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Qin Yu's answer made Ouyang Lian's mind buzz, because that sentence completely overturned his three hundred years of understanding of weapon crafting.

"Who told you that Yi Wood overcomes Lightning Fire?"

"The mutual restraint of the five elements is common sense. Wood generates fire, fire restrains metal, and metal restrains wood. This is the ultimate principle of heaven and earth."

Ouyang Lian's voice carried an offensive anger. He was the deputy head of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, and in the three hundred years of weapon crafting, no one had ever dared to question the ironclad rule of the five elements' mutual restraint.

"Common sense is for ordinary people."

Qin Yu put on the divine armor, and the green patterns spread across his body, each pattern devouring the surrounding spiritual energy.

"This young master has never been an ordinary person."

The silver light spots of the Myriad Magnets Sealing Spirit Array were drained of energy the moment they came into contact with the divine armor. The magnetic force that was originally suppressing the magic weapon turned into nourishment for the divine armor. The array that Ouyang Lian had set up for three days and three nights collapsed in an instant.

"How did you do that?"

Ouyang Lian's voice trembled. His Myriad Magnet Sealing Spirit Array was made by combining the essence of one hundred pieces of Xuan Iron with the water of the Thunder Pool that had been there for three thousand years. It could suppress any metal magic weapon. This was a unique skill that the Heavenly Craft Pavilion had passed down for tens of thousands of years.

"It's very simple."

Qin Yu grabbed the Nine Dragon Sword. The true dragon energy on the sword surged the moment it came into contact with the upgraded divine armor, and nine golden dragon shadows flew out from the sword and hovered around him.

"Your formation counters metal, so my divine armor is no longer pure metal."

Ouyang Lian's eyes swept downwards, and he finally saw the true nature of the green patterns on the divine armor. They were not ordinary runes, but living vines, life veins formed from the essence of Yi wood.

Metal and wood are integrated into one.

In his three-hundred-year career of weapon crafting, he had never seen anything like this before, because such a thing should not exist at all. The mutual restraint of the five elements is a fundamental principle of heaven and earth, and the mutual destruction of metal and wood is an ironclad rule. No weapon crafter can break this rule.

But Qin Yu broke the mold.

"You used the heaven-defying tribulation lightning as a catalyst."

Ouyang Lian finally understood the key point: the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning was the power of the Heavenly Dao, which was superior to the Five Elements. Theoretically, it was indeed possible to use the power of the Heavenly Dao to fuse materials that were mutually destructive among the Five Elements.

"But how could you possibly control the Heaven-Defying Tribulation Lightning? That is the power of destruction, and even powerful beings in the Nascent Soul stage dare not directly come into contact with it."

"The reason why powerful beings at the Nascent Soul stage dare not make contact is because they dare not undergo the tribulation against the heavens."

Qin Yu took a step forward, and the bones beneath his feet turned to dust under the pressure of the divine armor's aura.

"I dare to cross over, therefore I can use it."

Ouyang Lian took a half step back. He noticed that Qin Yu's aura was completely different from before. Originally, it was the fluctuation of the early stage of Nascent Soul, but now it was faintly showing the posture of the middle stage of Nascent Soul.

The upgrade of the divine armor not only improved its defense, but also boosted Qin Yu's cultivation.

"Eighteen puppets, unite in formation."

Ouyang Lian dared not wait any longer. He waved his feather fan forward, and the eighteen golden-armored puppets moved at the same time. Their bodies began to transform and merge, and the three-zhang-tall individual puppets merged into a giant puppet eighteen zhang-tall.

"The Heavenly Craftsmanship Eighteen Combination Formation, this is my trump card."

The giant puppet's aura surged to the late Nascent Soul stage, and its arms transformed into two enormous warhammers, each engraved with runes that amplified spiritual power.

Qin Yu looked up at the puppet, then looked down at the Nine Dragons Sword in his hand. The sword was only three feet long, which was like a toothpick compared to the eighteen-foot-tall puppet.

"Your puppet is quite large."

"Of course it's powerful. The Heavenly Craft Eighteen Fusion Array combines the full power of eighteen early-stage Nascent Soul puppets. Even cultivators at the late-stage Nascent Soul level would have to avoid its edge."

Ouyang Lian's voice regained some confidence. His combined puppet was the culmination of three hundred years of effort by the Heavenly Craft Pavilion. The materials alone cost five million spirit crystals to refine it, and it was definitely not something that a newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivator could contend with.

"What's the use of being big?"

Qin Yu picked up the Falling Moon Divine Bow from the ground. The moonlight patterns on the bow lit up again when they came into contact with his True Dragon Aura, and the spirit's mood changed from agitation to excitement. "The bigger the target, the easier it is to aim."

The bowstring was drawn back, and a dark purple arrow formed from the heaven-defying lightning took shape. This arrow was more solid than the one that shot at the Elf King's projection, because the spiritual power fed back from the upgraded divine armor was continuously pouring into the bow.

Ouyang Lian's expression changed. He had just witnessed Qin Yu shoot down the Elf King's projection with an arrow. That was a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with 30% of his combat power. Although his fusion puppet was strong, it was only at the late Nascent Soul stage.

"Puppet, full defense!"

The giant golem crossed its arms in front of its chest, and the runes on its two warhammers lit up simultaneously, forming a golden energy shield.

An arrow was shot.

Dark purple lightning pierced through every inch of air in the desolate wasteland of bones, turning all the bones to ashes instantly wherever the arrows passed, and even the ashes were completely devoured by the lightning arcs.

The arrow struck the energy shield.

The shield held for half a breath.

Then it broke.

The arrow continued forward, piercing the giant golem's chest and exploding inside its body. The fusion of eighteen golems split in two, and each half further broke into smaller fragments, which fell to the ground as irreparable scrap metal.

Ouyang Lian's three hundred years of hard work vanished in an instant with a single arrow.

"Do you know how much these puppets are worth?"

Ouyang Lian's voice trembled, not from fear but from heartache. The cost of materials and crafting for the eighteen golden-armored puppets exceeded eight million spirit crystals, enough for him to rebuild a small sect.

"I don't know. This young master has no interest in the price of scrap metal."

Qin Yu put the Falling Moon Divine Bow into his storage ring. He no longer needed the bow, because Ouyang Lian had no more trump cards left.

"You say you're a master weapon refiner."

Qin Yu took a step forward, his feet resting on the remains of a puppet.

"I just upgraded a piece of divine armor in the blink of an eye."

Another step has been taken.

"I destroyed your three hundred years of hard work in the time it takes to shoot an arrow."

Take one more step.

"What do you think your weapon-refining skills are compared to mine?"

Ouyang Lian's legs went weak. He wanted to run, but found that his legs wouldn't obey him. Qin Yu's aura was so overwhelming that he could hardly breathe.

"You are not an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

"Of course, I am not an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

Qin Yu raised his hand, the tip of the Nine Dragons Sword pointing at Ouyang Lian's throat.

"I am the kind of person you can never kill in this lifetime."

Ouyang Lian's storage ring exploded at that moment, and he unleashed all his trump cards. Thirty-six magical treasures flew towards Qin Yu's body at the same time, each of which was a killing weapon he had carefully crafted.

However, all these magical artifacts lost control the moment they came into contact with Qin Yu's divine armor.

Green patterns extended from the divine armor, entangling the magical artifacts and gradually draining their spiritual energy, just as naturally as vines absorbing nutrients.

"Your divine armor can devour magical treasures."

Ouyang Lian's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets; in his five hundred years of life, he had never seen such divine armor. (End of Chapter)