Elven cultivators

In the puppet workshop, Anton withdrew the last bit of magic power from his fingertips.

The legendary golem before them slowly closed its chest, and the blazing white light at its core completely subsided, like a candle flame that had been extinguished.

The entire golem stood silently on the platform in the center of the workshop, like a lifeless sculpture, its dark gray metal surface reflecting the cold white light of the light source stone on the ceiling.

Anton let out a long breath, a satisfied smile appearing in his eyes.

After dozens of days of research, he gained a fairly in-depth understanding of the structure of this ancient golem.

From the external alloy material to the internal core structure, from the joint driving method to the energy conduction path of the rune circuit, he repeatedly examined and carefully studied each aspect until he completely understood the underlying principles.

Although this process was extremely mentally taxing, it gave him a deeper understanding and appreciation of the alchemical puppetry field.

Overall, although many of the design concepts and structures of this golem are completely different from the existing mainstream alchemical golem system on the Dawn Continent, putting aside those details, what truly determines its legendary-level combat power boils down to only two things.

Materials, and the energy core.

Let's start with the materials.

The alloy that makes up this golem is of astonishingly high quality.

Its hardness, toughness, energy conductivity, and stability far surpass any metal that any existing force can mass-produce.

This includes the Spiritfire-forged metals that the Silvermoon Clan currently sells well across the world.

Even when Anton personally refined the alloy repeatedly with spiritual fire, its quality was still noticeably inferior to that of this ancient alloy.

In addition, this alloy also possesses a special shape memory property.

After being damaged, it can restore its original shape and structure on its own, just like a living thing, as long as it is supplied with enough energy.

This is also why it was able to repair itself in a very short time after being cracked and shattered by the Xuanhuang Dragon-Capturing Hand.

"I never imagined that ancient civilizations had such advanced metal smelting capabilities."

Anton couldn't help but sigh.

In the historical records of the Dawn Continent, the ancient era has always been vague and mysterious.

The various races can only glimpse a trace of the glory of ancient civilizations through the occasional unearthed relics and artifacts.

The appearance of this golem undoubtedly proves once again the power of the ancient times.

Despite his amazement, Anton didn't pay too much attention to it.

He is currently only at the Golden Core stage, and the quality of his spiritual fire is limited by his cultivation level, so the metal he can refine naturally has its upper limit.

Once you break through to the Nascent Soul stage, the spiritual fire will transform into infant fire, and its grade will rise accordingly. At that time, the quality of the metal refined from it will inevitably experience a qualitative leap.

By then, it is not impossible to surpass the metal smelting level of ancient civilizations.

Let's talk about the energy core.

If the material determines the upper limit of the golem's body, then the energy core is the golem's soul, determining how much power it can exert and how long it can last on the battlefield.

An empty shell without a soul, no matter how good the material, is nothing more than a pile of motionless metal.

The energy core of this golem is fundamentally different from the mainstream magic cores currently used on the Dawn Continent.

It is not made from magic stones or magic crystals, but rather uses some ancient technology that Anton has not yet been able to fully decipher.

However, it is certain that the energy density of this energy core far exceeds that of the magic core, almost dozens of times that of the latter.

Its energy output stability and continuity are also far superior, enabling it to maintain a long-term energy supply during high-intensity combat without fluctuations or depletion due to drastic consumption.

More importantly, it has extremely high energy transfer efficiency.

The energy released from the core can be instantly transmitted to every joint and every runic circuit of the golem with extremely low loss, with almost no delay.

It is precisely because of this powerful energy core that the golem is able to drive its enormous body and unleash legendary-level combat power.

Materials and core components complement each other and are indispensable.

Without sufficiently high-quality materials, the golem's body simply could not withstand the terrifying energy released from its core.

Without a sufficiently powerful core, even the best materials are just an empty shell.

The Dawn Continent is currently lacking both of these, which is why there has never been a legendary-level alchemical golem.

In fact, Anton is now facing the same problem.

The refining of the Golden Core stage Dao soldier has been slow to progress, ultimately due to the lack of materials and core components.

Anton's original plan was to wait until the magic crystal technology developed further and breakthroughs were made in materials science and energy core technology before starting to refine the Golden Core stage Dao soldiers.

However, based on his understanding of the development history of magic crystal technology, this process would take at least several hundred years.

But now, the appearance of this ancient golem has provided him with a completely new path.

This legendary golem was powerful, but he couldn't control it.

After all, he didn't know the "key" to this legendary golem—the general term for the authentication method of alchemical golems—so he naturally couldn't activate or control it.

But this does not mean that the statue is worthless.

On the contrary, its value far exceeds expectations.

Anton's plan was simple and straightforward.

The statue was completely dismantled, all traces of ancient civilization were erased, and only the purest materials and core were preserved.

Then, using these materials, he refined his own Golden Core stage Dao weapon.

As for which type of Dao weapon to forge, Anton already had the answer in his mind.

Six Ding Liujia.

In the Taoist system of guardian deities, the power of the Six Ding and Six Jia is far superior to that of the Five Camps of Divine Soldiers.

If the Five Camps of Divine Soldiers are mass-produced standard weapons, each one being more or less the same, then the Six Ding and Six Jia are custom-made divine weapons, each one being a unique individual.

The twelve guardian deities are divided into six Ding and six Jia.

The six Ding are Yin spirits, namely Dingmao, Dingsi, Dingwei, Dingyou, Dinghai, and Dingchou. They are responsible for defense, assistance, trapping enemies, and concealment, and each has its own unique laws and authority.

The six Jia are Yang gods, namely Jiazi, Jiaxu, Jiashen, Jiawu, Jiachen, and Jiayin. They are mainly responsible for attacking, outputting damage, breaking formations, and slaying enemies, and each has its own unique laws and authority.

Each guardian deity, once successfully refined, possesses power surpassing that of the third level of the Golden Core realm.

When all twelve gather, they can set up the "Six Ding Six Jia Formation".

The twelve divine generals are connected by their qi, their yin and yang complementing each other, and their offense and defense are integrated, making them comparable to cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage.

After carefully evaluating the materials at hand, Anton felt that the alloy material of the current golem was most suitable for refining the Jia Shen God General of the Six Jia.

Jia Shen belongs to the metal element and governs sharpness.

Its authority lies in the word "extermination".

Once the Jia Shen Divine General is fully trained, its attack power will rank among the top of the six Jia.

Of course, the materials from just one golem are far from enough to forge the Jia Shen God General.

It also requires a large amount of rare metals and natural treasures as auxiliary materials.

Fortunately, the Silvermoon Clan has accumulated a wealth of resources over the years, with mountains of materials harvested from mineral veins in Krethor Dragon City, Mindflayer City-State, and the Underdark, enough to support this crafting process.

In addition, the crafting of Liuding Liujia is also quite difficult.

The crafting technique of the Jia Shen Divine General far surpasses that of the Five Camps Divine Weapons, involving thousands of runes and restrictions.

With his current cultivation level and weapon-refining skills, even with all the materials, it would still take a considerable amount of time.

It takes several years, or even more than ten years, and cannot be accomplished overnight.

However, once the Jia Shen Divine General is forged, it will become an extremely powerful trump card in his hands.

Whether dealing with potential powerful enemies or responding to future turmoil, it can play a crucial role in stabilizing the situation.

"Furthermore, the technology contained within the golem can be combined with magic crystal technology."

After obtaining the Magic Crystal Technology from the Heart of the Mountains, Anton devoted a great deal of effort to deeply analyzing the core principles of the Magic Crystal Technology, and the results were truly remarkable.

His next plan is to create the magic crystal products he has in mind for the next few hundred years in advance.

More importantly, by combining magic crystal technology and the way of puppetry, a more efficient magic core and a more cost-effective magic weapon can be created.

The study of the legendary golem gave him even more inspiration and enlightenment.

It's like a magic core.

Anton's original plan was to combine the advantages of magic crystal technology and Taoist soldier talismans to create a more effective magic core.

After studying the core within the legendary golem, which possessed a higher quality energy form, he had a new inspiration.

Perhaps he can refine a magic core that is far superior to what he expected.

If it succeeds, the quality of Dao weapons refined in the future will be raised to a higher level.

This is undoubtedly a great boon to the development of the Silvermoon Clan.

"However, the most urgent task is to dismantle this demon statue."

Anton's gaze returned to the silent behemoth before him. He took a deep breath and began a new round of work.