Elven cultivators

Nine Heavens Tower, Weapon Forging Room.

The light from the light source stone poured down from the dome, illuminating the entire quiet room as bright as day.

Anton sat cross-legged in the center. In the void before him, a ball of five-colored light pulsed rhythmically, as if it were alive. Each expansion and contraction brought forth a circle of fine energy ripples that spread outward along the texture of the air.

His divine sense was like the finest carving knife, repeatedly sculpting within that radiant light.

Each probe of divine sense is accompanied by the gradual stripping away of the clouds above, the infusion of one's own essence and blood, and the repeated tempering of the soul and will.

In this process, his understanding of the laws of heaven and earth also transformed from the intangible to the tangible, and was gradually integrated into the radiance before his eyes.

I don't know how much time passed.

hum!

A resonance, seemingly emanating from the depths of the soul, suddenly resounded.

The five-colored light suddenly collapsed inward, as if gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand, compressing into a perfectly round crystal the size of a pigeon's egg.

It floats in the void, its surface shimmering with a thin, even layer of five-colored light, with fine, hair-like patterns of law occasionally spilling out from its edges, only to be absorbed back into itself.

Anton opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.

"It has already taken so much effort and time to condense the Dao Seal. I don't know how long it will take to nurture it into a complete Dao Embryo."

Anton muttered to himself and gestured with his hand.

The crystal core floated down as if it were alive, gently spinning above his palm, its edges shimmering with ever-changing light.

His divine sense probed into it, and inside it was like a miniature chaotic universe, with countless threads of law intertwined and entwined, crossing each other yet each orderly, each engraved with his unique understanding of the laws of heaven and earth.

The most crucial step in crafting celestial soldiers and generals is to condense the Dao embryo, followed by the crafting of the Dao body.

The formation of the Dao embryo is divided into two steps.

First, one takes a complete understanding of a certain law as the foundation, uses the azure clouds above as a furnace, and uses essence blood and divine consciousness as fuel, repeatedly tempering, compressing, and purifying, and finally condensing into a Dao seal.

Then, using his own cultivation as a guide, he gradually drew upon the power of the laws from the void and slowly injected it into the Dao Seal, allowing it to sprout and grow slowly like a seed under the nourishment of spiritual light, until it condensed into a complete Dao Embryo.

The entire process allows no room for haste; it is an extremely long and demanding process of honing one's cultivation and mental state.

However, Anton was already mentally prepared.

After all, according to the standards of the Dawn Continent, the Heavenly Soldiers are Saint-level puppets.

Moreover, he is not an ordinary saint; his combat power is comparable to a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, which is a Resonance Realm saint.

A puppet of this caliber is absolutely unique, not only in the present Dawn Continent, but even in ancient times.

It's only natural that it's difficult to refine.

In other words, the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals are not particularly particular about materials, unlike the Guardian Gods, who must rely on the core of the Ancient Demon Golem as the main material to be crafted.

This alone saved him countless hours of effort in collecting materials.

Anton carefully retrieved the Dao Seal deep into his dantian, gently enveloping and nurturing it with his warm magical power.

Then, his thoughts shifted again, and he remembered the Daoist Army Legion.

After improving the Yellow Turban Warriors and the Five Camps Divine Soldiers so that they could be charged through formations, the daily maintenance costs of the two types of soldiers dropped sharply, and the scale of their production expanded considerably.

In addition to supplying the war effort at the Jade Court, the clan's own Daoist army has been expanding steadily, and has even set aside time to store up a considerable amount of strategic resources.

In contrast, the number of guardian deities is growing at an extremely slow pace.

To this day, the clan only possesses seventeen guardian deities.

Ultimately, it's because crafting Guardian Gods requires Ancient Golem Cores, which are extremely difficult to find. In recent years, a few have been traded from the Emerald Court through "War Servants," making it very difficult to openly craft them.

Unless something can be found to replace the core of the Ancient Golem.

Anton had also considered researching alternatives.

Although the clan has many disciples like Nordwin who have outstanding talent in weapon crafting, their cultivation level is ultimately too low to participate in the improvement research of Dao weapons of the level of Guardian God Generals.

This kind of research, which touches upon the level of laws, ultimately had to be done by Anton himself.

But he's been busy cultivating and comprehending supernatural powers lately, so he can't spare the time.

"I'll take a look at it when I have some free time."

Anton made up his mind and got up to leave the weapon-refining room.

Just as I was about to head to the teleportation array, the communication talisman on my sleeve began to vibrate slightly.

He infused a wisp of magic into it, and Eleanor's voice immediately rang out:

"Chief, we have discovered an ancient experimental base in the Dark Region. The situation at that base is rather unusual, and we may need you to make the decision yourself."

Anton's eyes flickered slightly, and he turned and walked towards the Tianyuan Hall.

The Tianyuan Palace was brightly lit, and Eleanor and Elena were standing in front of a long table, talking in hushed tones.

"Chieftain." Seeing Anton enter, Elena breathed a sigh of relief. "It's good that you're here. You should make the decision about this matter."

"What happened?" Anton asked.

Eleanor explained, "When the dark elves of Nine Nether City were exploring, they discovered a large Blood Soul Crystal Cluster growth point in a cave about sixty kilometers away from Nine Nether City. At the same time, they also discovered an ancient golem deep inside the cave."

"After receiving the report, we immediately sent people to investigate, and we can confirm that there is indeed an ancient experimental base beneath that cave."

"However, just as we were preparing to conduct an in-depth investigation, we were blocked by more than thirty ancient golems. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, we had to withdraw first."

Anton raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "Just over thirty legendary warriors? The clan should be able to handle that, right?"

The ancient golems are only at the level of newly promoted legends. With the three elders, Roman, and Cedric working together, along with the Taoist soldiers and divine generals, it shouldn't be difficult to take down those ancient golems.

At the very least, having the Mist Shadow or the Dark Spider Queen take action would make capture a piece of cake.

How could they be unable to deal with more than thirty ancient golems?

Elena replied with a wry smile, "Chieftain, those ancient golems are somewhat special."

She pointed to the few small, blood-red crystal fragments on the table. "They seem to have grown together with the Blood Soul Crystal. We've observed that the golems' bodies are covered with large areas of Blood Soul Crystal, as if they're growing from inside their bodies. It's very strange."

Eleanor nodded and added, "We suspect that there is some kind of special symbiotic relationship between these ancient golems and blood soul crystals, which is of great research value. If we can capture them, we may be able to analyze the core technology of puppet power supply in ancient times, which will greatly inspire the improvement of our own Dao weapons."

Anton then realized what was happening.

No wonder Eleanor was in such a dilemma.

Ordinary ancient golems are destroyed if they are destroyed, as long as the core is intact and can be recycled.

However, these special ancient golems are different; they clearly have extremely high research value, and it would be a waste to destroy them directly.

Killing the enemy is easy, but capturing them alive is difficult.

Especially when facing a group of alchemical golems that know no pain and have no fear, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to capture them unharmed.

He is probably the only one in the entire clan who could do that.

Although the Mist Concealer and the Dark Spider Queen are formidable in combat, asking them to do such delicate work is truly asking too much of them.

"I'll go take a look."

Anton didn't linger and turned to leave decisively.

He arrived at Nine Nether City via a teleportation array, and using his sword light, he quickly reached the discovered cave.

This place had long been heavily sealed off by the Nine Nether City army, and the area within a five-kilometer radius had been cleared out, not even a fly could get in.

The Second Elder, who was in charge of overseeing the area, had already received the news and was waiting at the entrance of the cave.

Seeing Anton approaching from the end of the passageway, the Second Elder stepped forward and said succinctly, "Clan leader, those golems are behaving themselves; they've stayed in the cave and haven't left."

"You've worked hard." Anton nodded slightly, then looked at the two young dark elves standing ramrod straight beside him. "Who are they?"

Noticing Anton's gaze, both Cui Erning and Maya tensed up at the same time.

They had all witnessed Anton's power firsthand and had long known through various channels just how enormous the power controlled by this elf was.

Standing before this clan leader, even the arrogant dark elf couldn't help but feel a surge of tension, straightening his back and unconsciously softening his breathing.

"They were the first to discover this base," the Second Elder said at the opportune moment.

Anton nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the two men, and said in a flat tone, "Well done."

He then ignored it and stepped into the deep cave entrance.

The two dark elf girls stared wide-eyed with excitement.

But when they glanced at each other instinctively, their expressions changed simultaneously. They each snorted coldly and turned their heads away.

The spacious and brightly lit grotto was completely exposed to Anton's consciousness.

Everywhere you look, there is an intense, almost overwhelming, crimson glow.

Large clusters of blood crystals hung from the dome like inverted stalactites and rose from the ground like coral reefs, transforming the entire space into a strange world made of pure blood crystals.

Among the crystal clusters, more than thirty gray-black figures stood silently, like sleeping sentinels.

Their bodies were covered by layers of dark red blood crystals, as if they were wearing a heavy suit of crystal armor. Even the outline of their faces was covered by the sharp-edged crystals, leaving only two dark spots of light.

However, further down, Anton's divine sense was blocked by a metal wall.

"It really is an experimental base from ancient times."

Anton's eyes flickered slightly.

The two experimental bases discovered earlier were constructed primarily of materials that could isolate divine sense and mental detection.

This base is clearly no exception.

Anton's divine sense continued to spread, and he quickly ascertained the scale of the base.

It's bigger than the previous two bases combined.

This means obtaining more insulation materials to refine the Flying Star Tower and the Soaring Cloud Flying Ship, thus expanding the fleet.