Mountains and giant beasts, cabins in the woods

Liu Xingmo took a closer look and realized that the drawing did resemble a piece of clothing.

A wide, black cloth with sharp angles, featuring a high stand-up collar secured around the neck with a red bow tie.

In short, it's a large cloak worn by vampires.

Liu Xingmo couldn't help but laugh: "Mary, you really do want to be a vampire!"

Sumari looked up: "You mean this Dark Night Cloak? It was prepared for Miss Setia, and I plan to incorporate the fur of the Nian beast into it as well."

"That's a great idea! Hopefully, the Nian beast will find us by following its scent. Hehe..." Liu Xingmo chuckled sinisterly.

"Don't talk nonsense. This garment is for Miss Setia's protection. I searched through all the blueprints for vampire artifacts and finally found this one—a dark cloak made from werewolf fur. It's said to be rare and practical, and quite famous among the dark nobles. It has an extremely strong concealment effect and poses no danger."

"Wow! So, wouldn't it be a waste to give it to Setia? That girl just stays in Black Dragon Stronghold, eating, drinking, and having fun all day long, and she won't encounter any danger."

"But Xingmo, didn't you want to learn blood magic?"

"Well..."

"Acquiring the legacy of another power is extremely troublesome! You understand? It might even require a professional spy organization to plan for over a hundred years."

Sumari folded the drawings on the table and carefully put them away. She then said:

"To acquire a series of blood magic spells with just a Dark Cloak, Miss Setia would have to defy the family's prohibition and secretly impart her knowledge to us, out of consideration for our relationship."

"I understand, thank you, Mary."

Sumali unfolded another diagram, which depicted a sharp five-fingered claw, the very same vampire weapon—the Blood Slayer.

Liu Xingmo leaned closer: "Finally finished the design? When will construction begin?"

"Don't rush. The big cat paw you bought can't be used directly; it still needs to be ground into powder and fused together with steel." Sumali took out a dark gold file. "So we'll have to trouble our good neighbor to help with some of the hard work."

"understood."

High-grade materials, refined day and night by spiritual energy, have long since transformed into something completely different from ordinary things.

Claws are one of the strongest parts of a wild animal's body, and they are indeed difficult to deal with without considerable strength.

Even though Liu San Niang had only just entered the third stage, her slender arms and legs possessed immense strength, comparable to that of a hundred men. She was perfectly suited for doing strenuous physical labor.

Liu Xingmo took the file, added a huge claw as long as an arm, and knocked on the neighbor's door.

By this time, Liu San Niang had already closed her shop and gone home. She was inside, doing her accounts with an abacus.

She opened the door and stared at the young man next door: "What's the matter in the middle of the night?"

Liu Xingmo smiled ingratiatingly: "Third Sister, didn't you ask us to make a magic weapon longsword before? This material is too sturdy, so you'll have to handle it yourself."

"I understand, put it down," Liu San Niang said coldly.

Overjoyed that it was so easy, Liu Xingmo put down his things and quickly turned to go home.

The restaurant owner's voice drifted from behind: "Why are you avoiding me? Do you think I'm a man-eating weasel? You haven't even said hello when you pass by my shop these past few days."

Liu Xingmo froze, unsure how to respond.

"Sigh—!" Liu Sanniang sighed deeply, "You should go now, but remember to make sure my precious sword is well made later."

"Absolutely."

Liu Xingmo returned to his home, closed the door, and let out a long sigh.

What does this woman mean? It's still hard to understand.

Never mind, work is more important.

Liu Xingmo came to the desk to help check the diagram and verify the correctness of the algorithm array.

After working until midnight, I'd grab a late-night snack to tide me over, then hug my wife and go to bed.

The days that followed were very busy.

Early in the morning, Liu Xingmo would ride his old turtle, pulling a truck, to transport piles of building materials to the construction site.

After returning, he and his wife went to the hot steelmaking blast furnace to forge magical artifacts.

Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye, and everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

On this day, in the mine workshop, in front of the roaring furnace.

Liu Xingmo, wearing a fireproof leather jacket, used pliers to take out a curved knife.

Calling it a curved blade isn't entirely accurate, because its blade is angled inwards. One end is pointed, and the other is blunt; the blunt end has a hole drilled in it, along with an unidentified locking groove.

Liu Xingmo placed the scimitar in oil to quench it, and with a pungent wisp of smoke, the scimitar revealed its hidden sharpness.

"Great! Mary, the last piece is finally done! Quickly put it together, I can't wait to use it."

"Is this magical artifact really that attractive...?"

Sumari muttered to herself as she assembled the other parts and four more identical blades into a spherical hook.

"That's fine. Xingmo, give me your chains."

Liu Xingmo pulled out a ten-meter-long spine chain from the storage bag in his arms.

Sumari attached the grappling hook handle to the chain head, confirmed that there were no problems with the mechanical structure, and then stuffed the entire set of equipment into the witch's cauldron.

She gently stroked the copper wire patterns with both hands, and a strange flame ignited in the pot. Intricate patterns also appeared on the hooks and chains.

She operated the array for a long time, and after confirming that it was working properly, she finished the refining process and wiped the sweat from her brow.

"That's it, the Blood Droplet is complete."

Liu Xingmo eagerly reached his hand into the witch's cauldron, but was forced back by the heat.

He waited for most of the day, and after three blisters appeared on his fingers from the burn, he confirmed that the temperature had completely cooled down.

He gripped the chain and spun it around, creating a bright, gleaming fan, before suddenly tossing it away.

The ball-shaped claws, with their five fingers spread wide, resembled a gaping maw full of fangs, biting fiercely into the stone wall.

"Crackling sound—!"

After a tooth-grinding sound, the stone shattered into several pieces, which leaked through the gaps in the hooks.

"This thing is amazing!" Liu Xingmo's eyes gleamed with delight as he repeatedly extended the grappling hook, turning the perfectly good stone wall into a honeycomb briquette. "From today onwards, I'm a gold miner!"

Sumari asked in confusion, "I can sense terror and cruelty in the name 'Flying Guillotine.' But what does 'Gold Miner' mean? Is that also a terrible title?"

"Mary, look! With this claw, I can scoop up gold and gems from the bottom of the cliff!" Liu Xingmo twirled the chain fan in his hand, his face beaming with pride. "Isn't this just like a gold miner?"

"I think you're trying to fish!" Sumali couldn't help but laugh. "The Blood Slaughterer and the Spine Chain are clearly two powerful magical artifacts, but in your hands, they're more like a fishhook and a fishing line."

"This is called a guillotine! It's used to rip people's heads off!" Liu Xingmo retorted.

"Hehe, I feel like you'll bring back a lot of fish heads. Our family can't possibly eat them all, my dear husband."