With a single hammer bang, golden light flew everywhere, and countless fragments of immortal gold scattered around the forging platform once again.
Those fragments of immortal gold were all fragments of immortal gold, some as big as thumb pads, others as small as grains—truly amazing.
"Is this thing really that fun? How did you do it? Mo Nian held the hammer and struck several times in a row. Each time, Zhao Ritian let out a miserable scream. Mo Nian was having a great time, banging nonstop.
"Stop, stop, stop..."
Guo Ran suddenly called for a stop. Mo Nian had struck too much, and the amount of immortal gold flying out of the forging platform was dwindling. In the last two strikes, Zhao Ritian's voice also fell silent.
"You can't knock anymore. If you keep knocking, I'll kill him and my treasure bowl will be gone." Guo Ran grabbed the forging hammer and checked Zhao Ritian's condition.
"Fortunately, this guy is tough and usually doesn't die." He could still sense Zhao Ritian's faint aura, which finally put Guo Ran at ease.
"Guo Ran, impressive! You have such a clever use for your forging platform?" Mo Nian looked at Guo Ran's forging table and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.
Not just him—even Long Chen was very surprised. Guo Ran explained, "Actually, there are many runes on this forging platform that I haven't figured out yet. Xia Chen is helping me study them."
Later, we discovered that in a space on the forging platform, you can decompose immortal metal, which is likely used to recycle divine weapons. This way, discarded artifacts can be sorted and broken down from their materials.
However, Xia Chen and I haven't figured out the runes for decomposing divine weapons yet, so we're not very good at using them. For now, we can only dismantle smelted divine weapons, not direct dismantling them.
Forging divine weapons is a very time-consuming task, and later this matter was simply abandoned.
But the moment I saw Zhao Ritian, I immediately wondered if I could just throw this kid here and use him as a rooster laying eggs. And then, hahaha, .... At
this point, Guo Ran laughed heartily, feeling extremely proud. He had never been so proud in his life—his grand vision had actually come true.
"But if he stops absorbing the Immortal Gold Ore in the future, won't there be no eggs left to collect?" Gu Yang asked.
Now that Guo Ran's intentions had been exposed, if Zhao Ritian refused to absorb the power of the immortal gold, wouldn't the plan fail?
Xia Chen shook his head and said, "No, Zhao Ritian is trapped inside the Forging Platform. He's no longer someone he can decide on his own."
I've studied various runes for disintegration, and some of them are gathering runes. Based on my estimation, this forging platform is very likely a strange entity that combines mining, alchemy, and forging into one.
However, the runes were too old to activate, and some items on the forging table seemed incomplete and couldn't run at full speed.
And just now, when Zhao Ritian was secretly absorbing the power of the ore, I observed those runes. Zhao Ritian inside the Forging Platform is controllable. Let me show you a demonstration: Guo Ran, put away the immortal gold. Saying
this, Guo Ran gathered up the mountain-like immortal gold around him, then took out a large pile of ore. These ores were the most primitive, yet unrefined ones.
"Buzz!"
Xia Chen tapped the forging table several times, then took out two palm-sized array disks and attached them. A large area of runes on the platform lit up, and then something strange happened.
The surrounding ores slowly glowed, like torrents surging into the forging platform—specifically, they surged into the iron barrel inside the platform.
Then the ore's color began to fade, crack, and eventually scatter like debris.
In just a few breaths, the mineral mountains stretching tens of thousands of miles around were completely sucked away, turning into rubble and rubble.
"Strange, Zhao Ritian absorbed all these immortal gold ores, so why is there no trace of his aura?" Gu Yang said somewhat curiously.
"Clang"
Guo Ran struck the forging table with a hammer, and Zhao Ritian's screams rang out, causing everyone to burst into laughter.
"You wretches, you won't die a miserable death. Just you wait, our Zhao family will not let you go. One by one, you will die without a grave... Zhao Ritian cursed bitterly, and everyone laughed even more happily.
Everyone was full of admiration for Guo Ran. It was like brine-colored tofu—one thing subdued another. Zhao Ritian was completely countered by Guo Ran's forging table.
"Boss, you guys go ahead and get to work. First, convert all the ore in my hands into cash.
Then I planned to take Zhao Ritian around. My goal wasn't big—to drain all the immortal gold in the Star Domain and Divine Realm. Leaving such a good weapon unused would be a letdown to my brothers who died. Guo Ran said.
"Alright, I trust you to handle things. But don't just play around on your own. There are plenty of people out there who hate him. Let others vent their anger too, and listen to the news." Long Chen nodded and said.
"Damn you @¥#%..."
Zhao Ritian overheard their entire conversation and immediately cursed loudly. The dignified Divine Clan's imperial seedlings were being used as tools for mining and venting anger. His heart was filled with frustration, almost driven mad.
"Clang, dang, dang..."
Zhao Ritian's curse was met with a barrage of hammers smashing wildly, causing golden light to fly everywhere and screams to follow.
Guo Ran and Xia Chen left and found a quiet spot nearby to refine gold. With Zhao Ritian around, the ore in their hands could quickly be converted into immortal gold, and it would be extremely pure immortal gold.
As a result, after the two left, many people followed, claiming to help, but in reality, they just wanted to hit the hammer a few more times and listen to Zhao Ritian's screams. Even Liu Zongying ran over.
Mo Nian saw Liu Zongying running over and, shamelessly, wanted to follow, but Long Chen grabbed her and said,
"Can you be a little more ambitious?" Why join them in the fun? "
I'm just idle, right? I don't even know what to do now. You've taken all the spotlight, you've been made a legend by the Luoling Clan, and I haven't gotten a single cent." Mo Nian shrugged, feeling a bit uncomfortable.
"Stop talking about useless things. How are your Mo Sect disciples casualties?" Long Chen asked.
"All of us Mo Sect disciples are archers. With everyone taking care of us, only a few were injured; no one died." Mo Nian said.
Mo Sect disciples excel at long-range attacks, so the Dragon Blood Legion and Tianwu Alliance disciples focus on protecting them, keeping them in the core area and providing remote support to those disciples in crisis.
"Brother Long"
Just then, Hu Feng walked over, looking apologetic, "I'm truly ashamed. My luck was terrible this time. The Destiny Dice actually summoned a lower-tier exotic beast and didn't help at all." "
What lower-level exotic beast?" Long Chen and Mo Nian were both stunned.
"This ... Forget it, I won't explain anymore. I can't help you this time, and I'm deeply ashamed. I definitely won't do it again next time.
Brother Long, I take my leave now. I'll go somewhere else and go for another opportunity. When I return to the Tianwu Continent, I'll definitely stand by your side." Hu Feng smiled and turned to leave.
"Acting all mysterious." Mo Nian was speechless.
"Huh, where's Yuntian?" Long Chen suddenly realized that Yun Tian had actually disappeared.
"That's strange. Why did he leave without even saying goodbye? He seems a bit mysterious." Mo Nian was also stunned and murmured.
"The Great Emperor has always been an unsolved mystery, and as the Emperor's son, he must know something.
I always feel that there are too many secrets hidden on the Tianwu Continent, but right now, no one dares to reveal them openly. Long Chen said in a deep voice.
Since stepping into the cultivation world, Long Chen increasingly felt that the Tianwu Continent held many secrets.
Among the people Long Chen interacted with, such as the High Priest of the Wine God Palace, Ma Ruyun, the sect master of Huayun Sect, and Tianyu Zhenren, the master of Guanghan Palace, all gave Long Chen an extremely mysterious feeling.
Long Chen was most familiar with the High Priest, but the High Priest kept many matters tightly sealed, never revealing a single word.
Even during the Underworld, Ming Cangyue once said that the Tianwu Continent was the core of the star region, having endured a terrifying war and collapsed, leaving only the core parts. In other words, the continent's fragments were incomplete.
But throughout the history of the Tianwu Continent, there have been so many great wars—why haven't there been any corresponding records?
Has history been lost in the river of time, or has someone deliberately destroyed it? Those who know history dare not speak out? What exactly are they forbidden?
People only know the names and achievements of the Five Dynasties emperors, but there are no official documents to verify the specifics.
As his cultivation improved, he encountered more and more things. Long Chen felt that the waters of the Tianwu Continent were incredibly deep.
Because of this, Long Chen began to become more cautious, but because of his caution, people thought he was timid and timid, and he ended up being bullied to the point of being bullied.
Long Chen was filled with anger. He didn't want to be the first bird; he wanted to secretly develop his power, strengthen himself, strengthen the Dragon Blood Legion, and keep his trump cards in the face of future crises.
But there was a group of people who didn't want him to get his way, relentlessly pushing him to the edge of a cliff, with no way to retreat and no choice but to fight back.
In this situation, Long Chen's entire strength was exposed to others, while he knew nothing about the power behind them. This was the most dangerous and infuriating thing for him.
He had all his trump cards laid out in front of others, and they could easily outwit him. It felt terrible, but it was just an idiot like Zhao Ritian who provoked him.
Long Chen took one step back, and they advanced two steps. The more they yielded, the more arrogant they became, making people want to crush them to death.
But right now, Long Chen needs time, but the enemy doesn't give him any time to grow. So now he needs to find a way to quickly increase his strength.
After chatting with Mo Nian for a bit, this shameless guy still went off to see his wife. But Long Chen knew that was just an excuse—he went to figure out how to deal with Zhao Ritian with Guo Ran.
Long Chen was so angry he wanted to curse. Mo Nian now possessed the power of the underworld god Hong Yaoyang's shed skin, but Mo Nian had not truly inherited Hong Yaoyang's power.
He was using Hong Yaoyang's divine power to nourish his own source power. Now, his source power was in a state of chaos, and what he was using was all Hong Yaoyang's strength.
Long Chen wanted to ask what his current situation was, and how long it would take before he could awaken his power, but this guy had nothing serious to do at all.
Just as Mo Nian left, Meng Qi, Chu Yao, Tang Wan'er, Ye Zhiqiu, Dong Mingyu, Zi Yan, and others walked over.