Longzang

Chapter 877 Sharpen Your Tools First
Wei Yuan: "To do a good job, one must first have the right tools..."

"A powerful sorcerer only needs muscles!"

Wei Yuan: "The power of witchcraft has its limits; when you need to borrow strength, you should borrow it, and you should act in accordance with the will of Heaven..."

"A valiant shaman needs no divine intervention!"

"Speak to me nicely!"

"A fierce sorcerer never says kind words..."

Wei Yuan pulled an iron plate from under the Extreme Path Hoof.

Wei Yuan's practice of the Wild Language didn't interfere with his work. He had Ji Dao forge iron for several hours, trying seven or eight different forging methods, and finally produced this piece of iron plate with a dark red luster. The price was that Ji Dao's leg was almost broken.

The iron plate shimmered with a faint, fiery sheen, its purity far surpassing that of the junk iron knife used by the Extreme Path. True, unrefined iron, once it reaches a certain purity, is actually dark red.

Wei Yuan placed the newly forged iron plate upright against the stone wall and thrust it with his spear, using five-tenths of his strength, but only barely pierced it. Then, Wei Yuan activated the "Destroy the Strong" true meaning on his spear, and a circle of light immediately rippled from the spear tip, causing the iron plate to shatter into several pieces with a snap.

After testing, it was found that the strength of this piece of rough iron plate was basically on par with the strength of the Imperial Treasure. The reason it broke was twofold: firstly, the three True Meaning Divine Powers on [Compassion] were all at the Immortal level; secondly, the iron plate had too many impurities, making it brittle and hard but lacking in toughness.

However, after inquiring about the average level and equipment of the Extreme Path Witch Hunters, Wei Yuan felt that this quality of iron plate was enough to crush them.

Once you have the first piece of iron, you'll have the tools. With the tools, everything else will be much easier.

Wei Yuan found a slightly brittle stone wall, and then used the battle cry he had just learned and was not yet very proficient at to roar at the stone wall!
The stone wall is slightly soft.

Then, with a roar, the stone wall softened once more.

After Wei Yuan roared the Extreme Roar, and then Wei Yuan roared the Extreme Roar, after a series of roars, Wei Yuan felt that the stone wall had loosened enough, so he thrust his spear forward with all his might, and at the same time activated "Crushing the Solid".

With a loud bang, the stone wall exploded, and a hole finally appeared on the high weathered stone platform. Several flat stone slabs fell down, some as large as pot lids and some as small as bowls and plates.

With this pile of high-quality stone slabs, you have the best anvil.

Over the next few days, Wei Yuan and his team worked tirelessly day and night. But the Desolate Realm had no night; there was always at least one sun in the sky. So Wei Yuan split his divine sense into two, each setting up a task.

One task is to mark the end of a day in the Desolate Realm when only one sun remains in the sky; the other task is to calculate time according to the time in the Human Realm, Qingming. Thus, Wei Yuan can calculate the time in the Desolate Realm and also know the time in Qingming.

Thus, after one day in the Desolate Realm combined with four days in the Human Realm, Wei Yuan finally created a complete set of Desolate Iron tools, as well as a tower shield that was seven feet high and four feet wide, which could barely block most of the vital points of the Extreme Path.

By this time, the molten bull had been completely digested, and was even slightly indebted. According to the Wilderness Realm's calculations, one bull had been exchanged for a few tools and a tower shield.

The moment the tower shield was completed, Ji Dao was almost exhausted. Yet he still held the tower shield with great affection, saying that if this shield were taken to Ji Tian City, it would be enough to buy ten of himself.

The tower shield alone is enough to be called a Royal Landscape Treasure based on its material alone. Wei Yuan never expected that his first Royal Landscape Treasure would appear in his weapon-refining career.

However, the shield is of uneven thickness, and there are several obvious splicing marks at the corners. If Yu Zhizhuo saw it, he would probably break off relations with Wei Yuan and then reforge it.

With the equipment in hand, Wei Yuan didn't delay any longer and headed with Ji Dao to the area where the witch hunters were active.

Witch hunters are a unique profession in the Desolate Realm. They not only hunt sinners of the witch clan, but also hunt the unique spirits of the Desolate Realm. Not all places in the Desolate Realm are as barren as this area; some areas are also rich in spiritual plants and creatures. The area beneath Wei Yuan's feet is considered a dead zone in the Desolate Realm, and even witch hunters rarely venture into this area.

Once you enter the desolate desert, there is no time to rest, and supplies are scarce. Apart from the extremely dangerous molten beasts and sand scorpions, there is nothing to eat, let alone water.

Molten beasts only roam the desert. They have very little blood, and to shamans or humans, their blood is practically like flowing lava—not only devoid of any nutrition but also highly poisonous. Very few parts of their bodies are edible; many organs contain large amounts of crystalline threads, and even a powerful shaman would perish if ingested.

The Extreme Path fled into the Desolate Region because they had nowhere else to go; only here could they avoid being discovered by the witch hunters.

Now that Wei Yuan is going to lead him to fight back against the witch hunters, Ji Dao is extremely flustered, and he speaks in a very low voice when he makes threats.

Wei Yuan naturally ignored Ji Dao's pleas and continued moving quickly, searching for any clues in his surroundings. Soon, Wei Yuan spotted his target: a Molten Bull lying dead on the ground.

Wei Yuan patted Ji Dao, then pointed to the Molten Bull and whispered, "There are probably hunters guarding that side. Go and drag the bull over here."

Ji Dao was extremely unwilling, but dared not disobey Wei Yuan, so he could only stealthily peek out and cautiously approach the cow carcass. Until he reached the cow carcass, nothing unusual happened.

But just as he reached out to cut the meat, a sharp whistle rang out, and a sharp arrow flew through the air, shooting straight at Jidao's calf!
This arrow was extremely cunning and vicious, but the Extreme Path was prepared. He removed the tower shield from his back and slammed it into the ground! The tower shield was so large that it could easily block most of his body with a slight movement. The arrow struck the shield with a clang and bounced off, leaving only a small dent.

The witch hunters, lurking in the shadows, did not give up. In an instant, they intensified their attack, unleashing a barrage of arrows that made it impossible for the enemy to even lift their heads. These arrows were all powerful and heavy, but they were all deflected by the tower shield, unable to even penetrate.

Wei Yuan concealed his aura and moved swiftly and silently, quickly closing in on the witch hunter's position.

The witch hunter was extremely well hidden; from a distance, he looked like a small, raised mound of earth. Such mounds were everywhere in the wasteland, and if it weren't for the arrows shooting out from them, Wei Yuan wouldn't have been able to tell that a witch hunter was hiding inside.

With a final leap of a dozen or so feet, Wei Yuan pounced on the witch hunter in mid-air!
The witch hunter finally sensed Wei Yuan. He reacted extremely quickly, his arms still drawing the bow and shooting arrows, while his other arms drew two swords and slashed at Wei Yuan in mid-air!

But he instantly realized something was wrong; Wei Yuan's weapon was actually a stone slab the size of a tabletop! The twin blades struck the stone slab, sending up a shower of sparks, but only leaving two white marks, not even a groove.

Wei Yuan, wielding a stone tabletop, descended from the sky, slamming the witch hunter and his twin swords into the ground!

With a loud thud, the small mound was completely flattened, and amidst the rising dust, Wei Yuan, still not satisfied, jumped a few more times on the stone slab to make sure there was no more movement underneath before finally lifting the slab.

The witch hunter was now in a strange position, embedded in an equally bizarre pit, and had already fainted.

Ji Dao ran over, so excited that he couldn't even speak the wild language. He never imagined that this witch hunter who had driven him to the brink of despair several times would be knocked unconscious by Wei Yuan in a single encounter.

At this moment, Wei Yuan secretly felt fortunate that he had a large stone slab in his hand. This kind of weathered stone slab, unique to the desolate wilderness, is extremely heavy and its hardness is comparable to that of a Royal-level spiritual treasure. It is three fingers thick in Wei Yuan's hand, and a stone slab the size of a tabletop weighs tens of thousands of kilograms.

The stone slab could block sunlight and also block aura, so Wei Yuan used the stone slab to sneak up to about ten zhang away, and the witch hunter was still unaware of it. In the end, he was knocked unconscious by the stone slab.

"Sir, what should we do?"

Wei Yuan glanced at the witch hunter's obviously superior equipment and immediately said, "Strip him naked first!"

"Alright!" Jidao had been waiting for this order and immediately got to work, quickly removing all the equipment from the witch's body. Then he glanced at the witch's vital parts and said disdainfully, "Just as I thought, a worthless worm!"

Now Wei Yuan finally understood what "bamboo worm" meant.

(End of this chapter)