Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day
Chapter 45 Forging
Taibai Volcano, a divine weapon forging ground.
Su Zhou, Li Daoran, Weilie, Zhou Buyi, and the Grand Craftsman lying on a stretcher stood beside the pool of molten iron, gazing at the Extinction Blade that had completely absorbed all the essence of the spiritual materials.
"Wait, a moment, divine weapon, will be complete."
The Grand Craftsman's injuries were mainly burns all over his body. If this had happened to an ordinary person in the mundane world, it would have been a fatal condition. However, because he was an Acquired Realm expert himself, and because Su Zhou had used holy water to coat the wounds, he managed to save his life, but was temporarily unable to move. The wounded soldiers who were treated with the cauldron of holy water yesterday, with the help of other healing herbs, also survived.
Now that the divine weapon was about to be completed, all the high-level members of the Hundred Schools' Volunteer Army were here waiting.
Under the deep red spiritual light, the Extinction Blade floating above the pool of molten iron was simple and unadorned in style. Just looking at its shape, it was a very simple, ring-pommel, straight sword.
The blade was four feet nine inches long, almost as tall as a person. The body of the sword was jet black, the spine was thick and without light, but the blade faintly emitted a crimson-gold color like the pool of molten iron. Simple and majestic, scorching hot lines like blood vessels extended from the blade to the hilt, converging on the jade-like sarira.
With thunderstruck wood as the hilt and sheath, geomantic iron as the blade, a high monk's sarira as the core, and runes engraved with Western Region starlight sand to add the power to slay gods and destroy souls.
[--Summon thunder and call fire, draw down celestial stars, mind tranquil Nirvana, extinguish immortality--]
Therefore, it was named the 'Extinction Blade'.
At this time, it could be seen that the blade of the Extinction Blade, which was about to be completed, began to slowly rotate above the pool of molten iron. It was originally placed horizontally in the center of the molten iron, absorbing the essence of the five metals and the earth's fire.
But now, probably because it was successfully completed and no longer needed to continue absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth, the tip of the sword was facing down and the hilt was facing up. Twisting air, as hot as a volcanic lava lake, began to overflow in all directions, turning into scorching hot winds.
In an instant, the entire divine weapon forging ground was filled with fire stars flying like raindrops. Ordinary cloth clothes would ignite upon contact, and even martial artists needed to concentrate and protect their bodies with qi, otherwise, even if they were not injured, holes would be burned in their clothes.
After generating the phenomenon of 'fire rain and raging wind', the Extinction Blade remained motionless, as if waiting for someone to hold it tightly and pull it out.
Su Zhou raised his hand, and his spiritual power turned into a great wind, blocking the aura emanating from the Extinction Blade. He did not speak, but turned his head to look at the high-level members of the Hundred Schools beside him, his eyes full of joy and eagerness.
"Only Grandmaster Su has this strength."
The high-level members of the Hundred Schools all smiled and took a step back, signaling Su Zhou to step forward.
"Then I won't be polite~"
There was nothing to be polite about. Su Zhou laughed and stepped forward. In front of him was boiling molten iron, but how could a transcendent fear such dead objects? Su Zhou walked in the air, his feet condensing spiritual power, turning it into a fulcrum that could support his weight, allowing him to walk against the wind and approach the divine weapon.
Then, without hesitation, he reached out and grabbed the hilt.
Boom!
In the next instant, the scorching temperature originating from the earth's core spread throughout the divine weapon forging ground!
A crimson shockwave spread with Su Zhou gripping the hilt of the Extinction Blade as the origin. Within the crimson halo's range, all the dust was ignited and glowed. Then, streaks of azure electric arcs began to flash on the blade, whipping the air and creating the smell of ozone.
Even Su Zhou could not protect all the clothes on his body at this time. The clothes on his upper body were ignited by the high temperature in an instant, revealing layers of smooth muscles underneath. Only his lower body was protected by his inner qi, which was still relatively intact.
The high heat and electric current did indeed make Su Zhou's right hand, which was holding the sword, feel pain, even a feeling that his fingers and palms were being burned and electrocuted.
But after fighting the National Preceptor, this little pain could not make Su Zhou frown. Instead, he laughed happily while his clothes were burning, and then raised the divine weapon, which seemed to have acknowledged him and no longer released flames and electricity, above his head!
In the end, he still firmly grasped this fire and thunder, and with this immortal body, he held this sword that could extinguish immortality!
"To cut away all the injustices of the floating world, and go with you to the highest heavens... Divine sword, divine sword, can you cut away injustice?"
Although it was a question, Su Zhou's spirited tone was an undoubted confirmation!
"Dog Emperor, I will use this sword to cut off your head!"
"The divine weapon is complete!" Around the iron pool, both Li Daoran and Weilie showed expressions of relief. Zhou Buyi even covered his face with his sleeve, and his expression could not be seen. He could only vaguely hear him murmuring some people's names in a low voice. Although his tone was sad, it also carried endless joy and relief.
The National Preceptor had already been beheaded here. That Demon Emperor's talent was far inferior to the National Preceptor, and his strength was probably only on par with him with the support of the sacred tree. Now that the divine weapon had been completed, and was wielded by an extraordinary person like Su Zhou who could kill Grandmasters, what difficulty was there in breaking through Southern Heaven Capital and ascending to the Eternal Peace Heavenly Palace above the clouds?!
And Su Zhou naturally knew without a doubt what he had to do next.
That was the final counterattack in this world - break through the Heavenly Capital of An, and kill the Undying Evil King!
But at this moment, the joyful crowd heard a roar.
The roar of Taibai Volcano.
When Su Zhou, carrying the thunderstruck wood scabbard, followed the prepared Hundred Schools' Volunteer Army in a daze, hurriedly put on snowshoes that could walk quickly on the snow, and sped towards the distant Jade Green River in Liaozhou, he still didn't quite understand what had happened.
At this time, behind him, the originally pale gray sky had turned pitch black. At the crater of Taibai Heaven Lake, a pillar of dust, like a black cloud pressing down on the city, was erupting, bringing lightning and ashes while turning the surrounding ice and snow into hot rain.
"The forging of a divine weapon requires the power of heaven and earth. The reason why the Extinction Blade had to be forged in Taibai Volcano is because it needs to be located at a node of extreme yang spiritual energy to 'spirit-forge the divine weapon'."
At this time, Zhou Buyi was using Qinggong to lead the way for Su Zhou while explaining: "And when we take out the divine weapon, it will naturally interrupt the spiritual energy cycle there... Don't worry, the volcano won't erupt, at most it will just spew some poisonous gas and hot smoke."
"Although I really want to believe you, the volcano doesn't seem to be giving you face."
Su Zhou was also carrying his full set of luggage at this time. The large mountaineering bag, the spirit iron spear, and the Extinction Blade were all on his body, and even a bag of various mountain delicacies and spiritual plants that other martial artists had given him out of gratitude. It could be said that it was a great harvest and nothing was left out, but he felt a little dreamy: "Look, there's an earthquake, will it really not erupt?"
At this time, the garrison martial artists in the entire Taibai Fortress formed a large team, sprinting rapidly down the mountain in the distance. With their Qinggong skills, they were like human-powered snowmobiles, extremely fast. But what followed was a violent tremor, like an earthquake. Avalanches even appeared on the surrounding mountains, and there was chaos in the world!
"Rumble!"
And at this moment, a thunderous explosion erupted from Taibai Volcano behind him. In an instant, an incomparably majestic, scorching hot spiritual energy erupted from the depths of the earth's veins, and while bringing up a cloud of dust and ash that could cover the sky, it turned into a raging wind and spread in all directions!