't permit Half-Step Transcendent metal to be forged in the lower plane. I wonder how many pieces I can forge this time."
In Douluo 1, Su Ming had been stopped urgently by the deities.
In the end, he had only forged two pieces of Half-Step Transcendent metal—one for himself, one for Little Gold.
This time, he was prepared. He established the Demon Gate suddenly, forged immediately without giving the God Realm time to react. Even if he couldn't forge enough for a full set of Battle Armor, it would be enough to give himself and his Spirit Souls one piece each.
When Su Ming landed back on the plain below, the surrounding Spirit Masters instinctively retreated, making space for him.
The Spirit Masters were very confused, unclear on why he had opened another spatial channel.
After confusion came curiosity.
The next moment, they learned Su Ming's purpose.
Forging.
He did this for forging?
Boom!
With proven techniques, Su Ming didn't hesitate.
After setting up his forging platform, he began hammering the rare metals.
He didn't even need to preheat them.
When his forging hammer fell, it brought with it a raging flame that, with the hammer's force, penetrated directly into the metal, softening it.
He simultaneously took out nine pieces of rare metal, forging them all at once.
One hammer for Thousand Refinements.
One hammer to empower.
One hammer for Thousand Refinements, Spirit Awakened.
Three hammers for Spirit Refinement.
Ten hammers for triple fusion forging.
Another ten hammers for triple fusion forging.
Yet another ten hammers for triple fusion forging.
The nine pieces of rare metal had now become three pieces of triple-fusion Spirit Alloy.
Ten hammers fell on each of the three Spirit Alloys—Soul Refinement achieved!
This scene dazzled the onlookers.
"Was Soul Refinement always this easy?"
Some Spirit Masters who had been striving hard for Soul Refined metal rubbed their eyes in disbelief.
Currently, the only blacksmith on Douluo Continent capable of Soul Refinement was Su Ming.
Watching Su Ming so effortlessly complete three pieces of Soul Refined Spirit Alloy simultaneously, everyone couldn't help but question the value of Soul Refined metal.
Su Ming paid no mind to the potential Devaluation of Soul Refined metal in the Spirit Masters' hearts.
He invoked the laws of the three great planes, forging the three pieces of Soul Refined Spirit Alloy, then performed triple fusion forging again.
Fusing the Spirit Alloys again to create a ninefold Spirit Alloy.
Then, the Heaven Refinement lightning tribulation descended.
This was three simultaneous tribulations.
Su Ming looked up at the tribulation, showing no fear.
He unleashed the power of the Lord of the Plane, directly suppressing the intensity of the tribulation.
Then came the tribulation crossing.
It was at this moment that the God Realm noticed the anomaly.
Of the three most focused on the lower plane with the ability to monitor it, none had noticed immediately.
Huo Yuhao had taken Wang Dong'er into the channel, rendering the most direct observation methods of Rong Nianbing and Tang San ineffective.
Then, Su Ming had Elder Electrolux shield spiritual detection, preventing the God of Destruction and Tang San from directly observing him even through the God Realm Core.
If even those most likely to stir up trouble couldn't be seen clearly, who would pay attention to the lower plane?
Nor could two God Kings keep their minds strained constantly, enduring the 365-fold time differential to process the flood of information from the lower plane.
"What has he done?"
When the God of Destruction realized the problem, he quickly checked Douluo Star, only to feel his scalp tingle.
"How did he attract the attention of the Universe's Will?"
On the other side, Tang San also felt his scalp tingle. He immediately shut down the God Realm Core, leaving only a portion of his divine sense to possess a Spirit Sage at a distance, observing through their perspective.
The tribulation crossing took considerable time. Su Ming was also a bit anxious. He used his authority as Lord of the Plane to accelerate the release of the tribulation lightning within what he could bear.
Boom!
After the three tribulations had released their lightning, Su Ming reached out and grabbed the Half-Step Transcendent metal, which had undergone the baptism of three planes' laws and bore the complete marks of all three.
The next moment, the metal fused into his body.
He didn't hesitate, starting the forging process again.
Same process: forging nine pieces of metal simultaneously.
Forging, tribulation crossing.
And so, over and over.
By the time the God of Destruction and Tang San reacted and moved to stop Su Ming, he had already forged four pieces of Half-Step Transcendent Heaven Refined metal.
"This bastard, to actually deduce a forging method like this!"
The God of Destruction was hopping mad.
For a normal plane, having such a forging system would be an absolute treasure to cherish.
But Douluo Star wasn't a normal plane; it had a God Realm above it!
Looking across the entire universe, those involving powerhouses at the God King level all feared the Universe's Will most.
To a certain extent, God Kings had already reached a level the Universe's Will could no longer tolerate and would be dealt with.
Therefore, without a God Realm, quasi-God Kings dared not break through to God King.
As for the God Realm, it was itself created to evade the Universe's Will.
Once discovered, it would be targeted.
Su Ming using the laws of three planes for Heaven Refinement had directly attracted the Universe's Will. How could the God of Destruction, who considered the development of the God Realm his own responsibility, not be furious?
"I now suspect Su Ming opening the Abyssal channel also had this purpose."
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