Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 152 Forging Hammer Blood Contract

"Thousand-stage second-grade!"

Loutai's voice trembled slightly. He quickly stepped forward, his rough fingertips gently stroking the metal surface. In his haste, he forgot to use his soul power to protect himself, and the scorching heat left shallow marks on his skin.

The pupils of this eighth-level saint craftsman reflected the moving cloud patterns. He carefully stroked them, feeling the unique patterns of the thousand-forged metal.

"No cracks, near-perfect, ductility increased fourfold..."

He turned abruptly, the hem of his forging uniform sweeping across a row of testing instruments on the workbench. "If I hadn't used brute force at the beginning, I would definitely have gained spiritual power and become a top-tier forged steel!"

Loutai slapped Gula's shoulder with his calloused palm. "Boy, are you sure this is your first time forging?"

Gula thought about it and felt that watching Tang San forge a few times should not count as learning, so he nodded: "No, but my martial spirit has a special sensitivity to metal, plus my innate supernatural power, so it can be said that I stumbled upon it by accident."

The old Saint Craftsman's bony fingers slid across the surface of the star silver. Cyan soul energy coiled around it, condensing into tiny silver specks of light between his knuckles. "Forging is the art of awakening metal. Without this induction, no matter how strong you are, you are nothing more than a brute-force blacksmith, not a true blacksmith."

"Your sensitivity to metals shows that you are a natural born blacksmith!"

All Gula could say was smile.

"And I don't understand the last part. You used three forging hammers together. Is that your soul skill? If it can grow with you, maybe it can create a new forging technique."

Loutai didn't expect Gula to answer.

He looked emotional. It was rare to find a talented blacksmith. He wanted to ask for a disciple, but when he looked at Tianfeng Douluo next to him, he shut his mouth wisely and sighed.

"Congratulations to Tian Feng Douluo for finding a good disciple. If you are willing to learn forging systematically, my workshop is always open."

Zhenhua, the only master craftsman on the continent, often shares his experience without reservation, which creates an excellent atmosphere among the blacksmiths, with little sectarianism and a thriving scene. The master craftsmen are influenced by this and are willing to guide the younger generations.

"Then I'll trouble you, Master Lou."

Gula saluted respectfully. If he wanted to approach the divine craftsman and learn the techniques of the Heavenly Forging, he would first need to accumulate sufficient reputation within the Blacksmith Association.

Before that, laying a solid foundation under a saint craftsman is also a rare opportunity, and the other party's active teaching is more effective than Leng Yaozhu's orders.

"The most important thing for a blacksmith is the hammer in his hand. Since you can complete the Thousand Forgings, you can familiarize yourself with it here today and forge your own hammer."

Lou Tai waved his hand, patted his chest and made a promise, "You can use any metal I have here. The most important thing is to forge a satisfactory forging hammer. What metal do you want to use?"

Gula pondered for a moment, "My martial spirit has both earth and fire attributes. I'll consider fusing them later. For now, let's forge two hammers."

"The earth-attributed Heavy Mountain Tungsten Hammer, and the fire-attributed Blazing Gold Hammer."

The corner of Loutai's eye twitched. He was indeed a disciple of Tianfeng Douluo Dao. He had a far-sighted vision and the metals he selected were very valuable. They were all materials for making high-level soul guides.

However, as a great Saint Craftsman, he could not break his promise and nod in agreement.

"Heavy Mountain Tungsten Steel easily triggers the 'Heavy Mountain' special effect, which increases weight, while Blazing Gold triggers the 'Hot Melt' special effect, which increases forging efficiency. Using both together, it seems you prefer efficiency."

"However, pursuing efficiency can easily lead to failure. For example, even a Saint Craftsman cannot guarantee 100% success in soul forging. It requires extremely high forging attainments to ensure that no metal is wasted. Since you have this ambition, start forging."

"it is good."

Gula rolled up his sleeves, picked out a piece of heavy tungsten steel and blazing gold and threw it into the furnace. While waiting, he forged other heated metals to practice.

Leng Yaozhu's eyebrows moved slightly, looking at Gula and Loutai who were trying their best selflessly, and led Gu Yue out of the forging room.

Three hours later.

The forging room was swirling with crimson heat, the air scorching into distorted ripples. Lou Tai's fingertips brushed against the shelves stacked with rare metals, leaving fine red marks on the steel from the free fire elements in the air. Gula stood before the forging table, his soul power surging as a red carapace appeared on his body, and his palms were imbued with golden-red soul power.

"Each cubic inch of heavy mountain tungsten steel weighs over a hundred kilograms, making it difficult for ordinary soul masters to wield it."

Loutai flicked the tungsten ingot with his fingers, instructing Gula. The sound of metal clashing made the finished metal against the wall hum. He glimpsed the lava-colored soul power flowing through the boy's palm lines and changed the subject, "However, with the characteristics of your martial soul and your innate divine power, forging it won't be difficult."

"The difficulty lies in triggering the forging hammer's special effects. This depends on luck, so don't force it the first time."

Gula did not answer, his energy and spirit adjusted to the peak state, and the blazing gold in the forge had been burned to a glassy state.

He clenched his left hand, and with his mind control, the blazing gold fell on the forging table, and the forging hammer fell heavily with the sound of lava explosion.

Chaos cloak hammer method.

It is not uncommon for people to see this in the tower. It is the secret of Haotian Sect that has not been passed down. Many blacksmiths have learned it over tens of thousands of years. However, not everyone is suitable for this hammering method that can create miracles with great force. Insufficient strength will make one unable to control the forging hammer, which will lead to a decline in skills.

"Qiang!"

Gula gradually increased his strength. When the tungsten steel ingot was struck for the 81st time, impurities were cleared out and a shell-like pattern appeared on its surface.

Lou Tai smiled when he saw this. This piece of tungsten steel was enough to make the core of a seventh-level soul guide cannon, but as long as it was not wasted, it could be forged into a forging hammer to serve the same purpose.

Gula was occasionally a very frugal person.

When it came to his own forging hammer, he turned on the "Future Vision". The two perspectives before him could drive an ordinary soul king crazy, but he adjusted the frequency and technique of forging like a fish in water.

Lou Tai's eyes gradually became uneasy, and he was puzzled: "It seems...there has been no mistake?"

Before he finished speaking, two more forging hammers floated in the air, hammering down continuously under the control of telekinesis.

The tungsten steel hammer body was wrapped in ochre-colored soul power, while the flaming gold hammer head was leaping with a fire that seemed to never go out.

The power of the earth continuously flows into Gula's body, transforming into soul power to permeate the two forging hammers. The ultimate properties have a very significant effect on the transformation of metal.

Under the influence of the same soul power, the two forging hammers made of different materials seemed to resonate, buzzing on the forging table, echoing and repelling each other.

"Twin soul resonance?"

Loutai's pupils suddenly contracted. This was a rare phenomenon in the legend. It could only occur when two pieces of metal were forged at the same time. The spirits of the two objects would be connected and when activated together, a sublimation phenomenon similar to the martial soul fusion technique would often occur.

"But isn't this just a rumor? It can actually come true!" Lou Tai felt that he was shocked more today than in the past few decades.

Gula was also puzzled by the reason, and roughly guessed that it was related to Groudon's martial spirit, but as long as the result he saw was correct, he would not stop swinging the forging hammer.

After more than a hundred hammer strikes, the entire forging room suddenly fell into absolute silence.

Two forging hammers were suspended in mid-air, with shadows of lava veins and mountains emerging from their bodies respectively. The energy fields that attracted and repelled each other twisted the flames into a vortex.

The two hammers emitted dazzling yellow and red light, and Gula felt an inexplicable affinity between them.

The first level of the thousand-forged one has spirit!
Loutai's eyes widened, and he said urgently, "Quick, drain the blood onto the blood contract!"

The birth of spirituality in metal is the foundation of soul forging. Metal at this stage can be taken into the body and integrated with the soul master.

The two forging hammers are still at the thousand-forging level, but their extraordinary spirituality has already taken them into the threshold of spiritual forging.

This huge gap can be broken by a blood pact!

(End of this chapter)