I am getting stronger and stronger in the world of demons and monsters

"They should not be underestimated!"

Seeing Zhao Jiulin's fierce fighting spirit,

Grandma Jin, with her white hair, shook her head slightly.

"If it were just Yi Feng, a super strong expert at the early stage of the fourth tier, even if he possessed that rather strange Origin Artifact, the Styx Seal, we could take turns attacking, each using our own methods, and we wouldn't be afraid of him. After all, every super strong expert at the fourth tier has different equipment and preparations depending on the environment, so their actual combat abilities are all different. Yi Feng may be able to defeat Brother Wu Xiang, who was caught off guard, but he might not be able to defeat me, who has already set up countless explosives here, nor might he be able to defeat Brother Jiu Lin, who is almost finished evolving!"

The problem is that there were eight fourth-tier super strongmen with Yi Feng this time!
While those pseudo-Tier 4 super-strong individuals weren't as powerful as true Tier 4 super-strong individuals, a group of three to five of them attacking together would still give a Tier 4 super-strong individual some trouble! Eight such pseudo-Tier 4 super-strong individuals, including several mid-Tier 4 super-strong individuals, were practically equivalent to two fully evolved early-Tier 4 super-strong individuals!

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jiulin, the strongest man in the Yun Song Kingdom, said in a muffled voice:

"Don't underestimate them. They've already crossed the Tang border and are heading towards Shelter Thirty-Six. At the speed of a fourth-tier super strongman, they can reach Shelter Thirty-Six in one or two hours at most. A great battle is inevitable!"

"That's exactly what I'm trying to say!" Granny Jin frowned. "Yi Feng is coming with the momentum of defeating Brother Wu Xiang, plus eight fourth-tier super experts. He's too powerful to fight! In my opinion, we should immediately notify the Grand Master and ask him to find a way to send one or two more fourth-tier super experts over!"
Our task is to ensure that Brother Lin Xuankong's research process is not disturbed and to ensure his safety. This is the most important thing!
If we let Yi Feng lead his men to Shelter No. 36, and if his strange source artifact, the Styx Seal, can pull a target into a special space at will, what if he doesn't pull you or me to fight him, but instead pulls Brother Lin directly into the target? Wouldn't that be troublesome!
Therefore, this battle is different from the previous ones, and Yi Feng is different from the previous pseudo-fourth-tier super strongmen. This time, the most important thing is to gather enough manpower to stop Yi Feng before he arrives at Shelter Thirty-Six!

Speaking of which,

Before Zhao Jiulin could reply, the elderly Granny Jin picked up the communicator and contacted Wang Ze, the president of the Fire Seed Organization.

After a while,

Looking at the message on the communicator, Granny Jin breathed a slight sigh of relief and said, "The Grand Master has informed Wang Zuo, the head of the Zhennan Wang family, to have his younger brother Wang Zuo, who is in the mid-stage of the fourth rank, and his younger brother Wang Chong, who is in the early stage of the fourth rank, temporarily leave the Zhennan Wang family headquarters to join you and me in fighting against Yi Feng and the other nine!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jiulin, the strongest expert in the Yun Song Kingdom, relaxed slightly.
"With that guy Lao Zuo coming over, there shouldn't be any problems. When I fought him before, he always had a slight advantage. Plus, he advanced to the fourth-order life level earlier than me and is now in the middle stage of the fourth-order life level, the same as your life level, Granny Jin. Dealing with Yi Feng, even if he's wielding a source artifact, shouldn't be a problem!"
As for the remaining eight pseudo-fourth-tier super strongmen, with Wang Chong and me, there will absolutely be no mistakes!

"These thirty-six shelters and Brother Lin Xuankong will definitely be safe and sound. Moreover, this time, we must have a big fight to avenge Brother Wu Xiang!"

The two had just gotten to this point in their conversation,

An explosion suddenly rang out from the underground weapon-refining chamber.

The two exchanged a glance, both frowning involuntarily. Granny Jin from Yunyue Kingdom lowered her voice and said, "Judging from this commotion, it must be Brother Lin Xuankong. Has his refining failed again this time? Tsk tsk, replicating the Universe Jade is indeed difficult!"

Zhao Jiulin, the strongest in Yun Song Kingdom, pointed towards the underground weapon-refining room and said loudly, "Brother Lin, just focus on refining the source weapon. A few failures are nothing. Since you were able to refine such a miraculous invisible source weapon armor, the Universal Treasure Jade must be a piece of cake for you. It's just a matter of time!"

Zhao Jiulin shouted, but the underground weapon-refining room fell silent, and there was no response from Lin Xuankong.

Seeing this, Granny Jin shook her head slightly and transmitted her voice to Zhao Jiulin, "Having failed to refine the weapon again, Brother Lin Xuankong must be in a bad mood right now. I can't be bothered with your loudmouth! Never mind, let's leave here first and prepare to fight Yi Feng's side. You Rui and your female disciple Sun Lin and the others will guard this place!"

The next moment, the two figures moved and transformed into two streams of light, exiting the underground weapon-refining room through the passage.

Inside the underground weapon-refining room at this moment,
Lin Xuankong was frowning as he stared at the white jade bracelet in his hand, his eyes flickering, clearly deep in thought.
The shout from Zhao Jiulin, the strongest man in Yun Song Kingdom, was clearly because he was too focused and didn't even hear it, so he didn't reply.

After a while,

Lin Xuankong sighed, pulling himself out of his thoughts, and whispered:

"It seems that this refining attempt has failed again!"

Replicating this kind of offensive, more complex special source weapon is indeed much more difficult than refining source weapon armor, which already has a mature refining method!
It's extremely difficult to change the materials used in crafting or add new functions at will!
The current fourth failed attempt only has four-fifths of the true Universal Jade's amplification of attack power and range, and has absolutely no other effects, such as invisibility!
However, despite the failure, it was still better than the previous three failures. The three failed attempts to refine the amplification bracelets only had half the attack and range amplification effects of the true Universal Jade!
It seems that unless I obtain the core source material of this Universal Treasure Jade, no matter how I refine it, I will never be able to achieve the five-fold increase in attack and range. At most, I can only get infinitely close, perhaps reaching nine-tenths of the effect, which would be the limit!

After muttering to himself for a while, Lin Xuankong shook his head, placed the white jade bracelet in his hand on the nearby shelf, and then pondered carefully. More than ten minutes later, his eyes flickered, as if he had thought of something, and he murmured, "One can learn from others' experiences. However, focusing all one's efforts on this Universal Treasure Jade may not be the best research path. If one could obtain another type of Mid-Level Star Source Artifact, perhaps one could truly understand the core structure of this type of Source Artifact, thereby truly refining a powerful Source Artifact with the same effects as these existing ones, and even have the opportunity to create fusion-type Source Artifacts, such as those possessing both attack and defense effects, invisibility effects, teleportation effects, and other special effects!"

It seems that simply working in isolation is not enough; we need to think of other methods!
However, before that, we could consider creating a number of attack-type source weapons that possess at least four-fifths of the effects of the Universal Treasure!

If Granny Jin and Zhao Jiulin, the strongest expert in Yun Song Kingdom, were to hear what Lin Xuankong was saying at this moment, one wonders what their expressions would be.

In the minds of those two fourth-tier super powerhouses, Lin Xuankong was probably completely clueless at the moment, and it might be two or three years before he could refine an offensive source weapon. As a result, what they knew before, the three failures Lin Xuankong mentioned, were just that the effects were not up to standard, not that they were impossible to replicate.
In particular, in the eyes of those two fourth-tier super powerhouses, if Lin Xuankong could replicate some of the effects of the Universal Jade, it would already be extremely powerful. Lin Xuankong's goal, however, was to fuse the effects of various powerful source artifacts and create a source artifact that was even more powerful and magical than the Universal Jade and the Purple Qi Armor!

In Lin Xuankong's view, failing to achieve this goal would constitute a failure for him at this stage.
Failure is seen in so many different ways by different people!

After muttering to himself for a while
Lin Xuankong carried the four refined source artifacts with him as he left the underground weapon-refining room.

Han Liu, Han Bao, Sun Lin, and the others who were guarding near the entrance of the underground weapon-refining room all came over to greet Lin Xuankong when he came out.

Han Liu glanced at the rather disappointed expression on Lin Xuankong's face, his eyes flickered, and he spoke:

"Master Lin, it's not a big deal to fail in refining a source artifact similar to the Universe Jade! After all, it's a replication attempt without any data, without any predecessors' techniques or tricks, and with almost no experience. It's normal to fail a few times!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuankong immediately shook his head slightly, sighed, and said:

"It sounds easy, but every failure represents a waste of a lot of extremely precious resources!"
The materials required for this Universal Jade are far more precious and difficult to collect and refine than those needed for the Origin Armor, requiring a massive amount of manpower and resources! This means that every failed attempt to refine it will put even greater pressure on the countless gene warriors in various countries of the Fireseed Organization responsible for collecting resources!

"President Wang Ze has placed immense trust in me, directly mobilizing all the nations within the Fireseed Organization. Countless gene warriors from various countries under the Fireseed Organization's command also trust me implicitly, selflessly helping me collect extremely precious resources. If I could successfully refine it, that would be fine, but these repeated failures have truly let down the trust of countless comrades in the Fireseed Organization, and also the trust that President Wang Ze has placed in me!"

Upon hearing this, the group fell silent.

After a moment of silence, Han Bao looked at Lin Xuankong with a serious expression and spoke decisively:

"Master Lin, you don't need to put so much pressure on yourself! In my opinion, Master Lin's talent for crafting weapons is astonishing. You can easily craft so many exquisite and magical invisible source weapon armors. This so-called Universal Treasure Jade will definitely not be able to stop you from replicating it. The only difference between it and the invisible source weapon armor is that it will take more time and more manpower and resources!"

However, once this powerful attack source weapon of the Universal Treasure type is successfully refined, the benefits it will bring to the entire Fire Seed organization will far exceed the manpower and material resources consumed by many times!
"Teacher Lin, it's best not to be anxious. A calm mindset will allow you to better showcase your talent and abilities!"

Upon hearing Han Bao's words, Lin Xuankong, who had been frowning, relaxed his brows and revealed a slight smile.
"I never expected that Little Leopard, who is usually so quiet, would know how to comfort me, his teacher! It seems that it would be really wrong of me to be so dejected!"

Alright, alright, you don't need to worry about me. Now that I've decided to carefully study and replicate the Universe Jade, I will find a way to solve any obstacles or problems I encounter, and I will definitely give all my brothers and sisters who trust me a satisfactory result as soon as possible!

Seeing Lin Xuankong's words, Sun Lin, a plant-type gene powerhouse standing nearby, couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion, thinking to herself:

A man of Mr. Lin's caliber, skilled in both literature and martial arts, capable of both astonishing combat abilities and crafting numerous incredibly powerful source artifact armors, is truly admirable! Currently, it seems that Lin Xuankong has stolen the limelight from all the gene-level powerhouses within the entire Fireseed Organization, but this is to be expected! Given time—perhaps a year or two—once Mr. Lin truly crafts powerful offensive source artifact equipment, he will likely give everyone a huge surprise!

It's a pity that I, Sun Lin, had such high aspirations back then, but compared to Mr. Lin, Sun Lin, your achievements and contributions to the entire Fireseed Organization and the entire Yinghuoxing human race are probably not even worth a little bit of Mr. Lin's finger!
It is only because a genius like Mr. Lin emerged from the Fire Seed Organization and the Yinghuoxing human race that such a peerless genius would have stood on the side of the Yunqin Alliance. Otherwise, the entire situation on Yinghuoxing would have changed instantly!

One person can influence the situation of an entire planet; to such an extent, it is something I cannot compare to!
Lin Xuankong, unaware of what the others were thinking, nodded to them, then took out the Origin Artifact Jade he had previously stored away, shook his head, and sighed:
"Four attempts to replicate the Universe Jade have all ended in failure!"
However, these failed-to-refine attack source artifacts are still quite good. Among the four attack-type source artifact treasures, the weaker ones have about half the effect of the Universal Treasure on gene powerhouses, while the stronger ones have about four-fifths the effect of the Universal Treasure!
These failed-forging attack source weapons are of little use to me now, so I'll give them to you few!

"What?" At this moment, Han Liu almost doubted that he had misheard his teacher Lin Xuankong's words.

"What?" Even Han Bao, who was usually quite composed, showed a look of surprise.

"Master Lin, do you mean that these four precious jades you've taken out actually possess a large portion of the effects of the Universal Jade? This...this..." Sun Lin, a plant-type gene powerhouse, looked completely surprised, her words tumbling out in disarray with excitement. (End of Chapter)